Lesson Nine - PageFarm.net
... • In the last lesson we learned that there are three kinds of verbals: →Participles →Gerunds →Infinitives ...
... • In the last lesson we learned that there are three kinds of verbals: →Participles →Gerunds →Infinitives ...
The middle and passive derivations in Konso
... satisfied’ needed a feminine subject ending and similarly in xxx (41b), (42a); in (42d) the subject is 3PL. Constructions with passives of intransitives can either occur with or without verbal subject marking if the subject is expressed but only with subject marking if the subject is not explicitly ...
... satisfied’ needed a feminine subject ending and similarly in xxx (41b), (42a); in (42d) the subject is 3PL. Constructions with passives of intransitives can either occur with or without verbal subject marking if the subject is expressed but only with subject marking if the subject is not explicitly ...
Pronouns: Case and Reference
... 1. My sister loved that dog more than I. 2. My sister loved that dog more than me. In sentence 1, because I is in the subjective case, the sentence means My sister loved that dog more than I [loved it]. In sentence 2, because me is in the objective case, the sentence means My sister loved that dog m ...
... 1. My sister loved that dog more than I. 2. My sister loved that dog more than me. In sentence 1, because I is in the subjective case, the sentence means My sister loved that dog more than I [loved it]. In sentence 2, because me is in the objective case, the sentence means My sister loved that dog m ...
Reteach Workbook
... • A declarative sentence tells something. It ends with a period. (.) Some towns have a fireworks show. • An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. (?) Have you ever seen fireworks? • An imperative sentence tells or asks someone to do something. It ends with a period. ( ...
... • A declarative sentence tells something. It ends with a period. (.) Some towns have a fireworks show. • An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. (?) Have you ever seen fireworks? • An imperative sentence tells or asks someone to do something. It ends with a period. ( ...
Chapter 2
... The verb string appears to contain eleven positions, not all of which co-occur. Finals are suffixed to the root; all other elements are self standing, so, morphologically, only RootFinal is part of the verb, the rest being clitics or independent elements. All are exemplified below, or in §2.4, §2.5, ...
... The verb string appears to contain eleven positions, not all of which co-occur. Finals are suffixed to the root; all other elements are self standing, so, morphologically, only RootFinal is part of the verb, the rest being clitics or independent elements. All are exemplified below, or in §2.4, §2.5, ...
An Analysis of the Suffixes –Er and –Zi in Mandarin
... 1. Introduction to the suffixes –er and –zi and the research This thesis investigates the suffixes –er and –zi in Mandarin. One of the interesting features of these suffixes is that in some varieties of Mandarin, such as that of Beijing, they often are interchangeable in the words in which they appe ...
... 1. Introduction to the suffixes –er and –zi and the research This thesis investigates the suffixes –er and –zi in Mandarin. One of the interesting features of these suffixes is that in some varieties of Mandarin, such as that of Beijing, they often are interchangeable in the words in which they appe ...
Why No Mere Mortal JOHN J. KIM
... . . . This allows an item to be an instance of many different types simultaneously” (p. 84). Thus, the addition of semantic features would not only distinguish homophonous verbs, but at the same time would define semantic subtypes of verbs (those that share some of the distinguishing semantic featur ...
... . . . This allows an item to be an instance of many different types simultaneously” (p. 84). Thus, the addition of semantic features would not only distinguish homophonous verbs, but at the same time would define semantic subtypes of verbs (those that share some of the distinguishing semantic featur ...
ppt
... Types of Morphology Derivational morphology: forms a new word, potentially changing the word’s category (nouns become adjectives, verbs become nouns, etc.) goblin goblinish ...
... Types of Morphology Derivational morphology: forms a new word, potentially changing the word’s category (nouns become adjectives, verbs become nouns, etc.) goblin goblinish ...
The morphosyntax of mood in early grammar, with special reference
... The paper is organized as follows. In the following section we review several studies of the realis-irrealis mood distinction as it is manifested in the various European child languages noted above and we lay out our assumptions concerning the relation of realis and irrealis mood to the morphosynta ...
... The paper is organized as follows. In the following section we review several studies of the realis-irrealis mood distinction as it is manifested in the various European child languages noted above and we lay out our assumptions concerning the relation of realis and irrealis mood to the morphosynta ...
Part-of-Speech Tagging Guidelines for the Penn Treebank Project
... By contrast, when there is used adverbially, it receives at least some stress and does not trigger inversion. EXAMPLES: There/RB, a party was in progress. There/RB, a melee ensued. Existential and adverbial there can both occur together in the same sentence. EXAMPLE: There/EX was a party in progress ...
... By contrast, when there is used adverbially, it receives at least some stress and does not trigger inversion. EXAMPLES: There/RB, a party was in progress. There/RB, a melee ensued. Existential and adverbial there can both occur together in the same sentence. EXAMPLE: There/EX was a party in progress ...
Unidirectional flexibility and the noun–verb distinction
... creating a flexible part of speech that fills a variety of syntactic roles. One of the most contentious issues that falls out from this observation is whether or not it is possible for a language to conflate all of the major lexical classes, grouping all of its contentive lexical items into a single ...
... creating a flexible part of speech that fills a variety of syntactic roles. One of the most contentious issues that falls out from this observation is whether or not it is possible for a language to conflate all of the major lexical classes, grouping all of its contentive lexical items into a single ...
Locative Invenion, Definiteness, and Free Word Order in Russian
... on table put:fem. Maria-Norn. plate-Ace. 'On the table put Maria a plate' I expect that the judgements regarding the examples marked (?/??) can vary from speaker to speaker. More than that, I am aware of the fact that, in Russian, the contexts in which these sentences sound natural can be easily con ...
... on table put:fem. Maria-Norn. plate-Ace. 'On the table put Maria a plate' I expect that the judgements regarding the examples marked (?/??) can vary from speaker to speaker. More than that, I am aware of the fact that, in Russian, the contexts in which these sentences sound natural can be easily con ...
Definiteness and Perfectivity in Telic Incremental Theme Predications
... the same function, namely expressing ’totality’6 , as held by Leiss (2000). Similar views are expressed by Borer (2005) and Kabakčiev (1984a, 2000), who state that the function of both is the same and only differ with regard to their overt realization. If totality is expressed via perfective aspect, ...
... the same function, namely expressing ’totality’6 , as held by Leiss (2000). Similar views are expressed by Borer (2005) and Kabakčiev (1984a, 2000), who state that the function of both is the same and only differ with regard to their overt realization. If totality is expressed via perfective aspect, ...
Gerund and gerundive
... The relation between the gerund and the gerundive is curious. One way of understanding it is to view the gerund as an impersonal use of the gerundive: just as the phrase itum est yields, “it was gone” or “an act of going was engaged in,” so the gerund scrībendum (as in: ars scrībendī — “the art of w ...
... The relation between the gerund and the gerundive is curious. One way of understanding it is to view the gerund as an impersonal use of the gerundive: just as the phrase itum est yields, “it was gone” or “an act of going was engaged in,” so the gerund scrībendum (as in: ars scrībendī — “the art of w ...
Lessons and Work_ 0821 to 0824
... Mary and the grocer were carefully questioned by detectives. The dreadful leg of lamb was cooked by Mrs. Maloney, and the murder weapon was eaten by the hungry detectives. The identity of the murderer was not guessed by the police. In fact, Mary was never suspected as the murderer by anyone. ...
... Mary and the grocer were carefully questioned by detectives. The dreadful leg of lamb was cooked by Mrs. Maloney, and the murder weapon was eaten by the hungry detectives. The identity of the murderer was not guessed by the police. In fact, Mary was never suspected as the murderer by anyone. ...
Do sentences have tense?
... stay in morphology. Predicates express the distinctiveness of lexical and pronominal meanings. They are pointers to the semantics. They are projected from the lexicon to f-structure and to semantic structure (σ-structure). Gender features support grammatical and anaphoric agreement. They are project ...
... stay in morphology. Predicates express the distinctiveness of lexical and pronominal meanings. They are pointers to the semantics. They are projected from the lexicon to f-structure and to semantic structure (σ-structure). Gender features support grammatical and anaphoric agreement. They are project ...
Commentary on Historia Apollonii regis Tyri
... exerrauerat: "had been at fault" (intensive form of errauerat). nisi quod: "except (for the fact) that." statuerat: "it had constituted, it had made." 3.Quae: connecting relative. The relative is .the equivale�t of a demonstrative pronoun or adjective plus weak connecuve sense (which can rarely be r ...
... exerrauerat: "had been at fault" (intensive form of errauerat). nisi quod: "except (for the fact) that." statuerat: "it had constituted, it had made." 3.Quae: connecting relative. The relative is .the equivale�t of a demonstrative pronoun or adjective plus weak connecuve sense (which can rarely be r ...
Chapter 7 Coordinating and subordinating elements
... The verb linker !) (VL) is used to link two or more verbs in a sentence (see also Eaton (2003) for a discussion of multi-verb constructions in Sandawe). It can link two or more main verbs to each other or an operator verb to a main verb. In both cases, the multi-verb constructions share the same sub ...
... The verb linker !) (VL) is used to link two or more verbs in a sentence (see also Eaton (2003) for a discussion of multi-verb constructions in Sandawe). It can link two or more main verbs to each other or an operator verb to a main verb. In both cases, the multi-verb constructions share the same sub ...
A note on non-canonical passives: the case of the get
... It has been noted that the get-passive is not permitted with stative verbs and verbs that do not allow for the subject of the construction to be interpreted as affected. Some researchers even classify the construction as an adversative passive. As Siewierska (1984: 161) notes, the get-passives descr ...
... It has been noted that the get-passive is not permitted with stative verbs and verbs that do not allow for the subject of the construction to be interpreted as affected. Some researchers even classify the construction as an adversative passive. As Siewierska (1984: 161) notes, the get-passives descr ...
Grammar Worksheet #1
... Here is a list of commonly-used prepositions. Memorizing this list will help you recognize prepositions and use them in your writing. Remember that these words can be used as other parts of speech, if they are not followed by their objects. aboard, about, above, according to, across, after, against, ...
... Here is a list of commonly-used prepositions. Memorizing this list will help you recognize prepositions and use them in your writing. Remember that these words can be used as other parts of speech, if they are not followed by their objects. aboard, about, above, according to, across, after, against, ...
chistes de rubias
... Your dad is asking you about school life. Answer him using direct object pronouns and the words in parentheses. When there is an infinitive or present participle, answer in two ways by changing the position of the direct object pronoun. 1. ¿Estás estudiando la gramática española? (sí, ahora) Sí, la ...
... Your dad is asking you about school life. Answer him using direct object pronouns and the words in parentheses. When there is an infinitive or present participle, answer in two ways by changing the position of the direct object pronoun. 1. ¿Estás estudiando la gramática española? (sí, ahora) Sí, la ...
Conversation level : intermediate (l1)
... adjective. The first elements always in the singular, even if it has a plural sense , except if it exists only in the plural form or if there is ask of ambiguity Example. Sky boots, a clothes factory , a goods-train (ask of ambiguity of “good” was in the singular) Note: The same compound noun can ...
... adjective. The first elements always in the singular, even if it has a plural sense , except if it exists only in the plural form or if there is ask of ambiguity Example. Sky boots, a clothes factory , a goods-train (ask of ambiguity of “good” was in the singular) Note: The same compound noun can ...
Free! - Classical Academic Press
... If you have completed Primer A, you already know some important tips for learning Spanish well. The following are some additional tips that will help you become an even better student of the Spanish language. •Do your exercises faithfully and well. Your assignments should not be too long, but you w ...
... If you have completed Primer A, you already know some important tips for learning Spanish well. The following are some additional tips that will help you become an even better student of the Spanish language. •Do your exercises faithfully and well. Your assignments should not be too long, but you w ...
the simple sentence - Annie Montaut
... 2. MULTIPLE ARGUMENTS SENTENCE: THE NOMINATIVE PATTERN Simple transitive predicates in the imperfect aspect usually take unmarked arguments and, if required by the semantic structure of the predicate (three place predicates), an indirect object marked with the dative postposition ko, and/or an inter ...
... 2. MULTIPLE ARGUMENTS SENTENCE: THE NOMINATIVE PATTERN Simple transitive predicates in the imperfect aspect usually take unmarked arguments and, if required by the semantic structure of the predicate (three place predicates), an indirect object marked with the dative postposition ko, and/or an inter ...
Possession in Nanti
... Alienably possessed nouns bear the same possessive prefixes as inalienably possessed ones, but additionally bear one of several alienable possession suffixes. The distribution of the two regular alienable possession suffixes, -ne and -te, is conditioned solely by the size of the nominal root to whic ...
... Alienably possessed nouns bear the same possessive prefixes as inalienably possessed ones, but additionally bear one of several alienable possession suffixes. The distribution of the two regular alienable possession suffixes, -ne and -te, is conditioned solely by the size of the nominal root to whic ...