The secret life of focus exponents, and what it tells us about fronted
... so-called definiteness effect excluding (many) definite subjects from this position. We explore the connection between focus projection and the partial fronting cases and show that it is the subject of those verbs which allow their subject to be the focus exponent that can be included as part of a f ...
... so-called definiteness effect excluding (many) definite subjects from this position. We explore the connection between focus projection and the partial fronting cases and show that it is the subject of those verbs which allow their subject to be the focus exponent that can be included as part of a f ...
ch02
... The truck was driven by Ann. The truck was driven for Ann. The truck was driven around Ann. The truck was driven over Ann. ...
... The truck was driven by Ann. The truck was driven for Ann. The truck was driven around Ann. The truck was driven over Ann. ...
The Quantization Puzzle
... of about twenty verbal prefixes, many of which have quantificational and/or measurement content, and prefixation is one of the most common ways to derive perfective verb stems. As a case in point I examine Russian perfective verbs with the accumulative prefix na-, which adds to the verb the meanings ...
... of about twenty verbal prefixes, many of which have quantificational and/or measurement content, and prefixation is one of the most common ways to derive perfective verb stems. As a case in point I examine Russian perfective verbs with the accumulative prefix na-, which adds to the verb the meanings ...
sf anish event infinitives: from lexical semantics to syntax
... There are, then, two readings for the nominals describing events. In the case of event infinitives, the event is "a sequence of identical (sub)-eventualities" (a "process", in Pustejovsky's 1989 terminology). When the event repeats itself the habitual meaning is obtained; when the event is unique, a ...
... There are, then, two readings for the nominals describing events. In the case of event infinitives, the event is "a sequence of identical (sub)-eventualities" (a "process", in Pustejovsky's 1989 terminology). When the event repeats itself the habitual meaning is obtained; when the event is unique, a ...
Basic English Grammar with Exercises
... system without even looking too closely at the details of language. First, it seems that speakers of a language are able to produce and understand a limitless number of expressions. Language simply is not a confined set of squeaks and grunts that have fixed meanings. It is an everyday occurrence tha ...
... system without even looking too closely at the details of language. First, it seems that speakers of a language are able to produce and understand a limitless number of expressions. Language simply is not a confined set of squeaks and grunts that have fixed meanings. It is an everyday occurrence tha ...
The development of relative clauses in spontaneous child speech*
... apply to complex sentences regardless of the boundary between main and relative clauses (cf. de Villiers et al. 1979). 4. The conjoined clause hypothesis, which posits that children interpret early relative clauses as conjoined sentences rather than as embedded clauses (cf. Tavakolian 1981). While t ...
... apply to complex sentences regardless of the boundary between main and relative clauses (cf. de Villiers et al. 1979). 4. The conjoined clause hypothesis, which posits that children interpret early relative clauses as conjoined sentences rather than as embedded clauses (cf. Tavakolian 1981). While t ...
infinitive clauses - E
... Origin. The infinitive was originally a verbal noun, which later acquired verbal properties. An infinitive verb like' to write' descends from a verbal noun, whose Nominative / Accusative form was writan, and whose Dative was to writenne or writanne. The Dative thus consisted of a distinctive Dative ...
... Origin. The infinitive was originally a verbal noun, which later acquired verbal properties. An infinitive verb like' to write' descends from a verbal noun, whose Nominative / Accusative form was writan, and whose Dative was to writenne or writanne. The Dative thus consisted of a distinctive Dative ...
Basic English Grammar with Exercises
... system without even looking too closely at the details of language. First, it seems that speakers of a language are able to produce and understand a limitless number of expressions. Language simply is not a confined set of squeaks and grunts that have fixed meanings. It is an everyday occurrence tha ...
... system without even looking too closely at the details of language. First, it seems that speakers of a language are able to produce and understand a limitless number of expressions. Language simply is not a confined set of squeaks and grunts that have fixed meanings. It is an everyday occurrence tha ...
The Syntactic Location of Events
... respect, te looks like a complementiser or a preposition.” (Zwart 1993:102), italics are mine, IH). IJbema (2002) argues that te can be either a tense marker or a mood ...
... respect, te looks like a complementiser or a preposition.” (Zwart 1993:102), italics are mine, IH). IJbema (2002) argues that te can be either a tense marker or a mood ...
english 11 grammar packet
... UNIT 1: SENTENCE FAULTS AND PUNCTUATION LESSON TWO: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (FRAG) A sentence fragment is a group of words that pretends to be a sentence, but does not contain one of the requirements of a complete sentence – either a subject, a verb, or a completed thought. Most fragments are phrases or ...
... UNIT 1: SENTENCE FAULTS AND PUNCTUATION LESSON TWO: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (FRAG) A sentence fragment is a group of words that pretends to be a sentence, but does not contain one of the requirements of a complete sentence – either a subject, a verb, or a completed thought. Most fragments are phrases or ...
The Alpino Dependency Treebank
... features the word has. Nouns for instance have an agreement feature and a feature NFORM, that distinguishes regular nouns from temporal or reflexive nouns. A complementizer in contrast doesn’t have those features, but is specified for CTYPE (i.e. complementizer type). These lexical features are repr ...
... features the word has. Nouns for instance have an agreement feature and a feature NFORM, that distinguishes regular nouns from temporal or reflexive nouns. A complementizer in contrast doesn’t have those features, but is specified for CTYPE (i.e. complementizer type). These lexical features are repr ...
On Double-Headedness and the Anatomy of the
... description is rather transparently true of (1). Note, however, that it crucially depends on the view that T and V are different elements in the structure of the clause: if they were not distinct elements, then there could not be different numbers of them. This background assumption is not now contr ...
... description is rather transparently true of (1). Note, however, that it crucially depends on the view that T and V are different elements in the structure of the clause: if they were not distinct elements, then there could not be different numbers of them. This background assumption is not now contr ...
příčestí přítomné ve funkci premodifikátoru a postmodifikátoru
... 2.1 The English verb When describing the English present participle, we should begin with a broader range where it belongs. Since the English present participle is one of English verb forms, we first move our attention to English verbs themselves. “Verbs typically express actions (e.g. writing) or s ...
... 2.1 The English verb When describing the English present participle, we should begin with a broader range where it belongs. Since the English present participle is one of English verb forms, we first move our attention to English verbs themselves. “Verbs typically express actions (e.g. writing) or s ...
A survey of the forms of Java reference names
... the Stanford PoS tagger. A further 5,000 field names were manually tagged to provide a test set. In addition a smaller test set of 1,000 boolean field names was created to measure the performance of the tagger model on boolean names. While tagging the training and test sets, we removed redundant pre ...
... the Stanford PoS tagger. A further 5,000 field names were manually tagged to provide a test set. In addition a smaller test set of 1,000 boolean field names was created to measure the performance of the tagger model on boolean names. While tagging the training and test sets, we removed redundant pre ...
"Gapping" in DP. - Northwestern University
... possible in coordination structures (Bo'ković and Franks 2000, Hornstein and Nunes 2002, Munn 1993, 1999, Williams 1978). Cross-conjunct binding follows as well. The subject of the antecedent constituent moves to Spec,TP, a position from which it c-commands the coordinate structure, including the r ...
... possible in coordination structures (Bo'ković and Franks 2000, Hornstein and Nunes 2002, Munn 1993, 1999, Williams 1978). Cross-conjunct binding follows as well. The subject of the antecedent constituent moves to Spec,TP, a position from which it c-commands the coordinate structure, including the r ...
Process - Universitatea din Craiova
... Her replies were repeatedly interrupted by your reporter. Repeatedly, your reporter interrupted her replies. Every clause is organized as a message related to an unfolding text. The system of THEME organizes the clause to show what its local context is in relation to the general context of the text ...
... Her replies were repeatedly interrupted by your reporter. Repeatedly, your reporter interrupted her replies. Every clause is organized as a message related to an unfolding text. The system of THEME organizes the clause to show what its local context is in relation to the general context of the text ...
Chicago
... The glossaries When in doubt about the correct use of commonly confused or misused words (such as affect and effect), consult section 47, the glossary of usage. For brief definitions of grammatical terms such as subordinate clause or participial phrase, turn to section 48. Web references Check the ...
... The glossaries When in doubt about the correct use of commonly confused or misused words (such as affect and effect), consult section 47, the glossary of usage. For brief definitions of grammatical terms such as subordinate clause or participial phrase, turn to section 48. Web references Check the ...
resulttv3f
... and Parameters theory. Swedish and Dutch have a construction that means pretty much the same as the English way-construction, but Swedish uses a reflexive instead of X’s way, and Dutch uses a reflexive benefactive form instead of the possessive with a noun meaning way (Toivonen 2001[Verhagen, 2001 # ...
... and Parameters theory. Swedish and Dutch have a construction that means pretty much the same as the English way-construction, but Swedish uses a reflexive instead of X’s way, and Dutch uses a reflexive benefactive form instead of the possessive with a noun meaning way (Toivonen 2001[Verhagen, 2001 # ...
this PDF file
... sentences described acquired properties, they simultaneously assumed a perfective semantics. Similar reanalysis can take place in possessive constructions. This is because in languages that lack a possessive verb of the ‘have’ type the possessor was expressed with one of the oblique cases in sentenc ...
... sentences described acquired properties, they simultaneously assumed a perfective semantics. Similar reanalysis can take place in possessive constructions. This is because in languages that lack a possessive verb of the ‘have’ type the possessor was expressed with one of the oblique cases in sentenc ...
The use of `liver` in Dogon emotional encoding†
... Smith 1998), Kambera (Malayo-Polynesian, Indonesia; Klamer 2000), among others. Even in Western culture, from ancient times until relatively recently, the liver was viewed as the seat of the soul and the source of emotional disturbances (Reuben 2004). Relics of this view remain in English, in saying ...
... Smith 1998), Kambera (Malayo-Polynesian, Indonesia; Klamer 2000), among others. Even in Western culture, from ancient times until relatively recently, the liver was viewed as the seat of the soul and the source of emotional disturbances (Reuben 2004). Relics of this view remain in English, in saying ...
TREE DIAGRAM (2)
... For sale: an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers. what does “thick legs and large drawers” refer to? The desk or the lady? ...
... For sale: an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers. what does “thick legs and large drawers” refer to? The desk or the lady? ...
Information structure and grammaticalization
... subordinated by the universal subordinator (‘that’). It is open in the sense that one of its arguments or satellites, viz. X, is missing. The order of S1 and S2 is not crucial, although it is usually that order.8 The cleft sentence is the grammatical construction functioning as argument focus constr ...
... subordinated by the universal subordinator (‘that’). It is open in the sense that one of its arguments or satellites, viz. X, is missing. The order of S1 and S2 is not crucial, although it is usually that order.8 The cleft sentence is the grammatical construction functioning as argument focus constr ...
English Syntax: An Introduction
... One important aspect of teaching English syntax (to native and nonnative undergraduate students alike) involves the balance in the overall approach between facts and theory. We understand that one important goal of teaching English syntax to undergraduate students is to help students enhance their u ...
... One important aspect of teaching English syntax (to native and nonnative undergraduate students alike) involves the balance in the overall approach between facts and theory. We understand that one important goal of teaching English syntax to undergraduate students is to help students enhance their u ...