Verbal complementation in early Middle English: How do the
... As for onginnan, the more plausible solution would be to have in the OE lexicon two homophonous verbs, viz. onginnan ^ compatible with infinitives and meaning "to begin" and onginnanj followed by finite CCs [complement clauses], which has the meaning of Mod.E "to endeavour". These two verbs would th ...
... As for onginnan, the more plausible solution would be to have in the OE lexicon two homophonous verbs, viz. onginnan ^ compatible with infinitives and meaning "to begin" and onginnanj followed by finite CCs [complement clauses], which has the meaning of Mod.E "to endeavour". These two verbs would th ...
COPULAR INVERSION AND NON-SUBJECT AGREEMENT Alex
... and in the pairs of sentences of (4) and (5), or the truth-conditional meaning of the sentences, though the information-structure is different. But, in some cases, the order of the two DPs cannot be reversed. This is what we see if we try to reverse the order of the DPs in (3b)–(3c): ...
... and in the pairs of sentences of (4) and (5), or the truth-conditional meaning of the sentences, though the information-structure is different. But, in some cases, the order of the two DPs cannot be reversed. This is what we see if we try to reverse the order of the DPs in (3b)–(3c): ...
Relative Clauses - The Tlingit Language
... As can be seen by the contrast between ( a) and ( b), demonstratives seem to encode de initeness and their lack apparently results in inde initeness. Demonstratives can also be suf ixed by postpositions, hence acting as P complements. But, as shown in ( ), in such contexts they never refer to entiti ...
... As can be seen by the contrast between ( a) and ( b), demonstratives seem to encode de initeness and their lack apparently results in inde initeness. Demonstratives can also be suf ixed by postpositions, hence acting as P complements. But, as shown in ( ), in such contexts they never refer to entiti ...
Blocking of Phrasal Constructions by Lexical Items Introduction
... elided by the process referred to as O-Ellipsis.8 In the transitive case this can readily be determined by the case-marking of the object: accusative in the case of a true incorporated periphrastic but genitive in the case of an unincorporated periphrastic that has undergone O-Ellipsis. Another diag ...
... elided by the process referred to as O-Ellipsis.8 In the transitive case this can readily be determined by the case-marking of the object: accusative in the case of a true incorporated periphrastic but genitive in the case of an unincorporated periphrastic that has undergone O-Ellipsis. Another diag ...
Sentence Basics
... The best way to prepare for the test is studying.(j) He attended school to become a lawyer.(v) o ALWAYS separate with commas when starting a sentence and a noun follows the phrase To become a doctor, Jack went to medical school. Interrupting the subject and the verb Jack, to become a doc ...
... The best way to prepare for the test is studying.(j) He attended school to become a lawyer.(v) o ALWAYS separate with commas when starting a sentence and a noun follows the phrase To become a doctor, Jack went to medical school. Interrupting the subject and the verb Jack, to become a doc ...
Participles Participles are verbal adjectives. As adjectives
... they qualify in case, number, and gender. As verbs, participles have tense and voice, are modified by adverbs, and govern objects and indirect objects. Latin verbs have only three participles: Present, Future and Past (Perfect). The present and future participles are always active; the past particip ...
... they qualify in case, number, and gender. As verbs, participles have tense and voice, are modified by adverbs, and govern objects and indirect objects. Latin verbs have only three participles: Present, Future and Past (Perfect). The present and future participles are always active; the past particip ...
pronouns and agreement: the information status
... The pronominal suffixes do not distinguish gender, but they do distinguishfour persons(frst, second,third and corefetentialthird), three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and two grammatical roles. (The coreferentialthird-personcatogory,abbreviatedn, is used for participants that are coreferentia ...
... The pronominal suffixes do not distinguish gender, but they do distinguishfour persons(frst, second,third and corefetentialthird), three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and two grammatical roles. (The coreferentialthird-personcatogory,abbreviatedn, is used for participants that are coreferentia ...
Adverbs - sailinghigh
... Prices go up every year But often they are not exactly the same. Each expresses the idea of 'one by one'. It emphasizes individuality. Every is half-way between each and all. It sees things or people as singular, but in a group or in general. Consider the following: ...
... Prices go up every year But often they are not exactly the same. Each expresses the idea of 'one by one'. It emphasizes individuality. Every is half-way between each and all. It sees things or people as singular, but in a group or in general. Consider the following: ...
Sentence Structure Made Simple By JoAnne Moore
... Incomplete sentences, missed periods or capitals, and a lack of varied sentence starters are a source of endless frustration in the writing process. How many children and teachers are tired of writing/reading stories in which most sentences begin with: “Then he.... So then... But then.... The man... ...
... Incomplete sentences, missed periods or capitals, and a lack of varied sentence starters are a source of endless frustration in the writing process. How many children and teachers are tired of writing/reading stories in which most sentences begin with: “Then he.... So then... But then.... The man... ...
tracked changes - LAGB Education Committee
... anaphoric by ellipsis. Inherently anaphoric words include the following: adjectives, e.g. I prefer the former alternative. adverb, e.g. Meanwhile, let's have a cup of tea. common noun, e.g. The big ones are nice and ripe. verb, e.g. She may do.) Anaphora is sometimes described in terms of one consti ...
... anaphoric by ellipsis. Inherently anaphoric words include the following: adjectives, e.g. I prefer the former alternative. adverb, e.g. Meanwhile, let's have a cup of tea. common noun, e.g. The big ones are nice and ripe. verb, e.g. She may do.) Anaphora is sometimes described in terms of one consti ...
clean - LAGB Education Committee
... anaphoric by ellipsis. Inherently anaphoric words include the following: adjectives, e.g. I prefer the former alternative. adverb, e.g. Meanwhile, let's have a cup of tea. common noun, e.g. The big ones are nice and ripe. verb, e.g. She may do.) Anaphora is sometimes described in terms of one consti ...
... anaphoric by ellipsis. Inherently anaphoric words include the following: adjectives, e.g. I prefer the former alternative. adverb, e.g. Meanwhile, let's have a cup of tea. common noun, e.g. The big ones are nice and ripe. verb, e.g. She may do.) Anaphora is sometimes described in terms of one consti ...
Argument Structure and verbal semantic class
... This manual presents the guidelines for the annotation of argument structure of verbal predicates and their semantic class of the Spanish and Catalan AnCora 2.0 corpora. The semantic annotation of verbal predicates implies the systematic mapping between syntax and semantics, basically expressed in t ...
... This manual presents the guidelines for the annotation of argument structure of verbal predicates and their semantic class of the Spanish and Catalan AnCora 2.0 corpora. The semantic annotation of verbal predicates implies the systematic mapping between syntax and semantics, basically expressed in t ...
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... Some typical differences between English and Japanese sentential forms do not require any case transformation, One of them is negative expressions and processed as already mentioned in section 3.1. The others are oompound noun expressions containing some verbal nouns which are prefered to be verbali ...
... Some typical differences between English and Japanese sentential forms do not require any case transformation, One of them is negative expressions and processed as already mentioned in section 3.1. The others are oompound noun expressions containing some verbal nouns which are prefered to be verbali ...
Personalization of the Existential Haber in Mexican Spanish
... in the third person singular and in the special form hay in the present indicative. The remaining 1,523 occurrences of haber in the two novels and in the two volumes of recorded speech are instances of the existential use of habere Of these, 870 are accompanied by singular direct objects, and 653 by ...
... in the third person singular and in the special form hay in the present indicative. The remaining 1,523 occurrences of haber in the two novels and in the two volumes of recorded speech are instances of the existential use of habere Of these, 870 are accompanied by singular direct objects, and 653 by ...
Turkish Participles
... noun is deleted in the lower sentence. In addition, the subject of the embedded sentence is put into the genitive case, and a possessive suffix agreeing in person and number with the subject is attached to the participle. The result is something which looks like a nominalization: 'the school related ...
... noun is deleted in the lower sentence. In addition, the subject of the embedded sentence is put into the genitive case, and a possessive suffix agreeing in person and number with the subject is attached to the participle. The result is something which looks like a nominalization: 'the school related ...
Rhetorical Devices
... walls make not a palace; full coffers make not a king” Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which contradictory terms or ideas are combined (usually two or three words). “He possessed a cold fire in his eyes” ...
... walls make not a palace; full coffers make not a king” Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which contradictory terms or ideas are combined (usually two or three words). “He possessed a cold fire in his eyes” ...
1 - OnCourse
... Her visitor had been talking for hours. He will have been talking all day. Notice that sometimes the main verb changes form when used with helping verbs. For more on these changes, see pages 96–106. Common Helping Verbs Forms of be ...
... Her visitor had been talking for hours. He will have been talking all day. Notice that sometimes the main verb changes form when used with helping verbs. For more on these changes, see pages 96–106. Common Helping Verbs Forms of be ...
Noun Phrase
... • “Not all noun phrases begin with determiners, although a singular countable nouns always requires a determiner, plural and uncountable nouns do not.” • “The only compulsory element in a noun phrase is the noun (or pronoun) itself.” • “Apart from determiners, a noun may also be accompanied by modif ...
... • “Not all noun phrases begin with determiners, although a singular countable nouns always requires a determiner, plural and uncountable nouns do not.” • “The only compulsory element in a noun phrase is the noun (or pronoun) itself.” • “Apart from determiners, a noun may also be accompanied by modif ...
The emergence of na as a copula in Nigerian Pidgin
... In 2 and 3 we have intermediate cases where the copular complement is a nondetermined noun phrase. In 2 the constituent “a good student” retains some predicative features because its referential status is low. The copular complement expresses a type that should describe a property about a subject (a ...
... In 2 and 3 we have intermediate cases where the copular complement is a nondetermined noun phrase. In 2 the constituent “a good student” retains some predicative features because its referential status is low. The copular complement expresses a type that should describe a property about a subject (a ...
Prepositional Phrase - St. Clairsville Schools
... 2. An object (N or Prn) 3. Any modifiers of that object ...
... 2. An object (N or Prn) 3. Any modifiers of that object ...
Lessons and Work_ 0821 to 0824
... leg of lamb. The house was thoroughly searched by the police, but nothing suspicious was found by them. Mary and the grocer were carefully questioned by detectives. The dreadful leg of lamb was cooked by Mrs. Maloney, and the murder weapon was eaten by the hungry detectives. The identity of the murd ...
... leg of lamb. The house was thoroughly searched by the police, but nothing suspicious was found by them. Mary and the grocer were carefully questioned by detectives. The dreadful leg of lamb was cooked by Mrs. Maloney, and the murder weapon was eaten by the hungry detectives. The identity of the murd ...
External temporal specification in English verbs of motion
... Perhaps the best-known classification of verbs in terms of what Dušková (1983) felicitously referred to as ‘lexical aspect’ was proposed by Vendler (1957). He distinguished four major types of verbs. States (such as knowing the answer) are temporally homogeneous and static. Activities, such as runni ...
... Perhaps the best-known classification of verbs in terms of what Dušková (1983) felicitously referred to as ‘lexical aspect’ was proposed by Vendler (1957). He distinguished four major types of verbs. States (such as knowing the answer) are temporally homogeneous and static. Activities, such as runni ...
Objects Out of the Lexicon! Argument-Structure in the Syntax
... objects are never directly interpreted as part of the same sub-event as a verbal root that merges directly with little v (in an intuitive sense, then, a DP direct object is never directly interpreted as any kind of “argument” of an activity verb) (12) For this talk, I’ll restrict my focus mainly to ...
... objects are never directly interpreted as part of the same sub-event as a verbal root that merges directly with little v (in an intuitive sense, then, a DP direct object is never directly interpreted as any kind of “argument” of an activity verb) (12) For this talk, I’ll restrict my focus mainly to ...
tracked changes - LAGB Education Committee
... anaphoric by ellipsis. Inherently anaphoric words include the following: adjectives, e.g. I prefer the former alternative. adverb, e.g. Meanwhile, let's have a cup of tea. common noun, e.g. The big ones are nice and ripe. verb, e.g. She may do.) Anaphora is sometimes described in terms of one consti ...
... anaphoric by ellipsis. Inherently anaphoric words include the following: adjectives, e.g. I prefer the former alternative. adverb, e.g. Meanwhile, let's have a cup of tea. common noun, e.g. The big ones are nice and ripe. verb, e.g. She may do.) Anaphora is sometimes described in terms of one consti ...
Grammar - Deutsche Welle
... Remembering • Tip: Always listen to the background noises. They will help you to understand the situation and make words easier to ...
... Remembering • Tip: Always listen to the background noises. They will help you to understand the situation and make words easier to ...