Gerundive Nominals and The Role of Aspect
... The presence/absence of an overt subject is contributing to the gerunds in an important way. But, it is interesting to note that the presence or absence of an overt subject does not make any difference with the non-gerundive derived nominals. The examples in (13) show a non-gerundive derived nominal ...
... The presence/absence of an overt subject is contributing to the gerunds in an important way. But, it is interesting to note that the presence or absence of an overt subject does not make any difference with the non-gerundive derived nominals. The examples in (13) show a non-gerundive derived nominal ...
OBJECT FUNCTIONS AND THE SYNTAX OF
... When thinking about DOCs, the verb that almost invariably comes to mind is GIVE. This verb, however, may not be as prototypical as is commonly assumed. In Cantonese, it is the only verb whose objects are in an anomalous order, with the object that bears the theme role preceding the object which expr ...
... When thinking about DOCs, the verb that almost invariably comes to mind is GIVE. This verb, however, may not be as prototypical as is commonly assumed. In Cantonese, it is the only verb whose objects are in an anomalous order, with the object that bears the theme role preceding the object which expr ...
FrameNet II: Extended Theory and Practice
... valences–of each word in each of its senses, through computer-assisted annotation of example sentences and automatic tabulation and display of the annotation results. The major product of this work, the FrameNet lexical database, currently contains more than 10,000 lexical units (defined below), mor ...
... valences–of each word in each of its senses, through computer-assisted annotation of example sentences and automatic tabulation and display of the annotation results. The major product of this work, the FrameNet lexical database, currently contains more than 10,000 lexical units (defined below), mor ...
a lexical semantic study of four-character sino
... Noun compounds have long been the subject of study in Natural Language Processing. They pose multiple problems in the automatic processing of language. A noun compound can be defined as a word that consists of more than one noun, expressing a concept that is related to the nouns it consists of, but ...
... Noun compounds have long been the subject of study in Natural Language Processing. They pose multiple problems in the automatic processing of language. A noun compound can be defined as a word that consists of more than one noun, expressing a concept that is related to the nouns it consists of, but ...
320 pages - Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori
... 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 finite state automata that represent grammars with varying degrees of detail, creatin ...
... 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 finite state automata that represent grammars with varying degrees of detail, creatin ...
Different forms, different meanings?
... which has been defined as : “[t]he meaning of a word considered in isolation from the sentence containing it, and regardless of its grammatical context” (Oxford Dictionary http://oxforddictionaries.com), “the equivalent to the commonly used, less technical (but ambiguous), term ‘word-meaning’” (Lyon ...
... which has been defined as : “[t]he meaning of a word considered in isolation from the sentence containing it, and regardless of its grammatical context” (Oxford Dictionary http://oxforddictionaries.com), “the equivalent to the commonly used, less technical (but ambiguous), term ‘word-meaning’” (Lyon ...
French Grammar and Usage
... or discourse. Personal pronouns contrast with impersonal pronouns which do not refer to other noun phrases. Personal pronouns are pronouns like je, me, moi, nous; tu, te, toi, vous; il, elle, lui, les etc. They take their name from the fact that they can be classified as first, second or third perso ...
... or discourse. Personal pronouns contrast with impersonal pronouns which do not refer to other noun phrases. Personal pronouns are pronouns like je, me, moi, nous; tu, te, toi, vous; il, elle, lui, les etc. They take their name from the fact that they can be classified as first, second or third perso ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION CLASS
... 'You' is also used, especially in spoken English, to refer to people in general, rather than to the person you are talking to: You can't predict the results of the general elections. You don't know what will happen. 'he' and 'she': You refer to a man or a boy as 'he' and to a 'woman or a 'girl' as ...
... 'You' is also used, especially in spoken English, to refer to people in general, rather than to the person you are talking to: You can't predict the results of the general elections. You don't know what will happen. 'he' and 'she': You refer to a man or a boy as 'he' and to a 'woman or a 'girl' as ...
Grammar and Language Workbook
... He said something about ________. I know something about a(n) ________. He said something about aunts. I know something about a meadow. 3. A common noun names a general class of people, places, things, or ideas. ...
... He said something about ________. I know something about a(n) ________. He said something about aunts. I know something about a meadow. 3. A common noun names a general class of people, places, things, or ideas. ...
FrameNet II: Extended Theory and Practice
... possibilities– valences–of each word in each of its senses, through computer-assisted annotation of example sentences and automatic tabulation and display of the annotation results. The major product of this work, the FrameNet lexical database, currently contains more than 10,000 lexical units (defi ...
... possibilities– valences–of each word in each of its senses, through computer-assisted annotation of example sentences and automatic tabulation and display of the annotation results. The major product of this work, the FrameNet lexical database, currently contains more than 10,000 lexical units (defi ...
Infernal Grammar
... if you become a psych major in college you'll have to deal with it.) For now, however, remember: affect is a verb that means (1) to act on, impress, change (2) to feign or pretend Here are some examples: 1. Dante was greatly affected by what he saw in Circle Seven. 2. The boiling blood of the Phelge ...
... if you become a psych major in college you'll have to deal with it.) For now, however, remember: affect is a verb that means (1) to act on, impress, change (2) to feign or pretend Here are some examples: 1. Dante was greatly affected by what he saw in Circle Seven. 2. The boiling blood of the Phelge ...
Change in Contemporary English: A Grammatical Study
... study is based on a group of matching corpora, known as the ‘Brown family’ of corpora, supplemented by a range of other corpus materials, both written and spoken, drawn mainly from the later twentieth century. Among the matters receiving particular attention are the influence of American English on ...
... study is based on a group of matching corpora, known as the ‘Brown family’ of corpora, supplemented by a range of other corpus materials, both written and spoken, drawn mainly from the later twentieth century. Among the matters receiving particular attention are the influence of American English on ...
110 CHAPTER 3. NULL OBJECTS IN ENGLISH
... which can be examined as possible cases of null object constructions. In the next section, I will discuss some criteria for determining the presence of a null object and apply these criteria to these examples. Different types of null objects may be characterized by the type of verb with which they o ...
... which can be examined as possible cases of null object constructions. In the next section, I will discuss some criteria for determining the presence of a null object and apply these criteria to these examples. Different types of null objects may be characterized by the type of verb with which they o ...
Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction
... So, if modern grammarians don’t worry about split infinitives and the like, then what do they study? It turns out that human languages are amazingly complex systems, whose inner workings can be investigated in large part simply by consulting the intuitions of native speakers. We employ this techniqu ...
... So, if modern grammarians don’t worry about split infinitives and the like, then what do they study? It turns out that human languages are amazingly complex systems, whose inner workings can be investigated in large part simply by consulting the intuitions of native speakers. We employ this techniqu ...
Mood in Spanish - Hal-SHS
... anaphoric “present of the past”, is justified by the behavior of the imperfect with modal verbs –a point that cannot be developed here. Aspect is explicitly expressed in Spanish by a set of periphrastic combinations exhibiting a characteristic behavior (Laca 2005). Periphrastic combinations formed w ...
... anaphoric “present of the past”, is justified by the behavior of the imperfect with modal verbs –a point that cannot be developed here. Aspect is explicitly expressed in Spanish by a set of periphrastic combinations exhibiting a characteristic behavior (Laca 2005). Periphrastic combinations formed w ...
Grammaticalization and - White Rose eTheses Online
... related to Chinese syntax) numerous times and I thank him for his advice. I should also like to thank my examiners, Professor Peter Sells (internal) and Professor Elly van Gelderen (external). To Peter I owe everything that has happened to me here at York, since it was he whom I got in touch with i ...
... related to Chinese syntax) numerous times and I thank him for his advice. I should also like to thank my examiners, Professor Peter Sells (internal) and Professor Elly van Gelderen (external). To Peter I owe everything that has happened to me here at York, since it was he whom I got in touch with i ...
Logical and typological arguments for Radical
... such as English, for example, the occurrence and behavior of NPs in coordinate clause constructions and in nonfinite complement constructions. Wardaman, an Australian aboriginal language, lacks coordination and infinitival complements, so these tests for subjecthood in English cannot be applied in W ...
... such as English, for example, the occurrence and behavior of NPs in coordinate clause constructions and in nonfinite complement constructions. Wardaman, an Australian aboriginal language, lacks coordination and infinitival complements, so these tests for subjecthood in English cannot be applied in W ...
LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
... and usually cannot describe what they know or explain how they know it. Their knowledge is unconscious. To see this, consider the following sentences, which differ only in that (1b) contains the word that: ...
... and usually cannot describe what they know or explain how they know it. Their knowledge is unconscious. To see this, consider the following sentences, which differ only in that (1b) contains the word that: ...
UM_Sintaksis_(teorgrammatika)_022600_st
... generally come first … but when one of two modifiers is a lengthy group, the shorter verb-modifier is often allowed to precede even if it would otherwise follow as in “he heard again the language of his nursery” (“he heard it again”), (op. cit). There are many other fruitful remarks on the structure ...
... generally come first … but when one of two modifiers is a lengthy group, the shorter verb-modifier is often allowed to precede even if it would otherwise follow as in “he heard again the language of his nursery” (“he heard it again”), (op. cit). There are many other fruitful remarks on the structure ...
the structure of complex predicates in urdu
... joined the committee as the dissertation was already well under way, but had an immediate and pronounced effect. Paul Kiparsky attacked issues of morphology and lexical semantics I had not considered before. Veneeta Dayal took a close look at my data and claims, pushed me on them steadily, and strea ...
... joined the committee as the dissertation was already well under way, but had an immediate and pronounced effect. Paul Kiparsky attacked issues of morphology and lexical semantics I had not considered before. Veneeta Dayal took a close look at my data and claims, pushed me on them steadily, and strea ...
Ahland_oregon_0171A_10546 - Scholars` Bank
... morphosyntactic categories, in particular as relator nouns, verbal classifiers, and class morphemes, the final two of which are noun categorization devices. Many of these same body part terms can be incorporated into the verb or form part of lexicalized verb-noun compounds. Deverbal nominalizations ...
... morphosyntactic categories, in particular as relator nouns, verbal classifiers, and class morphemes, the final two of which are noun categorization devices. Many of these same body part terms can be incorporated into the verb or form part of lexicalized verb-noun compounds. Deverbal nominalizations ...
The case of German relatives
... In these examples, the subject NP (9a,b) or the object-NP (9c) is shared by the two clauses. Karg (1927) shows that in the vast majority of apokoinou-constructions, it is a nominative or an accusative NP which is shared, whereas shared genitive or dative NPs are very rare. Among the apokoinou-constr ...
... In these examples, the subject NP (9a,b) or the object-NP (9c) is shared by the two clauses. Karg (1927) shows that in the vast majority of apokoinou-constructions, it is a nominative or an accusative NP which is shared, whereas shared genitive or dative NPs are very rare. Among the apokoinou-constr ...
Discontinuous reciprocals Abstract 1 Introduction
... For convenience, I will say that a reciprocal strategy or a reciprocal verb is “used discontinuously” when it is used in a discontinuous reciprocal construction.2 It is easy to show that the construction is not general-purpose adjunction, but is specific to certain reciprocal strategies. In all the ...
... For convenience, I will say that a reciprocal strategy or a reciprocal verb is “used discontinuously” when it is used in a discontinuous reciprocal construction.2 It is easy to show that the construction is not general-purpose adjunction, but is specific to certain reciprocal strategies. In all the ...
Constructing Paragraphs
... AA or AS degree, but they will not transfer to a university. Transfer Level = courses that transfer to a university. As you can see from Diagram 2, English B is a Basic Skills course. So are English 80 and English 82. English A and English 84 are Pre-Collegiate courses. English 1A is considered a ...
... AA or AS degree, but they will not transfer to a university. Transfer Level = courses that transfer to a university. As you can see from Diagram 2, English B is a Basic Skills course. So are English 80 and English 82. English A and English 84 are Pre-Collegiate courses. English 1A is considered a ...
Chapter 4: Syntactic Relations and Case Marking
... RRG takes a rather different view of grammatical relations from other theories. In the first place, it does not consider them to be basic, nor does it derive them from structural configurations. Second, it recognizes only one syntactic function, not three like other theories; there is nothing in RRG ...
... RRG takes a rather different view of grammatical relations from other theories. In the first place, it does not consider them to be basic, nor does it derive them from structural configurations. Second, it recognizes only one syntactic function, not three like other theories; there is nothing in RRG ...