part iv: subordination - Universitatea din Craiova
... Inflection represents a bundle of both verbal and nominal features: tense, agreement and (in English) mood features. It is considered to be the head of the sentence because it entertains formal relations with the predicate ( the head - complement relation) as well as with the subject (the head-speci ...
... Inflection represents a bundle of both verbal and nominal features: tense, agreement and (in English) mood features. It is considered to be the head of the sentence because it entertains formal relations with the predicate ( the head - complement relation) as well as with the subject (the head-speci ...
is used as a conjunction to show contrast. The original
... auxiliary verb ‘would’. 111. B – As ‘enjoying his bath’ takes a longer time then ‘rushed into the washroom’, the verb in the when-clause should contain a verb in continuous form while the verb in the main clause uses simple past. 112. D – 1 can be used when both events take a long period of time. 2 ...
... auxiliary verb ‘would’. 111. B – As ‘enjoying his bath’ takes a longer time then ‘rushed into the washroom’, the verb in the when-clause should contain a verb in continuous form while the verb in the main clause uses simple past. 112. D – 1 can be used when both events take a long period of time. 2 ...
Review Of "Italian Syntax: A Government-Binding Approach
... ergative verbs in Italian which have an object at DS, but not at SS, allows us great insight into the grammar of Italian. B does not stop with Italian, however, nor have many of the linguists who have read his work. Many today take as a given that ergative verbs in many (all?) configurational langua ...
... ergative verbs in Italian which have an object at DS, but not at SS, allows us great insight into the grammar of Italian. B does not stop with Italian, however, nor have many of the linguists who have read his work. Many today take as a given that ergative verbs in many (all?) configurational langua ...
The creation of tense and aspect systems in the languages of the
... aspect which includes a diachronic dimension. This theory proposes that the paths along which grams develop may be the same or similar across languages, and that the differences among the meanings expressed by tense and aspect grams across languages correspond to the location the particular gram occ ...
... aspect which includes a diachronic dimension. This theory proposes that the paths along which grams develop may be the same or similar across languages, and that the differences among the meanings expressed by tense and aspect grams across languages correspond to the location the particular gram occ ...
Paradigmatic uniformity and markedness
... Transfers into the irregular weak verb subclass in (4cii) could also be regarded as leveling. A representative case is burst, whose original strong preterite survives as Middle English barst but was replaced by burst beginning in the sixteenth century. (It is also transferred into the regular weak c ...
... Transfers into the irregular weak verb subclass in (4cii) could also be regarded as leveling. A representative case is burst, whose original strong preterite survives as Middle English barst but was replaced by burst beginning in the sixteenth century. (It is also transferred into the regular weak c ...
Basic English Grammar , Book 1
... Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and ...
... Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and ...
Grammar of the Bórnu or Kanuri language
... zation of Africa one of their chief objects, have long ago felt the necessity of bringing to light, and rendering available ...
... zation of Africa one of their chief objects, have long ago felt the necessity of bringing to light, and rendering available ...
perfect - Michel Thomas
... are adjectives. ciemno ‘dark’ is an adverb, and is used after ‘it is’ and ‘it is getting’: Jest ciemno ‘It is dark’; Robi sie˛ ciemno ‘It is getting dark’; Robiło sie˛ ciemno ‘It was getting dark’. The verb form ‘it was getting dark’ indicates a process. Polish does not have the range of tenses that ...
... are adjectives. ciemno ‘dark’ is an adverb, and is used after ‘it is’ and ‘it is getting’: Jest ciemno ‘It is dark’; Robi sie˛ ciemno ‘It is getting dark’; Robiło sie˛ ciemno ‘It was getting dark’. The verb form ‘it was getting dark’ indicates a process. Polish does not have the range of tenses that ...
Adjectives Modify Nouns
... These types of adjectives specify or limit the noun. [In the following examples, the adjective is bold and the noun is underlined.] 1. The two teams have met every season since 1932. 1. TWO tells us how many TEAMS and EVERY tells us how many SEASONS. 1. Note: It does not describe the teams; it tell ...
... These types of adjectives specify or limit the noun. [In the following examples, the adjective is bold and the noun is underlined.] 1. The two teams have met every season since 1932. 1. TWO tells us how many TEAMS and EVERY tells us how many SEASONS. 1. Note: It does not describe the teams; it tell ...
On the expression of TAM on nouns: Evidence from Tundra Nenets
... As for Tundra Nenets, the morphology and distribution of predestinatives are known from a number of previous descriptions, which also revealed that predestinatives encode some kind of temporal information within the NP (for recent English-language descriptions see Nikolaeva, 2009, 2014). However, ne ...
... As for Tundra Nenets, the morphology and distribution of predestinatives are known from a number of previous descriptions, which also revealed that predestinatives encode some kind of temporal information within the NP (for recent English-language descriptions see Nikolaeva, 2009, 2014). However, ne ...
Some Types of Russian and Polish Interrogative Sentences
... finite verb is the first lexical item occuring in the sentence. The functional representation of sentences lacking lexically expressed personal pronouns must contain this grammatical information about the subject that is necessary for establishing translation; without inserting certain grammatical p ...
... finite verb is the first lexical item occuring in the sentence. The functional representation of sentences lacking lexically expressed personal pronouns must contain this grammatical information about the subject that is necessary for establishing translation; without inserting certain grammatical p ...
Non-concord in Existential-There Constructions: A Corpus - S
... coordination follows the verb. It could be two NPs, three, or more, with all NPs being singular, only one of them singular, or both plural; the research paper chooses not to disclose. Last but not least, the characteristics of intervening material in the given TCs are also not analyzed. Some element ...
... coordination follows the verb. It could be two NPs, three, or more, with all NPs being singular, only one of them singular, or both plural; the research paper chooses not to disclose. Last but not least, the characteristics of intervening material in the given TCs are also not analyzed. Some element ...
Journal of Memory and Language
... I know that time heal all wounds. Notice that in (5, 6) the errors occur in a subordinate clause. The word order subject–object–verb is not only the canonical word order (Bennis & Hoekstra, 1989; Koster, 1974) but is also the only possible word order in Dutch subordinate clauses. There are also some ...
... I know that time heal all wounds. Notice that in (5, 6) the errors occur in a subordinate clause. The word order subject–object–verb is not only the canonical word order (Bennis & Hoekstra, 1989; Koster, 1974) but is also the only possible word order in Dutch subordinate clauses. There are also some ...
A Study of the Verbs of Verb-copying Construction in Mandarin
... Under the theoretical framework of Minimalist Program by Chomsky (1995), linguistics is intended to be empirical with the aim of describing and formulating the theory of the nature of the language within a universalistic view. Following this line, the present study is designed to combine the theoret ...
... Under the theoretical framework of Minimalist Program by Chomsky (1995), linguistics is intended to be empirical with the aim of describing and formulating the theory of the nature of the language within a universalistic view. Following this line, the present study is designed to combine the theoret ...
Grammar: Part I - Parts of Speech
... They had already bought her present. I have never seen anything like that before. Paul can do anything. Tracy will be buying her wedding dress in New York. My dad thought that he could sell his old car for more. She might have been being chased before her car smashed into the bridge. Most students a ...
... They had already bought her present. I have never seen anything like that before. Paul can do anything. Tracy will be buying her wedding dress in New York. My dad thought that he could sell his old car for more. She might have been being chased before her car smashed into the bridge. Most students a ...
two types of impersonal sentences in spanish
... Spanish data regarding two types of constructions with locatives in preverbal 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 ...
... Spanish data regarding two types of constructions with locatives in preverbal 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 ...
Tutorial of DepPattern
... To symplify some linguistic analyses, DepPattern also allows to define dependencies between two words (a head and a dependent) where the syntactic relation between them is lexicalized. In this cases, there is a third gramatical word used as dependency relator. For instance, we can consider that the e ...
... To symplify some linguistic analyses, DepPattern also allows to define dependencies between two words (a head and a dependent) where the syntactic relation between them is lexicalized. In this cases, there is a third gramatical word used as dependency relator. For instance, we can consider that the e ...
pages 213–231 - Stanford University
... correspond to the head of the complement NP and the following V (which selects for that NP). However, we see clearly that the ECC treats N+Copula as a lexical constituent, and that the copula alone cannot function as a pure V in the syntax, from the contrast in (6)a and (6)b. The facts in (6) contra ...
... correspond to the head of the complement NP and the following V (which selects for that NP). However, we see clearly that the ECC treats N+Copula as a lexical constituent, and that the copula alone cannot function as a pure V in the syntax, from the contrast in (6)a and (6)b. The facts in (6) contra ...
Noun incorporation and transitivity in Soninke (West Mande)
... Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and The Gambia, belongs to the Soninke-Bozo sub-branch of the western branch of the Mande language family. Soninke does not have a standard variety. The data analyzed in this paper is from the variety spoken in Diafounou (Jàahúnú), a traditional Soninke province whose cent ...
... Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and The Gambia, belongs to the Soninke-Bozo sub-branch of the western branch of the Mande language family. Soninke does not have a standard variety. The data analyzed in this paper is from the variety spoken in Diafounou (Jàahúnú), a traditional Soninke province whose cent ...
the category of aspect
... syntactic categories (sentence, noun phrase, verb phrase etc.). Generative grammars operate with two types of categories: lexical and grammatical/syntactic categories. Lexical categories (N, V, A) coincide with the traditional parts of speech and the structuralist open classes, and grammatical categ ...
... syntactic categories (sentence, noun phrase, verb phrase etc.). Generative grammars operate with two types of categories: lexical and grammatical/syntactic categories. Lexical categories (N, V, A) coincide with the traditional parts of speech and the structuralist open classes, and grammatical categ ...
Verb Nominalization of Manggarai Language: The Case of Central
... described morphological process of nouns and verbs. Meanwhile the grammatical structure of the dialect has bed investigated by Troeboes, et al (1985). A number of studies besides the dialect have also been done. The basic grammar of Kempo sub-dialect of West Manggarai dialect has been investigated b ...
... described morphological process of nouns and verbs. Meanwhile the grammatical structure of the dialect has bed investigated by Troeboes, et al (1985). A number of studies besides the dialect have also been done. The basic grammar of Kempo sub-dialect of West Manggarai dialect has been investigated b ...
Verbs in spoken sentence processing Goede, Dieuwke de
... associations between the extracted element (argument) and its subcategorizer (verb). Thus, it involves identifying a verb and associating the filler directly with an unsaturated position in the argument structure of the verb. So in example (10) the DAH predicts activation of the boy after the verb a ...
... associations between the extracted element (argument) and its subcategorizer (verb). Thus, it involves identifying a verb and associating the filler directly with an unsaturated position in the argument structure of the verb. So in example (10) the DAH predicts activation of the boy after the verb a ...
A Luganda Grammar
... As a Bantu-language Luganda is highly orientated on Classes. There are 10 Classes in Luganda that contain different nouns and Class I to 9 also have a plural to them. Noun classes are comparable to gender, i.e. masculine vs. feminine vs. neuter, in European languages, but their meaning is not derive ...
... As a Bantu-language Luganda is highly orientated on Classes. There are 10 Classes in Luganda that contain different nouns and Class I to 9 also have a plural to them. Noun classes are comparable to gender, i.e. masculine vs. feminine vs. neuter, in European languages, but their meaning is not derive ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Grammar and
... foaa_ house of prayer, _tala ana fanualama_ way of peace. A genitive relation is also shown by the use of the suffixed pronoun of the third person singular or plural in agreement with the idea expressed in the second noun of the pair: _i tolona fera_ on the tops of the hills, _gwouda na ai gi_ men's ...
... foaa_ house of prayer, _tala ana fanualama_ way of peace. A genitive relation is also shown by the use of the suffixed pronoun of the third person singular or plural in agreement with the idea expressed in the second noun of the pair: _i tolona fera_ on the tops of the hills, _gwouda na ai gi_ men's ...