German - Wikimedia Commons
... A Textbook on Five Levels The question arose early in the development of this textbook as to precisely who would be the target audience. Although intended to be a "beginning" textbook on German, many felt that the early lessons were too difficult for younger students with very limited or no experience ...
... A Textbook on Five Levels The question arose early in the development of this textbook as to precisely who would be the target audience. Although intended to be a "beginning" textbook on German, many felt that the early lessons were too difficult for younger students with very limited or no experience ...
... support and friendship have also been very important to me. Maria Teresa Espinal deserves special thanks for sharing her vast knowledge of semantic theory with me, for showing me a constant concern for my unstable job at the university, and above all for her faith in me. My debt to Violeta Demonte i ...
Daily Grammar Practice - Public Schools of Robeson County
... Sometimes a verb can be more than one word. When a verb is more than one word, it is called a verb phrase. Verb phrases can be two, three, or four words. Using auxiliary or helping verbs makes verb phrases. There are twenty-three (23) helping verbs that should be memorized since they are used so oft ...
... Sometimes a verb can be more than one word. When a verb is more than one word, it is called a verb phrase. Verb phrases can be two, three, or four words. Using auxiliary or helping verbs makes verb phrases. There are twenty-three (23) helping verbs that should be memorized since they are used so oft ...
Covert nominative and dative subjects in Faroese∗
... The example in (1) shows the verb dáma ‘like’, the most common verb alternating between dative and nominative subject in Faroese. Other verbs in this tiny class include leingjast ‘long for’, mangla ‘lack’, nýtast ‘need’ and tørva ‘need’. The variation between dative and nominative is not associated ...
... The example in (1) shows the verb dáma ‘like’, the most common verb alternating between dative and nominative subject in Faroese. Other verbs in this tiny class include leingjast ‘long for’, mangla ‘lack’, nýtast ‘need’ and tørva ‘need’. The variation between dative and nominative is not associated ...
Overt Nominative Subjects in Infinitival Complements
... [andare solo/anche lui a Milano]. every boy / Gianni would-hate-3sg go-inf only/also he to Milan `Every boyi/Giannii would hate it if only/also hei went to Milan’ (6) Anche io odierei [andare solo io a Milano]. also I would-hate-1sg go-inf only I to Milan `Ii too would hate it if only Ii went to Mil ...
... [andare solo/anche lui a Milano]. every boy / Gianni would-hate-3sg go-inf only/also he to Milan `Every boyi/Giannii would hate it if only/also hei went to Milan’ (6) Anche io odierei [andare solo io a Milano]. also I would-hate-1sg go-inf only I to Milan `Ii too would hate it if only Ii went to Mil ...
The Domari Language of Aleppo - Dartmouth College Library
... the early 20th century in which he describes the variety spoken in Palestine (Macalister 1914) and has since been used indifferently by scholars (Matras 1999:4). The m of Aleppo do not call their language domari, but mʋ (expectedly stressed on the last syllable), which may occur in collocation with ...
... the early 20th century in which he describes the variety spoken in Palestine (Macalister 1914) and has since been used indifferently by scholars (Matras 1999:4). The m of Aleppo do not call their language domari, but mʋ (expectedly stressed on the last syllable), which may occur in collocation with ...
Grammar Essenti es (ISBN - 047061837X)
... choose between singular and plural pronouns, and master the use of possessive pronouns • Construct a complete sentence — steer clear of fragments and run-ons, join ideas, and watch out for danglers ...
... choose between singular and plural pronouns, and master the use of possessive pronouns • Construct a complete sentence — steer clear of fragments and run-ons, join ideas, and watch out for danglers ...
Understanding the Tlingit Verb
... Dictionary, and we can all spend the rest of our lives working with The Schetic Categories of the Tlingit Verb by Weihá. Those masterpieces and the collected and amazing works of K̲ eixwnéi and Xwaayeenák̲ is what all of this work is currently built upon. This project was funded by the Goldbelt Heri ...
... Dictionary, and we can all spend the rest of our lives working with The Schetic Categories of the Tlingit Verb by Weihá. Those masterpieces and the collected and amazing works of K̲ eixwnéi and Xwaayeenák̲ is what all of this work is currently built upon. This project was funded by the Goldbelt Heri ...
Morphosyntactic Convergence and Integration in Finland
... A survey of lexics and semantics of the source verbs..........................69 Voice characteristics of PPA constructions .........................................71 2.2.3. Qualitative analysis of the PPA constructions ...............................72 Question — answer adjacency pair............. ...
... A survey of lexics and semantics of the source verbs..........................69 Voice characteristics of PPA constructions .........................................71 2.2.3. Qualitative analysis of the PPA constructions ...............................72 Question — answer adjacency pair............. ...
Domains within Words and their meanings: a case study
... –tos forms in connection to their syntax and semantics reveals that this simple picture needs to be revised. It turns out that the architecture of –tos verbal adjectives is considerably more complex than described by Anagnostopoulou (2003) and A&A (2008), for two main reasons: First, it is actually ...
... –tos forms in connection to their syntax and semantics reveals that this simple picture needs to be revised. It turns out that the architecture of –tos verbal adjectives is considerably more complex than described by Anagnostopoulou (2003) and A&A (2008), for two main reasons: First, it is actually ...
Jita Narrative Discourse
... There were two neighbours. The first was called Chameleon. The second was called Hare. Hare had disdain. Note some other variations, shown in (3). The entire story is introduced with the temporal phrase Kara awo ‘There in the past’, followed by the normal locative verb, then by the postposed subject ...
... There were two neighbours. The first was called Chameleon. The second was called Hare. Hare had disdain. Note some other variations, shown in (3). The entire story is introduced with the temporal phrase Kara awo ‘There in the past’, followed by the normal locative verb, then by the postposed subject ...
semantic analysis of english performative verbs
... (9) Finally, performative verbs can have non-illocutionary meanings. For example, the verb "allow", which has performative uses, can also name events which are not speech acts. I can, for example, allow someone to do something without saying anything, just by letting him do it. Such verbs will be ca ...
... (9) Finally, performative verbs can have non-illocutionary meanings. For example, the verb "allow", which has performative uses, can also name events which are not speech acts. I can, for example, allow someone to do something without saying anything, just by letting him do it. Such verbs will be ca ...
The secret life of focus exponents, and what it tells us about fronted
... Abstract The paper investigates a complex word order phenomenon in German and the interaction of syntax and information structure it exemplifies: the occurrence of subjects as part of a fronted non-finite constituent and particularly the so-called definiteness effect excluding (many) definite subje ...
... Abstract The paper investigates a complex word order phenomenon in German and the interaction of syntax and information structure it exemplifies: the occurrence of subjects as part of a fronted non-finite constituent and particularly the so-called definiteness effect excluding (many) definite subje ...
1 Mood Alternation in Modal Existential Constructions in Spanish
... New York English have been claimed to have MECs (Caponigro 2003, Grosu 2004). Cross-‐linguistically, there is a great deal of variation regarding which wh-‐words can be used in MECs. Languages clu ...
... New York English have been claimed to have MECs (Caponigro 2003, Grosu 2004). Cross-‐linguistically, there is a great deal of variation regarding which wh-‐words can be used in MECs. Languages clu ...
Passive - University of Hawaii
... which subsequently adjoins to Agro. Let us assume that -en checks its case feature by virtue of adjoining to Agro. Once the case feature of Agro has been checked off, it is no longer available. Consequently, the internal argument moves up to [Spec, Agrs] to check its case feature and receive NOM. Ac ...
... which subsequently adjoins to Agro. Let us assume that -en checks its case feature by virtue of adjoining to Agro. Once the case feature of Agro has been checked off, it is no longer available. Consequently, the internal argument moves up to [Spec, Agrs] to check its case feature and receive NOM. Ac ...
MS Word - Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
... and a formal notation for their specification using notions of systemic-functional grammar (SFG). In Section 2, we present the following list of functional regions identified in our study and described in this deliverable: Transitivity, Diathesis, Mood, Tense, Aspect, Clause complexity, Word order a ...
... and a formal notation for their specification using notions of systemic-functional grammar (SFG). In Section 2, we present the following list of functional regions identified in our study and described in this deliverable: Transitivity, Diathesis, Mood, Tense, Aspect, Clause complexity, Word order a ...
THE EPP, NOMINATIVE CASE and EXPLETIVES
... is to satisfy the EPP, while the nominative Case-feature of I is checked by the postverbal NP via Agree, invalidating the analysis of Belletti (1988), according to which, the Case of this NP is partitive. A comparison of there-constructions with their non-agreeing counterparts in French and Russian ...
... is to satisfy the EPP, while the nominative Case-feature of I is checked by the postverbal NP via Agree, invalidating the analysis of Belletti (1988), according to which, the Case of this NP is partitive. A comparison of there-constructions with their non-agreeing counterparts in French and Russian ...
grammaticalization and the semantic
... Modal verbs in English and German have two main uses. One of these uses, commonly known as deontic, concerns conditions of the subject. The other use, epistemic, focuses on the speaker’s attitude towards the proposition. These disparate uses have not always existed in English and German; they are th ...
... Modal verbs in English and German have two main uses. One of these uses, commonly known as deontic, concerns conditions of the subject. The other use, epistemic, focuses on the speaker’s attitude towards the proposition. These disparate uses have not always existed in English and German; they are th ...
The objective conjugation in Hungarian: agreement without phi
... as the subject of an embedded infinitive (Sportiche 1996). Analyses of clitic doubling vary, but it is generally agreed that clitics do not function as pronouns in such constructions, yet nonetheless retain some pronominal properties. First, they function as pronouns in the absence of a doubling nom ...
... as the subject of an embedded infinitive (Sportiche 1996). Analyses of clitic doubling vary, but it is generally agreed that clitics do not function as pronouns in such constructions, yet nonetheless retain some pronominal properties. First, they function as pronouns in the absence of a doubling nom ...
Full text - Universiteit Leiden
... The process leading to this thesis began when, during my MA studies in Zurich, my then supervisor Dr. Philippe Maurer introduced me to a Timorese student, Eduardo da Costa Guterres. His native tongue, Makasae, ended up being the topic of my MA thesis. Eduardo’s commitment and enthusiasm convinced me ...
... The process leading to this thesis began when, during my MA studies in Zurich, my then supervisor Dr. Philippe Maurer introduced me to a Timorese student, Eduardo da Costa Guterres. His native tongue, Makasae, ended up being the topic of my MA thesis. Eduardo’s commitment and enthusiasm convinced me ...
Russian Deverbal Nouns - Dipòsit Digital de la UB
... we describe the linguistic resources used in the development of this project. We first introduce the monolingual and bilingual corpora, and then, the lexicons. In the third chapter, we discuss the relationship between the morphological and lexical aspects of the base verb and the lexical denotation ...
... we describe the linguistic resources used in the development of this project. We first introduce the monolingual and bilingual corpora, and then, the lexicons. In the third chapter, we discuss the relationship between the morphological and lexical aspects of the base verb and the lexical denotation ...
The evolution of number in Otomi
... In Old Otomi, the number system in pronominals was based on a singular-dual-plural opposition, but the dual became an unstable value in the breaking up of the old dialectal continuum. The instability is witnessed in that some of the modern languages stray considerably from the original situation, w ...
... In Old Otomi, the number system in pronominals was based on a singular-dual-plural opposition, but the dual became an unstable value in the breaking up of the old dialectal continuum. The instability is witnessed in that some of the modern languages stray considerably from the original situation, w ...
PropBank Annotation Guidelines - Computational Language and
... All tokens marked as verbs in the TreeBank should be annotated in PropBank; however, rarely a token is marked as the REL that is not truly a verb and should not be annotated. Because the lines between parts of speech are often fuzzy, annotators should annotate all cases of gerunds and past participl ...
... All tokens marked as verbs in the TreeBank should be annotated in PropBank; however, rarely a token is marked as the REL that is not truly a verb and should not be annotated. Because the lines between parts of speech are often fuzzy, annotators should annotate all cases of gerunds and past participl ...
A Diachronic Study on the Complementation of the Verb Try
... are used with the verb try in written British English. I will use two corpora, one for data from the Late Modern English period and another for present-day usage. One of the objectives of this thesis is to see if there are any significant changes in the distribution of complement types over time and ...
... are used with the verb try in written British English. I will use two corpora, one for data from the Late Modern English period and another for present-day usage. One of the objectives of this thesis is to see if there are any significant changes in the distribution of complement types over time and ...
Constructing Paragraphs
... As a college student, you’ll encounter a lot of terms that may be new to you. Knowing the meanings of these terms can help you navigate the college environment. Some of these terms will be familiar because they’ve already been used in this chapter or you’ve heard them before, whereas others are ones ...
... As a college student, you’ll encounter a lot of terms that may be new to you. Knowing the meanings of these terms can help you navigate the college environment. Some of these terms will be familiar because they’ve already been used in this chapter or you’ve heard them before, whereas others are ones ...