The Pieces of Morphology
... It’s somehow intuitive to think that knowing a language involves knowing the words of the language. Linguists that start with this notion quickly get into trouble by not being clear about what a “word” is such that a speaker might know it or what “know” is such that a speaker might “know” a word. Wh ...
... It’s somehow intuitive to think that knowing a language involves knowing the words of the language. Linguists that start with this notion quickly get into trouble by not being clear about what a “word” is such that a speaker might know it or what “know” is such that a speaker might “know” a word. Wh ...
Words
... It’s somehow intuitive to think that knowing a language involves knowing the words of the language. Linguists that start with this notion quickly get into trouble by not being clear about what a “word” is such that a speaker might know it or what “know” is such that a speaker might “know” a word. Wh ...
... It’s somehow intuitive to think that knowing a language involves knowing the words of the language. Linguists that start with this notion quickly get into trouble by not being clear about what a “word” is such that a speaker might know it or what “know” is such that a speaker might “know” a word. Wh ...
02Story - Faculty Web Sites at the University of Virginia
... attribute. Scientific attempts to measure some of these variables, especially the social 'climate' and the individual's potential capacity to learn and to make use of the learning in problem solving, are comparatively recent. But the fascination has been so strong and the effort so great that, just ...
... attribute. Scientific attempts to measure some of these variables, especially the social 'climate' and the individual's potential capacity to learn and to make use of the learning in problem solving, are comparatively recent. But the fascination has been so strong and the effort so great that, just ...
Mood, voice and auxiliaries C1
... continues into the present. In that case, 'since,' 'for,' 'how long' or 'since when' are used. Note: When since (sense of time) is followed by a clause, the verb of the clause is in the preterite. A state or an action that has just been Example: accomplished. I've just finished an excellent book. No ...
... continues into the present. In that case, 'since,' 'for,' 'how long' or 'since when' are used. Note: When since (sense of time) is followed by a clause, the verb of the clause is in the preterite. A state or an action that has just been Example: accomplished. I've just finished an excellent book. No ...
An Analysis of the Evidential Use of German Perception Verbs
... subject. The two types differ with respect to volitionality. Verbs of the activity type such as sich (etwas) anhören ‘listen to’ refer to volitional perception, whereas verbs such as hören ‘hear’ belong to the experience type since they denote involuntary perception. Verbs of the phenomenon subtype ...
... subject. The two types differ with respect to volitionality. Verbs of the activity type such as sich (etwas) anhören ‘listen to’ refer to volitional perception, whereas verbs such as hören ‘hear’ belong to the experience type since they denote involuntary perception. Verbs of the phenomenon subtype ...
Explaining the (A)telicity Property of English Verb Phrases
... When applied to the verbal domain, the property of quantization says that if e is an event in the set denoted by eat an apple, and e’ is a proper part of e, then e’ cannot also be an event of eating an apple. (However, if e is in the set denoted by eat apples then there will be proper parts of e whi ...
... When applied to the verbal domain, the property of quantization says that if e is an event in the set denoted by eat an apple, and e’ is a proper part of e, then e’ cannot also be an event of eating an apple. (However, if e is in the set denoted by eat apples then there will be proper parts of e whi ...
The Quantization Puzzle
... quantificational and measurement properties of prefixes they contain, and yet with respect to most distributional tests they behave just like perfective verbs that are quantized in the mereological sense introduced by Krifka (1986). This is troublesome given that each Slavic language has a set of ab ...
... quantificational and measurement properties of prefixes they contain, and yet with respect to most distributional tests they behave just like perfective verbs that are quantized in the mereological sense introduced by Krifka (1986). This is troublesome given that each Slavic language has a set of ab ...
Elena Mihas - Italian Journal of Linguistics
... verb tekatsi. The existential copulas na ‘to be’ and kaari ‘negative existential’, copula of naming pait, copula of location saik, copula of capacity kara have limited morphological possibilities in that they don’t occur with most verbal categories. The ubiquitous multifunctional verb kant ‘to happe ...
... verb tekatsi. The existential copulas na ‘to be’ and kaari ‘negative existential’, copula of naming pait, copula of location saik, copula of capacity kara have limited morphological possibilities in that they don’t occur with most verbal categories. The ubiquitous multifunctional verb kant ‘to happe ...
Generating A Parsing Lexicon from an LCS-Based Lexicon
... The first methodology fails for some classes because the distribution of syntactic patterns over a specific class is not uniform. In other words, attempting to assign only a set of patterns to each class introduces errors because some classes are associated with more than one syntactic frame. For ex ...
... The first methodology fails for some classes because the distribution of syntactic patterns over a specific class is not uniform. In other words, attempting to assign only a set of patterns to each class introduces errors because some classes are associated with more than one syntactic frame. For ex ...
the morphology-syntax interface - University of the Basque Country
... and they show many of their properties. The morphological differences are captured in Remarks by a set of lexical redundancy rules. The introduction of the more abstract and simple X-bar schemata allows Chomsky to account for the syntactic parallelisms between these three types of expressions (verbs ...
... and they show many of their properties. The morphological differences are captured in Remarks by a set of lexical redundancy rules. The introduction of the more abstract and simple X-bar schemata allows Chomsky to account for the syntactic parallelisms between these three types of expressions (verbs ...
Studies in African Linguistics Volume 17, Number 3, December
... bearing but segmentally non-specified vowel (a postulation that may have some historical justification). One should note that with verbs in grade 7, the ufinal grade, the L of the suffix does not result in a falling tone, e.g. dafuwaa 'being well cooked' « dafu) ,not *dafuwaa. There are two very dif ...
... bearing but segmentally non-specified vowel (a postulation that may have some historical justification). One should note that with verbs in grade 7, the ufinal grade, the L of the suffix does not result in a falling tone, e.g. dafuwaa 'being well cooked' « dafu) ,not *dafuwaa. There are two very dif ...
Journal of Linguistics Bare nominals and incorporating verbs in
... properties that have been associated with some types of incorporated nominals (see e.g. Van Geenhoven 1996, Dayal 2003, Farkas & de Swart 2003, Dobrovie-Sorin, Bleam & Espinal 2006) : these BNs are indefinite, number neutral (unlike determiner-bearing singular nominals), and non-referential, lacking ...
... properties that have been associated with some types of incorporated nominals (see e.g. Van Geenhoven 1996, Dayal 2003, Farkas & de Swart 2003, Dobrovie-Sorin, Bleam & Espinal 2006) : these BNs are indefinite, number neutral (unlike determiner-bearing singular nominals), and non-referential, lacking ...
Dutch and German verb clusters in Performance
... The intersections of these disjunctive value sets are {1st, 3rd} and {nominative} respectively. Since none of these sets is empty, unification succeeds and the following matrix is returned: case = {nominative } number = {singular} person = {3rd, 1st} ...
... The intersections of these disjunctive value sets are {1st, 3rd} and {nominative} respectively. Since none of these sets is empty, unification succeeds and the following matrix is returned: case = {nominative } number = {singular} person = {3rd, 1st} ...
Argument Strurcture and Semantic Change
... In this investigation, we have drawn on three corpora to provide the basic data for the verb babysit, namely, the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA, 1990-2015), the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA, 1810-2009), and Google Books (GB, 1500s-2000s). We have checked these data aga ...
... In this investigation, we have drawn on three corpora to provide the basic data for the verb babysit, namely, the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA, 1990-2015), the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA, 1810-2009), and Google Books (GB, 1500s-2000s). We have checked these data aga ...
11 Fula
... There are several derivational elements which are not discussed here, for reasons of space. A single example will suffice: the element -w is productively used to derive stative verbs: alw-„be black‟, nyaw „be ill‟, tow „be tall‟, foow „be hot‟, nayw „be old‟, ranw „be white‟, feew „be cool‟, heew „ ...
... There are several derivational elements which are not discussed here, for reasons of space. A single example will suffice: the element -w is productively used to derive stative verbs: alw-„be black‟, nyaw „be ill‟, tow „be tall‟, foow „be hot‟, nayw „be old‟, ranw „be white‟, feew „be cool‟, heew „ ...
UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES ASPECT IN ENGLISH AND CZECH
... the roof, snapped the clothesline, and brought down the apple-tree, would normally be taken to indicate a sequence of events. Comrie claims that each of the three situations is presented without regard to its internal constituency and arrives at a conclusion that a natural interpretation is to take ...
... the roof, snapped the clothesline, and brought down the apple-tree, would normally be taken to indicate a sequence of events. Comrie claims that each of the three situations is presented without regard to its internal constituency and arrives at a conclusion that a natural interpretation is to take ...
Fox (Mesquakie) Reduplication
... All words in Fox are at least two syllables long and end in a short vowel. Long vowels are shortened in word-final position, whether or not the word is followed by an enclitic. In addition, most vowels occurring before pause devoice (see Goddard 1991b for details). If, however, a word is followed by ...
... All words in Fox are at least two syllables long and end in a short vowel. Long vowels are shortened in word-final position, whether or not the word is followed by an enclitic. In addition, most vowels occurring before pause devoice (see Goddard 1991b for details). If, however, a word is followed by ...
DESIDERATIVE - CAUSATIVES IN PAPAGO Ofelia Zepeda
... as in the simple causative. Compare, for example, the simple causative in (14b). However, in (17), (19), and (20) the "causer" is an-internal state. The individual experiencing the desire to sit down or the desire to drink or the desire to eat is powerless against it; thus, the "causer" in all three ...
... as in the simple causative. Compare, for example, the simple causative in (14b). However, in (17), (19), and (20) the "causer" is an-internal state. The individual experiencing the desire to sit down or the desire to drink or the desire to eat is powerless against it; thus, the "causer" in all three ...
The message in the navel: (ir)realisness in Swahili
... is a pragmatic assumption that can be defeated by placing the forms in an irrealis context. However, some of the Swahili TAM markers do explicitly signal that an event’s occurrence is called into question, i.e. that it is irrealis, and they further indicate various degrees of probability of occurren ...
... is a pragmatic assumption that can be defeated by placing the forms in an irrealis context. However, some of the Swahili TAM markers do explicitly signal that an event’s occurrence is called into question, i.e. that it is irrealis, and they further indicate various degrees of probability of occurren ...
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... criticus. Yet the remarkable thing is the number of passages in which there is no serious doubt. Another complication we have to face is that most, if not all, of the discourses recorded in the New Testament are not given in their full and unabridged form, and précis does have a tendency to distort ...
... criticus. Yet the remarkable thing is the number of passages in which there is no serious doubt. Another complication we have to face is that most, if not all, of the discourses recorded in the New Testament are not given in their full and unabridged form, and précis does have a tendency to distort ...
Päike sulatas suure jääpurika ära.
... machine, but something else. This can be, for instance, Mary was constructing a machine, or Mary constructed a part of a machine. The reference type is here neither cumulative nor distributive; therefore, the sentence in (9) is nonhomogeneous, which is ‘telic’ in Van Hout’s terminology. This paper w ...
... machine, but something else. This can be, for instance, Mary was constructing a machine, or Mary constructed a part of a machine. The reference type is here neither cumulative nor distributive; therefore, the sentence in (9) is nonhomogeneous, which is ‘telic’ in Van Hout’s terminology. This paper w ...
CHAPTER 2 THE ORIGIN OF LIGHT VERBS
... of the light verb and the event structure. The insight in HK's proposal is the hypothesis that event structures are directly correlated with syntactic structures. The problems include the following. First, HK-Chomsky's hypothesis that event structures are completely determined by the syntactic struc ...
... of the light verb and the event structure. The insight in HK's proposal is the hypothesis that event structures are directly correlated with syntactic structures. The problems include the following. First, HK-Chomsky's hypothesis that event structures are completely determined by the syntactic struc ...
A constructional approach to mimetic verbs
... Although a basic iconic picture underlying these definitions may be readily imaginable, i.e., an image related to roundness, a deeper unified meaning does not seem to be always agreed upon in its extension to the sound of a bell, to a chubby girl, and to successive action. This inevitably leads to t ...
... Although a basic iconic picture underlying these definitions may be readily imaginable, i.e., an image related to roundness, a deeper unified meaning does not seem to be always agreed upon in its extension to the sound of a bell, to a chubby girl, and to successive action. This inevitably leads to t ...