Resulting States in Niuean
... In neither case is a patient promoted, nor is the agent demoted to an oblique status, as would be the case with passive. Ma- can also be prefixed to active intransitives (16) and even to nominals as in (17). This shows that the addition of ma- need not change transitivity or suppress an agent, the t ...
... In neither case is a patient promoted, nor is the agent demoted to an oblique status, as would be the case with passive. Ma- can also be prefixed to active intransitives (16) and even to nominals as in (17). This shows that the addition of ma- need not change transitivity or suppress an agent, the t ...
The PIE word for`dry`*) 1. The PIE root for `to be dry, to dry up` has
... essa), and 'free place' (Lat. ärea). However, all these meanings can easily be derived from the basic meaning 'to dry', äs drying implies either drying in the sun or on fire. Accordingly, both ways of drying are often combined in one verb, cf. English, parch, scorch, German sengen, etc. Also Lat. ar ...
... essa), and 'free place' (Lat. ärea). However, all these meanings can easily be derived from the basic meaning 'to dry', äs drying implies either drying in the sun or on fire. Accordingly, both ways of drying are often combined in one verb, cf. English, parch, scorch, German sengen, etc. Also Lat. ar ...
Review Of "Italian Syntax: A Government-Binding Approach
... K&R go on to argue that middle sentences, like 2b, are formed via movement in the syntax-whereas ergative sentences, like Ib, are formed via movement in the lexicon. Their arguments that ergatives must be intransitive throughout the syntactic component of the grammar are solid; e.g., ergatives feed ...
... K&R go on to argue that middle sentences, like 2b, are formed via movement in the syntax-whereas ergative sentences, like Ib, are formed via movement in the lexicon. Their arguments that ergatives must be intransitive throughout the syntactic component of the grammar are solid; e.g., ergatives feed ...
Investigating the abstractness of children`s early knowledge of
... able to produce a transitive utterance when they had heard a new verb modelled in another construction, but older children (above 3; 0) were able to do so. Tomasello (2000) interpreted this reluctance of children to innovate early on as an indication that they lacked verb-general knowledge and an ab ...
... able to produce a transitive utterance when they had heard a new verb modelled in another construction, but older children (above 3; 0) were able to do so. Tomasello (2000) interpreted this reluctance of children to innovate early on as an indication that they lacked verb-general knowledge and an ab ...
Verbal complementation in early Middle English: How do the
... refers to Bock's (1931) idea that "the presence or absence of to with the infinitive denotes a different degree of closeness in this relationship" but he notes that the actual verbs are impossible to classify according to Bock's scheme, and in §3736 Mitchell finds himself "hopelessly lost".^ Visser ...
... refers to Bock's (1931) idea that "the presence or absence of to with the infinitive denotes a different degree of closeness in this relationship" but he notes that the actual verbs are impossible to classify according to Bock's scheme, and in §3736 Mitchell finds himself "hopelessly lost".^ Visser ...
Motion events can be segmented into several components
... manner information can be inferred. The narrative style of equipollently framed languages (E-languages) has mostly been studied looking at serializing languages. The conclusion seems to be that these languages are in some ways in between S-languages and V-languages but in other ways different from b ...
... manner information can be inferred. The narrative style of equipollently framed languages (E-languages) has mostly been studied looking at serializing languages. The conclusion seems to be that these languages are in some ways in between S-languages and V-languages but in other ways different from b ...
Parallel Syntactic Annotation of Multiple Languages
... the part-of-speech feature, and then the features found on verbs. ...
... the part-of-speech feature, and then the features found on verbs. ...
separable complex verbs in Dutch
... raised. In other words, I propose to assign the structure [P V]v. to SCV's, where P stands for Particle. The separability of SCV's can also be observed in the way they form their past participles. In Dutch, past participles are formed by prefixing ge- and simultaneously suffixing t/d to the verbal s ...
... raised. In other words, I propose to assign the structure [P V]v. to SCV's, where P stands for Particle. The separability of SCV's can also be observed in the way they form their past participles. In Dutch, past participles are formed by prefixing ge- and simultaneously suffixing t/d to the verbal s ...
Head-to-Head Movement
... It turns out that both these predications are wrong. First, if VSO languages have no VP in simple tensed clauses they should have no VPs in other clause types either. McCloskey (1983) observed for Irish, and Sproat (1985) for Welsh, that this is false. ii) Tá Máire [ag-pógail an lucharachán]. Is Mar ...
... It turns out that both these predications are wrong. First, if VSO languages have no VP in simple tensed clauses they should have no VPs in other clause types either. McCloskey (1983) observed for Irish, and Sproat (1985) for Welsh, that this is false. ii) Tá Máire [ag-pógail an lucharachán]. Is Mar ...
Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events
... which involves an ordered set of changes in a particular direction of the values of a single attribute and so can be characterized as movement in a particular direction along the scale. In the case of the verb warm, the scale is composed of ordered values of the attribute warm, and a warming event n ...
... which involves an ordered set of changes in a particular direction of the values of a single attribute and so can be characterized as movement in a particular direction along the scale. In the case of the verb warm, the scale is composed of ordered values of the attribute warm, and a warming event n ...
`Advance`: Meaning, Syntax and the Influence of Metaphors in a
... properties of the verb “advance” and how its meaning is related to alternations and Levin’s verb classes. To achieve this aim, the online database FrameNet will be used in order to obtain a classification of verbs according to the kind of arguments involved and their relationship with the type of e ...
... properties of the verb “advance” and how its meaning is related to alternations and Levin’s verb classes. To achieve this aim, the online database FrameNet will be used in order to obtain a classification of verbs according to the kind of arguments involved and their relationship with the type of e ...
AspectuAlity in Hindi: tHe two pAirs of Aspects
... marked category and the imperfective is unmarked. Keeping in mind the unmarkedness of simple verbs, Pořízka (1978: 161) reasons: “Simple verbs are neutral, unmarked of verbal aspect. They do not have the perfective or any other aspectual meaning, but at the same time they do not throw it away and ca ...
... marked category and the imperfective is unmarked. Keeping in mind the unmarkedness of simple verbs, Pořízka (1978: 161) reasons: “Simple verbs are neutral, unmarked of verbal aspect. They do not have the perfective or any other aspectual meaning, but at the same time they do not throw it away and ca ...
Building Statives - Semantics Archive
... According to (14), the stativity of target state participles is the result of existentially quantifying the Davidsonian argument of a category-neutral predicate that has an additional target state argument. Lieber 1980 has argued that what makes adjectival participles adjectival in English and Germa ...
... According to (14), the stativity of target state participles is the result of existentially quantifying the Davidsonian argument of a category-neutral predicate that has an additional target state argument. Lieber 1980 has argued that what makes adjectival participles adjectival in English and Germa ...
Building Statives
... Two kinds of adjectival passives The adjectival passive construction that is traditionally called ‘Zustandspassiv’ (‘state passive’) in German seems to have the same syntactic and semantic properties as its English cousin, except that it is easier to identify. German state or adjectival passives sel ...
... Two kinds of adjectival passives The adjectival passive construction that is traditionally called ‘Zustandspassiv’ (‘state passive’) in German seems to have the same syntactic and semantic properties as its English cousin, except that it is easier to identify. German state or adjectival passives sel ...
Are Nouns Easier to Learn Than Verbs? Three Experimental Studies
... may be easier for infants to acquire nouns because the referents of nouns are more easily “packaged” than are the referents for verbs. That is, in a simplified view of word learning, the child must attend to appropriate perceptual elements, package them together, and connect them in some way to a sp ...
... may be easier for infants to acquire nouns because the referents of nouns are more easily “packaged” than are the referents for verbs. That is, in a simplified view of word learning, the child must attend to appropriate perceptual elements, package them together, and connect them in some way to a sp ...
Passive Sentences
... 1. The object of the active verb is the subject of the passive verb (“English” in the example sentences below). Therefore, verbs which cannot be followed by objects (intransitive verbs) cannot be used in passive voice. These are some common intransitive verbs: appear, arrive, come, cry, die, go, hap ...
... 1. The object of the active verb is the subject of the passive verb (“English” in the example sentences below). Therefore, verbs which cannot be followed by objects (intransitive verbs) cannot be used in passive voice. These are some common intransitive verbs: appear, arrive, come, cry, die, go, hap ...
Auxiliary Selection in 16th Century French: Imposing Norms
... French grammar during the Renaissance is marked by two significant factors. The first factor is regional and social variation. At this time period, the language varied widely, not only from one region to another, but also between social classes within the same region. With such linguistic variation, ...
... French grammar during the Renaissance is marked by two significant factors. The first factor is regional and social variation. At this time period, the language varied widely, not only from one region to another, but also between social classes within the same region. With such linguistic variation, ...
How report verbs become quote markers and complementisers*
... is on the way to being reinterpreted as an inflectional ending on the verb. For discussion ...
... is on the way to being reinterpreted as an inflectional ending on the verb. For discussion ...
Douglas L. Rideout: Auxiliary Selection in 16th Century French
... French grammar during the Renaissance is marked by two significant factors. The first factor is regional and social variation. At this time period, the language varied widely, not only from one region to another, but also between social classes within the same region. With such linguistic variation, ...
... French grammar during the Renaissance is marked by two significant factors. The first factor is regional and social variation. At this time period, the language varied widely, not only from one region to another, but also between social classes within the same region. With such linguistic variation, ...
Contrastive Analysis of German and Malay Modal Verbs
... could also provide a systematical contrastive method. This is done by preparing a model which can be used to contrast languages and make prediction of language problems. Whitman creates a CA model which has four stages of procedures. The stages are description, selection, contrast and prediction mak ...
... could also provide a systematical contrastive method. This is done by preparing a model which can be used to contrast languages and make prediction of language problems. Whitman creates a CA model which has four stages of procedures. The stages are description, selection, contrast and prediction mak ...
verb forms and verb aspects in ngizim
... persons. The Perfective Tone rule (5) gives all verbs in the perfective initial low tone, which means that the low tone auxpros, jnaj jMj, and jkwaj are always dissimilated from the low initial syllable of the verb. The perfective asp marker is thus the feature [+ AUX Tone Dissimilation] (henceforth ...
... persons. The Perfective Tone rule (5) gives all verbs in the perfective initial low tone, which means that the low tone auxpros, jnaj jMj, and jkwaj are always dissimilated from the low initial syllable of the verb. The perfective asp marker is thus the feature [+ AUX Tone Dissimilation] (henceforth ...
