ON PRODUCTIVITY, CREATIVITY AND RESTRICTIONS ON WORD
... others. Since the great majority of English conversion-words have been formed by converting nouns into verbs, it can be assumed that conversion will go on contributing to the vocabulary of the language mostly with new-fashioned verbs and nouns. More specifically, all the possibilities for creating v ...
... others. Since the great majority of English conversion-words have been formed by converting nouns into verbs, it can be assumed that conversion will go on contributing to the vocabulary of the language mostly with new-fashioned verbs and nouns. More specifically, all the possibilities for creating v ...
Where auxiliary verbs come from - chass.utoronto
... M, T, and to all carry the c-selectional feature [uV], and thus must be checked under Agree by a lexical verb. For M and to, this is all that needs to be said; both leave the verb they c-select unvalued, and the verb thus surfaces as a bare stem. The dependent features of T, however, affect whether ...
... M, T, and to all carry the c-selectional feature [uV], and thus must be checked under Agree by a lexical verb. For M and to, this is all that needs to be said; both leave the verb they c-select unvalued, and the verb thus surfaces as a bare stem. The dependent features of T, however, affect whether ...
Improving Subcategorization Acquisition using Word Sence
... - verbs whose sense involves mainly NP/PP - SCFs seems to appear in data as “families” for a sense of a verb - worse performance for seek using WSD even though is highly polysemous and differs in terms of subcategorization -no clear improvement : choose, compose, induce, watch ...
... - verbs whose sense involves mainly NP/PP - SCFs seems to appear in data as “families” for a sense of a verb - worse performance for seek using WSD even though is highly polysemous and differs in terms of subcategorization -no clear improvement : choose, compose, induce, watch ...
Some characteristics of deverbal nominals in Slavic and Romance
... event and an aspectual point of view. Evidence for this is morphological in nature and the existence of adverbs. Adverbs of this type are not allowed with nominals formed from unergative verbs.10 Result nominals have no obligatory arguments and aspectual modifiers. In other words, they cannot be mod ...
... event and an aspectual point of view. Evidence for this is morphological in nature and the existence of adverbs. Adverbs of this type are not allowed with nominals formed from unergative verbs.10 Result nominals have no obligatory arguments and aspectual modifiers. In other words, they cannot be mod ...
The grammaticalization of tense markers : A
... The authors who argue against a source in fake coordination all note that non-agentive (or non-volitional) subjects occur in fake coordination but not in go get constructions. What they fail to mention is that when a nonagentive subject occurs with fake coordination the utterance receives either an ...
... The authors who argue against a source in fake coordination all note that non-agentive (or non-volitional) subjects occur in fake coordination but not in go get constructions. What they fail to mention is that when a nonagentive subject occurs with fake coordination the utterance receives either an ...
Types of Predicate-Subject Constructions in Indonesian
... 1. Introduction Simple Indonesia sentences have the following characteristics: (1) they consist of one clause, (2) they have complete components, (3) the components occur in the most general order, and (4) they do not contain interrogation or negation. In relation to characteristic (3) above, that t ...
... 1. Introduction Simple Indonesia sentences have the following characteristics: (1) they consist of one clause, (2) they have complete components, (3) the components occur in the most general order, and (4) they do not contain interrogation or negation. In relation to characteristic (3) above, that t ...
PowerPoint - Skyline College
... Many adverbs and most adjectives generally have three forms: the normal form; the comparative form, which you can use to compare two things; and the superlative form, which you can use to compare three or more things. The following chart gives you some guidelines for forming the comparative and supe ...
... Many adverbs and most adjectives generally have three forms: the normal form; the comparative form, which you can use to compare two things; and the superlative form, which you can use to compare three or more things. The following chart gives you some guidelines for forming the comparative and supe ...
The Cross-Linguistic Function of Obligatory `do
... consequence of other grammatical factors, which are characterized in terms of their functions. There are, however, cases where the ‘do’-element itself encodes functions directly. These will not be included in the present discussion. In its lexical use ‘do’ is transitive as well as active. In some la ...
... consequence of other grammatical factors, which are characterized in terms of their functions. There are, however, cases where the ‘do’-element itself encodes functions directly. These will not be included in the present discussion. In its lexical use ‘do’ is transitive as well as active. In some la ...
PROJECTING INFLECTED VERBS* Eric Reuland and Wim
... differs from its domain in GOV languages. The significance of the correlation is shown by the fact that it is also observed in so called Nominal Infinitives (corresponding to the English Gerunds), This construction is characterized as follows. It has a verbal stem as its head, carrying an inflection ...
... differs from its domain in GOV languages. The significance of the correlation is shown by the fact that it is also observed in so called Nominal Infinitives (corresponding to the English Gerunds), This construction is characterized as follows. It has a verbal stem as its head, carrying an inflection ...
CONTENTS HENDAR - Widyatama Repository Home
... the written massages of the English news headlines. This small research tries to find out the problems faced by English students in understanding and translating the English news headlines especially found in Jakarta Post Newspaper as well asto analyze some typical linguistic features found in Jakar ...
... the written massages of the English news headlines. This small research tries to find out the problems faced by English students in understanding and translating the English news headlines especially found in Jakarta Post Newspaper as well asto analyze some typical linguistic features found in Jakar ...
vocabulary builder
... How long have you • How often do you • Do you ever • In your opinion, • Have you ever What types of • What / Where / Who is your favourite • How do you usually • Do you think What would you like to • What are your plans for ...
... How long have you • How often do you • Do you ever • In your opinion, • Have you ever What types of • What / Where / Who is your favourite • How do you usually • Do you think What would you like to • What are your plans for ...
Unit 7 Adjectives and Adverbs
... Our house was badly damaged by a tornado. Our—possessive pronoun—modifies the noun house Another solution was presented by Hank Berger. Another—indefinite pronoun—modifies the noun solution ...
... Our house was badly damaged by a tornado. Our—possessive pronoun—modifies the noun house Another solution was presented by Hank Berger. Another—indefinite pronoun—modifies the noun solution ...
Grammar Practice #12 (PNs and PAs)
... Predicate adjectives work the same way as predicate nominatives except, surprise, they are adjectives and not nouns. Therefore, they will still follow linking verbs only, and they will refer back to the subject. Here is an example -Amelia was happy about the news of the freighter. “was” is always a ...
... Predicate adjectives work the same way as predicate nominatives except, surprise, they are adjectives and not nouns. Therefore, they will still follow linking verbs only, and they will refer back to the subject. Here is an example -Amelia was happy about the news of the freighter. “was” is always a ...
Sentence Variety
... Combine the following sentences using –ing modifiers: 1 – She performed the surgery with great skill. 2 – She saved the patient’s life. 1 – The child pedaled furiously down the sidewalk. 2 – The child ignored the big kids on their flashy ten speed bikes. 1 – They conducted a survey of Jackson Height ...
... Combine the following sentences using –ing modifiers: 1 – She performed the surgery with great skill. 2 – She saved the patient’s life. 1 – The child pedaled furiously down the sidewalk. 2 – The child ignored the big kids on their flashy ten speed bikes. 1 – They conducted a survey of Jackson Height ...
A dictionary is the most widely used reference book in English
... The English language has become an international language from that of a tiny island off the European continent since it was brought from the Continent 1,500 years ago. As language changes in time and space, English has changed in Britain and has transformed into North American English, Australian E ...
... The English language has become an international language from that of a tiny island off the European continent since it was brought from the Continent 1,500 years ago. As language changes in time and space, English has changed in Britain and has transformed into North American English, Australian E ...
Discovering English with Sketch Engine
... As the Sketch Engine website describes it, a word sketch is a one-page, automatic, corpus-derived summary of a word’s grammatical and collocational behaviour1. A word sketch contains dozens of words – it is fascinating to observe that every word keeps so much regular company, although by this stage ...
... As the Sketch Engine website describes it, a word sketch is a one-page, automatic, corpus-derived summary of a word’s grammatical and collocational behaviour1. A word sketch contains dozens of words – it is fascinating to observe that every word keeps so much regular company, although by this stage ...
Phil2_3 - Amador Bible Studies
... throughout one’s spiritual life. The deponent middle/passive voice is middle/passive in form, but active in meaning; every believer is expected to produce this action. The participle is an imperatival participle, being used as an imperative mood. Then we have the accusative masculine second person p ...
... throughout one’s spiritual life. The deponent middle/passive voice is middle/passive in form, but active in meaning; every believer is expected to produce this action. The participle is an imperatival participle, being used as an imperative mood. Then we have the accusative masculine second person p ...
Lesson 9 Adjectives
... expect a positive YES answer, eg., Would you like some more tea?) no (adjective / adverb / noun) eg. I wanted no part of it. much (adjective / adverb /noun) eg. It takes too much time. many (adjective / pronoun / noun) eg. A journey of many miles begins with a ...
... expect a positive YES answer, eg., Would you like some more tea?) no (adjective / adverb / noun) eg. I wanted no part of it. much (adjective / adverb /noun) eg. It takes too much time. many (adjective / pronoun / noun) eg. A journey of many miles begins with a ...
Cognitive processes in grammaticalization
... indefinite article in Moré, a Gur language of the Burkina Faso (Heine et al. 1993), in colloquial Hebrew (Semitic) and in the Dravidian languages Tamil and Kannada (Heine 1997). Examples of demonstratives becoming definite articles are also common: Latin ille, illa 'that' became French definite arti ...
... indefinite article in Moré, a Gur language of the Burkina Faso (Heine et al. 1993), in colloquial Hebrew (Semitic) and in the Dravidian languages Tamil and Kannada (Heine 1997). Examples of demonstratives becoming definite articles are also common: Latin ille, illa 'that' became French definite arti ...
Propbank-Br - Association for Computational Linguistics
... Sentences without expressed subject have been flagged with parameter OCULTO, if the subject is inferable from verb inflection or INDETERMINADO, if the verb is in third person of plural (mark of subject indeterminacy in Portuguese). Embedded clauses that have one argument represented by a pronoun hav ...
... Sentences without expressed subject have been flagged with parameter OCULTO, if the subject is inferable from verb inflection or INDETERMINADO, if the verb is in third person of plural (mark of subject indeterminacy in Portuguese). Embedded clauses that have one argument represented by a pronoun hav ...
English Grammar Fundamentals for Non
... of these personal pronouns, we use it in different forms: (a) Person. The person refers to whom the subject is about. We have three different persons, and each has a singular form and a plural form. First person refers to a subject that is I, me, my/mine for singular, and we, our, us, for plural. Seco ...
... of these personal pronouns, we use it in different forms: (a) Person. The person refers to whom the subject is about. We have three different persons, and each has a singular form and a plural form. First person refers to a subject that is I, me, my/mine for singular, and we, our, us, for plural. Seco ...
Tamid 8 (2013) 3a r40.indd
... would have expected the t of the hiṯpaʿʿel to be assimilated to a following q as well, which is not the case (cf. ‘ ִה ְת ַק ֵדּשׁhe was hallowed’). (§ 1.19.3); (5) Since in the 1s, 1p and 2ms of the suffix-tense the final vowel has been preserved …, they are stressed on their penult, in accordance wit ...
... would have expected the t of the hiṯpaʿʿel to be assimilated to a following q as well, which is not the case (cf. ‘ ִה ְת ַק ֵדּשׁhe was hallowed’). (§ 1.19.3); (5) Since in the 1s, 1p and 2ms of the suffix-tense the final vowel has been preserved …, they are stressed on their penult, in accordance wit ...
Sorani grammar
... KURDISH BELONGS to the Western Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. The two principal branches of modern literary Kurdish are (1) Kurmanji, the language of the vast majority of Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, the area designated by Kurdish nationalis ...
... KURDISH BELONGS to the Western Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. The two principal branches of modern literary Kurdish are (1) Kurmanji, the language of the vast majority of Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, the area designated by Kurdish nationalis ...