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... This thesis addresses the system of verbal Indonesian affixes and how they are related to the argument structure of the verb they attach to. Indonesian is the national language of Indonesia, which stretches over thousands of inhabited islands, from Sumatra in the west to Irian Jaya in the east, with ...
... This thesis addresses the system of verbal Indonesian affixes and how they are related to the argument structure of the verb they attach to. Indonesian is the national language of Indonesia, which stretches over thousands of inhabited islands, from Sumatra in the west to Irian Jaya in the east, with ...
University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
... The appositive noun phrases are different from other postdeterminers in that they have a corresponding meaning with the preceding head noun phrase. Due to almost the same meaning, the appositive noun phrase and the head noun phrase can be reversed while producing the new phrase with fundamentally th ...
... The appositive noun phrases are different from other postdeterminers in that they have a corresponding meaning with the preceding head noun phrase. Due to almost the same meaning, the appositive noun phrase and the head noun phrase can be reversed while producing the new phrase with fundamentally th ...
Adjectives and Adjective Phrases
... notion. First, the notion of Standard Dutch is often used to refer to written language and more formal registers, which are perceived as more prestigious than the colloquial uses of the language. Second, the notion of Standard Dutch suggests that there is an invariant language system that is shared ...
... notion. First, the notion of Standard Dutch is often used to refer to written language and more formal registers, which are perceived as more prestigious than the colloquial uses of the language. Second, the notion of Standard Dutch suggests that there is an invariant language system that is shared ...
Adjectives and Adjective Phrases
... notion. First, the notion of Standard Dutch is often used to refer to written language and more formal registers, which are perceived as more prestigious than the colloquial uses of the language. Second, the notion of Standard Dutch suggests that there is an invariant language system that is shared ...
... notion. First, the notion of Standard Dutch is often used to refer to written language and more formal registers, which are perceived as more prestigious than the colloquial uses of the language. Second, the notion of Standard Dutch suggests that there is an invariant language system that is shared ...
Lesson I
... Tenses in Latin are divided into two sequences: P RIMARY and SECONDARY/HISTORICAL. The tense of the main verb determines the tense of the subjunctive verb in certain subordinate clauses. If the main verb is present, future, present perfect (with “have” or “has”), or future perfect, the sequence is p ...
... Tenses in Latin are divided into two sequences: P RIMARY and SECONDARY/HISTORICAL. The tense of the main verb determines the tense of the subjunctive verb in certain subordinate clauses. If the main verb is present, future, present perfect (with “have” or “has”), or future perfect, the sequence is p ...
gVbbVg - Fox C-6 School District
... • A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. Every sentence begins with a capital letter. • A sentence fragment does not express a complete thought. • A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period. • An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a q ...
... • A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. Every sentence begins with a capital letter. • A sentence fragment does not express a complete thought. • A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period. • An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a q ...
Materials on Forest Enets, an Indigenous Language of Northern
... her lobbying behind the scenes, for her hospitality on the weekends, for teaching me her mother tongue Dolgan and for opening the way to the Dolgan community. Special thanks are due to the supervisors of the underlying thesis, Tiit-Rein Viitso (Tartu) and Ulrike Mosel (Kiel). Ein herzliches Dankesch ...
... her lobbying behind the scenes, for her hospitality on the weekends, for teaching me her mother tongue Dolgan and for opening the way to the Dolgan community. Special thanks are due to the supervisors of the underlying thesis, Tiit-Rein Viitso (Tartu) and Ulrike Mosel (Kiel). Ein herzliches Dankesch ...
Inner aspect and telicity
... point, makes the meaning of the VP correspond to a real world phenomenon that we can describe as an event. If none of these two components are involved, the meaning of a VP describes a state. For this reason, many linguists use the terms events and states to refer to the corresponding types of meani ...
... point, makes the meaning of the VP correspond to a real world phenomenon that we can describe as an event. If none of these two components are involved, the meaning of a VP describes a state. For this reason, many linguists use the terms events and states to refer to the corresponding types of meani ...
a complete grammar of esperanto the international language
... This volume has been prepared to meet a twofold need. An adequate presentation of the International Language has become an imperative necessity. Such presentation, including full and accurate grammatical explanations, suitably graded reading lessons, and similarly graded material for translation fro ...
... This volume has been prepared to meet a twofold need. An adequate presentation of the International Language has become an imperative necessity. Such presentation, including full and accurate grammatical explanations, suitably graded reading lessons, and similarly graded material for translation fro ...
a complete grammar of esperanto the international language
... This volume has been prepared to meet a twofold need. An adequate presentation of the International Language has become an imperative necessity. Such presentation, including full and accurate grammatical explanations, suitably graded reading lessons, and similarly graded material for translation fro ...
... This volume has been prepared to meet a twofold need. An adequate presentation of the International Language has become an imperative necessity. Such presentation, including full and accurate grammatical explanations, suitably graded reading lessons, and similarly graded material for translation fro ...
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
... What is true of contextual variation in our speech is just as true of contextual variation in our writing: to whom, when, where, under what circumstances, and for what purpose we write can make many differences in what we write and how the reader understands it. The note to the package delivery driv ...
... What is true of contextual variation in our speech is just as true of contextual variation in our writing: to whom, when, where, under what circumstances, and for what purpose we write can make many differences in what we write and how the reader understands it. The note to the package delivery driv ...
SIMPLIFIED GRAMMARS
... in the hands of a few friends for the last four or five years. I have just had the pleasure and privilege of reading the admirable and exhaustive treatise on " The Alphabet," by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, and am rejoiced to find that he has come to the same conclusion as to the identity of the three; pr ...
... in the hands of a few friends for the last four or five years. I have just had the pleasure and privilege of reading the admirable and exhaustive treatise on " The Alphabet," by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, and am rejoiced to find that he has come to the same conclusion as to the identity of the three; pr ...
Reflexive Clitics in the Slavic and Romance Languages.
... In this work, I offer a unified analysis of all the constructions that involve a reflexive clitic SE in Slavic and Romance languages. Next to canonical constructions, in which the reflexive clitic semantically identifies the two arguments of a transitive verb, cf. John SE wash means John washes hims ...
... In this work, I offer a unified analysis of all the constructions that involve a reflexive clitic SE in Slavic and Romance languages. Next to canonical constructions, in which the reflexive clitic semantically identifies the two arguments of a transitive verb, cf. John SE wash means John washes hims ...
Copula Variation in African American Vernacular English: an investigation... individual- and stage-level predicate hypothesis
... with the individual- and stage-level predicate distinction. We first justify a semantic approach to the variation and then examine the semantic and syntactic structure of individual- and stage-level copular predicates. We follow Kratzer (1989) in proposing that the predicates are distinguished by th ...
... with the individual- and stage-level predicate distinction. We first justify a semantic approach to the variation and then examine the semantic and syntactic structure of individual- and stage-level copular predicates. We follow Kratzer (1989) in proposing that the predicates are distinguished by th ...
The Syntax of Inner Aspect
... First and foremost, I would like to thank my dissertation advisor, Dan Finer. Besides the obvious syntactic experience that he brought to the table in each of our discussions, Dan was extremely tolerant of the mountain of absurd ideas that I brought with me to our meetings. He helped me turn them in ...
... First and foremost, I would like to thank my dissertation advisor, Dan Finer. Besides the obvious syntactic experience that he brought to the table in each of our discussions, Dan was extremely tolerant of the mountain of absurd ideas that I brought with me to our meetings. He helped me turn them in ...
Morphological recoverability in Gapping
... At this point we can say what range of hypotheses can be meant by a PF-deletion theory of ellipsis. A PF-deletion hypothesis for ellipsis is minimally one where the elided material is present in the narrow syntax and not at the PF-interface. Usually approaches of this kind posit deletion somewhere i ...
... At this point we can say what range of hypotheses can be meant by a PF-deletion theory of ellipsis. A PF-deletion hypothesis for ellipsis is minimally one where the elided material is present in the narrow syntax and not at the PF-interface. Usually approaches of this kind posit deletion somewhere i ...
French Language Studies – Grammar Reference Resource
... determiners: expressions of quantity ............................................................................................................................ 25 tout .................................................................................................................................. ...
... determiners: expressions of quantity ............................................................................................................................ 25 tout .................................................................................................................................. ...
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... being obvious which of the two nouns is to be considered the head of the construction. Section 4.1 will discuss noun phrases of the type een paar boeken ‘a couple of books’, in which two nouns may occur adjacently, without an intervening preposition. Section 4.2 will discuss binominal constructions ...
... being obvious which of the two nouns is to be considered the head of the construction. Section 4.1 will discuss noun phrases of the type een paar boeken ‘a couple of books’, in which two nouns may occur adjacently, without an intervening preposition. Section 4.2 will discuss binominal constructions ...
spotting errors
... a) After a few hearings the jury gave its verdict. (Pronoun ‘its is used in place of noun 'jury'). b) The jury were divided in their opinions. (Pronoun ‘their’ is used in place of noun ‘jury’ You must be wondering why different pronoun 'its' and ‘their’ is used in place of the same noun ...
... a) After a few hearings the jury gave its verdict. (Pronoun ‘its is used in place of noun 'jury'). b) The jury were divided in their opinions. (Pronoun ‘their’ is used in place of noun ‘jury’ You must be wondering why different pronoun 'its' and ‘their’ is used in place of the same noun ...
Kokama-Kokamilla - Scholars` Bank
... documentation of the structures of the language and the functions they serve, with rich exemplification. This study is based on significant fieldwork since 1997, allowing the analysis to be grounded in text data. One of KK’s most salient typological features is a morphological distinction between ma ...
... documentation of the structures of the language and the functions they serve, with rich exemplification. This study is based on significant fieldwork since 1997, allowing the analysis to be grounded in text data. One of KK’s most salient typological features is a morphological distinction between ma ...
THE USE OF THE PARTICLE БЫЛО IN
... such cases: he presents an almost complete survey of было-constructions, omitting only those containing an infinitive. Amongst these 'other constructions', the type which occurs most frequently is the one which contains a past participle. Some authors make no explicit mention of this possibility, al ...
... such cases: he presents an almost complete survey of было-constructions, omitting only those containing an infinitive. Amongst these 'other constructions', the type which occurs most frequently is the one which contains a past participle. Some authors make no explicit mention of this possibility, al ...
The syntax of French adverbs without functional projections*
... ordering. Adverbs are generated higher than the verb, and verb movement (or ‘remnant VP’ movement) is used to explain the occurrence of adverbs after as well as before the verb. We propose an alternative view of adverb distribution, focusing on French adverbs. Like Ernst (1998, 2002), we observe tha ...
... ordering. Adverbs are generated higher than the verb, and verb movement (or ‘remnant VP’ movement) is used to explain the occurrence of adverbs after as well as before the verb. We propose an alternative view of adverb distribution, focusing on French adverbs. Like Ernst (1998, 2002), we observe tha ...
a complete grammar of esperanto
... This volume has been prepared to meet a twofold need. An adequate presentation of the International Language has become an imperative necessity. Such presentation, including full and accurate grammatical explanations, suitably graded reading lessons, and similarly graded material for translation fro ...
... This volume has been prepared to meet a twofold need. An adequate presentation of the International Language has become an imperative necessity. Such presentation, including full and accurate grammatical explanations, suitably graded reading lessons, and similarly graded material for translation fro ...
Copyright by Ulf Hermjakob 1997 - Information Sciences Institute
... sentences, our system relies on more background knowledge and a deeper analysis, but radically fewer examples, currently 256 sentences. We test our parser on lexically limited sentences from the Wall Street Journal and achieve accuracy rates of 89.8% for labeled precision, 98.4% for part of speech t ...
... sentences, our system relies on more background knowledge and a deeper analysis, but radically fewer examples, currently 256 sentences. We test our parser on lexically limited sentences from the Wall Street Journal and achieve accuracy rates of 89.8% for labeled precision, 98.4% for part of speech t ...
COMPLEMENT VERB VARIATION IN PRESENT
... Strictly synchronically speaking, with verbs, nouns, and adjectives as heads of matrix clauses in a sentence, standard Serbian syntax allows for variation between a non-finite complement – that is, a complement headed by a verb not inflected for tense, grammatical person and number – and a finite co ...
... Strictly synchronically speaking, with verbs, nouns, and adjectives as heads of matrix clauses in a sentence, standard Serbian syntax allows for variation between a non-finite complement – that is, a complement headed by a verb not inflected for tense, grammatical person and number – and a finite co ...