English labile verbs and their equivalents in Swedish
... mode (which will be dealt with elaborately in section 2.1), the Medium, i.e. “the entity through the medium of which of which the process comes into existence” (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004: 288) is centralized, instead of the Agent which causes the process. As it has been pointed out by Halliday an ...
... mode (which will be dealt with elaborately in section 2.1), the Medium, i.e. “the entity through the medium of which of which the process comes into existence” (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004: 288) is centralized, instead of the Agent which causes the process. As it has been pointed out by Halliday an ...
phrasal verbs with the particles down and up in english and their
... If one bears in mind that the contrastive analysis is of great importance for explaining differences and similarities between two language systems, the reason it is used in the paper as an important starting-point for the indepth analysis of phrasal verbs in English and their Serbian equivalents, be ...
... If one bears in mind that the contrastive analysis is of great importance for explaining differences and similarities between two language systems, the reason it is used in the paper as an important starting-point for the indepth analysis of phrasal verbs in English and their Serbian equivalents, be ...
CHAPTER 9. THE SUBJUNCTIVE 1. Uses of the subjunctive In
... When the subordinate clause refers to an earlier time than the main clause, the Past Perfect Subjunctive is usually used in the subordinate clause. In the following examples, the verbs in the Past Perfect Subjunctive are underlined. e.g. We wished he had spoken to us. I wish you had called earlier. ...
... When the subordinate clause refers to an earlier time than the main clause, the Past Perfect Subjunctive is usually used in the subordinate clause. In the following examples, the verbs in the Past Perfect Subjunctive are underlined. e.g. We wished he had spoken to us. I wish you had called earlier. ...
A note on non-canonical passives: the case of the get
... note that it is incompatible with for-PPs (e.g. The table was/*got wiped for an hour, noted by Fox and Grodzinsky 1998: 315). However, there is an important difference between resultative participles and the get-construction: resultative participles do not license by-phrases, but get-passives do: (1 ...
... note that it is incompatible with for-PPs (e.g. The table was/*got wiped for an hour, noted by Fox and Grodzinsky 1998: 315). However, there is an important difference between resultative participles and the get-construction: resultative participles do not license by-phrases, but get-passives do: (1 ...
1 present active indicative
... The passive voice represents the subject as being acted upon. MOOD. Indicative mood makes an assertion. Imperative mood makes a command. Subjunctive mood makes a wish. Machen, New Testament Greek for Beginners, ...
... The passive voice represents the subject as being acted upon. MOOD. Indicative mood makes an assertion. Imperative mood makes a command. Subjunctive mood makes a wish. Machen, New Testament Greek for Beginners, ...
Constructing grammatical meaning
... iconic correlations between relative bulk and predictability/familiarity as they have been applied in the semantically based accounts of Russian (Haiman 1983, Kemmer 1993), and it also speaks to Kemmer’s typology of reflexives and middles. On the surface Czech would seem to fall into Kemmer’s (1993: ...
... iconic correlations between relative bulk and predictability/familiarity as they have been applied in the semantically based accounts of Russian (Haiman 1983, Kemmer 1993), and it also speaks to Kemmer’s typology of reflexives and middles. On the surface Czech would seem to fall into Kemmer’s (1993: ...
Inanimate nouns as subjects in Mi`gmaq
... or the goal may be inanimate, but both cannot be inanimate: a transitive predication in Nishnaabemwin must have at least one animate argument.” In other words, if there is an inanimate subject, the object must be animate. It is unclear if Valentine (2001:426) means that the Ojibwe constraint is sens ...
... or the goal may be inanimate, but both cannot be inanimate: a transitive predication in Nishnaabemwin must have at least one animate argument.” In other words, if there is an inanimate subject, the object must be animate. It is unclear if Valentine (2001:426) means that the Ojibwe constraint is sens ...
Active/agentive Case Marking and Its Motivations
... 1. INTRODUCTION.It has been known for some time that languages can differ substantially in their marking of case. For centuries, descriptions have been available of languages whose core (direct) case categories differ fundamentally from the subjects and direct objects of more familiar European langu ...
... 1. INTRODUCTION.It has been known for some time that languages can differ substantially in their marking of case. For centuries, descriptions have been available of languages whose core (direct) case categories differ fundamentally from the subjects and direct objects of more familiar European langu ...
Grammaticization of reflexive pronoun into a marker of passive
... or agent-demotion in their various formal and functional manifestations is not a trivial task even within a single language. In this study, I will examine these two notions from a functional, usage-based perspective. In order to avoid terminological confusion with the syntactically defined agent dem ...
... or agent-demotion in their various formal and functional manifestations is not a trivial task even within a single language. In this study, I will examine these two notions from a functional, usage-based perspective. In order to avoid terminological confusion with the syntactically defined agent dem ...
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... 2003). The verbs are not entirely devoid of semantic predicative power either as there is a clear difference between take a bath and give a bath. The verbs thus seem to be neither at their full semantic power nor at a completely depleted stage. Rather, they appear to be semantically light in the sen ...
... 2003). The verbs are not entirely devoid of semantic predicative power either as there is a clear difference between take a bath and give a bath. The verbs thus seem to be neither at their full semantic power nor at a completely depleted stage. Rather, they appear to be semantically light in the sen ...
A time-relational analysis of Russian aspect. Language
... It is generally assumed that, apart from a few cases of ambiguity, every Russian verb form can be assigned to one of two aspects, usually called perfective (PERF) and imperfective (IMPERF). This fact has been stated in various forms by many authors, for example by Timberlake (1982: 302): Verbs in Ru ...
... It is generally assumed that, apart from a few cases of ambiguity, every Russian verb form can be assigned to one of two aspects, usually called perfective (PERF) and imperfective (IMPERF). This fact has been stated in various forms by many authors, for example by Timberlake (1982: 302): Verbs in Ru ...
The creation of tense and aspect systems in the languages of the
... Information on these languages was available only through published material, usually reference grammars. The test of the hypotheses required identifying verbal inflection as belonging to one of the super-categories of valence, voice, aspect, tense, mood or agreement. Despite the fact that some desc ...
... Information on these languages was available only through published material, usually reference grammars. The test of the hypotheses required identifying verbal inflection as belonging to one of the super-categories of valence, voice, aspect, tense, mood or agreement. Despite the fact that some desc ...
Argument structure: Realising semantic participants in
... SUBJECT: NP that appears outside the VP and determines verbal inflection: (16) Francine has [VP drunk the beer] OBJECT: NP argument of verb appearing inside VP; Objects are also called DIRECT OBJECTS, unless there are two objects, in which case the first object is called an INDIRECT OBJECT and only ...
... SUBJECT: NP that appears outside the VP and determines verbal inflection: (16) Francine has [VP drunk the beer] OBJECT: NP argument of verb appearing inside VP; Objects are also called DIRECT OBJECTS, unless there are two objects, in which case the first object is called an INDIRECT OBJECT and only ...
Cause Event Representations for Happiness and Surprise
... The agentivity of the subject of the cause event shows the intention of the subject to affect the experiencer. We identify the subject of the cause event as one of the two basic prototypical role types, namely Agent-Proto role or Patient-Proto role, according to a list of Proto-role properties propo ...
... The agentivity of the subject of the cause event shows the intention of the subject to affect the experiencer. We identify the subject of the cause event as one of the two basic prototypical role types, namely Agent-Proto role or Patient-Proto role, according to a list of Proto-role properties propo ...
1 The Functions of Non-Final Verbs and Their Aspectual Categories
... requirement of bound-pronominal subject marking, the utterance-type marker, tense, and (in the case of Realis verbs, at least) a wide range of aspectual possibilities. 2.3 A note on the Northern Mao sentence The last element which needs to be considered before turning to the discussion of non-final ...
... requirement of bound-pronominal subject marking, the utterance-type marker, tense, and (in the case of Realis verbs, at least) a wide range of aspectual possibilities. 2.3 A note on the Northern Mao sentence The last element which needs to be considered before turning to the discussion of non-final ...
VERBS AND OBJECTS IN SEMANTIC AGREEMENT: MINOR
... Lugen/eine Geschkhte/ ... sagen, *jemandem seinen Namen/seine Meinung/ ... erzdhlen). It may be difficult to characterize precisely the common semantic denominators of the object nouns in (5a) and in (5b), but I think it is sufficiently accurate to say that in (5a) the content of the verbal communic ...
... Lugen/eine Geschkhte/ ... sagen, *jemandem seinen Namen/seine Meinung/ ... erzdhlen). It may be difficult to characterize precisely the common semantic denominators of the object nouns in (5a) and in (5b), but I think it is sufficiently accurate to say that in (5a) the content of the verbal communic ...
Transitivity from a Cognitive Perspective
... to some subset of person, number, and gender, depending upon tense), but if there is no nominative subject, a verb will have default (neuter singular) agreement. All of the nonnominative cases share some of the burden of expressing transitivity, so it is worth giving a brief overview of their meanin ...
... to some subset of person, number, and gender, depending upon tense), but if there is no nominative subject, a verb will have default (neuter singular) agreement. All of the nonnominative cases share some of the burden of expressing transitivity, so it is worth giving a brief overview of their meanin ...
Lexical and Viewpoint Aspect in Kubeo
... – where perfective and imperfective have been traditionally used. Therefore, the term viewpoint aspect achieves two goals in this paper: it captures an important fact internal to Kubeo grammar and make the analysis of this language available for cross-linguistic comparison. The specific way that lex ...
... – where perfective and imperfective have been traditionally used. Therefore, the term viewpoint aspect achieves two goals in this paper: it captures an important fact internal to Kubeo grammar and make the analysis of this language available for cross-linguistic comparison. The specific way that lex ...
PPT 03 - McCorduck
... sentence, who “performs” the action signified by the verb and the action of the verb is “acted on” or “performed on” another entity, often called the “patient,” who or that is realized as the direct object of the sentence. For example, in the active (voice) sentence Mrs. Janner the Hammer tames thos ...
... sentence, who “performs” the action signified by the verb and the action of the verb is “acted on” or “performed on” another entity, often called the “patient,” who or that is realized as the direct object of the sentence. For example, in the active (voice) sentence Mrs. Janner the Hammer tames thos ...
The agent suffixes as a window into Vedic grammar
... second insight is that most deverbal (krt) suffixes share a subset of the inflectional tense endings’ modal and temporal features. Pān.ini’s ˚ ingeniously captures that relationship by a parallel treatment of these inflectional and derivational suffixes within an integrated morphological subsystem ...
... second insight is that most deverbal (krt) suffixes share a subset of the inflectional tense endings’ modal and temporal features. Pān.ini’s ˚ ingeniously captures that relationship by a parallel treatment of these inflectional and derivational suffixes within an integrated morphological subsystem ...
Chapter 8 The verb complex
... Reduplication derives intransitive verbs from transitive roots. In some instances a verb may also be derived from a verb root giving a habitual, ongoing or diminutive verbs, or with semantically unpredictable results. In addition a handful of verbs are derived by reduplication from noun roots. These ...
... Reduplication derives intransitive verbs from transitive roots. In some instances a verb may also be derived from a verb root giving a habitual, ongoing or diminutive verbs, or with semantically unpredictable results. In addition a handful of verbs are derived by reduplication from noun roots. These ...
Chapter 14 The Subject and Verb
... The cat is [adorable]. The cat is [speckled gray]. Most Linking Verbs are forms of only one Verb, a very important verb, called the to be verb. The to be verb is important because it’s used more than any other verb, and because when you identify a to be verb in the sentence, you know you have th ...
... The cat is [adorable]. The cat is [speckled gray]. Most Linking Verbs are forms of only one Verb, a very important verb, called the to be verb. The to be verb is important because it’s used more than any other verb, and because when you identify a to be verb in the sentence, you know you have th ...
The Gloss Trap - Department of Second Language Studies
... (see Pinker, 1989: Chapter 5 for discussion). Such semantic specifications not only hold across normal contexts, but are also robust even in counterintuitive scenarios. One does not usually spray deck chairs onto a public lawn, but if one spoke of a machine that did just that, the spraying would sti ...
... (see Pinker, 1989: Chapter 5 for discussion). Such semantic specifications not only hold across normal contexts, but are also robust even in counterintuitive scenarios. One does not usually spray deck chairs onto a public lawn, but if one spoke of a machine that did just that, the spraying would sti ...
Improving Verb Phrase Extraction from Historical Text by use of Verb
... verbs in the GaW corpus have been manually annotated as such, and all complements adhering to the verbs have been annotated with labels denoting subject (for passive verbs only), direct object, indirect object, prepositional complement, infinitive complement, subject predicative, verb particle, and ...
... verbs in the GaW corpus have been manually annotated as such, and all complements adhering to the verbs have been annotated with labels denoting subject (for passive verbs only), direct object, indirect object, prepositional complement, infinitive complement, subject predicative, verb particle, and ...