B ARE ADJECTIVES AS SYNCRETIC FORMS Avel·lina Suñer
... describe the properties of these unagreed adjectives and of the syntactic environments that house them, specifically focusing on bare adjectives that are within the SV domain. Moreover, we will explain the syncretic and epiphenomenal character of these forms, which appear in many different construct ...
... describe the properties of these unagreed adjectives and of the syntactic environments that house them, specifically focusing on bare adjectives that are within the SV domain. Moreover, we will explain the syncretic and epiphenomenal character of these forms, which appear in many different construct ...
space and metaphor in verbs prefixed with od-/ot
... source. Despite the occasional different stems in BCS and Blg., verbs with od-/otexpress the same meaning in the languages we compare. Whereas motion with verbs at the beginning of the table apply to motion by humans, animals, solid objects capable of motion, and certain bodies of water (e.g., tidal ...
... source. Despite the occasional different stems in BCS and Blg., verbs with od-/otexpress the same meaning in the languages we compare. Whereas motion with verbs at the beginning of the table apply to motion by humans, animals, solid objects capable of motion, and certain bodies of water (e.g., tidal ...
yaqui coordination - University of Arizona
... combining a simplified version of Minimalism, with the addition of Combinators from Combinatorial Grammar. In this work and within an OT approach, I suggest that coordination must be restricted to adjunction structures too. This proposal predicts that if coordination is adjunction and subordination ...
... combining a simplified version of Minimalism, with the addition of Combinators from Combinatorial Grammar. In this work and within an OT approach, I suggest that coordination must be restricted to adjunction structures too. This proposal predicts that if coordination is adjunction and subordination ...
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Irregular Verbs Up Close
... system. In the last box, one of the two small ones, you’ll see two words that are invariable in form and are used to form progressives, passive voice constructions, and the seven perfect tenses, as can be seen in TurboVerb. Since intermediate students have been exposed to all the tenses and moods, a ...
... system. In the last box, one of the two small ones, you’ll see two words that are invariable in form and are used to form progressives, passive voice constructions, and the seven perfect tenses, as can be seen in TurboVerb. Since intermediate students have been exposed to all the tenses and moods, a ...
Word - The Open University
... learning Latin in a fairly leisurely but well-focused way. It has been developed in response to requests from students who had had no contact with Latin before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning that studying a classical language involves. This cou ...
... learning Latin in a fairly leisurely but well-focused way. It has been developed in response to requests from students who had had no contact with Latin before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning that studying a classical language involves. This cou ...
Oftentimes, avoiding unnecessary commas is simply a
... something remote or understood, is generally, with its adjuncts, set off by the comma. Participles (with their adjuncts) should be set off by commas when something depends on them, when they have the import of a dependent clause or when they relate to something understood. When an adjective immediat ...
... something remote or understood, is generally, with its adjuncts, set off by the comma. Participles (with their adjuncts) should be set off by commas when something depends on them, when they have the import of a dependent clause or when they relate to something understood. When an adjective immediat ...
19. Bed-Books and Night-Lights, By HM Tomlinson
... Hunt’s study does not concern itself in any way with the instruction in grammar that the students (or professionals) received. It touches on things that may affect length and complexity, including interest in writing and general mental growth. Hunt did state that “A writing teacher might very proper ...
... Hunt’s study does not concern itself in any way with the instruction in grammar that the students (or professionals) received. It touches on things that may affect length and complexity, including interest in writing and general mental growth. Hunt did state that “A writing teacher might very proper ...
Notes on the formation and usage of subjunctive
... All the verbs we have used so far, with the exception of the imperative, have been in the Indicative Mood, that is, they indicate states of affairs that are presented as factual. Now consider the following two sentences in English: I insist that he is here, and I insist that he be here. In the first ...
... All the verbs we have used so far, with the exception of the imperative, have been in the Indicative Mood, that is, they indicate states of affairs that are presented as factual. Now consider the following two sentences in English: I insist that he is here, and I insist that he be here. In the first ...
The Reduced Relative Clause: A Misnomer?
... Stanton: The Reduced Relative Clause that reduced relatives behave differently to unreduced relatives when it comes to the matter of the calculation of tense. Reduced relatives have tense that, while not marked, is interpreted either „deictically‟ (that is, relative to the moment of speaking) or „de ...
... Stanton: The Reduced Relative Clause that reduced relatives behave differently to unreduced relatives when it comes to the matter of the calculation of tense. Reduced relatives have tense that, while not marked, is interpreted either „deictically‟ (that is, relative to the moment of speaking) or „de ...
Morphology vs. Syntax in Adjective Class Acquisition
... of these cases would be the adjective puntual, a denominal adjective (derived from punt, ‘point’). Its most frequent sense is ‘punctual’ as in ‘I expect Mary to be punctual for this meeting’. This is a basic meaning, noncompositional in the sense that it cannot be predicted from the meaning of the o ...
... of these cases would be the adjective puntual, a denominal adjective (derived from punt, ‘point’). Its most frequent sense is ‘punctual’ as in ‘I expect Mary to be punctual for this meeting’. This is a basic meaning, noncompositional in the sense that it cannot be predicted from the meaning of the o ...
The Verbal System of the Cape Verdean Creole of Tarrafal
... In order to understand the genesis of Cape Verdean Creole (CVC), one needs a clear understanding of the colonization and settlement of the Cape Verde Islands. Settlement patterns had lasting consequences on the formation of CVC. Santiago Island was initially populated with slaves from the western co ...
... In order to understand the genesis of Cape Verdean Creole (CVC), one needs a clear understanding of the colonization and settlement of the Cape Verde Islands. Settlement patterns had lasting consequences on the formation of CVC. Santiago Island was initially populated with slaves from the western co ...
Christiano Titoneli Santana TRANSLATION - Maxwell - PUC-Rio
... translating a literary text, Riffaterre (1992) states that literary language differs sharply from the non-literary texts. According to Riffaterre (1992, p. 217), “Perhaps the simplest way to state the difference between literary and nonliterary translation is to say that the latter translates what i ...
... translating a literary text, Riffaterre (1992) states that literary language differs sharply from the non-literary texts. According to Riffaterre (1992, p. 217), “Perhaps the simplest way to state the difference between literary and nonliterary translation is to say that the latter translates what i ...
On the Tense-Aspect system of Bolivian
... speakers, I shall avoid it here.2 My first choice for a substitute was Bolivian Guaraní, but Wolf Dietrich (p.c.) pointed out that this label could also apply to other varieties, most notably Guarayo. I am thus using, with his authoritative approval, the label ‘Bolivian-Chaco Guaraní’ (henceforth, B ...
... speakers, I shall avoid it here.2 My first choice for a substitute was Bolivian Guaraní, but Wolf Dietrich (p.c.) pointed out that this label could also apply to other varieties, most notably Guarayo. I am thus using, with his authoritative approval, the label ‘Bolivian-Chaco Guaraní’ (henceforth, B ...
Alexandra Anna Spalek Verb Meaning and Combinatory Semantics: A Corpus-Based Study of
... of this project and a peer I look up to. It is precisely thanks to her that these acknowledgements almost have the length of the Bible. I just followed her advice to procrastinate productively and write on the acknowledgements whenever other kinds of ideas would not flow. But there are so many other ...
... of this project and a peer I look up to. It is precisely thanks to her that these acknowledgements almost have the length of the Bible. I just followed her advice to procrastinate productively and write on the acknowledgements whenever other kinds of ideas would not flow. But there are so many other ...
Perception and Causative Structures in English and European
... given that such infinitival T cannot itself value the Case-feature of the embedded subject (Recall that the subject of the infinitival clause is Case-marked by a higher probe), its φ-set should be “incomplete”. The question then is how defective this set is. Starting with gender, there is no evidenc ...
... given that such infinitival T cannot itself value the Case-feature of the embedded subject (Recall that the subject of the infinitival clause is Case-marked by a higher probe), its φ-set should be “incomplete”. The question then is how defective this set is. Starting with gender, there is no evidenc ...
Summary of Unity Language Patterns
... The Vantage Lite and Vantage Plus device has built in Unity language software. This language system gives the user the ability to produce generative language by accessing icons arranged in similar locations on the different versions of the vocabulary. This enables individuals to utilize motor planni ...
... The Vantage Lite and Vantage Plus device has built in Unity language software. This language system gives the user the ability to produce generative language by accessing icons arranged in similar locations on the different versions of the vocabulary. This enables individuals to utilize motor planni ...
COMPASS Test Review Packet
... and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. It was nine o’clock. There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the ...
... and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. It was nine o’clock. There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the ...
Norbert Hornstein, Ana Maria Martins and Jairo Nunes This
... given that such infinitival T cannot itself value the Case-feature of the embedded subject (Recall that the subject of the infinitival clause is Case-marked by a higher probe), its φ-set should be “incomplete”. The question then is how defective this set is. Starting with gender, there is no evidenc ...
... given that such infinitival T cannot itself value the Case-feature of the embedded subject (Recall that the subject of the infinitival clause is Case-marked by a higher probe), its φ-set should be “incomplete”. The question then is how defective this set is. Starting with gender, there is no evidenc ...
Unit 10 Grammar overview: Conditionals Vocabulary overview
... Student’s personalized examples – i.e. his/her opinions, life experience etc. ...
... Student’s personalized examples – i.e. his/her opinions, life experience etc. ...
Accusative subjects in Avestan
... and accusative was no longer clear. Accusatives in place of nominatives are also mentioned in Reichelt’s grammar (1909: 226). Reichelt refers to Spiegel’s list and adds some examples of his own. Even though Reichelt labels such occurrences as Fehler ‘errors’, he does not commit himself to a particul ...
... and accusative was no longer clear. Accusatives in place of nominatives are also mentioned in Reichelt’s grammar (1909: 226). Reichelt refers to Spiegel’s list and adds some examples of his own. Even though Reichelt labels such occurrences as Fehler ‘errors’, he does not commit himself to a particul ...
Words and Sentences
... Verbs ending in o typically add -es: veto → vetoes. The third person singular present indicative in English is notable cross-linguistically for being a morphologically marked form for a semantically unmarked one. That is to say the the third person singular is usually taken to be the most basic form ...
... Verbs ending in o typically add -es: veto → vetoes. The third person singular present indicative in English is notable cross-linguistically for being a morphologically marked form for a semantically unmarked one. That is to say the the third person singular is usually taken to be the most basic form ...
THE EPP, NOMINATIVE CASE and EXPLETIVES
... are conceptually quite closely related.” (p.10). A lexical element that θ-marks its position does so iff the position is filled, (cf. persuade as opposed to seem). Nevertheless, the author acknowledges the fact that the EPP goes beyond the requirements of the Projection Principle in several respect ...
... are conceptually quite closely related.” (p.10). A lexical element that θ-marks its position does so iff the position is filled, (cf. persuade as opposed to seem). Nevertheless, the author acknowledges the fact that the EPP goes beyond the requirements of the Projection Principle in several respect ...
- 1 - Adpositions from nouns, one way or another Das war `ne heiße
... coincidentally, notwithstanding is another English adposition, this time deverbal, employed in this semantic field.) ...
... coincidentally, notwithstanding is another English adposition, this time deverbal, employed in this semantic field.) ...
VOICE Part-of-Speech Tagging and Lemmatization Manual
... revealed that we shared problems faced by previous approaches to POS tagging (e.g. ICE-GB, BNC) which applied and adapted taggers originally designed to deal with written language to typical features of spoken language. Such challenges are, amongst others, disfluencies, repetitions, re-starts, disc ...
... revealed that we shared problems faced by previous approaches to POS tagging (e.g. ICE-GB, BNC) which applied and adapted taggers originally designed to deal with written language to typical features of spoken language. Such challenges are, amongst others, disfluencies, repetitions, re-starts, disc ...
Innu and English Structures - Innu
... set of words that speakers combine in different ways to build sentences, or to understand other people’s sentences. It is thus not surprising that the grammars of Innu and English are alike in many ways, and we highlight these similarities in this booklet. For example, one answer to the question, “H ...
... set of words that speakers combine in different ways to build sentences, or to understand other people’s sentences. It is thus not surprising that the grammars of Innu and English are alike in many ways, and we highlight these similarities in this booklet. For example, one answer to the question, “H ...