CHAPTER 2 THE ORIGIN OF LIGHT VERBS
... locations/locatums. Unergatives are those verbs known as "truly intransitive," such as laugh, walk, sneeze, etc. However, HK argue that these intransitive verbs are actually derived from underlyingly transitive structures. As an example, (8a-b) share with (9a-b) the same LRS representations, though ...
... locations/locatums. Unergatives are those verbs known as "truly intransitive," such as laugh, walk, sneeze, etc. However, HK argue that these intransitive verbs are actually derived from underlyingly transitive structures. As an example, (8a-b) share with (9a-b) the same LRS representations, though ...
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... bivalent applicative verbs with monovalent base forms (e.g. bedudeln). The latter class o f verbs includes not only beschummeln in (2) but also applicatives formed from other verbs o f deception, including mogeln (‘cheat’), schwindeln (‘fib’), flunkern (‘lie’) and lügen (‘be’). Moreover, the more ge ...
... bivalent applicative verbs with monovalent base forms (e.g. bedudeln). The latter class o f verbs includes not only beschummeln in (2) but also applicatives formed from other verbs o f deception, including mogeln (‘cheat’), schwindeln (‘fib’), flunkern (‘lie’) and lügen (‘be’). Moreover, the more ge ...
I find the book worth reading.
... The combination of the verbs shall and will with the infinitive have of late become subject of renewed discussion. The controversial point about them is wether these combinations really constitute, together with the forms of the past and present, the categorical expression of verbal tense, are jus m ...
... The combination of the verbs shall and will with the infinitive have of late become subject of renewed discussion. The controversial point about them is wether these combinations really constitute, together with the forms of the past and present, the categorical expression of verbal tense, are jus m ...
Students` Workbook
... Do spiders have wings? Some ants have wings. Is the spider’s body soft? It is in two parts. Do you see the spider’s eight legs? What to See.—Which of the groups above are sentences? Which may be called statements because they state, or tell, something? Which are questions? With what kind of letter d ...
... Do spiders have wings? Some ants have wings. Is the spider’s body soft? It is in two parts. Do you see the spider’s eight legs? What to See.—Which of the groups above are sentences? Which may be called statements because they state, or tell, something? Which are questions? With what kind of letter d ...
Hittite Grammar
... After the fall of the Hittite empire, the peoples around used a writing of "hieroglyphic" type that for a long time was believed to be Hittite, but whose partial deciphering showed that it was Luwian. The Anatolian family exhibits a lot of peculiar features compared with the other I.E. families, so ...
... After the fall of the Hittite empire, the peoples around used a writing of "hieroglyphic" type that for a long time was believed to be Hittite, but whose partial deciphering showed that it was Luwian. The Anatolian family exhibits a lot of peculiar features compared with the other I.E. families, so ...
OBJECTIVE CONJUGATION AND MEDIALISATION
... as such only when the sentence actually has an object or, depending on the language, only when the sentence actually does not have an object. In such languages, two different verb conjugations would appear in he is eating vs. he is eating bread. Acta Linguistica Hungarica 51, 2004 ...
... as such only when the sentence actually has an object or, depending on the language, only when the sentence actually does not have an object. In such languages, two different verb conjugations would appear in he is eating vs. he is eating bread. Acta Linguistica Hungarica 51, 2004 ...
A Basic Modern Russian Grammar
... of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland The book is really very helpful. The explanations given in the book are clear and inventive. The teaching materials have been very well sorted. ...
... of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland The book is really very helpful. The explanations given in the book are clear and inventive. The teaching materials have been very well sorted. ...
Long Head Movement is Short Head Movement
... orders are allowed in Dutch, but in either case the structure behaves like a monoclausal one and the evidence for clustering is the same (Evers 1975). In cases with more than two verbs, the cluster-internal order in Dutch obligatorily has governing verbs before governed verbs, but this is an acciden ...
... orders are allowed in Dutch, but in either case the structure behaves like a monoclausal one and the evidence for clustering is the same (Evers 1975). In cases with more than two verbs, the cluster-internal order in Dutch obligatorily has governing verbs before governed verbs, but this is an acciden ...
chapter 11 the preterit tense
... This happens in the yo form of specific verbs in the preterit tense, because adding –í or –é to the base of the verb messes up the pronunciation of the word. The spelling change is meant to maintain the same basic sound as the infinitive. Verbs that end in –gar Remember that the consonant g is prono ...
... This happens in the yo form of specific verbs in the preterit tense, because adding –í or –é to the base of the verb messes up the pronunciation of the word. The spelling change is meant to maintain the same basic sound as the infinitive. Verbs that end in –gar Remember that the consonant g is prono ...
Imperfect Aspect in English and Indonesian Verbs
... In this paper I try to describe the features of the imperfect aspect in English and Indonesian verbs as this aspect often appears in English and Indonesian texts, especially in texts of long and short functions such as narrative, recount, anecdote, and even in speeches. As I deal with such texts and ...
... In this paper I try to describe the features of the imperfect aspect in English and Indonesian verbs as this aspect often appears in English and Indonesian texts, especially in texts of long and short functions such as narrative, recount, anecdote, and even in speeches. As I deal with such texts and ...
Introduction to WordNet: An On-line Lexical Database (Revised
... is to say, it was to be a theory of the Word Meaning box. As work proceeded, however, it became increasingly clear that lexical relations in the Word Form box could not be ignored. At present, WordNet distinguishes between semantic relations and lexical relations; the emphasis is still on semantic r ...
... is to say, it was to be a theory of the Word Meaning box. As work proceeded, however, it became increasingly clear that lexical relations in the Word Form box could not be ignored. At present, WordNet distinguishes between semantic relations and lexical relations; the emphasis is still on semantic r ...
Introduction to WordNet: An On-line Lexical Database
... is to say, it was to be a theory of the Word Meaning box. As work proceeded, however, it became increasingly clear that lexical relations in the Word Form box could not be ignored. At present, WordNet distinguishes between semantic relations and lexical relations; the emphasis is still on semantic r ...
... is to say, it was to be a theory of the Word Meaning box. As work proceeded, however, it became increasingly clear that lexical relations in the Word Form box could not be ignored. At present, WordNet distinguishes between semantic relations and lexical relations; the emphasis is still on semantic r ...
Danish: An Essential Grammar
... We have two aims with this book. First, we want to provide learners of Danish with a concise description of the structure of Danish phonology, morphology and syntax, as well as a brief account of orthography, punctuation and word formation. Second, we try to describe in greater detail those areas of ...
... We have two aims with this book. First, we want to provide learners of Danish with a concise description of the structure of Danish phonology, morphology and syntax, as well as a brief account of orthography, punctuation and word formation. Second, we try to describe in greater detail those areas of ...
Orf, Amy - Ohio State University Knowledge Bank
... were either sitting or lying down. Furthermore, estar is not used to express spatial location in these examples. Instead, it adds gran1matical meaning, that of progressive aspect. In (3), the adverb luengamente 'for a long time' seems to emphasize the aspectual meaning of estar. In addition to a rel ...
... were either sitting or lying down. Furthermore, estar is not used to express spatial location in these examples. Instead, it adds gran1matical meaning, that of progressive aspect. In (3), the adverb luengamente 'for a long time' seems to emphasize the aspectual meaning of estar. In addition to a rel ...
THE SUBSYSTEMS OF LEXICAL ASPECTS
... In this thesis a system of lexical aspects, or Aktionsarten, is considered fiom the point of view of GuillaumjanPsychomechanics, which is a form of cognitive linguistics. Guillaume proposes that verbal systems have developmental stages, the total system of stages being cded the chronogenesis, that i ...
... In this thesis a system of lexical aspects, or Aktionsarten, is considered fiom the point of view of GuillaumjanPsychomechanics, which is a form of cognitive linguistics. Guillaume proposes that verbal systems have developmental stages, the total system of stages being cded the chronogenesis, that i ...
Adding Adjectives and Adverbs From
... Many verbs express action that is performed by the subject. There are thousands of such verbs in English. The following are examples. ...
... Many verbs express action that is performed by the subject. There are thousands of such verbs in English. The following are examples. ...
Agreement - General Guide To Personal and Societies Web Space
... which fall in the so-called category of unaccusative verbs, i.e. those verbs whose structural subject is generated post-verbally, in the canonical object position (Perlmutter (1978), Burzio (1981, 1986)). The A aux - avere - is usually used with transitive verbs. There are some verbs which admit bot ...
... which fall in the so-called category of unaccusative verbs, i.e. those verbs whose structural subject is generated post-verbally, in the canonical object position (Perlmutter (1978), Burzio (1981, 1986)). The A aux - avere - is usually used with transitive verbs. There are some verbs which admit bot ...
Categorization and Category Change
... patterns (i.e., combination with other lexical items; e.g., determiners for Nouns) and interpretational properties of lexical items. Pānini (4th century BC) in his treatise of Sanskrit grammar Ashtadhyayi, categorizes nouns by gender and inflections for case and number. Dionysius Thrax (100 BC) in o ...
... patterns (i.e., combination with other lexical items; e.g., determiners for Nouns) and interpretational properties of lexical items. Pānini (4th century BC) in his treatise of Sanskrit grammar Ashtadhyayi, categorizes nouns by gender and inflections for case and number. Dionysius Thrax (100 BC) in o ...
Bare nominals and incorporating verbs in Spanish and Catalan
... interpretive conditions on the resulting verb phrase (described in detail below) are satisfied. However, we will see shortly that, in contrast, the class of verbs that can take object BNs is heavily constrained by the grammar. In order to motivate our syntactic and semantic analysis, we must first c ...
... interpretive conditions on the resulting verb phrase (described in detail below) are satisfied. However, we will see shortly that, in contrast, the class of verbs that can take object BNs is heavily constrained by the grammar. In order to motivate our syntactic and semantic analysis, we must first c ...
Split Infinitive
... watch, feel, had better, had rather, would rather, sooner than, rather than. ...
... watch, feel, had better, had rather, would rather, sooner than, rather than. ...
Functions of the Czech reflexive marker
... Rather, we are dealing with a generic statement which resembles passive constructions in “downplaying” the agentive referent (i.e. the shoemaker or shoemakers). Indeed, constructions of the (4) type are commonly termed ‘reflexive passive’, although we will see below that another label may be more ap ...
... Rather, we are dealing with a generic statement which resembles passive constructions in “downplaying” the agentive referent (i.e. the shoemaker or shoemakers). Indeed, constructions of the (4) type are commonly termed ‘reflexive passive’, although we will see below that another label may be more ap ...
Deverbal reflexive and passive in Chuvash (JSFOu 94)
... the reflexive forms are quite uniform throughout the Turkic languages. This study tries to prove that both of these old Turkic categories do exist in Chuvash, although the line between them can be blurred and their meanings might overlap. The material in this study has been taken from grammars, dict ...
... the reflexive forms are quite uniform throughout the Turkic languages. This study tries to prove that both of these old Turkic categories do exist in Chuvash, although the line between them can be blurred and their meanings might overlap. The material in this study has been taken from grammars, dict ...
a descriptive analysis of argument alternations
... to adapt the analysis in distinctive features and phonemes used in phonetics to semantics, introducing the semantic features (Hjelmslev 1961). This theoretical framework was subsequently enriched by ...
... to adapt the analysis in distinctive features and phonemes used in phonetics to semantics, introducing the semantic features (Hjelmslev 1961). This theoretical framework was subsequently enriched by ...
On the aspectual uses of the prefix be- in lithuanian
... (iii) semelfactive prefixation or suffixation, which turns verbs denoting multiplicative processes (i.e. processes consisting of a series of subevents of the same type) into predicates expressing a single subevent or quantum of such a process, cf. kosėti ‘cough repeatedly’ ~ su‑kosėti ‘give a cough’ ...
... (iii) semelfactive prefixation or suffixation, which turns verbs denoting multiplicative processes (i.e. processes consisting of a series of subevents of the same type) into predicates expressing a single subevent or quantum of such a process, cf. kosėti ‘cough repeatedly’ ~ su‑kosėti ‘give a cough’ ...
Grammaticization of reflexive pronoun into a marker of passive
... with its Russian cognate. Section 4 brings both forms in both languages together in a feature-by-feature comparison and summarizes the crucial functional distinction between them in terms of different event structures: marking resultant state vs. reporting an event brought about by an anonymous agen ...
... with its Russian cognate. Section 4 brings both forms in both languages together in a feature-by-feature comparison and summarizes the crucial functional distinction between them in terms of different event structures: marking resultant state vs. reporting an event brought about by an anonymous agen ...