Agreement Paper - rci.rutgers.edu
... gender, but not in person (the Person Case Constraint). However, a unified account of these two similar patterns has rarely been attempted. In this article, I review how a single syntactic principle from Baker 2008—the Structural Condition on Person Agreement (SCOPA)—can explain both phenomena, in c ...
... gender, but not in person (the Person Case Constraint). However, a unified account of these two similar patterns has rarely been attempted. In this article, I review how a single syntactic principle from Baker 2008—the Structural Condition on Person Agreement (SCOPA)—can explain both phenomena, in c ...
English Syntax: An Introduction
... One important aspect of teaching English syntax (to native speaker students and nonnative speakers alike) involves the balance in the overall approach between facts and theory. We understand that one important goal of teaching English syntax is to help students enhance their understanding of the str ...
... One important aspect of teaching English syntax (to native speaker students and nonnative speakers alike) involves the balance in the overall approach between facts and theory. We understand that one important goal of teaching English syntax is to help students enhance their understanding of the str ...
Interdependency Relationships between Clauses
... convey. Here are some typical and frequent comments made by markers or supervisors on students’ written work. Such comments may also appear on marking sheets which use assessment criteria focussing on ...
... convey. Here are some typical and frequent comments made by markers or supervisors on students’ written work. Such comments may also appear on marking sheets which use assessment criteria focussing on ...
foreword - Universitatea din Craiova
... not go beyond the following: articles are determinatives which serve to give precision to the nouns/noun equivalents to which they are attached. On the other hand, the definite article the is by far the commonest word in English, and with a and an makes up 8.5% of all text (Berry, 1993: V). Along ...
... not go beyond the following: articles are determinatives which serve to give precision to the nouns/noun equivalents to which they are attached. On the other hand, the definite article the is by far the commonest word in English, and with a and an makes up 8.5% of all text (Berry, 1993: V). Along ...
Reteach Workbook
... • Use the correct end punctuation to end a sentence. • Use a period to end a statement or a command. I like movies. • Use a question mark to end a question. Do you like movies? • Use an exclamation point to end an exclamation. Wow, what a great movie! • Use a comma before the conjunction in a compou ...
... • Use the correct end punctuation to end a sentence. • Use a period to end a statement or a command. I like movies. • Use a question mark to end a question. Do you like movies? • Use an exclamation point to end an exclamation. Wow, what a great movie! • Use a comma before the conjunction in a compou ...
On the Order of the Prenominal Participles in Bulgarian
... display verbal and not adjectival properties. In English, postmodified participial expressions cannot be found in front of the noun but appear only in postnominal position. We will provide evidence that postmodified participial expressions, both in English and in Bulgarian, exhibit verbal and not ad ...
... display verbal and not adjectival properties. In English, postmodified participial expressions cannot be found in front of the noun but appear only in postnominal position. We will provide evidence that postmodified participial expressions, both in English and in Bulgarian, exhibit verbal and not ad ...
PETRARCH Documentation
... As of September 2014, we are regularly running PETRARCH on hundreds of thousands of sentences from a diverse set of sources and it is not crashing. If you encounter a situation where it is crashing, please let us know, ideally with a copy of the parsed input text that caused the error. Unexpected co ...
... As of September 2014, we are regularly running PETRARCH on hundreds of thousands of sentences from a diverse set of sources and it is not crashing. If you encounter a situation where it is crashing, please let us know, ideally with a copy of the parsed input text that caused the error. Unexpected co ...
A discussion on the phases, semantics and syntax of aspect in the
... languages is relatively clear and precise, since aspect in Slavic is overtly and morphologically marked. With few exceptions, all verbs in Russian (to take one Slavic language as an example) have two complete sets of tense forms, called respectively imperfective and perfective (the perfective focuse ...
... languages is relatively clear and precise, since aspect in Slavic is overtly and morphologically marked. With few exceptions, all verbs in Russian (to take one Slavic language as an example) have two complete sets of tense forms, called respectively imperfective and perfective (the perfective focuse ...
The Pieces of Morphology
... It’s somehow intuitive to think that knowing a language involves knowing the words of the language. Linguists that start with this notion quickly get into trouble by not being clear about what a “word” is such that a speaker might know it or what “know” is such that a speaker might “know” a word. Wh ...
... It’s somehow intuitive to think that knowing a language involves knowing the words of the language. Linguists that start with this notion quickly get into trouble by not being clear about what a “word” is such that a speaker might know it or what “know” is such that a speaker might “know” a word. Wh ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Higher Lessons
... To express a thought we use more than a single word, and the words arranged to express a thought we call a sentence. But there was a time when, through lack of words, we compressed our thought into a single word. The child says to his father, _up_, meaning, _Take me up into your lap_; or, _book_, me ...
... To express a thought we use more than a single word, and the words arranged to express a thought we call a sentence. But there was a time when, through lack of words, we compressed our thought into a single word. The child says to his father, _up_, meaning, _Take me up into your lap_; or, _book_, me ...
Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar
... Azerbaijanian (spoken by up to 20 million people in Iran and Azerbaijan) and Turkmen (spoken by some 3 million people in Turkmenistan and by about 400,000 in Iraq). Turkish itself is spoken predominantly in the Republic of Turkey, of which it is the official language. No statistics are available as ...
... Azerbaijanian (spoken by up to 20 million people in Iran and Azerbaijan) and Turkmen (spoken by some 3 million people in Turkmenistan and by about 400,000 in Iraq). Turkish itself is spoken predominantly in the Republic of Turkey, of which it is the official language. No statistics are available as ...
5 NOUNS
... There is also a group of nouns sharing a non-singular suffix -bip; this is not associated with a particular singular form but cuts across declensions. A few more patterns deviate from general rules or patterns found in particular declensions; these are also discussed after the declensions have been ...
... There is also a group of nouns sharing a non-singular suffix -bip; this is not associated with a particular singular form but cuts across declensions. A few more patterns deviate from general rules or patterns found in particular declensions; these are also discussed after the declensions have been ...
gerund clauses - E
... exhibit mixed properties, being thus different both from IPs/CPs and from DPs. 1.2. More on the properties of the -ing suffix. Among the more obvious lexical peculiarities of English is the presence of a number of apparently distinct morphemes that share the phonological shape -ing. In addition to t ...
... exhibit mixed properties, being thus different both from IPs/CPs and from DPs. 1.2. More on the properties of the -ing suffix. Among the more obvious lexical peculiarities of English is the presence of a number of apparently distinct morphemes that share the phonological shape -ing. In addition to t ...
foreword - Universitatea din Craiova
... not go beyond the following: articles are determinatives which serve to give precision to the nouns/noun equivalents to which they are attached. On the other hand, the definite article the is by far the commonest word in English, and with a and an makes up 8.5% of all text (Berry, 1993: V). Along ...
... not go beyond the following: articles are determinatives which serve to give precision to the nouns/noun equivalents to which they are attached. On the other hand, the definite article the is by far the commonest word in English, and with a and an makes up 8.5% of all text (Berry, 1993: V). Along ...
Blokh - Theoretic Grammar
... must be stated semantically, or, more specifically, they must be worded functionally. For example, it would be fallacious to state without any further comment that the inverted word order in the English declarative sentence is grammatically incorrect. Word order as an element of grammatical form is ...
... must be stated semantically, or, more specifically, they must be worded functionally. For example, it would be fallacious to state without any further comment that the inverted word order in the English declarative sentence is grammatically incorrect. Word order as an element of grammatical form is ...
ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКАЯ ГРАММАТИКА АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА
... must be stated semantically, or, more specifically, they must be worded functionally. For example, it would be fallacious to state without any further comment that the inverted word order in the English declarative sentence is grammatically incorrect. Word order as an element of grammatical form is ...
... must be stated semantically, or, more specifically, they must be worded functionally. For example, it would be fallacious to state without any further comment that the inverted word order in the English declarative sentence is grammatically incorrect. Word order as an element of grammatical form is ...
Investigating the Students` Ability to Recognize Adjectives
... 2- Adjectives which are formed from verbs: Those include (able, ive). 3- There are a number of suffixes that can be used as both nouns and adjectives. These include (ese, ian, ist, ite). 2.7 Kinds of Adjectives Knowing kinds of adjectives in their order in a sentence is very important as there are s ...
... 2- Adjectives which are formed from verbs: Those include (able, ive). 3- There are a number of suffixes that can be used as both nouns and adjectives. These include (ese, ian, ist, ite). 2.7 Kinds of Adjectives Knowing kinds of adjectives in their order in a sentence is very important as there are s ...
`Shortest Move` versus `Fewest Steps`
... Another possible derivation of (18a) moves the subject in one swoop from the VP-internal position to the specifier position of the matrix AgrSP. This creates the proper configuration for checking the features of the matrix AgrSP. However, it leaves the features of the embedded AgrSP unchecked. This ...
... Another possible derivation of (18a) moves the subject in one swoop from the VP-internal position to the specifier position of the matrix AgrSP. This creates the proper configuration for checking the features of the matrix AgrSP. However, it leaves the features of the embedded AgrSP unchecked. This ...
ianguage - University of California, Berkeley
... neglected or only incidentally treated. This freedom from the restraint of the classical school of philologists is of the greatest importance and significance. It enabled Kroeber in his study of Yokuts boldly and bluntly to deny the first (and most fundamental) dogma of BrugmannLeskien that phonetic ...
... neglected or only incidentally treated. This freedom from the restraint of the classical school of philologists is of the greatest importance and significance. It enabled Kroeber in his study of Yokuts boldly and bluntly to deny the first (and most fundamental) dogma of BrugmannLeskien that phonetic ...
trandabat
... For motion predicates, the preposition from indicates an Arg3 role, while the preposition to indicates the Arg4; ARGM-REC (reciprocals) are expressed by himself, itself, ...
... For motion predicates, the preposition from indicates an Arg3 role, while the preposition to indicates the Arg4; ARGM-REC (reciprocals) are expressed by himself, itself, ...
Words
... It’s somehow intuitive to think that knowing a language involves knowing the words of the language. Linguists that start with this notion quickly get into trouble by not being clear about what a “word” is such that a speaker might know it or what “know” is such that a speaker might “know” a word. Wh ...
... It’s somehow intuitive to think that knowing a language involves knowing the words of the language. Linguists that start with this notion quickly get into trouble by not being clear about what a “word” is such that a speaker might know it or what “know” is such that a speaker might “know” a word. Wh ...
Involuntary state constructions in Polish: a case of semantic
... set.on.fire.NEU I.DAT REFL fire.ACC in bed ‘I set a sofa on fire by chance.’ ...
... set.on.fire.NEU I.DAT REFL fire.ACC in bed ‘I set a sofa on fire by chance.’ ...
Raymond Hickey, A Promise is a Promise: On speech acts of
... When looking at acts of commitment one sees that the consent of the hearer, which is an integral part of them, is important so that the speaker may achieve his purpose. One might imagine that the speaker can best achieve his purpose if he is independent of the hearer but this is not necessarily so. ...
... When looking at acts of commitment one sees that the consent of the hearer, which is an integral part of them, is important so that the speaker may achieve his purpose. One might imagine that the speaker can best achieve his purpose if he is independent of the hearer but this is not necessarily so. ...
Essay resources - Peirce College
... creating an outline. Note: you can also use a mind map or cluster for the same purpose. 5. Draft and revise your paper according to the steps on pp. 3 and 4. C. Do not write the essay in the same order as the finished product. Too many students start an essay and cannot continue because they cannot ...
... creating an outline. Note: you can also use a mind map or cluster for the same purpose. 5. Draft and revise your paper according to the steps on pp. 3 and 4. C. Do not write the essay in the same order as the finished product. Too many students start an essay and cannot continue because they cannot ...