Raymond Hickey, A Promise is a Promise: On speech acts of
... When looking at acts of commitment one sees that the consent of the hearer, which is an integral part of them, is important so that the speaker may achieve his purpose. One might imagine that the speaker can best achieve his purpose if he is independent of the hearer but this is not necessarily so. ...
... When looking at acts of commitment one sees that the consent of the hearer, which is an integral part of them, is important so that the speaker may achieve his purpose. One might imagine that the speaker can best achieve his purpose if he is independent of the hearer but this is not necessarily so. ...
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... outside o f the applicative construction; there is no transfer verb * haaren (‘hair’).2 The applicative predication in (3) denotes a transfer event o f the type denoted by trivalent applicative verbs like laden (‘load’), and yet the transfer implication cannot be attributed to the semantics o f the ...
... outside o f the applicative construction; there is no transfer verb * haaren (‘hair’).2 The applicative predication in (3) denotes a transfer event o f the type denoted by trivalent applicative verbs like laden (‘load’), and yet the transfer implication cannot be attributed to the semantics o f the ...
On Double-Headedness and the Anatomy of the
... structure outlined in (Chomsky 1995). A basic tenet of Chomsky’s Minimalist approach is that the general operation Merge can in principle combine any two syntactic objects to form a new syntactic object. Therefore, combining two verbal phrases is a possibility, a priori. Next, Chomsky proposes that ...
... structure outlined in (Chomsky 1995). A basic tenet of Chomsky’s Minimalist approach is that the general operation Merge can in principle combine any two syntactic objects to form a new syntactic object. Therefore, combining two verbal phrases is a possibility, a priori. Next, Chomsky proposes that ...
Verbal Prefixes in Russian: Conceptual structure - Munin
... (e.g. za-bežatj v magazin ‘to run by the store on the way’). However, the meaning still involves briefly entering some space, so I treat them as a subclass of occlusive meaning. The briefness of the visit seems to arise from context and pragmatic knowledge, as it appears only with certain goalcomple ...
... (e.g. za-bežatj v magazin ‘to run by the store on the way’). However, the meaning still involves briefly entering some space, so I treat them as a subclass of occlusive meaning. The briefness of the visit seems to arise from context and pragmatic knowledge, as it appears only with certain goalcomple ...
Aphasia and the Theta System
... concretely on the framework of Government and Binding (G&B henceforth, Haegeman 1994, Shapiro 2000) and early stages of the Minimalist Program (MP henceforth, Chomsky 1995; Hornstein et al. in progress) within the Generative Grammar. Aphasiology and Linguistics, as Avrutin (2001) points out, may ben ...
... concretely on the framework of Government and Binding (G&B henceforth, Haegeman 1994, Shapiro 2000) and early stages of the Minimalist Program (MP henceforth, Chomsky 1995; Hornstein et al. in progress) within the Generative Grammar. Aphasiology and Linguistics, as Avrutin (2001) points out, may ben ...
Lexical Semantics and Irregular Inflection The Harvard community
... representations underlying language. Of the kinds of influencing this process, the role of sound is not in dispute. Most irregular verbs fall into clusters with similar sounds (e.g., sing-sang, ringrang, drink-drank; find-found, wind-wound, bind-bound), and when people are asked to provide past-tens ...
... representations underlying language. Of the kinds of influencing this process, the role of sound is not in dispute. Most irregular verbs fall into clusters with similar sounds (e.g., sing-sang, ringrang, drink-drank; find-found, wind-wound, bind-bound), and when people are asked to provide past-tens ...
Verbs in spoken sentence processing Goede, Dieuwke de
... Other evidence comes from psycho- and neurolinguistic data suggesting that SOV is the ‘unmarked’ order. During the early stage of language acquisition in Dutch the child uses infinitival verbs only and places them in final position (‘infinitival stage’: compare koekje eten in Dutch and eat cookie in ...
... Other evidence comes from psycho- and neurolinguistic data suggesting that SOV is the ‘unmarked’ order. During the early stage of language acquisition in Dutch the child uses infinitival verbs only and places them in final position (‘infinitival stage’: compare koekje eten in Dutch and eat cookie in ...
Agreement - General Guide To Personal and Societies Web Space
... The judgement here is not strictly ungrammatical, but it is felt to be archaic by most speakers. Nowadays there are still people using the agreeing form of the PtPPL in sentences like (2) b but the phenomenon is restricted mainly to highly educated, upper class speakers, especially those who are or ...
... The judgement here is not strictly ungrammatical, but it is felt to be archaic by most speakers. Nowadays there are still people using the agreeing form of the PtPPL in sentences like (2) b but the phenomenon is restricted mainly to highly educated, upper class speakers, especially those who are or ...
(2005). Some thoughts on Balto-Finnic passives and impersonals
... 2.1 Personal and impersonal passives Languages that have passives may have more than one type of passive construction. For example, Keenan (1985) talks about a ‘basic’ passive, while Siewierska (1984) distinguishes between ‘personal’ and ‘impersonal’ passives. Personal passives are in many languages ...
... 2.1 Personal and impersonal passives Languages that have passives may have more than one type of passive construction. For example, Keenan (1985) talks about a ‘basic’ passive, while Siewierska (1984) distinguishes between ‘personal’ and ‘impersonal’ passives. Personal passives are in many languages ...
Huang_Pinker_Lexical_Semantics
... representations underlying language. Of the kinds of influencing this process, the role of sound is not in dispute. Most irregular verbs fall into clusters with similar sounds (e.g., sing-sang, ringrang, drink-drank; find-found, wind-wound, bind-bound), and when people are asked to provide past-tens ...
... representations underlying language. Of the kinds of influencing this process, the role of sound is not in dispute. Most irregular verbs fall into clusters with similar sounds (e.g., sing-sang, ringrang, drink-drank; find-found, wind-wound, bind-bound), and when people are asked to provide past-tens ...
yankton school district 63-3
... Goal One: Students will demonstrate knowledge of present tense AR, ER, and IR verbs. Supporting Knowledge Students will: 1. conjugate verbs in the present tense. 2. use the conjugated verbs in sentences and conversations. 3. correctly spell conjugated verbs. Goal Two: Students will demonstrate knowl ...
... Goal One: Students will demonstrate knowledge of present tense AR, ER, and IR verbs. Supporting Knowledge Students will: 1. conjugate verbs in the present tense. 2. use the conjugated verbs in sentences and conversations. 3. correctly spell conjugated verbs. Goal Two: Students will demonstrate knowl ...
resulttv3f
... complement structure of its VP. We think this price is worth the benefit. Classical generative grammar does not recognize constructions in this sense; phenomena that have more standardly been termed “constructions,” such as the passive, are taken to be epiphenomenal outcomes of more general processe ...
... complement structure of its VP. We think this price is worth the benefit. Classical generative grammar does not recognize constructions in this sense; phenomena that have more standardly been termed “constructions,” such as the passive, are taken to be epiphenomenal outcomes of more general processe ...
Betsey Ellingsen
... ML4IP2A Participate in oral and written activities reflecting the present, with some usage of the past and future tenses ML4CCC3A Demonstrate understanding that language and meaning do not directly transfer from one language to another ML4CCC3B Demonstrate understanding that….tense usage in English ...
... ML4IP2A Participate in oral and written activities reflecting the present, with some usage of the past and future tenses ML4CCC3A Demonstrate understanding that language and meaning do not directly transfer from one language to another ML4CCC3B Demonstrate understanding that….tense usage in English ...
Discrete Skills - Woosterapsi2011
... Chinese social life that way. If too important won’t have to stay too long. He come to my wedding. I didn’t see, I heard it. I gone to boy’s side, they have YMCA dinner. Chinese age, I was nineteen.” You should know that my mother’s expressive command of English belies how much she actually understa ...
... Chinese social life that way. If too important won’t have to stay too long. He come to my wedding. I didn’t see, I heard it. I gone to boy’s side, they have YMCA dinner. Chinese age, I was nineteen.” You should know that my mother’s expressive command of English belies how much she actually understa ...
Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European Deponents
... c. (Some) verbs of motion d. Deadjectival and denominal stative and inchoative verbs e. (Some) verbs of speech and communication In languages whose non-active endings are traditionally called “middle”, these verbs are called media tantum (Lat. “middle only”) verbs. It is an unfortunate practice that ...
... c. (Some) verbs of motion d. Deadjectival and denominal stative and inchoative verbs e. (Some) verbs of speech and communication In languages whose non-active endings are traditionally called “middle”, these verbs are called media tantum (Lat. “middle only”) verbs. It is an unfortunate practice that ...
Bare resultatives - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... from the corresponding noun. On the contrary, the noun slaap in (6) must be derived from the homophonic verb. But this means that Dutch irregular unergatives cannot be analyzed as hidden transitives. Therefore, the problem in (3) seems unavoidable for this class of verb: their subject, if generated ...
... from the corresponding noun. On the contrary, the noun slaap in (6) must be derived from the homophonic verb. But this means that Dutch irregular unergatives cannot be analyzed as hidden transitives. Therefore, the problem in (3) seems unavoidable for this class of verb: their subject, if generated ...
SPLIT-INTRANSITIVITY IN SWAHILI AND HITTITE
... that split the set of intransitive verbs into two subsets, but the properties do not all split them into the same two subsets. This is a problem since there are phenomena, such as choice between auxiliary have and be in some languages (as discussed in section 2.3 below), that require that a single s ...
... that split the set of intransitive verbs into two subsets, but the properties do not all split them into the same two subsets. This is a problem since there are phenomena, such as choice between auxiliary have and be in some languages (as discussed in section 2.3 below), that require that a single s ...
The Coming and Going of `Lexical Prefixes` in Siraya
... Siraya verbs often have prefixed elements that give lexical information about their host verb. In this paper I have a closer look at these elements and show that they represent several related but distinct phenomena. Although they have indiscriminately been called ‘lexical prefixes’ in the literatur ...
... Siraya verbs often have prefixed elements that give lexical information about their host verb. In this paper I have a closer look at these elements and show that they represent several related but distinct phenomena. Although they have indiscriminately been called ‘lexical prefixes’ in the literatur ...
Aspectual licensing and object shift - bu people
... Westermann’s view that OV order in Gbå gerunds reduces to the prenominal order of possessors. But this correlation fails in ⁄gbo and Yor∞bÄ which have OV gerunds but lack prenominal possessors (Williamson 1986). This doesn’t prove that the Gbå parallel between OV and Poss-N is accidental, since Gbå ...
... Westermann’s view that OV order in Gbå gerunds reduces to the prenominal order of possessors. But this correlation fails in ⁄gbo and Yor∞bÄ which have OV gerunds but lack prenominal possessors (Williamson 1986). This doesn’t prove that the Gbå parallel between OV and Poss-N is accidental, since Gbå ...
RTF file
... CP-B1SG-hit-AF-TERM ‘I was the one who hit him.’ Jaa' x-in-ch'ey-ow-i. he CP-B1SG-hit-AF-TERM ‘He was the one who hit me.’ [Dayley 1985:349] ...
... CP-B1SG-hit-AF-TERM ‘I was the one who hit him.’ Jaa' x-in-ch'ey-ow-i. he CP-B1SG-hit-AF-TERM ‘He was the one who hit me.’ [Dayley 1985:349] ...
Student`s Translation Quality in Translating English Phrasal Verbs
... the English language. The students’ ability in choosing and determining the preposition or particle can be acquired well by practicing using it. An important aspect of the subject is illustrated by the phrasal verb in which an adverbial particle combines with a verb to form a new meaning. The phrasa ...
... the English language. The students’ ability in choosing and determining the preposition or particle can be acquired well by practicing using it. An important aspect of the subject is illustrated by the phrasal verb in which an adverbial particle combines with a verb to form a new meaning. The phrasa ...
Past and present Perfect in English
... causes for this problem is complexity and L1 interference. While I was teaching, I asked my students why I was so hard for them to understand the English present perfect tense. One of my student’s answers was very shocking. He believed that we don’t have the present perfect tense in Korean. Others b ...
... causes for this problem is complexity and L1 interference. While I was teaching, I asked my students why I was so hard for them to understand the English present perfect tense. One of my student’s answers was very shocking. He believed that we don’t have the present perfect tense in Korean. Others b ...
The limits of deponency - Jonathan Bobaljik
... discussion of the complicated morphosyntax of Chukchi as is necessary to appreciate the pattern. Some further information on verbal agreement, with sample paradigms, is presented in the appendix. I then touch briefly on differences between Chukchi and Latin. In section 4, I turn to the first of the ...
... discussion of the complicated morphosyntax of Chukchi as is necessary to appreciate the pattern. Some further information on verbal agreement, with sample paradigms, is presented in the appendix. I then touch briefly on differences between Chukchi and Latin. In section 4, I turn to the first of the ...
view/Open[13801982] - S
... from the same deep structu re, must any diffe rence in meaning ( if ever any, between them) come from the transformations involved? Needless to say, tra nsfor mation, in principle, does not change the meaning of sentence. There are many different views current on the nature of deep structure or 'the ...
... from the same deep structu re, must any diffe rence in meaning ( if ever any, between them) come from the transformations involved? Needless to say, tra nsfor mation, in principle, does not change the meaning of sentence. There are many different views current on the nature of deep structure or 'the ...
GREENBERG`S ASYMMETRY IN ARABIC: A CONSEQUENCE OF
... ⬎⬎ Affix-Faith, proposed by McCarthy and Prince (1995b:364) to hold between roots or stems and affixes, generally. Vocalic melodies in Semitic, however, offer good reasons to believe that this schema can be refined by making reference to different kinds of morphological realization. The /a/ of PAV i ...
... ⬎⬎ Affix-Faith, proposed by McCarthy and Prince (1995b:364) to hold between roots or stems and affixes, generally. Vocalic melodies in Semitic, however, offer good reasons to believe that this schema can be refined by making reference to different kinds of morphological realization. The /a/ of PAV i ...