Lietuvių kalbos būtųjų laikų reikšmės ir jų atitikmenys anglų
... The change or the motion can continue faster or more slowly; and the speed of the action may be estimated by time; still, it is obvious that time can never be estimated by time. Even though time is typical to motion, it is not correct to assert that time is motion. Then the question remains: what is ...
... The change or the motion can continue faster or more slowly; and the speed of the action may be estimated by time; still, it is obvious that time can never be estimated by time. Even though time is typical to motion, it is not correct to assert that time is motion. Then the question remains: what is ...
Tense, Aspect, Aktionsart and Related Areas
... plain form vs. expanded form, which can also be found in the literature8 . They might be a little bit too general, though, because the words as such could also refer to all the other markers9 . The names for the categories whose markers are -d and be -n are fairly undisputed: tense and voice. The ot ...
... plain form vs. expanded form, which can also be found in the literature8 . They might be a little bit too general, though, because the words as such could also refer to all the other markers9 . The names for the categories whose markers are -d and be -n are fairly undisputed: tense and voice. The ot ...
SUBJUNCTIVE RELATIVES IN BULGARIAN AND MACEDONIAN
... As pointed above, verbs of quest express an activity of an agent (often the speaker) that can be conceptualized as “his/her deliberate quest for an unspecified object with particular properties.” The desired “object” of quest could be a person or a thing that the agent wants to “obtain”. The verb of ...
... As pointed above, verbs of quest express an activity of an agent (often the speaker) that can be conceptualized as “his/her deliberate quest for an unspecified object with particular properties.” The desired “object” of quest could be a person or a thing that the agent wants to “obtain”. The verb of ...
... provide a formal account of the relational semantic determinants of 'aux-selection' in languages like Italian and French. Secondly, I argue that the progressive construction can be analyzed as involving a locative unaccusative structure over that argument structure lexically associated to the verbal ...
CLAREMONT McKENNA COLLEGE MODALITY, ASPECT, AND
... realm of syntax, and as I stated above, Russian aspect is an overt morphological component of the verbal predicate. Considering other morphological components of not only verbs, but also of adjectives, nouns and pronouns, such as tense, gender and number agreement, tend to be considered syntactic el ...
... realm of syntax, and as I stated above, Russian aspect is an overt morphological component of the verbal predicate. Considering other morphological components of not only verbs, but also of adjectives, nouns and pronouns, such as tense, gender and number agreement, tend to be considered syntactic el ...
mandarin compound verbs - Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
... ambisyllabic: A segment (vowel or consonant) which forms the coda of the first and onset of the second of two adjacent syllables, e.g. the /l/ in English melon is ambisyllabic. analytic: In this study, analytic is used to describe a construction in which individual elements are in a syntactic rather ...
... ambisyllabic: A segment (vowel or consonant) which forms the coda of the first and onset of the second of two adjacent syllables, e.g. the /l/ in English melon is ambisyllabic. analytic: In this study, analytic is used to describe a construction in which individual elements are in a syntactic rather ...
A Short Descriptive Grammar of the Svan Language
... 1987-1988, many families have been resettled in eastern Georgia. 0.2. Dialects. Most linguists distinguish four Svan dialects, these being: (1) Upper Bal [Geo. balszemouri, i.e. upriver from the Bal pass], spoken in a succession of communities, from Lat’al to Ushgul, along the upper Enguri and its a ...
... 1987-1988, many families have been resettled in eastern Georgia. 0.2. Dialects. Most linguists distinguish four Svan dialects, these being: (1) Upper Bal [Geo. balszemouri, i.e. upriver from the Bal pass], spoken in a succession of communities, from Lat’al to Ushgul, along the upper Enguri and its a ...
The 3 Independent Uses of the Subjunctive
... just beginning, or none of these? Aspect answers that question! Most languages have no clear way of indicating aspect but hint at it through their uses of tenses, adverbs, and various other grammatical constructions. Our main concern for the Subjunctive is that the PERFECT tense has SIMPLE A ...
... just beginning, or none of these? Aspect answers that question! Most languages have no clear way of indicating aspect but hint at it through their uses of tenses, adverbs, and various other grammatical constructions. Our main concern for the Subjunctive is that the PERFECT tense has SIMPLE A ...
On Comparative Suppletion
... despite suppletion in the comparative migliore ‘better’. In other words, it turns out that the morphological difference tracks the semantic one. The argument from suppletion is that the superlative properly contains the comparative, but this argument is applicable only to those superlatives that pl ...
... despite suppletion in the comparative migliore ‘better’. In other words, it turns out that the morphological difference tracks the semantic one. The argument from suppletion is that the superlative properly contains the comparative, but this argument is applicable only to those superlatives that pl ...
FRE 122 - National Open University of Nigeria
... IMPORTANCE OF VERBS IN FRENCH GRAMMAR Verbs in French language, just like in any other languages of the world, are the most important linguistic elements. There is no other part of speech that could exist alone as a sentence and have meaning without a verb in it. Whereas a sentence can be formed by ...
... IMPORTANCE OF VERBS IN FRENCH GRAMMAR Verbs in French language, just like in any other languages of the world, are the most important linguistic elements. There is no other part of speech that could exist alone as a sentence and have meaning without a verb in it. Whereas a sentence can be formed by ...
1 The cycle without containment: Latin perfect stems Donca Steriade
... Both the perfect participle and the EV perfect forms refer to completed events. But they are distinct in their argument structure, lexical category and other aspects of their syntax. This explains the fact that the distinction between the participial suffix –(i)t and the EV morphs was maintained thr ...
... Both the perfect participle and the EV perfect forms refer to completed events. But they are distinct in their argument structure, lexical category and other aspects of their syntax. This explains the fact that the distinction between the participial suffix –(i)t and the EV morphs was maintained thr ...
inquiries into the lexicon-syntax relations in basque
... retrieved by automatically analyzing large corpora. s However, it is not the case that they do not involve any basic linguistic knowledge. Rather, manual work on creating grammars is minimized to the limit, and linguistic knowledge from tagged corpora is retrieved by probabilistic means. Most probab ...
... retrieved by automatically analyzing large corpora. s However, it is not the case that they do not involve any basic linguistic knowledge. Rather, manual work on creating grammars is minimized to the limit, and linguistic knowledge from tagged corpora is retrieved by probabilistic means. Most probab ...
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 ...
Conversion in English - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... against the data of conversion yet” (though, see Twardzisz 1997). This book deals with English conversion within the framework of cognitive semantics, so in a way it can also be taken to be a response to this claim. There are a number of people who helped me in various ways to complete this monograp ...
... against the data of conversion yet” (though, see Twardzisz 1997). This book deals with English conversion within the framework of cognitive semantics, so in a way it can also be taken to be a response to this claim. There are a number of people who helped me in various ways to complete this monograp ...
50. Verbal mood - Semantics Archive
... including the analyses of Bolinger (1968), Hooper (1975), and James (1986). Her overview of this work shows the need for a precise, rigorous analysis within a linguistically oriented semantic theory. Subsequently, mainstream work on verbal mood within semantics has been based on the idea that mood s ...
... including the analyses of Bolinger (1968), Hooper (1975), and James (1986). Her overview of this work shows the need for a precise, rigorous analysis within a linguistically oriented semantic theory. Subsequently, mainstream work on verbal mood within semantics has been based on the idea that mood s ...
- Essex - Research Repository
... This PhD thesis is the result of an exciting journey full of highs and lows, through which I have learned a lot and got to know some really beautiful people, and this is a humble expression of gratitude to all of them. On top of the list is my supervisor, Prof.Louisa Sadler, who has helped and guide ...
... This PhD thesis is the result of an exciting journey full of highs and lows, through which I have learned a lot and got to know some really beautiful people, and this is a humble expression of gratitude to all of them. On top of the list is my supervisor, Prof.Louisa Sadler, who has helped and guide ...
The Classification of Optatives: A Statistical Study
... to the mind, and can be expressed only by words like perhaps, possibly, or probably, or by such vague forms as if he pleased, or if he should try, if he could, if there should be an opportunity, etc. Sometimes a general condition, like in any possible case, is felt to be implied, so that the optativ ...
... to the mind, and can be expressed only by words like perhaps, possibly, or probably, or by such vague forms as if he pleased, or if he should try, if he could, if there should be an opportunity, etc. Sometimes a general condition, like in any possible case, is felt to be implied, so that the optativ ...
Meaning Through Syntax: Language
... is used to denote a discourse entity characterized by a particular function. The function is defined in the following way: participation in an event caused by some force or entity external to itself. In other words, a discourse entity denoted by an object reduced relative clause could be represented ...
... is used to denote a discourse entity characterized by a particular function. The function is defined in the following way: participation in an event caused by some force or entity external to itself. In other words, a discourse entity denoted by an object reduced relative clause could be represented ...
Progressive Aspect - Západočeská univerzita
... In the English language exists a large number of verbs but not all of them can occur with the progressive aspect. On the other hand there are also verbs which can be used in both simple and progressive forms. They are consequently divided into specific categories. This classification can help a spea ...
... In the English language exists a large number of verbs but not all of them can occur with the progressive aspect. On the other hand there are also verbs which can be used in both simple and progressive forms. They are consequently divided into specific categories. This classification can help a spea ...
575 Tlingit Verbs - Sealaska Heritage Institute
... British Columbia and the Yukon territory, is related to the Athabascan languages and the recently extinct language Eyak. Like Athabascan and Eyak, Tlingit verbal morphology is highly complex. The conjugation of Tlingit verbs is unpredictable in certain respects, making the documentation of verb form ...
... British Columbia and the Yukon territory, is related to the Athabascan languages and the recently extinct language Eyak. Like Athabascan and Eyak, Tlingit verbal morphology is highly complex. The conjugation of Tlingit verbs is unpredictable in certain respects, making the documentation of verb form ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, TENSES Tenses
... I have sung The present perfect tense is a rather important tense in English, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. That is because it uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages. In fact, the structure of the present perfect tense is very simple. The problems com ...
... I have sung The present perfect tense is a rather important tense in English, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. That is because it uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages. In fact, the structure of the present perfect tense is very simple. The problems com ...
full text
... however, he did not further explore this suggestion, which had been quite forcefully denied by Björck (1940:99) at an earlier time: “durch die Nichtberücksichtigung der Perfektperiphrase wird unsere Untersuchung nicht gefährdet, denn der am wenigsten gebrauchte Tempusstamm kann auf das Präsens und d ...
... however, he did not further explore this suggestion, which had been quite forcefully denied by Björck (1940:99) at an earlier time: “durch die Nichtberücksichtigung der Perfektperiphrase wird unsere Untersuchung nicht gefährdet, denn der am wenigsten gebrauchte Tempusstamm kann auf das Präsens und d ...
Thesis - Archive ouverte UNIGE
... The study on lexical causatives (0.2) addresses the question of why some verbs in some languages do not alternate while their counterparts in other languages do. The results of the study suggest that the property which underlies the variation is the likelihood of external causation. Events describe ...
... The study on lexical causatives (0.2) addresses the question of why some verbs in some languages do not alternate while their counterparts in other languages do. The results of the study suggest that the property which underlies the variation is the likelihood of external causation. Events describe ...
Dynamics, causation, duration in the predicate
... The study on lexical causatives (0.2) addresses the question of why some verbs in some languages do not alternate while their counterparts in other languages do. The results of the study suggest that the property which underlies the variation is the likelihood of external causation. Events describe ...
... The study on lexical causatives (0.2) addresses the question of why some verbs in some languages do not alternate while their counterparts in other languages do. The results of the study suggest that the property which underlies the variation is the likelihood of external causation. Events describe ...