COMPARISON IN BAMBARA: AN INFINITIVAL VERB PHRASE* Jan
... Structure of the Comparative Infinitival Verb Phrase The comparative verb phrase in Bambara, then, is not a unique structure ...
... Structure of the Comparative Infinitival Verb Phrase The comparative verb phrase in Bambara, then, is not a unique structure ...
Developing language resources for English
... using the tagset. Combining these, tagged texts with their corresponding English texts, we developed the POS-tagged parallel corpora. To serve as examples, we have included two sets of extracts from the parallel corpora. The first set includes the English sentence “Rupali is now undergoing treatment ...
... using the tagset. Combining these, tagged texts with their corresponding English texts, we developed the POS-tagged parallel corpora. To serve as examples, we have included two sets of extracts from the parallel corpora. The first set includes the English sentence “Rupali is now undergoing treatment ...
Inside and Outside the Middle - The University of British Columbia
... with -m have free-standing counterparts, however. Section 2 takes a fuller liSt of monadic verbs consisting of root + m, including the free and the bound roots, and examines them from the point of view of verb class semantics. Gerdts (1991, 1996) has previously discussed H~lq~min~m in 1erms of two c ...
... with -m have free-standing counterparts, however. Section 2 takes a fuller liSt of monadic verbs consisting of root + m, including the free and the bound roots, and examines them from the point of view of verb class semantics. Gerdts (1991, 1996) has previously discussed H~lq~min~m in 1erms of two c ...
On flexible and rigid nouns
... traditional (rigid) word classes like Verb, Noun or Adjective. This is captured in Hengeveld’s classification of parts of speech (PoS) systems, which has a major division between languages with a flexible PoS system and languages with a rigid PoS system (Figure 1). A simplified version of this class ...
... traditional (rigid) word classes like Verb, Noun or Adjective. This is captured in Hengeveld’s classification of parts of speech (PoS) systems, which has a major division between languages with a flexible PoS system and languages with a rigid PoS system (Figure 1). A simplified version of this class ...
On the Reciprocal in Ndebele - Nordic Journal of African Studies
... and an active lexical component, that is, the argument structure, the functional structure and the constituent structure. It must be stated that morphological complexity in the verbs played a pivotal role in motivating derivational accounts of sentence relatedness (cf. Bresnan 1978, ‘A realistic tra ...
... and an active lexical component, that is, the argument structure, the functional structure and the constituent structure. It must be stated that morphological complexity in the verbs played a pivotal role in motivating derivational accounts of sentence relatedness (cf. Bresnan 1978, ‘A realistic tra ...
What is a sentence?
... to learn and remember French words. However, when it comes to word order, French and English sentences may sometimes differ. For example, adverbs are usually placed before a verb in English but after the verb in French. This book will help you compare the syntax of French and English sentences, allo ...
... to learn and remember French words. However, when it comes to word order, French and English sentences may sometimes differ. For example, adverbs are usually placed before a verb in English but after the verb in French. This book will help you compare the syntax of French and English sentences, allo ...
Transformation Of sentences
... possibly, he didn't have anything else to do, for or because "Maria went shopping." How can the use of other coordinators change the relationship between the two clauses? What implications would the use of "yet" or "but" have on the meaning of the sentence? COMPLEX SENTENCE A complex sentence has an ...
... possibly, he didn't have anything else to do, for or because "Maria went shopping." How can the use of other coordinators change the relationship between the two clauses? What implications would the use of "yet" or "but" have on the meaning of the sentence? COMPLEX SENTENCE A complex sentence has an ...
Notes on Clauses - Amazon Web Services
... WHICH replaces nouns and pronouns that refer to animals or things. It cannot replace nouns and pronouns that refer to people. It can be the subject of a verb. It can also be the object of a verb or preposition. THAT replaces nouns and pronouns that refer to people, animals or things. It can be the ...
... WHICH replaces nouns and pronouns that refer to animals or things. It cannot replace nouns and pronouns that refer to people. It can be the subject of a verb. It can also be the object of a verb or preposition. THAT replaces nouns and pronouns that refer to people, animals or things. It can be the ...
Grammar: Course compendium
... learning certain terminology by heart, but rather a question of understanding how the system works, how words are divided into word classes depending on their structure and use, and how sentences are made up of sentence constituents with various functions in the clause. As the time we have at our di ...
... learning certain terminology by heart, but rather a question of understanding how the system works, how words are divided into word classes depending on their structure and use, and how sentences are made up of sentence constituents with various functions in the clause. As the time we have at our di ...
Definiteness and Perfectivity in Telic Incremental Theme Predications
... both, the definite article and the perfective aspect, are relevant for realizing telicity of those predications and therefore are neither semantically equivalent nor redundant. We will also demonstrate that there are differences in the entailments of definiteness and totality (which is the semantic ...
... both, the definite article and the perfective aspect, are relevant for realizing telicity of those predications and therefore are neither semantically equivalent nor redundant. We will also demonstrate that there are differences in the entailments of definiteness and totality (which is the semantic ...
DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR (SYNTAX)–Section 1 Parts of speech 1
... Functional classification of subordinate clauses 1. Comment clauses express the speaker’s attitude to the contents of the main clause or a way of expressing it. a/ At that time, I presume, people were better. b/ What’s more, he has lost his wallet. c/ To be honest, I’m not sure what I should do. d/ ...
... Functional classification of subordinate clauses 1. Comment clauses express the speaker’s attitude to the contents of the main clause or a way of expressing it. a/ At that time, I presume, people were better. b/ What’s more, he has lost his wallet. c/ To be honest, I’m not sure what I should do. d/ ...
CD 24614-2 WordSeg2
... and different in some aspects. In the aspect of using Chinese characters, all of them are similar, for instance, they have a lot of nouns which consist of Chinese characters, especially two Chinese character nouns, such as “討論(discussion)” and “同意(agreement)”. In the aspect of typography, there is n ...
... and different in some aspects. In the aspect of using Chinese characters, all of them are similar, for instance, they have a lot of nouns which consist of Chinese characters, especially two Chinese character nouns, such as “討論(discussion)” and “同意(agreement)”. In the aspect of typography, there is n ...
PARADIGMATIC DERIVATION By James P. Blevins University of
... features rather than the attachment of inflectional exponents that defines word entries. The fact that this distinction may fail to be marked by an inflectional exponent is attributable to the generally non-biunique character of inflectional exponence (Matthews 1991). These considerations lead, more ...
... features rather than the attachment of inflectional exponents that defines word entries. The fact that this distinction may fail to be marked by an inflectional exponent is attributable to the generally non-biunique character of inflectional exponence (Matthews 1991). These considerations lead, more ...
BASIC STEM OPPOSITIONS IN CAIRO ARABIC TRILITERAL VERBS
... with Cairo Arabic basic stem perfectives, its functional autonomy is thoroughly maintained and the formal distinction is reduced to imperfective stems. Furthermore, the °af°al stem also plays another role in the Cairo Arabic verbal system, as a direct lexical borrowing from Standard Arabic which may ...
... with Cairo Arabic basic stem perfectives, its functional autonomy is thoroughly maintained and the formal distinction is reduced to imperfective stems. Furthermore, the °af°al stem also plays another role in the Cairo Arabic verbal system, as a direct lexical borrowing from Standard Arabic which may ...
On the Semantics of the Perfective Aspect
... 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. ...
... 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. ...
The Syntax of Existential Sentences in Serbian
... were students which not-interested their study subject ‘There were students who are not interested in their subject.’ ...
... were students which not-interested their study subject ‘There were students who are not interested in their subject.’ ...
MORE THAN ONE MEANING
... problem known as ambiguity. One of the suggestions how to solve the problem was either to use the IC analyses or applying transformational aspects of the TG approach to language analyses. This aspect can also be used to explain other “problems” in language such as simple present vs. simple past pair ...
... problem known as ambiguity. One of the suggestions how to solve the problem was either to use the IC analyses or applying transformational aspects of the TG approach to language analyses. This aspect can also be used to explain other “problems” in language such as simple present vs. simple past pair ...
Chapter 6 Syntax: Words in Combination
... Syntax refers to the set of grammatical structures that allow for the combination of words into phrases and sentences. As with other aspects of language, syntactic structures are principled and systematic, with the potential for detailed analysis and description. Words that occur in phrases and sent ...
... Syntax refers to the set of grammatical structures that allow for the combination of words into phrases and sentences. As with other aspects of language, syntactic structures are principled and systematic, with the potential for detailed analysis and description. Words that occur in phrases and sent ...
Verb Nominalization of Manggarai Language: The Case of Central
... dialect of Manggarai language in West Flores island Indonesia. The aim is to explain how verbs of the dialect are nominalized. By applying closed interview, observation and documentary techniques of qualitative approach, this paper present very valuable findings. Firstly, the Central Manggarai Diale ...
... dialect of Manggarai language in West Flores island Indonesia. The aim is to explain how verbs of the dialect are nominalized. By applying closed interview, observation and documentary techniques of qualitative approach, this paper present very valuable findings. Firstly, the Central Manggarai Diale ...
PEOPLE `S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA
... sentence meanings, theme and rheme have been dealt with as a theoretical support of the investigation. Focus has been put on Language in Context under the principle that language is best understood in its appropriate context, and not in its decontextualized form. It has been assumed that when conver ...
... sentence meanings, theme and rheme have been dealt with as a theoretical support of the investigation. Focus has been put on Language in Context under the principle that language is best understood in its appropriate context, and not in its decontextualized form. It has been assumed that when conver ...
CHAPTER 2 THE ORIGIN OF LIGHT VERBS
... 4 For further discussion on the suru construction, see Grimshaw and Mester (1988), Hoshi and Saito (1993), among many others. In these works, the focus is on "argument transfer" from the noun to suru. Also see Huang (1997) for discussion on the suru construction from a different perspective (cf. sec ...
... 4 For further discussion on the suru construction, see Grimshaw and Mester (1988), Hoshi and Saito (1993), among many others. In these works, the focus is on "argument transfer" from the noun to suru. Also see Huang (1997) for discussion on the suru construction from a different perspective (cf. sec ...
toeic
... A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. Adverb （副詞 Fuku-shi ） A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb. Apposition （同格 Doh-kaku ） Two noun groups referring to the same person or thing. Article （冠詞 Kan-shi ） The “indefinite” art ...
... A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. Adverb （副詞 Fuku-shi ） A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb. Apposition （同格 Doh-kaku ） Two noun groups referring to the same person or thing. Article （冠詞 Kan-shi ） The “indefinite” art ...
NLPA-Syntax
... John likes Mary but Mary doesn’t like John, the (proper) nouns John and Mary don’t change depending on who likes whom. However, if we substitute the pronouns he and she for John and Mary, the sentence is incorrect (in SEE): *He likes she but she doesn’t like he. Neither can we consistently substitut ...
... John likes Mary but Mary doesn’t like John, the (proper) nouns John and Mary don’t change depending on who likes whom. However, if we substitute the pronouns he and she for John and Mary, the sentence is incorrect (in SEE): *He likes she but she doesn’t like he. Neither can we consistently substitut ...
Clear and Emphatic Sentences
... Creating an emphatic expression involves adding an adverb intensifier to existing sentence or expression to make feelings even stronger. In an emphatic phrase the adverb intensifier is always added before the verb. The most common emphatic intensifiers in English are “really” and “very much. I reall ...
... Creating an emphatic expression involves adding an adverb intensifier to existing sentence or expression to make feelings even stronger. In an emphatic phrase the adverb intensifier is always added before the verb. The most common emphatic intensifiers in English are “really” and “very much. I reall ...