Conceptual plural information is used to guide early
... ity inherent in plural noun phrases such as some cats. One aspect of this ambiguity is that the number of entities denoted by the head noun is unspecified. Any number from two to infinity satisfies the plural feature on the head noun; it is unclear whether any definitive value is chosen, and if so, on w ...
... ity inherent in plural noun phrases such as some cats. One aspect of this ambiguity is that the number of entities denoted by the head noun is unspecified. Any number from two to infinity satisfies the plural feature on the head noun; it is unclear whether any definitive value is chosen, and if so, on w ...
draft - University of Delaware
... The Conjunct Order is exclusively suffixal. The suffix that a third person subject of an intransitive verb triggers in (4a) is the same as that triggered by the subject of a transitive verb in (4c), -htit in these examples. The object of a transitive verb is generally not marked in the Conjunct Orde ...
... The Conjunct Order is exclusively suffixal. The suffix that a third person subject of an intransitive verb triggers in (4a) is the same as that triggered by the subject of a transitive verb in (4c), -htit in these examples. The object of a transitive verb is generally not marked in the Conjunct Orde ...
Arguments, Grammatical Relations, and Diathetic Paradigm
... realized at the CONTENT – ARG-ST interface. The first aspect concerns obliqueness and whether it is rearranged in the mapping between the ARG-ST and DEPS. A diathesis can be organized so as to preserve or to change obliqueness. The obliqueness preservation aims, specifically, at mapping the a-subjec ...
... realized at the CONTENT – ARG-ST interface. The first aspect concerns obliqueness and whether it is rearranged in the mapping between the ARG-ST and DEPS. A diathesis can be organized so as to preserve or to change obliqueness. The obliqueness preservation aims, specifically, at mapping the a-subjec ...
deverbal noun complementation rules applied to semantic
... Traditional grammar divides declarative sentences into subject and predicate, the first part being the recipient or subject of the properties, and the second part containing the relational or nominal properties being assigned: the subject is the entity about which a statement is made; the predicate ...
... Traditional grammar divides declarative sentences into subject and predicate, the first part being the recipient or subject of the properties, and the second part containing the relational or nominal properties being assigned: the subject is the entity about which a statement is made; the predicate ...
effects of concord errors in the essays of students in selected senior
... militating against the smooth learning of the English language especially by second language learners. Areas of Syntax, Phonology, Morphology, Semantics and Literature in English (language) have continued to receive attention. In this effort, myriad problems relating to the wrong use of tenses, unac ...
... militating against the smooth learning of the English language especially by second language learners. Areas of Syntax, Phonology, Morphology, Semantics and Literature in English (language) have continued to receive attention. In this effort, myriad problems relating to the wrong use of tenses, unac ...
Objects in Resultatives
... presumptively state any relations to the R event in my logical forms, from now on. An event of causation may also have an agent, a thing responsible for its happening. One might suggest that this entails being the agent of the means event. Certainly some theories of action have sought to reduce agen ...
... presumptively state any relations to the R event in my logical forms, from now on. An event of causation may also have an agent, a thing responsible for its happening. One might suggest that this entails being the agent of the means event. Certainly some theories of action have sought to reduce agen ...
Generating A Parsing Lexicon from an LCS-Based Lexicon
... (2) th,src(from); and (3) th,src(),goal(). We can either assign all patterns for all of these thematic grids to this class or we can choose the most common one. However, both of these approaches introduce errors: The first will generate redundant patterns and the second will assign incorrect pattern ...
... (2) th,src(from); and (3) th,src(),goal(). We can either assign all patterns for all of these thematic grids to this class or we can choose the most common one. However, both of these approaches introduce errors: The first will generate redundant patterns and the second will assign incorrect pattern ...
Mixed (Non)veridicality and mood choice with emotive verbs
... can be generalized to predict the observed variation, and the potential of dual patterns. The variation illustrates, in the clearest way, the complexity one is confronted with when trying to establish a general pattern of mood choice across a number of languages— and how difficult it is to come up w ...
... can be generalized to predict the observed variation, and the potential of dual patterns. The variation illustrates, in the clearest way, the complexity one is confronted with when trying to establish a general pattern of mood choice across a number of languages— and how difficult it is to come up w ...
Coordination of Unlikes without Unlike Categories
... (7) Asimov gave a talk about natural selection on Monday, and about general relativity on Thursday. This is a case of long-distance ACC because the PP[about] is not a complement of the verb. Rather, it is attached to the relational noun talk. If this PP were a complement of the verb then one would e ...
... (7) Asimov gave a talk about natural selection on Monday, and about general relativity on Thursday. This is a case of long-distance ACC because the PP[about] is not a complement of the verb. Rather, it is attached to the relational noun talk. If this PP were a complement of the verb then one would e ...
Sentence Diagraming
... A simple sentence has only one main clause; that is, it has a single subject and a single predicate. Its diagram uses only one baseline. However, either the subject or the predicate (or both) may have more than one part. In such a case, the baseline is forked to make space for the multiple parts. ...
... A simple sentence has only one main clause; that is, it has a single subject and a single predicate. Its diagram uses only one baseline. However, either the subject or the predicate (or both) may have more than one part. In such a case, the baseline is forked to make space for the multiple parts. ...
The Semantics of Russian Genitive of Negation: The Nature and
... an AES or NES is a "rheme-only" sentence (plus optional thematic locative. ) Babby's (1980) rule o f genitive marking in NES's: ...
... an AES or NES is a "rheme-only" sentence (plus optional thematic locative. ) Babby's (1980) rule o f genitive marking in NES's: ...
Verbs are a necessary component of all sentences
... denotes that the speaker does not say other than he or she thinks to be true. The maxim of quantity is related to the fair share of the talk time. The final maxim is maxim of clarity which suggests that the producer of conversation has to be clear and understandable. He or she must avoid ambiguity ...
... denotes that the speaker does not say other than he or she thinks to be true. The maxim of quantity is related to the fair share of the talk time. The final maxim is maxim of clarity which suggests that the producer of conversation has to be clear and understandable. He or she must avoid ambiguity ...
Metonymical subject changes in Dutch
... Examples (4)-(9) show verbs which can have a direct object of different semantic types, such as a container or its content, material or a product, etc. As in examples (1)-(3), the two possible direct objects are metonymically associated to another, especially in the context evoked by the verb. Examp ...
... Examples (4)-(9) show verbs which can have a direct object of different semantic types, such as a container or its content, material or a product, etc. As in examples (1)-(3), the two possible direct objects are metonymically associated to another, especially in the context evoked by the verb. Examp ...
Expository Writing Tutorial
... Shift in Verb Tense “Sentences are choppy, incomplete, rambling or awkward. Phrasing does not sound natural—the way someone might speak. . . My verbs do not always capture the precise meaning, or sometimes shift tense. . .It is difficult to sense the writer behind the words. . .” ...
... Shift in Verb Tense “Sentences are choppy, incomplete, rambling or awkward. Phrasing does not sound natural—the way someone might speak. . . My verbs do not always capture the precise meaning, or sometimes shift tense. . .It is difficult to sense the writer behind the words. . .” ...
Word order and information structure in Makhuwa
... many more people have Enahara as their mother tongue, counting the coast and the island, but Kröger (2005) reports 33,000 to 40,000 speakers of Enahara. Many islanders characterise Enahara as a mixture of languages. The Arabs, the Swahili, and the Portuguese have not only left their marks in religio ...
... many more people have Enahara as their mother tongue, counting the coast and the island, but Kröger (2005) reports 33,000 to 40,000 speakers of Enahara. Many islanders characterise Enahara as a mixture of languages. The Arabs, the Swahili, and the Portuguese have not only left their marks in religio ...
Particle verbs and benefactive double objects in English: high and
... Recall again that a Root’s interpretation is fixed once it has been categorized; further morphology after categorization should incorporate this fixed interpretation. In (11b), the small clause predicate combines with an already categorized Root. So we expect that if the ditransitive and particle ve ...
... Recall again that a Root’s interpretation is fixed once it has been categorized; further morphology after categorization should incorporate this fixed interpretation. In (11b), the small clause predicate combines with an already categorized Root. So we expect that if the ditransitive and particle ve ...
Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computational
... A possible technique to resolve all those problems is to generate paraphrases. Paraphrases are alternative ways of expressing the same information within one or more languages (Callison-burch, 2007). The benefits of paraphrasing are multiple: the unknown words will be reduced, the MT output will be ...
... A possible technique to resolve all those problems is to generate paraphrases. Paraphrases are alternative ways of expressing the same information within one or more languages (Callison-burch, 2007). The benefits of paraphrasing are multiple: the unknown words will be reduced, the MT output will be ...
to the entire required Student Handout for this class in MS
... The main verb identifies the event which the sentence is reporting. The auxiliaries tell more about the time or conditions of the event, and they always come before the main verb. The verb string is the combination of auxiliaries and main verb acting together to play the role of verb in a sentence. ...
... The main verb identifies the event which the sentence is reporting. The auxiliaries tell more about the time or conditions of the event, and they always come before the main verb. The verb string is the combination of auxiliaries and main verb acting together to play the role of verb in a sentence. ...
(I) Word Classes and Phrases
... The Cultural and Social Anthropology Department deal with the many aspects of the social lives of people around the world. 5. The English for Academic Purposes Modules run by the highly qualified teachers in the language and learning unit, are available to all students of Queen Mary University of L ...
... The Cultural and Social Anthropology Department deal with the many aspects of the social lives of people around the world. 5. The English for Academic Purposes Modules run by the highly qualified teachers in the language and learning unit, are available to all students of Queen Mary University of L ...
VILNIUS PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
... relations of various kinds are a pervasive feature of human language and theorizing about the world. In many fields, including psychology and philosophy, the notion of causation has been a research subject since the age of ancient Greek philosophy. One of the first philosophers who started analyzing ...
... relations of various kinds are a pervasive feature of human language and theorizing about the world. In many fields, including psychology and philosophy, the notion of causation has been a research subject since the age of ancient Greek philosophy. One of the first philosophers who started analyzing ...
Fulltext - UoN Repository
... Framework and their pivotal role in the morphosyntactic analysis of verb inflection for tense and aspect are also highlighted. It further provides the structure of the Bantu verb. The study further analyses the morphological structure of the Bemba verb by looking at the inflectional features of the ...
... Framework and their pivotal role in the morphosyntactic analysis of verb inflection for tense and aspect are also highlighted. It further provides the structure of the Bantu verb. The study further analyses the morphological structure of the Bemba verb by looking at the inflectional features of the ...
MOR - TalkBank
... The second volume describes the use of the CLAN data analysis programs. This third manual describes the use of the MOR, POST, POSTMORTEM, and MEGRASP programs to add a %mor and %gra line to CHAT transcripts. The %mor line provides a complete part-of-speech tagging for every word indicated on the mai ...
... The second volume describes the use of the CLAN data analysis programs. This third manual describes the use of the MOR, POST, POSTMORTEM, and MEGRASP programs to add a %mor and %gra line to CHAT transcripts. The %mor line provides a complete part-of-speech tagging for every word indicated on the mai ...
Weeks 1-12 - Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca
... Lisa and Alan work in a bank. Lisa lives with her parents. Alan shares an apartment with his elder brother. Lisa and Alan are good friends. They drive to work together every day, in Alan’s car. Lisa works as a cashier, and Alan fixes the bank’s computers. They finish work at 5:00p.m. After work, Lis ...
... Lisa and Alan work in a bank. Lisa lives with her parents. Alan shares an apartment with his elder brother. Lisa and Alan are good friends. They drive to work together every day, in Alan’s car. Lisa works as a cashier, and Alan fixes the bank’s computers. They finish work at 5:00p.m. After work, Lis ...
HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES
... so'wokôp- as the -e1- of 1e/iEx_ (verb stem) BE LEFT OVER is to. the ...
... so'wokôp- as the -e1- of 1e/iEx_ (verb stem) BE LEFT OVER is to. the ...
resulttv3f
... independent lexical items and (b) abandoning the rigid view that the verb alone determines the complement structure of its VP. We think this price is worth the benefit. Classical generative grammar does not recognize constructions in this sense; phenomena that have more standardly been termed “const ...
... independent lexical items and (b) abandoning the rigid view that the verb alone determines the complement structure of its VP. We think this price is worth the benefit. Classical generative grammar does not recognize constructions in this sense; phenomena that have more standardly been termed “const ...