A taxonomy of Lushootseed valency
... Like -t, -txʷ ‘external causative [ECS]’ is a transitive suffix that is added (with a few exceptions) to monovalent radicals to form a transitive stem expressing an event in which an AGENT causes a PATIENT/THEME to come into the state expressed by the radical; however, the AGENT in -txʷ forms is con ...
... Like -t, -txʷ ‘external causative [ECS]’ is a transitive suffix that is added (with a few exceptions) to monovalent radicals to form a transitive stem expressing an event in which an AGENT causes a PATIENT/THEME to come into the state expressed by the radical; however, the AGENT in -txʷ forms is con ...
Reflexives and Reciprocals in Copala Trique
... precisely because of the need for some mechanism that will allow the binding conditions (or something like them) to operate. Copala Trique will therefore probably prove to be only a temporary exception to these conditions. In his detailed cross-linguistic study of reflexivization, Faltz mentioned th ...
... precisely because of the need for some mechanism that will allow the binding conditions (or something like them) to operate. Copala Trique will therefore probably prove to be only a temporary exception to these conditions. In his detailed cross-linguistic study of reflexivization, Faltz mentioned th ...
direct object pronoun - Anderson School District 5
... Notice the placement of the direct object pronouns in a sentence with an infinitive construction in Spanish: ...
... Notice the placement of the direct object pronouns in a sentence with an infinitive construction in Spanish: ...
Lexical Semantics and Irregular Inflection The Harvard community
... sound can have different past-tense forms, e.g., lie-lay (recline) vs. lie-lied (prevaricate), hanghung (suspend) vs. hang-hanged (execute). The words in these pairs clearly have different meanings, and this suggests that meaning, like sound, can affect a verb’s inflected form. There are, however, m ...
... sound can have different past-tense forms, e.g., lie-lay (recline) vs. lie-lied (prevaricate), hanghung (suspend) vs. hang-hanged (execute). The words in these pairs clearly have different meanings, and this suggests that meaning, like sound, can affect a verb’s inflected form. There are, however, m ...
Contents - Utrecht University Repository
... adverbs. As we shall see, Cantonese behaves the same like English in a lot of basic ways. So if Koster is on the right track, we should find that the same characteristics for English presented by Pollock hold up for Cantonese. With respect to word order Pollock tells us that lexical verbs in English ...
... adverbs. As we shall see, Cantonese behaves the same like English in a lot of basic ways. So if Koster is on the right track, we should find that the same characteristics for English presented by Pollock hold up for Cantonese. With respect to word order Pollock tells us that lexical verbs in English ...
The Finnish Accusative: Long Distance Case Assignment by ϕ
... they do not differ in their objecthood. In the second part, we show that the various accusatives are also treated similarly in terms of certain syntactic operations, such as clefting and raising. First of all, given the completely uncontroversial status of accusative marking ...
... they do not differ in their objecthood. In the second part, we show that the various accusatives are also treated similarly in terms of certain syntactic operations, such as clefting and raising. First of all, given the completely uncontroversial status of accusative marking ...
`` Pale as death `` or `` pâle comme la mort `` : Frozen similes
... conspicuous change in what we take to be their standard meaning”. In this respect, it can be said that clichés specifically refer to word combinations that started out as being creative, but, due to their popularity and the passing of time, became phraseological units. Such word combinations includ ...
... conspicuous change in what we take to be their standard meaning”. In this respect, it can be said that clichés specifically refer to word combinations that started out as being creative, but, due to their popularity and the passing of time, became phraseological units. Such word combinations includ ...
Bare resultatives - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... If subjects are generated in the projection of V, these representations are identical (abstracting away from linear order): (3) a. [V DP V] b. [V V DP] There is a way in a theory of bare phrase structure to maintain the view that subjects are specifiers of lexical heads. Chomsky (1995b) defines a he ...
... If subjects are generated in the projection of V, these representations are identical (abstracting away from linear order): (3) a. [V DP V] b. [V V DP] There is a way in a theory of bare phrase structure to maintain the view that subjects are specifiers of lexical heads. Chomsky (1995b) defines a he ...
Paraphrasing Using Given and New Information in a Question
... (CO-OP) is presented. A major point made is the role of given and new information in formulating a paraphrase that differs in a meaningful way from the user's question. A description is also given of the transformational grammar used by the paraphraser to generate questions. ...
... (CO-OP) is presented. A major point made is the role of given and new information in formulating a paraphrase that differs in a meaningful way from the user's question. A description is also given of the transformational grammar used by the paraphraser to generate questions. ...
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... inside the object. Merge always happens at the root. However: Think about the root. It has the features of v, its head. It is a projection of v. There is a sense in which this is still affecting only the root node, it’s adjunction to its head. ...
... inside the object. Merge always happens at the root. However: Think about the root. It has the features of v, its head. It is a projection of v. There is a sense in which this is still affecting only the root node, it’s adjunction to its head. ...
NEGATIVE POLARITY EXPRESSIONS IN NAVAJO Ken Hale and
... verb which “selects” it, in an intuitively clear sense. These sentences conform to the natural, or “basic” verb-final order of Navajo. Accordingly, the locational or directional phrase precedes the verb which selects it. The phrases at issue here consist of nominal expressions followed by one or ano ...
... verb which “selects” it, in an intuitively clear sense. These sentences conform to the natural, or “basic” verb-final order of Navajo. Accordingly, the locational or directional phrase precedes the verb which selects it. The phrases at issue here consist of nominal expressions followed by one or ano ...
Vergil Selected - Online Grammatical Appendix - 04-05
... a. The nominative ends in s (m., f.) and m (n.). But many masculine stems in which the original fi nal vowel, o, was preceded by r have dropped the us of the nominative and the e of the vocative, and inserted e before the r, if it was preceded by a consonant; thus original pueros became puer, boy, a ...
... a. The nominative ends in s (m., f.) and m (n.). But many masculine stems in which the original fi nal vowel, o, was preceded by r have dropped the us of the nominative and the e of the vocative, and inserted e before the r, if it was preceded by a consonant; thus original pueros became puer, boy, a ...
(2) and (4) - Kirkwall Grammar School
... or 'What?' in front of them we get no answer - nor would ‘he sitting' or 'they to take' make real sense. Thus both these groups of words are also phrases. Verbs which cannot take subjects are called nonfinite - that is to say 'unfinished' or 'incomplete'. Note that, when a sentence is in the form of ...
... or 'What?' in front of them we get no answer - nor would ‘he sitting' or 'they to take' make real sense. Thus both these groups of words are also phrases. Verbs which cannot take subjects are called nonfinite - that is to say 'unfinished' or 'incomplete'. Note that, when a sentence is in the form of ...
Context Clues and Reference
... Infers the general meaning of an adjective (term not used) based on the context given in a short paragraph (less than 3 sentences) Infers the meaning of a base word given the meaning of words containing the base plus prefixes and/or suffixes Infers the meaning of a word given the meaning of its base ...
... Infers the general meaning of an adjective (term not used) based on the context given in a short paragraph (less than 3 sentences) Infers the meaning of a base word given the meaning of words containing the base plus prefixes and/or suffixes Infers the meaning of a word given the meaning of its base ...
New Observations on Ancient Greek Voice
... 3.3 “Deponents”: Verbs are conventionally termed “deponent” if they appear in passive or middle morphoparadigms but have an “active” sense.5 Thus “go one’s way”, since its morphoparadigm is middle, is called a “deponent verb;” similarly , the aorist 1st sg. of “be able,” is termed a “passive deponen ...
... 3.3 “Deponents”: Verbs are conventionally termed “deponent” if they appear in passive or middle morphoparadigms but have an “active” sense.5 Thus “go one’s way”, since its morphoparadigm is middle, is called a “deponent verb;” similarly , the aorist 1st sg. of “be able,” is termed a “passive deponen ...
Huang_Pinker_Lexical_Semantics
... sound can have different past-tense forms, e.g., lie-lay (recline) vs. lie-lied (prevaricate), hanghung (suspend) vs. hang-hanged (execute). The words in these pairs clearly have different meanings, and this suggests that meaning, like sound, can affect a verb’s inflected form. There are, however, m ...
... sound can have different past-tense forms, e.g., lie-lay (recline) vs. lie-lied (prevaricate), hanghung (suspend) vs. hang-hanged (execute). The words in these pairs clearly have different meanings, and this suggests that meaning, like sound, can affect a verb’s inflected form. There are, however, m ...
Passive Voice Constructions in Modern Irish
... transitive. The impersonal passive form is also to be found productively with the substantive verb across all tenses. It does not under any circumstances occur with the copula verb. Our view is that the impersonal passive construction has an indefinite actor at the level of the semantics and that th ...
... transitive. The impersonal passive form is also to be found productively with the substantive verb across all tenses. It does not under any circumstances occur with the copula verb. Our view is that the impersonal passive construction has an indefinite actor at the level of the semantics and that th ...
HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY CONTENTS CHAPTER I REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH
... under consideration, whether by discourse or correspondence. The Persons are First , Second and Third and they represent respectively the speaker, the person addressed and the person or thing mentioned or under consideration. Number is the distinction of one from more than one. There are two numbers ...
... under consideration, whether by discourse or correspondence. The Persons are First , Second and Third and they represent respectively the speaker, the person addressed and the person or thing mentioned or under consideration. Number is the distinction of one from more than one. There are two numbers ...
two types of impersonal sentences in spanish
... Spanish data regarding two types of constructions with locatives in preverbal position: one of them involves an eventive predicate, and the second one involves a stative predicate. The verb ocurrir ‘to happen’, as well as meteorological verbs are members of the former class (as in En esta carretera ...
... Spanish data regarding two types of constructions with locatives in preverbal position: one of them involves an eventive predicate, and the second one involves a stative predicate. The verb ocurrir ‘to happen’, as well as meteorological verbs are members of the former class (as in En esta carretera ...
full text
... instances of readable and 479 instances of unreadable, showing that they appear so frequently as to be dealt with equivalently. The procedure of the research is the following. First, for the purpose of finding out what readable and unreadable respectively take as their object of reading activity and ...
... instances of readable and 479 instances of unreadable, showing that they appear so frequently as to be dealt with equivalently. The procedure of the research is the following. First, for the purpose of finding out what readable and unreadable respectively take as their object of reading activity and ...
Use # 2: Adjective clauses: An adjective clause is a clause that
... means that it is used as a “secondary verb.” This secondary verb will be introduced by certain types of main clause or primary verbs. We have called this main verb v(erb) 1 in previous weeks and the subjunctive or secondary verb has been labeled v(erb) 2. Whether or not you use the subjunctive in th ...
... means that it is used as a “secondary verb.” This secondary verb will be introduced by certain types of main clause or primary verbs. We have called this main verb v(erb) 1 in previous weeks and the subjunctive or secondary verb has been labeled v(erb) 2. Whether or not you use the subjunctive in th ...
How to label accent position in spontaneous speech boundary labels.
... and below, accentuated syllables/words are capitalized. Actually, the rst two functions highlight certain aspects of the third function, saliency. To put it as simply as it is, the speaker draws the attention of the listeners to those items that are accentuated. If alternatives are possible, accent ...
... and below, accentuated syllables/words are capitalized. Actually, the rst two functions highlight certain aspects of the third function, saliency. To put it as simply as it is, the speaker draws the attention of the listeners to those items that are accentuated. If alternatives are possible, accent ...
6:201-236 - Linguistics at Cambridge
... The Agreeing Inversion constructions as presented here for Bantu languages are more familiar from several Romance languages and Greek. Standard Italian, Spanish, European Portuguese and Greek all have inversion constructions in which the verb agrees with the postverbal subject and there is no overt ...
... The Agreeing Inversion constructions as presented here for Bantu languages are more familiar from several Romance languages and Greek. Standard Italian, Spanish, European Portuguese and Greek all have inversion constructions in which the verb agrees with the postverbal subject and there is no overt ...
Latin Examples
... always the same as the dative-ablative form. Where they differ is in the locative forms for the singulars of the third, fourth and fifth declension. (It probably never occurs in the fifth declension!) For third declension singular, some say that it may take either the dative or the ablative form, wh ...
... always the same as the dative-ablative form. Where they differ is in the locative forms for the singulars of the third, fourth and fifth declension. (It probably never occurs in the fifth declension!) For third declension singular, some say that it may take either the dative or the ablative form, wh ...
Compound-Complex Sentence
... Complex Simple Complex (Note: If it had said “because he studied hard and he passed the test” then this sentence would have been compound-complex.) ...
... Complex Simple Complex (Note: If it had said “because he studied hard and he passed the test” then this sentence would have been compound-complex.) ...