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 ...
Clause patterns in Modern British English: A corpus
... variables, e.g. sex (male female) × education (academic non-academic) a simple chi-square test will usually indicate whether the distribution found is statistically significant. For the analysis of an n × n table, i.e. one with at least one non-dichotomous variable, e.g. sentence structure and sente ...
... variables, e.g. sex (male female) × education (academic non-academic) a simple chi-square test will usually indicate whether the distribution found is statistically significant. For the analysis of an n × n table, i.e. one with at least one non-dichotomous variable, e.g. sentence structure and sente ...
Sentence Initial Elements and Subject in Upper Sorbian
... As is often pointed out, the functions of the passive sentence are to focus or topicalize the object of a corresponding active sentence (Togo 1994) or to de-topicalize the subject of a corresponding active sentence (Shibatani 1985). Others suggest that the passive sentence is used to hide the agent ...
... As is often pointed out, the functions of the passive sentence are to focus or topicalize the object of a corresponding active sentence (Togo 1994) or to de-topicalize the subject of a corresponding active sentence (Shibatani 1985). Others suggest that the passive sentence is used to hide the agent ...
PROBLEMS OF ADJECTIVE SEQUENCING IN ENGLISH
... complement of copular verbs like ‘be’ (This book is interesting). Semantically speaking, adjectives, more than other categories, are able to take different meanings depending on their context. The following examples are illustrative. (1) A difficult child. (2) A difficult book. Priestly (1761) was, ...
... complement of copular verbs like ‘be’ (This book is interesting). Semantically speaking, adjectives, more than other categories, are able to take different meanings depending on their context. The following examples are illustrative. (1) A difficult child. (2) A difficult book. Priestly (1761) was, ...
Ellipsis in Farsi Complex Predicates
... My second aim is to show that v-stranding VPE, despite showing surface differences with English VPE, does not differ significantly in its licensing requirements. Just like English VPE, v-stranding VPE requires: 1) the presence of an overt, tense inflecting head (Zagona 1982, Lobeck 1995), and 2) the s ...
... My second aim is to show that v-stranding VPE, despite showing surface differences with English VPE, does not differ significantly in its licensing requirements. Just like English VPE, v-stranding VPE requires: 1) the presence of an overt, tense inflecting head (Zagona 1982, Lobeck 1995), and 2) the s ...
Grammar in Newspaper Headlines
... A newspaper headline is often the only thing that readers read in a newspaper, or at least, it is the first thing that everyone notices in a newspaper. It serves as a guide for the reader that helps decide whether to continue on reading the whole report or to skip onto another one. Each headline sho ...
... A newspaper headline is often the only thing that readers read in a newspaper, or at least, it is the first thing that everyone notices in a newspaper. It serves as a guide for the reader that helps decide whether to continue on reading the whole report or to skip onto another one. Each headline sho ...
Introduction to Specific Language Impairment/SLI
... and Schaeffer (2003) for more detailed discussion of diagnostic criteria for SLI. Prevalence and Persistence of SLI Leonard (1989) estimates that around 6% of children suffer some form of language impairment (with 1.5% having a tested language age of less than two thirds of their tested mental age), ...
... and Schaeffer (2003) for more detailed discussion of diagnostic criteria for SLI. Prevalence and Persistence of SLI Leonard (1989) estimates that around 6% of children suffer some form of language impairment (with 1.5% having a tested language age of less than two thirds of their tested mental age), ...
Transferring the Spanish Subjunctive Mood into English
... perspectives and points of view. Here, we will only mention a few of the great amount of works that exist related to this topic. The Spanish subjunctive has been the subject of many studies due to the difficulty that it always supposes for students of Spanish. Terrell (1987) carried out an empirical ...
... perspectives and points of view. Here, we will only mention a few of the great amount of works that exist related to this topic. The Spanish subjunctive has been the subject of many studies due to the difficulty that it always supposes for students of Spanish. Terrell (1987) carried out an empirical ...
The acquisition of a unification-based generalised categorial grammar
... 4.78 Derivation of Sentence Bill gave Mary the dog . . . . . . . . . . 4.79 Derivation of Sentence Bill tries to run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.80 Logical Form of Sentence Bill tries to run . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.81 Derivation of Sentence Bill tends to run . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.82 Logica ...
... 4.78 Derivation of Sentence Bill gave Mary the dog . . . . . . . . . . 4.79 Derivation of Sentence Bill tries to run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.80 Logical Form of Sentence Bill tries to run . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.81 Derivation of Sentence Bill tends to run . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.82 Logica ...
A verb-centered Sentiment Analysis for French
... phrases need to be recognised and marked not only with regard to their grammatical and syntactic role, but also with regard to their polarity, which can be positive, negative or neutral. Furthermore, they cannot be considered in isolation, because they can be modified by other elements of the senten ...
... phrases need to be recognised and marked not only with regard to their grammatical and syntactic role, but also with regard to their polarity, which can be positive, negative or neutral. Furthermore, they cannot be considered in isolation, because they can be modified by other elements of the senten ...
descriptive analysis of dangling modifier made by the fifth semester
... However, writing sentences is not a simply matter of expressing ideas in good language. In order to get a good construction and well arrangement in a written form, the students have to produce good and right sentence. Hence, they should know a set of rules that must be followed which is called gram ...
... However, writing sentences is not a simply matter of expressing ideas in good language. In order to get a good construction and well arrangement in a written form, the students have to produce good and right sentence. Hence, they should know a set of rules that must be followed which is called gram ...
French object clitics: a multimodal analysis 1 Facts on clitics
... \In most languages, there are certain morphemes which are problematic because they have a status which is neither obviously that of an independent word, nor that of an ax. Such morphemes appear to have an intermediate status between these two well established categories. Typically, they do not have ...
... \In most languages, there are certain morphemes which are problematic because they have a status which is neither obviously that of an independent word, nor that of an ax. Such morphemes appear to have an intermediate status between these two well established categories. Typically, they do not have ...
OBJECT FUNCTIONS AND THE SYNTAX OF
... preceding the indirect (recipient) object. Other than the difference in their linear order, the objects in the GIVE-construction pattern with those in all other DOCs in the language. In some languages, there is a possibility of having more objects than is required by the underived form of a verb. A ...
... preceding the indirect (recipient) object. Other than the difference in their linear order, the objects in the GIVE-construction pattern with those in all other DOCs in the language. In some languages, there is a possibility of having more objects than is required by the underived form of a verb. A ...
Article 10: Cognitive Construction Grammar
... Goldberg’s research on argument structure constructions has attracted a great deal of attention because of the claim that “phrasal patterns are not determined by verbs alone.” This claim was made when attention was paid exclusively to verbs alone, in order to account for why one and the same verb ma ...
... Goldberg’s research on argument structure constructions has attracted a great deal of attention because of the claim that “phrasal patterns are not determined by verbs alone.” This claim was made when attention was paid exclusively to verbs alone, in order to account for why one and the same verb ma ...
to basic grammar rules
... Spotting error is a common test and forms a part of almost all t he important examinations that have objective English test on their syllabi, it requires an awareness of the basis rules of grammar – parts of speech, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, genders, infinitives, pa ...
... Spotting error is a common test and forms a part of almost all t he important examinations that have objective English test on their syllabi, it requires an awareness of the basis rules of grammar – parts of speech, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, genders, infinitives, pa ...
A grammar of Mauwake - Language Science Press
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A grammar of Mauwake - Language Science Press
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Dative of Purpose and Reference
... The dative of reference is used when the dative depends not on any one particular word (such as is the case with Dative following special adjectives like amīcus, fidēlis, idoneus, and similis or verbs like crēdō and noceō) but on the general meaning of the sentence. o It is often called the “Dativ ...
... The dative of reference is used when the dative depends not on any one particular word (such as is the case with Dative following special adjectives like amīcus, fidēlis, idoneus, and similis or verbs like crēdō and noceō) but on the general meaning of the sentence. o It is often called the “Dativ ...
bardi verb morphology in historical perspective
... me stay (and even better didn’t mind me leaving at 4am). ...
... me stay (and even better didn’t mind me leaving at 4am). ...
Definition - KhmerDocs
... A helping verb is a kind of verbs that is used to help other verbs make negative, interrogative sentence and make tenses or aspects. Definition: A main verb is a kind of verbs that is used to state the action of subject. ( Main verb can’t be omitted ) CUE ...
... A helping verb is a kind of verbs that is used to help other verbs make negative, interrogative sentence and make tenses or aspects. Definition: A main verb is a kind of verbs that is used to state the action of subject. ( Main verb can’t be omitted ) CUE ...
anotace - Theses
... Therefore, I decided to find a way to prevent or lessen making them and also find ways to make pupils understand the purpose and the form of the passive. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis describes the English passive from various aspects. The first chapter defines the term “voice” and intr ...
... Therefore, I decided to find a way to prevent or lessen making them and also find ways to make pupils understand the purpose and the form of the passive. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis describes the English passive from various aspects. The first chapter defines the term “voice” and intr ...
`Have` and the Link Between Perfects and Existentials in Old Catalan
... However, the data show that the process is not as linear as one might think3: the combination of haver and unaccusatives is found already in the first documents, but does not seem to become more frequent as the first five centuries of the written record go by. On the contrary, some verbs that altern ...
... However, the data show that the process is not as linear as one might think3: the combination of haver and unaccusatives is found already in the first documents, but does not seem to become more frequent as the first five centuries of the written record go by. On the contrary, some verbs that altern ...
An introduction to ecclesiastical latin
... Those who spoke it were not deterred b y any fear of t h e school master or t h e audiences i n t h e recitation rooms from adding new words when they were required t o express new ideas. The genius of t h e old Latin language, like t h a t of t h e old Roman people, expressed itself in action and ...
... Those who spoke it were not deterred b y any fear of t h e school master or t h e audiences i n t h e recitation rooms from adding new words when they were required t o express new ideas. The genius of t h e old Latin language, like t h a t of t h e old Roman people, expressed itself in action and ...
Infernal Grammar
... sentence will make clear which pronoun refers to which noun. (Check sentence 4 below.) Example: Dante left his hometown. Dante and his are singular, third person, masculine. They agree in number, person and gender. Sometimes the pronouns and antecedents appear in the same sentence, sometimes in diff ...
... sentence will make clear which pronoun refers to which noun. (Check sentence 4 below.) Example: Dante left his hometown. Dante and his are singular, third person, masculine. They agree in number, person and gender. Sometimes the pronouns and antecedents appear in the same sentence, sometimes in diff ...
Full text - Universiteit Leiden
... The process leading to this thesis began when, during my MA studies in Zurich, my then supervisor Dr. Philippe Maurer introduced me to a Timorese student, Eduardo da Costa Guterres. His native tongue, Makasae, ended up being the topic of my MA thesis. Eduardo’s commitment and enthusiasm convinced me ...
... The process leading to this thesis began when, during my MA studies in Zurich, my then supervisor Dr. Philippe Maurer introduced me to a Timorese student, Eduardo da Costa Guterres. His native tongue, Makasae, ended up being the topic of my MA thesis. Eduardo’s commitment and enthusiasm convinced me ...