Syntax of Dutch. Verbs and Verb Phrases, Volume 1-3
... Chapter 2 provides evidence, however, that in order to arrive at a satisfactory classification not only the number but also the type of arguments should be taken into account: we have to distinguish between what have become known as UNERGATIVE and UNACCUSATIVE verbs, which exhibit systematic differe ...
... Chapter 2 provides evidence, however, that in order to arrive at a satisfactory classification not only the number but also the type of arguments should be taken into account: we have to distinguish between what have become known as UNERGATIVE and UNACCUSATIVE verbs, which exhibit systematic differe ...
0525 GERMAN (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other linguistic ...
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other linguistic ...
A comparative study of participles, converbs and absolute
... expressions of time involve nouns that have some temporal dimension to their semantics, as in at dawn, on Monday, during the lecture. ACs on the other hand have as their heads nouns which do not denote events but things (whether animate or not): […] Romulo rege ‘with Romulus as king, when Romulus wa ...
... expressions of time involve nouns that have some temporal dimension to their semantics, as in at dawn, on Monday, during the lecture. ACs on the other hand have as their heads nouns which do not denote events but things (whether animate or not): […] Romulo rege ‘with Romulus as king, when Romulus wa ...
Fulltext - UoN Repository
... This study sets out to analyze the Bemba verb inflection for tense and aspect. It employs Basic Linguistic Theory and Nurse’s Conceptual Frame Work in the analysis of the distribution and interaction of tense and aspect on the verb phrase in Bemba. The background to the Bemba language of Zambia and ...
... This study sets out to analyze the Bemba verb inflection for tense and aspect. It employs Basic Linguistic Theory and Nurse’s Conceptual Frame Work in the analysis of the distribution and interaction of tense and aspect on the verb phrase in Bemba. The background to the Bemba language of Zambia and ...
Where does heteroclisis come from? Evidence from Romanian
... the first and fourth conjugations is unstressed in the first and second persons plural present, subjunctive, imperative and infinitive—stress falling instead on the root there is not one vowel corresponding to the thematic vowel of the first and fourth conjugations, but two quite different ones: e i ...
... the first and fourth conjugations is unstressed in the first and second persons plural present, subjunctive, imperative and infinitive—stress falling instead on the root there is not one vowel corresponding to the thematic vowel of the first and fourth conjugations, but two quite different ones: e i ...
Any student of Russian as a foreign language has been faced with
... Biaspectual Verbs and Their Implications for the Category of Aspect in Russian Verbal aspect is one of the most unique characteristics of the Slavic languages, and one of the most difficult concepts for non-native speakers to grasp. Conceptualizing this category within Russian (and other Slavic lan ...
... Biaspectual Verbs and Their Implications for the Category of Aspect in Russian Verbal aspect is one of the most unique characteristics of the Slavic languages, and one of the most difficult concepts for non-native speakers to grasp. Conceptualizing this category within Russian (and other Slavic lan ...
PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH AND CATALAN
... means that it may be assigned a theta-role by both the upper and the lower verb, see and play, respectively. Bill/him is the patient of was seen and the agent of playing. The existence of passive sentences such as (27b) could be interpreted as evidence against the hypothesis that the NP originates a ...
... means that it may be assigned a theta-role by both the upper and the lower verb, see and play, respectively. Bill/him is the patient of was seen and the agent of playing. The existence of passive sentences such as (27b) could be interpreted as evidence against the hypothesis that the NP originates a ...
Words and Sentences
... The third person singular present indicative in English is notable cross-linguistically for being a morphologically marked form for a semantically unmarked one. That is to say the the third person singular is usually taken to be the most basic form in a given verbal category and as such, according t ...
... The third person singular present indicative in English is notable cross-linguistically for being a morphologically marked form for a semantically unmarked one. That is to say the the third person singular is usually taken to be the most basic form in a given verbal category and as such, according t ...
word order - Pathfinder.gr
... 1. Where - Mr. Hill - stay? the King George Hotel? 2. Where - Mary - jump? the water. 3. Where - Frank - arrive - on the third day? 4. Where - Miranda - travel to? the West Coast of America. 5. Where - Jimmy - climb? the top of the tree. 6. Where - the crash - happen? the cross - roads. 7. Where - P ...
... 1. Where - Mr. Hill - stay? the King George Hotel? 2. Where - Mary - jump? the water. 3. Where - Frank - arrive - on the third day? 4. Where - Miranda - travel to? the West Coast of America. 5. Where - Jimmy - climb? the top of the tree. 6. Where - the crash - happen? the cross - roads. 7. Where - P ...
A Realization Optimality-Theoretic approach to affix order
... non-indicatives (e.g. awun (masdar) ‘do’, t-awun (negated masdar); q’un (masdar) ‘hold’, ta-q’un (negated masdar)).11 Most verbs take periphrastic prefixal negative forms, which only apply to nonindicatives and ‘‘are formed with the auxiliary t-awun ‘not do’ and the Periphrasis form. The Periphrasis ...
... non-indicatives (e.g. awun (masdar) ‘do’, t-awun (negated masdar); q’un (masdar) ‘hold’, ta-q’un (negated masdar)).11 Most verbs take periphrastic prefixal negative forms, which only apply to nonindicatives and ‘‘are formed with the auxiliary t-awun ‘not do’ and the Periphrasis form. The Periphrasis ...
Vietnamese is a perfect
... 3. Not a Referential Past 3.1. Referential Tense Hypothesis Duffied (2007)’s study on the syntax of Vietnamese clausal structure claims that Vietnamese expresses assertion independently of tense or aspect. While he does not focus on the semantics of tense and aspect in Vietnamese, he does propose th ...
... 3. Not a Referential Past 3.1. Referential Tense Hypothesis Duffied (2007)’s study on the syntax of Vietnamese clausal structure claims that Vietnamese expresses assertion independently of tense or aspect. While he does not focus on the semantics of tense and aspect in Vietnamese, he does propose th ...
Time and Tense in English - Association for Computational Linguistics
... A parser uses the semantic rules of tense as follows. After checking the tense of the first verb, the parser checks to see if the verb is the word will. If it is, then move to the next verb and mark the event associated with this verb as a future event. Assert either the past, present or future rule ...
... A parser uses the semantic rules of tense as follows. After checking the tense of the first verb, the parser checks to see if the verb is the word will. If it is, then move to the next verb and mark the event associated with this verb as a future event. Assert either the past, present or future rule ...
Ch 10 - CSU, Chico
... II. The future tense and subordinate adverbial clauses When the main clause verb is in the future tense, the verb in the subordinate adverbial clause is in the simple present. I will be so happy, when I finally finish studying. When I finally finish studying, I will be so happy. Notice that in the examp ...
... II. The future tense and subordinate adverbial clauses When the main clause verb is in the future tense, the verb in the subordinate adverbial clause is in the simple present. I will be so happy, when I finally finish studying. When I finally finish studying, I will be so happy. Notice that in the examp ...
The Passé Composé with Etre
... MOST verbs use part of Avoir to form the passé composé. BUT one group of 14 verbs use the present tense of Etre instead. Here is that list ...
... MOST verbs use part of Avoir to form the passé composé. BUT one group of 14 verbs use the present tense of Etre instead. Here is that list ...
The Use of Frameworks in Teaching Tense
... expressed in shades of meaning of different structures, but we have to make them understandable to our students so that, we hope, they will be able to use them themselves. To do this we refer to rules that are, in fact, not rules at all, but rather fallible attempts to explain what the language does ...
... expressed in shades of meaning of different structures, but we have to make them understandable to our students so that, we hope, they will be able to use them themselves. To do this we refer to rules that are, in fact, not rules at all, but rather fallible attempts to explain what the language does ...
Translating linguistic time
... I am most reluctant to use the historic present in English in a middleof-the-road kind of children’s novel, even if it is the main tense of a French or German original. In English, the historic present seems more a tense for a stylist than is necessarily the case in other languages. I like it myself ...
... I am most reluctant to use the historic present in English in a middleof-the-road kind of children’s novel, even if it is the main tense of a French or German original. In English, the historic present seems more a tense for a stylist than is necessarily the case in other languages. I like it myself ...
This is the author`s final draft, 15 August 2014. The
... of the verb needs to be conceptually consistent with the general transfer meaning of the construction. This includes verbs that denote a transfer meaning themselves (e.g. She handed him the ball) or verbs that denote the means by which the transfer is effected (e.g. Joe kicked Bob the ball). However ...
... of the verb needs to be conceptually consistent with the general transfer meaning of the construction. This includes verbs that denote a transfer meaning themselves (e.g. She handed him the ball) or verbs that denote the means by which the transfer is effected (e.g. Joe kicked Bob the ball). However ...
Aspect Marking and Modality in Child Vietnamese
... 2. ADULT VIETNAMESE Vietnamese is an SVO and isolating language, thus has no inflectional morphology. Verbs are not inflected, i.e. they never have a stem change, but there are various markers (separate morphemes) that accompany the verb to express Tense and Aspect. There are two types of expression ...
... 2. ADULT VIETNAMESE Vietnamese is an SVO and isolating language, thus has no inflectional morphology. Verbs are not inflected, i.e. they never have a stem change, but there are various markers (separate morphemes) that accompany the verb to express Tense and Aspect. There are two types of expression ...
Do INSTRUCTION AND EXPOSURE MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON
... According to the curriculum, in narrations the main events of the story which advance the plot line are expressed in the passe simple while the imparfait 'imperfect' provides background. As with other verb forms, in the passe simple students must learn the root and which inflectional endings it take ...
... According to the curriculum, in narrations the main events of the story which advance the plot line are expressed in the passe simple while the imparfait 'imperfect' provides background. As with other verb forms, in the passe simple students must learn the root and which inflectional endings it take ...
journal of linguistics
... only useful definition would be in terms of specified frequency, and this produces confusing results: I usually go would qualify in terms of personal habit as habitual, but I rarely go or I went once would not. Similarly, 'simple' and 'progressive' labels are often confused with some kind of simple ...
... only useful definition would be in terms of specified frequency, and this produces confusing results: I usually go would qualify in terms of personal habit as habitual, but I rarely go or I went once would not. Similarly, 'simple' and 'progressive' labels are often confused with some kind of simple ...
11 Fula
... neighboring Mande. It is not unknown in other language families: a similar system obtains in Celtic languages. 5 Although Arnott calls this a “preterite” marker, it could be interpreted as a “shifter”, as its use “places the action or process one stage further back in time, usually with an implicati ...
... neighboring Mande. It is not unknown in other language families: a similar system obtains in Celtic languages. 5 Although Arnott calls this a “preterite” marker, it could be interpreted as a “shifter”, as its use “places the action or process one stage further back in time, usually with an implicati ...
0525 GERMAN (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other lingui ...
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other lingui ...
0525 german (foreign language)
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other lingui ...
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other lingui ...
Temporal Anteriority of the Arabic Perfect in Relative Clauses
... Dahlgren‘s (2005:155) grammar include a paragraph on the Imperfect in relative clauses (‖Användning av imperfect i ...
... Dahlgren‘s (2005:155) grammar include a paragraph on the Imperfect in relative clauses (‖Användning av imperfect i ...
MODULO INGLES CICLO V GRADO DECIMO
... Clauses are groups of words which have meaning, but are often not complete sentences. Some clauses begin with the word "when" such as "when she called" or "when it bit me." Other clauses begin with "while" such as "while she was sleeping" and "while he was surfing." When you talk about things in the ...
... Clauses are groups of words which have meaning, but are often not complete sentences. Some clauses begin with the word "when" such as "when she called" or "when it bit me." Other clauses begin with "while" such as "while she was sleeping" and "while he was surfing." When you talk about things in the ...