Chapter 9
... The ‘clause’ is defined here as the minimal unit of syntactic organization that includes a verbal element, finite or non-finite. Thus it encompasses the ‘verb phrase’ (predicate and any modifiers) and any ‘noun phrases’ (nouns and any modifiers) needed to fill the predicate’s argument slots. The not ...
... The ‘clause’ is defined here as the minimal unit of syntactic organization that includes a verbal element, finite or non-finite. Thus it encompasses the ‘verb phrase’ (predicate and any modifiers) and any ‘noun phrases’ (nouns and any modifiers) needed to fill the predicate’s argument slots. The not ...
Chapter 2 "Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?"
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... This book is licensed under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/ 3.0/) license. See the license for more details, but that basically means you can share this book as long as you credit the author (but see below), don't make money from it, and do make it avai ...
Parallelism Practice
... ( gerund contrasted with a gerund) To chew carefully is as necessary for a good digestion as to eat slowly. (infinitive contrasted with an infinitive) ...
... ( gerund contrasted with a gerund) To chew carefully is as necessary for a good digestion as to eat slowly. (infinitive contrasted with an infinitive) ...
Chapter 3 Distributed Morphology and the Pieces of Inflection Morris
... constitutes one response to this observation; a different response is offered by DM. Instead of abandoning the notion that affixes are morphemes, DM recognizes that MS is a level of grammatical representation with its own principles and properties and that the apparent mismatches between the organiz ...
... constitutes one response to this observation; a different response is offered by DM. Instead of abandoning the notion that affixes are morphemes, DM recognizes that MS is a level of grammatical representation with its own principles and properties and that the apparent mismatches between the organiz ...
Types of Phrases - Louisburg USD 416
... Verb Phrase—consists of a main verb and its helping verbs Verbal Phrase—consists of a verbal (a verb that is used to function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb) and all of its modifiers and objects; there are 3 types of verbal phrases: o Gerund Phrase—consists of a gerund and its modifiers; the ...
... Verb Phrase—consists of a main verb and its helping verbs Verbal Phrase—consists of a verbal (a verb that is used to function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb) and all of its modifiers and objects; there are 3 types of verbal phrases: o Gerund Phrase—consists of a gerund and its modifiers; the ...
THE PARTIAL PRO-DROP NATURE AND THE
... can appear in coordination with strong pronouns (Juan y yo). The representation of sentences containing a strong pronoun or a DP in pre-verbal position, as in [7]a. and [b.], are shown in [7]’ below: ...
... can appear in coordination with strong pronouns (Juan y yo). The representation of sentences containing a strong pronoun or a DP in pre-verbal position, as in [7]a. and [b.], are shown in [7]’ below: ...
The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor
... What makes a language ancient? The term conjures up images, often romantic, of archeologists feverishly copying hieroglyphs by torchlight in a freshly discovered burial chamber; of philologists dangling over a precipice in some remote corner of the earth, taking impressions of an inscription carved ...
... What makes a language ancient? The term conjures up images, often romantic, of archeologists feverishly copying hieroglyphs by torchlight in a freshly discovered burial chamber; of philologists dangling over a precipice in some remote corner of the earth, taking impressions of an inscription carved ...
Stiahnuť prednášku
... 1.) it is always and AdvP, PP, Clause or NP 2.) it is independent of a VP 3.) they are optional - apart from SVA, SVOA - we can add as many we want 4.) they might have a mobile position - initial, middle or end position for example “yesterday” - can be in the beginning or at the end of a sentence 5. ...
... 1.) it is always and AdvP, PP, Clause or NP 2.) it is independent of a VP 3.) they are optional - apart from SVA, SVOA - we can add as many we want 4.) they might have a mobile position - initial, middle or end position for example “yesterday” - can be in the beginning or at the end of a sentence 5. ...
The telicity parameter revisited
... measured or quantified (but not bare mass or bare plural nominals), and (ii) stand in the Incremental Theme relation to their governing verb (‘Incremental Theme’ in the sense of Dowty 1991, based on Krifka 1986, 1989). Notice that these are precisely the conditions under which a direct object determ ...
... measured or quantified (but not bare mass or bare plural nominals), and (ii) stand in the Incremental Theme relation to their governing verb (‘Incremental Theme’ in the sense of Dowty 1991, based on Krifka 1986, 1989). Notice that these are precisely the conditions under which a direct object determ ...
- Goldsmiths Research Online
... in contrast to each other. As a shorthand for this situation and because it helps build economical descriptions, we say that these English nouns are associated with a feature NUMBER, which can have two values: plural (the meaning ‘more than one’, associated with the presence of an /s/, /z/ or /iz/ a ...
... in contrast to each other. As a shorthand for this situation and because it helps build economical descriptions, we say that these English nouns are associated with a feature NUMBER, which can have two values: plural (the meaning ‘more than one’, associated with the presence of an /s/, /z/ or /iz/ a ...
1 The Functions of Non-Final Verbs and Their Aspectual Categories
... Final verbs, then, are marked by their final position, the requirement of bound-pronominal subject marking, the utterance-type marker, tense, and (in the case of Realis verbs, at least) a wide range of aspectual possibilities. 2.3 A note on the Northern Mao sentence The last element which needs to b ...
... Final verbs, then, are marked by their final position, the requirement of bound-pronominal subject marking, the utterance-type marker, tense, and (in the case of Realis verbs, at least) a wide range of aspectual possibilities. 2.3 A note on the Northern Mao sentence The last element which needs to b ...
Lexical and Viewpoint Aspect in Kubeo
... the past can be ‘neutrally’ conceptualized as MONKEY EAT BANANAS. This event can be either described as a progressive event The monkey was eating bananas, or as a perfective event The monkey ate bananas. Therefore, there is in some degree an arbitrary link between the real world event time and the e ...
... the past can be ‘neutrally’ conceptualized as MONKEY EAT BANANAS. This event can be either described as a progressive event The monkey was eating bananas, or as a perfective event The monkey ate bananas. Therefore, there is in some degree an arbitrary link between the real world event time and the e ...
The Noun and Verb Phrase in Chrambo (Bambalang)
... This is probably the case in other nouns where the prefix mí- is followed by a homorganic nasal, such as míŋgú ‘dog’, míŋgúò ‘chicken’ and míŋkunyà ‘pig’. In the case of míŋkunyà and a few other animals, the mí prefix is optional. Watters (2003) states that in Eastern Grassfields languages there are ...
... This is probably the case in other nouns where the prefix mí- is followed by a homorganic nasal, such as míŋgú ‘dog’, míŋgúò ‘chicken’ and míŋkunyà ‘pig’. In the case of míŋkunyà and a few other animals, the mí prefix is optional. Watters (2003) states that in Eastern Grassfields languages there are ...
Missing arguments in earlier English clause structures
... constructions in which there are no nominative NPs agreeing with verbs. The constructions with which we are mainly concerned here are such subjectless constructions ...
... constructions in which there are no nominative NPs agreeing with verbs. The constructions with which we are mainly concerned here are such subjectless constructions ...
Catalan Sign Language - Dipartimento di Filosofia
... ‘Anna told me that she was fed up with losing so often.’ _________________RS-i ANNAi 3-SAY-2 IX-1i FED-UP LOSE+++ ‘Anna told you that she was fed up with losing so often.’ ...
... ‘Anna told me that she was fed up with losing so often.’ _________________RS-i ANNAi 3-SAY-2 IX-1i FED-UP LOSE+++ ‘Anna told you that she was fed up with losing so often.’ ...
SOME NOTES ON ENGLISH AND SLOVAK PERSONAL
... In Slovak, other pronouns (though not non-pronominal noun phrases) may also be used with the first and the second person of the verb, for example: Všetci prídeme včas. We shall all come on time. Obaja mi pomožete. Both of you will help me. With the exception of imperative sentences, English sentence ...
... In Slovak, other pronouns (though not non-pronominal noun phrases) may also be used with the first and the second person of the verb, for example: Všetci prídeme včas. We shall all come on time. Obaja mi pomožete. Both of you will help me. With the exception of imperative sentences, English sentence ...
ppt
... Perfect Passive Participle amō, amāre, amāvī, amatum = amatus, a, um habeō, habēre, habuī, habitum = habitus, a, um ducō, ducere, duxī, ductum = ductus, a, um faciō, facere, fecī, factum = factus, a, um audiō, audīre, audīvī, auditum = auditus, a, um All perfect passive participles are translated: ...
... Perfect Passive Participle amō, amāre, amāvī, amatum = amatus, a, um habeō, habēre, habuī, habitum = habitus, a, um ducō, ducere, duxī, ductum = ductus, a, um faciō, facere, fecī, factum = factus, a, um audiō, audīre, audīvī, auditum = auditus, a, um All perfect passive participles are translated: ...
NEW FIRST STEPS IN LATIN
... learning differences. They experienced great difficulty with the layout and presentation of their textbook, an inhouse reprint of Francis Ritchie’s Second Steps in Latin, which was first published in 1898 and issued in revised editions until 1978. The textbook’s age was not the problem. Ritchie’s venera ...
... learning differences. They experienced great difficulty with the layout and presentation of their textbook, an inhouse reprint of Francis Ritchie’s Second Steps in Latin, which was first published in 1898 and issued in revised editions until 1978. The textbook’s age was not the problem. Ritchie’s venera ...
Producing number agreement: How pronouns equal verbs
... the noun whose grammatical number is typically the same as that of the verb (keys in the example); the local noun is the noun phrase within a postmodifying or adjoined phrases (i.e., the cabinet). We use the term antecedent to refer to noun phrases with which a subsequent pronoun is co-referential. ...
... the noun whose grammatical number is typically the same as that of the verb (keys in the example); the local noun is the noun phrase within a postmodifying or adjoined phrases (i.e., the cabinet). We use the term antecedent to refer to noun phrases with which a subsequent pronoun is co-referential. ...
ppt
... •Nominal Infinitives are rare in Latin but are commonly used in English. •Nominal Infinitives are infinitives that emphasize the nominal aspect of their status of ‘verbal noun’ and act as a noun in a sentence. •As such, nominal infinitives can be the subject OR the object of a sentence. ...
... •Nominal Infinitives are rare in Latin but are commonly used in English. •Nominal Infinitives are infinitives that emphasize the nominal aspect of their status of ‘verbal noun’ and act as a noun in a sentence. •As such, nominal infinitives can be the subject OR the object of a sentence. ...
Persian Grammar Sketch
... 6. They can be modified by adjectives in a N + ezafe + adjective construction. 7. They can be preceded by a superlative adjective. 8. They do not inflect for tense, aspect, mood. 9. They canonically occur before the verb. 10. They belong to an open class. PERSIAN GRAMMAR SKETCH.DOC ...
... 6. They can be modified by adjectives in a N + ezafe + adjective construction. 7. They can be preceded by a superlative adjective. 8. They do not inflect for tense, aspect, mood. 9. They canonically occur before the verb. 10. They belong to an open class. PERSIAN GRAMMAR SKETCH.DOC ...
On the Argument Structure of Verbs with Bi
... subevent that does not need to obtain for the predicate to be satisfied and ‘nonprospective component’ the subevent that must obtain for the predicate to be satisfied. The reading which entails the result will be called the ‘implicative’ reading, and the other ‘non-implicative’. Verbs that display t ...
... subevent that does not need to obtain for the predicate to be satisfied and ‘nonprospective component’ the subevent that must obtain for the predicate to be satisfied. The reading which entails the result will be called the ‘implicative’ reading, and the other ‘non-implicative’. Verbs that display t ...
introduction to sumerian grammar
... In unilingual Sumerian contexts, Sumerian words are written in lower case roman letters. Upper case (capital) letters (CAPS) are used: 1) When the exact meaning of a sign is unknown or unclear. Many signs are polyvalent, that is, they have more than one value or reading. When the particular reading ...
... In unilingual Sumerian contexts, Sumerian words are written in lower case roman letters. Upper case (capital) letters (CAPS) are used: 1) When the exact meaning of a sign is unknown or unclear. Many signs are polyvalent, that is, they have more than one value or reading. When the particular reading ...
Why No Mere Mortal JOHN J. KIM
... subtypes of verbs (those that share some of the distinguishing semantic features) that would be expected to show similar behavior in past tense formation, just as overlap in phonological features defines clusters of verbs with similar past tense forms. But this consequence turns out to be false. The ...
... subtypes of verbs (those that share some of the distinguishing semantic features) that would be expected to show similar behavior in past tense formation, just as overlap in phonological features defines clusters of verbs with similar past tense forms. But this consequence turns out to be false. The ...
The Syntactic Operator se in Spanish
... Zubizarreta (1987), Everett (1995) etc.), middle (Manzini 1983), impersonal reflexive (Bruhn de Garavito (1999)). Here I name it after its traditional terminology (Alcina and Blecua’s (1980) pasiva refleja). In the reflexive passive, as in the impersonal, the external argument of the verb is not rea ...
... Zubizarreta (1987), Everett (1995) etc.), middle (Manzini 1983), impersonal reflexive (Bruhn de Garavito (1999)). Here I name it after its traditional terminology (Alcina and Blecua’s (1980) pasiva refleja). In the reflexive passive, as in the impersonal, the external argument of the verb is not rea ...