French Pronoun
... One of the most striking differences between French and English is in verb tenses. Learning how to use the various past tenses can be very tricky, because English has several tenses which either do not exist in or do not translate literally into French - and vice versa. During the first year of Fren ...
... One of the most striking differences between French and English is in verb tenses. Learning how to use the various past tenses can be very tricky, because English has several tenses which either do not exist in or do not translate literally into French - and vice versa. During the first year of Fren ...
Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events
... fies verbs along somewhat different lines than the traditional four-way Vendler classi fication, since, as we will see, many predicates just do not fit well into these categories. In this section I also discuss certain generalizations concerning the kinds of informa tion packaged into verb roots. Al ...
... fies verbs along somewhat different lines than the traditional four-way Vendler classi fication, since, as we will see, many predicates just do not fit well into these categories. In this section I also discuss certain generalizations concerning the kinds of informa tion packaged into verb roots. Al ...
6B – El subjuntivo con verbos de emoción y duda
... Alegrar de – to make happy Complacer – to please Divertir (ie) – to amuse Encantar – to enchant, to delight Fascinar – to fascinate Gustar – to be pleasing, to appeal (like) Importar – to matter, be important Interesar – to interest Molestar – to bother Parecer bien / mal – to seem right / wrong Pre ...
... Alegrar de – to make happy Complacer – to please Divertir (ie) – to amuse Encantar – to enchant, to delight Fascinar – to fascinate Gustar – to be pleasing, to appeal (like) Importar – to matter, be important Interesar – to interest Molestar – to bother Parecer bien / mal – to seem right / wrong Pre ...
Tense and Aspect in Urdu
... As far as we are aware, there is no good analysis of verbal nouns/infinitives being used to express tense. As can be seen from the literal glosses, the expressions are basically predicative ones which are being reinterpreted as yielding in imminent future reading, which can be stated as in (1). (17) ...
... As far as we are aware, there is no good analysis of verbal nouns/infinitives being used to express tense. As can be seen from the literal glosses, the expressions are basically predicative ones which are being reinterpreted as yielding in imminent future reading, which can be stated as in (1). (17) ...
Pseudo-incorporation in Dutch Geert Booij
... Mithun (2000) discusses a similar phenomenon based on Miner (1986), the combination of a bare noun and a verb into a combination that does not have the status of one word. She refers to this kind of construction as the ‘noun stripping’ construction since the noun is stripped of its inflectional mark ...
... Mithun (2000) discusses a similar phenomenon based on Miner (1986), the combination of a bare noun and a verb into a combination that does not have the status of one word. She refers to this kind of construction as the ‘noun stripping’ construction since the noun is stripped of its inflectional mark ...
Predicative argument marking: The case of
... verb. Predicative arguments are NPs that share with canonical arguments the properties distinguishing arguments from adjuncts, but differ from them by the fact that they do not denote an entity involved in the verbal event, but a property predicated of the referent of another argument of the same ve ...
... verb. Predicative arguments are NPs that share with canonical arguments the properties distinguishing arguments from adjuncts, but differ from them by the fact that they do not denote an entity involved in the verbal event, but a property predicated of the referent of another argument of the same ve ...
A Semantic Argument for Complex Predicates*
... a. strangle the MP b. strangle no MP c. strangle each MP d. strangle neither MP ...
... a. strangle the MP b. strangle no MP c. strangle each MP d. strangle neither MP ...
A basis for generating expectancies for verbs from nouns
... from Bowling Green State University. Each participant completed only one list (i.e., only for one of agents, patients, instruments, or locations); there were approximately 25 items per list. In total, 20 participants responded to each item. Note that by design, we did not conduct word association no ...
... from Bowling Green State University. Each participant completed only one list (i.e., only for one of agents, patients, instruments, or locations); there were approximately 25 items per list. In total, 20 participants responded to each item. Note that by design, we did not conduct word association no ...
Sorani grammar
... 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 nationalists as “North Kurdistan,” with an estimated fifteen to seventeen million ...
... 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 nationalists as “North Kurdistan,” with an estimated fifteen to seventeen million ...
3B-Gerunds and Infinitives as direct objects - Ms. Keehu
... Some expressions are used with gerunds Be busy, can’t help, have fun, it’s no use, it’s not worth (EX) I’m busy helping them. ...
... Some expressions are used with gerunds Be busy, can’t help, have fun, it’s no use, it’s not worth (EX) I’m busy helping them. ...
Maltese Morphology - Stony Brook Linguistics
... and *r≥ (Schabert 1976: 50–52). In Arabic, vowels in the vicinity of pharyngealized consonants are backed or lowered, so that the phonetic difference between /†a/ and /ta/, for example, is located in both the consonant and the vowel, approximately as [†A] versus [tæ] respectively. In Maltese the pha ...
... and *r≥ (Schabert 1976: 50–52). In Arabic, vowels in the vicinity of pharyngealized consonants are backed or lowered, so that the phonetic difference between /†a/ and /ta/, for example, is located in both the consonant and the vowel, approximately as [†A] versus [tæ] respectively. In Maltese the pha ...
00-IJAL 70.3.book
... a context where a B-form would be expected, a fact which suggests that speakers have analogically reanalyzed such verbs as +hn-i/a, attending to the general pattern presented in table 1. Other restrictions are lexical. Stative verbs, which qualify for the morphological rules above, do not inflect for ...
... a context where a B-form would be expected, a fact which suggests that speakers have analogically reanalyzed such verbs as +hn-i/a, attending to the general pattern presented in table 1. Other restrictions are lexical. Stative verbs, which qualify for the morphological rules above, do not inflect for ...
Lessons and Work_ 0821 to 0824
... attention among too many tasks, something like homework isn’t getting done properly, and this will cause problems later on. ...
... attention among too many tasks, something like homework isn’t getting done properly, and this will cause problems later on. ...
Chapter 16
... Kisi (also commonly Kissi, representing French spelling), is the language of some 500,000 speakers, of whom the majority (60%) reside in Guinea, with the rest split between Liberia (20%) and Sierra Leone (20%). Childs (1995:9-10) identifies “at least two different dialects”, Northern and Southern Ki ...
... Kisi (also commonly Kissi, representing French spelling), is the language of some 500,000 speakers, of whom the majority (60%) reside in Guinea, with the rest split between Liberia (20%) and Sierra Leone (20%). Childs (1995:9-10) identifies “at least two different dialects”, Northern and Southern Ki ...
The syntax of preverbal ge- in Old English
... structure, it must be realized by ge-. What about the low frequency of ge- with etan and drincan? This is where Ramchand (2008)’s theory really pays off. + A distinction is made there between resultative meanings that come from the specification of an actual result (target) state, and those that ari ...
... structure, it must be realized by ge-. What about the low frequency of ge- with etan and drincan? This is where Ramchand (2008)’s theory really pays off. + A distinction is made there between resultative meanings that come from the specification of an actual result (target) state, and those that ari ...
Lesson 22
... This is a picture of our town. (It was) taken from a plane. This is a picture of our town taken from a plane. ...
... This is a picture of our town. (It was) taken from a plane. This is a picture of our town taken from a plane. ...
Doubled and Hamzated Verbs
... XF +=`= (< a .) ` (to continue to be) which unassimilated would have read (= a .) ` like (! , > .) ! ,5 . The first person is b ` (I continued to be) like b ...
... XF +=`= (< a .) ` (to continue to be) which unassimilated would have read (= a .) ` like (! , > .) ! ,5 . The first person is b ` (I continued to be) like b ...
Spanish Verbs and Essential Grammar Review
... The past imperfect is formed by using the third person plural of the preterite tense (indicative mood). Drop the ending -ron from the preterite (third person plural), and add the endings below: Nosotros and vosotros forms must have a written accent over the vowel preceding the ending. -ra -ras -ra e ...
... The past imperfect is formed by using the third person plural of the preterite tense (indicative mood). Drop the ending -ron from the preterite (third person plural), and add the endings below: Nosotros and vosotros forms must have a written accent over the vowel preceding the ending. -ra -ras -ra e ...
Spanish Verbs and Essential Grammar Review
... The past imperfect is formed by using the third person plural of the preterite tense (indicative mood). Drop the ending -ron from the preterite (third person plural), and add the endings below: Nosotros and vosotros forms must have a written accent over the vowel preceding the ending. -ra -ras -ra e ...
... The past imperfect is formed by using the third person plural of the preterite tense (indicative mood). Drop the ending -ron from the preterite (third person plural), and add the endings below: Nosotros and vosotros forms must have a written accent over the vowel preceding the ending. -ra -ras -ra e ...
Typology of Verbs for Scholarly Writing - Mid
... communication (e.g., researchers documented), whereas implicit verbs indicate subtle communication (e.g., researchers speculated). Inclusive verbs are used to describe the connections between or among elements (e.g., the survey included). Table 1 depicts verbs categorized as verbs representing state ...
... communication (e.g., researchers documented), whereas implicit verbs indicate subtle communication (e.g., researchers speculated). Inclusive verbs are used to describe the connections between or among elements (e.g., the survey included). Table 1 depicts verbs categorized as verbs representing state ...
Editorial: A Typology of Verbs for Scholarly Writing
... communication (e.g., researchers documented), whereas implicit verbs indicate subtle communication (e.g., researchers speculated). Inclusive verbs are used to describe the connections between or among elements (e.g., the survey included). Table 1 depicts verbs categorized as verbs representing state ...
... communication (e.g., researchers documented), whereas implicit verbs indicate subtle communication (e.g., researchers speculated). Inclusive verbs are used to describe the connections between or among elements (e.g., the survey included). Table 1 depicts verbs categorized as verbs representing state ...
1. -ing participle used as gerund
... objective case is generally regarded as less formal than the genitive case. In this construction, we can use common case of the noun or the pronoun of the inanimate things unless the gerund is used initially. ...
... objective case is generally regarded as less formal than the genitive case. In this construction, we can use common case of the noun or the pronoun of the inanimate things unless the gerund is used initially. ...
Latin Made Easy - McGann
... home. Since the answer to where? is home, home is an Adverb. How did she run? Answer is quickly. Since the answer to how? is quickly, quickly is an Adverb.) Preposition: A word such as to, in, and with that shows a relationship between words. [N.B. Prepositions never stand alone; there is always an ...
... home. Since the answer to where? is home, home is an Adverb. How did she run? Answer is quickly. Since the answer to how? is quickly, quickly is an Adverb.) Preposition: A word such as to, in, and with that shows a relationship between words. [N.B. Prepositions never stand alone; there is always an ...