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... the verbs provide stress (i.e. give more expressive power), express suddenness, show mental readiness to do something, are mere sayings, are redundant expressions, etc. Here they are considered to form a complex predicate, i.e. the „inceptive construction‟ (see Wiklund 2009), along with the main ver ...
... the verbs provide stress (i.e. give more expressive power), express suddenness, show mental readiness to do something, are mere sayings, are redundant expressions, etc. Here they are considered to form a complex predicate, i.e. the „inceptive construction‟ (see Wiklund 2009), along with the main ver ...
ABSTRACT MEASURING PREDICATES Alexis Wellwood, Doctor of
... A ‘degree predicate’ on this view is one that maps individuals to scales, which are understood to be total orders on sets of various sorts of degrees: tall associates individuals with degrees in an ordering on degrees-of-height, and intelligent with an ordering on degrees-of-intelligence. I outline ...
... A ‘degree predicate’ on this view is one that maps individuals to scales, which are understood to be total orders on sets of various sorts of degrees: tall associates individuals with degrees in an ordering on degrees-of-height, and intelligent with an ordering on degrees-of-intelligence. I outline ...
Kanza Reader
... with a single overarching idea or story—collected from Kanza speakers during the last century of fluency in the language, roughly from the 1880s to the 1970s. This means that every text in this book was actually spoken (or in a few cases, written) by people whose first, and sometimes only, language ...
... with a single overarching idea or story—collected from Kanza speakers during the last century of fluency in the language, roughly from the 1880s to the 1970s. This means that every text in this book was actually spoken (or in a few cases, written) by people whose first, and sometimes only, language ...
Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax
... with the term ‘syntax’, and I will assume that the system itself is universal, in the sense of underlying all instantiations of human language. Under the view I will be pursuing here (and one that is implicit in much work within minimalist syntax, and even earlier), this is the only linguistically r ...
... with the term ‘syntax’, and I will assume that the system itself is universal, in the sense of underlying all instantiations of human language. Under the view I will be pursuing here (and one that is implicit in much work within minimalist syntax, and even earlier), this is the only linguistically r ...
Title A Contrastive Study of Japanese Compound
... compound—do not exist at random, but rather can be shown to participate in several broad semantic domains to which out’s meaning has been extended but deru/dasu’s has not. I posit three categories of phrasal verbs with out that denote a meaning deru/dasu cannot be used to express: the reflexive type ...
... compound—do not exist at random, but rather can be shown to participate in several broad semantic domains to which out’s meaning has been extended but deru/dasu’s has not. I posit three categories of phrasal verbs with out that denote a meaning deru/dasu cannot be used to express: the reflexive type ...
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 ...
Teach Yourself Unity 45
... visitor boy sister 15.Your mother's mother is your____________________. aunt neighbor grandmother My Score:____________________Date_________________ ...
... visitor boy sister 15.Your mother's mother is your____________________. aunt neighbor grandmother My Score:____________________Date_________________ ...
Perfect Your Sentences
... Here the error lies in using an adjective instead of an adverb. We use adverbs to modify verbs. Most adverbs end in –ly; there are also a few adjectives that end in – ly. Examples are: costly, friendly, lively, likely, lonely, lovely, silly and ugly. There are no adverbs costly/costlily or friendly/ ...
... Here the error lies in using an adjective instead of an adverb. We use adverbs to modify verbs. Most adverbs end in –ly; there are also a few adjectives that end in – ly. Examples are: costly, friendly, lively, likely, lonely, lovely, silly and ugly. There are no adverbs costly/costlily or friendly/ ...
Statives and Reciprocal Morphology in Swahili
... The “final vowel” can carry mood information: it is normally -a (except in many verbs of foreign origin), but in subjunctives, plural imperatives, and present tense negation a different final vowel is used. (3) a. Ni lazima u-som-e. is necessary SM-read-Subjunc ‘It’s necessary that you study.’ b. S ...
... The “final vowel” can carry mood information: it is normally -a (except in many verbs of foreign origin), but in subjunctives, plural imperatives, and present tense negation a different final vowel is used. (3) a. Ni lazima u-som-e. is necessary SM-read-Subjunc ‘It’s necessary that you study.’ b. S ...
First Experience Latin with Fr. Reginald Foster
... T.4 is like a photo-snapshot, a singular, completed past action. T.2 never means: "we sang" - that is T.4. The difference between T.4a and T.4b: although they look identical, they have two different meanings, which have to be judged from context. T.4a) something past that touches on the present situ ...
... T.4 is like a photo-snapshot, a singular, completed past action. T.2 never means: "we sang" - that is T.4. The difference between T.4a and T.4b: although they look identical, they have two different meanings, which have to be judged from context. T.4a) something past that touches on the present situ ...
Presente de subjuntivo
... 3. It has a change of subject (‗yo‘ in the main clause, ‗tú‘ in the subordinate clause). ...
... 3. It has a change of subject (‗yo‘ in the main clause, ‗tú‘ in the subordinate clause). ...
24 Important Words and Phrases
... optional, or forbidden. Don’t worry: You won’t need to learn all the rules that apply if you simply follow the pronunciation guide provided in this book. Liaison is accomplished by linking the first word with the second, as follows: PHRASE ...
... optional, or forbidden. Don’t worry: You won’t need to learn all the rules that apply if you simply follow the pronunciation guide provided in this book. Liaison is accomplished by linking the first word with the second, as follows: PHRASE ...
Harbrace Essentials with Resources for Writing in the Disciplines
... nouns. When your rhetorical situation calls for the use of abstractions, balance them with tangible details conveyed through concrete nouns. Copyright 201 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third par ...
... nouns. When your rhetorical situation calls for the use of abstractions, balance them with tangible details conveyed through concrete nouns. Copyright 201 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third par ...
Class Breakdown by Goal: DesCartes
... when ending punctuation is present • Classifies sentences as telling you what to do (imperative sentences, term not used) based on word order and content • Classifies sentences as telling about more than one idea (compound sentence, term not used) • Combines sentences to improve clarity by using a c ...
... when ending punctuation is present • Classifies sentences as telling you what to do (imperative sentences, term not used) based on word order and content • Classifies sentences as telling about more than one idea (compound sentence, term not used) • Combines sentences to improve clarity by using a c ...
exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3 exercise 4
... 1. 1. “A fine October morning” is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or command. 2. “The leaves are red and green” is a sentence, because it forms a statement. 3. “And some yellow” is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or command. 4. “Here ar ...
... 1. 1. “A fine October morning” is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or command. 2. “The leaves are red and green” is a sentence, because it forms a statement. 3. “And some yellow” is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or command. 4. “Here ar ...
The Sentence
... som eone or som ething special. 2. Stamps with pictures o f animals or fam ous people. 3. A block o f four different, colorful stamps that com m em orate Earth D ay 4. Because all four o f the w inning designs for the Earth Day 1995 stamps were created by young people. 5 . 1 like “Love” stamps and h ...
... som eone or som ething special. 2. Stamps with pictures o f animals or fam ous people. 3. A block o f four different, colorful stamps that com m em orate Earth D ay 4. Because all four o f the w inning designs for the Earth Day 1995 stamps were created by young people. 5 . 1 like “Love” stamps and h ...
A Short Descriptive Grammar of the Svan Language
... voiced aspirate ejective voiced voiceless (Bi-) Labial b p p’ (v) ...
... voiced aspirate ejective voiced voiceless (Bi-) Labial b p p’ (v) ...
Morphological Variability in Second Language
... la morphologie verbale, notamment la personne, le nombre, le temps et la distinction fini-infini dans le contexte d'une tâche de production de langage spontanée, ainsi qu'une tâche de compréhension qui examinait la personne et le nombre. La deuxième série d'expériences examinait la production du gen ...
... la morphologie verbale, notamment la personne, le nombre, le temps et la distinction fini-infini dans le contexte d'une tâche de production de langage spontanée, ainsi qu'une tâche de compréhension qui examinait la personne et le nombre. La deuxième série d'expériences examinait la production du gen ...
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) A
... The language is a member of the small Kakua-Nɨkak language family. Its speakers live in inland forest settlements. Two main settlements are home to most of Kakua’s approximately 250 speakers. ...
... The language is a member of the small Kakua-Nɨkak language family. Its speakers live in inland forest settlements. Two main settlements are home to most of Kakua’s approximately 250 speakers. ...
fulltext - LOT Publications Webshop
... and Communication of the University of Amsterdam; a LLILAS grant from funds granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the University of Texas at Austin (Bolaños, Epps); and a Joel Sherzer fieldwork grant. This doctoral thesis was published with financial support from the Amsterdam Center for Lan ...
... and Communication of the University of Amsterdam; a LLILAS grant from funds granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the University of Texas at Austin (Bolaños, Epps); and a Joel Sherzer fieldwork grant. This doctoral thesis was published with financial support from the Amsterdam Center for Lan ...
Possessives and relational nouns
... Following Partee (1997), we can adopt the verbal terminology and say that stranger is obligatorily intransitive, enemy is optionally transitive, and sake is obligatorily transitive. 1.3. Bindability of the implicit possessor. Partee (1989) notes that the implicit argument of an intransitive relation ...
... Following Partee (1997), we can adopt the verbal terminology and say that stranger is obligatorily intransitive, enemy is optionally transitive, and sake is obligatorily transitive. 1.3. Bindability of the implicit possessor. Partee (1989) notes that the implicit argument of an intransitive relation ...
portuguese - bib.convdocs.org
... instructors of the language, culture, and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world, as well as for specialists in other languages who are interested in learning more about the Portuguese language. It was originally written for university-level students of Portuguese to complement the few Portugue ...
... instructors of the language, culture, and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world, as well as for specialists in other languages who are interested in learning more about the Portuguese language. It was originally written for university-level students of Portuguese to complement the few Portugue ...
Constructions and Result: English Phrasal Verbs as Analyses in
... is a meaningful part of the separated construction, the non-separated construction which occurs with those verbs that do not co-occur with the separated construction represents verbs which have a different basic syntactic structure than the separable phrasal verbs. I propose that the particles found ...
... is a meaningful part of the separated construction, the non-separated construction which occurs with those verbs that do not co-occur with the separated construction represents verbs which have a different basic syntactic structure than the separable phrasal verbs. I propose that the particles found ...
HAVE + PERFECT PARTICIPLE
... of have as a tense-aspect auxiliary and examines when and how the Romance and English have-perfects emerged. Indeed, the common attitude toward this diachronic change is that it has been “figured out”, and that the emergence of the have-perfect may safely be offered to students in introductory text ...
... of have as a tense-aspect auxiliary and examines when and how the Romance and English have-perfects emerged. Indeed, the common attitude toward this diachronic change is that it has been “figured out”, and that the emergence of the have-perfect may safely be offered to students in introductory text ...
Introduction to Tocharian - Ústav srovnávací jazykovědy
... The speakers of Tocharian played an important role in the Buddhist civilization of preIslamic eastern Central Asia, but their exact identity remains unknown. The name “Tocharian” rests mainly on the form twɣry in an Old Uyghur colophon, but both the reading and the identification have been challenge ...
... The speakers of Tocharian played an important role in the Buddhist civilization of preIslamic eastern Central Asia, but their exact identity remains unknown. The name “Tocharian” rests mainly on the form twɣry in an Old Uyghur colophon, but both the reading and the identification have been challenge ...