Backshift and Tense Decomposition
... 2 A Simple Representation of Tense In this section we present a representation of the meaning of tenses that will be used in the analysis of backshift developed in Section 3. Ambiguity of Tense Tense presents ambiguity at two levels: • The same surface form can correspond to more than one grammatica ...
... 2 A Simple Representation of Tense In this section we present a representation of the meaning of tenses that will be used in the analysis of backshift developed in Section 3. Ambiguity of Tense Tense presents ambiguity at two levels: • The same surface form can correspond to more than one grammatica ...
4. Two sample classes encoded: motion verbs and `know verbs`
... found in MRDs (which are our main source of data), and to meet the user-requirements. However, since these 'new' relations require more complicated procedures in order to be acquired, for the time being their values will be coded only in relation to those subsets of verbs for which we have enough da ...
... found in MRDs (which are our main source of data), and to meet the user-requirements. However, since these 'new' relations require more complicated procedures in order to be acquired, for the time being their values will be coded only in relation to those subsets of verbs for which we have enough da ...
the linguistics of endangered languages
... classification in Nkak and compares nominalization and nominal classification with similar constructions in other languages of the region (Wãnsöjöt, Yujup, Hup, Nadeb, and Dâw). In particular, she presents the few derivational processes the language has by which nouns are derived from verbs or nou ...
... classification in Nkak and compares nominalization and nominal classification with similar constructions in other languages of the region (Wãnsöjöt, Yujup, Hup, Nadeb, and Dâw). In particular, she presents the few derivational processes the language has by which nouns are derived from verbs or nou ...
verbal prefixes and suffixes in nominalization - FRITT
... as follows. I collected the top verbs in the frequency list in the current Corpus and broadened the sample with the derivational nests of these verbs (for basic verbs I added their prefix derivatives, for other verbs the basic verbs they were derived from and the derivatives). This resulted in 201 v ...
... as follows. I collected the top verbs in the frequency list in the current Corpus and broadened the sample with the derivational nests of these verbs (for basic verbs I added their prefix derivatives, for other verbs the basic verbs they were derived from and the derivatives). This resulted in 201 v ...
A Synopsis of the Indian Tribes Within the United States East of the
... the nineteen others, ten are west of the Stony Mountains; and seven of these inhabit, south of the sixtieth degree of north latitude, the islands and the narrow tract of land contained between the Pacific Ocean and the continuation of the Californian chain of mountains, as far south as the forty-sev ...
... the nineteen others, ten are west of the Stony Mountains; and seven of these inhabit, south of the sixtieth degree of north latitude, the islands and the narrow tract of land contained between the Pacific Ocean and the continuation of the Californian chain of mountains, as far south as the forty-sev ...
Functions of the Czech reflexive marker
... The initial impulse for writing my thesis about the RM and its functions was the realization of its abundance in Czech and other Slavic languages when compared to English and Dutch – the languages I know the best from all non-Slavic ones. Why do Slavic languages employ the RM to such an excessive de ...
... The initial impulse for writing my thesis about the RM and its functions was the realization of its abundance in Czech and other Slavic languages when compared to English and Dutch – the languages I know the best from all non-Slavic ones. Why do Slavic languages employ the RM to such an excessive de ...
The english language - the WAC Clearinghouse
... Written in a clear style, it guides its readers on topics including basic assumptions about language and discourse, pronunciation, word-formation strategies, parts of speech, clause elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit ...
... Written in a clear style, it guides its readers on topics including basic assumptions about language and discourse, pronunciation, word-formation strategies, parts of speech, clause elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit ...
Quantificational Pronouns in Uyghur By Jonathan Jasper Coffee
... information on Uyghur and introduces the phonology and orthography. Section 4 introduces basic properties of noun phrases in Uyghur. Section 4 discusses general syntactic properties of Uyghur. Section 6 discusses QUESTION formation in Uyghur. Sections 6 and 7 constitute the main focus of this thesis ...
... information on Uyghur and introduces the phonology and orthography. Section 4 introduces basic properties of noun phrases in Uyghur. Section 4 discusses general syntactic properties of Uyghur. Section 6 discusses QUESTION formation in Uyghur. Sections 6 and 7 constitute the main focus of this thesis ...
answer key - Scholastic
... Circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns in each sentence. Then, on the lines provided, rewrite each proper noun correctly. If there are no proper nouns in the sentence, write no. ...
... Circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns in each sentence. Then, on the lines provided, rewrite each proper noun correctly. If there are no proper nouns in the sentence, write no. ...
Practice - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... • The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject. Some very interesting animals live in water. • The simple predicate is the main word or words in the complete predicate. Some very interesting animals live in water. • A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that have ...
... • The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject. Some very interesting animals live in water. • The simple predicate is the main word or words in the complete predicate. Some very interesting animals live in water. • A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that have ...
FORMATIVE B
... a.Although I don't like to owe people money, I decline his offer of a loan. b.Although I don't like to owe people money, I accepted his offer of a loan. c.Although his offers of a loan, I don't take money. d.I didn't take the money since I don't like to owe people money. 28. (objective 14/4) “While ...
... a.Although I don't like to owe people money, I decline his offer of a loan. b.Although I don't like to owe people money, I accepted his offer of a loan. c.Although his offers of a loan, I don't take money. d.I didn't take the money since I don't like to owe people money. 28. (objective 14/4) “While ...
The Textual Dimension Involved-Informational: A Corpus
... The first chapter deals with the establishing of a completely automatic and modularized computer system written in the programming language PERL, that is able to process any given ‘raw’ text and produce CSV (comma separated values) files of feature occurrences of the 30 features listed by Biber (198 ...
... The first chapter deals with the establishing of a completely automatic and modularized computer system written in the programming language PERL, that is able to process any given ‘raw’ text and produce CSV (comma separated values) files of feature occurrences of the 30 features listed by Biber (198 ...
Explaining the (A)telicity Property of English Verb Phrases
... c. The doctor examined an enormous number of patients in 3 hours this morning It seems that any expression of quantity, rather than a precise expression of quantity, is sufficient for a predicate to qualify as telic. This makes it implausible that a VP is telic if and only if there is a homomorphism ...
... c. The doctor examined an enormous number of patients in 3 hours this morning It seems that any expression of quantity, rather than a precise expression of quantity, is sufficient for a predicate to qualify as telic. This makes it implausible that a VP is telic if and only if there is a homomorphism ...
Financial support Basic data Outline of the talk BNs in object position
... BNs in languages with determiners have to denote properties anyway. We argue that BNs are not semantic arguments of the verbs they appear with. So no reason (of the sort advanced in Chierchia 1984) to say that they denote kinds or other entities. Kind terms are not restricted in their distribution i ...
... BNs in languages with determiners have to denote properties anyway. We argue that BNs are not semantic arguments of the verbs they appear with. So no reason (of the sort advanced in Chierchia 1984) to say that they denote kinds or other entities. Kind terms are not restricted in their distribution i ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
... J’ai lavé la voiture. Je l’ai lavée. BUT: J’ai fait laver la voiture. Je l’ai fait laver. The past participle of the causative faire does not agree with the preceding direct object. ...
... J’ai lavé la voiture. Je l’ai lavée. BUT: J’ai fait laver la voiture. Je l’ai fait laver. The past participle of the causative faire does not agree with the preceding direct object. ...
Grammar
... A. Circle the letter of the group of words that is a complete sentence. 1. a. Knows the answer. b. Have you ever? c. The ripe and delicious apple! d. My friend can swim. 2. a. Our first trip to the beach. b. What is your name? c. Blue sky so perfect! d. Rolls happily in the grass. B. Decide if the s ...
... A. Circle the letter of the group of words that is a complete sentence. 1. a. Knows the answer. b. Have you ever? c. The ripe and delicious apple! d. My friend can swim. 2. a. Our first trip to the beach. b. What is your name? c. Blue sky so perfect! d. Rolls happily in the grass. B. Decide if the s ...
full text
... instances of readable and 479 instances of unreadable, showing that they appear so frequently as to be dealt with equivalently. The procedure of the research is the following. First, for the purpose of finding out what readable and unreadable respectively take as their object of reading activity and ...
... instances of readable and 479 instances of unreadable, showing that they appear so frequently as to be dealt with equivalently. The procedure of the research is the following. First, for the purpose of finding out what readable and unreadable respectively take as their object of reading activity and ...
resultative predicative adjunct constructions in the gothic bible
... HAVE participial periphrasis did not function in Gothic as a central gram with a clear perfect meaning. Since the diachronic typology teaches us that all participial perfects come from resultative proper constructions, one should search for any participial expression that conveyed the resultative pr ...
... HAVE participial periphrasis did not function in Gothic as a central gram with a clear perfect meaning. Since the diachronic typology teaches us that all participial perfects come from resultative proper constructions, one should search for any participial expression that conveyed the resultative pr ...
Malinke - Friends of Guinea
... Use of "di"................................................................................................47 Use of the verb "ka tamin" .......................................................................48 Superlatives ............................................................................ ...
... Use of "di"................................................................................................47 Use of the verb "ka tamin" .......................................................................48 Superlatives ............................................................................ ...
The dialect of the Mitrovica Roma
... infiltrated the inherited lexicon, e.g. lil ~ l’il ~ ljil ‘paper’, although in these cases either Albanian or Serbain influence can be held responsible. The long alveolar trill /rr/ continues the Early Romani /ř/ (whose quality, however, is unclear). It occurs only word-initially, e.g. rrom ‘man’, a ...
... infiltrated the inherited lexicon, e.g. lil ~ l’il ~ ljil ‘paper’, although in these cases either Albanian or Serbain influence can be held responsible. The long alveolar trill /rr/ continues the Early Romani /ř/ (whose quality, however, is unclear). It occurs only word-initially, e.g. rrom ‘man’, a ...
97 AN OVERVIEW OF ADVERBS FOR THE PROFICIENT USE OF
... understanding and appropriate use. The paper introduces the adjective to distinguish it from the adverbs. Sequel to this explanation of what adverbs are, types, their functions, the words or groups of words they modify and their notable significance in the English language are established. An adverb ...
... understanding and appropriate use. The paper introduces the adjective to distinguish it from the adverbs. Sequel to this explanation of what adverbs are, types, their functions, the words or groups of words they modify and their notable significance in the English language are established. An adverb ...
Students` Workbook
... With what kind of letter does each group begin? What do you find at the end of each group? A group of words making complete sense is a Sentence. In writing several sentences together we must show where one ends and another begins. Exercise ...
... With what kind of letter does each group begin? What do you find at the end of each group? A group of words making complete sense is a Sentence. In writing several sentences together we must show where one ends and another begins. Exercise ...
PRACTICE BOOK - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... • An exclamation is a sentence that shows strong feelings. It ends with an exclamation point. • Begin each exclamation with a capital letter. We love the zoo! Wow, those are huge elephants! Underline each exclamation. 1. Today is Saturday. 2. Hooray, we are going to the zoo! 3. We will see many anim ...
... • An exclamation is a sentence that shows strong feelings. It ends with an exclamation point. • Begin each exclamation with a capital letter. We love the zoo! Wow, those are huge elephants! Underline each exclamation. 1. Today is Saturday. 2. Hooray, we are going to the zoo! 3. We will see many anim ...
Practice - TeacherLINK
... • A run-on sentence joins sentences that should be written separately or as a compound sentence. • One way to correct a run-on sentence is to separate each complete idea into a sentence. • Another way to correct a run-on sentence is to rewrite it as a compound sentence. Use a comma and the words and ...
... • A run-on sentence joins sentences that should be written separately or as a compound sentence. • One way to correct a run-on sentence is to separate each complete idea into a sentence. • Another way to correct a run-on sentence is to rewrite it as a compound sentence. Use a comma and the words and ...