Editorial: A Typology of Verbs for Scholarly Writing
... authors are cautioned to avoid attribution, specifically anthropomorphism and “not [to] attribute human characteristics to animals or to inanimate sources” (p. 69). Two examples of anthropomorphism are: (a) schools established program services and (b) recent studies reported. Therefore, verb tense, ...
... authors are cautioned to avoid attribution, specifically anthropomorphism and “not [to] attribute human characteristics to animals or to inanimate sources” (p. 69). Two examples of anthropomorphism are: (a) schools established program services and (b) recent studies reported. Therefore, verb tense, ...
Clause Structure: the three layers
... Another issue that has caused a lot of debate is whether the argument structure is projected from the verb and then mapped to the syntax, as in e.g. Reinhart (2002), or imposed by the environment of a vP-shell, as in e.g. Borer (2005ab). In either approach, the issue of how to order the arguments is ...
... Another issue that has caused a lot of debate is whether the argument structure is projected from the verb and then mapped to the syntax, as in e.g. Reinhart (2002), or imposed by the environment of a vP-shell, as in e.g. Borer (2005ab). In either approach, the issue of how to order the arguments is ...
Typology of Verbs for Scholarly Writing - Mid
... authors are cautioned to avoid attribution, specifically anthropomorphism and “not [to] attribute human characteristics to animals or to inanimate sources” (p. 69). Two examples of anthropomorphism are: (a) schools established program services and (b) recent studies reported. Therefore, verb tense, ...
... authors are cautioned to avoid attribution, specifically anthropomorphism and “not [to] attribute human characteristics to animals or to inanimate sources” (p. 69). Two examples of anthropomorphism are: (a) schools established program services and (b) recent studies reported. Therefore, verb tense, ...
UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES ASPECT IN ENGLISH AND CZECH
... action, does English distinguish between aspect contrasts? If so, what are they and how do they influence functions of utterances? Does any ending mark aspect in English at all? These questions are to indicate the main issues with which I shall be dealing in my thesis. These questions are not going ...
... action, does English distinguish between aspect contrasts? If so, what are they and how do they influence functions of utterances? Does any ending mark aspect in English at all? These questions are to indicate the main issues with which I shall be dealing in my thesis. These questions are not going ...
Old Irish pronouns: agreement affixes vs. clitic arguments.
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
Chapter 3 Sentence Structure: Predicates Rule
... adjunct, its inclusion in the sentence is not required by the predicate. For example, the verb hatag “give” might expect to see at least one and sometimes all three of the Semantic Roles: “giver”, “receiver”, and “thing given”. But if the sentence also mentions, for example, when something is given ...
... adjunct, its inclusion in the sentence is not required by the predicate. For example, the verb hatag “give” might expect to see at least one and sometimes all three of the Semantic Roles: “giver”, “receiver”, and “thing given”. But if the sentence also mentions, for example, when something is given ...
ETCBC Glossary
... A. Morphological Tags The morphological tags (verbal stem, verbal tense, person, number, gender, state) do not require explanation, since they are similar to standard grammatical forms. ...
... A. Morphological Tags The morphological tags (verbal stem, verbal tense, person, number, gender, state) do not require explanation, since they are similar to standard grammatical forms. ...
Making Use of Infinitives - Spearfish School District
... Change the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase. After changing the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase, insert it in the sentence next to the noun it modifies. 2. Johnny’s ambition was typical of a child. It was to become a firefighter. ...
... Change the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase. After changing the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase, insert it in the sentence next to the noun it modifies. 2. Johnny’s ambition was typical of a child. It was to become a firefighter. ...
Investigating the abstractness of children`s early knowledge of
... development ; on the other side, is Fisher (2002 a, b) and a syntactic bootstrapping proposal. For Tomasello, children do not start out with abstract syntactic categories ; rather, grammatical structure builds around individual lexical items and these item-specific constructions only gradually become ...
... development ; on the other side, is Fisher (2002 a, b) and a syntactic bootstrapping proposal. For Tomasello, children do not start out with abstract syntactic categories ; rather, grammatical structure builds around individual lexical items and these item-specific constructions only gradually become ...
Gerund Handout
... faking (gerund) an illness (direct object of action expressed in gerund) to avoid work (infinitive phrase as adverb) The gerund phrase functions as the subject of the sentence. Being the boss made Jeff feel uneasy. ...
... faking (gerund) an illness (direct object of action expressed in gerund) to avoid work (infinitive phrase as adverb) The gerund phrase functions as the subject of the sentence. Being the boss made Jeff feel uneasy. ...
... Diagraming Prepositional Phrases.......................................................................................... 16 Diagraming Prepositional Phrases: Practice Activity 1....................................................... 18 Diagraming Prepositional Phrases: Practice Activity 2..... ...
The Finnish Accusative: Long Distance Case Assignment by ϕ
... The plural test reveals that the embedded subject DP of the VA-infinitive (9b) occurs in true genitive Case, whereas the embedded subject of the MA-infinitive (9a) carries the n-accusative. Therefore we can, and must, distinguish syntactically DPs which bear the genitive-looking n-accusative and the ...
... The plural test reveals that the embedded subject DP of the VA-infinitive (9b) occurs in true genitive Case, whereas the embedded subject of the MA-infinitive (9a) carries the n-accusative. Therefore we can, and must, distinguish syntactically DPs which bear the genitive-looking n-accusative and the ...
1. Introduction
... their semantic content should be recovered from the part of the structure which is phonologically expressed. For example, a null subject is allowed in Latin or Italian or Spanish because the verbal inflection can tell us if it is first, second or third person and if it is singular or plural. A phono ...
... their semantic content should be recovered from the part of the structure which is phonologically expressed. For example, a null subject is allowed in Latin or Italian or Spanish because the verbal inflection can tell us if it is first, second or third person and if it is singular or plural. A phono ...
Gerunds
... Gerunds • Gerunds are the base form of a verb + an ‘ing’ ending. • They function as NOUNS. Example: Frolicking is relaxing. I dislike knitting. ...
... Gerunds • Gerunds are the base form of a verb + an ‘ing’ ending. • They function as NOUNS. Example: Frolicking is relaxing. I dislike knitting. ...
Document
... Use the objective case for a pronoun that is in apposition to an object of a preposition. The company offered specialized network security training to two employees, Brenda and her. Suzanne e-mails the weekly sales figures to us ...
... Use the objective case for a pronoun that is in apposition to an object of a preposition. The company offered specialized network security training to two employees, Brenda and her. Suzanne e-mails the weekly sales figures to us ...
Questionnaire for property verbs in African languages
... affixes in the perfect/accompli. Quality verbs are illustrated and contrasted with other stative verbs and action verbs in Tables 1 and 2 below. 1.3.4. Do quality verbs have the same person marking as other verb types? If not, describe what type of person marking they take. Note: Quality verbs in We ...
... affixes in the perfect/accompli. Quality verbs are illustrated and contrasted with other stative verbs and action verbs in Tables 1 and 2 below. 1.3.4. Do quality verbs have the same person marking as other verb types? If not, describe what type of person marking they take. Note: Quality verbs in We ...
Mixed (Non)veridicality and mood choice with emotive verbs
... Be.1SG.PRES happy that you be.2S.SUBJ/be.2SG.IND here. I am happy that you are here. ...
... Be.1SG.PRES happy that you be.2S.SUBJ/be.2SG.IND here. I am happy that you are here. ...
Emai Separation Verbs and Telicity
... With these sources as background, we investigate separation event coding in Emai, a West Benue Congo language within southern Nigeria’s Edoid group (Williamson and Blench 2000). Emai is SVO with lexical and grammatical tone but little inflectional morphology and few prepositions. It shows complex pr ...
... With these sources as background, we investigate separation event coding in Emai, a West Benue Congo language within southern Nigeria’s Edoid group (Williamson and Blench 2000). Emai is SVO with lexical and grammatical tone but little inflectional morphology and few prepositions. It shows complex pr ...
Aphasia and the Theta System
... Finally I have written my thesis and finished my specialty in cognitive psychology. It has been a very hard path but I have eventually been able to reach the end. Not without help, however. Therefore, I would like to seize the opportunity to express my gratitude to all the people that have helped me ...
... Finally I have written my thesis and finished my specialty in cognitive psychology. It has been a very hard path but I have eventually been able to reach the end. Not without help, however. Therefore, I would like to seize the opportunity to express my gratitude to all the people that have helped me ...
Orf, Amy - Ohio State University Knowledge Bank
... Jose estci cantando is interpreted as "Jose is singing." Not all constructions containing one of these verbs in conjunction with a gerund are examples of the progressive, however. For example, Jose estd en la cocina cantando is primarily a locative construction. It signifies that "Jose is in the kit ...
... Jose estci cantando is interpreted as "Jose is singing." Not all constructions containing one of these verbs in conjunction with a gerund are examples of the progressive, however. For example, Jose estd en la cocina cantando is primarily a locative construction. It signifies that "Jose is in the kit ...
Explaining the (A)telicity Property of English Verb Phrases
... c. The doctor examined an enormous number of patients in 3 hours this morning It seems that any expression of quantity, rather than a precise expression of quantity, is sufficient for a predicate to qualify as telic. This makes it implausible that a VP is telic if and only if there is a homomorphism ...
... c. The doctor examined an enormous number of patients in 3 hours this morning It seems that any expression of quantity, rather than a precise expression of quantity, is sufficient for a predicate to qualify as telic. This makes it implausible that a VP is telic if and only if there is a homomorphism ...
(Schaum`s Outlines).
... Russian in the description of predicate nominatives and predicate instrumentals after forms of быть (Chapter 2) and in the description of the two types of это sentences (Chapter 4); Derek Offord’s Using Russian: A Guide to Contemporary Usage in the presentation of prepositions (Chapter 3); Genevra G ...
... Russian in the description of predicate nominatives and predicate instrumentals after forms of быть (Chapter 2) and in the description of the two types of это sentences (Chapter 4); Derek Offord’s Using Russian: A Guide to Contemporary Usage in the presentation of prepositions (Chapter 3); Genevra G ...
The Syntax of Small Clause Predication
... Now, going back to the external argument of the lexical head X, we can see in (1) that this argument has to be null in a CSCl, that is, it must be either a PRO or a pro. The former will show up if this argument cannot check Case within the functional domain of X, namely somewhere between the XP-proj ...
... Now, going back to the external argument of the lexical head X, we can see in (1) that this argument has to be null in a CSCl, that is, it must be either a PRO or a pro. The former will show up if this argument cannot check Case within the functional domain of X, namely somewhere between the XP-proj ...
Reaching agreement
... The usefulness of notional number as a referential device stems from its ability to separate individuals from groups. It allows a speaker to restrict predications to a single person or thing, reducing ambiguity about the topic of an utterance. The importance of this function is readily appreciated i ...
... The usefulness of notional number as a referential device stems from its ability to separate individuals from groups. It allows a speaker to restrict predications to a single person or thing, reducing ambiguity about the topic of an utterance. The importance of this function is readily appreciated i ...