Svan and its speakers. Kevin Tuite Université de Montréal [NB: This
... 2.4.3. Metathesis. Another feature that spreads is labialization, as when a 1st-person subject marker appears directly before the root. In some instances the metathesized labial feature attaches to the root-initial consonant, in other cases the vowel is rounded: e.g. UB {xw-re:ka} > rwe:ka, rö:ka; c ...
... 2.4.3. Metathesis. Another feature that spreads is labialization, as when a 1st-person subject marker appears directly before the root. In some instances the metathesized labial feature attaches to the root-initial consonant, in other cases the vowel is rounded: e.g. UB {xw-re:ka} > rwe:ka, rö:ka; c ...
Prepositional Phrase Attachment and
... knowledge intensive solution. We have used insights from linguistics, towards solving this problem. We achieved good results based on our strategy of using ‘argument structure information and feature rich lexicon’ for prepositions ‘of ’ and ‘to’. Also, the usefulness of automatic extraction of featu ...
... knowledge intensive solution. We have used insights from linguistics, towards solving this problem. We achieved good results based on our strategy of using ‘argument structure information and feature rich lexicon’ for prepositions ‘of ’ and ‘to’. Also, the usefulness of automatic extraction of featu ...
is used as a conjunction to show contrast. The original
... 82. A – ‘who’ with a comma is used because ‘Lee Kin Wo’ is a person that doesn’t need to be defined (non-defining clause) 83. C – ‘get used to’ means ‘be accustomed to’. A present participle should be used after the verb ‘be’. 84. D – ‘himself’ refers to the same subject ‘he’, referring to ‘Bush’. 8 ...
... 82. A – ‘who’ with a comma is used because ‘Lee Kin Wo’ is a person that doesn’t need to be defined (non-defining clause) 83. C – ‘get used to’ means ‘be accustomed to’. A present participle should be used after the verb ‘be’. 84. D – ‘himself’ refers to the same subject ‘he’, referring to ‘Bush’. 8 ...
1 - ZiyoNET
... syntactic analysis on "understood" items in a context where there is no reason for taking ellipsis into account. A word must be said about the subjects of infinitival clauses. When the latter lack expressed subjects, subjects are always implied. In many cases the subject of the larger clause within ...
... syntactic analysis on "understood" items in a context where there is no reason for taking ellipsis into account. A word must be said about the subjects of infinitival clauses. When the latter lack expressed subjects, subjects are always implied. In many cases the subject of the larger clause within ...
Complex verb formation in Leko
... Leko belongs to the class of so called ‘agglutinative’ languages in which a complex meaning may be expressed by means of a morphologically complex word. Complex words consist of a root and a number of clearly recognizable morphemes with a specific meaning. Apart from the addition of inflectional mor ...
... Leko belongs to the class of so called ‘agglutinative’ languages in which a complex meaning may be expressed by means of a morphologically complex word. Complex words consist of a root and a number of clearly recognizable morphemes with a specific meaning. Apart from the addition of inflectional mor ...
A Dynamic Account of Clitic Climbing: A first sketch
... The version of the DS framework I’m going to use has its basis in the version presented in Cann et al. (2005). I further assume a situation argument being present in the tree structure functioning as the locus where tense and aspect properties are encoded. Building on assumptions by Gregoromichelaki ...
... The version of the DS framework I’m going to use has its basis in the version presented in Cann et al. (2005). I further assume a situation argument being present in the tree structure functioning as the locus where tense and aspect properties are encoded. Building on assumptions by Gregoromichelaki ...
Towards a structural typology of verb classes
... intransitive verbs have one, transitive verbs have two, and ditransitive verbs have three nominal arguments. (Verbs with zero valency are extremely rare – one possible semantic class of this kind are weather verbs, such as Latin pluit ‘it rains’, however, note that English uses here an expletive pro ...
... intransitive verbs have one, transitive verbs have two, and ditransitive verbs have three nominal arguments. (Verbs with zero valency are extremely rare – one possible semantic class of this kind are weather verbs, such as Latin pluit ‘it rains’, however, note that English uses here an expletive pro ...
Chapter The Many Facets of the Cause-Effect Relation
... kind B to occur if, when A occurs, B always follows, but when A does not occur, B sometimes occurs and sometimes not. On the other hand, if when A does not occur, B never occurs, but when A occurs, B sometimes occurs and sometimes not, then A is a necessary though not a sufficient condition for B to ...
... kind B to occur if, when A occurs, B always follows, but when A does not occur, B sometimes occurs and sometimes not. On the other hand, if when A does not occur, B never occurs, but when A occurs, B sometimes occurs and sometimes not, then A is a necessary though not a sufficient condition for B to ...
gems: a model of sentence production
... the lexicon. This change from previous more centralized version of GEMS (see Parisi and Giorgi, 1981; 1983) has been suggested to us by Oliviero Stock and Cristiano Castelfranchi and it is related to our view of a lexically ...
... the lexicon. This change from previous more centralized version of GEMS (see Parisi and Giorgi, 1981; 1983) has been suggested to us by Oliviero Stock and Cristiano Castelfranchi and it is related to our view of a lexically ...
LATIN GRAMMAR REVIEW
... (e.g .. sint incolumes "may they be safe"); imperfect tense shows that the wish is unaccomplished in present time; pluperfect tense shows that the wish is unaccomplished in past time; perfect tense is archaic and solemn-sounding (e.g.. di faxint "may the gods bring about"). The optative subjunctive ...
... (e.g .. sint incolumes "may they be safe"); imperfect tense shows that the wish is unaccomplished in present time; pluperfect tense shows that the wish is unaccomplished in past time; perfect tense is archaic and solemn-sounding (e.g.. di faxint "may the gods bring about"). The optative subjunctive ...
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... Being one of the earliest scripts - dating back to at least 3000 B.C., Hieroglyphic writing has not been used for about 2000 years5 . Ancient Egyptian is now regarded as a dead language, which means that no group of people have spoken it as their primary language6 . Until 1799, where the so-called R ...
... Being one of the earliest scripts - dating back to at least 3000 B.C., Hieroglyphic writing has not been used for about 2000 years5 . Ancient Egyptian is now regarded as a dead language, which means that no group of people have spoken it as their primary language6 . Until 1799, where the so-called R ...
sentence structure basics
... There are four sentence patterns: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. The different patterns are categorized according to various combinations of independent and dependent clauses. ...
... There are four sentence patterns: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. The different patterns are categorized according to various combinations of independent and dependent clauses. ...
Cross-LinguistiC Patterns of Linking
... all that is required is the LS and nothing more, as in all except (11d). For most irregular verbs, only the macrorole number needs to be specified. The prepositions that mark oblique arguments with verbs like show are predictable from general principles and need not be listed in the lexical entry ( ...
... all that is required is the LS and nothing more, as in all except (11d). For most irregular verbs, only the macrorole number needs to be specified. The prepositions that mark oblique arguments with verbs like show are predictable from general principles and need not be listed in the lexical entry ( ...
participles - WhippleHill
... E.g. If the original verb means “see,” its participles are: “seeing” (present active) ...
... E.g. If the original verb means “see,” its participles are: “seeing” (present active) ...
Creating Sentences with Participial Phrases
... A participle is a verbal that acts as an adjective. ...
... A participle is a verbal that acts as an adjective. ...
Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure
... In fact, no one has advocated option (i) in the recent literature, as far as I know. It seems wrong to infer from the fact that a restricted class of predicates appear to be idiosyncratic that all predicates are idiosyncratic. On this view it would be hard to explain the observation that most verbs ...
... In fact, no one has advocated option (i) in the recent literature, as far as I know. It seems wrong to infer from the fact that a restricted class of predicates appear to be idiosyncratic that all predicates are idiosyncratic. On this view it would be hard to explain the observation that most verbs ...
On number and numberlessness in languages without articles
... ‘The children have found a mouse.’ (not ‘mice’!) Moreover, number-neutral nominals have no room for higher adjectival modifiers, in the sense of Svenonius (2008), Beauseroy and Knittel (2008), such as evaluative adjectives. This is true for complements of intensive reflexives, as shown in (16a), ...
... ‘The children have found a mouse.’ (not ‘mice’!) Moreover, number-neutral nominals have no room for higher adjectival modifiers, in the sense of Svenonius (2008), Beauseroy and Knittel (2008), such as evaluative adjectives. This is true for complements of intensive reflexives, as shown in (16a), ...
print sample of english manuscript for
... the language “accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately1)”. However, there are typical difficulties which the learners tend to experience because of their first language background2). For example, Japanese does not have the same idea of past, present and future tense that English does3), which cau ...
... the language “accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately1)”. However, there are typical difficulties which the learners tend to experience because of their first language background2). For example, Japanese does not have the same idea of past, present and future tense that English does3), which cau ...
feature licensing, morphological words, and phonological domains
... that the rule applies to the initial vowel of inflectional morphemes, that is, elements realizing morpho syntactic features. These are bound elements which require the overt incorporation of another element, in the overt component of syntax or after SpellOut, and we suggest that this dependency is a ...
... that the rule applies to the initial vowel of inflectional morphemes, that is, elements realizing morpho syntactic features. These are bound elements which require the overt incorporation of another element, in the overt component of syntax or after SpellOut, and we suggest that this dependency is a ...
The + adjective
... Adjectives • An adjective describes the person, thing etc., which noun refers to. We use adjectives to say what a person, etc. is like or seems like. Adjectives give us information about quality (a beautiful dress), size (a big car), age (a young man), temperature (cold evening), shape (a round tab ...
... Adjectives • An adjective describes the person, thing etc., which noun refers to. We use adjectives to say what a person, etc. is like or seems like. Adjectives give us information about quality (a beautiful dress), size (a big car), age (a young man), temperature (cold evening), shape (a round tab ...
A Study of the Verbs of Verb-copying Construction in Mandarin
... Under the theoretical framework of Minimalist Program by Chomsky (1995), linguistics is intended to be empirical with the aim of describing and formulating the theory of the nature of the language within a universalistic view. Following this line, the present study is designed to combine the theoret ...
... Under the theoretical framework of Minimalist Program by Chomsky (1995), linguistics is intended to be empirical with the aim of describing and formulating the theory of the nature of the language within a universalistic view. Following this line, the present study is designed to combine the theoret ...
French Verbs booklet - Frederick Bremer School
... 1. Personal Pronouns – This is the first thing you need to know before anything else about verbs. The personal pronouns in French are different to English especially you. SINGULAR PRONOUNS ...
... 1. Personal Pronouns – This is the first thing you need to know before anything else about verbs. The personal pronouns in French are different to English especially you. SINGULAR PRONOUNS ...