On Double-Headedness and the Anatomy of the
... structure outlined in (Chomsky 1995). A basic tenet of Chomsky’s Minimalist approach is that the general operation Merge can in principle combine any two syntactic objects to form a new syntactic object. Therefore, combining two verbal phrases is a possibility, a priori. Next, Chomsky proposes that ...
... structure outlined in (Chomsky 1995). A basic tenet of Chomsky’s Minimalist approach is that the general operation Merge can in principle combine any two syntactic objects to form a new syntactic object. Therefore, combining two verbal phrases is a possibility, a priori. Next, Chomsky proposes that ...
questions to the differentiational test in theoretical grammar
... structure of language. As Otto Jespersen said, “In many cases what gives itself out as logic, is not logic at all, but Latin grammar disguised”. Thus, in Latin, the predicative and the subject must have the form of the nominative case, so the English sentence It is me was one of those which were con ...
... structure of language. As Otto Jespersen said, “In many cases what gives itself out as logic, is not logic at all, but Latin grammar disguised”. Thus, in Latin, the predicative and the subject must have the form of the nominative case, so the English sentence It is me was one of those which were con ...
Passive verb morphology: The effect of phonotactics on passive
... der Lely, 2005). This debate is theoretically relevant in that it relates to whether suffixation is carried out using a single route, analogical mechanism, or whether it is instead a rule-based process carried out by a separate component of the grammar (dual mechanism model). Those who claim that mo ...
... der Lely, 2005). This debate is theoretically relevant in that it relates to whether suffixation is carried out using a single route, analogical mechanism, or whether it is instead a rule-based process carried out by a separate component of the grammar (dual mechanism model). Those who claim that mo ...
WRL3410.tmp - Princeton University
... associated with a verb’s meaning are obligatorily accessed, functioning as focal points within the scene, achieving a special degree of prominence. Fillmore (1977) similarly notes that certain participant roles are obligatorily “brought into perspective” achieving a certain degree of “salience.” The ...
... associated with a verb’s meaning are obligatorily accessed, functioning as focal points within the scene, achieving a special degree of prominence. Fillmore (1977) similarly notes that certain participant roles are obligatorily “brought into perspective” achieving a certain degree of “salience.” The ...
plain english
... A house style is a set of standards for written and graphic communication within an organisation. A house style will ensure that all internal and external documents are presented in a consistent style and layout. In developing a house style there are a number of important points to work through. It ...
... A house style is a set of standards for written and graphic communication within an organisation. A house style will ensure that all internal and external documents are presented in a consistent style and layout. In developing a house style there are a number of important points to work through. It ...
Toward an Aposynthesis of Topic Continuity and
... judgment with a sizable group of native speakers of Greek attending the 15th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (Miltsakaki 2001). 7 It is interesting that in Turkish, another free-word-order language, it has also been shown (Turan 1998) that the strongest indicator of sa ...
... judgment with a sizable group of native speakers of Greek attending the 15th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (Miltsakaki 2001). 7 It is interesting that in Turkish, another free-word-order language, it has also been shown (Turan 1998) that the strongest indicator of sa ...
Nominalizations as a window into the structure and
... adjectival participles could be extended in order to explain how the state denoted by the participle could have come about. • Because in abductive inference a conclusion does not follow logically from the premises, the inference of a vP and thus the licensing of event-related modifiers from an adjec ...
... adjectival participles could be extended in order to explain how the state denoted by the participle could have come about. • Because in abductive inference a conclusion does not follow logically from the premises, the inference of a vP and thus the licensing of event-related modifiers from an adjec ...
Indirect Objects - Let`s Learn English!
... So based on this we can say: Joe sent a letter to Sue. Joe sent Sue a letter. Here Sue is the animate and the projected possessor of the letter. But look what happens in the following: Joe sent a letter to Cincinnati. *Joe sent Cincinnati a letter. Since Cincinnati is a location of the letter, we fi ...
... So based on this we can say: Joe sent a letter to Sue. Joe sent Sue a letter. Here Sue is the animate and the projected possessor of the letter. But look what happens in the following: Joe sent a letter to Cincinnati. *Joe sent Cincinnati a letter. Since Cincinnati is a location of the letter, we fi ...
Part 2 "Of the Verb": An Australian grammar : comprehending the
... performs: as, Bim-tan bang, I strike, expressed often by I do strike. 2. Active-intransitive, or those which express an action whiclt has 1~ ejfectl£pon any e.-eternal object beyand the agent, or agents themselves; that is, the agent is also the o~ject if his own act; consequently the verb is necess ...
... performs: as, Bim-tan bang, I strike, expressed often by I do strike. 2. Active-intransitive, or those which express an action whiclt has 1~ ejfectl£pon any e.-eternal object beyand the agent, or agents themselves; that is, the agent is also the o~ject if his own act; consequently the verb is necess ...
Document
... A copy is made of V. The copy of V is adjoined to v. v The original v is replaced by the syntactic object formed by Adjoining the copy of V v to v. If v has a [uV*] feature, this puts V close enough to v to check that feature. This is v VP V why we move V. eat [uV*, …] Note: This appears to make a ...
... A copy is made of V. The copy of V is adjoined to v. v The original v is replaced by the syntactic object formed by Adjoining the copy of V v to v. If v has a [uV*] feature, this puts V close enough to v to check that feature. This is v VP V why we move V. eat [uV*, …] Note: This appears to make a ...
article
... and Stump (2001) go so far as to reject both the necessity and the possibility of segmenting words into individual morphemes. Of course granting credence to such a stance obviates any approach that sees internal word structure as similar to sentence structure. Yet another reason has to do with a cor ...
... and Stump (2001) go so far as to reject both the necessity and the possibility of segmenting words into individual morphemes. Of course granting credence to such a stance obviates any approach that sees internal word structure as similar to sentence structure. Yet another reason has to do with a cor ...
Unit 10 Grammar overview: Conditionals Vocabulary overview
... Student’s personalized examples – i.e. his/her opinions, life experience etc. ...
... Student’s personalized examples – i.e. his/her opinions, life experience etc. ...
Direct Object Pronouns - Reeths
... 2. Notice that there are two verbs in this sentence and one is an infinitive (the form with R that means “to eat”). You can only put the direct object pronoun at the end of an infinitive. Otherwise, is has to go before the conjugated verb. Now try to translate the following: 1) Decide on the direct ...
... 2. Notice that there are two verbs in this sentence and one is an infinitive (the form with R that means “to eat”). You can only put the direct object pronoun at the end of an infinitive. Otherwise, is has to go before the conjugated verb. Now try to translate the following: 1) Decide on the direct ...
Automatic Pattern Extraction for Korean Sentence Parsing
... mother-SBJ at a glace father-DET face-OBJ look-PAST-FINAL 'My mother gave a glance at my father's face.' ...
... mother-SBJ at a glace father-DET face-OBJ look-PAST-FINAL 'My mother gave a glance at my father's face.' ...
Reference Manual for Interpreting the New Testament
... as well. Thus, if we attempt to adhere to the formal syntax of another language, we reproduce forms, which are abnormal or confusing, if not downright distracting in the target language. For example, Greek tends to have very long sentences, whose various clauses are arranged in a logically hierarchi ...
... as well. Thus, if we attempt to adhere to the formal syntax of another language, we reproduce forms, which are abnormal or confusing, if not downright distracting in the target language. For example, Greek tends to have very long sentences, whose various clauses are arranged in a logically hierarchi ...
The choice bli-s-June-99
... This paper reports on work carried out within the NORDSEM project, funded by NOS-H. I am grateful to the other participants in the project, especially Jens Allwood, Joakim Nivre, Kjell Johan Sæbø and Carl Vikner, for data, reactions and suggestions. I have also benefitted from discussions of this ma ...
... This paper reports on work carried out within the NORDSEM project, funded by NOS-H. I am grateful to the other participants in the project, especially Jens Allwood, Joakim Nivre, Kjell Johan Sæbø and Carl Vikner, for data, reactions and suggestions. I have also benefitted from discussions of this ma ...
Common French Words - Sherwood Core French
... 1. v. to be 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs) 3. v. (auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) 4. n. being, creature 1. adv. still 2. adv. more 3. adv. again 4. adv. yet 1. n. man, Man (species) 2. n. man (adult m ...
... 1. v. to be 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs) 3. v. (auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) 4. n. being, creature 1. adv. still 2. adv. more 3. adv. again 4. adv. yet 1. n. man, Man (species) 2. n. man (adult m ...
Creating as putting something into the world Eva Dobler Dobler (to
... differs thus from the approaches Generative semanticists used to take. The idea is neither that decomposition takes place in a separate semantic component nor is it assumed that every single verb undergoes decomposition. Instead, the assumption is that certain complex verbs involving causation are d ...
... differs thus from the approaches Generative semanticists used to take. The idea is neither that decomposition takes place in a separate semantic component nor is it assumed that every single verb undergoes decomposition. Instead, the assumption is that certain complex verbs involving causation are d ...
On expletive subject pronoun drop in Colloquial French
... arbitrary lexical gaps: combined forms which ‘do not exist at all’ such as ∗ mayn’t and ∗ amn’t. According to Zwicky and Pullum (1983), then, arbitrary lexical gaps are instances in which one element categorically fails to combine with another one, and this on no principled grounds. Against this bac ...
... arbitrary lexical gaps: combined forms which ‘do not exist at all’ such as ∗ mayn’t and ∗ amn’t. According to Zwicky and Pullum (1983), then, arbitrary lexical gaps are instances in which one element categorically fails to combine with another one, and this on no principled grounds. Against this bac ...
THE VERB - Tajfan.com
... Synthetic or simple forms are those the formal elements of which are to be found within one word from which they are inseparable. These are the present and the past indefinite affirmative (sing, sings, sang); the nonperfect common aspect forms of the infinitive, participle I, the gerund, participle ...
... Synthetic or simple forms are those the formal elements of which are to be found within one word from which they are inseparable. These are the present and the past indefinite affirmative (sing, sings, sang); the nonperfect common aspect forms of the infinitive, participle I, the gerund, participle ...
exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3 exercise 4
... form a statement, question, or command. 16. “Let’s try and find some pine nuts” is a sentence, because it forms a statement. 17. “Are there any pines on the upper slope” is a sentence, because it forms a question. 18. “Very few” is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or c ...
... form a statement, question, or command. 16. “Let’s try and find some pine nuts” is a sentence, because it forms a statement. 17. “Are there any pines on the upper slope” is a sentence, because it forms a question. 18. “Very few” is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or c ...
Omission of the primary verbs BE and HAVE in - (BORA)
... and grammatical simplification which presumably is a result of the speakers' opting for rapidity rather than grammatical correctness. Examples [1]-[3], however, fall outside the scope of the thesis, since they involve omission of elements other than ...
... and grammatical simplification which presumably is a result of the speakers' opting for rapidity rather than grammatical correctness. Examples [1]-[3], however, fall outside the scope of the thesis, since they involve omission of elements other than ...
The Parts of Speech
... You will find colourful cultural ceremonies on the outer islands performed much as they have been for centuries. You'll find ruins left by our ancestors in places such as the enigmatic cities of Nan Madol on Pohnpei and Lelu on Kosrae. Relics from the Truk Lagoon of Chuuk have become a world-famous ...
... You will find colourful cultural ceremonies on the outer islands performed much as they have been for centuries. You'll find ruins left by our ancestors in places such as the enigmatic cities of Nan Madol on Pohnpei and Lelu on Kosrae. Relics from the Truk Lagoon of Chuuk have become a world-famous ...
Danish: An Essential Grammar
... two or more syllables letter, syllable or word may be omitted stem ring plus ending -er alternatives x becomes y, e.g. when an ending is added main clause, subordinate clause question introduced by an interrogative pronoun or adverb (hv- word) pronunciation consonant ‘plus zero’, i.e. no ending is a ...
... two or more syllables letter, syllable or word may be omitted stem ring plus ending -er alternatives x becomes y, e.g. when an ending is added main clause, subordinate clause question introduced by an interrogative pronoun or adverb (hv- word) pronunciation consonant ‘plus zero’, i.e. no ending is a ...
Portuguese Syntax
... at the VISL site allow the user to work with changed sentences, as well as enter completely new sentences for automatic analysis, or even running text copied from on-line newspapers. Analyses can be performed at different levels (morphology, syntax, semantics), and within different grammatical frame ...
... at the VISL site allow the user to work with changed sentences, as well as enter completely new sentences for automatic analysis, or even running text copied from on-line newspapers. Analyses can be performed at different levels (morphology, syntax, semantics), and within different grammatical frame ...