4B Ablative
... nāuis ā Tadiō capta est. (“The ship was captured by Tadius.”) Occasionally this construction is employed with nouns that designate a thing rather than a person: in such a case, the thing so indicated is personified. Conversely, a human agent can be indicated by the ablative without ā / ab, but in su ...
... nāuis ā Tadiō capta est. (“The ship was captured by Tadius.”) Occasionally this construction is employed with nouns that designate a thing rather than a person: in such a case, the thing so indicated is personified. Conversely, a human agent can be indicated by the ablative without ā / ab, but in su ...
The Double-O Constraints in Japanese* William J. Poser
... that motivate this constraint are well known, both to specialists in Japanese and to syntacticians concerned with relation-changing rules. Statements of the constraint, which has figured in many analyses and theoretical arguments, differ greatly, ranging from constraints on surface case to constrain ...
... that motivate this constraint are well known, both to specialists in Japanese and to syntacticians concerned with relation-changing rules. Statements of the constraint, which has figured in many analyses and theoretical arguments, differ greatly, ranging from constraints on surface case to constrain ...
Implicit Negation in Selected Romantic Poems in the English
... 5- I disagree that learning English is difficult 3.3- Implicit Negative Adverbs and Quantifiers. Some adverbs in positive sentences give the meaning of negative in English. Leech (1983: 100) has said that there are adverbs and determiners which are negative in meaning, but not in form (e.g., barely, ...
... 5- I disagree that learning English is difficult 3.3- Implicit Negative Adverbs and Quantifiers. Some adverbs in positive sentences give the meaning of negative in English. Leech (1983: 100) has said that there are adverbs and determiners which are negative in meaning, but not in form (e.g., barely, ...
The Syntactic Location of Events
... appears to be involved in expressing a syntactic relation rather than tense. In this respect, te looks like a complementiser or a preposition.” (Zwart 1993:102), italics are mine, IH). IJbema (2002) argues that te can be either a tense marker or a mood marker. I will not elaborate on this discussion ...
... appears to be involved in expressing a syntactic relation rather than tense. In this respect, te looks like a complementiser or a preposition.” (Zwart 1993:102), italics are mine, IH). IJbema (2002) argues that te can be either a tense marker or a mood marker. I will not elaborate on this discussion ...
Theme markedness in English and Spanish: A
... 1) participant Themes, which set up individual frameworks. 2) spatial, temporal and situational Themes, which set up circumstantial frameworks. 3) discourse Themes, which set up subjective and logical frameworks. ...
... 1) participant Themes, which set up individual frameworks. 2) spatial, temporal and situational Themes, which set up circumstantial frameworks. 3) discourse Themes, which set up subjective and logical frameworks. ...
Constructions and Result: English Phrasal Verbs as Analyses in
... could more easily be accounted for. My Construction Grammar analysis argues that though result is a meaningful part of the separated construction, the non-separated construction which occurs with those verbs that do not co-occur with the separated construction represents verbs which have a different ...
... could more easily be accounted for. My Construction Grammar analysis argues that though result is a meaningful part of the separated construction, the non-separated construction which occurs with those verbs that do not co-occur with the separated construction represents verbs which have a different ...
Title A Contrastive Study of Japanese Compound
... occurring simplex verbs and V2s in V-V compounds and identify several clusters of verbs that express similar meanings but are not capable of being encoded by deru/dasu. In Chapter 6, I argue that the remaining non-correspondence pairs—that is, pairs of a phrasal verb with out and a Japanese predicat ...
... occurring simplex verbs and V2s in V-V compounds and identify several clusters of verbs that express similar meanings but are not capable of being encoded by deru/dasu. In Chapter 6, I argue that the remaining non-correspondence pairs—that is, pairs of a phrasal verb with out and a Japanese predicat ...
syntax - Gordon College Faculty
... THE first edition of this work appeared as a pamphlet in 1888. In issuing this revised and enlarged edition, it seems desirable to state somewhat more fully than was done in the former preface the purpose which it is hoped the book will serve. Classified according to its intent, it belongs among the ...
... THE first edition of this work appeared as a pamphlet in 1888. In issuing this revised and enlarged edition, it seems desirable to state somewhat more fully than was done in the former preface the purpose which it is hoped the book will serve. Classified according to its intent, it belongs among the ...
Serbo-Croatian Word Order - coli.uni
... nally in Smith (2010); also Mihaliček and Pollard (to appear)). ...
... nally in Smith (2010); also Mihaliček and Pollard (to appear)). ...
Document
... (e.g. place and locative-existential adverbs are closed subclasses while it is possible to derive some time and modal adverbs from verbs). Demonstratives, possessives, indefinite forms, personal pronouns, interrogatives are closed classes. Members of open classes can function as predicates; however, ...
... (e.g. place and locative-existential adverbs are closed subclasses while it is possible to derive some time and modal adverbs from verbs). Demonstratives, possessives, indefinite forms, personal pronouns, interrogatives are closed classes. Members of open classes can function as predicates; however, ...
- Essex - Research Repository
... The analysis shows that both tense and aspect can be expressed verbs in ECA, where in simple tense forms the verb carries tense only, while in compound tense, the main predicate marks tense and occupies I while the following lexical verb marks grammatical aspect and occupies V. The bi- prefix marks ...
... The analysis shows that both tense and aspect can be expressed verbs in ECA, where in simple tense forms the verb carries tense only, while in compound tense, the main predicate marks tense and occupies I while the following lexical verb marks grammatical aspect and occupies V. The bi- prefix marks ...
Speculations on the syntax of subordinate clauses in Old English
... therefore always follows the finite verb regardless of whether it occurs in the subject position SU1 or in SU2. (b) In contexts of non-operator fronting, the finite verb only moves to Agr. Subject pronouns, which have to move to the higher subject position SU1, therefore generally precede the finite ...
... therefore always follows the finite verb regardless of whether it occurs in the subject position SU1 or in SU2. (b) In contexts of non-operator fronting, the finite verb only moves to Agr. Subject pronouns, which have to move to the higher subject position SU1, therefore generally precede the finite ...
... specific cases, but also by e.g. adjectives or adverbs). Or by groups of words – nominal or prepositional groups and coordinated sentence members. Further they can be realized by verbs in infinitive form or by subordinated clauses (with subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns and adverbs). For ...
- White Rose eTheses Online
... In Libya, for example, there are dialects, such as the one used in Tripoli region, that use grammatical structures different from those of Modern Standard Arabic. It is therefore presumed in the design of this study that the parameters of the language variety that are transferred when learning a sec ...
... In Libya, for example, there are dialects, such as the one used in Tripoli region, that use grammatical structures different from those of Modern Standard Arabic. It is therefore presumed in the design of this study that the parameters of the language variety that are transferred when learning a sec ...
Kamasau (Wand Tuan) Grammar Morpheme to Sentence
... Table 1-1 is a list of abbreviations used. There are two basic ways of labelling constituents of grammatical structures. They may be labelled with class labels using all lower case letters (eg, nouns, adj., etc.), or with function labels with the first letter capital (eg, Head, Modifier, Complement, ...
... Table 1-1 is a list of abbreviations used. There are two basic ways of labelling constituents of grammatical structures. They may be labelled with class labels using all lower case letters (eg, nouns, adj., etc.), or with function labels with the first letter capital (eg, Head, Modifier, Complement, ...
Perfect Your Sentences
... Borne is the past participle form of the verb bear. It is sometimes used to mean ...
... Borne is the past participle form of the verb bear. It is sometimes used to mean ...
Negative quantification and existential sentences
... negative expression requires tripartite structure at some abstract level of representation. The negated existential type of the sentence is linked to the intersective relation imposed by the n-word and the constraint of empty intersection. The use of different n-words is interpreted as an overt mark ...
... negative expression requires tripartite structure at some abstract level of representation. The negated existential type of the sentence is linked to the intersective relation imposed by the n-word and the constraint of empty intersection. The use of different n-words is interpreted as an overt mark ...
A Diachronic Study on the Complementation of the Verb Try
... logic. For example, the act of imitating involves two people: the one performing the imitating and the person who is imitated (Haegeman 1991, 35). Hence the verb imitate logically requires two arguments. These arguments are “the participants minimally involved in the activity or state expressed by t ...
... logic. For example, the act of imitating involves two people: the one performing the imitating and the person who is imitated (Haegeman 1991, 35). Hence the verb imitate logically requires two arguments. These arguments are “the participants minimally involved in the activity or state expressed by t ...
The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
... he was fired from his job. In both examples the subjunctive is used for events that are in the past and which are completed actions whose outcome is already known. There have also been attempts to explain the sequence of tense mismatch between the main and the embedded clause according to the seman ...
... he was fired from his job. In both examples the subjunctive is used for events that are in the past and which are completed actions whose outcome is already known. There have also been attempts to explain the sequence of tense mismatch between the main and the embedded clause according to the seman ...
A Crosslinguistic Perspective on n
... are semantically non-negative and must be licensed by a (possibly abstract) negation. It is proposed that n-words cross-linguistically are of essentially the same nature and that differences between languages regarding their behaviour are due to parametric variation. ...
... are semantically non-negative and must be licensed by a (possibly abstract) negation. It is proposed that n-words cross-linguistically are of essentially the same nature and that differences between languages regarding their behaviour are due to parametric variation. ...
On the syntax ofconstructions with arb SE in Spanish
... lexical heads, is devoid of referential content. It cannot by itself refer to a specific being/person. As such, it is unspecified for number, gender and person; its predicate takes the default values masculine, singular, as in (9). In the right context, the 'implicit' human subject can be made expli ...
... lexical heads, is devoid of referential content. It cannot by itself refer to a specific being/person. As such, it is unspecified for number, gender and person; its predicate takes the default values masculine, singular, as in (9). In the right context, the 'implicit' human subject can be made expli ...
SPLIT-INTRANSITIVITY IN SWAHILI AND HITTITE
... that split the set of intransitive verbs into two subsets, but the properties do not all split them into the same two subsets. This is a problem since there are phenomena, such as choice between auxiliary have and be in some languages (as discussed in section 2.3 below), that require that a single s ...
... that split the set of intransitive verbs into two subsets, but the properties do not all split them into the same two subsets. This is a problem since there are phenomena, such as choice between auxiliary have and be in some languages (as discussed in section 2.3 below), that require that a single s ...
here
... he was fired from his job. In both examples the subjunctive is used for events that are in the past and which are completed actions whose outcome is already known. There have also been attempts to explain the sequence of tense mismatch between the main and the embedded clause according to the seman ...
... he was fired from his job. In both examples the subjunctive is used for events that are in the past and which are completed actions whose outcome is already known. There have also been attempts to explain the sequence of tense mismatch between the main and the embedded clause according to the seman ...
Basic English Grammar with Exercises
... current level of understanding of how the mind is instantiated in the brain. We are left, therefore, with only indirect ways of investigating language. Usually this works in the following way: we study what the linguistic system produces (grammatical sentences which have certain meanings) and we try ...
... current level of understanding of how the mind is instantiated in the brain. We are left, therefore, with only indirect ways of investigating language. Usually this works in the following way: we study what the linguistic system produces (grammatical sentences which have certain meanings) and we try ...