grammaticalization and the semantic
... This thesis is the final product of one-and-a-half years of research, which began while I was studying at the Freidrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen, Germany. I came to the topic of grammaticalization and modal verbs in a seminar on German language change, so I must thank Stefanie Stricker for ...
... This thesis is the final product of one-and-a-half years of research, which began while I was studying at the Freidrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen, Germany. I came to the topic of grammaticalization and modal verbs in a seminar on German language change, so I must thank Stefanie Stricker for ...
DATIVE SUBJECTS IN LITHUANIAN AND ICELANDIC
... Ég finn ‘I find’ vs. mér finnst ‘ It seems to me’ Ég sé ‘I see” vs. mér sést yfir ‘it escapes my notice’ Ég mæli ‘I speak’ vs. Mér mælist vel (*af ástettu ráði) I:DAT delivered a good speech ...
... Ég finn ‘I find’ vs. mér finnst ‘ It seems to me’ Ég sé ‘I see” vs. mér sést yfir ‘it escapes my notice’ Ég mæli ‘I speak’ vs. Mér mælist vel (*af ástettu ráði) I:DAT delivered a good speech ...
OBLIQUE ARGUMENTS RAISED
... We follow Pylkkänen (2008) in assuming the High Applicatives link the argument they introduce to the event rather than to an internal argument, hence they appear with unergative verbs as well as with unaccusatives and transitives. We also assume that the High Applicative, which Davis identifies as D ...
... We follow Pylkkänen (2008) in assuming the High Applicatives link the argument they introduce to the event rather than to an internal argument, hence they appear with unergative verbs as well as with unaccusatives and transitives. We also assume that the High Applicative, which Davis identifies as D ...
A grammar of Mualang: An Ibanic language of Western Kalimantan
... lots of assistance and advise, also before I actually set foot in the Netherlands. My thanks also go to the many friends at SIL International for their prayers and for their support for my family during the periods I was in Leiden or in the field. I would further like to express my sincere appreciat ...
... lots of assistance and advise, also before I actually set foot in the Netherlands. My thanks also go to the many friends at SIL International for their prayers and for their support for my family during the periods I was in Leiden or in the field. I would further like to express my sincere appreciat ...
- IOE EPrints
... The data is analysed for grammatical and lexical deviations from Standard British English. Typical errors are isolated, classified, described and explained. A frequency count is compiled from the figures of the various errors. The basic assumption is that after investigating the causes of the probl ...
... The data is analysed for grammatical and lexical deviations from Standard British English. Typical errors are isolated, classified, described and explained. A frequency count is compiled from the figures of the various errors. The basic assumption is that after investigating the causes of the probl ...
university of craiova - Universitatea din Craiova
... c. A Vocative, identifying the addressee in the exchange: Mr. Wolf, may we cross your garden? d. An Adjunct, typically realized by an adverb. It provides the speaker’s comment or attitude towards the message. For example: Sadly, it doesn’t look like the old places will be around much longer. Perhaps ...
... c. A Vocative, identifying the addressee in the exchange: Mr. Wolf, may we cross your garden? d. An Adjunct, typically realized by an adverb. It provides the speaker’s comment or attitude towards the message. For example: Sadly, it doesn’t look like the old places will be around much longer. Perhaps ...
Greek Vases - William A. Percy
... ware made after that time was not made for the elite and should not be thought of so highly today as that which preceded 480, which was made for the elite. In fact, many generations made far less significant changes in taste of their own. For example, in the generation before 500, when Ionians were ...
... ware made after that time was not made for the elite and should not be thought of so highly today as that which preceded 480, which was made for the elite. In fact, many generations made far less significant changes in taste of their own. For example, in the generation before 500, when Ionians were ...
Basic Grammar and Usage RIT 171-180
... Ask the students to tell where each sentence begins without reading it. Discuss why capitals are so important. Write several simple sentences on the board that contain the pronoun “I” in lowercase. Underline the word “i” three times in each sentence stating that the word “I” is always written with a ...
... Ask the students to tell where each sentence begins without reading it. Discuss why capitals are so important. Write several simple sentences on the board that contain the pronoun “I” in lowercase. Underline the word “i” three times in each sentence stating that the word “I” is always written with a ...
Explorations of the Syntax-Semantics Interface
... cosubordination construction. The second observation is that plural marking in the presence of a reference phrase can be analysed as an agreement phenomenon. The paper ‘Degree Expressions at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ by Jens Fleischhauer is concerned with verb gradation. The goal of the paper ...
... cosubordination construction. The second observation is that plural marking in the presence of a reference phrase can be analysed as an agreement phenomenon. The paper ‘Degree Expressions at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ by Jens Fleischhauer is concerned with verb gradation. The goal of the paper ...
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... they. Personal pronouns have person, number, gender and case. The persons of pronouns are three in each number, viz. Neen, I, is the first person, } Keen, thou, is the second person, } Singular. Ween, he, is the third person, } Nenahwind, we, is the first person, } Kenahwah, you, is the second perso ...
... they. Personal pronouns have person, number, gender and case. The persons of pronouns are three in each number, viz. Neen, I, is the first person, } Keen, thou, is the second person, } Singular. Ween, he, is the third person, } Nenahwind, we, is the first person, } Kenahwah, you, is the second perso ...
verb complementation
... complementation after Germanic verba sentiendi renders such descriptions incomplete and in the case of generative descrip tions, too powerful, since they generate ungrammatical embeddings. The present work is intended as a contribution to a more adequate description of embedding processes in German ...
... complementation after Germanic verba sentiendi renders such descriptions incomplete and in the case of generative descrip tions, too powerful, since they generate ungrammatical embeddings. The present work is intended as a contribution to a more adequate description of embedding processes in German ...
A Writing Guide for Petrological - Department of Earth and Planetary
... content, (b) the imposition on reviewers, (c) the time and effort that editors have to spend improving the writing, and (d) the frustrations that the authors themselves undoubtedly experience. The manuscripts are generally long (typically 30–40 pages of typescript plus diagrams), but if they are sci ...
... content, (b) the imposition on reviewers, (c) the time and effort that editors have to spend improving the writing, and (d) the frustrations that the authors themselves undoubtedly experience. The manuscripts are generally long (typically 30–40 pages of typescript plus diagrams), but if they are sci ...
Aspect and assertion in Mandarin Chinese
... it is not at all clear what ‘viewing’ means here. It cannot have its literal meaning: events, states, processes, in short, situations are not like houses or little dogs which you can ‘view’ – they are abstract entities which have something to do with time, and you cannot see them at all. Thus, at be ...
... it is not at all clear what ‘viewing’ means here. It cannot have its literal meaning: events, states, processes, in short, situations are not like houses or little dogs which you can ‘view’ – they are abstract entities which have something to do with time, and you cannot see them at all. Thus, at be ...
The dialect of the Mitrovica Roma
... In spite of the similarities with Gurbet dialects documented elsewhere in former Yugoslavia, none of my informants indicated this term as their ethnonym. Older informants who were born and raised in the early 1970s generally favour the religious designation Xoraxane Roma ‘Muslim Roma’, also in use ...
... In spite of the similarities with Gurbet dialects documented elsewhere in former Yugoslavia, none of my informants indicated this term as their ethnonym. Older informants who were born and raised in the early 1970s generally favour the religious designation Xoraxane Roma ‘Muslim Roma’, also in use ...
Ch 10 - CSU, Chico
... I will be so happy, when I finally finish studying. When I finally finish studying, I will be so happy. Notice that in the examples, the verb in the main clause I will be so happy is in the simple future, and the verb in the adverbial clause when I finally finish studying is in the simple present. You mig ...
... I will be so happy, when I finally finish studying. When I finally finish studying, I will be so happy. Notice that in the examples, the verb in the main clause I will be so happy is in the simple future, and the verb in the adverbial clause when I finally finish studying is in the simple present. You mig ...
Non-subject Arguments in Indonesian - ORB
... associated with the various types of argument and the means by which they are licensed in clauses turn out to be problematic. Two argument verbs appear in a range of clause types which are related in interesting ways. I argue that it is possible to give a coherent analysis of the system as a whole, ...
... associated with the various types of argument and the means by which they are licensed in clauses turn out to be problematic. Two argument verbs appear in a range of clause types which are related in interesting ways. I argue that it is possible to give a coherent analysis of the system as a whole, ...
Kurmanji lessons
... I. Translate: 1) What is this? It is my book. 2) What is that? It is her head (ser [m.]). 3) Who is this? He is my friend. His name is Dara. 4) Who is that? Şe is my student. Her name is Zeyno. 5) Who are you? I am your friend [f.]. 6) What is the name of your [sing.] village? The name of my village ...
... I. Translate: 1) What is this? It is my book. 2) What is that? It is her head (ser [m.]). 3) Who is this? He is my friend. His name is Dara. 4) Who is that? Şe is my student. Her name is Zeyno. 5) Who are you? I am your friend [f.]. 6) What is the name of your [sing.] village? The name of my village ...
Thoughts on grammaticalization
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
Thoughts on grammaticalization
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES OF EAST CREE AND ENGLISH
... the Spanish word is hombre, and so on. The grammar rules will also differ in some, but never all, respects. As we explain in this booklet, while English adjectives are separate words (e.g., red, black, happy, sad, soft, hard), in Cree the same concepts are often expressed as part of the verb. Here, ...
... the Spanish word is hombre, and so on. The grammar rules will also differ in some, but never all, respects. As we explain in this booklet, while English adjectives are separate words (e.g., red, black, happy, sad, soft, hard), in Cree the same concepts are often expressed as part of the verb. Here, ...
Case Typology and Case Theory* 1. Overview of the Issues 2
... that nominative is a Case parallel to accusative, which is assigned or checked under analogous circumstances. For example, in classical GB nominative Case is assigned under government by INFL with AGR (just as accusative Case is assigned under government by V), in the Minimalist framework nominative ...
... that nominative is a Case parallel to accusative, which is assigned or checked under analogous circumstances. For example, in classical GB nominative Case is assigned under government by INFL with AGR (just as accusative Case is assigned under government by V), in the Minimalist framework nominative ...
Prepositions and ESL Learners: the Malaysian Scenario
... descriptions of prepositions which provide help and guidelines for learners to use prepositions correctly in their spoken and written communication, however, problems remain. In fact, it is acknowledged that prepositions are notoriously difficult to learn and they are notoriously hard for non-native ...
... descriptions of prepositions which provide help and guidelines for learners to use prepositions correctly in their spoken and written communication, however, problems remain. In fact, it is acknowledged that prepositions are notoriously difficult to learn and they are notoriously hard for non-native ...
Pronouns
... yours, his, hers, ours, and theirs as modifiers before nouns. These pronouns stand alone and are separated from the nouns to which they refer. The responsibility is yours if an attachment with a virus is opened. His was the only e-mail message that I read today. ...
... yours, his, hers, ours, and theirs as modifiers before nouns. These pronouns stand alone and are separated from the nouns to which they refer. The responsibility is yours if an attachment with a virus is opened. His was the only e-mail message that I read today. ...
To be or not to be elided: VP ellipsis revisited
... A-Ha PERF PROG PASS mother put.up hair ‘A-Ha is having her hair put up (on her) by her mother.’ ...
... A-Ha PERF PROG PASS mother put.up hair ‘A-Ha is having her hair put up (on her) by her mother.’ ...