- Lancaster EPrints
... in natural languages, have received unremitting attention in linguistic literature 1. This thesis seeks to bring to light aspects of the grammar of pronominals as used in Puxian, a Min dialect of Chinese. It will focus on issues that have featured prominently in the theoretical and typological discu ...
... in natural languages, have received unremitting attention in linguistic literature 1. This thesis seeks to bring to light aspects of the grammar of pronominals as used in Puxian, a Min dialect of Chinese. It will focus on issues that have featured prominently in the theoretical and typological discu ...
Introductory Linguistics
... linguists, use to justify our analysis. Thus, knowing English means that you “know” the Each Other Reference Rule, in an intuitive, unconscious sense. But it does not mean that you know it explicitly. There is no English speaker on earth who can just “look inside her head” and say what the rule is. ...
... linguists, use to justify our analysis. Thus, knowing English means that you “know” the Each Other Reference Rule, in an intuitive, unconscious sense. But it does not mean that you know it explicitly. There is no English speaker on earth who can just “look inside her head” and say what the rule is. ...
this PDF file - Journal of Language Modelling
... To address these different research questions and to decide among the alternative ways of managing ambiguity, this work is based on three main premises. First, ambiguities are divided into different categories. This is essential to better distinguish ambiguities that are so liable to misinterpretati ...
... To address these different research questions and to decide among the alternative ways of managing ambiguity, this work is based on three main premises. First, ambiguities are divided into different categories. This is essential to better distinguish ambiguities that are so liable to misinterpretati ...
Introductory Linguistics
... linguists, use to justify our analysis. Thus, knowing English means that you “know” the Each Other Reference Rule, in an intuitive, unconscious sense. But it does not mean that you know it explicitly. There is no English speaker on earth who can just “look inside her head” and say what the rule is. ...
... linguists, use to justify our analysis. Thus, knowing English means that you “know” the Each Other Reference Rule, in an intuitive, unconscious sense. But it does not mean that you know it explicitly. There is no English speaker on earth who can just “look inside her head” and say what the rule is. ...
This article is an overview of the current state of
... The clauses expressing possession can be further divided in the types of 'have'-possession (as in Sally has nineteen cats) and 'belong'-possession (as in The book is John's), according to the terminology of Heine (1997: 29–33). In accordance with T. E. Payne's classification and Heine's division of ...
... The clauses expressing possession can be further divided in the types of 'have'-possession (as in Sally has nineteen cats) and 'belong'-possession (as in The book is John's), according to the terminology of Heine (1997: 29–33). In accordance with T. E. Payne's classification and Heine's division of ...
THE EPP, NOMINATIVE CASE and EXPLETIVES
... external θ-role and do not discharge Case with the assistance of I, or in other words, when no I+V complex is formed to check both components of nominative Case. Such cases include not only unaccusative constructions, in which the verb assigns inherent nominative to the postverbal NP, but also cases ...
... external θ-role and do not discharge Case with the assistance of I, or in other words, when no I+V complex is formed to check both components of nominative Case. Such cases include not only unaccusative constructions, in which the verb assigns inherent nominative to the postverbal NP, but also cases ...
thesis the translation of indonesian passive voice into english with
... prefix di- (prefix di- + verb base + agent phrase; prefix di- + verb base + suffix + agent phrase); several marked by prefix ter- to adjective and noun (prefix ter- + verb base / adjective/noun) and there more passives not marked either by prefix di- or ter-. Second, the results of data analysis cle ...
... prefix di- (prefix di- + verb base + agent phrase; prefix di- + verb base + suffix + agent phrase); several marked by prefix ter- to adjective and noun (prefix ter- + verb base / adjective/noun) and there more passives not marked either by prefix di- or ter-. Second, the results of data analysis cle ...
RELATIONAL NOUNS, PRONOUNS, AND RESUMPTIONw
... and internal syntax, yet give rise to ‘bound variable’ readings, as in (1), even though such readings are normally associated only with pronouns and epithets. ...
... and internal syntax, yet give rise to ‘bound variable’ readings, as in (1), even though such readings are normally associated only with pronouns and epithets. ...
AGU Grammar and Style Guide
... We dismissed data having excessively high or low values and plotted the remaining data on a T-S grid. (compound verb) An examination of Figure 4 indicates that the midlatitude values are relatively low for this parameter and that high-latitude values are quite divergent. (parallel dependent clause) ...
... We dismissed data having excessively high or low values and plotted the remaining data on a T-S grid. (compound verb) An examination of Figure 4 indicates that the midlatitude values are relatively low for this parameter and that high-latitude values are quite divergent. (parallel dependent clause) ...
Identifying English Gerunds and their Translation Equivalents in an
... when its verbal force is strong, it seems to prefer an accusative / direct object (Curme, 1980: 483). Historically, gerunds and present participles did not always share the same morphological form. The English present participle was originally used like an adjective, which until the 14th century ha ...
... when its verbal force is strong, it seems to prefer an accusative / direct object (Curme, 1980: 483). Historically, gerunds and present participles did not always share the same morphological form. The English present participle was originally used like an adjective, which until the 14th century ha ...
Unit 1 - cloudfront.net
... 1. A singular noun is a word that names one person, place, thing, or idea: brother, classroom, piglet, and joy. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea: brothers, classrooms, piglets, and joys. 2. To help you determine whether a word in a sentence is a noun, try adding it to ...
... 1. A singular noun is a word that names one person, place, thing, or idea: brother, classroom, piglet, and joy. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea: brothers, classrooms, piglets, and joys. 2. To help you determine whether a word in a sentence is a noun, try adding it to ...
REFLEXIVITY IN ENGLISH PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES 1
... When a personal pronoun refers to the same referent as a preceding pronoun or noun phrase within the same clause, it is usually replaced by a self-form (Mackenzie, 2007, p. 148). For example, some English self-forms are ‘myself’, ‘himself’ and ‘themselves’. Following König & Gasts definition of self ...
... When a personal pronoun refers to the same referent as a preceding pronoun or noun phrase within the same clause, it is usually replaced by a self-form (Mackenzie, 2007, p. 148). For example, some English self-forms are ‘myself’, ‘himself’ and ‘themselves’. Following König & Gasts definition of self ...
The distribution and category status of adjectives and adverbs
... complement, and adverbs nearly always may not. (Ironically, although we will defend the claim that there are two distinct categories here, this will not constitute a defence of the distinction Jackendoff draws, because he underestimated the extent to which adverbs take complements. See The Cambridge ...
... complement, and adverbs nearly always may not. (Ironically, although we will defend the claim that there are two distinct categories here, this will not constitute a defence of the distinction Jackendoff draws, because he underestimated the extent to which adverbs take complements. See The Cambridge ...
Introduction to the Subjunctive Mood
... The mood of a verb, sometimes known as its mode, indicates what type of role it plays in a sentence and/or the speaker's attitude toward it. For the most part, in English as well as Spanish, the most common verb mood is the indicative mood. In general, it is the "normal" verb form, indicating both a ...
... The mood of a verb, sometimes known as its mode, indicates what type of role it plays in a sentence and/or the speaker's attitude toward it. For the most part, in English as well as Spanish, the most common verb mood is the indicative mood. In general, it is the "normal" verb form, indicating both a ...
Uses of ter- in Malay: A corpus-based study
... Even though the meaning of the notions of ‘active’ and ‘passive’ may vary depending on linguistic theories, particularly in the Austronesian languages (cf. Wouk and Ross, 2002), this study identifies these two based on a semantic reading (i.e., whether an active or a passive interpretation is possib ...
... Even though the meaning of the notions of ‘active’ and ‘passive’ may vary depending on linguistic theories, particularly in the Austronesian languages (cf. Wouk and Ross, 2002), this study identifies these two based on a semantic reading (i.e., whether an active or a passive interpretation is possib ...
Boyer`s Relative Clauses in the Greek New Testament: A Statistical
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
Grace Theological Journal 9.2 (1988) 233
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
Discourse, grammar, discourse
... not reflect a random selection of conceptually appropriate and grammatically well-formed strings. For any kind of message we wish to convey (content-wise), more often than not, grammar will make available more than one form. We have semantic paraphrases (e.g. I must get some soda – LSAC versus ~I ha ...
... not reflect a random selection of conceptually appropriate and grammatically well-formed strings. For any kind of message we wish to convey (content-wise), more often than not, grammar will make available more than one form. We have semantic paraphrases (e.g. I must get some soda – LSAC versus ~I ha ...
AGU Grammar and Style Guide
... We dismissed data having excessively high or low values and plotted the remaining data on a T-S grid. (compound verb) An examination of Figure 4 indicates that the midlatitude values are relatively low for this parameter and that high-latitude values are quite divergent. (parallel dependent clause) ...
... We dismissed data having excessively high or low values and plotted the remaining data on a T-S grid. (compound verb) An examination of Figure 4 indicates that the midlatitude values are relatively low for this parameter and that high-latitude values are quite divergent. (parallel dependent clause) ...
as a PDF
... they do not provide objective and empirically testable parameters that could be used to decide on how BH could be classified and the meanings of the verb forms be determined. Some argue that the language is a tense language, some argue that it is an aspect language while others claim that the verbs ...
... they do not provide objective and empirically testable parameters that could be used to decide on how BH could be classified and the meanings of the verb forms be determined. Some argue that the language is a tense language, some argue that it is an aspect language while others claim that the verbs ...
Destinos: 27-52 The Main Grammar Points, and Exercises with
... They were not called present indicative, preterite indicative, imperfect indicative, etc., because the indicative was the only verb system you knew, and so the distinction between the indicative and the subjunctive was unnecessary. Now this distinction is important. If you look at the Verb Charts in ...
... They were not called present indicative, preterite indicative, imperfect indicative, etc., because the indicative was the only verb system you knew, and so the distinction between the indicative and the subjunctive was unnecessary. Now this distinction is important. If you look at the Verb Charts in ...
Destinos: 27-52 The Main Grammar Points, and Exercises with
... tenses. They were not called present indicative, preterite indicative, imperfect indicative, etc., because the indicative was the only verb system you knew, and so the distinction between the indicative and the subjunctive was unnecessary. Now this distinction is important. If you look at the Verb C ...
... tenses. They were not called present indicative, preterite indicative, imperfect indicative, etc., because the indicative was the only verb system you knew, and so the distinction between the indicative and the subjunctive was unnecessary. Now this distinction is important. If you look at the Verb C ...
THE DISTRIBUTION AND CATEGORY STATUS OF ADJECTIVES
... The first aim of this paper is to show that the complementarity claim as defined in (1) is, for English at least, simply false. There are a number of environments, including the rarely noticed function of post-head modifier of nouns, where both adjectives and adverbs can occur. For the most part, th ...
... The first aim of this paper is to show that the complementarity claim as defined in (1) is, for English at least, simply false. There are a number of environments, including the rarely noticed function of post-head modifier of nouns, where both adjectives and adverbs can occur. For the most part, th ...
French Verbs Made Simple(r)
... conjugations are presented for each of the models, including those displaying purely orthographic modifications. The key elements for each are highlighted, and all other verbs with analogous conjugations are explicitly identified. A summary table provides in concise form all of the key elements requir ...
... conjugations are presented for each of the models, including those displaying purely orthographic modifications. The key elements for each are highlighted, and all other verbs with analogous conjugations are explicitly identified. A summary table provides in concise form all of the key elements requir ...