Introducing PersPred, a syntactic and semantic database - Hal-SHS
... of its components. N-V combinations are subject to various levels of lexicalization. In some cases, the CP meaning is a specialization of the predictable meaning of the combination. For instance čâqu zadan ‘to stab’ (Lit. ‘knife hit’) is not only to hit somebody with a knife; dast dâdan ‘to shake ...
... of its components. N-V combinations are subject to various levels of lexicalization. In some cases, the CP meaning is a specialization of the predictable meaning of the combination. For instance čâqu zadan ‘to stab’ (Lit. ‘knife hit’) is not only to hit somebody with a knife; dast dâdan ‘to shake ...
English passive voice
... is formed periphrastically: the usual form uses the auxiliary verb be (or get) together with the past participle of the main verb. For example, Caesar was stabbed by Brutus uses the passive voice. The subject denotes the person (Caesar) affected by the action of the verb. The agent is expressed here ...
... is formed periphrastically: the usual form uses the auxiliary verb be (or get) together with the past participle of the main verb. For example, Caesar was stabbed by Brutus uses the passive voice. The subject denotes the person (Caesar) affected by the action of the verb. The agent is expressed here ...
Forming and Using Verb Tenses
... Forming and Using Verb Tenses English speakers form many verb tenses by combining one of principal parts of the verb with one or more auxiliary verbs. In order to form verb tenses you need a good grasp of the auxiliaries and the principal parts of the verb. There are four principal parts: the basic ...
... Forming and Using Verb Tenses English speakers form many verb tenses by combining one of principal parts of the verb with one or more auxiliary verbs. In order to form verb tenses you need a good grasp of the auxiliaries and the principal parts of the verb. There are four principal parts: the basic ...
Sentence Puzzle
... particular prepositional phrase out of the sentence (they can simply move them above the rest of the sentence). This would be a great visual of how prepositional phrases are built—they must begin with a preposition; they end with the noun/pronoun which answers the question what/whom about the prepos ...
... particular prepositional phrase out of the sentence (they can simply move them above the rest of the sentence). This would be a great visual of how prepositional phrases are built—they must begin with a preposition; they end with the noun/pronoun which answers the question what/whom about the prepos ...
comprehension and recall of sentences
... read difference in recall is replicated; more significantly, the verb-number items are markedly inferior to the read items. Thus, having to recall the number to the verb cue before saying a linking sentence retards learning, whereas recalling the verb to the number cue before saying the same linking ...
... read difference in recall is replicated; more significantly, the verb-number items are markedly inferior to the read items. Thus, having to recall the number to the verb cue before saying a linking sentence retards learning, whereas recalling the verb to the number cue before saying the same linking ...
Creating a Dependency Syntactic Treebank: Towards Intuitive
... phase in which the first specification of the dependency syntactic representation and the first manually annotated FinnTreeBank are ready, and the morphological definition is in progress (Voutilainen and Lindén, 2011). The base for the first version of the treebank is a descriptive grammar of Finni ...
... phase in which the first specification of the dependency syntactic representation and the first manually annotated FinnTreeBank are ready, and the morphological definition is in progress (Voutilainen and Lindén, 2011). The base for the first version of the treebank is a descriptive grammar of Finni ...
First Steps towards the Semi-automatic Development of a
... form a new verb belonging to the same conjugation of the ...
... form a new verb belonging to the same conjugation of the ...
Persian
... A concrete noun (not a predicative one) : mesvâk ‘tooth brush’ + zadan ‘to brush one’s teeth’ šâne ‘comb’ + zadan ‘to comb one’s hair lif ‘face-cloth’ + zadan ‘to wash with a face-cloth’ jâru ‘broom’ + zadan ‘to sweep up’ rang ‘painting’ + zadan ‘to paint’ dast ‘hand’ + zadan ‘to touch’ vâks ‘polish ...
... A concrete noun (not a predicative one) : mesvâk ‘tooth brush’ + zadan ‘to brush one’s teeth’ šâne ‘comb’ + zadan ‘to comb one’s hair lif ‘face-cloth’ + zadan ‘to wash with a face-cloth’ jâru ‘broom’ + zadan ‘to sweep up’ rang ‘painting’ + zadan ‘to paint’ dast ‘hand’ + zadan ‘to touch’ vâks ‘polish ...
1 Construction Morphology and the Parallel Architecture of grammar
... Next, we will consider the interface between morphological form and meaning. The circled part of figure (6) indicates which connection we are dealing with: ...
... Next, we will consider the interface between morphological form and meaning. The circled part of figure (6) indicates which connection we are dealing with: ...
VILNIUS PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
... process or bring about some change in the location or certain properties (Downing and Locke 1992:115). There are instances when all of these features are present, but there are examples when one or more of these features may be absent. For instance, if we say The horse splashed us with mud as it pas ...
... process or bring about some change in the location or certain properties (Downing and Locke 1992:115). There are instances when all of these features are present, but there are examples when one or more of these features may be absent. For instance, if we say The horse splashed us with mud as it pas ...
The Correlative Conjunction Recognize a correlative conjunction
... A correlative conjunction is essentially a coordinate conjunction used in pairs. A correlative conjunction gets its name from the fact that it is a paired conjunction that has a reciprocal or complementary relationship. Correlative conjunctions always join grammatically equal elements (e.g., noun & ...
... A correlative conjunction is essentially a coordinate conjunction used in pairs. A correlative conjunction gets its name from the fact that it is a paired conjunction that has a reciprocal or complementary relationship. Correlative conjunctions always join grammatically equal elements (e.g., noun & ...
1. In order, list the three types of sentences that constitute an
... Main noun or pronoun of sentence – the one doing the action or being linked by the verb 25. Define complete predicate. ...
... Main noun or pronoun of sentence – the one doing the action or being linked by the verb 25. Define complete predicate. ...
PDF - UCSB Linguistics
... Noun phrasesjoined with no intonation break typically designatea singleconceptualunit. Conjoined noun phrasesof this type often refer to the sorts of concepts designated by single lexical items or compounds in many languages,such as 'parents' for 'mother and father'. By contrast, noun phrasesseparat ...
... Noun phrasesjoined with no intonation break typically designatea singleconceptualunit. Conjoined noun phrasesof this type often refer to the sorts of concepts designated by single lexical items or compounds in many languages,such as 'parents' for 'mother and father'. By contrast, noun phrasesseparat ...
3. T P R
... first word beginning with an alaph and the second with a beth. Verse 5, first line — the he line: the Hebrew begins with a Hiphil form, which provides the he, of the verb beginning with daleth, while the Syriac begins with a verb starting with dalath. Though the acrostic is not followed, the Syriac ...
... first word beginning with an alaph and the second with a beth. Verse 5, first line — the he line: the Hebrew begins with a Hiphil form, which provides the he, of the verb beginning with daleth, while the Syriac begins with a verb starting with dalath. Though the acrostic is not followed, the Syriac ...
Handling of Prepositions in English to Bengali Machine Translation
... However, there are some words that act as prepositions and fall into other POS categories as well. For example, the word before can be used as an adverb (e.g., I could not come before), preposition (e.g., He came before me) or a conjunction (e.g., He came before I came). Similarly, the word round ca ...
... However, there are some words that act as prepositions and fall into other POS categories as well. For example, the word before can be used as an adverb (e.g., I could not come before), preposition (e.g., He came before me) or a conjunction (e.g., He came before I came). Similarly, the word round ca ...
Clause Processing in Complex Sentences
... Table 1: Distribution of clause types in newspaper texts. In terms of clause boundary signals, the purpose was to expand the idea of formal indicators of coordination and subordination to include any trait that might be used to mark clause initiation and termination. This trait could be not only the ...
... Table 1: Distribution of clause types in newspaper texts. In terms of clause boundary signals, the purpose was to expand the idea of formal indicators of coordination and subordination to include any trait that might be used to mark clause initiation and termination. This trait could be not only the ...
The Two be`s of English
... that have certain syntactic features and tend to express rich (complex) semantic content. Examples of lexical verbs in English include eat, advertise, read, dichotomize, and a very large number of others. Auxiliaries, on the other hand, form a relatively small, closed set of grammatical functors. In ...
... that have certain syntactic features and tend to express rich (complex) semantic content. Examples of lexical verbs in English include eat, advertise, read, dichotomize, and a very large number of others. Auxiliaries, on the other hand, form a relatively small, closed set of grammatical functors. In ...
How report verbs become quote markers and complementisers*
... NEG lsN- know -3sD ART go-2sG ‘I didn’t know that you’d gone’ Quotes, however, are simply juxtaposed to the clause containing the quotative verb (simple wci, or derived wd-ng); they are netjer crossreferenced with a pronominal element on the quotative verb. Secondly, wd cannot appear in passive-like ...
... NEG lsN- know -3sD ART go-2sG ‘I didn’t know that you’d gone’ Quotes, however, are simply juxtaposed to the clause containing the quotative verb (simple wci, or derived wd-ng); they are netjer crossreferenced with a pronominal element on the quotative verb. Secondly, wd cannot appear in passive-like ...
Event orientated adnominals and compositionality
... Orientation of Intersective Modifiers Generalization: intersective modifiers are orientated to the referential argument. [[blue door]] = λx.x is a door & x is blue [[short giraffe]] = λx.x is a giraffe & x is short (relative to giraffes) [[sang loudly]] = λe.e is a singing event & e is loud (relati ...
... Orientation of Intersective Modifiers Generalization: intersective modifiers are orientated to the referential argument. [[blue door]] = λx.x is a door & x is blue [[short giraffe]] = λx.x is a giraffe & x is short (relative to giraffes) [[sang loudly]] = λe.e is a singing event & e is loud (relati ...
Grammar-Sentences Unit File
... implied, indicate the simple predicate only. 1. James Bond movies drive me crazy. 2. The school will be closed this week. ...
... implied, indicate the simple predicate only. 1. James Bond movies drive me crazy. 2. The school will be closed this week. ...
INFINITIVES AND PARTICIPLES (INCLUDUNG GERUNDIVE AND
... – The –ns, -ntis ending for the present participle is normally added to the base used in the Imperfect tense – The verb esse had no present participle in the classical period but a form ens, entis came into use in the Middle Ages. – The common irregular verb eō (go) has u before the nt: iēns, euntis ...
... – The –ns, -ntis ending for the present participle is normally added to the base used in the Imperfect tense – The verb esse had no present participle in the classical period but a form ens, entis came into use in the Middle Ages. – The common irregular verb eō (go) has u before the nt: iēns, euntis ...
INFINITIVES AND PARTICIPLES (INCLUDUNG GERUNDIVE AND …
... – The –ns, -ntis ending for the present participle is normally added to the base used in the Imperfect tense – The verb esse had no present participle in the classical period but a form ens, entis came into use in the Middle Ages. – The common irregular verb eō (go) has u before the nt: iēns, euntis ...
... – The –ns, -ntis ending for the present participle is normally added to the base used in the Imperfect tense – The verb esse had no present participle in the classical period but a form ens, entis came into use in the Middle Ages. – The common irregular verb eō (go) has u before the nt: iēns, euntis ...
Linguistics Tripos Part One, Paper 2 Lecture Two
... a.Alex hopes that Wayne will be fit for the match. b.*Hopes Alex that Wayne will be fit for the match. c. *Hopes that Alex Wayne will be fit for the match. There are 3,628,800 possible orders for this 10-word sentence, 3,628,798 of which are ungrammatical. What is the other two grammatical order? ...
... a.Alex hopes that Wayne will be fit for the match. b.*Hopes Alex that Wayne will be fit for the match. c. *Hopes that Alex Wayne will be fit for the match. There are 3,628,800 possible orders for this 10-word sentence, 3,628,798 of which are ungrammatical. What is the other two grammatical order? ...
Contents: MyGrammarLab Advanced C1–C2
... All the leaves had fallen from the trees before we arrived. Ongoing situations, unfinished time periods, present results: I’ve only been there once. The house has stood here for 200 years. I’ve been looking into this recently. It’s clear you’ve been revising. It means ‘stop’. You’re always meaning t ...
... All the leaves had fallen from the trees before we arrived. Ongoing situations, unfinished time periods, present results: I’ve only been there once. The house has stood here for 200 years. I’ve been looking into this recently. It’s clear you’ve been revising. It means ‘stop’. You’re always meaning t ...
German Reference Grammar
... In addition to gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and number (singular, plural), all German nouns appear in one of four different cases according to their function within a sentence. For a discussion of the case system, see Adjectives §§3-7. Be sure to read that section before proceeding with this ...
... In addition to gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and number (singular, plural), all German nouns appear in one of four different cases according to their function within a sentence. For a discussion of the case system, see Adjectives §§3-7. Be sure to read that section before proceeding with this ...