Pedin Edhellen
... Some of the persons and locations appearing in texts are loosely based on persons and places described in Tolkiens works. This is supposed to create some atmosphere only — none of the texts is intended as a reinterpretation of Tolkiens works but only as an illustration of the language at work. Simil ...
... Some of the persons and locations appearing in texts are loosely based on persons and places described in Tolkiens works. This is supposed to create some atmosphere only — none of the texts is intended as a reinterpretation of Tolkiens works but only as an illustration of the language at work. Simil ...
The Quantization Puzzle
... sense introduced by Krifka (1986). This is troublesome given that each Slavic language has a set of about twenty verbal prefixes, many of which have quantificational and/or measurement content, and prefixation is one of the most common ways to derive perfective verb stems. As a case in point I exami ...
... sense introduced by Krifka (1986). This is troublesome given that each Slavic language has a set of about twenty verbal prefixes, many of which have quantificational and/or measurement content, and prefixation is one of the most common ways to derive perfective verb stems. As a case in point I exami ...
An analysis of the German Perfekti
... consequence, there are contexts in which the Perfekt as well as the Präteritum can be used (A), and there are contexts in which this is not the case, (B) and (C). A. Präteritum as well as Perfekt is appropriate whenever the speaker wants to talk about some event, state or process, in short, situatio ...
... consequence, there are contexts in which the Perfekt as well as the Präteritum can be used (A), and there are contexts in which this is not the case, (B) and (C). A. Präteritum as well as Perfekt is appropriate whenever the speaker wants to talk about some event, state or process, in short, situatio ...
An analysis of the German Perfekti
... consequence, there are contexts in which the Perfekt as well as the Präteritum can be used (A), and there are contexts in which this is not the case, (B) and (C). A. Präteritum as well as Perfekt is appropriate whenever the speaker wants to talk about some event, state or process, in short, situatio ...
... consequence, there are contexts in which the Perfekt as well as the Präteritum can be used (A), and there are contexts in which this is not the case, (B) and (C). A. Präteritum as well as Perfekt is appropriate whenever the speaker wants to talk about some event, state or process, in short, situatio ...
Aspect Marking and Modality in Child Vietnamese
... 2. ADULT VIETNAMESE Vietnamese is an SVO and isolating language, thus has no inflectional morphology. Verbs are not inflected, i.e. they never have a stem change, but there are various markers (separate morphemes) that accompany the verb to express Tense and Aspect. There are two types of expression ...
... 2. ADULT VIETNAMESE Vietnamese is an SVO and isolating language, thus has no inflectional morphology. Verbs are not inflected, i.e. they never have a stem change, but there are various markers (separate morphemes) that accompany the verb to express Tense and Aspect. There are two types of expression ...
Contrastive collostructional analysis: Causative
... Two types of collostructional analysis were carried out, namely a simple collexeme analysis (Section 5.2) and a distinctive collexeme analysis (Section 5.3). The computation of simple collexeme analysis, which considers one slot in one construction, is based on the frequency of the words in this slo ...
... Two types of collostructional analysis were carried out, namely a simple collexeme analysis (Section 5.2) and a distinctive collexeme analysis (Section 5.3). The computation of simple collexeme analysis, which considers one slot in one construction, is based on the frequency of the words in this slo ...
What is a Gerund
... Their functions, however, overlap. Gerunds always function as nouns, but infinitives often also serve as nouns. Deciding which to use can be confusing in many situations, especially for people whose first language is not English. Confusion between gerunds and infinitives occurs primarily in cases in ...
... Their functions, however, overlap. Gerunds always function as nouns, but infinitives often also serve as nouns. Deciding which to use can be confusing in many situations, especially for people whose first language is not English. Confusion between gerunds and infinitives occurs primarily in cases in ...
Inside and Outside the Middle - The University of British Columbia
... intransitive ones. A problem for the middle analysis is the OCCU1TCDce of -m within the domain of monadic verbs, that is, verbs that are semantically intransitive and also have one NP in their argument structure. We make a more detailed analysis of these cases in section 2. We explore the question o ...
... intransitive ones. A problem for the middle analysis is the OCCU1TCDce of -m within the domain of monadic verbs, that is, verbs that are semantically intransitive and also have one NP in their argument structure. We make a more detailed analysis of these cases in section 2. We explore the question o ...
Introduction to Sumerian Grammar - CDLI
... This would not be a problem except for a number of signs which have long and short values. For example, the sign túk can be read /tuk/ or /tuku/. Labat reads the latter as túku, which then does not represent tuku4, but rather tuku2, i.e. túk(u)! Borger's system, used here and in later editions of L ...
... This would not be a problem except for a number of signs which have long and short values. For example, the sign túk can be read /tuk/ or /tuku/. Labat reads the latter as túku, which then does not represent tuku4, but rather tuku2, i.e. túk(u)! Borger's system, used here and in later editions of L ...
verbal prefixes and suffixes in nominalization - FRITT
... nominalizations, for convenience I will use the terms “perfective/imperfective stem” and “perfective/imperfective nominal” to refer to ‘a stem which gives rise to a perfective/resp. imperfective verb’ and to ‘a nominal derived from such a stem’. Imperfective stems include basic stems referring to pr ...
... nominalizations, for convenience I will use the terms “perfective/imperfective stem” and “perfective/imperfective nominal” to refer to ‘a stem which gives rise to a perfective/resp. imperfective verb’ and to ‘a nominal derived from such a stem’. Imperfective stems include basic stems referring to pr ...
Year 8 Tracking dates and course content Winter term
... saying what you can do in Paris using ‘on peut’+ infinitive Subtopic: Young Parisians Skills : understanding what people like to do in Paris using ‘j’aime + infinitive’ Subtopic : visiting a tourist attraction Skills : understanding information about a tourist attraction asking for tourist informati ...
... saying what you can do in Paris using ‘on peut’+ infinitive Subtopic: Young Parisians Skills : understanding what people like to do in Paris using ‘j’aime + infinitive’ Subtopic : visiting a tourist attraction Skills : understanding information about a tourist attraction asking for tourist informati ...
Diminutives and augmentatives in Beja (North-Cushitic) - Hal-SHS
... even from Afar and Saho, the closest and neighbouring East-Cushitic languages, or Agaw, its other closest central Cushitic relative (Cohen 1988: 267). Beja is verb-final and predominantly head-final. It possesses a very rich morphology with three nominal core cases: nominative, accusative and geniti ...
... even from Afar and Saho, the closest and neighbouring East-Cushitic languages, or Agaw, its other closest central Cushitic relative (Cohen 1988: 267). Beja is verb-final and predominantly head-final. It possesses a very rich morphology with three nominal core cases: nominative, accusative and geniti ...
By Peter Ryan 2008 - Affiliates Marketing Solutions
... There is actually very little difference – some spellings and a few grammar points – the main difference is in pronunciations and accents The same idea or principle applies to other native English speaking countries – Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and so on. Even in England, there are ...
... There is actually very little difference – some spellings and a few grammar points – the main difference is in pronunciations and accents The same idea or principle applies to other native English speaking countries – Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and so on. Even in England, there are ...
Verbal Inflectional Morphology in L1 and L2
... At the opposite end of the spectrum, some models hold that L1 and L2 rely on largely (DeKeyser, 2000, 2003) or entirely (Bley-Vroman, 1989) different mechanisms. For Bley-Vroman, this distinction is based on the unavailability of Universal Grammar (UG) in later language learning. For DeKeyser, the d ...
... At the opposite end of the spectrum, some models hold that L1 and L2 rely on largely (DeKeyser, 2000, 2003) or entirely (Bley-Vroman, 1989) different mechanisms. For Bley-Vroman, this distinction is based on the unavailability of Universal Grammar (UG) in later language learning. For DeKeyser, the d ...
The meaning of the English present participle
... For example, the genitive subject exclusively found with gerunds suggests categorial discreteness between gerunds and participles. Yet, at the same time, various instances of analogical feature exchange in the history of gerunds and participles, whereby a feature of one clause type is transferred to ...
... For example, the genitive subject exclusively found with gerunds suggests categorial discreteness between gerunds and participles. Yet, at the same time, various instances of analogical feature exchange in the history of gerunds and participles, whereby a feature of one clause type is transferred to ...
Verbals 3
... Having only seven months to prepare made it difficult for him to qualify for the 1992 Olympics, but ...
... Having only seven months to prepare made it difficult for him to qualify for the 1992 Olympics, but ...
On the Universality and Variation of the Adjective Category
... hand, adjectives are considered to be a construct based on too much focus on Indo-European languages, and they do not really exist in many other languages, then it may be difficult to classify those items that others would call adjectives. Thirdly, if the focus instead is on how properties are expre ...
... hand, adjectives are considered to be a construct based on too much focus on Indo-European languages, and they do not really exist in many other languages, then it may be difficult to classify those items that others would call adjectives. Thirdly, if the focus instead is on how properties are expre ...
Course textbook
... are/living/in/the/age/of/big/data./It/turns/out/that/this/is/not/the/case./We/quickly/achieve/ what/psychologists/call/a/ceiling/effect./The/data/does/not/become/more/accurate./Obviously,/ if/you/cast/a/wide/enough/net/you/will/Wind/that/there/is/speaker/variation,/but/once/you/ identify/the/differ ...
... are/living/in/the/age/of/big/data./It/turns/out/that/this/is/not/the/case./We/quickly/achieve/ what/psychologists/call/a/ceiling/effect./The/data/does/not/become/more/accurate./Obviously,/ if/you/cast/a/wide/enough/net/you/will/Wind/that/there/is/speaker/variation,/but/once/you/ identify/the/differ ...
1. THE ARTICLE - Universitatea din Craiova
... Turn on the radio! (=the radio we have in the house/on the table etc.); The telephone is ringing. (=probably the phone in the house); 2) There is a special class of objects or groups of objects of which there is or we assume there is only one in the context, e.g. the sun, the moon, the earth, the se ...
... Turn on the radio! (=the radio we have in the house/on the table etc.); The telephone is ringing. (=probably the phone in the house); 2) There is a special class of objects or groups of objects of which there is or we assume there is only one in the context, e.g. the sun, the moon, the earth, the se ...
A semantic analysis of the verbal prefix o(b)- in Croatian
... for some meanings of o(b)-verbs. We first look at the semantic profile of the prefix o(b)-in verbs expressing spatial motion, and then at the profile of verbs with a less obvious spatial profile, or abstract or metaphorical meanings: significantly, in most cases, the same verbs have a concrete and a ...
... for some meanings of o(b)-verbs. We first look at the semantic profile of the prefix o(b)-in verbs expressing spatial motion, and then at the profile of verbs with a less obvious spatial profile, or abstract or metaphorical meanings: significantly, in most cases, the same verbs have a concrete and a ...
Any student of Russian as a foreign language has been faced with
... whereas every verb can be conjugated, and some have more than one “partner.” Both arguments are strong, and there is still no clear conclusion in modern aspectology (Zaliznak & Shmelev, 2000: 14-15). Further in this paper, both sides of the argument will be taken into consideration. As mentioned abo ...
... whereas every verb can be conjugated, and some have more than one “partner.” Both arguments are strong, and there is still no clear conclusion in modern aspectology (Zaliznak & Shmelev, 2000: 14-15). Further in this paper, both sides of the argument will be taken into consideration. As mentioned abo ...
The fuzzy boundaries of operator verb and support verb
... however, changing their semantic roles. In these constructions, the sentence with AGENT subject is called the standard construction, while its equivalent sentence with the reversed argument order is called the converse construction. Usually, the support verbs of the standard and the converse constru ...
... however, changing their semantic roles. In these constructions, the sentence with AGENT subject is called the standard construction, while its equivalent sentence with the reversed argument order is called the converse construction. Usually, the support verbs of the standard and the converse constru ...
In this section I show first that nouns are subject to morphological
... This chapter is about Yaqui nominal coordination. However, in order to have a better understanding of the principles that regulate Yaqui nominal coordination, it is necessary to describe first the morphology of nouns and verbs. So, the reader will find first a description of nominal and verbal class ...
... This chapter is about Yaqui nominal coordination. However, in order to have a better understanding of the principles that regulate Yaqui nominal coordination, it is necessary to describe first the morphology of nouns and verbs. So, the reader will find first a description of nominal and verbal class ...