Lecture notes
... Rule: /t/ is realized as a tap when it occurs between two syllabic sounds of which the second is stressless. /t/ [ɾ] / [+syll]1 ...
... Rule: /t/ is realized as a tap when it occurs between two syllabic sounds of which the second is stressless. /t/ [ɾ] / [+syll]1 ...
Part 2 "Of the Verb": An Australian grammar : comprehending the
... performs: as, Bim-tan bang, I strike, expressed often by I do strike. 2. Active-intransitive, or those which express an action whiclt has 1~ ejfectl£pon any e.-eternal object beyand the agent, or agents themselves; that is, the agent is also the o~ject if his own act; consequently the verb is necess ...
... performs: as, Bim-tan bang, I strike, expressed often by I do strike. 2. Active-intransitive, or those which express an action whiclt has 1~ ejfectl£pon any e.-eternal object beyand the agent, or agents themselves; that is, the agent is also the o~ject if his own act; consequently the verb is necess ...
the distribution and role of relative clauses in different text types
... The present study is based on the formal and functional analysis of finite and nonfinite relative clauses in a corpus that comprises four text types (registers) of different degree of formality: fiction, conversation, newspaper language, and academic language, all representing contemporary English l ...
... The present study is based on the formal and functional analysis of finite and nonfinite relative clauses in a corpus that comprises four text types (registers) of different degree of formality: fiction, conversation, newspaper language, and academic language, all representing contemporary English l ...
Hebrew Syntax and Exposition - James D. Price Publications
... CHAPTER 2: The Syntactic Attributes of Hebrew Nouns ................................................... 19 2.1 Noun Defined .......................................................................................................... 19 2.1.9 Characteristic Nouns ....................................... ...
... CHAPTER 2: The Syntactic Attributes of Hebrew Nouns ................................................... 19 2.1 Noun Defined .......................................................................................................... 19 2.1.9 Characteristic Nouns ....................................... ...
Buntús na Gaeilge - Harvard University
... There are significant numbers of native speakers living in urban areas, either migrants from Gaeltacht areas or those brought up in Irish-speaking households. Irish is a Celtic language, part of the Indo-European family of languages. It is closely related to Scottish Gaelic, spoken today mainly on t ...
... There are significant numbers of native speakers living in urban areas, either migrants from Gaeltacht areas or those brought up in Irish-speaking households. Irish is a Celtic language, part of the Indo-European family of languages. It is closely related to Scottish Gaelic, spoken today mainly on t ...
Quenya Course
... and its complex phonology may daunt fresh students (especially if they have no linguistic training). My advice to people who want to study Tolkien’s linguistic creations would definitely be that they start with Quenya. Knowing this tongue will facilitate later studies of the other languages, includi ...
... and its complex phonology may daunt fresh students (especially if they have no linguistic training). My advice to people who want to study Tolkien’s linguistic creations would definitely be that they start with Quenya. Knowing this tongue will facilitate later studies of the other languages, includi ...
Financial support Basic data Outline of the talk BNs in object position
... BNs in languages with determiners have to denote properties anyway. We argue that BNs are not semantic arguments of the verbs they appear with. So no reason (of the sort advanced in Chierchia 1984) to say that they denote kinds or other entities. Kind terms are not restricted in their distribution i ...
... BNs in languages with determiners have to denote properties anyway. We argue that BNs are not semantic arguments of the verbs they appear with. So no reason (of the sort advanced in Chierchia 1984) to say that they denote kinds or other entities. Kind terms are not restricted in their distribution i ...
Kinds of Adverbs
... comprise a most heterogeneous group of words, and there is considerable overlap between the class and other word classes. They have many kinds of form, meaning and function. Alongside such undoubtful adverbs as here, now, often, seldom, always, there are many others which also function as other word ...
... comprise a most heterogeneous group of words, and there is considerable overlap between the class and other word classes. They have many kinds of form, meaning and function. Alongside such undoubtful adverbs as here, now, often, seldom, always, there are many others which also function as other word ...
simple steps to sentence sense
... provided at the beginning of the book, encapsulates all the steps for successful sentence analysis and can be used by students as a reference and study guide throughout the program. If you have tried to use a grammar text lately, you know that it can be overwhelming. Even if you do figure out where ...
... provided at the beginning of the book, encapsulates all the steps for successful sentence analysis and can be used by students as a reference and study guide throughout the program. If you have tried to use a grammar text lately, you know that it can be overwhelming. Even if you do figure out where ...
VILNIUS PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
... concerned with semantic parameters which include the concepts of direct and indirect causation. Wolff further developed the theory of direct and indirect causation and the role of syntactic and lexical causatives in the expression of direct and indirect causation. Wolff and Song presented their own ...
... concerned with semantic parameters which include the concepts of direct and indirect causation. Wolff further developed the theory of direct and indirect causation and the role of syntactic and lexical causatives in the expression of direct and indirect causation. Wolff and Song presented their own ...
Verb Resource Book
... I am walking - present tense (present time, progressive aspect) I have walked - perfect tense (present time, completed aspect) ...
... I am walking - present tense (present time, progressive aspect) I have walked - perfect tense (present time, completed aspect) ...
On the grammar of names
... Names are either Proper or Common. Proper names are appropriated to certain individual objects. Common names are applied to a whole class of objects. George, Mary, London, &c., designate one particular person or place. Man, father, town, horse, &c., represent objects of which there is a class or col ...
... Names are either Proper or Common. Proper names are appropriated to certain individual objects. Common names are applied to a whole class of objects. George, Mary, London, &c., designate one particular person or place. Man, father, town, horse, &c., represent objects of which there is a class or col ...
Synonym, Vocabulary/Grammar Warm-up
... Grammar/punctuation highlights: • Paragraph – beginning of story • Comma – series of prepositional phrases • Plural rule – if a word ends in “s”, “x”, “ch”, or “sh”, add “es” to make it plural • Numbers – write out one or two-word numbers • Notice parallel structure of series ...
... Grammar/punctuation highlights: • Paragraph – beginning of story • Comma – series of prepositional phrases • Plural rule – if a word ends in “s”, “x”, “ch”, or “sh”, add “es” to make it plural • Numbers – write out one or two-word numbers • Notice parallel structure of series ...
A Reference Grammar of Dena Michelle Elizabeth Morrison Doctor
... The first chapter provides an introduction to the Bena language and people. It also discusses results from the 2009 sociolinguistic survey which had the goal of clarifying questions on both the dialectal situation and the sociolinguistic vitality of Bena. The second chapter is devoted to phonetics ...
... The first chapter provides an introduction to the Bena language and people. It also discusses results from the 2009 sociolinguistic survey which had the goal of clarifying questions on both the dialectal situation and the sociolinguistic vitality of Bena. The second chapter is devoted to phonetics ...
COMPASS Placement Test Review Packet
... Giving your best during the test can save you several semesters of math, reading, and writing classes, which can save you time and money. What you don’t know, you don’t know. That’s fine. But if you know something, make sure you show it on the test so that you are placed into the appropriate class f ...
... Giving your best during the test can save you several semesters of math, reading, and writing classes, which can save you time and money. What you don’t know, you don’t know. That’s fine. But if you know something, make sure you show it on the test so that you are placed into the appropriate class f ...
COMPASS Placement Test Review Packet
... Giving your best during the test can save you several semesters of math, reading, and writing classes, which can save you time and money. What you don’t know, you don’t know. That’s fine. But if you know something, make sure you show it on the test so that you are placed into the appropriate class f ...
... Giving your best during the test can save you several semesters of math, reading, and writing classes, which can save you time and money. What you don’t know, you don’t know. That’s fine. But if you know something, make sure you show it on the test so that you are placed into the appropriate class f ...
The Development of Root Infinitives and Null Subjects in Child
... a lexical representation (i.e. each affix having a lexical entry) or encoded in a rule-base (which generates the affixes)1 - cf. the previous references for discussion. Speas (1994) takes up this distinction as a possible explanation for the difference between languages which allow null subjects an ...
... a lexical representation (i.e. each affix having a lexical entry) or encoded in a rule-base (which generates the affixes)1 - cf. the previous references for discussion. Speas (1994) takes up this distinction as a possible explanation for the difference between languages which allow null subjects an ...
Acquisition of Swedish Grammar
... Although the Scandinavian languages have played an important role as research object in the development of generative grammar during the last twenty years, they have not been a prominent subject for studies of language acquisition within this research paradigm. Swedish is no exception. There are a h ...
... Although the Scandinavian languages have played an important role as research object in the development of generative grammar during the last twenty years, they have not been a prominent subject for studies of language acquisition within this research paradigm. Swedish is no exception. There are a h ...
To be or not to be elided: VP ellipsis revisited
... A-Ha PERF PROG PASS mother put.up hair ‘A-Ha is having her hair put up (on her) by her mother.’ ...
... A-Ha PERF PROG PASS mother put.up hair ‘A-Ha is having her hair put up (on her) by her mother.’ ...
A New Attempt at Reconstructing Proto
... qīmlī ‘I have stood up,’ with both the stem and inflection of the intransitive resultative adjusting to the transitive pattern (see Khan 2007 and Khan 2008a with references to earlier studies).13 D. Cohen 1979:238f. and 1984:491–499 provides a more sophisticated hypothesis. He suggests that the star ...
... qīmlī ‘I have stood up,’ with both the stem and inflection of the intransitive resultative adjusting to the transitive pattern (see Khan 2007 and Khan 2008a with references to earlier studies).13 D. Cohen 1979:238f. and 1984:491–499 provides a more sophisticated hypothesis. He suggests that the star ...
univERsity oF copEnhAGEn
... 2000 a new set of quantitative methods began to be seen in linguistics. The tools for studying biological evolution were in a period of rapid development as methodologists rushed to exploit new possibilities brought about by advances in gene sequencing and desktop computing. The initial reception of ...
... 2000 a new set of quantitative methods began to be seen in linguistics. The tools for studying biological evolution were in a period of rapid development as methodologists rushed to exploit new possibilities brought about by advances in gene sequencing and desktop computing. The initial reception of ...
Appositives - KISS Grammar
... Amazon.com. It provides some excellent examples of a wide range of appositives that make excellent review and style exercises for eleventh graders. Each exercise includes at least one appositive. Not all the appositives are "advanced," but most of them are. The exercises are relatively short, but I ...
... Amazon.com. It provides some excellent examples of a wide range of appositives that make excellent review and style exercises for eleventh graders. Each exercise includes at least one appositive. Not all the appositives are "advanced," but most of them are. The exercises are relatively short, but I ...
Ineffability in Grammar
... than in syntax, because phonology has developed a stable view of what counts as an input. For syntax, the makeup of inputs is much less clear, and this has consequences for the potential scope of ineffability. Consider (6a) in this respect. At first glance (6a) does not seem to constitute an instanc ...
... than in syntax, because phonology has developed a stable view of what counts as an input. For syntax, the makeup of inputs is much less clear, and this has consequences for the potential scope of ineffability. Consider (6a) in this respect. At first glance (6a) does not seem to constitute an instanc ...
The Marshallese Complemetizer Phrase
... Due to the fact that the location is unknown, the general forms- eo and ko- must be used when asking where something/someone is. In response, the derivational prefix ij- is added to the determiner to form an adverb of place, as in (25) and (26). However, these place adverbs employ the singular form ...
... Due to the fact that the location is unknown, the general forms- eo and ko- must be used when asking where something/someone is. In response, the derivational prefix ij- is added to the determiner to form an adverb of place, as in (25) and (26). However, these place adverbs employ the singular form ...
2 The Dative Case
... Imagine for a moment that you are playing Mad Libs, and you are asked to supply some words, so you suggest flowerpot, mud puddle, and refrigerator. Then the leader of the game reads the story: “Philanthropists are people who like to help flowerpots. Some of them are very gullible and will believe ev ...
... Imagine for a moment that you are playing Mad Libs, and you are asked to supply some words, so you suggest flowerpot, mud puddle, and refrigerator. Then the leader of the game reads the story: “Philanthropists are people who like to help flowerpots. Some of them are very gullible and will believe ev ...
Scottish Gaelic grammar
This article describes the grammar of the Scottish Gaelic language.