A Study of the Microstructure of Monolingual Urdu Dictionaries
... not to provide lexical relations. The figures in Table 2-b and the discussion indicate that these Urdu dictionaries mostly include synonyms as meanings, even though it creates ambiguities. This may be the reason these dictionaries avoid giving importance to synonymy as an additional element. The NOD ...
... not to provide lexical relations. The figures in Table 2-b and the discussion indicate that these Urdu dictionaries mostly include synonyms as meanings, even though it creates ambiguities. This may be the reason these dictionaries avoid giving importance to synonymy as an additional element. The NOD ...
How many theta roles in a reflexive verb?
... are composed of the features Cause and Mental State (which can take a plus or minus value or be absent, i.e., unspecified). For the point we want to make in this paper we don’t need to agree, or disagree, on whether we need more in terms of a decompositional lexical semantics as sketched in Dowty (1 ...
... are composed of the features Cause and Mental State (which can take a plus or minus value or be absent, i.e., unspecified). For the point we want to make in this paper we don’t need to agree, or disagree, on whether we need more in terms of a decompositional lexical semantics as sketched in Dowty (1 ...
LATIN WORD ORDER A Glimpse into the Vaults.
... 93. As regards the interior arrangement of the sentence, governed words, such as (1) the accusative or dative, expressive of the nearer or remoter objects of verbs, or (2) genitive or other cases governed by a noun or adjective or participle, come usually before, not as in English after, the words w ...
... 93. As regards the interior arrangement of the sentence, governed words, such as (1) the accusative or dative, expressive of the nearer or remoter objects of verbs, or (2) genitive or other cases governed by a noun or adjective or participle, come usually before, not as in English after, the words w ...
Appendir A
... o personal(1" person:pronounshaving to do with ..me,,;2odperson:pronogns having to do with "you"; 3'operson:pronounshaving to do^witheveryoneelse) singularnominative:I, you, he, she,it . plural nominative:we, you, they . singularobjective:me, you, him, her, it . plural objective:us, you, them singul ...
... o personal(1" person:pronounshaving to do with ..me,,;2odperson:pronogns having to do with "you"; 3'operson:pronounshaving to do^witheveryoneelse) singularnominative:I, you, he, she,it . plural nominative:we, you, they . singularobjective:me, you, him, her, it . plural objective:us, you, them singul ...
Optimizing Grammars for Minimum Dependency Length
... that assume fixed word order for a given grammatical relation, but choose the order such as to minimize dependency length over a large number of sentences. We represent grammatical relations simply by using the syntactic categories of the highest constituent headed by (maximal projection of) the two ...
... that assume fixed word order for a given grammatical relation, but choose the order such as to minimize dependency length over a large number of sentences. We represent grammatical relations simply by using the syntactic categories of the highest constituent headed by (maximal projection of) the two ...
trandabat
... Arg0 is usually the NP subject for the active voice, or object for the passive verb; Arg1 for verb predicates is usually the direct object; Arg1 for noun predicates is the dependent whose group starts with the preposition of, if any; Relations such as TMP, LOC, MOD indicate the respective adjuncts: ...
... Arg0 is usually the NP subject for the active voice, or object for the passive verb; Arg1 for verb predicates is usually the direct object; Arg1 for noun predicates is the dependent whose group starts with the preposition of, if any; Relations such as TMP, LOC, MOD indicate the respective adjuncts: ...
The Notion of Surface-Syntactic Relation Revisited
... emphasized that a labeled SSyntRel is language-specific. Its name r specifies a family of SSyntconstructions of language L that are described by the SSyntRel r; these constructions possess sufficiently similar properties, i.e. they show ‘family resemblances.’ A SSynt-construction, in its turn, repre ...
... emphasized that a labeled SSyntRel is language-specific. Its name r specifies a family of SSyntconstructions of language L that are described by the SSyntRel r; these constructions possess sufficiently similar properties, i.e. they show ‘family resemblances.’ A SSynt-construction, in its turn, repre ...
Valence Creation and the German Applicative
... about its inputs as previous analyses have implied, as it combines with verbs that do not denote either transfer or location. This fact makes it more difficult to describe the use conditions upon the applicative. One could claim that the tokens in (i)-(3) are idiomatic or marginal uses which do not ...
... about its inputs as previous analyses have implied, as it combines with verbs that do not denote either transfer or location. This fact makes it more difficult to describe the use conditions upon the applicative. One could claim that the tokens in (i)-(3) are idiomatic or marginal uses which do not ...
written ambonese malay, 1895–1992
... process, it also occurs in a number of other Malay dialects, often in the same words. For example, sudah becomes udah or dah in some western dialects of Malay. Note that Minangkabau also has jang, and that the front vowel /e/ in AM deng indicates a more complex history than direct descent from a pre ...
... process, it also occurs in a number of other Malay dialects, often in the same words. For example, sudah becomes udah or dah in some western dialects of Malay. Note that Minangkabau also has jang, and that the front vowel /e/ in AM deng indicates a more complex history than direct descent from a pre ...
Automatic Detection of Conceptual Time Metaphors - BORA
... illustrates perfectly the problems ancient solars had with conceptualizing time. By now, many studies from the fields of philosophy, psyology and linguistics have elaborated on this maer and taken different approaes to analyze specific aspects of this notion. One of the more recent linguistic frame ...
... illustrates perfectly the problems ancient solars had with conceptualizing time. By now, many studies from the fields of philosophy, psyology and linguistics have elaborated on this maer and taken different approaes to analyze specific aspects of this notion. One of the more recent linguistic frame ...
Infinitive Phrase
... in the infinitive. Perhaps the denomination “pseudo-subject” is preferable. It is somewhat misleading to use the word “subject” since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite, or fully functioning, verb. Also remember that when this actor of an infinitive is a pronoun, i ...
... in the infinitive. Perhaps the denomination “pseudo-subject” is preferable. It is somewhat misleading to use the word “subject” since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite, or fully functioning, verb. Also remember that when this actor of an infinitive is a pronoun, i ...
Prose Passages for Level 2
... subject -- “To help them was the Lord’s will.” 4. “Were” is in the subjunctive mood. As a matter of usage and style, some people would argue that in formal writing “him” should be “he.” 5. The words “help them” are ellipsed here. At KISS Level Three, students will not have studied infinitives, but t ...
... subject -- “To help them was the Lord’s will.” 4. “Were” is in the subjunctive mood. As a matter of usage and style, some people would argue that in formal writing “him” should be “he.” 5. The words “help them” are ellipsed here. At KISS Level Three, students will not have studied infinitives, but t ...
Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions in Modern Irish
... The semantic representation of an argument is a function of its position in the logical structure of the predicate and the RRG linking system refers to an elements logical structure position. Thematic relations play no direct role in the theory and where used, the traditional thematic role labels ar ...
... The semantic representation of an argument is a function of its position in the logical structure of the predicate and the RRG linking system refers to an elements logical structure position. Thematic relations play no direct role in the theory and where used, the traditional thematic role labels ar ...
A survey of the forms of Java reference names
... naming they referred to as metaphors where they considered names to be phrasal utterances [4]. Their metaphors are ...
... naming they referred to as metaphors where they considered names to be phrasal utterances [4]. Their metaphors are ...
complete paper - Cascadilla Proceedings Project
... In this paper, we are concerned with the Yoruba pronominal anaphor òun. This pronoun exhibits all the characteristic features of Long Distance Reflexives (LDR), but differs from them in that it may not be locally bound. The evidence suggests that other syntactic factors besides logophoricity may be ...
... In this paper, we are concerned with the Yoruba pronominal anaphor òun. This pronoun exhibits all the characteristic features of Long Distance Reflexives (LDR), but differs from them in that it may not be locally bound. The evidence suggests that other syntactic factors besides logophoricity may be ...
Elimination of lexical ambiguities by grammars - Accueil HAL-ENPC
... The boxes with "!" and "=" are delimitors which are used to recognize the structure of the rules. All other boxes contain linguistic elements that are searched in input sentences when rules are applied to text. The left and right "!" and "=" are present to make the rule more readable. The central "! ...
... The boxes with "!" and "=" are delimitors which are used to recognize the structure of the rules. All other boxes contain linguistic elements that are searched in input sentences when rules are applied to text. The left and right "!" and "=" are present to make the rule more readable. The central "! ...
Prefixes and the Delimitation of Events*
... a fixed boundary. This does not hold for a mass noun like sugar, and hence it can be “packaged” by means of explicit measure expressions like a pound of, as in a pound of sugar. Similarly, a pound of oranges is acceptable, because bare plurals like oranges describe unlimited quantities of objects th ...
... a fixed boundary. This does not hold for a mass noun like sugar, and hence it can be “packaged” by means of explicit measure expressions like a pound of, as in a pound of sugar. Similarly, a pound of oranges is acceptable, because bare plurals like oranges describe unlimited quantities of objects th ...
The Translation of English Collocations into Arabic
... Arabic, when available. Without collocations, their Arabic translation would be poorer, weaker, and less inspired than the original English. The present study hypothesizes that students encounter difficulties in translating English collocations into Arabic. These difficulties lie in finding the prop ...
... Arabic, when available. Without collocations, their Arabic translation would be poorer, weaker, and less inspired than the original English. The present study hypothesizes that students encounter difficulties in translating English collocations into Arabic. These difficulties lie in finding the prop ...
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 ...
A Diachronic Study on the Complementation of the Verb Try
... There are some tests that help distinguish between complements and adjuncts, one of which I will present here: the do so test. Do so is a pro-form that can be used in the place of a verb phrase (VP), and according to Lakoff and Ross (1966, II 5), “elements that may occur after ‘do so’ are outside of ...
... There are some tests that help distinguish between complements and adjuncts, one of which I will present here: the do so test. Do so is a pro-form that can be used in the place of a verb phrase (VP), and according to Lakoff and Ross (1966, II 5), “elements that may occur after ‘do so’ are outside of ...
Reviewing the Binary Branching Hypothesis
... This form of VP construction appears to solve the problem of the binding of anaphors that has been stated earlier. Because in structure (22a) the NP Sarah occupies the specifier position of the VP, the anaphor herself is asymmetrically c-commanded. In structure (22b), herself and Sarah have swapped ...
... This form of VP construction appears to solve the problem of the binding of anaphors that has been stated earlier. Because in structure (22a) the NP Sarah occupies the specifier position of the VP, the anaphor herself is asymmetrically c-commanded. In structure (22b), herself and Sarah have swapped ...
ON THE PROSODIC FEATURES OF THE MODERN ENGLISH
... In their most natural use, all the twelve specimens present k nim as thematic. Another constant feature is the rhematizing force of sám (2, 3, 4, I I ) 9 and i (6, 7, 8, 12); the elements respectively following it, pan hrabě, na svatbu, function as rhemes irrespective of the position they occupy. (I ...
... In their most natural use, all the twelve specimens present k nim as thematic. Another constant feature is the rhematizing force of sám (2, 3, 4, I I ) 9 and i (6, 7, 8, 12); the elements respectively following it, pan hrabě, na svatbu, function as rhemes irrespective of the position they occupy. (I ...
Explorations of the Syntax-Semantics Interface
... nodes for constructional schemata belonging to the other three levels. The paper concludes with a brief description of how a parser can cope with the extended syntactic structures. In his contribution ‘Multilingualism, Multilectalism and Register Variation in Linguistic Theory – Extending the Diasys ...
... nodes for constructional schemata belonging to the other three levels. The paper concludes with a brief description of how a parser can cope with the extended syntactic structures. In his contribution ‘Multilingualism, Multilectalism and Register Variation in Linguistic Theory – Extending the Diasys ...
Tigris and Euphrastes - a comparison between human and machine
... naked idea N1.give. This, however is analysable farther to N2.cause N2.pertain with suitable syntactic bonding, where cause and pertain are catchwords for the corresponding general concepts. It is possible to analyse further, but in the present context it is doubtful if this would serve a useful pur ...
... naked idea N1.give. This, however is analysable farther to N2.cause N2.pertain with suitable syntactic bonding, where cause and pertain are catchwords for the corresponding general concepts. It is possible to analyse further, but in the present context it is doubtful if this would serve a useful pur ...
Reaching agreement as a core syntactic process
... models (e.g., Haskell and MacDonald 2003). Yet, the assumption of a graded effect is actually adopted by Bock and Middleton to fit their control model of pronoun agreement: “Pronoun number is likewise affected by the number of the antecedent (e.g., a subject noun phrase of a previous or current clau ...
... models (e.g., Haskell and MacDonald 2003). Yet, the assumption of a graded effect is actually adopted by Bock and Middleton to fit their control model of pronoun agreement: “Pronoun number is likewise affected by the number of the antecedent (e.g., a subject noun phrase of a previous or current clau ...
Scottish Gaelic grammar
This article describes the grammar of the Scottish Gaelic language.