`Nearly free` control as an underspecified de se report - CSSP
... the different underlying structures, it is unclear how ‘subject + object’ control, namely split control, and generic control are derived in structural terms in this analysis. Another problem with an analysis of NFC along these lines is that it is not clear how NFC sentences are syntactically disting ...
... the different underlying structures, it is unclear how ‘subject + object’ control, namely split control, and generic control are derived in structural terms in this analysis. Another problem with an analysis of NFC along these lines is that it is not clear how NFC sentences are syntactically disting ...
English labile verbs and their equivalents in Swedish
... The term causative can be defined as referring to a situation where there is a causal relation between two events, one of which is believed to be caused by the other (Kulikov, 2001). This definition involves that the two-participant construction of a labile verb can be paraphrased as ‘cause to V’ (w ...
... The term causative can be defined as referring to a situation where there is a causal relation between two events, one of which is believed to be caused by the other (Kulikov, 2001). This definition involves that the two-participant construction of a labile verb can be paraphrased as ‘cause to V’ (w ...
6 Adverb Phrase - E
... The adverbial phrases fill only the peripheral slots in clause level constructions, and the modifier slots at phrase level. The adverb phrases may include single adverbs filling modifier slots at phrase level, or they may be of head-modifier, coordinate, or axis-relator types. The single adverbs may ...
... The adverbial phrases fill only the peripheral slots in clause level constructions, and the modifier slots at phrase level. The adverb phrases may include single adverbs filling modifier slots at phrase level, or they may be of head-modifier, coordinate, or axis-relator types. The single adverbs may ...
0520 FRENCH (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series
... (iii) Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer e.g. one letter missing but no other word created. (iv) If the first part of the word is correct, small errors in what comes next are less likely to impede communication (unless they suggest another meaning). (v) ...
... (iii) Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer e.g. one letter missing but no other word created. (iv) If the first part of the word is correct, small errors in what comes next are less likely to impede communication (unless they suggest another meaning). (v) ...
Application of Resolution Rules on phi
... The work in front of you was also helped by the assistance of two wonderful friends that I had the good fortune to meet in Dr. Serrano’s Education class during our first semester at St. Cloud: Bree and Mohammad. Mohammad and I have had the pleasure of sharing stimulating conversation, scintillating ...
... The work in front of you was also helped by the assistance of two wonderful friends that I had the good fortune to meet in Dr. Serrano’s Education class during our first semester at St. Cloud: Bree and Mohammad. Mohammad and I have had the pleasure of sharing stimulating conversation, scintillating ...
A GRAMMAR OF HARO WITH COMPARATIVE NOTES ON THE
... Furthermore, an investigation into the numeral system of the Ometo languages is made. A historical quinary numeral system is reconstructed and etymological interpretations are provided for the quinary base as well as some of the basic numerals. The quinary base, which stands for the value of ‘five’, ...
... Furthermore, an investigation into the numeral system of the Ometo languages is made. A historical quinary numeral system is reconstructed and etymological interpretations are provided for the quinary base as well as some of the basic numerals. The quinary base, which stands for the value of ‘five’, ...
StudMon 9_title.indd
... to both signal the end of the word, and to indicate “the general idea of the word.”4 It was thought that “determinatives” were introduced to compensate for the lack of vowels and word divisions in the Egyptian writing system. This opinion is still held by most Egyptologists and linguists today.5 Whi ...
... to both signal the end of the word, and to indicate “the general idea of the word.”4 It was thought that “determinatives” were introduced to compensate for the lack of vowels and word divisions in the Egyptian writing system. This opinion is still held by most Egyptologists and linguists today.5 Whi ...
Missing Objects in Persian
... complex verb davat kardan “to invite” and in the second clause, the light verb mikonam is overt while the rest of the clause is elided. Based on Toosarvandani’s analysis, in (5), the light verb mikonam is stranded in v and its complement (the nonverbal element and the objects) is elided. ...
... complex verb davat kardan “to invite” and in the second clause, the light verb mikonam is overt while the rest of the clause is elided. Based on Toosarvandani’s analysis, in (5), the light verb mikonam is stranded in v and its complement (the nonverbal element and the objects) is elided. ...
A brief grammar of euskara - Addi - University of the Basque Country
... This is a short grammar of the Basque language, or Euskara as it is called by its speakers. What follows is a partial description of the syntax of Euskara. The text has been arranged in the following fashion: there is an index where you can find the distribution of topics. Within each of the topics, ...
... This is a short grammar of the Basque language, or Euskara as it is called by its speakers. What follows is a partial description of the syntax of Euskara. The text has been arranged in the following fashion: there is an index where you can find the distribution of topics. Within each of the topics, ...
1 Possessive voice in Wolof: A rara type of valency operator 1
... missing in this inventory. Second, Wolof includes in its system a derivation –le that I call possessive. This suffix will be detailed in the following sections. Third, even if most of these derivations are common cross-linguistically, Wolof uses different markers for encoding the same valency modifi ...
... missing in this inventory. Second, Wolof includes in its system a derivation –le that I call possessive. This suffix will be detailed in the following sections. Third, even if most of these derivations are common cross-linguistically, Wolof uses different markers for encoding the same valency modifi ...
Clausal coordinate ellipsis in German: The TIGER treebank as a
... ‘Hans doesn’t live in Paris and Peter doesn’t in Rome’. • In LDG, the posterior conjunct consists of constituents whose left-hand counterparts belong to different clauses. My son in (3) is the counterpart of my wife in the main clause whereas a motorcycle pairs up with a car in the infinitival compl ...
... ‘Hans doesn’t live in Paris and Peter doesn’t in Rome’. • In LDG, the posterior conjunct consists of constituents whose left-hand counterparts belong to different clauses. My son in (3) is the counterpart of my wife in the main clause whereas a motorcycle pairs up with a car in the infinitival compl ...
University of Groningen Time reference decoupled from tense
... During the last couple of years, agrammatic speakers of several languages have been studied to test the PADILIH and the predictions of the PADILIH have been compared with findings from others. The data are summarized below. Experimental evidence for the PADILIH in agrammatism There is cross-linguist ...
... During the last couple of years, agrammatic speakers of several languages have been studied to test the PADILIH and the predictions of the PADILIH have been compared with findings from others. The data are summarized below. Experimental evidence for the PADILIH in agrammatism There is cross-linguist ...
PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH AND CATALAN
... gives the surface postnominal order and explains the argument-sharing relation between embedded verb and matrix verb. Treating V-ing adjuncts as complements of DP has consequences for the explanation of the assignment of temporal reference to these structures. As adjuncts they are not governed, and ...
... gives the surface postnominal order and explains the argument-sharing relation between embedded verb and matrix verb. Treating V-ing adjuncts as complements of DP has consequences for the explanation of the assignment of temporal reference to these structures. As adjuncts they are not governed, and ...
Cambridge Essential English Dictionary
... persuading people to A1 to get something by giving money h in the end, especially after a long help to prove that someone has done stage: advanced technology tion / ˈbʌs ˌsteɪʃən / noun buyit:products services: works for I went toorthe shop toSarah buy some k We all hope that an agreement time: a cr ...
... persuading people to A1 to get something by giving money h in the end, especially after a long help to prove that someone has done stage: advanced technology tion / ˈbʌs ˌsteɪʃən / noun buyit:products services: works for I went toorthe shop toSarah buy some k We all hope that an agreement time: a cr ...
The compound verbal modal predicate
... general terms, a knowledge of grammar is part of our knowledge of the world and of ourselves. The use of language is a distinctively human activity, so it is appropriate for us to understand how it works. The study of grammar enables us to say why [1] is acceptable and [2] is not. It enables us to ...
... general terms, a knowledge of grammar is part of our knowledge of the world and of ourselves. The use of language is a distinctively human activity, so it is appropriate for us to understand how it works. The study of grammar enables us to say why [1] is acceptable and [2] is not. It enables us to ...
Function of the Imperfect Tense in Mark`s Gospel
... of these functions are pragmatic, so there are exceptions and variations, but the general pattern seems fairly clear. As it relates specifically to the imperfect, Campbell explains its functions as follows. The opposition between perfective and imperfective aspects enables narratives to operate in a ...
... of these functions are pragmatic, so there are exceptions and variations, but the general pattern seems fairly clear. As it relates specifically to the imperfect, Campbell explains its functions as follows. The opposition between perfective and imperfective aspects enables narratives to operate in a ...
The Development of Root Infinitives and Null Subjects in Child
... generates the affixes)1 - cf. the previous references for discussion. Speas (1994) takes up this distinction as a possible explanation for the difference between languages which allow null subjects and those that do not. Under her proposal, languages which store affixation in the lexical representat ...
... generates the affixes)1 - cf. the previous references for discussion. Speas (1994) takes up this distinction as a possible explanation for the difference between languages which allow null subjects and those that do not. Under her proposal, languages which store affixation in the lexical representat ...
two types of impersonal sentences in spanish
... be that AGREE may be a long-distance operation in Spanish, as it is in equivalent constructions in other languages (e.g., Icelandic). In section 7, other instances of locative/dative alternation will be analyzed. Data from Catalan and (Old and Modern) Spanish will suggest that the feature [+animate] ...
... be that AGREE may be a long-distance operation in Spanish, as it is in equivalent constructions in other languages (e.g., Icelandic). In section 7, other instances of locative/dative alternation will be analyzed. Data from Catalan and (Old and Modern) Spanish will suggest that the feature [+animate] ...
A comparative study of participles, converbs and absolute
... “Absolute constructions are temporal expressions with non-temporal heads. Normally, nominal expressions of time involve nouns that have some temporal dimension to their semantics, as in at dawn, on Monday, during the lecture. ACs on the other hand have as their heads nouns which do not denote events ...
... “Absolute constructions are temporal expressions with non-temporal heads. Normally, nominal expressions of time involve nouns that have some temporal dimension to their semantics, as in at dawn, on Monday, during the lecture. ACs on the other hand have as their heads nouns which do not denote events ...
English Syntax: An Introduction
... among different grammatical components which play crucial interacting roles in English agreement phenomena. In particular, this chapter shows that once we allow morphological information to interface with the system of syntax, semantics, or even pragmatics, we can provide good solutions for some pu ...
... among different grammatical components which play crucial interacting roles in English agreement phenomena. In particular, this chapter shows that once we allow morphological information to interface with the system of syntax, semantics, or even pragmatics, we can provide good solutions for some pu ...
The Verb aNd Verbals iN eNGlish
... Verb Classifications The verb is a word class, which includes all words that refer to actions understood as processes (go, read, speak, do) or states (be, can, stay). All verbs fall into certain groups according to different criteria such as semantics (meaning), structure, aspect, and historical an ...
... Verb Classifications The verb is a word class, which includes all words that refer to actions understood as processes (go, read, speak, do) or states (be, can, stay). All verbs fall into certain groups according to different criteria such as semantics (meaning), structure, aspect, and historical an ...
A Division of Labor Between Nouns and Verbs in the
... particular manner. For example, the human body is configured so that we move best on two legs while our arms swing at our sides. The fact that animate objects have characteristic manners of motion makes it likely that these manners of motion are conveyed by the nouns that label those objects. Eviden ...
... particular manner. For example, the human body is configured so that we move best on two legs while our arms swing at our sides. The fact that animate objects have characteristic manners of motion makes it likely that these manners of motion are conveyed by the nouns that label those objects. Eviden ...
Long Head Movement is Short Head Movement
... itself is probably undesirable. One of the most fundamental properties of movement processes appears to be that they are subject to some sort of relativized minimality requirement (Rizzi 1990, Chomsky 1995). Elements that move in general do not skip elements of the same type. Put differently, if mov ...
... itself is probably undesirable. One of the most fundamental properties of movement processes appears to be that they are subject to some sort of relativized minimality requirement (Rizzi 1990, Chomsky 1995). Elements that move in general do not skip elements of the same type. Put differently, if mov ...
Depictive Secondary Predicates and Small Clause Approaches to
... as a manner modifier. No formal semantics for this manner modification is proposed. Copley and Harley (2015, 131) explain briefly what manner modification would be in the force semantics that they propose. They also state that the verb root adjoins to a predicate headed by vBECOME in an example like ...
... as a manner modifier. No formal semantics for this manner modification is proposed. Copley and Harley (2015, 131) explain briefly what manner modification would be in the force semantics that they propose. They also state that the verb root adjoins to a predicate headed by vBECOME in an example like ...