Financial support Basic data Outline of the talk BNs in object position
... (10)(a) *Per fi hem trobat pis, que començarem a reformar molt aviat. for end have found flat that begin.fut to renovate very soon (b) Per fi hem trobat un pis, que començarem a reformar molt aviat. for end have found a flat that begin.fut to renovate very soon ‘At last we have found a flat, which w ...
... (10)(a) *Per fi hem trobat pis, que començarem a reformar molt aviat. for end have found flat that begin.fut to renovate very soon (b) Per fi hem trobat un pis, que començarem a reformar molt aviat. for end have found a flat that begin.fut to renovate very soon ‘At last we have found a flat, which w ...
Structure Section
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Syntactic, semantic and phonological factors determining the
... PredP might be preceded by an identificational focus, and either PredP, or the identificational focus, or both simultaneously can also be preceded by a negative particle. I assume, following a proposal of Olsvay (2000), that PredP cannot directly merge with a logical operator; it must first project ...
... PredP might be preceded by an identificational focus, and either PredP, or the identificational focus, or both simultaneously can also be preceded by a negative particle. I assume, following a proposal of Olsvay (2000), that PredP cannot directly merge with a logical operator; it must first project ...
Decomposing Existence: Evidence from Germanic
... In section 5, I will concentrate on two impersonal existentials: Standard German es gibt „it gives” and Alemannic es hot „it has”. Based on diachronic observations, I will argue that both impersonal existentials are derived from their „personal” counterparts by absorption of the external argument. T ...
... In section 5, I will concentrate on two impersonal existentials: Standard German es gibt „it gives” and Alemannic es hot „it has”. Based on diachronic observations, I will argue that both impersonal existentials are derived from their „personal” counterparts by absorption of the external argument. T ...
bardi verb morphology in historical perspective
... Another person without whom this thesis could not have been written is Gedda Aklif. She very generously provided me with all her field notes, drafts, and dictionary elicitation tapes, which were invaluable and made my own fieldwork much more focused. She also gave me advice while in the field and b ...
... Another person without whom this thesis could not have been written is Gedda Aklif. She very generously provided me with all her field notes, drafts, and dictionary elicitation tapes, which were invaluable and made my own fieldwork much more focused. She also gave me advice while in the field and b ...
A Short Descriptive Grammar of the Svan Language
... 1987-1988, many families have been resettled in eastern Georgia. 0.2. Dialects. Most linguists distinguish four Svan dialects, these being: (1) Upper Bal [Geo. balszemouri, i.e. upriver from the Bal pass], spoken in a succession of communities, from Lat’al to Ushgul, along the upper Enguri and its a ...
... 1987-1988, many families have been resettled in eastern Georgia. 0.2. Dialects. Most linguists distinguish four Svan dialects, these being: (1) Upper Bal [Geo. balszemouri, i.e. upriver from the Bal pass], spoken in a succession of communities, from Lat’al to Ushgul, along the upper Enguri and its a ...
OBJECT FUNCTIONS AND THE SYNTAX OF
... preceding the indirect (recipient) object. Other than the difference in their linear order, the objects in the GIVE-construction pattern with those in all other DOCs in the language. In some languages, there is a possibility of having more objects than is required by the underived form of a verb. A ...
... preceding the indirect (recipient) object. Other than the difference in their linear order, the objects in the GIVE-construction pattern with those in all other DOCs in the language. In some languages, there is a possibility of having more objects than is required by the underived form of a verb. A ...
Complex Predicates Müller, Stefan
... is relevant for the markedness of examples with reference to indirect objects. In Chapter 5 I show that resultative constructions in German behave like raising constructions. A lexical rule will be suggested that transitivizes intransitive verbs and adds a result predicate. The most complex phenomen ...
... is relevant for the markedness of examples with reference to indirect objects. In Chapter 5 I show that resultative constructions in German behave like raising constructions. A lexical rule will be suggested that transitivizes intransitive verbs and adds a result predicate. The most complex phenomen ...
- Lancaster EPrints
... 2.3. Impersonal constructions in Puxian.................................................................. 55 2.4. The distribution of pronominal impersonals in Puxian..................................... 71 2.4.1. Identifying pronominal impersonals.................................................... ...
... 2.3. Impersonal constructions in Puxian.................................................................. 55 2.4. The distribution of pronominal impersonals in Puxian..................................... 71 2.4.1. Identifying pronominal impersonals.................................................... ...
Full text - Universiteit Leiden
... provided me with a lot of data. Furthermore, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the teachers of SD1 in Iliomar, which is right next to Carolino and Joana ’s house. Like this, there were always people to talk to, and another large part of my corpus comes from the school staff. I would als ...
... provided me with a lot of data. Furthermore, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the teachers of SD1 in Iliomar, which is right next to Carolino and Joana ’s house. Like this, there were always people to talk to, and another large part of my corpus comes from the school staff. I would als ...
Quenya Course
... authorship, and Quenya was – at least in the somewhat biased opinion of the Noldor – “the chief Elvish tongue, the noblest, and the one most nearly preserving the ancient character of Elvish speech” (The War of the Jewels p. 374). But one may grope towards “Elvishness” in a deeper sense than just tr ...
... authorship, and Quenya was – at least in the somewhat biased opinion of the Noldor – “the chief Elvish tongue, the noblest, and the one most nearly preserving the ancient character of Elvish speech” (The War of the Jewels p. 374). But one may grope towards “Elvishness” in a deeper sense than just tr ...
a syntactic analysis of the functions of to
... Furthermore, in learning English, especially as a second language, teacher should not only teach grammar as an end itself, but also enable students to develop the ability to use a particular grammatical sequence. Chomsky (2006) states to acquire knowledge of language, a person have to internalize a ...
... Furthermore, in learning English, especially as a second language, teacher should not only teach grammar as an end itself, but also enable students to develop the ability to use a particular grammatical sequence. Chomsky (2006) states to acquire knowledge of language, a person have to internalize a ...
Unit 1 - cloudfront.net
... 1. A singular noun is a word that names one person, place, thing, or idea: brother, classroom, piglet, and joy. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea: brothers, classrooms, piglets, and joys. 2. To help you determine whether a word in a sentence is a noun, try adding it to ...
... 1. A singular noun is a word that names one person, place, thing, or idea: brother, classroom, piglet, and joy. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea: brothers, classrooms, piglets, and joys. 2. To help you determine whether a word in a sentence is a noun, try adding it to ...
prone - mthoyibi.files.wordpress
... He's hard at work on a new picture, office (= place of work) needs the: He is at/in the office. To be in office (without the) means to hold an official (usually political) position. To be out of office = to be no longer in power. E town the can be omitted when speaking of the subject's or speaker's ...
... He's hard at work on a new picture, office (= place of work) needs the: He is at/in the office. To be in office (without the) means to hold an official (usually political) position. To be out of office = to be no longer in power. E town the can be omitted when speaking of the subject's or speaker's ...
1 Articles and one, a little/a few, this, that
... He's hard at work on a new picture, office (= place of work) needs the: He is at/in the office. To be in office (without the) means to hold an official (usually political) position. To be out of office = to be no longer in power. E town the can be omitted when speaking of the subject's or speaker's ...
... He's hard at work on a new picture, office (= place of work) needs the: He is at/in the office. To be in office (without the) means to hold an official (usually political) position. To be out of office = to be no longer in power. E town the can be omitted when speaking of the subject's or speaker's ...
AGU Grammar and Style Guide
... around, before, and after nonrestrictive clauses and phrases. A nonrestrictive clause or phrases is one that could be omitted without changing the meaning of the sentence. Because of the technical nature of the material in AGU journals, it is sometimes difficult to be sure if a phrase or clause is n ...
... around, before, and after nonrestrictive clauses and phrases. A nonrestrictive clause or phrases is one that could be omitted without changing the meaning of the sentence. Because of the technical nature of the material in AGU journals, it is sometimes difficult to be sure if a phrase or clause is n ...
the present perfect: an exercise in the study of events
... varieties of Portuguese and English will be referred to in these terms. The problem posed by these two structures is that they appear to present diverging meanings, despite having the same morphological structure, as illustrated in (1) and (2). todos os dias. ...
... varieties of Portuguese and English will be referred to in these terms. The problem posed by these two structures is that they appear to present diverging meanings, despite having the same morphological structure, as illustrated in (1) and (2). todos os dias. ...
Minimalist Syntax Revisited
... boy (which can be modified by a determiner like the – as in The boy is lying) and a proper noun like Andrew (which cannot be used in the same way, as we see from the ungrammaticality of *The Andrew is lying). Count nouns generally have the morphological property that they have two different forms: a ...
... boy (which can be modified by a determiner like the – as in The boy is lying) and a proper noun like Andrew (which cannot be used in the same way, as we see from the ungrammaticality of *The Andrew is lying). Count nouns generally have the morphological property that they have two different forms: a ...
1 xxx - Edmond
... organizing data on other Dogon languages; the chapter, section, and subsection organization will have to be adjusted to the contours of each specific language. Subsections may be added, deleted, or moved to other sections as needed. In some sections I suggest sample prose, but of course language X m ...
... organizing data on other Dogon languages; the chapter, section, and subsection organization will have to be adjusted to the contours of each specific language. Subsections may be added, deleted, or moved to other sections as needed. In some sections I suggest sample prose, but of course language X m ...
AGU Grammar and Style Guide
... The samples were collected in a glass beaker, which had been washed, dried, and weighed. (nonrestrictive) The data, the number of echo soundings per second, were entered into the computer. (nonrestrictive appositive) The distance per unit time, or velocity, is important to this calculation. (nonrest ...
... The samples were collected in a glass beaker, which had been washed, dried, and weighed. (nonrestrictive) The data, the number of echo soundings per second, were entered into the computer. (nonrestrictive appositive) The distance per unit time, or velocity, is important to this calculation. (nonrest ...
The Domari Language of Aleppo - Dartmouth College Library
... collocation with ib. The formative vari is also found in Turkish where it appears as a derivational suffix that attaches to nouns to derive adjectives.11 Göksel & Kerslake (2005:62) notes that this suffix of Persian origin tends to fall out of use. Since derivational suffixes are easily borrowed, it ...
... collocation with ib. The formative vari is also found in Turkish where it appears as a derivational suffix that attaches to nouns to derive adjectives.11 Göksel & Kerslake (2005:62) notes that this suffix of Persian origin tends to fall out of use. Since derivational suffixes are easily borrowed, it ...
Domains within Words and their meanings: a case study
... complex than described by Anagnostopoulou (2003) and A&A (2008), for two main reasons: First, it is actually not easy to decide on the basis of morphology whether –tos verbal adjectives involve inner or outer cycle attachment: sometimes –tos attaches directly to the root and sometimes outside a verb ...
... complex than described by Anagnostopoulou (2003) and A&A (2008), for two main reasons: First, it is actually not easy to decide on the basis of morphology whether –tos verbal adjectives involve inner or outer cycle attachment: sometimes –tos attaches directly to the root and sometimes outside a verb ...
A grammar of Mauwake - Language Science Press
... 3.5.11 Use of personal pronouns in text . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spatial deictics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.1 The basic spatial deixis in Mauwake . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.2 Demonstratives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.3 Deictic locative adverbs ...
... 3.5.11 Use of personal pronouns in text . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spatial deictics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.1 The basic spatial deixis in Mauwake . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.2 Demonstratives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.3 Deictic locative adverbs ...
The Inflected Infinitive in Brazilian Portuguese.
... easy to use it, apart form being a structural element of the language since its origin.6 This controversy about the actual use of the inflected infinitive in the language was shown here just to illustrate one aspect of what Kliffer (1978) meant in his citation, shown above. It is not a goal of this ...
... easy to use it, apart form being a structural element of the language since its origin.6 This controversy about the actual use of the inflected infinitive in the language was shown here just to illustrate one aspect of what Kliffer (1978) meant in his citation, shown above. It is not a goal of this ...
A grammar of Mauwake - Language Science Press
... 3.5.11 Use of personal pronouns in text . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spatial deictics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.1 The basic spatial deixis in Mauwake . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.2 Demonstratives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.3 Deictic locative adverbs ...
... 3.5.11 Use of personal pronouns in text . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spatial deictics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.1 The basic spatial deixis in Mauwake . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.2 Demonstratives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6.3 Deictic locative adverbs ...