The Finnish Accusative: Long Distance Case Assignment by ϕ
... they do not differ in their objecthood. In the second part, we show that the various accusatives are also treated similarly in terms of certain syntactic operations, such as clefting and raising. First of all, given the completely uncontroversial status of accusative marking ...
... they do not differ in their objecthood. In the second part, we show that the various accusatives are also treated similarly in terms of certain syntactic operations, such as clefting and raising. First of all, given the completely uncontroversial status of accusative marking ...
Linguistic Models - Geert Booij`s Page
... action, which is indicated by the concept EAT, an action in which two participants are involved, indicated by the ordered pair of variables x and y (traditionally referred to as the logical subject and the logical object respectively). The concept EAT may be decomposable into smaller conceptual unit ...
... action, which is indicated by the concept EAT, an action in which two participants are involved, indicated by the ordered pair of variables x and y (traditionally referred to as the logical subject and the logical object respectively). The concept EAT may be decomposable into smaller conceptual unit ...
The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas
... languages, as far back as the very earliest attested, operate just like those to which the linguist has more immediate access, all with the same familiar elements – phonological, morphological, syntactic – and no perceptible vestiges of Neanderthal oddities. If there was a time when human language w ...
... languages, as far back as the very earliest attested, operate just like those to which the linguist has more immediate access, all with the same familiar elements – phonological, morphological, syntactic – and no perceptible vestiges of Neanderthal oddities. If there was a time when human language w ...
ling411-08 - Rice University
... Impairment of inner speech (Luria) Hence, impairment of auditory working ...
... Impairment of inner speech (Luria) Hence, impairment of auditory working ...
She loves you, -ja -ja -ja: objective conjugation and pragmatic
... the suffix -ja (with its front vowel variant -i). The distribution of the two conjugations is sensitive for those referential dimensions such as definiteness and specificity that are typically located on the definiteness scale; concretely, we refer to Coppock (2013), who suggests that the decisive n ...
... the suffix -ja (with its front vowel variant -i). The distribution of the two conjugations is sensitive for those referential dimensions such as definiteness and specificity that are typically located on the definiteness scale; concretely, we refer to Coppock (2013), who suggests that the decisive n ...
Fox (Mesquakie) Reduplication
... consonants that may appear in the coda. s appears only before a syllable with a k or kw onset; h appears before stops and w. Long vowels appear in both open and closed syllables. Three other features of Fox phonology should be noted here. First, (underlying) short i does not occur in word-initial sy ...
... consonants that may appear in the coda. s appears only before a syllable with a k or kw onset; h appears before stops and w. Long vowels appear in both open and closed syllables. Three other features of Fox phonology should be noted here. First, (underlying) short i does not occur in word-initial sy ...
Formal Commands - Villanova University
... Buy the candy. (familiar) Informal, or familiar, speech is used among friends, coworkers, ...
... Buy the candy. (familiar) Informal, or familiar, speech is used among friends, coworkers, ...
Number Words as Number Names
... respect to non-mathematical predicates straightforwardly follows if simple number terms stand for quantifiers or plural properties and the Adjectival Strategy applies to mathematical statements. The Adjectival Strategy can apply to predicates expressing mathematical operations and properties, but no ...
... respect to non-mathematical predicates straightforwardly follows if simple number terms stand for quantifiers or plural properties and the Adjectival Strategy applies to mathematical statements. The Adjectival Strategy can apply to predicates expressing mathematical operations and properties, but no ...
Irregular Verbs
... You probably know that every sentence has at least one verb in it. There are two main types of verbs. Action verbs are used to depict activities that are doable, and linking verbs are used to describe conditions. Both action verbs and linking verbs can accompany auxiliary verbs including the three m ...
... You probably know that every sentence has at least one verb in it. There are two main types of verbs. Action verbs are used to depict activities that are doable, and linking verbs are used to describe conditions. Both action verbs and linking verbs can accompany auxiliary verbs including the three m ...
Editorial: A Typology of Verbs for Scholarly Writing
... verb agreement, and sentence structure. Attribution is defined as “inappropriately or illogically attributing action in an effort to be objective” (p. 69). Therefore, when considering active tense verbs, authors are cautioned to avoid attribution, specifically anthropomorphism and “not [to] attribut ...
... verb agreement, and sentence structure. Attribution is defined as “inappropriately or illogically attributing action in an effort to be objective” (p. 69). Therefore, when considering active tense verbs, authors are cautioned to avoid attribution, specifically anthropomorphism and “not [to] attribut ...
Typology of Verbs for Scholarly Writing - Mid
... verb agreement, and sentence structure. Attribution is defined as “inappropriately or illogically attributing action in an effort to be objective” (p. 69). Therefore, when considering active tense verbs, authors are cautioned to avoid attribution, specifically anthropomorphism and “not [to] attribut ...
... verb agreement, and sentence structure. Attribution is defined as “inappropriately or illogically attributing action in an effort to be objective” (p. 69). Therefore, when considering active tense verbs, authors are cautioned to avoid attribution, specifically anthropomorphism and “not [to] attribut ...
You Are The Course Book - Syllabus
... short term future: “If I’m late for work, I will get into trouble.” - Second Conditional – unreal future; the teenage daughter – dreaming about possible future scenarios; thinking about far into the future; planning possible outcomes; not realistic: “If I became a doctor, I would earn a lot of money ...
... short term future: “If I’m late for work, I will get into trouble.” - Second Conditional – unreal future; the teenage daughter – dreaming about possible future scenarios; thinking about far into the future; planning possible outcomes; not realistic: “If I became a doctor, I would earn a lot of money ...
Tense in Basque - Create and Use Your home.uchicago.edu Account
... In this paper, I provide an analysis of the syntax and morphology of tense in Basque.1 In this language, there are two types of tenses: simple and compound. Following insights found in Laka (1990), in sections 3 to 5 I develop an analysis in which the difference between these two types of tenses is ...
... In this paper, I provide an analysis of the syntax and morphology of tense in Basque.1 In this language, there are two types of tenses: simple and compound. Following insights found in Laka (1990), in sections 3 to 5 I develop an analysis in which the difference between these two types of tenses is ...
english syntax the simple sentence
... The question of generation concerns the contrast between competence and performance: the TG grammarians are interested not in the actual utterance of the speaker (which are a matter only of “performance”) but in what is linguistically possible, in what the speaker can say (his “competence”). The ne ...
... The question of generation concerns the contrast between competence and performance: the TG grammarians are interested not in the actual utterance of the speaker (which are a matter only of “performance”) but in what is linguistically possible, in what the speaker can say (his “competence”). The ne ...
17 Revisiting the Noun-Verb Debate
... lead to the opposite prediction. It has been proposed that inferring the meaning of a verb is very difficult even for adults without cues from the argument structure (Gillette, Gleitman, Gleitman, & Lederer, 1999), and that children do utilize the structural cues in inferring verb meanings (e.g., Fi ...
... lead to the opposite prediction. It has been proposed that inferring the meaning of a verb is very difficult even for adults without cues from the argument structure (Gillette, Gleitman, Gleitman, & Lederer, 1999), and that children do utilize the structural cues in inferring verb meanings (e.g., Fi ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... Underline the linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. The great frigate bird is the most widespread of the five species of frigate birds on earth. 2. Warm islands located in the Pacific and Indian oceans are the nesting spots of these birds. 3. High, rocky cliffs are the homes of frigate birds. 4. ...
... Underline the linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. The great frigate bird is the most widespread of the five species of frigate birds on earth. 2. Warm islands located in the Pacific and Indian oceans are the nesting spots of these birds. 3. High, rocky cliffs are the homes of frigate birds. 4. ...
PDF Original Colour - University of Toronto
... had the pleasure and privilege of reading the admirable and exhaustive treatise on " The Alphabet," by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, and am rejoiced to find that he has come to the same conclusion as to the of the ...
... had the pleasure and privilege of reading the admirable and exhaustive treatise on " The Alphabet," by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, and am rejoiced to find that he has come to the same conclusion as to the of the ...
TIƠP CËN HÖ THèNG TRONG Tæ CHøC L•NH THæ
... delightful to me, Miss Spenlow! [10]. It can collocate with such typical nouns as ‘holiday’, ‘melody’, ‘conversation’, ‘news’, etc… We have been concerned with ‘delighted’ together with other words and idioms related to it in terms of form, which are, it follows, related in meaning as well. 2.2. ‘El ...
... delightful to me, Miss Spenlow! [10]. It can collocate with such typical nouns as ‘holiday’, ‘melody’, ‘conversation’, ‘news’, etc… We have been concerned with ‘delighted’ together with other words and idioms related to it in terms of form, which are, it follows, related in meaning as well. 2.2. ‘El ...
doc - Patrick Grosz
... Presumably the use of a Class 1 pronoun here could not have either of these meanings. See H’s subsequent set of data. The analysis of these: • There is a second form yi2 • [[yi2]] is the identity function on individuals (cf. Jacobson 1999 etc,) but defined only for contexts which are not the speech ...
... Presumably the use of a Class 1 pronoun here could not have either of these meanings. See H’s subsequent set of data. The analysis of these: • There is a second form yi2 • [[yi2]] is the identity function on individuals (cf. Jacobson 1999 etc,) but defined only for contexts which are not the speech ...
REFLEXIVE VERBS
... A Insert the correct form of the reflexive verb in the present in the affirmative or negative e.g (se coucher) oui, je.......très tard - oui, je me couche très tard (s'ennuyer) non, nous........jamais - non, nous ne nous ennuyons jamais 1- (s'amuser) oui, ils ..................……….......... beaucoup ...
... A Insert the correct form of the reflexive verb in the present in the affirmative or negative e.g (se coucher) oui, je.......très tard - oui, je me couche très tard (s'ennuyer) non, nous........jamais - non, nous ne nous ennuyons jamais 1- (s'amuser) oui, ils ..................……….......... beaucoup ...
MMM6 Proceedings - mediterranean morphology meetings
... suffix, the so-called Bare stem constraint, according to which stems appearing as fist constituents of compound words must be as bare as possible. This constraint is motivated by the fact that Greek compounds are basically [stem stem] or [stem word] structures,8 where the first constituent, being a ...
... suffix, the so-called Bare stem constraint, according to which stems appearing as fist constituents of compound words must be as bare as possible. This constraint is motivated by the fact that Greek compounds are basically [stem stem] or [stem word] structures,8 where the first constituent, being a ...
Beginning Old English
... The English language now serves as the medium of communication for millions of people worldwide. However, its origins lie in a set of dialects spoken fifteen hundred years ago in the south-eastern lowlands of the British Isles, by bands of Germanic settlers, the AngloSaxons. Together, these dialects ...
... The English language now serves as the medium of communication for millions of people worldwide. However, its origins lie in a set of dialects spoken fifteen hundred years ago in the south-eastern lowlands of the British Isles, by bands of Germanic settlers, the AngloSaxons. Together, these dialects ...
What Are Irregular Verbs?
... Common verbs that can be followed by a gerund or infinitive but with a change in meaning..37 Common verbs that are followed by an infinitive ..................................................................................37 Common verbs that are directly followed by a noun or pronoun and then by a ...
... Common verbs that can be followed by a gerund or infinitive but with a change in meaning..37 Common verbs that are followed by an infinitive ..................................................................................37 Common verbs that are directly followed by a noun or pronoun and then by a ...
Relational Words - Kathy Hirsh
... explain why verbs and other relational terms are generally harder to learn than words from other lexical classes such as nouns; Golinkoff and colleagues (1996) built on this framework. First, verbs are polysemous. They are more likely to have multiple meanings than nouns. For example, Merriam-Webste ...
... explain why verbs and other relational terms are generally harder to learn than words from other lexical classes such as nouns; Golinkoff and colleagues (1996) built on this framework. First, verbs are polysemous. They are more likely to have multiple meanings than nouns. For example, Merriam-Webste ...