fulltext - LOT Publications
... non-Germanic languages it often refers to constructions with two or more verbs that share some of their arguments, such as constructions of a causative verb with an embedded lexical verb or constructions of two or more serialised verbs. In Austronesian and Amerindian languages, on the other hand, we ...
... non-Germanic languages it often refers to constructions with two or more verbs that share some of their arguments, such as constructions of a causative verb with an embedded lexical verb or constructions of two or more serialised verbs. In Austronesian and Amerindian languages, on the other hand, we ...
The Classification of the English
... but also on my own research in Grenada and Carriacou (Holbrook 2000). It is also based on a comparison of my research in Grenada with what has been published by others, in particular Kephart’s “Broken English”: The Creole Language of Carriacou. This study has focused on the creole speech of Grenada ...
... but also on my own research in Grenada and Carriacou (Holbrook 2000). It is also based on a comparison of my research in Grenada with what has been published by others, in particular Kephart’s “Broken English”: The Creole Language of Carriacou. This study has focused on the creole speech of Grenada ...
Semantic field of ANGER in Old English
... English and proposes a cross-linguistic, semasiological approach, which minimises ethnocentric bias. Categorisations and conceptualisations are not identical between languages, and Old English divides the emotional spectrum differently from Present-Day English. Chapter 2 presents the methodology, wh ...
... English and proposes a cross-linguistic, semasiological approach, which minimises ethnocentric bias. Categorisations and conceptualisations are not identical between languages, and Old English divides the emotional spectrum differently from Present-Day English. Chapter 2 presents the methodology, wh ...
a complete grammar of esperanto
... are really explained, instead of being dismissed with the unsatisfactory remark that ”the imperative follows ’por ke,’” or the ”use of ’tiel ... ke’ and ’tia ... ke’ must be distinguished from that of ’tiel ... kiel’ and ’tia ... kia,’” etc., with but little intimation of when and why ”por ke”, ”tie ...
... are really explained, instead of being dismissed with the unsatisfactory remark that ”the imperative follows ’por ke,’” or the ”use of ’tiel ... ke’ and ’tia ... ke’ must be distinguished from that of ’tiel ... kiel’ and ’tia ... kia,’” etc., with but little intimation of when and why ”por ke”, ”tie ...
Oriented Adverbs - Universität Tübingen
... with a vague plan of giving a systematic account of the ways in which adverbs address subparts of events, but then I found that certain fundamental concepts such as the notion of "manner" were undefined and unclear in a way that could not be resolved simply by appealing to subevents. The same lack o ...
... with a vague plan of giving a systematic account of the ways in which adverbs address subparts of events, but then I found that certain fundamental concepts such as the notion of "manner" were undefined and unclear in a way that could not be resolved simply by appealing to subevents. The same lack o ...
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
... What is true of contextual variation in our speech is just as true of contextual variation in our writing: to whom, when, where, under what circumstances, and for what purpose we write can make many differences in what we write and how the reader understands it. The note to the package delivery driv ...
... What is true of contextual variation in our speech is just as true of contextual variation in our writing: to whom, when, where, under what circumstances, and for what purpose we write can make many differences in what we write and how the reader understands it. The note to the package delivery driv ...
scenario - SIL International
... This study demonstrates how new theories concerning language and cognition can be applied to our understanding of specific languages, and to the task of translation. Section 1 documents the theory of scenarios, how people store, categorize, and access information in the brain, and demonstrates how t ...
... This study demonstrates how new theories concerning language and cognition can be applied to our understanding of specific languages, and to the task of translation. Section 1 documents the theory of scenarios, how people store, categorize, and access information in the brain, and demonstrates how t ...
Vocabulary - For the Teachers
... Use all four sentence types; Focus on sentence question structure; Write in the imaginative mode; Write clear directions; Write concise telephone messages; Define the parts of narrative writing RIT 161-170: Identify sentence types: statement, command, question, and exclamation. The vocabulary and ...
... Use all four sentence types; Focus on sentence question structure; Write in the imaginative mode; Write clear directions; Write concise telephone messages; Define the parts of narrative writing RIT 161-170: Identify sentence types: statement, command, question, and exclamation. The vocabulary and ...
CHAPTER FOUR: A CASE STUDY OF HAPPY, SAD, and UNHAPPY
... modified by the attributive form of the adjectives. Additional sources of data are also needed, however, because happy, sad, and unhappy can all be used as predicative adjectives and with various modifying phrases, and the program used on the New York Times corpus did not extract data on these kinds ...
... modified by the attributive form of the adjectives. Additional sources of data are also needed, however, because happy, sad, and unhappy can all be used as predicative adjectives and with various modifying phrases, and the program used on the New York Times corpus did not extract data on these kinds ...
Language Arts - Marshall County High School
... and diagrams supported by a wealth of content. Study Guides teach the concepts and skills associated with each lesson. A number of the Study Guide pages have specific, interactive feedback that will assist the student in solving problems or understanding concepts. ...
... and diagrams supported by a wealth of content. Study Guides teach the concepts and skills associated with each lesson. A number of the Study Guide pages have specific, interactive feedback that will assist the student in solving problems or understanding concepts. ...
Clitics: An Introduction
... Clitics is a fascinating subject. To study them adequately you really need to be concerned with all aspects of linguistics, from detailed phonetics to the analysis of discourse and conversation. Much of the interest they provoke is precisely because they sit at the interface between sound structure, ...
... Clitics is a fascinating subject. To study them adequately you really need to be concerned with all aspects of linguistics, from detailed phonetics to the analysis of discourse and conversation. Much of the interest they provoke is precisely because they sit at the interface between sound structure, ...
Nominative Personal Pronouns and Some
... In some of these passages ego is also juxtaposed with tibi or a demonstrative; ego is often alongside an oblique-case form of tu (see below, p. 108). The focus is on the future-tense verbs, and ego has no real contrastive emphasis of the type seen in (2)-(3), but collocations such as ego tibi may be ...
... In some of these passages ego is also juxtaposed with tibi or a demonstrative; ego is often alongside an oblique-case form of tu (see below, p. 108). The focus is on the future-tense verbs, and ego has no real contrastive emphasis of the type seen in (2)-(3), but collocations such as ego tibi may be ...
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... another, presupposed one of the same type. In this context, nach can act as a presupposition trigger for a presupposed eventuality if its selection restrictions are not met. Additionally, nach copies event or state properties of the eventualities under discussion. Then, in section 3, we suggest a sy ...
... another, presupposed one of the same type. In this context, nach can act as a presupposition trigger for a presupposed eventuality if its selection restrictions are not met. Additionally, nach copies event or state properties of the eventualities under discussion. Then, in section 3, we suggest a sy ...
Verbs and Verb Phrases - UvA-DARE
... The main objective of SoD is to present a synthesis of currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. It gives a comprehensive overview of the relevant research on Dutch that not only presents the findings of earlier approaches to the language, but also includes the results of the formal linguist ...
... The main objective of SoD is to present a synthesis of currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. It gives a comprehensive overview of the relevant research on Dutch that not only presents the findings of earlier approaches to the language, but also includes the results of the formal linguist ...
Concepts of tense
... linguistic phenomenon as there are no "true", language-independent linguistic phenomena. This means that studies employ concepts that differ from each other. However, the concepts should not differ from each other randomly; the concepts cannot be "right" or "wrong", but they can be more or less appr ...
... linguistic phenomenon as there are no "true", language-independent linguistic phenomena. This means that studies employ concepts that differ from each other. However, the concepts should not differ from each other randomly; the concepts cannot be "right" or "wrong", but they can be more or less appr ...
some grammatical properties of samoan kin terms
... explicitly indicated by means of lexical items or grammatical markers. Anchors of kin terms used this way may thus be called implicit anchors as opposed to anchors overtly expressed, which may be called explicit anchors (Dahl/Koptjevskaja-Tamm, forthcoming). Kin terms with implicit anchors may be us ...
... explicitly indicated by means of lexical items or grammatical markers. Anchors of kin terms used this way may thus be called implicit anchors as opposed to anchors overtly expressed, which may be called explicit anchors (Dahl/Koptjevskaja-Tamm, forthcoming). Kin terms with implicit anchors may be us ...
Passive and passive-like constructions in English and Polish
... Abstract This dissertation deals with a family of grammatical constructions which overlap with the meaning of the basic passive and which can be seen as resulting from alterations in grammatical voice. In particular the thesis describes and analyses several related types of construction including t ...
... Abstract This dissertation deals with a family of grammatical constructions which overlap with the meaning of the basic passive and which can be seen as resulting from alterations in grammatical voice. In particular the thesis describes and analyses several related types of construction including t ...
SIMPLIFIED GRAMMARS
... it is that in some dialects of Italian a z is used in words where a soft g is found in other dialects. The Greeks made the Semitic \> into their ® ; the Latins, having no such sound, discarded the letter. The Semitic ^ being both a consonant, like our y, and also a long vowel, 1, it followed, as a m ...
... it is that in some dialects of Italian a z is used in words where a soft g is found in other dialects. The Greeks made the Semitic \> into their ® ; the Latins, having no such sound, discarded the letter. The Semitic ^ being both a consonant, like our y, and also a long vowel, 1, it followed, as a m ...
The Romblomanon Grammar Essentials Sketch
... Only the third person personal pronouns siya and sinda occur in these personal demonstratives. The first and second person cannot be described as demonstrative pronouns. This person (near the speaker) ini siya ini sinda ...
... Only the third person personal pronouns siya and sinda occur in these personal demonstratives. The first and second person cannot be described as demonstrative pronouns. This person (near the speaker) ini siya ini sinda ...
PPT_week_8
... 1. It is rather difficult to decide on a cut-off point of semantic content in an objective way 2. For some languages it makes sense to call, say, voice morphology derivational; for other languages it may be more useful to call voice morphology inflectional see also number ...
... 1. It is rather difficult to decide on a cut-off point of semantic content in an objective way 2. For some languages it makes sense to call, say, voice morphology derivational; for other languages it may be more useful to call voice morphology inflectional see also number ...
Kokama-Kokamilla - Scholars` Bank
... analysis to be grounded in text data. One of KK’s most salient typological features is a morphological distinction between male and female speech in several grammatical categories. Major grammatical categories like person, number, tense, and modality are conveyed by positionally fixed clitics. Five ...
... analysis to be grounded in text data. One of KK’s most salient typological features is a morphological distinction between male and female speech in several grammatical categories. Major grammatical categories like person, number, tense, and modality are conveyed by positionally fixed clitics. Five ...
Interactive narrative generation using computational verb theory Marius Smit
... Interactive narrative extends traditional story-telling techniques by enabling previously passive observers to become active participants in the narrative events that unfold. A variety of approaches have attempted to construct such interactive narrative spaces and reconcile the goals of interactivit ...
... Interactive narrative extends traditional story-telling techniques by enabling previously passive observers to become active participants in the narrative events that unfold. A variety of approaches have attempted to construct such interactive narrative spaces and reconcile the goals of interactivit ...
spotting errors
... Few is used for countable objects and little is used for noncountable objects. Little means not much. So use of the word little has a negative meaning. For example a) There is little hope of his recovery. b) He has little appreciation of hard work. A little means some though not much. So, use of a l ...
... Few is used for countable objects and little is used for noncountable objects. Little means not much. So use of the word little has a negative meaning. For example a) There is little hope of his recovery. b) He has little appreciation of hard work. A little means some though not much. So, use of a l ...
ON THE SYNTAX OF PARTICIPIAL MODIFIERS*
... node (PTCP). The endowment of the PTCP node with N-features underlies the nominal distribution of participles. The verbal features of the participle originate in the verbal head and in the functional heads which form its extended projection. 2.2.2. TYPES OF PARTICIPIAL MODIFIERS. Participial modifie ...
... node (PTCP). The endowment of the PTCP node with N-features underlies the nominal distribution of participles. The verbal features of the participle originate in the verbal head and in the functional heads which form its extended projection. 2.2.2. TYPES OF PARTICIPIAL MODIFIERS. Participial modifie ...
Scottish Gaelic grammar
This article describes the grammar of the Scottish Gaelic language.