On the Order of the Prenominal Participles in Bulgarian
... postmodified participial expressions prenominally. We are going to argue that the last two types of participial expressions are real verbal participles and not adjectives, thus showing that, the prenominal position is not reserved only for adjectival expressions. We will then present data from Engli ...
... postmodified participial expressions prenominally. We are going to argue that the last two types of participial expressions are real verbal participles and not adjectives, thus showing that, the prenominal position is not reserved only for adjectival expressions. We will then present data from Engli ...
Quenya Course
... and its complex phonology may daunt fresh students (especially if they have no linguistic training). My advice to people who want to study Tolkien’s linguistic creations would definitely be that they start with Quenya. Knowing this tongue will facilitate later studies of the other languages, includi ...
... and its complex phonology may daunt fresh students (especially if they have no linguistic training). My advice to people who want to study Tolkien’s linguistic creations would definitely be that they start with Quenya. Knowing this tongue will facilitate later studies of the other languages, includi ...
Heroic deeds and devious villains:
... believe it is important to be a good reader, and since we see reading as a meaningful and important activity, we want our children to read as much as possible. We are not indifferent, however, to what kind of literature children should read. Although we usually accept that some books can be read for ...
... believe it is important to be a good reader, and since we see reading as a meaningful and important activity, we want our children to read as much as possible. We are not indifferent, however, to what kind of literature children should read. Although we usually accept that some books can be read for ...
Discontinuous reciprocals Abstract 1 Introduction
... when it is used in a discontinuous reciprocal construction.2 It is easy to show that the construction is not general-purpose adjunction, but is specific to certain reciprocal strategies. In all the languages I have considered, it occurs with reciprocal strategies that create reciprocal verbs, not wi ...
... when it is used in a discontinuous reciprocal construction.2 It is easy to show that the construction is not general-purpose adjunction, but is specific to certain reciprocal strategies. In all the languages I have considered, it occurs with reciprocal strategies that create reciprocal verbs, not wi ...
PPs, particles and polysemy of a basic Swedish speech act verb
... Italian speech act verbs are similar to those that will be presented here. Contrastive studies of various classes of verbs, including verbs of motion, perception and possession, have been carried out within the project Crosslinguistic lexicology at the Department of Linguistics and Phonetics at Lund ...
... Italian speech act verbs are similar to those that will be presented here. Contrastive studies of various classes of verbs, including verbs of motion, perception and possession, have been carried out within the project Crosslinguistic lexicology at the Department of Linguistics and Phonetics at Lund ...
Chapter 4: Syntactic Relations and Case Marking
... Languages like Acehnese are very unusual; the vast majority of languages do provide evidence for the postulation of grammatical relations in addition to semantic roles. The traditional description of these phenomena is in terms of the grammatical relations of subject, direct object and indirect obje ...
... Languages like Acehnese are very unusual; the vast majority of languages do provide evidence for the postulation of grammatical relations in addition to semantic roles. The traditional description of these phenomena is in terms of the grammatical relations of subject, direct object and indirect obje ...
1. avem volantem
... My cousins drive a Maserati. The dog grabbed my leg with his teeth. Wastebasket, Maserati and leg are all direct objects. Not every English sentence has a direct object (d.o.), since some verbs contain their meaning internally. I pray. You breath. She raced. He slept. Night fell. They snore. These v ...
... My cousins drive a Maserati. The dog grabbed my leg with his teeth. Wastebasket, Maserati and leg are all direct objects. Not every English sentence has a direct object (d.o.), since some verbs contain their meaning internally. I pray. You breath. She raced. He slept. Night fell. They snore. These v ...
Polish numerals and quantifiers: A syntactic analysis of subject‐verb
... Chomsky (2000, 2001). In Polish, the presence of numerals and quantifiers leads to so-called “agreement mismatches” – the phi-features on the probe and the goal differ unexpectedly, i.e. there is a mismatch in features. Additionally, they lead to interesting patterns of case assignment, such as a sh ...
... Chomsky (2000, 2001). In Polish, the presence of numerals and quantifiers leads to so-called “agreement mismatches” – the phi-features on the probe and the goal differ unexpectedly, i.e. there is a mismatch in features. Additionally, they lead to interesting patterns of case assignment, such as a sh ...
full text
... While Ancient (especially Archaic/Classical) Greek is commonly considered a ‘synthetic’ language,1 it cannot be denied that in the course of time it developed a set of periphrastic constructions, most prominently with the verbs εἰµί “I am” and ἔχω “I have” (accompanied by a (active/middle/passive) p ...
... While Ancient (especially Archaic/Classical) Greek is commonly considered a ‘synthetic’ language,1 it cannot be denied that in the course of time it developed a set of periphrastic constructions, most prominently with the verbs εἰµί “I am” and ἔχω “I have” (accompanied by a (active/middle/passive) p ...
The Syntax of Cape Verdean Creole
... comparing the Barlavento (windward) and Sotavento (leeward) varieties. Their work included linguistic excerpts from several islands. Brito (1887) is the first bilingual study (Portuguese/CVC) to focus on the morpho-syntax of the variety spoken on the island of Santiago. Fernandes (1920) compiled the ...
... comparing the Barlavento (windward) and Sotavento (leeward) varieties. Their work included linguistic excerpts from several islands. Brito (1887) is the first bilingual study (Portuguese/CVC) to focus on the morpho-syntax of the variety spoken on the island of Santiago. Fernandes (1920) compiled the ...
AFF - MPG.PuRe
... Professor John WOE,my advisor, is the one who laid the groundwork for my research in Atayal. He not only taught me Indonesian, Tagalog, and Austronesian linguistics, but also writing of textbooks and foreign lang~agepedagogy. He always believe6 in me and challeoged me to move forward. Professor Lind ...
... Professor John WOE,my advisor, is the one who laid the groundwork for my research in Atayal. He not only taught me Indonesian, Tagalog, and Austronesian linguistics, but also writing of textbooks and foreign lang~agepedagogy. He always believe6 in me and challeoged me to move forward. Professor Lind ...
Master`s Thesis - Nikhil Krishnaswamy
... agent. Instead, taken in analogy to the agentive quale of a noun, that of a verb is the process by which the original process in question comes into being. This is the say, the agentive quale is a sequence of events, and thus a representation of the verb’s event structure (Pustejovsky and Jezek, 201 ...
... agent. Instead, taken in analogy to the agentive quale of a noun, that of a verb is the process by which the original process in question comes into being. This is the say, the agentive quale is a sequence of events, and thus a representation of the verb’s event structure (Pustejovsky and Jezek, 201 ...
French Verbs Made Simple(r)
... (at least directly) to the mood of the speaker but rather to the type of statement that he or she is making. The indicative can be thought of as the “normal” verb mood (or mode), while the subjunctive is used in a number of special circumstances—in connection with orders, desires, uncertainty, etc. ...
... (at least directly) to the mood of the speaker but rather to the type of statement that he or she is making. The indicative can be thought of as the “normal” verb mood (or mode), while the subjunctive is used in a number of special circumstances—in connection with orders, desires, uncertainty, etc. ...
Part 9 English Idioms The English language abounds in idioms like
... and it will signify `no question' instead. In question (being considered) on the other hand does not allow the addition of the as * in the question, because the latter is no longer an idiom. Finally, many idioms are grammatically unanalysable. For example, diamond cut dia ...
... and it will signify `no question' instead. In question (being considered) on the other hand does not allow the addition of the as * in the question, because the latter is no longer an idiom. Finally, many idioms are grammatically unanalysable. For example, diamond cut dia ...
Japanese Grammar Guide - Tae Kim`s Guide to Learning Japanese
... 4.4.2 Expressing a sequence of verbs with the te-form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.3 Expressing reason or causation using 「から」 and 「ので」 . . . . . . . 4.4.4 Using 「のに」 to mean "despite" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.5 Expressing contradiction using 「が」 and 「けど」 . . . . . . . . . ...
... 4.4.2 Expressing a sequence of verbs with the te-form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.3 Expressing reason or causation using 「から」 and 「ので」 . . . . . . . 4.4.4 Using 「のに」 to mean "despite" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.5 Expressing contradiction using 「が」 and 「けど」 . . . . . . . . . ...
Grammatical structure of the English Language
... morphological system based on a series of categories. It is the only part of speech that has analytical forms, and again the only one that has nonfinite forms such as the infinitive, the gerund and the participle which occupy a peculiar position in its system and do not share some of the characteris ...
... morphological system based on a series of categories. It is the only part of speech that has analytical forms, and again the only one that has nonfinite forms such as the infinitive, the gerund and the participle which occupy a peculiar position in its system and do not share some of the characteris ...
Uppsala University
... Articles and books on the topic abound with exemplifications of various types reaching from complete reduplication via some obvious and some less obvious types of partial reduplication to most obscure types of phoneme-, mora- or even syllable skeleton reduplication. All these constitute instances of ...
... Articles and books on the topic abound with exemplifications of various types reaching from complete reduplication via some obvious and some less obvious types of partial reduplication to most obscure types of phoneme-, mora- or even syllable skeleton reduplication. All these constitute instances of ...
Contextually-Dependent Lexical Semantics
... What emerges very clearly from the recent work on the interface between lexical and nonlexical semantic information is that polysemy is not a single, monolithic phenomenon. Rather, it is the result of both compositional operations in the semantics [...] and of contextual effects, such as the structu ...
... What emerges very clearly from the recent work on the interface between lexical and nonlexical semantic information is that polysemy is not a single, monolithic phenomenon. Rather, it is the result of both compositional operations in the semantics [...] and of contextual effects, such as the structu ...
On Comparative Suppletion
... root as the positive adjective, but the superlative alone is suppletive, (AAC e.g., hypothetical *bad-badder-worst). This pattern is consistent with the CSG and CCSG, as worded above, but is also unattested. I will nevertheless pursue distinct explanations for the lack of *ABA and the lack of *AAC p ...
... root as the positive adjective, but the superlative alone is suppletive, (AAC e.g., hypothetical *bad-badder-worst). This pattern is consistent with the CSG and CCSG, as worded above, but is also unattested. I will nevertheless pursue distinct explanations for the lack of *ABA and the lack of *AAC p ...
Discourse, grammar, discourse
... seem that discourse simply picks up where grammar leaves off, and if so, grammar and discourse complement each other, and there’s no interesting relationship between them. The thrust of this overview of the grammar/discourse relationship is that discourse and grammar are very much part of one system ...
... seem that discourse simply picks up where grammar leaves off, and if so, grammar and discourse complement each other, and there’s no interesting relationship between them. The thrust of this overview of the grammar/discourse relationship is that discourse and grammar are very much part of one system ...
1 xxx - Edmond
... organizing data on other Dogon languages; the chapter, section, and subsection organization will have to be adjusted to the contours of each specific language. Subsections may be added, deleted, or moved to other sections as needed. In some sections I suggest sample prose, but of course language X m ...
... organizing data on other Dogon languages; the chapter, section, and subsection organization will have to be adjusted to the contours of each specific language. Subsections may be added, deleted, or moved to other sections as needed. In some sections I suggest sample prose, but of course language X m ...
a syntactic analysis of the functions of to
... To-infinitive phrase may not be functioned as a main verb, but it may carry another syntactic category, either as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. However, it is quite challenging to build complex phrase construction where the to-infinitive phrases disguised as another syntactic category. Hence, ...
... To-infinitive phrase may not be functioned as a main verb, but it may carry another syntactic category, either as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. However, it is quite challenging to build complex phrase construction where the to-infinitive phrases disguised as another syntactic category. Hence, ...
Syntactic, semantic and phonological factors determining the
... to the specifier positions of a MoodevidentialP, a ModepistemicP, and a ModspeechactP. These projections have invariant relative positions in the universal hierarchy of functional projections, from which both the relative order and the relative scope of preverbal adverbs can be derived. What this th ...
... to the specifier positions of a MoodevidentialP, a ModepistemicP, and a ModspeechactP. These projections have invariant relative positions in the universal hierarchy of functional projections, from which both the relative order and the relative scope of preverbal adverbs can be derived. What this th ...
On the Semantics of Existence Predicates
... notion of existence is in fact expressed in natural language. In natural language, it appears, existence is not so much expressed by quantification, which can be shown to be neutral as regards any distinction between existent and nonexistent objects that one might draw. Rather existence is expressed ...
... notion of existence is in fact expressed in natural language. In natural language, it appears, existence is not so much expressed by quantification, which can be shown to be neutral as regards any distinction between existent and nonexistent objects that one might draw. Rather existence is expressed ...