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... adults and the distribution of the error types is different in children’s texts. In addition, other writing errors above word-level are discussed here, including punctuation and spelling errors resulting in existing words. The method used in the implemented tool FiniteCheck involves subtraction of f ...
... adults and the distribution of the error types is different in children’s texts. In addition, other writing errors above word-level are discussed here, including punctuation and spelling errors resulting in existing words. The method used in the implemented tool FiniteCheck involves subtraction of f ...
Lenition of the Conjugated Prepositions in Irish and Welsh
... final syllable of unstressed words – this original environment was lost and because of this the occurrence of lenition became phonologically unpredictable. Most instances of lenition in the Celtic languages can be explained relatively easily by looking at the historical phonological context of the l ...
... final syllable of unstressed words – this original environment was lost and because of this the occurrence of lenition became phonologically unpredictable. Most instances of lenition in the Celtic languages can be explained relatively easily by looking at the historical phonological context of the l ...
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... context, and consisted of a reconstruction of the change based on written data from old texts. It has been shown, however, that language change can be observed while it is taking place (Lavob 1972). Language change was only considered to be the direct result of a readjustment of the linguistic syste ...
... context, and consisted of a reconstruction of the change based on written data from old texts. It has been shown, however, that language change can be observed while it is taking place (Lavob 1972). Language change was only considered to be the direct result of a readjustment of the linguistic syste ...
LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
... These facts clearly indicate that the structure of all languages must be based on the nature of man. This is not an original idea; indeed, much of the current work in linguistics in all theoretical frameworks proceeds from this position. For example, it is basic to Chomsky’s concept of linguistic un ...
... These facts clearly indicate that the structure of all languages must be based on the nature of man. This is not an original idea; indeed, much of the current work in linguistics in all theoretical frameworks proceeds from this position. For example, it is basic to Chomsky’s concept of linguistic un ...
Being Colloquial in Esperanto
... that in my experience give native English speakers particular trouble or that we find especially interesting. I have also included a very large number of examples, since in my experience an example often makes more sense than an abstract explanation. All examples are accompanied by more or less coll ...
... that in my experience give native English speakers particular trouble or that we find especially interesting. I have also included a very large number of examples, since in my experience an example often makes more sense than an abstract explanation. All examples are accompanied by more or less coll ...
Filozofická fakulta Ústav anglického jazyka a didaktiky
... There seems to be discrepancy among the grammaticians in what clause elements may be modified. Dušková et al. list only a noun phrase as a target of modification, thus for instance a verb would not be modified but would occur with an adverbial. This is perhaps the result of comparing the English la ...
... There seems to be discrepancy among the grammaticians in what clause elements may be modified. Dušková et al. list only a noun phrase as a target of modification, thus for instance a verb would not be modified but would occur with an adverbial. This is perhaps the result of comparing the English la ...
Contextually-Dependent Lexical Semantics
... What emerges very clearly from the recent work on the interface between lexical and nonlexical semantic information is that polysemy is not a single, monolithic phenomenon. Rather, it is the result of both compositional operations in the semantics [...] and of contextual effects, such as the structu ...
... What emerges very clearly from the recent work on the interface between lexical and nonlexical semantic information is that polysemy is not a single, monolithic phenomenon. Rather, it is the result of both compositional operations in the semantics [...] and of contextual effects, such as the structu ...
Change in Contemporary English: A Grammatical Study
... List of Figures in Appendix III Figure A. Distribution of present progressives (active) in LOB and F-LOB across subcorpora: frequencies pmw Figure A. Distribution of present progressives (active) in Brown and ...
... List of Figures in Appendix III Figure A. Distribution of present progressives (active) in LOB and F-LOB across subcorpora: frequencies pmw Figure A. Distribution of present progressives (active) in Brown and ...
Japanese Grammar Guide - Tae Kim`s Guide to Learning Japanese
... 4.4.4 Using 「のに」 to mean "despite" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.5 Expressing contradiction using 「が」 and 「けど」 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.6 Expressing multiple reasons using 「し」 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.7 Expressing multiple actions or states using 「〜たりする」 . . . . . ...
... 4.4.4 Using 「のに」 to mean "despite" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.5 Expressing contradiction using 「が」 and 「けど」 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.6 Expressing multiple reasons using 「し」 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.7 Expressing multiple actions or states using 「〜たりする」 . . . . . ...
PPs, particles and polysemy of a basic Swedish speech act verb
... particular speech act verb. For an account of English ask for example, see Rudzka-Ostyn 1989. Also, recent text-based work on a limited group of speech act verbs in Italian has been carried out within the DELIS project (Heid et al. 1996:52-62). This work, some of which is also presented in Corazzari ...
... particular speech act verb. For an account of English ask for example, see Rudzka-Ostyn 1989. Also, recent text-based work on a limited group of speech act verbs in Italian has been carried out within the DELIS project (Heid et al. 1996:52-62). This work, some of which is also presented in Corazzari ...
On Word Definition in Children and Adults
... adjectives, and 7 concrete and abstract verbs. Word definitions were analysed for grammatical form and use of semantic components (i.e. categorical term, specificity of the hyperonym, and semantic content of the definiens). Findings for Study 1 indicated a generalized effect of the morphological ca ...
... adjectives, and 7 concrete and abstract verbs. Word definitions were analysed for grammatical form and use of semantic components (i.e. categorical term, specificity of the hyperonym, and semantic content of the definiens). Findings for Study 1 indicated a generalized effect of the morphological ca ...
Adjectival participles, event kind modification and
... deleted when the participle is adjectivised. She proposes that in the case of eventrelated modification we are dealing with phrasal adjectivisation (following Kratzer 1994), which only allows as its input modifiers that provide information that is characteristic for the result state. However, she do ...
... deleted when the participle is adjectivised. She proposes that in the case of eventrelated modification we are dealing with phrasal adjectivisation (following Kratzer 1994), which only allows as its input modifiers that provide information that is characteristic for the result state. However, she do ...
Subjunctive Obviation: an Interface Perspective
... The phenomenon illustrated in example (1) has been referred to using various terminology. The most common are “obviation” (or “subjunctive obviation”) and “subjunctive disjoint reference effect”. The French term “obviatif”, which the English words “obviative” and “obviation” stem from, was coined by ...
... The phenomenon illustrated in example (1) has been referred to using various terminology. The most common are “obviation” (or “subjunctive obviation”) and “subjunctive disjoint reference effect”. The French term “obviatif”, which the English words “obviative” and “obviation” stem from, was coined by ...
Part 9 English Idioms The English language abounds in idioms like
... conjunction till, an article the, a noun cow, a verb come and an adverb home, means `forever' and functions as an adverb, thus replaceable by the word `forever'. The same can be said of keep in mind (remember), take off (imitate), to no avail (useless), like a breeze (easily) and ...
... conjunction till, an article the, a noun cow, a verb come and an adverb home, means `forever' and functions as an adverb, thus replaceable by the word `forever'. The same can be said of keep in mind (remember), take off (imitate), to no avail (useless), like a breeze (easily) and ...
Prefix Variation in Russian - Munin
... The final section of Chapter 6 launches three hypotheses to explain the possible implications of this. The Conflict Hypothesis postulates that previous researchers were wrong in identifying поand с- as being the most productive prefixes in Russian. This is perhaps the first interpretation that sprin ...
... The final section of Chapter 6 launches three hypotheses to explain the possible implications of this. The Conflict Hypothesis postulates that previous researchers were wrong in identifying поand с- as being the most productive prefixes in Russian. This is perhaps the first interpretation that sprin ...
anotace - Theses
... Intransitive verbs are the opposite type of transitive verbs. They are not complemented by an object, but by an adverbial or no complement and, thus, they cannot be passive. On the other hand, there are some intransitive phrasal verbs that can, in a specific sentence structure, be used in the passiv ...
... Intransitive verbs are the opposite type of transitive verbs. They are not complemented by an object, but by an adverbial or no complement and, thus, they cannot be passive. On the other hand, there are some intransitive phrasal verbs that can, in a specific sentence structure, be used in the passiv ...
Negation in clause linkages1
... not just the illocutionary force of the clauses (see Cosme 2008 for comparative work on information packaging in English, Dutch and French clause linkage structures). In a multivariate analysis, these clauses can be coded for their illocutionary force, their tense and modal characteristics, the scop ...
... not just the illocutionary force of the clauses (see Cosme 2008 for comparative work on information packaging in English, Dutch and French clause linkage structures). In a multivariate analysis, these clauses can be coded for their illocutionary force, their tense and modal characteristics, the scop ...
Decomposing Existence: Evidence from Germanic
... To filter out the relevant syntactic properties of impersonal existential constructions in German, I will contrast them with the copula sein. Syntactically, the copula construction is quite different from impersonal geben and haben. The examples in (2) show that the 3rd person neuter pronoun es is o ...
... To filter out the relevant syntactic properties of impersonal existential constructions in German, I will contrast them with the copula sein. Syntactically, the copula construction is quite different from impersonal geben and haben. The examples in (2) show that the 3rd person neuter pronoun es is o ...
Noun clauses function
... § observation: The action of the infinitive to know points directly at the DEP. § DEP function: object of the infinitive to know § DEP identity: noun clause ...
... § observation: The action of the infinitive to know points directly at the DEP. § DEP function: object of the infinitive to know § DEP identity: noun clause ...
Reciprocals in Yukaghir languages
... reciprocals without any additional marking (see 4.1): it implies that the reciprocal constructions under discussion are not ruled out by the grammar, but rather avoided because of their ambiguity (see 2.2.1 for further discussion and examples). 1.1.3 Reciprocal constructions with underlying bitransi ...
... reciprocals without any additional marking (see 4.1): it implies that the reciprocal constructions under discussion are not ruled out by the grammar, but rather avoided because of their ambiguity (see 2.2.1 for further discussion and examples). 1.1.3 Reciprocal constructions with underlying bitransi ...
Coordination with goon and Bisyndetic =goon in Dongolawi and
... Crystal’s definition is restricted to the English language. Other scholars look at the notion of adversativity from a typological perspective and suggest more refined terms and concepts of adversativity. Both, Malchukov and Haspelmath13 begin with a general definition describing adversative coordina ...
... Crystal’s definition is restricted to the English language. Other scholars look at the notion of adversativity from a typological perspective and suggest more refined terms and concepts of adversativity. Both, Malchukov and Haspelmath13 begin with a general definition describing adversative coordina ...
A Writer`s Reference
... G1-b, the text presents three main types of help to solve your writing problem. The section number is accompanied by a rule, which is often a revision strategy. The rule is followed by a clear, brief explanation and, in some sections, by one or more hand-edited examples. [Image: Rules, Explanations, ...
... G1-b, the text presents three main types of help to solve your writing problem. The section number is accompanied by a rule, which is often a revision strategy. The rule is followed by a clear, brief explanation and, in some sections, by one or more hand-edited examples. [Image: Rules, Explanations, ...
18 The Instrumental Case Feminine declension nouns Masculine
... The instrumental is one of the most complex Russian cases, but the idea behind it is fairly simple. You can think of it as an accessory for something else. Rather than serving as a source for energy (which is the primary task of NOMINATIVE: A NAME), the instrumental is a peripheral attachment for so ...
... The instrumental is one of the most complex Russian cases, but the idea behind it is fairly simple. You can think of it as an accessory for something else. Rather than serving as a source for energy (which is the primary task of NOMINATIVE: A NAME), the instrumental is a peripheral attachment for so ...
The Origin and Development of Nonconcatenative Morphology by
... 4.2. The role of semantics and the fate of derived forms .........................................................145 4.2.1. The T- and N-stems: Semitic reflexive forms ........................................................... 146 4.2.1.1. Competition and loss...................................... ...
... 4.2. The role of semantics and the fate of derived forms .........................................................145 4.2.1. The T- and N-stems: Semitic reflexive forms ........................................................... 146 4.2.1.1. Competition and loss...................................... ...
ABSTRACT - NEHU Institutional Repository
... Chapter three discusses the Derivations in the Garo Language and goes on to describe in detail the Nominalizing Suffixes, the Adjectives and especially the Adverbs which show derivational characteristics. The Numeral morphemes of the Garo language which show a lot of similarities with other language ...
... Chapter three discusses the Derivations in the Garo Language and goes on to describe in detail the Nominalizing Suffixes, the Adjectives and especially the Adverbs which show derivational characteristics. The Numeral morphemes of the Garo language which show a lot of similarities with other language ...