Get-passives, Raising, and Control
... also necessarily imply the event that state is the result of. To take an example like open(ed) from (10), a door can be open without any opening event having taken place, if it was built that way and has never been closed. This is not true of the resultative participle: an opened door is also one th ...
... also necessarily imply the event that state is the result of. To take an example like open(ed) from (10), a door can be open without any opening event having taken place, if it was built that way and has never been closed. This is not true of the resultative participle: an opened door is also one th ...
Lectures on Functional Syntax
... Consider the concept Noun. Start with the traditional notional definition: '(word whose reference is) a person, place, or thing'. The basic problem with this is that it is not operationalizable. It cannot reliably tell us whether a given concept will be a noun or a verb, since many concepts can occu ...
... Consider the concept Noun. Start with the traditional notional definition: '(word whose reference is) a person, place, or thing'. The basic problem with this is that it is not operationalizable. It cannot reliably tell us whether a given concept will be a noun or a verb, since many concepts can occu ...
Passive and Active Voices
... withdraw from course work before suspension can take effect, the policy states, a mark of "IW" . ...
... withdraw from course work before suspension can take effect, the policy states, a mark of "IW" . ...
C14-1101 - ACL Anthology
... understand that John woke up early out of habit entails John has a habit of waking up early, which again requires correlating argument frames of three different expressions: the noun habit, the “support verb + noun” combination to have a habit and the adverbial out of habit . Syntactic derivation is ...
... understand that John woke up early out of habit entails John has a habit of waking up early, which again requires correlating argument frames of three different expressions: the noun habit, the “support verb + noun” combination to have a habit and the adverbial out of habit . Syntactic derivation is ...
LIMITS OF A SENTENCE BASED PROCEDURAL APPROACH FOR
... in the case of the present tense (pracsens futuri excluded) the imperfective aspect is preferred. Future perfect is translated into future using the perfective aspect if there is no indicator of subjunctive meaning which is expressed in Russian by the preterite form an and insertion of BepoflTnO 'pr ...
... in the case of the present tense (pracsens futuri excluded) the imperfective aspect is preferred. Future perfect is translated into future using the perfective aspect if there is no indicator of subjunctive meaning which is expressed in Russian by the preterite form an and insertion of BepoflTnO 'pr ...
untangling the russian predicate agreement
... Russian predicates exhibit a puzzling pattern of number agreement with their subjects, apparently conditioned in complex ways by both the type of agreement ‘target’ such as a finite verb or predicate adjective, and the semantics and form of the subject agreement ‘trigger’. For example, like many oth ...
... Russian predicates exhibit a puzzling pattern of number agreement with their subjects, apparently conditioned in complex ways by both the type of agreement ‘target’ such as a finite verb or predicate adjective, and the semantics and form of the subject agreement ‘trigger’. For example, like many oth ...
Adjective Substitutes in English and Arabic
... adjectives. For example is painful in the treatment was painful. Still there are some grammatical items that can function as an adjective in relation to their positions in a sentence, they are as follows: ...
... adjectives. For example is painful in the treatment was painful. Still there are some grammatical items that can function as an adjective in relation to their positions in a sentence, they are as follows: ...
Adjective or Adverbs
... The Basic Rules: Adjectives A countable noun is one that can be expressed in plural form, usually with an "s." For example, "cat--cats," "season--seasons," "student--students." An uncountable noun is one that usually cannot be expressed in a plural form. For example, "milk," "water," "air," "money," ...
... The Basic Rules: Adjectives A countable noun is one that can be expressed in plural form, usually with an "s." For example, "cat--cats," "season--seasons," "student--students." An uncountable noun is one that usually cannot be expressed in a plural form. For example, "milk," "water," "air," "money," ...
Lexical Argument Structure and Agreement
... for the agreement of BOTH and TWO as shown in (40), which are marked as [+Dual], the noun stem must be marked as [_Dual] unless it is marked [-Pl], in order for agreement to succeed: Certain features exhibit agreement. Nouns are inherent [+Ct] or [-Ct]. Number is not inherent in most nouns. Through ...
... for the agreement of BOTH and TWO as shown in (40), which are marked as [+Dual], the noun stem must be marked as [_Dual] unless it is marked [-Pl], in order for agreement to succeed: Certain features exhibit agreement. Nouns are inherent [+Ct] or [-Ct]. Number is not inherent in most nouns. Through ...
An outline for a semantic categorization of adjectives 1
... discerns are of the conceptual field type, as is shown by category names like verbs of change of state, verbs of creation, psych-verbs. But on a subcategorial level, distinctions are made on the basis of syntactic similarities and similar meaning paraphrases. The state of affairs for adjective categ ...
... discerns are of the conceptual field type, as is shown by category names like verbs of change of state, verbs of creation, psych-verbs. But on a subcategorial level, distinctions are made on the basis of syntactic similarities and similar meaning paraphrases. The state of affairs for adjective categ ...
NON-FINITE VERB FORMS
... 1.2. The to-infinitive is used: 1.2.1. after some lexical V and the V to be + adjectives: to appear to to arrange to to attempt to to be able to to be apt to to be bound to to be due to to be eager to to be entitled to to be inclined to to be liable to to be prepared to to be prone to to be ready to ...
... 1.2. The to-infinitive is used: 1.2.1. after some lexical V and the V to be + adjectives: to appear to to arrange to to attempt to to be able to to be apt to to be bound to to be due to to be eager to to be entitled to to be inclined to to be liable to to be prepared to to be prone to to be ready to ...
CHANGES IN EVENTS and CHANGES IN THINGS
... for all the. time th!!t an event is occurring it isn't past but present, in fact the presentness of an event just is its happening, its occurring, as opposed to its merely having happened or being merely about to happen. We might put it this w;ty: the .things that change are existing things, and it ...
... for all the. time th!!t an event is occurring it isn't past but present, in fact the presentness of an event just is its happening, its occurring, as opposed to its merely having happened or being merely about to happen. We might put it this w;ty: the .things that change are existing things, and it ...
Cases of Pronouns
... The nominative case of a personal pronoun is used when the pronoun functions as a subject or a predicate nominative. When a pronoun functions as a predicate nominative, it is called a predicate pronoun. It immediately follows a linking verb and identifies the subject of the sentence. Subject: I went ...
... The nominative case of a personal pronoun is used when the pronoun functions as a subject or a predicate nominative. When a pronoun functions as a predicate nominative, it is called a predicate pronoun. It immediately follows a linking verb and identifies the subject of the sentence. Subject: I went ...
PArt one - Oxford University Press
... them on Andrew’s bed and made rapidly for the door. Andrew intercepted him. ‘What did you do?’ he repeated, more insistently this time, leaning against the door so that Ben could not reach the handle. ‘Nothing,’ Ben said. ‘I didn’t do anything! Andrew, I’ve got to go home, get out of the way!’ Andre ...
... them on Andrew’s bed and made rapidly for the door. Andrew intercepted him. ‘What did you do?’ he repeated, more insistently this time, leaning against the door so that Ben could not reach the handle. ‘Nothing,’ Ben said. ‘I didn’t do anything! Andrew, I’ve got to go home, get out of the way!’ Andre ...
ADE Functional English 1st Semester
... 7. There are two striking features of language that any scientific theory of this quintessentially human behavior must account for. 8. The first is that we do not all speak the same language. This would be a shocking observation were not so commonplace 9. The second striking feature of language is t ...
... 7. There are two striking features of language that any scientific theory of this quintessentially human behavior must account for. 8. The first is that we do not all speak the same language. This would be a shocking observation were not so commonplace 9. The second striking feature of language is t ...
Contents - Kite
... Underline the linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. The great frigate bird is the most widespread of the five species of frigate birds on earth. 2. Warm islands located in the Pacific and Indian oceans are the nesting spots of these birds. 3. High, rocky cliffs are the homes of frigate birds. 4. ...
... Underline the linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. The great frigate bird is the most widespread of the five species of frigate birds on earth. 2. Warm islands located in the Pacific and Indian oceans are the nesting spots of these birds. 3. High, rocky cliffs are the homes of frigate birds. 4. ...
The Latin Alphabet
... Remember, the whole idea is fun, not work, so do not get too serious. What is more important is to learn words, preferably in phrases that use them, and to think of the meaning of an inflection, which we call a case when referring to nouns, whenever you see it. Inflections are not just idle decorati ...
... Remember, the whole idea is fun, not work, so do not get too serious. What is more important is to learn words, preferably in phrases that use them, and to think of the meaning of an inflection, which we call a case when referring to nouns, whenever you see it. Inflections are not just idle decorati ...
WRL3410.tmp - Princeton University
... construction came to exist and how it can be learned by new generations of speakers. This more stringent requirement requires further research. ...
... construction came to exist and how it can be learned by new generations of speakers. This more stringent requirement requires further research. ...
You and I will meet later. Object Pronouns An object pronoun
... When an indefinite pronoun is used as the subject, the verb must agree with it in number. Everyone discusses the plot. (singular) Both talk about King Minos. (plural) All of mythology is about beliefs and ideals. (singular) All of the myths are about beliefs and ideals. (plural) ...
... When an indefinite pronoun is used as the subject, the verb must agree with it in number. Everyone discusses the plot. (singular) Both talk about King Minos. (plural) All of mythology is about beliefs and ideals. (singular) All of the myths are about beliefs and ideals. (plural) ...
1 - NELS 2016 @ UMass Amherst
... Kuzhener, the town itself, is not nice at all. If such a role of šken in Mari is grammaticalized, it can be encoded in the C-domain (Bianchi 2001; Delfitto and Fiorin 2011). Given this, it is quite plausible that the contextual restriction on the domain of the proxy-relation introduced by šken is in ...
... Kuzhener, the town itself, is not nice at all. If such a role of šken in Mari is grammaticalized, it can be encoded in the C-domain (Bianchi 2001; Delfitto and Fiorin 2011). Given this, it is quite plausible that the contextual restriction on the domain of the proxy-relation introduced by šken is in ...
perfect tense
... There are five CASES: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative. There are two NUMBERS: singular, plural. There are three GENDERS: masculine, feminine, neuter. Nouns of the first declension have a genitive singular ending in –ae. To find the stem of any Latin noun remove the ending from the ...
... There are five CASES: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative. There are two NUMBERS: singular, plural. There are three GENDERS: masculine, feminine, neuter. Nouns of the first declension have a genitive singular ending in –ae. To find the stem of any Latin noun remove the ending from the ...
Annotation guidelines for the PARSEME shared task on automatic
... whose idiosyncratic behavior is mainly of a statistical nature. In other words, they tend to cooccur with each other more often than expected by chance but they show no substantial orthographic, morphological, syntactic and (most notably) semantic idiosyncrasy. ...
... whose idiosyncratic behavior is mainly of a statistical nature. In other words, they tend to cooccur with each other more often than expected by chance but they show no substantial orthographic, morphological, syntactic and (most notably) semantic idiosyncrasy. ...
3015 FRENCH MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2012 question paper
... total. An essay with 10 ticks or fewer will score 0. Count subsequent ticks up to a maximum of 60 and divide the total by 3 (round up or down to the nearest whole number – see separate scale on p. 12 for reference). This gives a maximum mark of 20. Impression: The 5 marks will often be awarded in di ...
... total. An essay with 10 ticks or fewer will score 0. Count subsequent ticks up to a maximum of 60 and divide the total by 3 (round up or down to the nearest whole number – see separate scale on p. 12 for reference). This gives a maximum mark of 20. Impression: The 5 marks will often be awarded in di ...
Кузнецова Н. Б. Английский язык практическая грамматика
... Some nouns take only a singular verb. These are: mass nouns (bread, tea, sugar etc.), abstract nouns (advice, love, death etc.), words ending in -ics (athletics, mathematics etc.), games/diseases ending in -s (billiard, mumps etc.), nouns such as: weather, luggage, furniture, money, news etc. Group ...
... Some nouns take only a singular verb. These are: mass nouns (bread, tea, sugar etc.), abstract nouns (advice, love, death etc.), words ending in -ics (athletics, mathematics etc.), games/diseases ending in -s (billiard, mumps etc.), nouns such as: weather, luggage, furniture, money, news etc. Group ...
View/Open - Minerva Access
... positions is an important difference between true noun incorporation and compounding, where the relationship between two roots may be much looser, or ambiguous (as is well known in the literature on compounding; see e.g. Lieber, 2009 for discussion). However, in more recent work, Mithun (2009) appea ...
... positions is an important difference between true noun incorporation and compounding, where the relationship between two roots may be much looser, or ambiguous (as is well known in the literature on compounding; see e.g. Lieber, 2009 for discussion). However, in more recent work, Mithun (2009) appea ...