Words and Sentences
... Verbs ending in o typically add -es: veto → vetoes. The third person singular present indicative in English is notable cross-linguistically for being a morphologically marked form for a semantically unmarked one. That is to say the the third person singular is usually taken to be the most basic form ...
... Verbs ending in o typically add -es: veto → vetoes. The third person singular present indicative in English is notable cross-linguistically for being a morphologically marked form for a semantically unmarked one. That is to say the the third person singular is usually taken to be the most basic form ...
Verbal categories in Salaca Livonian grammar1 Darbības vārda
... present and past forms of the passive; even a passive form of the supine exists (see Viitso 2007, 53). In South Estonian the personal passive occurred historically, and number distinction in passive forms has been preserved to the present day (Iva 2007, 99−102). However, in both Courland and Salaca ...
... present and past forms of the passive; even a passive form of the supine exists (see Viitso 2007, 53). In South Estonian the personal passive occurred historically, and number distinction in passive forms has been preserved to the present day (Iva 2007, 99−102). However, in both Courland and Salaca ...
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 ...
linguistics
... Greek, are usually considered to be characterized by a high degree of lability. According to the communis opinio, they had a considerable number of labile verbs or verbal forms that could be labile, cf. rudra � r̥tásya sádaneṣu vāvr̥dhuḥ ‘Rudras have grown [intransitive] in the residences of the tru ...
... Greek, are usually considered to be characterized by a high degree of lability. According to the communis opinio, they had a considerable number of labile verbs or verbal forms that could be labile, cf. rudra � r̥tásya sádaneṣu vāvr̥dhuḥ ‘Rudras have grown [intransitive] in the residences of the tru ...
Mixed (Non)veridicality and mood choice with emotive verbs
... Be.1SG.PRES happy that you be.2S.SUBJ/be.2SG.IND here. I am happy that you are here. ...
... Be.1SG.PRES happy that you be.2S.SUBJ/be.2SG.IND here. I am happy that you are here. ...
Long adjectival inflection and specificity in Serbo
... containing short and long adjectives. If NPs containing long adjectives tend to be specific, and those containing short adjectives nonspecific, then only long adjectives should be expected to trigger an ambiguity with using verbs in such contexts as (13). With creation verbs long adjectives should b ...
... containing short and long adjectives. If NPs containing long adjectives tend to be specific, and those containing short adjectives nonspecific, then only long adjectives should be expected to trigger an ambiguity with using verbs in such contexts as (13). With creation verbs long adjectives should b ...
primary argument case-marking in baltic and finnic
... contexts that would call for the partitive in Standard Finnish (Ojajärvi 1950: 40–42). The use of the genitive object in Baltic can be divided in two categories: partitive (and in that group, the closely related genitive of negation) and ablative. Some IE languages (Indo-Iranian and partly ancient ...
... contexts that would call for the partitive in Standard Finnish (Ojajärvi 1950: 40–42). The use of the genitive object in Baltic can be divided in two categories: partitive (and in that group, the closely related genitive of negation) and ablative. Some IE languages (Indo-Iranian and partly ancient ...
A grammar of the Somali language with examples in prose
... r is always pronounced distinctly, like the r of Latin languages, as in " arrow " ...
... r is always pronounced distinctly, like the r of Latin languages, as in " arrow " ...
A Grammar of Proto-Germanic
... was assumed to be a direct reflex of the material published by Brugmann and others applying the same principles, rather than the reflex of an earlier language. We assume a single Germanic language, with a common core of speakers, on the basis of elements common to all its dialects such as ablaut in ...
... was assumed to be a direct reflex of the material published by Brugmann and others applying the same principles, rather than the reflex of an earlier language. We assume a single Germanic language, with a common core of speakers, on the basis of elements common to all its dialects such as ablaut in ...
Carnets de Grammaire - CLLE-ERSS - Université Toulouse
... competition is not goal-driven or directed. One area of morphology where a competition model has been popular is that between words and rules in lexical access (Pinker 1999). Here is a simple example. Why do speakers of English say went and not goed ? The assumption is that two mechanisms compete in ...
... competition is not goal-driven or directed. One area of morphology where a competition model has been popular is that between words and rules in lexical access (Pinker 1999). Here is a simple example. Why do speakers of English say went and not goed ? The assumption is that two mechanisms compete in ...
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 ...
cmp-lg/9411016 PDF - at www.arxiv.org.
... discourse focus (DF) . DF of previous sentence, if referred with a pronoun in current sentence; . referent of the highest ranking pronoun2 in current sentence; . theme, in discourse initial sentences; potential discourse focus list (PDFL) - referents of current sentence excluding DF; discourse focus ...
... discourse focus (DF) . DF of previous sentence, if referred with a pronoun in current sentence; . referent of the highest ranking pronoun2 in current sentence; . theme, in discourse initial sentences; potential discourse focus list (PDFL) - referents of current sentence excluding DF; discourse focus ...
A grammar of Palula - Language Science Press
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... Language Science Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. ...
Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1
... 35. What is “black gold” ? 36. “Black gold” is another name for oil . 37. Alaska also has coal, platinum, copper, and uranium . 38. Did you take many pictures during your trip ? 39. I took a great shot of an eagle catching a salmon . 40. Do you want to see some other pictures I took ? ...
... 35. What is “black gold” ? 36. “Black gold” is another name for oil . 37. Alaska also has coal, platinum, copper, and uranium . 38. Did you take many pictures during your trip ? 39. I took a great shot of an eagle catching a salmon . 40. Do you want to see some other pictures I took ? ...
complementizer - LingBuzz
... Notice that, considering these Akkadian data, there seems to be a strong relationship between the grammar of genitival constructions and the grammar of relative clauses (see for relevant discussion Ouhalla 2004; den Dikken 2007). This fact is confirmed on typological grounds, as shown for instance b ...
... Notice that, considering these Akkadian data, there seems to be a strong relationship between the grammar of genitival constructions and the grammar of relative clauses (see for relevant discussion Ouhalla 2004; den Dikken 2007). This fact is confirmed on typological grounds, as shown for instance b ...
11 Fula
... imperative: wolw-at-ay „keep on talking!‟, but only two voices, there being no Passive Imperative (Arnott 1970:248). Other modal forms include a desiderative (suffixes -u, -o, or -Ø): ‟Alla wall-am „God help me‟; ‟Alla hinno-mo, faranoo-mo „God have pity on him and pardon him‟, and a subjunctive (vo ...
... imperative: wolw-at-ay „keep on talking!‟, but only two voices, there being no Passive Imperative (Arnott 1970:248). Other modal forms include a desiderative (suffixes -u, -o, or -Ø): ‟Alla wall-am „God help me‟; ‟Alla hinno-mo, faranoo-mo „God have pity on him and pardon him‟, and a subjunctive (vo ...
Boundless Study Slides
... • Parallelism In grammar, parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses.The application of parallelism in sentence construction can sometimes improve writing style, clearness, and readability.Parallelism may also be known as parallel structure or parallel construction. ( ...
... • Parallelism In grammar, parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses.The application of parallelism in sentence construction can sometimes improve writing style, clearness, and readability.Parallelism may also be known as parallel structure or parallel construction. ( ...
Remarks on the Passive Voice in English and Romanian
... And here is the more detailed theoretical presentation of the overall picture of Voice, as its main elements are defined in The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar: “voice. A grammatical category which in English provides two different ways (ACTIVE and PASSIVE) of viewing the action of the verb. Vo ...
... And here is the more detailed theoretical presentation of the overall picture of Voice, as its main elements are defined in The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar: “voice. A grammatical category which in English provides two different ways (ACTIVE and PASSIVE) of viewing the action of the verb. Vo ...
Reteach Workbook
... • Use the correct end punctuation to end a sentence. • Use a period to end a statement or a command. I like movies. • Use a question mark to end a question. Do you like movies? • Use an exclamation point to end an exclamation. Wow, what a great movie! • Use a comma before the conjunction in a compou ...
... • Use the correct end punctuation to end a sentence. • Use a period to end a statement or a command. I like movies. • Use a question mark to end a question. Do you like movies? • Use an exclamation point to end an exclamation. Wow, what a great movie! • Use a comma before the conjunction in a compou ...
persian for beginners
... release, produced further back in the mouth than the k in kitten. The k in kitten has a somewhat aspirated or a y-glide release and, of course, it is produced further forward in the mouth than the k in cool. These features of the English k are shared by all English words in which the k sound precede ...
... release, produced further back in the mouth than the k in kitten. The k in kitten has a somewhat aspirated or a y-glide release and, of course, it is produced further forward in the mouth than the k in cool. These features of the English k are shared by all English words in which the k sound precede ...
Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1
... 11. Whoever was this eccentric individual? 12. He was the other person for whom the cars came to be named—Charles Stewart Rolls. ...
... 11. Whoever was this eccentric individual? 12. He was the other person for whom the cars came to be named—Charles Stewart Rolls. ...
Welsh Lessons 1–10 (Autumn Term) (large )
... spoken at slightly a higher pitch, the same way you raise your voice to indicate a question. As English does not have a pitch accent, learners sometimes hear the syllable with the pitch accent as the stressed syllable. (Singers do not need to worry about this.) There are a few ways to sound more Wel ...
... spoken at slightly a higher pitch, the same way you raise your voice to indicate a question. As English does not have a pitch accent, learners sometimes hear the syllable with the pitch accent as the stressed syllable. (Singers do not need to worry about this.) There are a few ways to sound more Wel ...
Grammar - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ...
... Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ...
Topics in Corpus-Based Dutch Syntax Beek, Leonoor Johanneke
... a second category which contains general constraints on argument ordering. In this chapter we investigate whether this expectation is borne out. This chapter is structured as follows. We start with a brief discussion of the literature on the dative alternation in English, focusing on the different f ...
... a second category which contains general constraints on argument ordering. In this chapter we investigate whether this expectation is borne out. This chapter is structured as follows. We start with a brief discussion of the literature on the dative alternation in English, focusing on the different f ...
some recent trends in grammaticalization
... configurations appeared to be implicationally related to these. For example, in languages that placed the verb last in the sentence, speakers could be counted on to put the possessive before the possessed noun (the conductor’s baton as opposed to the baton of the conductor), to indicate relationship ...
... configurations appeared to be implicationally related to these. For example, in languages that placed the verb last in the sentence, speakers could be counted on to put the possessive before the possessed noun (the conductor’s baton as opposed to the baton of the conductor), to indicate relationship ...