How weak and how definite are Weak Definites?
... types of definites do not seem to exhibit any uniqueness effects whatsoever, which could be taken to suggest that they have to be treated as being semantically different from ‘regular’ definites in an essential way. While that seems like a very reasonable reaction to the obvious differences in their ...
... types of definites do not seem to exhibit any uniqueness effects whatsoever, which could be taken to suggest that they have to be treated as being semantically different from ‘regular’ definites in an essential way. While that seems like a very reasonable reaction to the obvious differences in their ...
Aspects of the Syntactic Problems of Esan Learners
... TL because of the similarities inherent between the MT and TL. Although the whole idea of interference is based on transfer theory, ‘error analysis and contrastive analysis are carried out to show vividly the problems [usually of negative transfer which] a learner might have in the study of the targ ...
... TL because of the similarities inherent between the MT and TL. Although the whole idea of interference is based on transfer theory, ‘error analysis and contrastive analysis are carried out to show vividly the problems [usually of negative transfer which] a learner might have in the study of the targ ...
Building the PDT-Vallex valency lexicon
... build the PDT-Vallex essentially from scratch, notwithstanding some small sets of verbs with initial attempts at rather informal valency description attached to them. The annotators simply had to add entries as they went on with the structural annotation. In fact, they were trained to add entries es ...
... build the PDT-Vallex essentially from scratch, notwithstanding some small sets of verbs with initial attempts at rather informal valency description attached to them. The annotators simply had to add entries as they went on with the structural annotation. In fact, they were trained to add entries es ...
Building the PDT-VALLEX valency lexicon
... build the PDT-Vallex essentially from scratch, notwithstanding some small sets of verbs with initial attempts at rather informal valency description attached to them. The annotators simply had to add entries as they went on with the structural annotation. In fact, they were trained to add entries es ...
... build the PDT-Vallex essentially from scratch, notwithstanding some small sets of verbs with initial attempts at rather informal valency description attached to them. The annotators simply had to add entries as they went on with the structural annotation. In fact, they were trained to add entries es ...
Language convergence and bilingual acquisition
... In the remainder of this article, I present the data these four stages development. 3. Theories of the Acquisition of Inflection In this Section I present several influential theories in child language that have attempted to account for the omission of inflectional morphology in child language. Each th ...
... In the remainder of this article, I present the data these four stages development. 3. Theories of the Acquisition of Inflection In this Section I present several influential theories in child language that have attempted to account for the omission of inflectional morphology in child language. Each th ...
the definition of the grammatical category in a syntactically oriented
... chapter we study the case of Upper Sorbian, whose relational adjectives have very intriguing characteristics, which are relevant for the questions discussed in this dissertation. Chapter four addresses the question of nouns that behave like adjectives because they act as predicates. Here, we select ...
... chapter we study the case of Upper Sorbian, whose relational adjectives have very intriguing characteristics, which are relevant for the questions discussed in this dissertation. Chapter four addresses the question of nouns that behave like adjectives because they act as predicates. Here, we select ...
Constructions with and without articles Henriëtte de Swart
... ‘weak referentiality’ for this phenomenon. The reader is referred to de Swart & Zwarts (2008, 2010) for the technicalities of the OT analysis, which constitutes the background of this investigation. The main aim of the current paper is to translate the intuitions about weak referentiality into a fo ...
... ‘weak referentiality’ for this phenomenon. The reader is referred to de Swart & Zwarts (2008, 2010) for the technicalities of the OT analysis, which constitutes the background of this investigation. The main aim of the current paper is to translate the intuitions about weak referentiality into a fo ...
Quantificational Pronouns in Uyghur By Jonathan Jasper Coffee
... Table 6 – Vowel Backness and Consonant Voicing Harmony in Suffixes In all of these examples, the underspecified vowel of the suffix gets is backness feature from the closest stem vowel. In the words üzümde ‘at/on the grapes’ and mektepte ‘at school,’ the vowels in the locative suffix –DA are undersp ...
... Table 6 – Vowel Backness and Consonant Voicing Harmony in Suffixes In all of these examples, the underspecified vowel of the suffix gets is backness feature from the closest stem vowel. In the words üzümde ‘at/on the grapes’ and mektepte ‘at school,’ the vowels in the locative suffix –DA are undersp ...
On the Order of the Prenominal Participles in Bulgarian
... only for adjectives and, second, that verbal participles occurring in prenominal position display certain ordering restrictions, as predicted by Larson and Takahashi (in press) and Cinque’s (2005) theory of adnominal modification. Unlike the premodified participial expressions, the postmodified ones ...
... only for adjectives and, second, that verbal participles occurring in prenominal position display certain ordering restrictions, as predicted by Larson and Takahashi (in press) and Cinque’s (2005) theory of adnominal modification. Unlike the premodified participial expressions, the postmodified ones ...
French Verbs Made Simple(r)
... conjugations are presented for each of the models, including those displaying purely orthographic modifications. The key elements for each are highlighted, and all other verbs with analogous conjugations are explicitly identified. A summary table provides in concise form all of the key elements requir ...
... conjugations are presented for each of the models, including those displaying purely orthographic modifications. The key elements for each are highlighted, and all other verbs with analogous conjugations are explicitly identified. A summary table provides in concise form all of the key elements requir ...
IRREGULAR VERBS
... Shrunken is an adjective that is used both before a noun and after a verb: a shrunken old woman; She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic. The programme’s audience has shrunk dramatically in the last few months. Note the film title: Honey I Shrunk the Kids. ...
... Shrunken is an adjective that is used both before a noun and after a verb: a shrunken old woman; She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic. The programme’s audience has shrunk dramatically in the last few months. Note the film title: Honey I Shrunk the Kids. ...
inquiries into the lexicon-syntax relations in basque
... which are formally reflexives (Mendikoetxea 1999) are treated as absolutive intransitive verbs in Basque borrowings, and he demonstrates that in fact, the tendency to use an ergative case marking with intransitive borrowed verbs (Sarasola 1979) is restricted to non-reflexive (most of the time agenti ...
... which are formally reflexives (Mendikoetxea 1999) are treated as absolutive intransitive verbs in Basque borrowings, and he demonstrates that in fact, the tendency to use an ergative case marking with intransitive borrowed verbs (Sarasola 1979) is restricted to non-reflexive (most of the time agenti ...
(Past) Participle Agreement
... which only manifests gender and number features and no person feature. Kayne’s original account, as well as the subsequent literature on the topic, has typically left unexplained why such agreement process should be obligatory in some cases and optional in other cases which would otherwise meet the ...
... which only manifests gender and number features and no person feature. Kayne’s original account, as well as the subsequent literature on the topic, has typically left unexplained why such agreement process should be obligatory in some cases and optional in other cases which would otherwise meet the ...
Passive - University of Hawaii
... by-phrase). In the GB framework, characteristics of passive are considered a result of absorption of the external theta-role by the passive suffix. Following the proposal by Jaeggli (1986a) that case/theta-role absorption should be understood as case/theta-role assignment to the passive suffix, Robe ...
... by-phrase). In the GB framework, characteristics of passive are considered a result of absorption of the external theta-role by the passive suffix. Following the proposal by Jaeggli (1986a) that case/theta-role absorption should be understood as case/theta-role assignment to the passive suffix, Robe ...
Class Breakdown by Goal: DesCartes
... • Classifies sentences as questions based on word order • Classifies sentences as questions when ending punctuation is present • Classifies sentences as telling you what to do (imperative sentences, term not used) based on word order and content • Combines sentences to improve clarity by using a com ...
... • Classifies sentences as questions based on word order • Classifies sentences as questions when ending punctuation is present • Classifies sentences as telling you what to do (imperative sentences, term not used) based on word order and content • Combines sentences to improve clarity by using a com ...
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... Timothy studied for his science test last night, so he aced it. ...
... Timothy studied for his science test last night, so he aced it. ...
Chapter ? Binding by Verbs: Tense, Person and Mood under Attitudes*
... analysed. Section 4 presents the theory. Section 4.1.3 gives a detailed account of the morphology/syntax interface of tense. 4.2 introduces the semantics. 4.2.1 reconstructs Schlenker’s context theory and relates it to Kaplan’s framework. It shows that the system has no quantifiers binding context v ...
... analysed. Section 4 presents the theory. Section 4.1.3 gives a detailed account of the morphology/syntax interface of tense. 4.2 introduces the semantics. 4.2.1 reconstructs Schlenker’s context theory and relates it to Kaplan’s framework. It shows that the system has no quantifiers binding context v ...
The Sentence
... word group is a sentence fragment, add words to make it a complete sentence. Answers will vary. Sample responses are given. EXAMPLES ...
... word group is a sentence fragment, add words to make it a complete sentence. Answers will vary. Sample responses are given. EXAMPLES ...
How to Use the Holt Handbook CD
... wasps. Among the best-known social wasps are [15] those within a group that, like ants, has a caste system in [16] its societies. The queen builds a small nest consisting of a [17] few cells, and then she lays eggs. [18] These hatch into workers. The workers enlarge the nest, [19] which is made of m ...
... wasps. Among the best-known social wasps are [15] those within a group that, like ants, has a caste system in [16] its societies. The queen builds a small nest consisting of a [17] few cells, and then she lays eggs. [18] These hatch into workers. The workers enlarge the nest, [19] which is made of m ...
ABSTRACT MEASURING PREDICATES Alexis Wellwood, Doctor of
... syntactic properties of a language with an eye to the notional categories that the various pieces of form express. In this dissertation, I investigate the morphosyntactic devices that English speakers (and speakers of other languages) can use to talk about comparisons between things: comparative sen ...
... syntactic properties of a language with an eye to the notional categories that the various pieces of form express. In this dissertation, I investigate the morphosyntactic devices that English speakers (and speakers of other languages) can use to talk about comparisons between things: comparative sen ...
Lola Oliva Asencio Gabriela Torres Silva B1 IC RELATIVE
... ● There’s going to be a new headteacher in September, which is good. That → we use that instead of who, whom or which only to introduce defining relative clauses to refer to people, animals and things. It is more informal than who, whom or which. That can act as the subject or the object of the rela ...
... ● There’s going to be a new headteacher in September, which is good. That → we use that instead of who, whom or which only to introduce defining relative clauses to refer to people, animals and things. It is more informal than who, whom or which. That can act as the subject or the object of the rela ...
On D-pronouns and the Movement of Topic Features
... The infinitival lP-constituent boeken lezen 'read books' may not occur as a complement to doen 'do', as the (a)-sentence shows, because this verb does not categorially select infinitival lP. If boeken lezen 'read books' occurs as a 1eft-dislocated constituent at the periphery of the clause, however, ...
... The infinitival lP-constituent boeken lezen 'read books' may not occur as a complement to doen 'do', as the (a)-sentence shows, because this verb does not categorially select infinitival lP. If boeken lezen 'read books' occurs as a 1eft-dislocated constituent at the periphery of the clause, however, ...