Adjectives and Argument Structure
... The last decades have seen a growing interest in the study of argument structure. The different θroles assigned by various predicates were identified, the principles governing argument projection to syntactic positions were investigated, and a variety of diathesis alternations were analyzed. However ...
... The last decades have seen a growing interest in the study of argument structure. The different θroles assigned by various predicates were identified, the principles governing argument projection to syntactic positions were investigated, and a variety of diathesis alternations were analyzed. However ...
Decomposing Existence: Evidence from Germanic
... pronoun, which stands proxy for the subject. For this reason, I refer to them as „impersonal existential constructions” - as opposed to expressions like „X exists”, which involve an existential predicate and a lexical DP subject. In section 2, I will review some basic characteristics of impersonal e ...
... pronoun, which stands proxy for the subject. For this reason, I refer to them as „impersonal existential constructions” - as opposed to expressions like „X exists”, which involve an existential predicate and a lexical DP subject. In section 2, I will review some basic characteristics of impersonal e ...
Participles in Time. The Development of the Perfect Tense
... tense from a construction with possessive HAVE and a tenseless participial complement. Both participles and auxiliary are assumed to have internal syntactic structure, and the different perfect-type constructions can thus be related synchronically and diachronically to each other. Cross-linguistic v ...
... tense from a construction with possessive HAVE and a tenseless participial complement. Both participles and auxiliary are assumed to have internal syntactic structure, and the different perfect-type constructions can thus be related synchronically and diachronically to each other. Cross-linguistic v ...
A verb-centered Sentiment Analysis for French
... Sentiment Analysis is a challenging domain of NLP in many aspects. Words and 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 consider ...
... Sentiment Analysis is a challenging domain of NLP in many aspects. Words and 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 consider ...
Polish numerals and quantifiers: A syntactic analysis of subject‐verb
... Polish numerals and quantifiers present a complex pattern of agreement and case assignment that defy the current instantiation of Agree as given in Chomsky (2000, 2001). In Polish, the presence of numerals and quantifiers leads to so-called “agreement mismatches” – the phi-features on the probe and ...
... Polish numerals and quantifiers present a complex pattern of agreement and case assignment that defy the current instantiation of Agree as given in Chomsky (2000, 2001). In Polish, the presence of numerals and quantifiers leads to so-called “agreement mismatches” – the phi-features on the probe and ...
Open Access version via Utrecht University Repository
... from the normal word order. These structures are analysed for their emphasising qualities. In presenting an account of the analysis, this thesis strives to add to the linguistic and philological understanding of fronting for emphasis in Old Irish. ...
... from the normal word order. These structures are analysed for their emphasising qualities. In presenting an account of the analysis, this thesis strives to add to the linguistic and philological understanding of fronting for emphasis in Old Irish. ...
18 The Instrumental Case Feminine declension nouns Masculine
... The instrumental is one of the most complex Russian cases, but the idea behind it is fairly simple. You can think of it as an accessory for something else. Rather than serving as a source for energy (which is the primary task of NOMINATIVE: A NAME), the instrumental is a peripheral attachment for so ...
... The instrumental is one of the most complex Russian cases, but the idea behind it is fairly simple. You can think of it as an accessory for something else. Rather than serving as a source for energy (which is the primary task of NOMINATIVE: A NAME), the instrumental is a peripheral attachment for so ...
SC103-38-9-2015-eng - Publications du gouvernement du
... Which of the underlined sections contains one or more errors? If there are no errors, select “none of the above.” If you find that your workstation is not enough comfortable (1), it could be that you need to have an ergonomic evaluation done (2) to assess your working conditions. These assessments a ...
... Which of the underlined sections contains one or more errors? If there are no errors, select “none of the above.” If you find that your workstation is not enough comfortable (1), it could be that you need to have an ergonomic evaluation done (2) to assess your working conditions. These assessments a ...
Rune - Open Journal Systems vid Lunds universitet
... Table 1 presents the runes, the transliteration used and the phonological equivalents generally assumed. A s is well known, several phonological distinctions, e.g. consonant voice and minor differences in vowel quality are disregarded by the 16-rune alphabet. The values of some runes are dubious, bu ...
... Table 1 presents the runes, the transliteration used and the phonological equivalents generally assumed. A s is well known, several phonological distinctions, e.g. consonant voice and minor differences in vowel quality are disregarded by the 16-rune alphabet. The values of some runes are dubious, bu ...
Gerund Handout
... A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being. However, since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence t ...
... A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being. However, since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence t ...
Nominal Roots as Event Predicates in English Denominal
... program. She has given me tremendously of her time and her knowledge, offering hours of discussion and carefully guiding me towards defining my questions and strengthening my arguments, and she has never stopped believing in me even when my activities took me far afield, which means a great deal to ...
... program. She has given me tremendously of her time and her knowledge, offering hours of discussion and carefully guiding me towards defining my questions and strengthening my arguments, and she has never stopped believing in me even when my activities took me far afield, which means a great deal to ...
Towards a null theory of the passive
... In Baker’s type (b), PASS is a Noun which gets incorporated into Infl. Since it can always get Case from Infl, it should have the freest distribution of any passive type, and should occur with transitive verbs with retained accusative objects, and with all intransitive verbs, regardless of unaccusat ...
... In Baker’s type (b), PASS is a Noun which gets incorporated into Infl. Since it can always get Case from Infl, it should have the freest distribution of any passive type, and should occur with transitive verbs with retained accusative objects, and with all intransitive verbs, regardless of unaccusat ...
Yegana Baghirova MA thesis - Khazar University Institutional
... e.g. I know him to have been studying English for 3 years (I know that she has been studying English for 3 years). While using infinitive in the sentence, we should take into consideration the sequence of the actions in it. It means the action of the main verb and the action of the infinitive. The ...
... e.g. I know him to have been studying English for 3 years (I know that she has been studying English for 3 years). While using infinitive in the sentence, we should take into consideration the sequence of the actions in it. It means the action of the main verb and the action of the infinitive. The ...
1 On the D-structure position of negative sentence adverbials in
... of what is (not) drunk) and personne (the identification of what is (not) seen)), the members of this group seem to modify the entire proposition (in the sense that they negate it). As our title suggests, in this article we shall be concentrating on the syntax of members of this second group of elem ...
... of what is (not) drunk) and personne (the identification of what is (not) seen)), the members of this group seem to modify the entire proposition (in the sense that they negate it). As our title suggests, in this article we shall be concentrating on the syntax of members of this second group of elem ...
The pronominal clitic of quantified noun phrases in Slovenian
... (7) [AgrsP jaz [Agrs' [Agrs [ TP hvalim [ Agr iOP jim hvalim [Agr dO P jo hvalim [VP [V' jim [V' hvalim jo]]]]]]]]] The feature-checking movement of clitics is subject to economy principles requiring movements to be as short as possible and banning a category from skipping its closest landing site ...
... (7) [AgrsP jaz [Agrs' [Agrs [ TP hvalim [ Agr iOP jim hvalim [Agr dO P jo hvalim [VP [V' jim [V' hvalim jo]]]]]]]]] The feature-checking movement of clitics is subject to economy principles requiring movements to be as short as possible and banning a category from skipping its closest landing site ...
the demotic verbal system - Oriental Institute
... thirty years are here applied to Demotic, often for the first time, 3 and advances made in the reading and understanding of Demotic itself are also incorporated. The result is the redefinition of the basic paradigms, the forms constituting these different paradigms, the meaning of each, and the synt ...
... thirty years are here applied to Demotic, often for the first time, 3 and advances made in the reading and understanding of Demotic itself are also incorporated. The result is the redefinition of the basic paradigms, the forms constituting these different paradigms, the meaning of each, and the synt ...
1. avem volantem
... This perfect tense expresses something that happened—and is now finished (that is a very approximate explanation.) Eventually we will learn other tenses which express things in the present, and the future, as well as other past tenses. The perfect tense is recognized by the ending –t, which is added ...
... This perfect tense expresses something that happened—and is now finished (that is a very approximate explanation.) Eventually we will learn other tenses which express things in the present, and the future, as well as other past tenses. The perfect tense is recognized by the ending –t, which is added ...
the distribution and role of relative clauses in different text types
... The present study is based on the formal and functional analysis of finite and nonfinite relative clauses in a corpus that comprises four text types (registers) of different degree of formality: fiction, conversation, newspaper language, and academic language, all representing contemporary English l ...
... The present study is based on the formal and functional analysis of finite and nonfinite relative clauses in a corpus that comprises four text types (registers) of different degree of formality: fiction, conversation, newspaper language, and academic language, all representing contemporary English l ...
A typology of split conjunction
... In this paper, I study instances of noun phrase conjunction where the conjoined noun phrase is subject and the referents of the conjuncts are human, of the type ‘John and Mary are having lunch’. More specifically, I study different, possible splits that occur in such structures, which involve the di ...
... In this paper, I study instances of noun phrase conjunction where the conjoined noun phrase is subject and the referents of the conjuncts are human, of the type ‘John and Mary are having lunch’. More specifically, I study different, possible splits that occur in such structures, which involve the di ...
the definition of the grammatical category in a syntactically oriented
... chapter we study the case of Upper Sorbian, whose relational adjectives have very intriguing characteristics, which are relevant for the questions discussed in this dissertation. Chapter four addresses the question of nouns that behave like adjectives because they act as predicates. Here, we select ...
... chapter we study the case of Upper Sorbian, whose relational adjectives have very intriguing characteristics, which are relevant for the questions discussed in this dissertation. Chapter four addresses the question of nouns that behave like adjectives because they act as predicates. Here, we select ...
Understanding the Tlingit Verb
... Dictionary, and we can all spend the rest of our lives working with The Schetic Categories of the Tlingit Verb by Weihá. Those masterpieces and the collected and amazing works of K̲ eixwnéi and Xwaayeenák̲ is what all of this work is currently built upon. This project was funded by the Goldbelt Heri ...
... Dictionary, and we can all spend the rest of our lives working with The Schetic Categories of the Tlingit Verb by Weihá. Those masterpieces and the collected and amazing works of K̲ eixwnéi and Xwaayeenák̲ is what all of this work is currently built upon. This project was funded by the Goldbelt Heri ...
8. ADJECTIVES The adjective system includes all the words and
... 1. Attributive Adj. are the words that come between a determiner and the noun in a NP. They can only modify N. my favourite book 2. Predicative Adj. are Adj. that occur without a N in a predicate of a sentence (usually after the verb to be, look, seem, etc. Most Adj. can be used either attributively ...
... 1. Attributive Adj. are the words that come between a determiner and the noun in a NP. They can only modify N. my favourite book 2. Predicative Adj. are Adj. that occur without a N in a predicate of a sentence (usually after the verb to be, look, seem, etc. Most Adj. can be used either attributively ...
FLOATING QUANTIFIERS, PARTITIVES AND DISTRIBUTIVITY
... Commonly, the quantifier expressions of natural language are arguments of the verb, such as subjects, direct objects or objects of prepositions. In this respect, they differ crucially from the free-standing quantifier prefixes of first-order logic, as has often been observed by the proponents of gen ...
... Commonly, the quantifier expressions of natural language are arguments of the verb, such as subjects, direct objects or objects of prepositions. In this respect, they differ crucially from the free-standing quantifier prefixes of first-order logic, as has often been observed by the proponents of gen ...
Fourth edition - kitaplarım / my books
... Some material has been rearranged to make comparisons easier. For example, parts of chapters on can, may, must etc. are now grouped by function; verbs of liking and preference have a chapter to themselves; suggestions and invitations have joined the chapter on commands, requests and advice. ...
... Some material has been rearranged to make comparisons easier. For example, parts of chapters on can, may, must etc. are now grouped by function; verbs of liking and preference have a chapter to themselves; suggestions and invitations have joined the chapter on commands, requests and advice. ...