Palikur and the Typology of Classifiers
... Classifiers in possessive constructions are often employed only with alienably possessed nouns, but this is not necessarily so.4 In very few languages, special morphemes characterize the possessor; these are possessor classifiers. Verbal classifiers are affixed to the verb or incorporated into the v ...
... Classifiers in possessive constructions are often employed only with alienably possessed nouns, but this is not necessarily so.4 In very few languages, special morphemes characterize the possessor; these are possessor classifiers. Verbal classifiers are affixed to the verb or incorporated into the v ...
by Cristina Job Schmitt Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the
... David Lightfoot was the best chair I have ever seen, a great teacher and a great friend. ...
... David Lightfoot was the best chair I have ever seen, a great teacher and a great friend. ...
Robust Handling of Out-of-Vocabulary Words in
... interaction between humans and computers through the use of natural language, be it in spoken or written form. Achieving this interaction needs an automatic way of understanding the meaning conveyed by a natural language expression. Note that, here, “understanding” is seen as a continuum. Different ...
... interaction between humans and computers through the use of natural language, be it in spoken or written form. Achieving this interaction needs an automatic way of understanding the meaning conveyed by a natural language expression. Note that, here, “understanding” is seen as a continuum. Different ...
The Uzbek tense aspect modality system
... First, we present a schema of the basic tense/aspect system. It is made up of three main axis: - tense: distant past/past/present/future, - aspect: perfective/imperfective, - aspect: focal/non-focal. Tense distinctions: - present, past, and future tenses are absolute tenses referring to a time respe ...
... First, we present a schema of the basic tense/aspect system. It is made up of three main axis: - tense: distant past/past/present/future, - aspect: perfective/imperfective, - aspect: focal/non-focal. Tense distinctions: - present, past, and future tenses are absolute tenses referring to a time respe ...
Jita Narrative Discourse
... “Chicken,” “Chameleon,” etc., described in section 1.1. The texts are written using the current Jita orthography. Note that symbols such as the caret and colon ( ^ and : ) are used as grammatical tone markings, marking the third person singular narrative tense and the far past tense, respectively. E ...
... “Chicken,” “Chameleon,” etc., described in section 1.1. The texts are written using the current Jita orthography. Note that symbols such as the caret and colon ( ^ and : ) are used as grammatical tone markings, marking the third person singular narrative tense and the far past tense, respectively. E ...
verb complementation
... My interest in the sentential complement structures of Germanic languages arose in 1968 when I wrote a report on the German Accusative-with-Infinitive Construction for the Linguistics Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin (cf. Ureland 1968). I dis covered that the number of verbs whic ...
... My interest in the sentential complement structures of Germanic languages arose in 1968 when I wrote a report on the German Accusative-with-Infinitive Construction for the Linguistics Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin (cf. Ureland 1968). I dis covered that the number of verbs whic ...
Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction
... to ask, Who did they see Pat with? than it would be to ask *Who did they see Pat and? Notice, by the way, that the only one of these two examples that sounds wellformed (or ‘grammatical’ in the linguist’s sense) is the one that violates a standard prescriptive rule. The other sentence is so blatantl ...
... to ask, Who did they see Pat with? than it would be to ask *Who did they see Pat and? Notice, by the way, that the only one of these two examples that sounds wellformed (or ‘grammatical’ in the linguist’s sense) is the one that violates a standard prescriptive rule. The other sentence is so blatantl ...
3.2 Clitics in Dutch
... always used with the pronouns in reduced form does not imply that weak pronouns are stored in the lexicon. It is a common property of idiomatic expressions to require phonologically reduced forms. An example not including pronouns is given in (16). Again, this does not show that phonologically reduc ...
... always used with the pronouns in reduced form does not imply that weak pronouns are stored in the lexicon. It is a common property of idiomatic expressions to require phonologically reduced forms. An example not including pronouns is given in (16). Again, this does not show that phonologically reduc ...
University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
... takes the view that “the genitive has a stilted effect, and it is .particularly unsuitable when the subject is an inanimate or abstract noun phrase which would not normally take the genitive case” (1972, 741). If the agent of the action is not indicated by the actual subject of the gerundial constru ...
... takes the view that “the genitive has a stilted effect, and it is .particularly unsuitable when the subject is an inanimate or abstract noun phrase which would not normally take the genitive case” (1972, 741). If the agent of the action is not indicated by the actual subject of the gerundial constru ...
Basic Croatian (ver 0.24) - ALVSMITH
... I begun writing my Croatian language blog because I thought there's not enough information on the Internet about the Croatian language basics. I will concentrate mostly on spoken, everyday language. If you take a look at an average Croatian language book, or read about Croatian grammar on Wikipedia, ...
... I begun writing my Croatian language blog because I thought there's not enough information on the Internet about the Croatian language basics. I will concentrate mostly on spoken, everyday language. If you take a look at an average Croatian language book, or read about Croatian grammar on Wikipedia, ...
Pearson Grammar with exercises
... A sentence is grammatical if it conforms to the way native speakers structure their language. A sentence may not always follow the usages prescribed for standard English, but it is still con sidered grammatical by the speakers who regularly use it. Directions: Identify the following sentences as gr ...
... A sentence is grammatical if it conforms to the way native speakers structure their language. A sentence may not always follow the usages prescribed for standard English, but it is still con sidered grammatical by the speakers who regularly use it. Directions: Identify the following sentences as gr ...
Automatic Detection of Conceptual Time Metaphors - BORA
... Lakoff and Johnson (1999) argue that the human body does not have a sensory-perceptual system to measure and perceive time “in itself”. In order to measure the duration of certain events human beings are dependent on man-made instruments that display continuously iterated events, also referred to as ...
... Lakoff and Johnson (1999) argue that the human body does not have a sensory-perceptual system to measure and perceive time “in itself”. In order to measure the duration of certain events human beings are dependent on man-made instruments that display continuously iterated events, also referred to as ...
The Classification of Optatives: A Statistical Study
... here also (cf. footnote 13). In all these the optative is potential. The Oblique Optative One of the commonest of Classical usages of the optative was the change of the mood of a verb in a subordinate clause from indicative or subjunctive to optative following a governing verb in a secondary or past ...
... here also (cf. footnote 13). In all these the optative is potential. The Oblique Optative One of the commonest of Classical usages of the optative was the change of the mood of a verb in a subordinate clause from indicative or subjunctive to optative following a governing verb in a secondary or past ...
3-Main_contentl - Tài Nguyên Số
... forms that are used to signal modality. It is distinct from grammatical tense or grammatical aspect, although these concepts are conflated to some degree in many languages, including English. To some extent, the same word patterns are used to express more than one of these concepts at the same time, ...
... forms that are used to signal modality. It is distinct from grammatical tense or grammatical aspect, although these concepts are conflated to some degree in many languages, including English. To some extent, the same word patterns are used to express more than one of these concepts at the same time, ...
inquiries into the lexicon-syntax relations in basque
... value of -garri appears with object-experiencer psych-verbs, he proposes an analysis which frames these verbs as lacking an external argument and having a derived subject (Belletti & Rizzi 1989). Such an analysis is not compatible with the one offered by Oyhar<;:abal in his paper devoted to verbs ha ...
... value of -garri appears with object-experiencer psych-verbs, he proposes an analysis which frames these verbs as lacking an external argument and having a derived subject (Belletti & Rizzi 1989). Such an analysis is not compatible with the one offered by Oyhar<;:abal in his paper devoted to verbs ha ...
4.1 Nouns
... 14.3.11 Participle of ‘it is’ (y) and ‘it is not’ (lá) clitics 338 14.3.12 Participle of Passive verb 339 14.4 Relative clauses by grammatical function of head NP ...
... 14.3.11 Participle of ‘it is’ (y) and ‘it is not’ (lá) clitics 338 14.3.12 Participle of Passive verb 339 14.4 Relative clauses by grammatical function of head NP ...
Lambrecht 2000
... The proviso “minus any topical non-subject arguments” will be justified later on (Section 3.6). The subject of a SF construction is an S rather than an A argument, i.e. SF sentences are intransitive (with certain exceptions to be discussed below). Moreover the class of intransitive predicates permitt ...
... The proviso “minus any topical non-subject arguments” will be justified later on (Section 3.6). The subject of a SF construction is an S rather than an A argument, i.e. SF sentences are intransitive (with certain exceptions to be discussed below). Moreover the class of intransitive predicates permitt ...
Theme markedness in English and Spanish: A
... Topic is our next element of concern. Here we will have to face yet another definition for all the concepts under consideration. Givón (1983) agrees that the tradition has always divided the sentence, or clause, into two components. One of them is the focus (also called ‘rheme’, ‘comment’, ‘new inf ...
... Topic is our next element of concern. Here we will have to face yet another definition for all the concepts under consideration. Givón (1983) agrees that the tradition has always divided the sentence, or clause, into two components. One of them is the focus (also called ‘rheme’, ‘comment’, ‘new inf ...
Building the PDT-VALLEX valency lexicon
... is thus said to use the notion of valency in its “narrow” sense): optional adjuncts are not listed in the valency frame. As mentioned above, both arguments and adjuncts can be in their relation to a particular word either obligatory (that means obligatorily present at the tectogrammatical level) or ...
... is thus said to use the notion of valency in its “narrow” sense): optional adjuncts are not listed in the valency frame. As mentioned above, both arguments and adjuncts can be in their relation to a particular word either obligatory (that means obligatorily present at the tectogrammatical level) or ...
Building the PDT-Vallex valency lexicon
... is thus said to use the notion of valency in its “narrow” sense): optional adjuncts are not listed in the valency frame. As mentioned above, both arguments and adjuncts can be in their relation to a particular word either obligatory (that means obligatorily present at the tectogrammatical level) or ...
... is thus said to use the notion of valency in its “narrow” sense): optional adjuncts are not listed in the valency frame. As mentioned above, both arguments and adjuncts can be in their relation to a particular word either obligatory (that means obligatorily present at the tectogrammatical level) or ...
Compromising transitivity: the problem of reciprocals
... of mapping to argument structure, which in regular clauses assumes a unique thematic role for each argument. The competing pressures to distinguish and merge the reciprocating argument(s) are resolved by different languages in very illuminating ways that, at the same time, often create special argum ...
... of mapping to argument structure, which in regular clauses assumes a unique thematic role for each argument. The competing pressures to distinguish and merge the reciprocating argument(s) are resolved by different languages in very illuminating ways that, at the same time, often create special argum ...
Untitled - NACCL - The Ohio State University
... taken into consideration. The study proposes that, a. Chinese serial verb construction is a complex predicate construction with a fuzzy boundary; b. Some of the Chinese serial verb constructions have been developing from a complex clause into a simplex one; therefore the construction does not hold a ...
... taken into consideration. The study proposes that, a. Chinese serial verb construction is a complex predicate construction with a fuzzy boundary; b. Some of the Chinese serial verb constructions have been developing from a complex clause into a simplex one; therefore the construction does not hold a ...
A Comparative Analysis of Noun Incorporation Productivity in
... nominal compounding occurs more frequently, and is more productive, in German than in English. Berg et al. remark, "the German system accommodates compounds more easily than the English one because languages favor morphological processes which create syllabic templates which already exist for base ...
... nominal compounding occurs more frequently, and is more productive, in German than in English. Berg et al. remark, "the German system accommodates compounds more easily than the English one because languages favor morphological processes which create syllabic templates which already exist for base ...
Automatic grouping of morphologically related collocations
... the third row of the parsing output (cf. Figure 6, e.g. Patente - patents). The morphological analysis will later allow us to identify which of these nouns are in fact compounds and which of them are not. The extraction of collocations is slightly more complicated. We implemented a series of PERL sc ...
... the third row of the parsing output (cf. Figure 6, e.g. Patente - patents). The morphological analysis will later allow us to identify which of these nouns are in fact compounds and which of them are not. The extraction of collocations is slightly more complicated. We implemented a series of PERL sc ...
View/Open - Minerva Access
... Province. The analysis in this thesis is based on the study of data from both elicitation and text collection undertaken on two field trips between 2004 and 2006: from May to October 2004, and from October 2005 to January 2006. A general introduction is provided in Chapter 1, phonology, phonotactics ...
... Province. The analysis in this thesis is based on the study of data from both elicitation and text collection undertaken on two field trips between 2004 and 2006: from May to October 2004, and from October 2005 to January 2006. A general introduction is provided in Chapter 1, phonology, phonotactics ...