Time and Tense in English - Association for Computational Linguistics
... definition of some of the basic tenses). The ambiguity concerning which event is modified can best be seen in the following example: "I had eaten at 3." This sentence has a utterance event, which can not be directly modified by an adverb. It can be modified by context, and it can be modified when s ...
... definition of some of the basic tenses). The ambiguity concerning which event is modified can best be seen in the following example: "I had eaten at 3." This sentence has a utterance event, which can not be directly modified by an adverb. It can be modified by context, and it can be modified when s ...
CHAPTER FIVE
... shall, should, can, could, may, might, must, and ought to and the latter includes had better, have (got) to, be able to, used to, and would rather. In this study, only pure modal verbs are analyzed because the meaning of semi-modal verbs is easier than that of pure modal verbs. As for the meanings ...
... shall, should, can, could, may, might, must, and ought to and the latter includes had better, have (got) to, be able to, used to, and would rather. In this study, only pure modal verbs are analyzed because the meaning of semi-modal verbs is easier than that of pure modal verbs. As for the meanings ...
Grammar - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... a period. • A question is a sentence that asks something. It ends with a question mark. Statement: There are many ways to make new friends. Question: What do you do to make friends? Write statement if the sentence tells something. Write question if the sentence asks something. Put the correct end ma ...
... a period. • A question is a sentence that asks something. It ends with a question mark. Statement: There are many ways to make new friends. Question: What do you do to make friends? Write statement if the sentence tells something. Write question if the sentence asks something. Put the correct end ma ...
Dependency in Linguistic Description
... is a disambiguated word [= a lexeme] taken in a specific inflectional form; for instance, [to] SPEAK is a lexeme, while speak, speaks, spoke, spoken, etc. are its wordforms.2 The wordform is the ultimate unit in this article: only linguistic dependencies between wordforms are considered, but not tho ...
... is a disambiguated word [= a lexeme] taken in a specific inflectional form; for instance, [to] SPEAK is a lexeme, while speak, speaks, spoke, spoken, etc. are its wordforms.2 The wordform is the ultimate unit in this article: only linguistic dependencies between wordforms are considered, but not tho ...
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) ...
Situation entity types (annotation manual).
... perfective aspect describes a situation consisting of a single event that does not have any internal structure, the imperfective aspect describes a situation that has some internal structure and is ongoing, habitual or repeated. This distinction is independent of tense. Specifically, the perfective ...
... perfective aspect describes a situation consisting of a single event that does not have any internal structure, the imperfective aspect describes a situation that has some internal structure and is ongoing, habitual or repeated. This distinction is independent of tense. Specifically, the perfective ...
A Text-based Grammar for Expository Writing
... sufficient to acquire written academic language, particularly for students coming from homes where English is not spoken and communities where non-standard forms of English predominate. The high rates of remediation at the university level are testimony that simply waiting for language acquisition t ...
... sufficient to acquire written academic language, particularly for students coming from homes where English is not spoken and communities where non-standard forms of English predominate. The high rates of remediation at the university level are testimony that simply waiting for language acquisition t ...
On the superficiality of Welsh agreement
... see e.g. Corbett (2006). Among the questions that arise about it is: What level of representation is relevant? It is widely assumed that agreement normally involves abstract levels. For Minimalism, it is one manifestation of the operation Agree. This applies in the course of the bottom–up constructi ...
... see e.g. Corbett (2006). Among the questions that arise about it is: What level of representation is relevant? It is widely assumed that agreement normally involves abstract levels. For Minimalism, it is one manifestation of the operation Agree. This applies in the course of the bottom–up constructi ...
towards a theory of denominals in english and romanian
... believe that a non-silent account is a much more preferable way of capturing the data. A similar preferance for no silent items is supported by Romanian facts. Given that the the verb adăposti (shelter) is clearly made up of adăpost and the thematic vowel –i, the ideal solution would be to store the ...
... believe that a non-silent account is a much more preferable way of capturing the data. A similar preferance for no silent items is supported by Romanian facts. Given that the the verb adăposti (shelter) is clearly made up of adăpost and the thematic vowel –i, the ideal solution would be to store the ...
Clitics in Word Grammar
... This analysis is firmly embedded in the ‘Word and Paradigm’ tradition of morphology in which the internal structure of words is independent of their syntactic relationships. In relation to this tradition, the only theoretical point which is at all controversial is the hierarchy of different-sized ‘f ...
... This analysis is firmly embedded in the ‘Word and Paradigm’ tradition of morphology in which the internal structure of words is independent of their syntactic relationships. In relation to this tradition, the only theoretical point which is at all controversial is the hierarchy of different-sized ‘f ...
THE NOUN AND THE DICTIONARY IN TSHIVENDA BY SHUMANI
... followed because of the presence of a preprefix in these langauges. ...
... followed because of the presence of a preprefix in these langauges. ...
MeN
... perjalanan 'journey'. A base cannot be broken down into smaller units. Words are listed under their base in a dictionary, basic clause An independent clause which is described without reference to any other clause type, beneficiary The person for whose benefit an action is performed. It is usually p ...
... perjalanan 'journey'. A base cannot be broken down into smaller units. Words are listed under their base in a dictionary, basic clause An independent clause which is described without reference to any other clause type, beneficiary The person for whose benefit an action is performed. It is usually p ...
referential argument
... Frank is eating spaghetti with a plastic fork. Frank is eating with a plastic fork. Frank is eating. Eat predicates the same of its subject argument in all examples. But only the subject and the direct object argument are necessary to describe the eating event. Therefore, eat is a two-place predicat ...
... Frank is eating spaghetti with a plastic fork. Frank is eating with a plastic fork. Frank is eating. Eat predicates the same of its subject argument in all examples. But only the subject and the direct object argument are necessary to describe the eating event. Therefore, eat is a two-place predicat ...
Syntax of Dutch. Verbs and Verb Phrases, Volume 1-3
... classification not only the number but also the type of arguments should be taken into account: we have to distinguish between what have become known as UNERGATIVE and UNACCUSATIVE verbs, which exhibit systematic differences in syntactic behavior. Because the distinction is relatively new (it was fi ...
... classification not only the number but also the type of arguments should be taken into account: we have to distinguish between what have become known as UNERGATIVE and UNACCUSATIVE verbs, which exhibit systematic differences in syntactic behavior. Because the distinction is relatively new (it was fi ...
analyzing english grammar
... to provide students with the answers to many of the exercises so that they can check their own work; you may wish to do the same by reproducing the answers to selected exercises directly from this Manual. Some exercises are especially well-suited for work with small groups in class, and others are u ...
... to provide students with the answers to many of the exercises so that they can check their own work; you may wish to do the same by reproducing the answers to selected exercises directly from this Manual. Some exercises are especially well-suited for work with small groups in class, and others are u ...
The Verbal System of the Cape Verdean Creole of Tarrafal
... In order to understand the genesis of Cape Verdean Creole (CVC), one needs a clear understanding of the colonization and settlement of the Cape Verde Islands. Settlement patterns had lasting consequences on the formation of CVC. Santiago Island was initially populated with slaves from the western co ...
... In order to understand the genesis of Cape Verdean Creole (CVC), one needs a clear understanding of the colonization and settlement of the Cape Verde Islands. Settlement patterns had lasting consequences on the formation of CVC. Santiago Island was initially populated with slaves from the western co ...
Verb-Particle Constructions*
... verb-particle construction; Chomsky 1955 (cf. also Chomsky 1957) proposed a complex [V V0-P0] at deep structure, which took a DP direct object (the analyses of Fraser 1976 and Johnson 1991 are similar in relevant respects). 3 Particle shift was effected by a transformation. Various objections to thi ...
... verb-particle construction; Chomsky 1955 (cf. also Chomsky 1957) proposed a complex [V V0-P0] at deep structure, which took a DP direct object (the analyses of Fraser 1976 and Johnson 1991 are similar in relevant respects). 3 Particle shift was effected by a transformation. Various objections to thi ...
The Textual Dimension Involved-Informational: A Corpus
... creation of search algorithms (cf. 3.1. Private Verbs). The software license of TreeTagger grants the user “...the rights to use the TreeTagger software for evaluation, research and teaching purposes.”4 However, it is not allowed to use the system for commercial purposes. ...
... creation of search algorithms (cf. 3.1. Private Verbs). The software license of TreeTagger grants the user “...the rights to use the TreeTagger software for evaluation, research and teaching purposes.”4 However, it is not allowed to use the system for commercial purposes. ...
1. Introduction
... a Case-assigning preposition. Sometimes Nominative and Accusative have overt manifestation (in Latin this is the general case, in English Nominative and Accusative are overtly manifested on pronouns only). The pattern in (11)-(14) is captured by a unique and simple assumption, namely that PRO cannot ...
... a Case-assigning preposition. Sometimes Nominative and Accusative have overt manifestation (in Latin this is the general case, in English Nominative and Accusative are overtly manifested on pronouns only). The pattern in (11)-(14) is captured by a unique and simple assumption, namely that PRO cannot ...
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
... Pronouns are used to eliminate repetition in speaking and writing. Example: Rachel and Joey ran around the track until they ...
... Pronouns are used to eliminate repetition in speaking and writing. Example: Rachel and Joey ran around the track until they ...
1 Labeling (Romance) causatives* Adriana Belletti University of
... way to the inflectional head(s) labeled T for convenience, as in current practice. The verb fare is considered here semi-‐functional (not just functional) since it has, by hypothesis, an impoverish ...
... way to the inflectional head(s) labeled T for convenience, as in current practice. The verb fare is considered here semi-‐functional (not just functional) since it has, by hypothesis, an impoverish ...
Complex Feature Values
... The tags in this rule enforce identity between the non-head daughters and the elements of the COMPS list of the head. The 1 ... n notation allows this rule to account for phrases with a variable number of non-head daughters. n stands for any integer greater than or equal to 1. Thus, if a word is spe ...
... The tags in this rule enforce identity between the non-head daughters and the elements of the COMPS list of the head. The 1 ... n notation allows this rule to account for phrases with a variable number of non-head daughters. n stands for any integer greater than or equal to 1. Thus, if a word is spe ...
A Bi-Polar Theory of Nominal and Clause Structure and Function
... grammatical function. The specifier “the” picks out an objective (or noun) sense of “dance” and “drink” in forming a nominal, whereas the specifier “to” picks out an action (or verb) sense of these words in forming an infinitive phrase (or clause). Further, even in the case of words which have a st ...
... grammatical function. The specifier “the” picks out an objective (or noun) sense of “dance” and “drink” in forming a nominal, whereas the specifier “to” picks out an action (or verb) sense of these words in forming an infinitive phrase (or clause). Further, even in the case of words which have a st ...