Chapter 1 - Innu
... two non-subject noun phrases (NPs), paakueshikana 'bread' and ishkuet 'girl', and extra verbal morphology (Marantz ...
... two non-subject noun phrases (NPs), paakueshikana 'bread' and ishkuet 'girl', and extra verbal morphology (Marantz ...
The Passive and the Notion of Transitivity
... - those that are synonyms of be (attribution of a property to the subject, set 1.) : weigh, cost, have, mean, fit, resemble, etc., whose subject is never agentive. The complement of the active cannot become subject of the passive since the object cannot be promoted, both participants being equal (A= ...
... - those that are synonyms of be (attribution of a property to the subject, set 1.) : weigh, cost, have, mean, fit, resemble, etc., whose subject is never agentive. The complement of the active cannot become subject of the passive since the object cannot be promoted, both participants being equal (A= ...
Chapter 5 - public.asu.edu
... the kind that have to do with what are often called thematic relations, such as Patient, Experiencer, etc.; and there's the kind that look discourse related, such as new/old information, specificity, Topic, things like that". Marking the thematic positions (i.e. (a)) is done through pure merge in e. ...
... the kind that have to do with what are often called thematic relations, such as Patient, Experiencer, etc.; and there's the kind that look discourse related, such as new/old information, specificity, Topic, things like that". Marking the thematic positions (i.e. (a)) is done through pure merge in e. ...
Russian Holidays - Праздники
... Asking about languages When you are asking a yes/no question in Russian, there is no difference between the question and the statement, except for the question mark. When you are speaking Russian you should ask questions in a different tone. The tone of your voice should rise if you are asking a que ...
... Asking about languages When you are asking a yes/no question in Russian, there is no difference between the question and the statement, except for the question mark. When you are speaking Russian you should ask questions in a different tone. The tone of your voice should rise if you are asking a que ...
Syntactic overview
... Most work in formal grammar makes the opposite choice and uses sentence (abbreviated S) rather than clause in constituent structure representations. There are two reasons why we do not follow this practice. In the first place, it creates problems for the treatment of coordination. In [1iii], for exa ...
... Most work in formal grammar makes the opposite choice and uses sentence (abbreviated S) rather than clause in constituent structure representations. There are two reasons why we do not follow this practice. In the first place, it creates problems for the treatment of coordination. In [1iii], for exa ...
Review of The Slavic Languages. Cambridge Language Surveys, R
... and ä. This makes it harder to understand the change of diphthongal ai > ä, which can be seen as a simple coalescence of front and low vowel features, but which remains incomprehensible if treated as oi > ě. (See Feldstein, 2003:258–259 for details.) On p. 36, the authors present a traditional de ...
... and ä. This makes it harder to understand the change of diphthongal ai > ä, which can be seen as a simple coalescence of front and low vowel features, but which remains incomprehensible if treated as oi > ě. (See Feldstein, 2003:258–259 for details.) On p. 36, the authors present a traditional de ...
The Predictability of the Albanian Infinitive in Geg dialect compared
... components of a simple sentence, can stand as a proper sentence. Subject clause: S’asht njerzi me i a pre kuj fjalën në gojë ; Object clause: Mendoj me shkue përjashta; Attributive: Dishiri me u mbajtun dishka mbi tjerë, të vërbon ; Manner clauses: Në vend qi me punue, kërkon pijetoret; Derivational ...
... components of a simple sentence, can stand as a proper sentence. Subject clause: S’asht njerzi me i a pre kuj fjalën në gojë ; Object clause: Mendoj me shkue përjashta; Attributive: Dishiri me u mbajtun dishka mbi tjerë, të vërbon ; Manner clauses: Në vend qi me punue, kërkon pijetoret; Derivational ...
Pronouns in San Vicente Coatlán Zapotec
... singular respect) SVCZ also makes the distinction between familiar and respect in the personal pronouns for second person singular. However, as Mexican Spanish has only one second person plural form, ustedes, similarly SVCZ also loses the distinction between familiar and respect in the plural and si ...
... singular respect) SVCZ also makes the distinction between familiar and respect in the personal pronouns for second person singular. However, as Mexican Spanish has only one second person plural form, ustedes, similarly SVCZ also loses the distinction between familiar and respect in the plural and si ...
Adjectives and Adverbs. In Language 86
... adverbs pose a special challenge to linguistic analysis. Typically, adverbs and adjectives occur in sentences as nonarguments. They appear to be less syntactically restricted than other parts of the clause (at least in languages like English). For instance, they can occur in various positions in sen ...
... adverbs pose a special challenge to linguistic analysis. Typically, adverbs and adjectives occur in sentences as nonarguments. They appear to be less syntactically restricted than other parts of the clause (at least in languages like English). For instance, they can occur in various positions in sen ...
Elena Mihas - Italian Journal of Linguistics
... treats subordination as a gradient phenomenon, Ashéninka Perené subordination essentially includes three types of subordinate clauses: (i) finite clauses, linked either asyndetically or by free-standing adverbial subordinators; (ii) finite clauses with a bound dependency marker (i.e., an affixed or ...
... treats subordination as a gradient phenomenon, Ashéninka Perené subordination essentially includes three types of subordinate clauses: (i) finite clauses, linked either asyndetically or by free-standing adverbial subordinators; (ii) finite clauses with a bound dependency marker (i.e., an affixed or ...
quirky subjects in old french
... control (i.e. being a controllee); (vi) conjunction reduction; (vii) Subject-to-subject raising (raising contexts); (viii) subject-to-object raising (Exceptional Case Marking configurations). I was able to find conclusive examples for (i)-(vii), but not for the remaining property. Before we proceed, ...
... control (i.e. being a controllee); (vi) conjunction reduction; (vii) Subject-to-subject raising (raising contexts); (viii) subject-to-object raising (Exceptional Case Marking configurations). I was able to find conclusive examples for (i)-(vii), but not for the remaining property. Before we proceed, ...
Towards a structural typology of verb classes
... arguments: intransitive laugh has one argument, transitive see has two arguments, and ditransitive give has three arguments. If one is concerned with a particular language, one also needs to know how these arguments are realized. Turning from English to Turkish, to Georgian or to one of the indigeno ...
... arguments: intransitive laugh has one argument, transitive see has two arguments, and ditransitive give has three arguments. If one is concerned with a particular language, one also needs to know how these arguments are realized. Turning from English to Turkish, to Georgian or to one of the indigeno ...
Polysynthetic Tendencies in Modern Greek
... independently. here is a kind of languages called "polysynthetic," in which each sentence usually consists of only one word which can have agglutinative and/or fusional traits. For example, the polysynthetic languages Chukchi and Eskimo can be regarded as agglutinative with a certain amount of fusi ...
... independently. here is a kind of languages called "polysynthetic," in which each sentence usually consists of only one word which can have agglutinative and/or fusional traits. For example, the polysynthetic languages Chukchi and Eskimo can be regarded as agglutinative with a certain amount of fusi ...
Pronoun Agreement
... • The gentleman (who, whom) Elizabeth married was Mr. Darcy. • Who did Elizabeth marry? • She married him. • He=who Him=whom • The gentleman whom Elizabeth married was Mr. Darcy. ...
... • The gentleman (who, whom) Elizabeth married was Mr. Darcy. • Who did Elizabeth marry? • She married him. • He=who Him=whom • The gentleman whom Elizabeth married was Mr. Darcy. ...
03 nicoleta towards an adult
... In order to account for the assumed optionality in child grammar, he proposes that at this stage Tense is optional, the result being that children do not distinguish the values of Tense and hence, have no past-present-future distinction. His analysis deals with the values of early infinitives exclus ...
... In order to account for the assumed optionality in child grammar, he proposes that at this stage Tense is optional, the result being that children do not distinguish the values of Tense and hence, have no past-present-future distinction. His analysis deals with the values of early infinitives exclus ...
pronouns
... Personal pronouns associated with a certain person, thing, or group; all except you have distinct forms that indicate singular or plural number Pronouns have three cases: Nominative (Subjective) Objective Possessive The case depends on the pronoun’s function in the sentence. • A first-person pronoun ...
... Personal pronouns associated with a certain person, thing, or group; all except you have distinct forms that indicate singular or plural number Pronouns have three cases: Nominative (Subjective) Objective Possessive The case depends on the pronoun’s function in the sentence. • A first-person pronoun ...
Brain Potentials Elicited by Garden-Path Sentences
... minimal attachment and the lexically driven parsing models is to observe situations in which the two models would predict opposing analyses. For example, a minimal attachment parser would initially pursue the syntactically simpler direct-object analysis in Sentence 1, whereas a lexically driven pars ...
... minimal attachment and the lexically driven parsing models is to observe situations in which the two models would predict opposing analyses. For example, a minimal attachment parser would initially pursue the syntactically simpler direct-object analysis in Sentence 1, whereas a lexically driven pars ...
Semantic Parsing Based on FrameNet
... for each evaluated frame as well as to (ii) assign a label to it. Both cases can be cast as two different classifications: (1) a classification of the role when its boundaries are known and (2) a classification of the sentence words as either belonging to a role or not1 . ...
... for each evaluated frame as well as to (ii) assign a label to it. Both cases can be cast as two different classifications: (1) a classification of the role when its boundaries are known and (2) a classification of the sentence words as either belonging to a role or not1 . ...
PARSING JAVA METHOD NAMES FOR IMPROVED SOFTWARE
... Table 2.1: Example of iterative refinement process for part-of-speech rules on the method name decodeRequest. Morphology rules were used to determine possible parts of speech because programmers commonly use non-dictionary words when naming identifiers. Nouns and verbs are often modified by programm ...
... Table 2.1: Example of iterative refinement process for part-of-speech rules on the method name decodeRequest. Morphology rules were used to determine possible parts of speech because programmers commonly use non-dictionary words when naming identifiers. Nouns and verbs are often modified by programm ...
Creole Genesis and Universality: Case, Word Order, and Agreement
... linguistic universality. It has been said in various ways that creoles provide a special, perhaps unique, window on the human language faculty (Veenstra 2008). Derek Bickerton (1981:42) made the following statement in his landmark book, Roots of Language: …if all creoles could be shown to exhibit an ...
... linguistic universality. It has been said in various ways that creoles provide a special, perhaps unique, window on the human language faculty (Veenstra 2008). Derek Bickerton (1981:42) made the following statement in his landmark book, Roots of Language: …if all creoles could be shown to exhibit an ...
Head-to-Head Movement
... many ways to the underlying form found in phonology). The theta criterion filters out ungrammatical sentences at D-structure. D-structure is then subject to the transformational rules. These transformational rules can move words around in the sentence. We’ve actually already seen two of these transf ...
... many ways to the underlying form found in phonology). The theta criterion filters out ungrammatical sentences at D-structure. D-structure is then subject to the transformational rules. These transformational rules can move words around in the sentence. We’ve actually already seen two of these transf ...
A Description of the French Nucleus VP Using Co-occurrence
... the auxiliary verb depending on the past participle and reflexiveness, past participle agreement, and the co-occurrence of items which may be separated by several words (e.g. ne and pas in ne me l’a-t-il donc pas donné). The treatment of French clitic pronouns has given rise to many articles, so tha ...
... the auxiliary verb depending on the past participle and reflexiveness, past participle agreement, and the co-occurrence of items which may be separated by several words (e.g. ne and pas in ne me l’a-t-il donc pas donné). The treatment of French clitic pronouns has given rise to many articles, so tha ...
Month 1 Lessons 1-9 - Shri Chitrapur Math
... If you find this lesson difficult or need clarification of any kind, please do not hesitate to write. These guys out here can't wait to be useful. Besides, they have to impress their teacher Smt. Tarangini Khot. A Sanskrit wizard, if you ask me. Besides having a post graduate degree ( and a B.Ed. fo ...
... If you find this lesson difficult or need clarification of any kind, please do not hesitate to write. These guys out here can't wait to be useful. Besides, they have to impress their teacher Smt. Tarangini Khot. A Sanskrit wizard, if you ask me. Besides having a post graduate degree ( and a B.Ed. fo ...
THE ADVERBS AND THEIR FORMATIONS KINDS OF ADVERBS
... advantage by threatening people). But it can be used in short answers: Where are you going?~ Nowhere. (I’m not going anywhere). It can also, in formal English, be placed in the beginning of a sentence and is then followed by an inverted verb: Nowhere will you find better roses than these. C. Here, t ...
... advantage by threatening people). But it can be used in short answers: Where are you going?~ Nowhere. (I’m not going anywhere). It can also, in formal English, be placed in the beginning of a sentence and is then followed by an inverted verb: Nowhere will you find better roses than these. C. Here, t ...
0530 spanish (foreign language)
... See below for details. Each unit (as mentioned above) scores one tick which should be placed above the verb or the preposition. The spelling and possible accent of verbs must be absolutely correct in order to score a mark. Otherwise, inaccuracies in the use of accents are tolerated except where they ...
... See below for details. Each unit (as mentioned above) scores one tick which should be placed above the verb or the preposition. The spelling and possible accent of verbs must be absolutely correct in order to score a mark. Otherwise, inaccuracies in the use of accents are tolerated except where they ...