Passive without passive morphology
... with Object is later given in examples (7). We will show later that an enclitic alone or an NP alone can function as Subject (or Object). When both the enclitic and the free NP are present, we argue that the enclitic is the ‘real’ Subject or Object.7 Unlike Subject and Object (which are core argumen ...
... with Object is later given in examples (7). We will show later that an enclitic alone or an NP alone can function as Subject (or Object). When both the enclitic and the free NP are present, we argue that the enclitic is the ‘real’ Subject or Object.7 Unlike Subject and Object (which are core argumen ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
... The Plural of Abbreviations, Numbers and Letters of the Alphabet These categories act like nouns in some cases and they form plurals in a specific way: 1.1.9. abbreviations: bro.(brother)/bros.(brothers 1.1.10. numbers : the 1980's or the 1980s 1.1.11. letters: i's ...
... The Plural of Abbreviations, Numbers and Letters of the Alphabet These categories act like nouns in some cases and they form plurals in a specific way: 1.1.9. abbreviations: bro.(brother)/bros.(brothers 1.1.10. numbers : the 1980's or the 1980s 1.1.11. letters: i's ...
An equivalent of the standard of comparison relativization in Ainu
... corresponding main clause with zero anaphora which is possible in both verb and noun (possessive) phrases. Relative clauses may involve as their heads not only common nouns, but also a few so-called bound nouns with generic semantics, which are peculiar in that they cannot occur on their own and mus ...
... corresponding main clause with zero anaphora which is possible in both verb and noun (possessive) phrases. Relative clauses may involve as their heads not only common nouns, but also a few so-called bound nouns with generic semantics, which are peculiar in that they cannot occur on their own and mus ...
A brief grammar of Euskara - University of the Basque Country
... About glosses. If you are a really methodical reader, of the kind that actually reads the glosses of the examples, you will notice that the same word may appear glossed in different ways in various parts of the grammar. The reason is that glosses have been kept to the simplest, in order to make the ...
... About glosses. If you are a really methodical reader, of the kind that actually reads the glosses of the examples, you will notice that the same word may appear glossed in different ways in various parts of the grammar. The reason is that glosses have been kept to the simplest, in order to make the ...
Focus in Bantu
... following the regular post-subject tense marker (most often /a/ or /la/, depending on tense and language) and tone. Typically, the contrast seems restricted to certain tenses, most often positive presents, or positive presents and pasts, and also most often does not occur in negatives, relativised v ...
... following the regular post-subject tense marker (most often /a/ or /la/, depending on tense and language) and tone. Typically, the contrast seems restricted to certain tenses, most often positive presents, or positive presents and pasts, and also most often does not occur in negatives, relativised v ...
Constraining XP Sequences
... "compound tense" forms shows that these are sequences of IPs, each a BPS unit. Thus, BPS units combine to form a Lexical Projection Sequence (or LPS). The LPS constrains the order and composition of thematic and non-thematic projections among the iterating BPS structures. In general, syntactic struc ...
... "compound tense" forms shows that these are sequences of IPs, each a BPS unit. Thus, BPS units combine to form a Lexical Projection Sequence (or LPS). The LPS constrains the order and composition of thematic and non-thematic projections among the iterating BPS structures. In general, syntactic struc ...
Lesson 5 Verbs--Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles
... A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being. However, since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence t ...
... A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being. However, since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence t ...
Re-cycling in the Encyclopedia
... Work frame? Similarly, Goods seems to belong just as much to Ownership as to Commercial Transactions. When boundaries are problematic, it is often worth considering whether they really exist and to look for a theoretical alternative in which the boundaries concerned play no part. In this case, the a ...
... Work frame? Similarly, Goods seems to belong just as much to Ownership as to Commercial Transactions. When boundaries are problematic, it is often worth considering whether they really exist and to look for a theoretical alternative in which the boundaries concerned play no part. In this case, the a ...
Semantic structure and word-formation. Verb
... 2) by means of the semantic formulas and semantic features, 3) w i t h the help of archilexemes and word-fields. The V P C s are also compared to the corresponding prefixal combinations and simplex verbs. 1.1.2. F o r the semantic analysis a collection of material (cf. 3.5.6.1.) was set up which at ...
... 2) by means of the semantic formulas and semantic features, 3) w i t h the help of archilexemes and word-fields. The V P C s are also compared to the corresponding prefixal combinations and simplex verbs. 1.1.2. F o r the semantic analysis a collection of material (cf. 3.5.6.1.) was set up which at ...
The Present Perfect
... • Notice that when the past participle is used with forms of haber, the final -o never changes. ...
... • Notice that when the past participle is used with forms of haber, the final -o never changes. ...
Nouns and Verbs in Australian Sign Language: An Open and Shut
... test battery is careful to select nouns and verbs that may be considered “concrete” and thus highly likely to display the pattern. Unlike the ASL test battery, TBAMS was intended as a means of collecting data on Auslan and not to test for levels of proficiency. The ASL test battery was designed to e ...
... test battery is careful to select nouns and verbs that may be considered “concrete” and thus highly likely to display the pattern. Unlike the ASL test battery, TBAMS was intended as a means of collecting data on Auslan and not to test for levels of proficiency. The ASL test battery was designed to e ...
Introduction to WordNet: An On-line Lexical Database (Revised
... Jones’s data cannot be explained as association by continguity. The price of imposing this syntactic categorization on WordNet is a certain amount of redundancy that conventional dictionaries avoid—words like back, for example, turn up in more than one category. But the advantage is that fundamental ...
... Jones’s data cannot be explained as association by continguity. The price of imposing this syntactic categorization on WordNet is a certain amount of redundancy that conventional dictionaries avoid—words like back, for example, turn up in more than one category. But the advantage is that fundamental ...
Introduction to WordNet: An On-line Lexical Database
... Jones’s data cannot be explained as association by continguity. The price of imposing this syntactic categorization on WordNet is a certain amount of redundancy that conventional dictionaries avoid—words like back, for example, turn up in more than one category. But the advantage is that fundamental ...
... Jones’s data cannot be explained as association by continguity. The price of imposing this syntactic categorization on WordNet is a certain amount of redundancy that conventional dictionaries avoid—words like back, for example, turn up in more than one category. But the advantage is that fundamental ...
Jorge Baptista1,2, Ilia Markov1,2,3 1 Universidade do Algarve, Faro
... from the Latin nasus ‘nose’) and other noun classes (like palmada ‘slap [with the palm of the hand]’). Thus, this work will target different complex relations that, in the framework of Harris (1991) here adopted, may also have a transformational status, besides their historical (diachronic) nature. ...
... from the Latin nasus ‘nose’) and other noun classes (like palmada ‘slap [with the palm of the hand]’). Thus, this work will target different complex relations that, in the framework of Harris (1991) here adopted, may also have a transformational status, besides their historical (diachronic) nature. ...
Reflexive - Hints for Translations
... If a grammatical object in the sentence is the same as the subject, the grammatical object is required to take the reflexive form in German. However, there is no single English equivalent for this use of sich. When translating from German to English, look for an appropriate equivalent in English. Tr ...
... If a grammatical object in the sentence is the same as the subject, the grammatical object is required to take the reflexive form in German. However, there is no single English equivalent for this use of sich. When translating from German to English, look for an appropriate equivalent in English. Tr ...
The Misumalpan Causative Construction
... Let us pretend for the moment that (17) represents the whole story. And, for my own expository comfort, let me now switch to the “ergative-nominative” (as opposed to “relative-absolutive”) terminology. We can say simply that when an object is non-overt—so-called small pro—it fails to be case-marked ...
... Let us pretend for the moment that (17) represents the whole story. And, for my own expository comfort, let me now switch to the “ergative-nominative” (as opposed to “relative-absolutive”) terminology. We can say simply that when an object is non-overt—so-called small pro—it fails to be case-marked ...
Reflexives and Reciprocals in Copala Trique
... occurs also on all contiguous segments that are [-consonantal]. In the examples it is written only on the stressed vowel. Tones 1 2 3 4 5 (from low to high) occur singly or in certain two-tone sequences on the foot, where they are manifested on the stressed vowel. In the examples tone is written fol ...
... occurs also on all contiguous segments that are [-consonantal]. In the examples it is written only on the stressed vowel. Tones 1 2 3 4 5 (from low to high) occur singly or in certain two-tone sequences on the foot, where they are manifested on the stressed vowel. In the examples tone is written fol ...
Chapter 5 Nawat - DCU School of Computing
... centres in the west of El Salvador, it was not to be found. This was a common theme: a certain booklet was in existence but no one had seen it (they had only heard about it) and it was (often) impossible to track down a copy. When a copy was finally located, it was generally not in a very good state ...
... centres in the west of El Salvador, it was not to be found. This was a common theme: a certain booklet was in existence but no one had seen it (they had only heard about it) and it was (often) impossible to track down a copy. When a copy was finally located, it was generally not in a very good state ...
Jennifer Arnold Thesis, spring 1992 Swarthmore College Dr.
... words such as "ldidawy" (he/she/it works) are pronounced ,lkoo8awi/, which doesn't include a glide at the end. I have dispensed with the Unified y-i rule in my own orthography, using "y" only to mark a glide, and using "i" otherwise. All cited examples will be also translated from the alphabet of th ...
... words such as "ldidawy" (he/she/it works) are pronounced ,lkoo8awi/, which doesn't include a glide at the end. I have dispensed with the Unified y-i rule in my own orthography, using "y" only to mark a glide, and using "i" otherwise. All cited examples will be also translated from the alphabet of th ...
Verbs Llevar and Tener - Departament de Filologia Catalana
... In contrast with (21), in the constructions under study, our claim is that llevar admits incorporation of the dynamic preposition, provided this does not have phonological content. One of the most intriguing properties of this use of llevar, which is not displayed by the one analyzed in (21), is it ...
... In contrast with (21), in the constructions under study, our claim is that llevar admits incorporation of the dynamic preposition, provided this does not have phonological content. One of the most intriguing properties of this use of llevar, which is not displayed by the one analyzed in (21), is it ...
Pronouns
... Proper grammar is essential for formal writing in the academic world and in the business world. In school, many instructors will deduct points from an assignment for each grammatical error. Those points add up quickly and can lower your grade significantly. In business, resumes and cover letters are ...
... Proper grammar is essential for formal writing in the academic world and in the business world. In school, many instructors will deduct points from an assignment for each grammatical error. Those points add up quickly and can lower your grade significantly. In business, resumes and cover letters are ...
Semantic Features in Argument Selection
... the above four features, but they are not needed for stating the linking rules that select subjects and direct objects. In the following, this will be shown to be true for English. Not only languages that do not have subjects (like Tagalog, which has a predicate-topic structure; Schachter & Otanes, ...
... the above four features, but they are not needed for stating the linking rules that select subjects and direct objects. In the following, this will be shown to be true for English. Not only languages that do not have subjects (like Tagalog, which has a predicate-topic structure; Schachter & Otanes, ...
lesson six
... Nine). This past tense formation is quite common in the early Qenya Lexicon, and it also turns up in relatively late (but still pre-LotR) sources. Fíriel's Song of ca. 1936 agrees with the 1915 Lexicon that the past tense of the verb car"make, do" is cárë (QL:45, LR:72; the spelling used in the sour ...
... Nine). This past tense formation is quite common in the early Qenya Lexicon, and it also turns up in relatively late (but still pre-LotR) sources. Fíriel's Song of ca. 1936 agrees with the 1915 Lexicon that the past tense of the verb car"make, do" is cárë (QL:45, LR:72; the spelling used in the sour ...