Animating the narrow syntax
... to the same morphological paradigm, regardless of whether they denote animate beings or inanimate objects. We now present evidence that Blackfoot distinguishes DP arguments that denote humans, animals and spirits from those that denote inanimate objects. Henceforth, we will use the term H-animate fo ...
... to the same morphological paradigm, regardless of whether they denote animate beings or inanimate objects. We now present evidence that Blackfoot distinguishes DP arguments that denote humans, animals and spirits from those that denote inanimate objects. Henceforth, we will use the term H-animate fo ...
2005 - Dr. Lukas Pietsch
... In other dialects such as Yorkshire and Lancashire English, similar forms with adverbs like often, never, always are fairly common, but it has been argued (Shorrocks 1999: 112, 116–117) that this usage is governed not so much by the syntactic environment but by the temporal semantics of the adverb, ...
... In other dialects such as Yorkshire and Lancashire English, similar forms with adverbs like often, never, always are fairly common, but it has been argued (Shorrocks 1999: 112, 116–117) that this usage is governed not so much by the syntactic environment but by the temporal semantics of the adverb, ...
Gerund or Infinitive?
... 3. Both gerunds and infinitives can be used as the subject or the complement of a sentence. However, as subjects or complements, gerunds usually sound more like normal, spoken English, whereas infinitives sound more abstract. In the following sentences, gerunds sound more natural and would be more ...
... 3. Both gerunds and infinitives can be used as the subject or the complement of a sentence. However, as subjects or complements, gerunds usually sound more like normal, spoken English, whereas infinitives sound more abstract. In the following sentences, gerunds sound more natural and would be more ...
On Double-Headedness and the Anatomy of the
... phonological features of the two terms do not survive—if indeed these are part of the syntactic computation at all. Perhaps also aspect features do not survive, since the two verbs in this example happen to conflict in their lexical aspect (‘buy drum’ is typically an accomplishment; ‘play drum’ is a ...
... phonological features of the two terms do not survive—if indeed these are part of the syntactic computation at all. Perhaps also aspect features do not survive, since the two verbs in this example happen to conflict in their lexical aspect (‘buy drum’ is typically an accomplishment; ‘play drum’ is a ...
Lesson 91 - Parts of the Sentence - Subject/Verb A
... Some sentences begin with an introductory there. It is never the subject. The subject will always come after the verb in such a sentence. There can also be an adverb. To be an introductory there, it must meet these rules: It must be the first word of a sentence (Sometimes a prepositional phrase out ...
... Some sentences begin with an introductory there. It is never the subject. The subject will always come after the verb in such a sentence. There can also be an adverb. To be an introductory there, it must meet these rules: It must be the first word of a sentence (Sometimes a prepositional phrase out ...
volume 15 - wecol 2003
... This analysis has several key points. First, the apparent deletion of the verb in the second conjunct is actually derived via verb movement. Second, for LPD-type constructions to result, the verb must raise in ATB fashion at least as high as the v position. A prediction thus follows: languages where ...
... This analysis has several key points. First, the apparent deletion of the verb in the second conjunct is actually derived via verb movement. Second, for LPD-type constructions to result, the verb must raise in ATB fashion at least as high as the v position. A prediction thus follows: languages where ...
Part-of-Speech Tagging Guidelines for the Penn Treebank Project
... By contrast, when there is used adverbially, it receives at least some stress and does not trigger inversion. EXAMPLES: There/RB, a party was in progress. There/RB, a melee ensued. Existential and adverbial there can both occur together in the same sentence. EXAMPLE: There/EX was a party in progress ...
... By contrast, when there is used adverbially, it receives at least some stress and does not trigger inversion. EXAMPLES: There/RB, a party was in progress. There/RB, a melee ensued. Existential and adverbial there can both occur together in the same sentence. EXAMPLE: There/EX was a party in progress ...
Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1
... A verb expresses action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement. An action verb tells what someone or something does. Action verbs can express either physical or mental action. An action verb that is followed by a word that answers the question what? or whom? is called a transitive ...
... A verb expresses action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement. An action verb tells what someone or something does. Action verbs can express either physical or mental action. An action verb that is followed by a word that answers the question what? or whom? is called a transitive ...
The Latin Alphabet
... Romans added V at once, which was sorely needed, then X for 'ks,' pronounced like the Greek Ξ , though it looks more like Greek X, which represents a sound absent from Latin. The X was probably considered much easier to write. Finally, Y and Z were appended in the first century BC to spell Greek loa ...
... Romans added V at once, which was sorely needed, then X for 'ks,' pronounced like the Greek Ξ , though it looks more like Greek X, which represents a sound absent from Latin. The X was probably considered much easier to write. Finally, Y and Z were appended in the first century BC to spell Greek loa ...
Accusative Case-Assignment in Double Object Constructions in
... "maf؟ul fi ?al-ma؟na", (the semantic object), as it is affected by the action of the semantic subject (Hasan, 1974). Despite the numerous studies whish have analyzed different features and constructions of SA, as shown in the introduction, no study has ever dealt with derivation and accusative c ...
... "maf؟ul fi ?al-ma؟na", (the semantic object), as it is affected by the action of the semantic subject (Hasan, 1974). Despite the numerous studies whish have analyzed different features and constructions of SA, as shown in the introduction, no study has ever dealt with derivation and accusative c ...
Identifying and Writing Infinitive Phrases Skills Focus
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NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES
... Since the islands are all very small, people’s gardens are on islands other than where the main villages are situated. The people therefore travel frequently to work in their gardens, either for a single day or for up to several weeks at a time. Garden produce includes taro, cassava, pumpkin, sugar ...
... Since the islands are all very small, people’s gardens are on islands other than where the main villages are situated. The people therefore travel frequently to work in their gardens, either for a single day or for up to several weeks at a time. Garden produce includes taro, cassava, pumpkin, sugar ...
ON THE PROSODIC FEATURES OF THE MODERN ENGLISH
... meaning. In regard to the second instance uses of the finite verb, this phenomenon is of particular importance. It may bo further illustrated by some possible second instance uses of the Czech finite verb přišel in its basic meaning. Přišel (the preterite of přijíti [to come], a derivative of jíti [ ...
... meaning. In regard to the second instance uses of the finite verb, this phenomenon is of particular importance. It may bo further illustrated by some possible second instance uses of the Czech finite verb přišel in its basic meaning. Přišel (the preterite of přijíti [to come], a derivative of jíti [ ...
Definition - KhmerDocs
... but not any number in particular. one both each either neither several all every whole some any a little many much a lot of….. LAY SENGHOR ...
... but not any number in particular. one both each either neither several all every whole some any a little many much a lot of….. LAY SENGHOR ...
Dissertation - AUT Scholarly Commons
... how the information in each word is passed onto adjacent words for constructing the meanings of the phrase. Thus each word is encoded with a combination of ?L+ (accept words from its left), ?L- (pass this word to the left), ?R+ (accept words from its right), ?R(pass this word to the right), and vari ...
... how the information in each word is passed onto adjacent words for constructing the meanings of the phrase. Thus each word is encoded with a combination of ?L+ (accept words from its left), ?L- (pass this word to the left), ?R+ (accept words from its right), ?R(pass this word to the right), and vari ...
english - Ressursmateriell: Introducing English Grammar
... 2 She screamed that they ran away. Sentence 1 is a compound sentence: she screamed and they ran away are both main clauses. Sentence 2 is a complex sentence: that they ran away is a dependent clause. It functions as the direct object of scream. While the second main clause in sentence 1 describes ...
... 2 She screamed that they ran away. Sentence 1 is a compound sentence: she screamed and they ran away are both main clauses. Sentence 2 is a complex sentence: that they ran away is a dependent clause. It functions as the direct object of scream. While the second main clause in sentence 1 describes ...
A Grammar for Finnish Discourse Patterns
... categories and sentences from the words. Lexical heads specify information like part-of-speech and dependency relations, and also encode the basic semantic information of their phrasal projections. The representation of lexical items, like that of the projected phrases is a uniform feature structure ...
... categories and sentences from the words. Lexical heads specify information like part-of-speech and dependency relations, and also encode the basic semantic information of their phrasal projections. The representation of lexical items, like that of the projected phrases is a uniform feature structure ...
Aspectual licensing and object shift - bu people
... Westermann’s view that OV order in Gbå gerunds reduces to the prenominal order of possessors. But this correlation fails in ⁄gbo and Yor∞bÄ which have OV gerunds but lack prenominal possessors (Williamson 1986). This doesn’t prove that the Gbå parallel between OV and Poss-N is accidental, since Gbå ...
... Westermann’s view that OV order in Gbå gerunds reduces to the prenominal order of possessors. But this correlation fails in ⁄gbo and Yor∞bÄ which have OV gerunds but lack prenominal possessors (Williamson 1986). This doesn’t prove that the Gbå parallel between OV and Poss-N is accidental, since Gbå ...
“Case suffixes”, postpositions and the Phonological Word in
... detailed discussion of the differences between so-called ‘postpositions’ and ‘case ‘suffixes’, I show that both types of adpositional elements are of the same morphosyntactic category, and that Phonological Word status depends not on an arbitrary division between affixes and syntactically free items ...
... detailed discussion of the differences between so-called ‘postpositions’ and ‘case ‘suffixes’, I show that both types of adpositional elements are of the same morphosyntactic category, and that Phonological Word status depends not on an arbitrary division between affixes and syntactically free items ...
Parallelism Rules
... Shortcut Rule 13 : In Conditional Sentences, to express improbability in the Present, the Simple Past Tense in the if clause and the Present Conditional Tense in the main clause are used. If I am the Principal, I would Punish Him. ☓ If I were the Principal, I would Punish Him. ✔ If he is rich, he wo ...
... Shortcut Rule 13 : In Conditional Sentences, to express improbability in the Present, the Simple Past Tense in the if clause and the Present Conditional Tense in the main clause are used. If I am the Principal, I would Punish Him. ☓ If I were the Principal, I would Punish Him. ✔ If he is rich, he wo ...
book 7 of caesar`s bellum gallicum
... narrative sweeps the reader along as Caesar contacts foreign peoples, customs, cultures, and geographies. The deceptively simple style of Caesar has been noted since his contemporary Cicero who claimed that the Commentaries “are like nude figures, straight and beautiful; stripped of all ornament of ...
... narrative sweeps the reader along as Caesar contacts foreign peoples, customs, cultures, and geographies. The deceptively simple style of Caesar has been noted since his contemporary Cicero who claimed that the Commentaries “are like nude figures, straight and beautiful; stripped of all ornament of ...
Shallow-Parsing Stylebook for German
... in its function as a preposition (See Figure 4). As pronouns are normally not modified, they are the only element of a noun chunk when they occur (See Figure 16). Adverb chunks are only included in a noun chunk when they occur after clear indicators for the beginning of a noun chunk and before the h ...
... in its function as a preposition (See Figure 4). As pronouns are normally not modified, they are the only element of a noun chunk when they occur (See Figure 16). Adverb chunks are only included in a noun chunk when they occur after clear indicators for the beginning of a noun chunk and before the h ...
Counterfactuality and Future Time Reference
... According to (16-c), (16-a) is true at w0 and now if and only if in all worlds w ′ that are best with respect to an epistemic modal base and a stereotypical ordering source at hw0 , nowi there is a time t′ in the future of the utterance time at which it does not rain in w ′. (This reading is too wea ...
... According to (16-c), (16-a) is true at w0 and now if and only if in all worlds w ′ that are best with respect to an epistemic modal base and a stereotypical ordering source at hw0 , nowi there is a time t′ in the future of the utterance time at which it does not rain in w ′. (This reading is too wea ...
From Discourse to “Odd Coordinations” –
... see (6) below— with the interpretation of elided indefinites in structures like (4) and (5) above. Whereas in the case of Gapping the interpretation of the indefinite etwas (‘something’) remains constant irrespective of whether etwas is realized overtly or covertly —in both cases, etwas in the secon ...
... see (6) below— with the interpretation of elided indefinites in structures like (4) and (5) above. Whereas in the case of Gapping the interpretation of the indefinite etwas (‘something’) remains constant irrespective of whether etwas is realized overtly or covertly —in both cases, etwas in the secon ...