The Syntactic Cartography of the TP Layer in Minimalism
... order, what else can motivate verb movement in VSO order? The second issue is the subject-verb agreement asymmetry. The verb loses its plural number morphology when it moves over the subject in VSO order. There has been no satisfactory explanation for these two issues which pose a problem for the cl ...
... order, what else can motivate verb movement in VSO order? The second issue is the subject-verb agreement asymmetry. The verb loses its plural number morphology when it moves over the subject in VSO order. There has been no satisfactory explanation for these two issues which pose a problem for the cl ...
3. How to use Indirect Object Pronouns in Spanish
... 1. “She is going to sing.” 4. How do you say “She is going to sing.” in Spanish? 1. “Ella va a cantar.” 5. Let’s identify the conjugated verb because we will have to put the indirect object ...
... 1. “She is going to sing.” 4. How do you say “She is going to sing.” in Spanish? 1. “Ella va a cantar.” 5. Let’s identify the conjugated verb because we will have to put the indirect object ...
The Jalostotitlan Petitions, 1611–1618
... Mexican petitions is that the central Mexican petitions themselves have not yet been systematically studied. When one goes looking, one will indeed find texts with a highly polished formulaic rhetoric, but also examples of bareness and directness no less striking than what one sees in the Jalostotit ...
... Mexican petitions is that the central Mexican petitions themselves have not yet been systematically studied. When one goes looking, one will indeed find texts with a highly polished formulaic rhetoric, but also examples of bareness and directness no less striking than what one sees in the Jalostotit ...
On Representations in Morphology Case, Agreement and Inversion
... clause is properly called its subject. The syntactic evidence on this point is quite clear, however (cf. section 1.2 below), and confirms a decision to call 'subject' that NP which usually corresponds to the subject in a translation into English or other languages with familiar structure. With this ...
... clause is properly called its subject. The syntactic evidence on this point is quite clear, however (cf. section 1.2 below), and confirms a decision to call 'subject' that NP which usually corresponds to the subject in a translation into English or other languages with familiar structure. With this ...
575 Tlingit Verbs - Sealaska Heritage Institute
... the verbs included in the research, twelve modes were systematically documented through consultation with a group of native speakers. The newly documented forms were compiled into a database using Toolbox software and additionally organized into a user-friendly online database, hosted on the Goldbel ...
... the verbs included in the research, twelve modes were systematically documented through consultation with a group of native speakers. The newly documented forms were compiled into a database using Toolbox software and additionally organized into a user-friendly online database, hosted on the Goldbel ...
A Study of the English Grammar Used in Comic Strips A Term Paper
... Most of everyday communication depends on language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. All four are important; however a person who cannot hear or see clearly does not have abilities different from a non-disabled person but they use finger language and Braille to replace each other. Th ...
... Most of everyday communication depends on language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. All four are important; however a person who cannot hear or see clearly does not have abilities different from a non-disabled person but they use finger language and Braille to replace each other. Th ...
Bound nominal roots in Waorani
... (1973:125). Following this example, possible etymologies of body-part words come to mind. For instance, õdõgõpo ‘finger’ might be õdõ ‘body’ + -gõ ‘finger/stick’ + -po ‘hand’. The word okagĩ ‘hair’ could be o ‘(unknown)’ + -ka ‘stone, head’ + -gĩ ‘long, thin’. The word okabo ‘head’ could be o ‘(unkn ...
... (1973:125). Following this example, possible etymologies of body-part words come to mind. For instance, õdõgõpo ‘finger’ might be õdõ ‘body’ + -gõ ‘finger/stick’ + -po ‘hand’. The word okagĩ ‘hair’ could be o ‘(unknown)’ + -ka ‘stone, head’ + -gĩ ‘long, thin’. The word okabo ‘head’ could be o ‘(unkn ...
Passive Voice - Dadang Iskandar
... Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive. Example: They build houses. – Houses are built. Verbs without an object (intransitive verb) normally can ...
... Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive. Example: They build houses. – Houses are built. Verbs without an object (intransitive verb) normally can ...
Adina Camelia Bleotu - Why Does IT Always Rain on Me
... start to think about what lies behind the it in sentences like It rains. or It snows, an it which is missing in pro-drop languages. Is it the snow that falls or is there something or someone that causes the snow to fall? The aim of this paper is to present a possible argument structure representatio ...
... start to think about what lies behind the it in sentences like It rains. or It snows, an it which is missing in pro-drop languages. Is it the snow that falls or is there something or someone that causes the snow to fall? The aim of this paper is to present a possible argument structure representatio ...
Lecture 07 - ELTE / SEAS
... The inflection seems to be able to have a VP or a vP complement, depending on whether there are aspectual morphemes: He may [VP win the race] He had [vP been winning the race] ...
... The inflection seems to be able to have a VP or a vP complement, depending on whether there are aspectual morphemes: He may [VP win the race] He had [vP been winning the race] ...
French Pronoun
... the two main past tenses. L'imparfait [je mangeais] translates to the English imperfect [I was eating] while le passé composé [j'ai mangé] literally translates to the English present perfect [I have eaten] but can also be translated as the English simple past [I ate] or the emphatic past [I did eat] ...
... the two main past tenses. L'imparfait [je mangeais] translates to the English imperfect [I was eating] while le passé composé [j'ai mangé] literally translates to the English present perfect [I have eaten] but can also be translated as the English simple past [I ate] or the emphatic past [I did eat] ...
section 2: Staying Fit
... more than one body part, the preposition aux is used, regardless of whether the word is masculine or feminine. There are two exceptions however. Since the French words for shoulder and stomach both start with vowels, we say J’ai mal à l’épaule. and J’ai mal à l’estomac. ...
... more than one body part, the preposition aux is used, regardless of whether the word is masculine or feminine. There are two exceptions however. Since the French words for shoulder and stomach both start with vowels, we say J’ai mal à l’épaule. and J’ai mal à l’estomac. ...
Compounding in English and Arabic latest
... Bosnia-Herzegovina, for example, is the combined area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but a fighter-bomber is an aircraft that is both a fighter and a bomber. Iterative or amredita compounds repeat a single element, to express repetition or as an emphasis. Day-by-day and go-go-go are examples of this typ ...
... Bosnia-Herzegovina, for example, is the combined area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but a fighter-bomber is an aircraft that is both a fighter and a bomber. Iterative or amredita compounds repeat a single element, to express repetition or as an emphasis. Day-by-day and go-go-go are examples of this typ ...
Greek Grammar - The Christian Evangelistic Mission
... Matt. 5:26 "Truly I say to you, you shall not come out of there, until you have pgielgp the last cent. Two subjunctives are in this verse, the fnst, "come," is in the main or independent clause and is an emphatic negation with ou me- The second subjunctive, "paid up," is used to express the fact tha ...
... Matt. 5:26 "Truly I say to you, you shall not come out of there, until you have pgielgp the last cent. Two subjunctives are in this verse, the fnst, "come," is in the main or independent clause and is an emphatic negation with ou me- The second subjunctive, "paid up," is used to express the fact tha ...
JacobsenLecuter
... A. Predicate (verb) comes at the end B. Has postpositions (‘particles’) rather than prepositions. C. Modifiers precede what is modified. (3) [おもしろい]本を 読んだ. ‘I read [an interesting] book.’ [Omoshiroi] hon o yonda. (4) [友達が紹介してくれた]本を 読んだ. ‘I read a book [that a friend introduced to me].’ [Tomodachi ga ...
... A. Predicate (verb) comes at the end B. Has postpositions (‘particles’) rather than prepositions. C. Modifiers precede what is modified. (3) [おもしろい]本を 読んだ. ‘I read [an interesting] book.’ [Omoshiroi] hon o yonda. (4) [友達が紹介してくれた]本を 読んだ. ‘I read a book [that a friend introduced to me].’ [Tomodachi ga ...
Uto-Aztecan *na
... *CV'CV-ki- is very common). The result is that there is no perfective/punctual opposition (the single suffixless form is called simplex or punctual), while -k- (*-ki-) now patterns as a thematizing augment required when suffixes are present. The only vestige of word-final *-ki in Ho is inceptive ite ...
... *CV'CV-ki- is very common). The result is that there is no perfective/punctual opposition (the single suffixless form is called simplex or punctual), while -k- (*-ki-) now patterns as a thematizing augment required when suffixes are present. The only vestige of word-final *-ki in Ho is inceptive ite ...
possessive constructions in nganasan - slm.uni
... personal verbal ending refers to person. Thus, if the possessor can be referred to by a pronoun, it is usually not overt. In the negative predicate possession sentence as negative element is the negative auxiliary (ńi-sɨ) used, followed by the verb hon-sɨ in the so-called connegative form. The auxil ...
... personal verbal ending refers to person. Thus, if the possessor can be referred to by a pronoun, it is usually not overt. In the negative predicate possession sentence as negative element is the negative auxiliary (ńi-sɨ) used, followed by the verb hon-sɨ in the so-called connegative form. The auxil ...
Grammar of Lingua Franca Nova
... • S: [s] – as in ‘set’ – voiceless dental/alveolar fricative – sistemes • T: [t] – as in ‘ten’ – voiceless dental/alveolar plosive – tota • V: [v] – as in ‘vat’ – voiced labiodental fricative – vivosa • X: [ʃ] – as in ‘shop’ – voiceless postalveolar fricative – xuxa • Z: [z] – as in ‘zoo’ – voiced d ...
... • S: [s] – as in ‘set’ – voiceless dental/alveolar fricative – sistemes • T: [t] – as in ‘ten’ – voiceless dental/alveolar plosive – tota • V: [v] – as in ‘vat’ – voiced labiodental fricative – vivosa • X: [ʃ] – as in ‘shop’ – voiceless postalveolar fricative – xuxa • Z: [z] – as in ‘zoo’ – voiced d ...
active_passive
... Now that you know the structure of active and passive sentences, you are ready to learn a simpler way to recognize a passive sentence. You can recognize a passive sentence by its verb structure. A passive sentence ALWAYS has a verb phrase containing a form of the verb “to be” AND the past participle ...
... Now that you know the structure of active and passive sentences, you are ready to learn a simpler way to recognize a passive sentence. You can recognize a passive sentence by its verb structure. A passive sentence ALWAYS has a verb phrase containing a form of the verb “to be” AND the past participle ...
- Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies
... Fudeman,�2011,�p.�47).�The�process�of�derivation�makes�new�lexemes�through� two� ways� of� affixation� and� without� affixation.� “Affixes� are� bound� forms� and� never�occur�unless�attached,�directly�or�indirectly,�to�a root.�Affixes�attach�only� to� specific� classes�of� root-� for� instance,� on ...
... Fudeman,�2011,�p.�47).�The�process�of�derivation�makes�new�lexemes�through� two� ways� of� affixation� and� without� affixation.� “Affixes� are� bound� forms� and� never�occur�unless�attached,�directly�or�indirectly,�to�a root.�Affixes�attach�only� to� specific� classes�of� root-� for� instance,� on ...
3015 FRENCH MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2014 series
... Language: Draw a line across the page after the first ten ticks and do not count these first ten in the total. An essay with 10 ticks or fewer will score 0. Count subsequent ticks up to a maximum of 60 and divide the total by 3 (round up or down to the nearest whole number – see separate scale on p. ...
... Language: Draw a line across the page after the first ten ticks and do not count these first ten in the total. An essay with 10 ticks or fewer will score 0. Count subsequent ticks up to a maximum of 60 and divide the total by 3 (round up or down to the nearest whole number – see separate scale on p. ...
Document
... To reiterate, quantifiers are used to say something about individuals in a set. Most students like syntax. The set (sometimes, restriction) is the set of students. This says that, if you check all of the students individually to see if each likes syntax, you’ll find that most (more than half) of the ...
... To reiterate, quantifiers are used to say something about individuals in a set. Most students like syntax. The set (sometimes, restriction) is the set of students. This says that, if you check all of the students individually to see if each likes syntax, you’ll find that most (more than half) of the ...
The Indirect Object
... The boy threw his father the ball. To find the indirect object, we find the simple subject and verb first. We come up with boy threw. Now you will apply what you learned last week to get the direct object. So you ask yourself, “The boy threw what or whom?” and the answer is ball. Now that you have t ...
... The boy threw his father the ball. To find the indirect object, we find the simple subject and verb first. We come up with boy threw. Now you will apply what you learned last week to get the direct object. So you ask yourself, “The boy threw what or whom?” and the answer is ball. Now that you have t ...
Existential there and catenative concord. Evidence from the British
... it is difficult to argue that it governs the choice of form (singular/plural) there. Instead, in their view, there can be seen as ―inheriting‖ the number of the noun phrase, and this inheritance is decisive for the choice of verb form after the introductory subject. Contrary to the situation with ―f ...
... it is difficult to argue that it governs the choice of form (singular/plural) there. Instead, in their view, there can be seen as ―inheriting‖ the number of the noun phrase, and this inheritance is decisive for the choice of verb form after the introductory subject. Contrary to the situation with ―f ...