Verb Movement and Constituent Permutation in Basque
... generative grammars of Basque is that SOV is the basic order in Basque, since this is the unmarked order in the language (see the references cited above). Furthermore, statistically speaking, the SOV order is also the most frequent or predominant order, both in main and in embedded clauses, accordin ...
... generative grammars of Basque is that SOV is the basic order in Basque, since this is the unmarked order in the language (see the references cited above). Furthermore, statistically speaking, the SOV order is also the most frequent or predominant order, both in main and in embedded clauses, accordin ...
Collins CoBUILD Grammar
... time there has been a credibility gap between a grammar and the language that it is supposed to describe. Many of the rules seem too abstract to apply to actual examples. There is no room to show how the strong structural patterns can be varied and developed to allow users great freedom of expressio ...
... time there has been a credibility gap between a grammar and the language that it is supposed to describe. Many of the rules seem too abstract to apply to actual examples. There is no room to show how the strong structural patterns can be varied and developed to allow users great freedom of expressio ...
ON THE SYNTAX OF PARTICIPIAL MODIFIERS*
... attention in traditional grammar and generative syntax alike; yet, due to their mixed nominal and verbal properties, the categorial status and internal syntactic structure of these modifiers is not very well understood. Some researchers treat them as adjectival, others as clausal, but there are prob ...
... attention in traditional grammar and generative syntax alike; yet, due to their mixed nominal and verbal properties, the categorial status and internal syntactic structure of these modifiers is not very well understood. Some researchers treat them as adjectival, others as clausal, but there are prob ...
Perfect - utdiscamusomnes
... Caput XVIII: Deponents; perfect passive participles 18A.There is a certain class of verbs, called deponent, that only show passive forms--but have more or less active meanings. and often take a direct object. You are familiar with the English use of the Latin term non sequitur, which means “it doesn ...
... Caput XVIII: Deponents; perfect passive participles 18A.There is a certain class of verbs, called deponent, that only show passive forms--but have more or less active meanings. and often take a direct object. You are familiar with the English use of the Latin term non sequitur, which means “it doesn ...
Oriented Adverbs - Universität Tübingen
... What is the connection, in the above example, between a person's property of being careful and the property of events with the same name? Alternations of this kind are extremely pervasive and entirely regular, so one must suspect that there is something about the underlying lexical meaning of adject ...
... What is the connection, in the above example, between a person's property of being careful and the property of events with the same name? Alternations of this kind are extremely pervasive and entirely regular, so one must suspect that there is something about the underlying lexical meaning of adject ...
Deixis and anaphora F. Recanati Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS) 1bis
... is not on a par with the sort of statement one makes when one uses a singular term. A ground-level statement such as 'John grows' tells us something directly about an object, namely, the object which the singular term stands for (John). A quantified statement such as 'Something grows' is a higher-le ...
... is not on a par with the sort of statement one makes when one uses a singular term. A ground-level statement such as 'John grows' tells us something directly about an object, namely, the object which the singular term stands for (John). A quantified statement such as 'Something grows' is a higher-le ...
1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was
... sn See N. C. Habel, “The Narrative Art of Job,” JSOT 27 (1983): 101-11; J. J. Owens, “Prologue and Epilogue,” RevExp 68 (1971): 457-67; and R. Polzin, “The Framework of the Book of Job,” Int 31 (1974): 182-200. sn The book of Job is one of the major books of wisdom literature in the Bible. But i ...
... sn See N. C. Habel, “The Narrative Art of Job,” JSOT 27 (1983): 101-11; J. J. Owens, “Prologue and Epilogue,” RevExp 68 (1971): 457-67; and R. Polzin, “The Framework of the Book of Job,” Int 31 (1974): 182-200. sn The book of Job is one of the major books of wisdom literature in the Bible. But i ...
Chinese: An Essential Grammar
... The Chinese language, or group of related languages, is spoken by the Hans, who constitute 94 per cent of China]s population. One word for the language in Chinese is Hanyu, the Han language. Different, non-Han languages are spoken by the remaining 6 per cent of the population, the so-called minority ...
... The Chinese language, or group of related languages, is spoken by the Hans, who constitute 94 per cent of China]s population. One word for the language in Chinese is Hanyu, the Han language. Different, non-Han languages are spoken by the remaining 6 per cent of the population, the so-called minority ...
Makassarese (basa Mangkasara
... Indonesia went through four presidents and onto a fifth. The city of Makassar regained its name, and the province of South Sulawesi was split into two. And last but not least, my two children Thomas and Natalie were born. Through it all my wife Sonia has stood by me with her love and support, and ...
... Indonesia went through four presidents and onto a fifth. The city of Makassar regained its name, and the province of South Sulawesi was split into two. And last but not least, my two children Thomas and Natalie were born. Through it all my wife Sonia has stood by me with her love and support, and ...
A grammar of Lha`alua, an Austronesian language of Taiwan
... R.M.W. Dixon, and Professor Elizabeth Zeitoun. They have made my study at Cairns Institute/SASS, James Cook University one of the best memories in my life. I am most indebted to Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald, who carefully read each chapter and each draft many times. She also guided and encouraged ...
... R.M.W. Dixon, and Professor Elizabeth Zeitoun. They have made my study at Cairns Institute/SASS, James Cook University one of the best memories in my life. I am most indebted to Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald, who carefully read each chapter and each draft many times. She also guided and encouraged ...
LEXICAL NEGATION IN ENGLISH: THE CASE OF UN- AND IN-
... Here unobserved is a sort of contraction of “when no one observes us”. In the last two examples, as often happens with past participles turned into adjectives, the verbal meaning remains tangible; i.e. un- does not transform a process or an event into a canonical adjective. ...
... Here unobserved is a sort of contraction of “when no one observes us”. In the last two examples, as often happens with past participles turned into adjectives, the verbal meaning remains tangible; i.e. un- does not transform a process or an event into a canonical adjective. ...
Tae Kim`s Japanese guide to learning Japanese grammar
... As you will find out in the next section, every character in hiragana (and the katakana equivalent) corresponds to a [vowel] or [consonant + vowel] syllable sound with the single exception of the 「ん」 and 「ン」 character (more on this later). This system of letter for each syllable sound makes pronunci ...
... As you will find out in the next section, every character in hiragana (and the katakana equivalent) corresponds to a [vowel] or [consonant + vowel] syllable sound with the single exception of the 「ん」 and 「ン」 character (more on this later). This system of letter for each syllable sound makes pronunci ...
A GRAMMAR OF BAO`AN TU, A MONGOLIC LANGUAGE OF
... Carol Eames for introducing me to many of them. I would like to thank by name Dorje Jiashi, Caiguoji, and Ang Xiu, all of whom played vital roles in helping me to collect and transcribe the data used in this study. Without the loyalty and talent of Caiguoji in particular, the completion of this dis ...
... Carol Eames for introducing me to many of them. I would like to thank by name Dorje Jiashi, Caiguoji, and Ang Xiu, all of whom played vital roles in helping me to collect and transcribe the data used in this study. Without the loyalty and talent of Caiguoji in particular, the completion of this dis ...
The Personal Dative in Appalachian English as a Reflexive Pronoun
... Furthermore, we use data from the Personal Dative in Appalachian English to reflect on a current debate on the treatment of SE anaphors. The attempt to explain the distribution of SE anaphors has led to two competing theories of theta-role requirements of SE anaphors. One account, proposed by Lidz ...
... Furthermore, we use data from the Personal Dative in Appalachian English to reflect on a current debate on the treatment of SE anaphors. The attempt to explain the distribution of SE anaphors has led to two competing theories of theta-role requirements of SE anaphors. One account, proposed by Lidz ...
Syntax and Compositional Semantics of the Clause
... What does “be” (“am”, “is”, “are”, “was”, “were”, “been”, “being”) subcategorize for? What can follow a form of the verb “be”? NP: Anne Stausboll is a 10-year fund veteran. Adjective Phrase: CalPERS is ready to impement it. PP: The algorithm is for making chunks. Passive: The lights were reflected a ...
... What does “be” (“am”, “is”, “are”, “was”, “were”, “been”, “being”) subcategorize for? What can follow a form of the verb “be”? NP: Anne Stausboll is a 10-year fund veteran. Adjective Phrase: CalPERS is ready to impement it. PP: The algorithm is for making chunks. Passive: The lights were reflected a ...
Syntax of Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek
... and simple, but to the end which this book is intended to serve they are as really germane as any discussions of the force of a Greek tense. One often fails to apprehend accurately a thought expressed in Greek quite as much through inexact knowledge of one's own language as through ignorance of Gree ...
... and simple, but to the end which this book is intended to serve they are as really germane as any discussions of the force of a Greek tense. One often fails to apprehend accurately a thought expressed in Greek quite as much through inexact knowledge of one's own language as through ignorance of Gree ...
FLOATING QUANTIFIERS, PARTITIVES AND DISTRIBUTIVITY
... Which students did you obtain [the phone number of t]i after iti had become obsolete? What city could you remember [the name of t]i only after iti had been changed by the revolutionaries? ...
... Which students did you obtain [the phone number of t]i after iti had become obsolete? What city could you remember [the name of t]i only after iti had been changed by the revolutionaries? ...
A Grammar of Bora with Special Attention to Tone
... 4.3.2.3 -ːve ‘sIn’ and -te ‘become’ . . . . . . . 4.3.2.4 -va ‘have’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.2.5 -jkimei ‘behave like’ . . . . . . . . . . ...
... 4.3.2.3 -ːve ‘sIn’ and -te ‘become’ . . . . . . . 4.3.2.4 -va ‘have’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.2.5 -jkimei ‘behave like’ . . . . . . . . . . ...
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The Issue: Degree Adverbs
... cognition operates to decode languages. Some important issues relevant to our topic are introduced as follows: see Chafe 1987, Hopper 1987, Lakoff and Johnson 1980, Claudi and Heine 1986, Paradis 2001, etc. ...
... cognition operates to decode languages. Some important issues relevant to our topic are introduced as follows: see Chafe 1987, Hopper 1987, Lakoff and Johnson 1980, Claudi and Heine 1986, Paradis 2001, etc. ...
Signs of Colloquialization - DUO
... The thesis examines, synchronically and diachronically, three ongoing linguistic changes in written English, in its two major varieties, British and American English. The three phenomena in question are: an increasing use of contracted forms (mainly, but not exclusively, verbal) observed in present- ...
... The thesis examines, synchronically and diachronically, three ongoing linguistic changes in written English, in its two major varieties, British and American English. The three phenomena in question are: an increasing use of contracted forms (mainly, but not exclusively, verbal) observed in present- ...
OBLIQUE ARGUMENTS RAISED
... We follow Pylkkänen (2008) in assuming the High Applicatives link the argument they introduce to the event rather than to an internal argument, hence they appear with unergative verbs as well as with unaccusatives and transitives. We also assume that the High Applicative, which Davis identifies as D ...
... We follow Pylkkänen (2008) in assuming the High Applicatives link the argument they introduce to the event rather than to an internal argument, hence they appear with unergative verbs as well as with unaccusatives and transitives. We also assume that the High Applicative, which Davis identifies as D ...
English grammar workbook for dummies
... Geraldine Woods began her education when teachers still supplied ink wells to their students. She credits her 35-year career as an English teacher to a set of ultra-strict nuns armed with thick grammar books. She lives in New York City, where with great difficulty she refrains from correcting signs ...
... Geraldine Woods began her education when teachers still supplied ink wells to their students. She credits her 35-year career as an English teacher to a set of ultra-strict nuns armed with thick grammar books. She lives in New York City, where with great difficulty she refrains from correcting signs ...
German - Wikimedia Commons
... 3 Introduction A Textbook on Five Levels The question arose early in the development of this textbook as to precisely who would be the target audience. Although intended to be a "beginning" textbook on German, many felt that the early lessons were too difficult for younger students with very limited ...
... 3 Introduction A Textbook on Five Levels The question arose early in the development of this textbook as to precisely who would be the target audience. Although intended to be a "beginning" textbook on German, many felt that the early lessons were too difficult for younger students with very limited ...
The development of a spatial technical writing
... Probability of by chance obtaining L out of T ...
... Probability of by chance obtaining L out of T ...
C. The Verb
... Though already grammaticalised in Old Egyptian, the progressive and future converbs clearly display the elements of which they were originally composed, viz. prepositions Hr, m, and r, plus infinitive. Hr sdm is — in contrast to Old / Middle Egyptian — not exclusively progressive. Used as a predicat ...
... Though already grammaticalised in Old Egyptian, the progressive and future converbs clearly display the elements of which they were originally composed, viz. prepositions Hr, m, and r, plus infinitive. Hr sdm is — in contrast to Old / Middle Egyptian — not exclusively progressive. Used as a predicat ...