Absolute Clauses in the Literature
... Visser 1972: 1148); in addition to present participles, infinitives, past participles, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases can also be used as the logical predicate. Among these types, “present participial clauses are the commonest” (Al-Hamash and Abdulla 1968: 176, 1979: 376) and ...
... Visser 1972: 1148); in addition to present participles, infinitives, past participles, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases can also be used as the logical predicate. Among these types, “present participial clauses are the commonest” (Al-Hamash and Abdulla 1968: 176, 1979: 376) and ...
An Updated Typology of Causative Constructions: Form
... Hupa has been supported in part by an Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) grant in 2008 (Fieldwork Grant #FTG0162); an Endangered Language Fund (ELF) grant (in 2008); an award from the Robert L. Oswalt Graduate Student Support Endowment for Endangered Language Documentation in 2010; ...
... Hupa has been supported in part by an Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) grant in 2008 (Fieldwork Grant #FTG0162); an Endangered Language Fund (ELF) grant (in 2008); an award from the Robert L. Oswalt Graduate Student Support Endowment for Endangered Language Documentation in 2010; ...
Chapter The Many Facets of the Cause-Effect Relation
... kind B to occur if, when A occurs, B always follows, but when A does not occur, B sometimes occurs and sometimes not. On the other hand, if when A does not occur, B never occurs, but when A occurs, B sometimes occurs and sometimes not, then A is a necessary though not a sufficient condition for B to ...
... kind B to occur if, when A occurs, B always follows, but when A does not occur, B sometimes occurs and sometimes not. On the other hand, if when A does not occur, B never occurs, but when A occurs, B sometimes occurs and sometimes not, then A is a necessary though not a sufficient condition for B to ...
Reflexive - Hints for Translations
... If a grammatical object in the sentence is the same as the subject, the grammatical object is required to take the reflexive form in German. However, there is no single English equivalent for this use of sich. When translating from German to English, look for an appropriate equivalent in English. Tr ...
... If a grammatical object in the sentence is the same as the subject, the grammatical object is required to take the reflexive form in German. However, there is no single English equivalent for this use of sich. When translating from German to English, look for an appropriate equivalent in English. Tr ...
The national curriculum in England
... known and new vocabulary and discuss the shades of meaning in similar words. In this way, pupils expand the vocabulary choices that are available to them when they write. In addition, it is vital for pupils’ comprehension that they understand the meanings of words they meet in their reading across a ...
... known and new vocabulary and discuss the shades of meaning in similar words. In this way, pupils expand the vocabulary choices that are available to them when they write. In addition, it is vital for pupils’ comprehension that they understand the meanings of words they meet in their reading across a ...
the syntax of lexical reciprocal constructions
... languages, and periphrastic reciprocal construction in English (i.e., they saw each other) are not able to form the dyadic reciprocal construction. 4. Why there exist in English a small set of so called “naturally symmetric” verbs (such as dance, argue, fight etc. – see Kemmer 1993) which despite no ...
... languages, and periphrastic reciprocal construction in English (i.e., they saw each other) are not able to form the dyadic reciprocal construction. 4. Why there exist in English a small set of so called “naturally symmetric” verbs (such as dance, argue, fight etc. – see Kemmer 1993) which despite no ...
Jita Narrative Discourse
... All of the examples used in this paper are taken from a corpus of ten oral narrative texts, provided by eight narrators and used with their permission. The texts have been lightly edited to remove false starts and other performance errors, but otherwise retain features (such as repetitions and longe ...
... All of the examples used in this paper are taken from a corpus of ten oral narrative texts, provided by eight narrators and used with their permission. The texts have been lightly edited to remove false starts and other performance errors, but otherwise retain features (such as repetitions and longe ...
Petronius, Satyricon - , the Matron of Ephesus
... of Ephesus, she seems to be all of these things. She is most definitely a widow, as we find out early in the story, and she appears to be both dignified and of an established social position; her age is perhaps more ambiguous, as is the question of her motherhood. Petronius, however, is not writing ...
... of Ephesus, she seems to be all of these things. She is most definitely a widow, as we find out early in the story, and she appears to be both dignified and of an established social position; her age is perhaps more ambiguous, as is the question of her motherhood. Petronius, however, is not writing ...
The ergative features of Papuan and Austronesian languages
... distinction between Western and Eastern Polynesian languages. Thus, if we consider argument structure, Western Polynesian languages have an ergative structure, whereas Eastern languages are accusative. I will return to this point later on and will first go through the East Futunan verb classes and ...
... distinction between Western and Eastern Polynesian languages. Thus, if we consider argument structure, Western Polynesian languages have an ergative structure, whereas Eastern languages are accusative. I will return to this point later on and will first go through the East Futunan verb classes and ...
Categorization and Category Change
... in absence of evidence that they involve complex internal structure or are structurally derived, and there the issue remains. Beyond the major lexical categories N, V and A, there is still a great deal of variability regarding the inventory. Items that don’t pertain to the main classes are either tr ...
... in absence of evidence that they involve complex internal structure or are structurally derived, and there the issue remains. Beyond the major lexical categories N, V and A, there is still a great deal of variability regarding the inventory. Items that don’t pertain to the main classes are either tr ...
Inversion
... natural hypothesis would be to assume that it is as low as its original VP-internal position.9 If this is the case the obvious question arises as to how it is licensed in such low position. It is currently assumed that Case is the (morpho)syntactic feature that is crucial in the licensing of overt n ...
... natural hypothesis would be to assume that it is as low as its original VP-internal position.9 If this is the case the obvious question arises as to how it is licensed in such low position. It is currently assumed that Case is the (morpho)syntactic feature that is crucial in the licensing of overt n ...
Semantic Features in Argument Selection
... some of those found in the literature, like animacy and sentience9. These and some other features can possibly account for some linguistic phenomena that are not explainable in terms of the above four features, but they are not needed for stating the linking rules that select subjects and direct obj ...
... some of those found in the literature, like animacy and sentience9. These and some other features can possibly account for some linguistic phenomena that are not explainable in terms of the above four features, but they are not needed for stating the linking rules that select subjects and direct obj ...
Essay resources - Peirce College
... b. Freewriting: Set a timer for four or five minutes. Either with pen and paper or at a computer, write in sentences anything and everything that comes to mind about the assignment. Do not stop to judge what you write or worry about spelling, grammar or punctuation. After the timer goes off, look ov ...
... b. Freewriting: Set a timer for four or five minutes. Either with pen and paper or at a computer, write in sentences anything and everything that comes to mind about the assignment. Do not stop to judge what you write or worry about spelling, grammar or punctuation. After the timer goes off, look ov ...
Oftentimes, avoiding unnecessary commas is simply a
... something remote or understood, is generally, with its adjuncts, set off by the comma. Participles (with their adjuncts) should be set off by commas when something depends on them, when they have the import of a dependent clause or when they relate to something understood. When an adjective immediat ...
... something remote or understood, is generally, with its adjuncts, set off by the comma. Participles (with their adjuncts) should be set off by commas when something depends on them, when they have the import of a dependent clause or when they relate to something understood. When an adjective immediat ...
Characteristics of Mandarin Imperatives Joan Chen-Main
... I note that verses from the Bible that have been translated as imperatives in English, such as various proverbs, often use another strategy not listed here: Use a modal. I have not included them here because i) I do not know if the original Hebrew uses an imperative form ii) I am unsure whether thes ...
... I note that verses from the Bible that have been translated as imperatives in English, such as various proverbs, often use another strategy not listed here: Use a modal. I have not included them here because i) I do not know if the original Hebrew uses an imperative form ii) I am unsure whether thes ...
www.unige.ch
... are presented below. 2.1 The Diagnostics Many diagnostics for argumenthood have been proposed in the literature (Schütze, 1995). Some of them require complex syntactic manipulation of the sentence, such as wh-extraction, and are therefore too difficult to apply automatically. We choose six formal d ...
... are presented below. 2.1 The Diagnostics Many diagnostics for argumenthood have been proposed in the literature (Schütze, 1995). Some of them require complex syntactic manipulation of the sentence, such as wh-extraction, and are therefore too difficult to apply automatically. We choose six formal d ...
Semantic structure and word-formation. Verb
... 2) by means of the semantic formulas and semantic features, 3) w i t h the help of archilexemes and word-fields. The V P C s are also compared to the corresponding prefixal combinations and simplex verbs. 1.1.2. F o r the semantic analysis a collection of material (cf. 3.5.6.1.) was set up which at ...
... 2) by means of the semantic formulas and semantic features, 3) w i t h the help of archilexemes and word-fields. The V P C s are also compared to the corresponding prefixal combinations and simplex verbs. 1.1.2. F o r the semantic analysis a collection of material (cf. 3.5.6.1.) was set up which at ...
The Shurley English Sentence Jingle
... their reading and language skills. While working on her Master’s Degree in Instructional Design and Technology at Purdue University Calumet, Ms. Van Slyke developed this presentation as a way to make learning about English grammar fun. Ms. Van Slyke’s work can be seen in Microsoft Office XP/2001 for ...
... their reading and language skills. While working on her Master’s Degree in Instructional Design and Technology at Purdue University Calumet, Ms. Van Slyke developed this presentation as a way to make learning about English grammar fun. Ms. Van Slyke’s work can be seen in Microsoft Office XP/2001 for ...
A brief grammar of euskara - Addi - University of the Basque Country
... This is a short grammar of the Basque language, or Euskara as it is called by its speakers. What follows is a partial description of the syntax of Euskara. The text has been arranged in the following fashion: there is an index where you can find the distribution of topics. Within each of the topics, ...
... This is a short grammar of the Basque language, or Euskara as it is called by its speakers. What follows is a partial description of the syntax of Euskara. The text has been arranged in the following fashion: there is an index where you can find the distribution of topics. Within each of the topics, ...
two types of impersonal sentences in spanish
... 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 ocurrió un accidente, Lit. ‘in this road happened an accident’). Predicates w ...
... 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 ocurrió un accidente, Lit. ‘in this road happened an accident’). Predicates w ...
Basic Grammar and Usage
... Penelope Choy would like to thank the students she encountered during her forty-one years of teaching English and ESL. Their many questions about English grammar inspired her to write the first and subsequent editions of this book. She is also grateful to the instructors at Los Angeles City College ...
... Penelope Choy would like to thank the students she encountered during her forty-one years of teaching English and ESL. Their many questions about English grammar inspired her to write the first and subsequent editions of this book. She is also grateful to the instructors at Los Angeles City College ...
Oliver Strunk: The Elements of Style
... THE FIRST writer I watched at work was my stepfather, E. B. White. Each Tuesday morning, he would close his study door and sit down to write the "Notes and Comment" page for The New Yorker. The task was familiar to him — he was required to file a few hundred words of editorial or personal commentary ...
... THE FIRST writer I watched at work was my stepfather, E. B. White. Each Tuesday morning, he would close his study door and sit down to write the "Notes and Comment" page for The New Yorker. The task was familiar to him — he was required to file a few hundred words of editorial or personal commentary ...
Verbal categories in Salaca Livonian grammar1 Darbības vārda
... Courland Livonian; for example, indicative present forms of the 1st person singular have usually been replaced by the 3rd person singular: Sal Liv läeb ‘(I) go, (he/she) goes’, anab ‘(I) give, (he/she) gives’, in Estonian lähen ‘I go’, annan ‘I give’ vs. läheb ‘he/she goes’, annab ‘he/she comes.’ In ...
... Courland Livonian; for example, indicative present forms of the 1st person singular have usually been replaced by the 3rd person singular: Sal Liv läeb ‘(I) go, (he/she) goes’, anab ‘(I) give, (he/she) gives’, in Estonian lähen ‘I go’, annan ‘I give’ vs. läheb ‘he/she goes’, annab ‘he/she comes.’ In ...
a case of habere + participle in late latin
... that it is an exceptional example, it is worth examining the factors which may have contributed to the use of the verb habere. For example, Cennamo (2008: 125) points out that “by the 7th cen tury A.D., esse and habere appear to start differentiating two subclasses of intransitives (…), unaccusativ ...
... that it is an exceptional example, it is worth examining the factors which may have contributed to the use of the verb habere. For example, Cennamo (2008: 125) points out that “by the 7th cen tury A.D., esse and habere appear to start differentiating two subclasses of intransitives (…), unaccusativ ...
A Brief History of Icelandic Weather Verbs
... Weather verbs in Icelandic are not “no-argument” predicates, but occur with a quasi-argument (non-referential pro) and can also take full NPs, in nominative, accusative or dative case. The use of the cases can be explained by the different origins of these verbs, most of which can be traced back to ...
... Weather verbs in Icelandic are not “no-argument” predicates, but occur with a quasi-argument (non-referential pro) and can also take full NPs, in nominative, accusative or dative case. The use of the cases can be explained by the different origins of these verbs, most of which can be traced back to ...