The syntax of French de-N phrases Anne Abeillé Univ. Paris
... widest variety of uses, and presents the greatest challenge for linguistic description and analysis. Historically a preposition, it still has a number of prepositional uses in modern French, but in many contexts it calls for an altogether different treatment. We begin by outlining a general distinct ...
... widest variety of uses, and presents the greatest challenge for linguistic description and analysis. Historically a preposition, it still has a number of prepositional uses in modern French, but in many contexts it calls for an altogether different treatment. We begin by outlining a general distinct ...
SAT Subject Tests - collegereadiness
... ce qui (What), correctly completes the sentence. Choice (A), Quoi (What), is only used in an interrogative sentence as the object of a preposition. Choice (B), Qu’est-ce qu’ (What), is only used as a direct object. And choice (C), Quel (What), would need to be followed by a noun. ...
... ce qui (What), correctly completes the sentence. Choice (A), Quoi (What), is only used in an interrogative sentence as the object of a preposition. Choice (B), Qu’est-ce qu’ (What), is only used as a direct object. And choice (C), Quel (What), would need to be followed by a noun. ...
ELL Stage II: Grades 1-2
... LI-10: producing declarative, negative, and interrogative simple sentences using the simple future tense (will, going to) (subject-verb agreement) with ...
... LI-10: producing declarative, negative, and interrogative simple sentences using the simple future tense (will, going to) (subject-verb agreement) with ...
Particle verbs and a theory of late lexical insertion
... problematic for proponents of a morphological analysis that presume that lexical insertion proceeds as in (5). This concept of insertion forces them to explain why syntax may have access to the verbal part of the word in (5), although grammar usually does not allow for this option. In order to maint ...
... problematic for proponents of a morphological analysis that presume that lexical insertion proceeds as in (5). This concept of insertion forces them to explain why syntax may have access to the verbal part of the word in (5), although grammar usually does not allow for this option. In order to maint ...
Clitic Right Dislocation in Exclamative sentences
... that friendly/four-legged that is this cat Neither persa (‘Persian’) nor quadrúpede (‘four-legged’) are gradable adjectives, so we can attribute the illformedness of all the cases in (7) to a case of vacuous quantification (more on this in section 3). ...
... that friendly/four-legged that is this cat Neither persa (‘Persian’) nor quadrúpede (‘four-legged’) are gradable adjectives, so we can attribute the illformedness of all the cases in (7) to a case of vacuous quantification (more on this in section 3). ...
Bare resultatives - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... independently of the location. The property green cannot be in the world without something being green, but a location (say a box) can exist without it containing anything. The suggestion is that a property ascribed to an entity by a state or activity is part of the predicate, while a location must ...
... independently of the location. The property green cannot be in the world without something being green, but a location (say a box) can exist without it containing anything. The suggestion is that a property ascribed to an entity by a state or activity is part of the predicate, while a location must ...
771Lec19-WordMeaningsII
... entailment: the verb Y is entailed by X if by doing X you must be doing Y (to sleep is entailed by to snore) coordinate terms: those verbs sharing a common hypernym (to lisp and to yell) ...
... entailment: the verb Y is entailed by X if by doing X you must be doing Y (to sleep is entailed by to snore) coordinate terms: those verbs sharing a common hypernym (to lisp and to yell) ...
A Maximum Entropy Model of Phonotactics and
... There are at least three distinct interpretations of the statement in (1): (1) “indentify is the base of identifiable. “ On the first interpretation, identify is the morphosyntactic base of the derived word identifiable: this statement is justified by the fact that a morphosyntactic property of iden ...
... There are at least three distinct interpretations of the statement in (1): (1) “indentify is the base of identifiable. “ On the first interpretation, identify is the morphosyntactic base of the derived word identifiable: this statement is justified by the fact that a morphosyntactic property of iden ...
LATIN WORD ORDER A Glimpse into the Vaults.
... N.B.—By the Predicate we do not mean necessarily the Verb. When the verb esse is used with Adjectives or Participles it need not take the last place. 2. The middle of a single sentence must be arranged on this principle: Expressions which naturally qualify the subject (generally adjectives or adject ...
... N.B.—By the Predicate we do not mean necessarily the Verb. When the verb esse is used with Adjectives or Participles it need not take the last place. 2. The middle of a single sentence must be arranged on this principle: Expressions which naturally qualify the subject (generally adjectives or adject ...
AnaPro, tool for identification and resolution of direct anaphora
... previous knowledge, etc. For the computer, analysis and verification of several information sources and tools (frames, dictionaries, thesaurus, etc.) is usually needed in order to have a satisfactory solution. Anaphora resolution has been an important task for NLP during years. Because of its import ...
... previous knowledge, etc. For the computer, analysis and verification of several information sources and tools (frames, dictionaries, thesaurus, etc.) is usually needed in order to have a satisfactory solution. Anaphora resolution has been an important task for NLP during years. Because of its import ...
An analysis of the teaching of object pronouns in elementary
... If there is another pronoun present to the left of Aux, then the order of pronouns will be determined by surface ordering of pronouns (Dinnsen, on Perlmutter) and not by another ...
... If there is another pronoun present to the left of Aux, then the order of pronouns will be determined by surface ordering of pronouns (Dinnsen, on Perlmutter) and not by another ...
Cross-linguistic patterns in the structure, function and position of
... () and (), by contrast, are complementation strategies. The nominalisation in () has all the vestiges of an NP rather than of a clause (determiner, genitive subjects and objects, internal modification by an adjective), and the adjoined clause in () is not embedded as an argument in the main clau ...
... () and (), by contrast, are complementation strategies. The nominalisation in () has all the vestiges of an NP rather than of a clause (determiner, genitive subjects and objects, internal modification by an adjective), and the adjoined clause in () is not embedded as an argument in the main clau ...
Lecture 4 - ufal wiki
... Whatever [Y1] I saw [X1,Y2] cost [X2] a fortune NB: We need to distinguish between these clauses and clauses formed with interrogative pronouns: *Who is undertaking the job has to understand this Who is undertaking the job is secret *What I saw cost a fortune What I saw was unclear Novembe ...
... Whatever [Y1] I saw [X1,Y2] cost [X2] a fortune NB: We need to distinguish between these clauses and clauses formed with interrogative pronouns: *Who is undertaking the job has to understand this Who is undertaking the job is secret *What I saw cost a fortune What I saw was unclear Novembe ...
Handling Arabic Morphological and Syntactic Ambiguity within the
... and complexity of Arabic morphology. We show how an ambiguity-controlled morphological analyzer is built in a rule-based system that takes the stem as the base form using finite state technology. We point out sources of genuine and spurious morphological ambiguities in Arabic and show how ambiguity ...
... and complexity of Arabic morphology. We show how an ambiguity-controlled morphological analyzer is built in a rule-based system that takes the stem as the base form using finite state technology. We point out sources of genuine and spurious morphological ambiguities in Arabic and show how ambiguity ...
Anaphora Resolution for Question Answering
... the general case, and because these are the most common uses of pronouns. In a system with this focus, the first step in resolving a pronoun is to determine whether it is pleonastic, and if not, to identify all noun phrases occurring before it as possible antecedents. Once the set of potential antec ...
... the general case, and because these are the most common uses of pronouns. In a system with this focus, the first step in resolving a pronoun is to determine whether it is pleonastic, and if not, to identify all noun phrases occurring before it as possible antecedents. Once the set of potential antec ...
Test 5 Writing MC Answers
... attributed to the technical work of talented film editors The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is nounnoun disagreement. The singular noun “director” does not agree with the earlier compound proper nouns, “Frank Capra and George Stevens.” There is no error at (A). The pronoun “Much” ...
... attributed to the technical work of talented film editors The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is nounnoun disagreement. The singular noun “director” does not agree with the earlier compound proper nouns, “Frank Capra and George Stevens.” There is no error at (A). The pronoun “Much” ...
Hausa Grammar and Classical Logic: Transculturality of Sentential
... and phonetics are very different from that of the Indo-European languages which elaborated the formal logic. The Hausa language belongs to the Chadic group of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, and it is spoken in a large area of sub-Saharan Africa, which includes the countries of Niger, Nigeria ...
... and phonetics are very different from that of the Indo-European languages which elaborated the formal logic. The Hausa language belongs to the Chadic group of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, and it is spoken in a large area of sub-Saharan Africa, which includes the countries of Niger, Nigeria ...
Latin for beginners - DISHSLatin1
... among us, we should not find them, except for dress and language, much unlike men of to-day. ...
... among us, we should not find them, except for dress and language, much unlike men of to-day. ...
fulltext - LOT Publications
... Transitive infinitive ............................................................ 322 ...
... Transitive infinitive ............................................................ 322 ...
Lecture Notes: Chapter 3 - Web Hosting at UMass Amherst
... θ-roles are assigned, but it only correctly delivers θ-roles to objects, and then, only when there is one. Under what conditions is the θ-role delivered to a subject argument? c. The CP complements to verbs present a paradox. They appear to be in complement position with respect to tests like do so ...
... θ-roles are assigned, but it only correctly delivers θ-roles to objects, and then, only when there is one. Under what conditions is the θ-role delivered to a subject argument? c. The CP complements to verbs present a paradox. They appear to be in complement position with respect to tests like do so ...
Extraction from gerunds and the internal syntax of verbs - Munin
... Before we start, a caveat is in order. These extractions are sometimes considered marked by native speakers, who prefer using other structures for the question. There is, at first sight, some disagreement among individual speakers with respect to how acceptable some of the extractions are; some want ...
... Before we start, a caveat is in order. These extractions are sometimes considered marked by native speakers, who prefer using other structures for the question. There is, at first sight, some disagreement among individual speakers with respect to how acceptable some of the extractions are; some want ...
A Division of Labor Between Nouns and Verbs in the
... number of different types of motion, some of which do not involve extrinsic motion (e.g., reach out), Lindner (1982) proposed that such uses are metaphorical extensions of the prototypical extrinsic paths that are initially associated with these words. Not only do English-speaking children learn to ...
... number of different types of motion, some of which do not involve extrinsic motion (e.g., reach out), Lindner (1982) proposed that such uses are metaphorical extensions of the prototypical extrinsic paths that are initially associated with these words. Not only do English-speaking children learn to ...
english back-formation: recent trends in usage
... In English morphology a distinction is sometimes made between major and minor wordformation processes. The criteria for assigning word-formation processes to the first or the second group are rarely specified, if at all. It is fairly safe to assume that productivity will be seen as one of the primar ...
... In English morphology a distinction is sometimes made between major and minor wordformation processes. The criteria for assigning word-formation processes to the first or the second group are rarely specified, if at all. It is fairly safe to assume that productivity will be seen as one of the primar ...
- MIT Press Journals
... Lexical assignments to inflected words carry unary modalities: boys has the type ✷pl N, in contrast to ✷sg N for boy. Although such regulation of inflectional features successfully mediates, for example, subject-verb agreement or NP-internal case agreement (as in German), it is essentially word-base ...
... Lexical assignments to inflected words carry unary modalities: boys has the type ✷pl N, in contrast to ✷sg N for boy. Although such regulation of inflectional features successfully mediates, for example, subject-verb agreement or NP-internal case agreement (as in German), it is essentially word-base ...
An analysis of the Yoruba language with english
... Yoruba forms a Yes-No question by adding a Q particle to the beginning of the sentence. It forms a content question by moving the object NP to the beginning of the sentence. ...
... Yoruba forms a Yes-No question by adding a Q particle to the beginning of the sentence. It forms a content question by moving the object NP to the beginning of the sentence. ...