Translating linguistic time
... aspect in narrative texts in different languages? It is often simply assumed that translating grammatical categories of time in languages - because it has to do with what is considered the hard core of language, i.e. the grammar as opposed to the lexicon of the language - mainly involves mere lingui ...
... aspect in narrative texts in different languages? It is often simply assumed that translating grammatical categories of time in languages - because it has to do with what is considered the hard core of language, i.e. the grammar as opposed to the lexicon of the language - mainly involves mere lingui ...
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... While Ancient (especially Archaic/Classical) Greek is commonly considered a ‘synthetic’ language,1 it cannot be denied that in the course of time it developed a set of periphrastic constructions, most prominently with the verbs εἰµί “I am” and ἔχω “I have” (accompanied by a (active/middle/passive) p ...
... While Ancient (especially Archaic/Classical) Greek is commonly considered a ‘synthetic’ language,1 it cannot be denied that in the course of time it developed a set of periphrastic constructions, most prominently with the verbs εἰµί “I am” and ἔχω “I have” (accompanied by a (active/middle/passive) p ...
Imperfect Subjunctive
... plural of the preterit, drop the –ron, and add the imperfect subjunctive endings listed on the previous page. However, there are lots of irregulars and stem-changing verbs in the preterit, such as the following: fueron supieron durmieron pidieron ...
... plural of the preterit, drop the –ron, and add the imperfect subjunctive endings listed on the previous page. However, there are lots of irregulars and stem-changing verbs in the preterit, such as the following: fueron supieron durmieron pidieron ...
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 ...
Part 2 "Of the Verb": An Australian grammar : comprehending the
... or was continued in withO'ut interT1lption: as, Bim-kil-li-lin bang, I am now continuing in the action of making blows. It may be threshing or any other act, as beating, &c. &c. Denominated the continuative, modification, No. 1. 5. Causative by permission, or preventive with a negative: as, when we ...
... or was continued in withO'ut interT1lption: as, Bim-kil-li-lin bang, I am now continuing in the action of making blows. It may be threshing or any other act, as beating, &c. &c. Denominated the continuative, modification, No. 1. 5. Causative by permission, or preventive with a negative: as, when we ...
Where does heteroclisis come from? Evidence from Romanian
... of the paradigm. Of particular interest in this study is the nature of the intraparadigmatic ‘barriers’ which halted the spread of the innovation in this way, thereby giving rise to an intraparadigmatic ‘split’ between inflection classes. In this respect Romanian heteroclisis is strikingly unlike vi ...
... of the paradigm. Of particular interest in this study is the nature of the intraparadigmatic ‘barriers’ which halted the spread of the innovation in this way, thereby giving rise to an intraparadigmatic ‘split’ between inflection classes. In this respect Romanian heteroclisis is strikingly unlike vi ...
Words and Sentences
... the subject performs the verb. An example of an active verb in an active sentence is 'I hit the dog.' A Passive verb is a verb in a passive sentence. In a passive sentence, the action is performed upon the subject. An example of this is: 'The dog was hit by me.'. The two sentences have the same deno ...
... the subject performs the verb. An example of an active verb in an active sentence is 'I hit the dog.' A Passive verb is a verb in a passive sentence. In a passive sentence, the action is performed upon the subject. An example of this is: 'The dog was hit by me.'. The two sentences have the same deno ...
Time and Tense in English - Association for Computational Linguistics
... definition of some of the basic tenses). The ambiguity concerning which event is modified can best be seen in the following example: "I had eaten at 3." This sentence has a utterance event, which can not be directly modified by an adverb. It can be modified by context, and it can be modified when s ...
... definition of some of the basic tenses). The ambiguity concerning which event is modified can best be seen in the following example: "I had eaten at 3." This sentence has a utterance event, which can not be directly modified by an adverb. It can be modified by context, and it can be modified when s ...
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 ...
Vietnamese is a perfect
... marker da in Vietnamese. The study first explores the possibility of accounting for such a marker as an optional past tense. By testing this hypothesis against empirical data, this paper argues that da is neither a referential nor a quantificational past tense, but a perfect marker in Vietnamese. Th ...
... marker da in Vietnamese. The study first explores the possibility of accounting for such a marker as an optional past tense. By testing this hypothesis against empirical data, this paper argues that da is neither a referential nor a quantificational past tense, but a perfect marker in Vietnamese. Th ...
Mood, voice and auxiliaries C1
... continues into the present. In that case, 'since,' 'for,' 'how long' or 'since when' are used. Note: When since (sense of time) is followed by a clause, the verb of the clause is in the preterite. A state or an action that has just been Example: accomplished. I've just finished an excellent book. No ...
... continues into the present. In that case, 'since,' 'for,' 'how long' or 'since when' are used. Note: When since (sense of time) is followed by a clause, the verb of the clause is in the preterite. A state or an action that has just been Example: accomplished. I've just finished an excellent book. No ...
Backshift and Tense Decomposition
... • The same surface form can correspond to more than one grammatical tense. An English example is the verb form put, which can, for instance, be present tense or past tense. Some languages show this ambiguity in productive conjugation patterns. For instance, Portuguese corremos is both a present and ...
... • The same surface form can correspond to more than one grammatical tense. An English example is the verb form put, which can, for instance, be present tense or past tense. Some languages show this ambiguity in productive conjugation patterns. For instance, Portuguese corremos is both a present and ...
Participles: Form, Use and Meaning (PartFUM)
... combination of be/have (etc.) with a (possibly adjectival) participle developed into a periphrastic verb form? o What about a syntactic position where predicative and attributive characteristics of participles could be expected to combine, namely, predicate position of a relative clause nominal modi ...
... combination of be/have (etc.) with a (possibly adjectival) participle developed into a periphrastic verb form? o What about a syntactic position where predicative and attributive characteristics of participles could be expected to combine, namely, predicate position of a relative clause nominal modi ...
Document
... So the NP with the matching feature (Pat) is copied, and Merged. T projects (it had the feature checked) and it has no strong uninterpretable features left to check, so it is a maximal projection (TP) ...
... So the NP with the matching feature (Pat) is copied, and Merged. T projects (it had the feature checked) and it has no strong uninterpretable features left to check, so it is a maximal projection (TP) ...
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... This is a stipulation, but if we define c-command in a more complicated way, it comes to this. A general property of adjuncts is that they are “just as high” in the tree as the thing they adjoined to, so they “see” (ccommand) the same parts of the structure as the thing they adjoined to. ...
... This is a stipulation, but if we define c-command in a more complicated way, it comes to this. A general property of adjuncts is that they are “just as high” in the tree as the thing they adjoined to, so they “see” (ccommand) the same parts of the structure as the thing they adjoined to. ...
University of Groningen Time reference decoupled from tense
... temporal relations by defining the boundaries (beginning, end point) of a situation, telling whether the event is completed or ongoing. It is the combination of tense, aspect, and context that specifies the time reference, as illustrated below. In Dutch, like in English, both simple verb forms (fini ...
... temporal relations by defining the boundaries (beginning, end point) of a situation, telling whether the event is completed or ongoing. It is the combination of tense, aspect, and context that specifies the time reference, as illustrated below. In Dutch, like in English, both simple verb forms (fini ...
Verbal inflection and overflow auxiliaries
... into the derivation. The question for this type of approach is not in explaining why auxiliaries can appear, but in limiting them to those environments where no simple inflected verb exists: if auxiliaries are a freely-available way to introduce inflectional features into a derivation, there is no ...
... into the derivation. The question for this type of approach is not in explaining why auxiliaries can appear, but in limiting them to those environments where no simple inflected verb exists: if auxiliaries are a freely-available way to introduce inflectional features into a derivation, there is no ...
english tenses
... The course is designed, first and foremost, for the extra-mural students of the English Department who study English independently, but it can also be used effectively by students of other departments who want to improve their knowledge of English tenses. The material is broken down into carefully a ...
... The course is designed, first and foremost, for the extra-mural students of the English Department who study English independently, but it can also be used effectively by students of other departments who want to improve their knowledge of English tenses. The material is broken down into carefully a ...
Month 10 - Shri Chitrapur Math
... reads: balk> mya d¯:q> , Please recall that our participles are like adjectives and can be M, F or N. Let's have a look at a few more sentences: I wrote an article. Ah< leo< iliotvtI / iliotvan! , An article was written by me. mya leo> iliot> , He wrote a story. s> kwa< iliotvan! , A story was writt ...
... reads: balk> mya d¯:q> , Please recall that our participles are like adjectives and can be M, F or N. Let's have a look at a few more sentences: I wrote an article. Ah< leo< iliotvtI / iliotvan! , An article was written by me. mya leo> iliot> , He wrote a story. s> kwa< iliotvan! , A story was writt ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Perfect Readings in Russian - Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft
... We will see that our theory of the participial passive makes a number of welcome predictions, at the same time deriving all the properties that have been observed for the participial passive. The organization of the article is as follows. Section 2 discusses S.’s theory of the relations between aspe ...
... We will see that our theory of the participial passive makes a number of welcome predictions, at the same time deriving all the properties that have been observed for the participial passive. The organization of the article is as follows. Section 2 discusses S.’s theory of the relations between aspe ...