On the superficiality of Welsh agreement
... there is evidence here that unexpressed noun phrases of various kinds must be represented at a superficial level and not just at some abstract level, a position which is generally accepted within Principles and Parameters theory but which has been rejected in much work in HPSG and LFG. The paper is ...
... there is evidence here that unexpressed noun phrases of various kinds must be represented at a superficial level and not just at some abstract level, a position which is generally accepted within Principles and Parameters theory but which has been rejected in much work in HPSG and LFG. The paper is ...
Complex Feature Values
... which we will call a head-complement phrase, must be specified as [COMPS h i], because that mother must satisfy the description on the left-hand side of the rule.4 In short, the COMPS list of a lexical entry specifies a word’s co-occurrence requirements; and the COMPS list of a phrasal node is empty ...
... which we will call a head-complement phrase, must be specified as [COMPS h i], because that mother must satisfy the description on the left-hand side of the rule.4 In short, the COMPS list of a lexical entry specifies a word’s co-occurrence requirements; and the COMPS list of a phrasal node is empty ...
9. THE VERB The verb is defined as a principal part of speech in the
... 10.2.2. The passive voice The Passive voice shows that the action is reflected on the grammatical subject (in the Nominative), although, logically, it should be in the Accusative. The logical subject may become a by-phrase (the agent) or may be left out altogether. Transitive verbs are predominantly ...
... 10.2.2. The passive voice The Passive voice shows that the action is reflected on the grammatical subject (in the Nominative), although, logically, it should be in the Accusative. The logical subject may become a by-phrase (the agent) or may be left out altogether. Transitive verbs are predominantly ...
The Development of Root Infinitives and Null Subjects in Child
... INFL is a referential category with lexically listed affixes in exactly those languages where regular subject-verb agreement minimally distinctively marks all referential INFL-features such that a. and b.: a. In at least one number and one tense, the person features [1st] and [2nd] are distinctively ...
... INFL is a referential category with lexically listed affixes in exactly those languages where regular subject-verb agreement minimally distinctively marks all referential INFL-features such that a. and b.: a. In at least one number and one tense, the person features [1st] and [2nd] are distinctively ...
Old Norse I: Grammar - Viking Society Web Publications
... account is taken of the fact that grammatical concepts may be unfamiliar to many using the work, and all but the most basic are explained. Comparison is made with English where helpful, and a glossary of grammatical terms included at the end. Although it is possible to study the Grammar on one’s own ...
... account is taken of the fact that grammatical concepts may be unfamiliar to many using the work, and all but the most basic are explained. Comparison is made with English where helpful, and a glossary of grammatical terms included at the end. Although it is possible to study the Grammar on one’s own ...
PropBank Annotation Guidelines - Computational Language and
... As this example shows, the arguments of the verbs are labeled as numbered arguments: Arg0, Arg1, Arg2 and so on. The argument structure of each predicate is outlined in the PropBank frame file for that predicate. The frame file gives both semantic and syntactic information about each sense of the pr ...
... As this example shows, the arguments of the verbs are labeled as numbered arguments: Arg0, Arg1, Arg2 and so on. The argument structure of each predicate is outlined in the PropBank frame file for that predicate. The frame file gives both semantic and syntactic information about each sense of the pr ...
Particle verbs and a theory of late lexical insertion
... dominating the particle must be transparent. It therefore does not block movement of its verbal part. Notice that in Stiebels's and Wunderlich's analyses, the claim that particles are the only elements inside X°-categories that receive the feature [+max] does not follow from any independently motiva ...
... dominating the particle must be transparent. It therefore does not block movement of its verbal part. Notice that in Stiebels's and Wunderlich's analyses, the claim that particles are the only elements inside X°-categories that receive the feature [+max] does not follow from any independently motiva ...
0 - DSpace@MIT
... Catalan verbs. The main goals of the paper are to provide some insights into the internal organization of the Catalan verbal system, and to shed light on the true nature of the entities that constitute its forms. In order to do this, only simple tenses and non-finite simple forms will be considered. ...
... Catalan verbs. The main goals of the paper are to provide some insights into the internal organization of the Catalan verbal system, and to shed light on the true nature of the entities that constitute its forms. In order to do this, only simple tenses and non-finite simple forms will be considered. ...
Spanish 1 Study Guide
... Nouns that name males are generally masculine. For example, el hombre (the man) and el muchacho (the boy) are male. Nouns that name females are generally feminine. Examples of this are la mujer (the woman) and la niña (the girl), who are female. Almost all nouns that end in -o are masculine. El carr ...
... Nouns that name males are generally masculine. For example, el hombre (the man) and el muchacho (the boy) are male. Nouns that name females are generally feminine. Examples of this are la mujer (the woman) and la niña (the girl), who are female. Almost all nouns that end in -o are masculine. El carr ...
Present participles: Categorial classification and derivation Aya
... whether they should be viewed as a "mixed category", or whether they simply correspond to two homophonous forms of discrete categories – verbs and adjectives. It will be shown that verbal present participles are not listed in the lexicon, whereas adjectival ones are, a fact which undermines an analy ...
... whether they should be viewed as a "mixed category", or whether they simply correspond to two homophonous forms of discrete categories – verbs and adjectives. It will be shown that verbal present participles are not listed in the lexicon, whereas adjectival ones are, a fact which undermines an analy ...
1 Present participles
... whether they should be viewed as a "mixed category", or whether they simply correspond to two homophonous forms of discrete categories – verbs and adjectives. It will be shown that verbal present participles are not listed in the lexicon, whereas adjectival ones are, a fact which undermines an analy ...
... whether they should be viewed as a "mixed category", or whether they simply correspond to two homophonous forms of discrete categories – verbs and adjectives. It will be shown that verbal present participles are not listed in the lexicon, whereas adjectival ones are, a fact which undermines an analy ...
Bi-Lexical Rules for Multi-Lexeme Translation in Lexicalist MT 1
... lexical items such that given the presence of one lexical item in the lexicon the existence of a further item may be inferred. The regularities captured by lexical rules might include changes in the subcategorization and control properties of a verb, the denotation of a noun or the interpretation of ...
... lexical items such that given the presence of one lexical item in the lexicon the existence of a further item may be inferred. The regularities captured by lexical rules might include changes in the subcategorization and control properties of a verb, the denotation of a noun or the interpretation of ...
Boom and Whoosh: Verbs of Explosion as a
... explode verb class overlap with other semantic verb classes, a property that is explained in Chapter Four, due to the different components of the explode-event that can be experienced (e.g., the bright flash, the loud boom, the shockwave, etc.). The classification of verbs on the basis of their sema ...
... explode verb class overlap with other semantic verb classes, a property that is explained in Chapter Four, due to the different components of the explode-event that can be experienced (e.g., the bright flash, the loud boom, the shockwave, etc.). The classification of verbs on the basis of their sema ...
Lambrecht 2000
... In previous work (Lambrecht 1986, 1994) I have argued that the pragmatic structuring of propositions into presupposed and non-presupposed portions is done cross-linguistically in terms of a small number of types of focus articulation or , which correspond to different types of communi ...
... In previous work (Lambrecht 1986, 1994) I have argued that the pragmatic structuring of propositions into presupposed and non-presupposed portions is done cross-linguistically in terms of a small number of types of focus articulation or , which correspond to different types of communi ...
Word order and information structure in Makhuwa
... alternation in the conjugational system. The CJ/DJ alternation has been noted and described by linguists like Meeussen (1959) and Sharman (1956), but only received explicit attention in the last decades (Kosch 1988, Creissels 1996). A relation has been suggested between this alternation and focus (e ...
... alternation in the conjugational system. The CJ/DJ alternation has been noted and described by linguists like Meeussen (1959) and Sharman (1956), but only received explicit attention in the last decades (Kosch 1988, Creissels 1996). A relation has been suggested between this alternation and focus (e ...
No Slide Title - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... • Although relative clause fragments have both a subject and a verb, they cannot stand alone. – Bob who intends to buy a small tractor ...
... • Although relative clause fragments have both a subject and a verb, they cannot stand alone. – Bob who intends to buy a small tractor ...
Generating Context-Appropriate Word Orders in Turkish
... a theory of prosody, closely related to a theory of information structure, is integrated with Combinatory Categorial Grammars (CCGs). Often intonational phrase boundaries do not correspond to traditional phrase structure boundaries. However, by using the CCG type-raising and composition rules, CCG f ...
... a theory of prosody, closely related to a theory of information structure, is integrated with Combinatory Categorial Grammars (CCGs). Often intonational phrase boundaries do not correspond to traditional phrase structure boundaries. However, by using the CCG type-raising and composition rules, CCG f ...
Checking for Sentence Fragments Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E
... • Although relative clause fragments have both a subject and a verb, they cannot stand alone. – Bob who intends to buy a small tractor ...
... • Although relative clause fragments have both a subject and a verb, they cannot stand alone. – Bob who intends to buy a small tractor ...
Stiahnuť prednášku
... Remember that some -ed forms, such as misunderstood and unknown, do not end in -ed at all. This is simply a cover term for this form. Adjectives with -ed or -ing endings are known as PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES, because they have the same endings as verb participles (he was training for the Olympics, he ...
... Remember that some -ed forms, such as misunderstood and unknown, do not end in -ed at all. This is simply a cover term for this form. Adjectives with -ed or -ing endings are known as PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES, because they have the same endings as verb participles (he was training for the Olympics, he ...
Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events
... sult of aspectual composition (Dowty 1979, Krifka 1992, 1998, Verkuyl 1989, among others). Thus, one dominant class of approaches assumes that the Vendler classes are classes of event-denoting predicates corresponding to the VP.1 But this returns us to the question of the relationship between the me ...
... sult of aspectual composition (Dowty 1979, Krifka 1992, 1998, Verkuyl 1989, among others). Thus, one dominant class of approaches assumes that the Vendler classes are classes of event-denoting predicates corresponding to the VP.1 But this returns us to the question of the relationship between the me ...
Zero Sign (in Morphology - University of Amsterdam
... (within a given language), 2) between impersonal and personal uses of the same verb (Slony sorvali . . . vs. Sorvali . . . ([), and
3) between sentences with impersonal empty non-zero pronouns in some languages and structurally
i ...
... (within a given language), 2) between impersonal and personal uses of the same verb (Slony sorvali . . .
9-12 Grammar Key
... becomes evident from the number of pages that this key contains. In the following pages, it is important that you the teacher understand and realize that this key may be interpreted in a variety of ways. Because linguistics is not an exact science, but rather open in its interpretation, it’s imperat ...
... becomes evident from the number of pages that this key contains. In the following pages, it is important that you the teacher understand and realize that this key may be interpreted in a variety of ways. Because linguistics is not an exact science, but rather open in its interpretation, it’s imperat ...
Grammaticalization of the Masculine and Non
... also occur in the old active past participles of the second type, analytic components of personal verb forms, but the ending of all non-masculine forms becomes the plural feminine nominative ending -y of the simple adjective and of participle declension. The gender paradigm of personal verb forms is ...
... also occur in the old active past participles of the second type, analytic components of personal verb forms, but the ending of all non-masculine forms becomes the plural feminine nominative ending -y of the simple adjective and of participle declension. The gender paradigm of personal verb forms is ...