An Updated Typology of Causative Constructions: Form
... completely affected causee) was not found to be crucially encoded at all in a sample of 114 constructions from 50 languages. Parameters 7 (causer intentionality), 8 (naturalness of causer action) and 9 (causer accompanying or not accompanying causee) nearly always occur in isolation. The one instanc ...
... completely affected causee) was not found to be crucially encoded at all in a sample of 114 constructions from 50 languages. Parameters 7 (causer intentionality), 8 (naturalness of causer action) and 9 (causer accompanying or not accompanying causee) nearly always occur in isolation. The one instanc ...
Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax
... processes,I will still seek to encode some notion of selectional information that constrains the way lexical items can be associated with syntactic structure (so in this sense I will consider myself responsible for at least some of the data cited by the lexicalist camp e.g. Levin and Rappaport 1998, ...
... processes,I will still seek to encode some notion of selectional information that constrains the way lexical items can be associated with syntactic structure (so in this sense I will consider myself responsible for at least some of the data cited by the lexicalist camp e.g. Levin and Rappaport 1998, ...
Fulltext - UoN Repository
... This study sets out to analyze the Bemba verb inflection for tense and aspect. It employs Basic Linguistic Theory and Nurse’s Conceptual Frame Work in the analysis of the distribution and interaction of tense and aspect on the verb phrase in Bemba. The background to the Bemba language of Zambia and ...
... This study sets out to analyze the Bemba verb inflection for tense and aspect. It employs Basic Linguistic Theory and Nurse’s Conceptual Frame Work in the analysis of the distribution and interaction of tense and aspect on the verb phrase in Bemba. The background to the Bemba language of Zambia and ...
a descriptive analysis of argument alternations
... encourage the Italian research community, and whosoever would like to conduct their work on Italian verbs, to carry out further research on argument alternations in Italian, not only extending the sample ...
... encourage the Italian research community, and whosoever would like to conduct their work on Italian verbs, to carry out further research on argument alternations in Italian, not only extending the sample ...
A Division of Labor Between Nouns and Verbs in the
... number of different types of motion, some of which do not involve extrinsic motion (e.g., reach out), Lindner (1982) proposed that such uses are metaphorical extensions of the prototypical extrinsic paths that are initially associated with these words. Not only do English-speaking children learn to ...
... number of different types of motion, some of which do not involve extrinsic motion (e.g., reach out), Lindner (1982) proposed that such uses are metaphorical extensions of the prototypical extrinsic paths that are initially associated with these words. Not only do English-speaking children learn to ...
Serial Verbs in Ibibio - KU ScholarWorks
... house’). In ((16)a), the events of ‘coming’ and ‘seeing’ occur simultaneously. The same fact holds in the V1 Obj V2 construction in Ibibio, illustrated in (17) below: (17) a. Ekpe á-mà ...
... house’). In ((16)a), the events of ‘coming’ and ‘seeing’ occur simultaneously. The same fact holds in the V1 Obj V2 construction in Ibibio, illustrated in (17) below: (17) a. Ekpe á-mà ...
Introduction to Tocharian - Ústav srovnávací jazykovědy
... syllables, *ä (< PT *əә) is no longer phonemic: its appearance is entirely predictable from the ...
... syllables, *ä (< PT *əә) is no longer phonemic: its appearance is entirely predictable from the ...
The Passé Composé with Etre
... MOST verbs use part of Avoir to form the passé composé. BUT one group of 14 verbs use the present tense of Etre instead. Here is that list ...
... MOST verbs use part of Avoir to form the passé composé. BUT one group of 14 verbs use the present tense of Etre instead. Here is that list ...
Form and Meaning in the Hebrew Verb
... Working with Alec can be like that; I have been on the receiving end of this kindness time and time again, and I am grateful for it. The rest of my committee has been just as generous. From day one it was clear to me that I’d want to work with Stephanie Harves; in this I’m not much different than a ...
... Working with Alec can be like that; I have been on the receiving end of this kindness time and time again, and I am grateful for it. The rest of my committee has been just as generous. From day one it was clear to me that I’d want to work with Stephanie Harves; in this I’m not much different than a ...
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... outside o f the applicative construction; there is no transfer verb * haaren (‘hair’).2 The applicative predication in (3) denotes a transfer event o f the type denoted by trivalent applicative verbs like laden (‘load’), and yet the transfer implication cannot be attributed to the semantics o f the ...
... outside o f the applicative construction; there is no transfer verb * haaren (‘hair’).2 The applicative predication in (3) denotes a transfer event o f the type denoted by trivalent applicative verbs like laden (‘load’), and yet the transfer implication cannot be attributed to the semantics o f the ...
How many theta roles in a reflexive verb?
... Our focus is on the verbal reflexive constructions, which yield reflexive verbs that we will show to be intransitive. In contrast, in constructions involving argument reflexives, the anaphors himself, magát and ton eafto tu are objects of transitive predicates. Neither the issues nor the solution we ...
... Our focus is on the verbal reflexive constructions, which yield reflexive verbs that we will show to be intransitive. In contrast, in constructions involving argument reflexives, the anaphors himself, magát and ton eafto tu are objects of transitive predicates. Neither the issues nor the solution we ...
A discussion on the phases, semantics and syntax of aspect in the
... publicised by a labour organisation called ITUC-Africa. Indeed, aspect plays an important role in translation. For example, it dictates the choice of tense(s) in the target language. In other words, the choice of a tense in a target language depends on the aspect described by the verb in the source ...
... publicised by a labour organisation called ITUC-Africa. Indeed, aspect plays an important role in translation. For example, it dictates the choice of tense(s) in the target language. In other words, the choice of a tense in a target language depends on the aspect described by the verb in the source ...
e diachrony of light and auxiliary verbs in Indo-Aryan
... Hindi CV constructions bear formal properties different from other light verb constructions found in IA; see §3 and §6.1. In other words, some light verbs are more auxiliary-like than others—a situation which makes sense if one accepts that light verbs can in fact become auxiliaries. Such difficulties ...
... Hindi CV constructions bear formal properties different from other light verb constructions found in IA; see §3 and §6.1. In other words, some light verbs are more auxiliary-like than others—a situation which makes sense if one accepts that light verbs can in fact become auxiliaries. Such difficulties ...
azu_td_9032531_sip1_
... Thepkanjana 1986; Savetamalya 1988), but few have worked on semantics (Kanchanawan 1978). The terms "auxiliaries" or "auxiliary verbs" used for describing the elements in Thai are rather confusing. While some call these elements "auxiliaries", ...
... Thepkanjana 1986; Savetamalya 1988), but few have worked on semantics (Kanchanawan 1978). The terms "auxiliaries" or "auxiliary verbs" used for describing the elements in Thai are rather confusing. While some call these elements "auxiliaries", ...
Aspect and assertion in Mandarin Chinese
... These and similar characterisations more or less reflect the opinio communis on these four particles. We believe that this view is intuitively plausible, but we also think that it suffers from a number of inadequacies. In this paper, we will advance a somewhat different view. This new view uses the ...
... These and similar characterisations more or less reflect the opinio communis on these four particles. We believe that this view is intuitively plausible, but we also think that it suffers from a number of inadequacies. In this paper, we will advance a somewhat different view. This new view uses the ...
Bare resultatives - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... minimalist theory, the same cannot be said about the second assumption. In fact, Williams 1980 and subsequent work argues that subjects are external arguments; that is, generated outside the maximal projection of the predicative head. On this view, it becomes trivial to distinguish the underlying su ...
... minimalist theory, the same cannot be said about the second assumption. In fact, Williams 1980 and subsequent work argues that subjects are external arguments; that is, generated outside the maximal projection of the predicative head. On this view, it becomes trivial to distinguish the underlying su ...
On the Tense-Aspect system of Bolivian
... comments. I deeply acknowledge the patience and expertise they devoted to improving my work. 1 I am very grateful to both of them. Thanks to the generous and cooperative attitude of Elio Ortiz, the Is-informant, I also had the opportunity to subsequently check by email a number of delicate problems. ...
... comments. I deeply acknowledge the patience and expertise they devoted to improving my work. 1 I am very grateful to both of them. Thanks to the generous and cooperative attitude of Elio Ortiz, the Is-informant, I also had the opportunity to subsequently check by email a number of delicate problems. ...
Agreement - General Guide To Personal and Societies Web Space
... Because of the co-occurrence of movement and PtPPL many analyses (Kayne (1985, 1989), Burzio (1986), Taraldsen (1987), Lois (1990)) have taken the two phenomena to be interdependent. When we turn to Italian dialects, the behaviour with respect to both auxiliary selection and PtPPL agr is extremely v ...
... Because of the co-occurrence of movement and PtPPL many analyses (Kayne (1985, 1989), Burzio (1986), Taraldsen (1987), Lois (1990)) have taken the two phenomena to be interdependent. When we turn to Italian dialects, the behaviour with respect to both auxiliary selection and PtPPL agr is extremely v ...
Students` Workbook
... Do spiders have wings? Some ants have wings. Is the spider’s body soft? It is in two parts. Do you see the spider’s eight legs? What to See.—Which of the groups above are sentences? Which may be called statements because they state, or tell, something? Which are questions? With what kind of letter d ...
... Do spiders have wings? Some ants have wings. Is the spider’s body soft? It is in two parts. Do you see the spider’s eight legs? What to See.—Which of the groups above are sentences? Which may be called statements because they state, or tell, something? Which are questions? With what kind of letter d ...
Prefix Variation in Russian - Munin
... The final section of Chapter 6 launches three hypotheses to explain the possible implications of this. The Conflict Hypothesis postulates that previous researchers were wrong in identifying поand с- as being the most productive prefixes in Russian. This is perhaps the first interpretation that sprin ...
... The final section of Chapter 6 launches three hypotheses to explain the possible implications of this. The Conflict Hypothesis postulates that previous researchers were wrong in identifying поand с- as being the most productive prefixes in Russian. This is perhaps the first interpretation that sprin ...
ASPECTS OF THE SEMANTICS OF THE AKAN
... of idiomaticity and transparency or relativity. It examines the issue of sense relations as far as the phrasal verb is concerned, looking specifically at the considerations of polysemy, homonymy and ambiguity It considers, again, the features of transitivity, complementation and their effects on the ...
... of idiomaticity and transparency or relativity. It examines the issue of sense relations as far as the phrasal verb is concerned, looking specifically at the considerations of polysemy, homonymy and ambiguity It considers, again, the features of transitivity, complementation and their effects on the ...
Functions of the Czech reflexive marker
... languages I know the best from all non-Slavic ones. Why do Slavic languages employ the RM to such an excessive degree? And what, if something, do its different functions have in common? Is the polysemy of the RM a peculiarity of Slavic languages or is it a more universal phenomenon? If nothing was p ...
... languages I know the best from all non-Slavic ones. Why do Slavic languages employ the RM to such an excessive degree? And what, if something, do its different functions have in common? Is the polysemy of the RM a peculiarity of Slavic languages or is it a more universal phenomenon? If nothing was p ...
Lexical Semantics and Irregular Inflection The Harvard community
... guessing plipped and splung (Bybee & Moder, 1983; Prasada & Pinker, 1993). Yet it is also clear that sound cannot be the only determinant of irregularity, because words with the same sound can have different past-tense forms, e.g., lie-lay (recline) vs. lie-lied (prevaricate), hanghung (suspend) vs. ...
... guessing plipped and splung (Bybee & Moder, 1983; Prasada & Pinker, 1993). Yet it is also clear that sound cannot be the only determinant of irregularity, because words with the same sound can have different past-tense forms, e.g., lie-lay (recline) vs. lie-lied (prevaricate), hanghung (suspend) vs. ...
space and metaphor in verbs prefixed with od-/ot
... The material that we base our observations on is mainly verbs listed in dictionaries. For BCS, (Anić 1998) and (Bujas 2001) were used. These sources probably do not list all existing BCS od-verbs (e.g., all the verbs that can be found in older sources); however, these dictionaries contain the most c ...
... The material that we base our observations on is mainly verbs listed in dictionaries. For BCS, (Anić 1998) and (Bujas 2001) were used. These sources probably do not list all existing BCS od-verbs (e.g., all the verbs that can be found in older sources); however, these dictionaries contain the most c ...