Journal of Child Language Syntactic and semantic coordination in
... Extraction of finite complement-clause constructions. All utterances that L produced were extracted using CLAN (MacWhinney, ). All finite complement-clause constructions by L were manually identified. The following cases were excluded: . Adverbial/conditional clauses (It’s not dangerous if I climb ...
... Extraction of finite complement-clause constructions. All utterances that L produced were extracted using CLAN (MacWhinney, ). All finite complement-clause constructions by L were manually identified. The following cases were excluded: . Adverbial/conditional clauses (It’s not dangerous if I climb ...
articles basque resultatives and related issues
... est cassé “the stick is broken”, in which case it may be difficult to distinguish from a passive form. But, in order to express resultatives from transitive verbs, many languages can use auxiliary have like in I have my task written, that is the state I am in after I have written the task, or j’ai m ...
... est cassé “the stick is broken”, in which case it may be difficult to distinguish from a passive form. But, in order to express resultatives from transitive verbs, many languages can use auxiliary have like in I have my task written, that is the state I am in after I have written the task, or j’ai m ...
OBJECTIVE CONJUGATION AND MEDIALISATION
... as such only when the sentence actually has an object or, depending on the language, only when the sentence actually does not have an object. In such languages, two different verb conjugations would appear in he is eating vs. he is eating bread. Acta Linguistica Hungarica 51, 2004 ...
... as such only when the sentence actually has an object or, depending on the language, only when the sentence actually does not have an object. In such languages, two different verb conjugations would appear in he is eating vs. he is eating bread. Acta Linguistica Hungarica 51, 2004 ...
Converting an English-Swedish Parallel Treebank to Universal
... the categories VERB, ADJ and NOUN. For the current conversion program we have chosen a simple mapping that does not consider all possible variation to determine what it should be converted to. When used as an attribute it is interpreted as an adjective, but in all other cases it is categorized as a ...
... the categories VERB, ADJ and NOUN. For the current conversion program we have chosen a simple mapping that does not consider all possible variation to determine what it should be converted to. When used as an attribute it is interpreted as an adjective, but in all other cases it is categorized as a ...
German: An Essential Grammar
... All that the two languages have in common is a godsend to the learner, but then there is so much that the two do not (or no longer, as is often the case) have in common and this is where taking a contrastive approach can be invaluable. However, in order to do so, you need to be aware of exactly what ...
... All that the two languages have in common is a godsend to the learner, but then there is so much that the two do not (or no longer, as is often the case) have in common and this is where taking a contrastive approach can be invaluable. However, in order to do so, you need to be aware of exactly what ...
Romacilikanes— The Romani dialect of
... incorporated Romani words, and that the Romacel in turn codeswitch between Romani and Greek and would regard both as native languages. Nonetheless, Greeks, or balame as they are called, do not learn Romani, and it is not spoken in their families. Romani in Parakalamos is the exclusive property of th ...
... incorporated Romani words, and that the Romacel in turn codeswitch between Romani and Greek and would regard both as native languages. Nonetheless, Greeks, or balame as they are called, do not learn Romani, and it is not spoken in their families. Romani in Parakalamos is the exclusive property of th ...
verhandelingen - Brill Online Books and Journals
... inhabiting the Sentani Lake district in north-eastern West N ew Guinea. Roughly three principal dialects can be distinguished : an eastern dialect, chiefly including the villages of Buaj (vulgo: Puai), 3 jafo (vulgo: Ajapo) and Ohej (vulgo: Asei); a central dialect including the villages of the cent ...
... inhabiting the Sentani Lake district in north-eastern West N ew Guinea. Roughly three principal dialects can be distinguished : an eastern dialect, chiefly including the villages of Buaj (vulgo: Puai), 3 jafo (vulgo: Ajapo) and Ohej (vulgo: Asei); a central dialect including the villages of the cent ...
A Programmed Introduction
... Let’s analyze another situation described by the followings Because Jane’s father didn’t approve of him, Dick scaled the wall, heroically, on the ladder, at night, to elope with Jane, but fell off and said “ouch”. First identify the major verbal proposition, without which the rest of the sentence or ...
... Let’s analyze another situation described by the followings Because Jane’s father didn’t approve of him, Dick scaled the wall, heroically, on the ladder, at night, to elope with Jane, but fell off and said “ouch”. First identify the major verbal proposition, without which the rest of the sentence or ...
1 Labeling (Romance) causatives* Adriana Belletti University of
... functional verb fare, with a small v-‐Case head responsible for the assignment of dative Case through Agree to the external argument of the infinitival verb phrase. The causative voice head has ...
... functional verb fare, with a small v-‐Case head responsible for the assignment of dative Case through Agree to the external argument of the infinitival verb phrase. The causative voice head has ...
Contents - David Crystal
... sentence, or one which leaves out the words that you can guess from knowlllll 11 question. Here too, you need to change the order of subject and verb. Where are you going? (Possible answers: I'm going to work, downstairs, 1/11' 11/" " 'Alternative questions' give the listener a choice of two possibl ...
... sentence, or one which leaves out the words that you can guess from knowlllll 11 question. Here too, you need to change the order of subject and verb. Where are you going? (Possible answers: I'm going to work, downstairs, 1/11' 11/" " 'Alternative questions' give the listener a choice of two possibl ...
The Quick Guide to Commas
... and the independent clause, a reader can initially mistake attendant for the direct object of gas up instead of recognizing it as the subject of the independent clause. The inclusion of the comma between an introductory dependent clause and the independent clause will never require a defense, but it ...
... and the independent clause, a reader can initially mistake attendant for the direct object of gas up instead of recognizing it as the subject of the independent clause. The inclusion of the comma between an introductory dependent clause and the independent clause will never require a defense, but it ...
Morphology vs. Syntax in Adjective Class Acquisition
... end up with classifications that are not consistent. We are interested in properties of the lexical semantics of adjectives that have a bearing on their syntactic behaviour. This property makes the semantic distinctions traceable at another linguistic level, which is desirable to ensure falsability ...
... end up with classifications that are not consistent. We are interested in properties of the lexical semantics of adjectives that have a bearing on their syntactic behaviour. This property makes the semantic distinctions traceable at another linguistic level, which is desirable to ensure falsability ...
Grammar - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... 9. Then he saw his classroom. 10. Bright and sunny. 11. Made friends. 12. Peter had a lot of fun. 13. Peter’s new teacher. ...
... 9. Then he saw his classroom. 10. Bright and sunny. 11. Made friends. 12. Peter had a lot of fun. 13. Peter’s new teacher. ...
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Semantics, pre
... derived from the rather different morphosyntactic realizations, a question first raised in the formal literature by Dalrymple et al. (1994). The CQ data is interesting in this respect because its reciprocal construction is not like other verbal reciprocals discussed in the literature (Bruening 2006, ...
... derived from the rather different morphosyntactic realizations, a question first raised in the formal literature by Dalrymple et al. (1994). The CQ data is interesting in this respect because its reciprocal construction is not like other verbal reciprocals discussed in the literature (Bruening 2006, ...
Dative pertinacity. - Universität Konstanz
... It has often been observed that datives and genitives tend to retain Case morphology more stubbornly than nominatives and accusatives. To find the reason for that in morphology proper seems to be unrealistic. I will propose a syntactic account, albeit one which attributes a key role to morphology. T ...
... It has often been observed that datives and genitives tend to retain Case morphology more stubbornly than nominatives and accusatives. To find the reason for that in morphology proper seems to be unrealistic. I will propose a syntactic account, albeit one which attributes a key role to morphology. T ...
A Programmed Introduction
... Let’s analyze another situation described by the followings Because Jane’s father didn’t approve of him, Dick scaled the wall, heroically, on the ladder, at night, to elope with Jane, but fell off and said “ouch”. First identify the major verbal proposition, without which the rest of the sentence or ...
... Let’s analyze another situation described by the followings Because Jane’s father didn’t approve of him, Dick scaled the wall, heroically, on the ladder, at night, to elope with Jane, but fell off and said “ouch”. First identify the major verbal proposition, without which the rest of the sentence or ...
Attempto Controlled English (ACE)
... There are two forms of subordination: relative sentences and if-then sentences. Relative sentences starting with who, which, that allow to add detail to nouns, e.g. A customer who is new inserts a card that he owns. With the help of if-then sentences we can specify conditional or hypothetical situat ...
... There are two forms of subordination: relative sentences and if-then sentences. Relative sentences starting with who, which, that allow to add detail to nouns, e.g. A customer who is new inserts a card that he owns. With the help of if-then sentences we can specify conditional or hypothetical situat ...
Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Ústav anglického
... taking an existing word and forming from it a morphologically more elementary word. It is usually a matter of deleting an affix” (Huddleston, Pullum, 2003). The prevailing type of affix which is subtracted in this process, is the suffix, there are few examples involving a prefix (disabled > abled, u ...
... taking an existing word and forming from it a morphologically more elementary word. It is usually a matter of deleting an affix” (Huddleston, Pullum, 2003). The prevailing type of affix which is subtracted in this process, is the suffix, there are few examples involving a prefix (disabled > abled, u ...
The Poetics of Foregrounding: The Lexical Deviation in Ulysses
... of the context. What does “almosting” mean? What does “it” refer to? At the first glance, “almosting” seems to mean “almost having sex with the prostitute” and “it” is likely to mean “the sexual affair”. To solve the problem, the best way is to return to the context, to the different tenses there. S ...
... of the context. What does “almosting” mean? What does “it” refer to? At the first glance, “almosting” seems to mean “almost having sex with the prostitute” and “it” is likely to mean “the sexual affair”. To solve the problem, the best way is to return to the context, to the different tenses there. S ...
Commas
... My favorite gospel singers, BeBe and CeCe Winans, were on TV last night. As you leave, Jesse, please close the door quietly. ...
... My favorite gospel singers, BeBe and CeCe Winans, were on TV last night. As you leave, Jesse, please close the door quietly. ...
Difference between gerund and participle worksheet
... State whether the –ing forms given in the following sentences are participles or gerunds. In the case of participles, name the noun or pronoun they qualify. In.Aug 22, 2013 . It's tough to know the difference between gerunds and present participles in English just by looking because they both consis ...
... State whether the –ing forms given in the following sentences are participles or gerunds. In the case of participles, name the noun or pronoun they qualify. In.Aug 22, 2013 . It's tough to know the difference between gerunds and present participles in English just by looking because they both consis ...
Possessives and relational nouns
... which has the paraphrase ‘Every soldier x is such that x faced x’s enemy’. This provides evidence that the suppressed relational argument remains grammatically present, perhaps in the form of a variable. Curiously, as Partee notes, this sort of bound reading is not always possible: compare Every sol ...
... which has the paraphrase ‘Every soldier x is such that x faced x’s enemy’. This provides evidence that the suppressed relational argument remains grammatically present, perhaps in the form of a variable. Curiously, as Partee notes, this sort of bound reading is not always possible: compare Every sol ...
Bi-Lexical Rules for Multi-Lexeme Translation in Lexicalist MT 1
... (We ignore the literal translation of the idiom.) Generation then proceeds via the Spanish grammar and bag generator. In the case of the other multi-lexeme translations mentioned the diculties posed by varying lexical elements in part or all of the translation relation cannot be easily handled in t ...
... (We ignore the literal translation of the idiom.) Generation then proceeds via the Spanish grammar and bag generator. In the case of the other multi-lexeme translations mentioned the diculties posed by varying lexical elements in part or all of the translation relation cannot be easily handled in t ...
The Verb aNd Verbals iN eNGlish
... third person plural because it agrees with the plural subject noun, and the active present indefinite or simple tense-aspect form of the indicative mood. This form of full verbs is mostly found in proverbs or other positive English sentences, in which the action characterizes the subject of the sent ...
... third person plural because it agrees with the plural subject noun, and the active present indefinite or simple tense-aspect form of the indicative mood. This form of full verbs is mostly found in proverbs or other positive English sentences, in which the action characterizes the subject of the sent ...
Constraining XP Sequences
... for constraining the number, type and order of functional projections that human language allows. In general, this obviates the need for postulating a variety of types of functional projection and constructions in which they occur. Instead, the Basic Projection Sequence constitutes an elemental ling ...
... for constraining the number, type and order of functional projections that human language allows. In general, this obviates the need for postulating a variety of types of functional projection and constructions in which they occur. Instead, the Basic Projection Sequence constitutes an elemental ling ...