On the Semantics of the Perfective Aspect
... This makes them difficult to use. When the categories are so numerous, they cannot assist in our finding and representing the right kinds of generalizations. Classifications are useful if they help sort out our data. They are potentially harmful if they drown us in detail and obscure the general pic ...
... This makes them difficult to use. When the categories are so numerous, they cannot assist in our finding and representing the right kinds of generalizations. Classifications are useful if they help sort out our data. They are potentially harmful if they drown us in detail and obscure the general pic ...
Huang_Pinker_Lexical_Semantics
... 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. ...
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Irregular Verbs Up Close
... Now refer to the TurboVerb chart. There, you’ll see that tener is the verb selected as a model for this principal parts method for learning Spanish verbs. As you relearn the verb system, pay close attention to how you should visualize the six forms you have to learn and how to write them on lists of ...
... Now refer to the TurboVerb chart. There, you’ll see that tener is the verb selected as a model for this principal parts method for learning Spanish verbs. As you relearn the verb system, pay close attention to how you should visualize the six forms you have to learn and how to write them on lists of ...
ŠIAULIAI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT
... language refers to understanding the general parts of speech. Moreover, these parts include semantic, morphologic, syntactic aspects themselves by being used in everyday life. For almost any language the part that concerns the verb is most difficult due to different pattern and structure of the verb ...
... language refers to understanding the general parts of speech. Moreover, these parts include semantic, morphologic, syntactic aspects themselves by being used in everyday life. For almost any language the part that concerns the verb is most difficult due to different pattern and structure of the verb ...
Where does heteroclisis come from? Evidence from Romanian
... a sizeable minority of second and third conjugation verbs (labelled above ‘type b’) have, instead of root + u, a special idiosyncratic root allomorph (followed by e) which, in at least parts of the preterite, bears stress (see for example Table 5). ...
... a sizeable minority of second and third conjugation verbs (labelled above ‘type b’) have, instead of root + u, a special idiosyncratic root allomorph (followed by e) which, in at least parts of the preterite, bears stress (see for example Table 5). ...
PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH AND CATALAN
... As far as V-ing postnominal clauses are concerned, two essential issues are the properties of the head Act and the adjunction site of ActP. Essentially, a V-ing clause is an ActP (the projection of the head Act) with a VP complement. Following Kayne (1994) -who, in turn, follows Vergnaud (1984)--1 p ...
... As far as V-ing postnominal clauses are concerned, two essential issues are the properties of the head Act and the adjunction site of ActP. Essentially, a V-ing clause is an ActP (the projection of the head Act) with a VP complement. Following Kayne (1994) -who, in turn, follows Vergnaud (1984)--1 p ...
Cognate objects in Vietnamese transitive verbs
... (11) and (12) is that the object is non countable in the former, but countable in the latter (a piece of fire wood). When the CO occurs as a DO, the contextual DO (e.g. fire wood) can occur as a second object only when it refers to a countable object (12c). A mass noun (e.g. fire wood) never occurs ...
... (11) and (12) is that the object is non countable in the former, but countable in the latter (a piece of fire wood). When the CO occurs as a DO, the contextual DO (e.g. fire wood) can occur as a second object only when it refers to a countable object (12c). A mass noun (e.g. fire wood) never occurs ...
Document
... Agree always goes with the closest option it can find in order to check an uninterpretable feature. If Agree locates a matching feature on X for one uninterpretable feature, and X has a different feature that also matches, both features will be checked. Examples are coming up later, but for cross-re ...
... Agree always goes with the closest option it can find in order to check an uninterpretable feature. If Agree locates a matching feature on X for one uninterpretable feature, and X has a different feature that also matches, both features will be checked. Examples are coming up later, but for cross-re ...
On the aspectual uses of the prefix be- in lithuanian
... base, cf. atidaryti langą ‘open a window’ ~ atidar‑inė‑ti langus ‘to open windows one after another’. The crucial difference between verbs I call ‘telic’ and those I call ‘punctual with a presupposed process’ lies in the fact that only the former, but not the latter, are able to express the process ...
... base, cf. atidaryti langą ‘open a window’ ~ atidar‑inė‑ti langus ‘to open windows one after another’. The crucial difference between verbs I call ‘telic’ and those I call ‘punctual with a presupposed process’ lies in the fact that only the former, but not the latter, are able to express the process ...
Idiomatic Root Merge in Modern Hebrew blends
... its n features onto the resultant blend. However, this analysis cannot fully account for the data either, as we can see in (8b) that neither base is of the same category as the resultant idiomatic compound: a verb and a preposition have combined to form a noun. Even if it is argued that takeout is a ...
... its n features onto the resultant blend. However, this analysis cannot fully account for the data either, as we can see in (8b) that neither base is of the same category as the resultant idiomatic compound: a verb and a preposition have combined to form a noun. Even if it is argued that takeout is a ...
Where the Past is in the Perfect
... (English) or the imperfect (French and many other languages), and there is considerable crosslinguistic variation on the precise usage conditions and semantics associated with each type of past tense form. Many of these languages exhibit the have/be alternation in the formation of the perfect, using ...
... (English) or the imperfect (French and many other languages), and there is considerable crosslinguistic variation on the precise usage conditions and semantics associated with each type of past tense form. Many of these languages exhibit the have/be alternation in the formation of the perfect, using ...
preparation guide for the
... : Today’s discussion is about a common animal reaction – the yawn. The dictionary defines a yawn as “an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom.” That’s certainly true for human yawns. The same action can have quite different meanings in different species. For example, some animals yawn to intimi ...
... : Today’s discussion is about a common animal reaction – the yawn. The dictionary defines a yawn as “an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom.” That’s certainly true for human yawns. The same action can have quite different meanings in different species. For example, some animals yawn to intimi ...
Spring Term 2011- Ileana Baciu
... 1.0. Following Comrie (1976), we could state the difference between Tense and Aspect as one between situation-internal time (Aspect) and situation-external time (Tense). The term ‘aspect ’ was imported into the Western grammatical tradition from the study of Slavic grammar in the early nineteenth c ...
... 1.0. Following Comrie (1976), we could state the difference between Tense and Aspect as one between situation-internal time (Aspect) and situation-external time (Tense). The term ‘aspect ’ was imported into the Western grammatical tradition from the study of Slavic grammar in the early nineteenth c ...
Verbal Prefixes in Russian: Conceptual structure - Munin
... (e.g. za-bežatj v magazin ‘to run by the store on the way’). However, the meaning still involves briefly entering some space, so I treat them as a subclass of occlusive meaning. The briefness of the visit seems to arise from context and pragmatic knowledge, as it appears only with certain goalcomple ...
... (e.g. za-bežatj v magazin ‘to run by the store on the way’). However, the meaning still involves briefly entering some space, so I treat them as a subclass of occlusive meaning. The briefness of the visit seems to arise from context and pragmatic knowledge, as it appears only with certain goalcomple ...
A constructional approach to mimetic verbs
... definitions of mimetic words. It is interesting to note that despite lack of consensus on what constitutes the meaning of a given mimetic word, mimetics in Japanese are extremely productive and ubiquitous. Speakers can easily create one with a normally agreed-upon sense of what it symbolizes althoug ...
... definitions of mimetic words. It is interesting to note that despite lack of consensus on what constitutes the meaning of a given mimetic word, mimetics in Japanese are extremely productive and ubiquitous. Speakers can easily create one with a normally agreed-upon sense of what it symbolizes althoug ...
0 - DSpace@MIT
... This holds for the standard dialect, Central Catalan, the one that is the primary object of study of the present paper. Other dialects, such as Valencian or Ibizan, use it in spoken language (cf. Veny (1993)). See Harris (1998) for an account of Spanish imperatives within Distributed Morphology. It ...
... This holds for the standard dialect, Central Catalan, the one that is the primary object of study of the present paper. Other dialects, such as Valencian or Ibizan, use it in spoken language (cf. Veny (1993)). See Harris (1998) for an account of Spanish imperatives within Distributed Morphology. It ...
SPLIT-INTRANSITIVITY IN SWAHILI AND HITTITE
... and Sorace 2003). Levin and Rappaport Hovav (1995) argue that the syntactic classification of all verbs is semantically determined; therefore, the unaccusativity or unergativity of a verb is syntactically encoded but semantically determined (Levin and Rappaport Hovav 1989, 1995; Legendre et al. 1990 ...
... and Sorace 2003). Levin and Rappaport Hovav (1995) argue that the syntactic classification of all verbs is semantically determined; therefore, the unaccusativity or unergativity of a verb is syntactically encoded but semantically determined (Levin and Rappaport Hovav 1989, 1995; Legendre et al. 1990 ...
Principal Parts of Verbs
... • The principal parts of a verb are forms that help it express time and action. • The four principal parts are called the present, the present participle, the past, and the past participle. Principal Parts of Verbs Present ...
... • The principal parts of a verb are forms that help it express time and action. • The four principal parts are called the present, the present participle, the past, and the past participle. Principal Parts of Verbs Present ...
An Analysis of the Evidential Use of German Perception Verbs
... subject. The two types differ with respect to volitionality. Verbs of the activity type such as sich (etwas) anhören ‘listen to’ refer to volitional perception, whereas verbs such as hören ‘hear’ belong to the experience type since they denote involuntary perception. Verbs of the phenomenon subtype ...
... subject. The two types differ with respect to volitionality. Verbs of the activity type such as sich (etwas) anhören ‘listen to’ refer to volitional perception, whereas verbs such as hören ‘hear’ belong to the experience type since they denote involuntary perception. Verbs of the phenomenon subtype ...
Thematic Proto-Roles and Argument Selection
... labels, not arbitrary or tree-structurally positioned NPs; and this seems to presuppose that there is not more than one Agentive (etc.) NP per clause. (This was modified later; see below.) In order for such systems to work in an account in which the roles Agent, Theme, Goal, etc., are given explicit ...
... labels, not arbitrary or tree-structurally positioned NPs; and this seems to presuppose that there is not more than one Agentive (etc.) NP per clause. (This was modified later; see below.) In order for such systems to work in an account in which the roles Agent, Theme, Goal, etc., are given explicit ...
Notes on the formation and usage of subjunctive
... Notice that the first and third person formations are the same. ...
... Notice that the first and third person formations are the same. ...
The Verbal System of the Cape Verdean Creole of Tarrafal
... In order to understand the genesis of Cape Verdean Creole (CVC), one needs a clear understanding of the colonization and settlement of the Cape Verde Islands. Settlement patterns had lasting consequences on the formation of CVC. Santiago Island was initially populated with slaves from the western co ...
... In order to understand the genesis of Cape Verdean Creole (CVC), one needs a clear understanding of the colonization and settlement of the Cape Verde Islands. Settlement patterns had lasting consequences on the formation of CVC. Santiago Island was initially populated with slaves from the western co ...
Nouns and Verbs in the Tagalog Mental Lexicon
... basic categories of noun and verb" (Kaufman, 2009). The differentiation between the grammatical categories of ‘noun’ and ‘verb’ is a generally accepted language universal, with nouns prototypically denoting entities and verbs prototypically denoting processes (Laudanna and Voghera, 2002). The design ...
... basic categories of noun and verb" (Kaufman, 2009). The differentiation between the grammatical categories of ‘noun’ and ‘verb’ is a generally accepted language universal, with nouns prototypically denoting entities and verbs prototypically denoting processes (Laudanna and Voghera, 2002). The design ...
Infinitive Clauses: Tensed or Untensed
... 1-1 Tense, Time and Aspect: Tense is a grammatical category that is used in the descriptions of verbs; it specifies the time of the action or event relative to the moment of utterance (Quirk et al., 1985: 176). Time, on the other hand, is a universal concept that exists in all languages; the two ter ...
... 1-1 Tense, Time and Aspect: Tense is a grammatical category that is used in the descriptions of verbs; it specifies the time of the action or event relative to the moment of utterance (Quirk et al., 1985: 176). Time, on the other hand, is a universal concept that exists in all languages; the two ter ...
ROA 1229 - Rutgers Optimality Archive
... correspondence (Benua 2000) as a factor governing misapplication of palatalisation throughout a verb’s inflectional paradigm. The effect of output-to-output correspondence, essentially, will give rise to systematic patterns of paradigm correspondence that correlate with whether velar segments in the ...
... correspondence (Benua 2000) as a factor governing misapplication of palatalisation throughout a verb’s inflectional paradigm. The effect of output-to-output correspondence, essentially, will give rise to systematic patterns of paradigm correspondence that correlate with whether velar segments in the ...