Explaining the (A)telicity Property of English Verb Phrases
... push/drag carts. In this latter case, the theme direct object is not affected gradually/incrementally and activity VPs give no information about when the events in their denotation are over. It follows that accomplishments and activities contribute to the telicity of VPs in different ways: in an eat ...
... push/drag carts. In this latter case, the theme direct object is not affected gradually/incrementally and activity VPs give no information about when the events in their denotation are over. It follows that accomplishments and activities contribute to the telicity of VPs in different ways: in an eat ...
Topics in English Syntax
... Topics in English Syntax – a complex sentence contains at least one full dependent clause which functions as a constituent and is introduced by a subordinating conjunction – subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as/even though, because, before, how, however much, if, in order that ...
... Topics in English Syntax – a complex sentence contains at least one full dependent clause which functions as a constituent and is introduced by a subordinating conjunction – subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as/even though, because, before, how, however much, if, in order that ...
Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events
... aspects of lexicalized meaning from those of the classes formed at the VP level. How ever, each has certain insights on this question.2 In this paper I will attempt to systematically address the question of what aspectu ally relevant properties are encoded in the meanings of verbs and the grammatica ...
... aspects of lexicalized meaning from those of the classes formed at the VP level. How ever, each has certain insights on this question.2 In this paper I will attempt to systematically address the question of what aspectu ally relevant properties are encoded in the meanings of verbs and the grammatica ...
Arguments for Pseudo-Resultative Predicates
... which is compatible with a strong interpretation of compositionality, according to which all semantic rules correspond to steps in the syntactic derivation, and all semantic elements correspond to elements in the syntax. The necessity of such decomposition provides support for the type of syntactic ...
... which is compatible with a strong interpretation of compositionality, according to which all semantic rules correspond to steps in the syntactic derivation, and all semantic elements correspond to elements in the syntax. The necessity of such decomposition provides support for the type of syntactic ...
Journal of Language Modelling 1
... Wikipedia project with its 900,000 articles. We use the dump containing all Polish articles of the current release available at the beginning of 2011. The data extraction process described in Section 3.1.1 may be iteratively repeated using a newer Wikipedia dump release in order to add new entries t ...
... Wikipedia project with its 900,000 articles. We use the dump containing all Polish articles of the current release available at the beginning of 2011. The data extraction process described in Section 3.1.1 may be iteratively repeated using a newer Wikipedia dump release in order to add new entries t ...
Review Exercises
... Академии управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь, кандидат филологических наук, доцент А.Г.Храмченков. ...
... Академии управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь, кандидат филологических наук, доцент А.Г.Храмченков. ...
UNIT 2 Placing of adverbs - Академия управления при
... От имени коллектива авторов доктор филологических наук, профессор Л.М.Лещева ...
... От имени коллектива авторов доктор филологических наук, профессор Л.М.Лещева ...
Arabic Treebank Guidelines include Penn Arabic Treebank Guidelines
... 1.2.1 Diacritization: Vocalized and Unvocalized text /Case and Mood endings............... 10 ...
... 1.2.1 Diacritization: Vocalized and Unvocalized text /Case and Mood endings............... 10 ...
COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES OF EAST CREE AND ENGLISH
... tried to think of the reader as a classroom teacher, and to anticipate the types of information the teacher may want to know about how, as languages, Cree and English are similar, and how they differ. We hope in particular that teachers whose first language is English, and whose students’ first lang ...
... tried to think of the reader as a classroom teacher, and to anticipate the types of information the teacher may want to know about how, as languages, Cree and English are similar, and how they differ. We hope in particular that teachers whose first language is English, and whose students’ first lang ...
Notes on the formation and usage of subjunctive
... We believe that the subjunctive is something that is learned mechanically. You learn a number of expressions or verbs which always take the subjunctive, learn and practice them, and eventually you will remember to use the subjunctive form after them. Therefore, in this spirit, we are going to offer ...
... We believe that the subjunctive is something that is learned mechanically. You learn a number of expressions or verbs which always take the subjunctive, learn and practice them, and eventually you will remember to use the subjunctive form after them. Therefore, in this spirit, we are going to offer ...
Transcription of Moroccan Arabic
... the long “o” sound /ō/ as in “bone” (this transcription character is not used ...
... the long “o” sound /ō/ as in “bone” (this transcription character is not used ...
chapter 11 the preterit tense
... verbs as stem changers because they do not follow the patterns that stemchanging verbs follow. These verbs also do not use the normal preterit endings, but there is a consistent set of endings for all of these irregular verbs. Some of the most commonly used verbs in the language are irregular in the ...
... verbs as stem changers because they do not follow the patterns that stemchanging verbs follow. These verbs also do not use the normal preterit endings, but there is a consistent set of endings for all of these irregular verbs. Some of the most commonly used verbs in the language are irregular in the ...
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... which behaves syntactically very similar to an infinitive and (iv) (non)finiteness can be defined in terms of binding. This thesis aims to contribute to linguistic theory by presenting a solution to the problem of the Spanish subjunctive and the violation of the rule of concordantia ...
... which behaves syntactically very similar to an infinitive and (iv) (non)finiteness can be defined in terms of binding. This thesis aims to contribute to linguistic theory by presenting a solution to the problem of the Spanish subjunctive and the violation of the rule of concordantia ...
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 ...
here - The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
... túle "came"; OEA: cóm. Evidently a past tense of tul- "come" (Etym s.v. TUL), formed by the lengthening of the stem-vowel and addition of the past suffix -e; the same formation could be seen in ohta-káre below. In Etym, however, past tense of kar- "make, do" is given as karne, so Tolkien might have ...
... túle "came"; OEA: cóm. Evidently a past tense of tul- "come" (Etym s.v. TUL), formed by the lengthening of the stem-vowel and addition of the past suffix -e; the same formation could be seen in ohta-káre below. In Etym, however, past tense of kar- "make, do" is given as karne, so Tolkien might have ...
Hausa Grammar and Classical Logic: Transculturality of Sentential
... Nigeriya an ci sa», which is made up two atomic sentences «kungiya Nigeriya yaa ci», and ««kungiya Nigeriya an ci sa». In this case, the connective «ko» expresses the meaning of «the first is true, or the second is true, or both are false». Therefore the case that both are true is excluded. Hence th ...
... Nigeriya an ci sa», which is made up two atomic sentences «kungiya Nigeriya yaa ci», and ««kungiya Nigeriya an ci sa». In this case, the connective «ko» expresses the meaning of «the first is true, or the second is true, or both are false». Therefore the case that both are true is excluded. Hence th ...
create questions - hilliardsclass.com
... “Cookie all gone”; “Go bye-bye.” Before long, your sentences began to resemble those of adults. And by the time you started school, you were an expert in your native language. Well, almost an expert. Ihcre were still a few gaps in your system. For example, you didn’t start using verb phrases as dire ...
... “Cookie all gone”; “Go bye-bye.” Before long, your sentences began to resemble those of adults. And by the time you started school, you were an expert in your native language. Well, almost an expert. Ihcre were still a few gaps in your system. For example, you didn’t start using verb phrases as dire ...
THE SPANISH PRONOUN SYSTEM I. Subject Pronouns
... or what is being talked about. Let’s take the example, Jaime knows wines well. He drinks them all the time. In the second sentence, them is a pronoun that stands for wines, something that is mentioned in the sentence before. Pronouns are used to avoid redundancy. Look how awkward the following would ...
... or what is being talked about. Let’s take the example, Jaime knows wines well. He drinks them all the time. In the second sentence, them is a pronoun that stands for wines, something that is mentioned in the sentence before. Pronouns are used to avoid redundancy. Look how awkward the following would ...
Interdependency Relationships between Clauses
... In a complex sentence there is always an independent clause. There may also be one or more subordinate or dependent clauses. They are called dependent clauses because they depend on the main o ...
... In a complex sentence there is always an independent clause. There may also be one or more subordinate or dependent clauses. They are called dependent clauses because they depend on the main o ...
Function of the Imperfect Tense in Mark`s Gospel
... proffered by Porter and Fanning. The difference between the present and imperfect, according to Campbell, is that of proximity and remoteness.15 These are not physical categories, but are a metaphorical means of describing the relative importance of events recounted by a narrator. Both tense-forms e ...
... proffered by Porter and Fanning. The difference between the present and imperfect, according to Campbell, is that of proximity and remoteness.15 These are not physical categories, but are a metaphorical means of describing the relative importance of events recounted by a narrator. Both tense-forms e ...
Infinitive Phrase
... When infinitive phrases have an “actor,” they may be roughly characterized as the “subject” of the action or state expressed 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 ...
... When infinitive phrases have an “actor,” they may be roughly characterized as the “subject” of the action or state expressed 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 ...
TSI Placement Test Review Manual
... 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 for your skill level. 2. Prepare For the Test It is important that you review your knowledge be ...
... 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 for your skill level. 2. Prepare For the Test It is important that you review your knowledge be ...
University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
... There is the absence of a finite verb form. They have no tense and they cannot include a modal verb, there are no distinctions of person and number. If there is no “overt link” (Biber 2002, 226), the non-finite verb form itself indicates that the clause is dependent. In most cases, there is no probl ...
... There is the absence of a finite verb form. They have no tense and they cannot include a modal verb, there are no distinctions of person and number. If there is no “overt link” (Biber 2002, 226), the non-finite verb form itself indicates that the clause is dependent. In most cases, there is no probl ...
og-001, sec05-01 Choice D is best. The phrasing a divorce that
... Each choice but C contains errors of agreement. In both A and E, the singular subject (each in A, every one in E) does not agree with the plural verb were, while in D, the plural subject women is mismatched with the singular verb was. In B, the subject and verb agree, but the descriptive phrase plac ...
... Each choice but C contains errors of agreement. In both A and E, the singular subject (each in A, every one in E) does not agree with the plural verb were, while in D, the plural subject women is mismatched with the singular verb was. In B, the subject and verb agree, but the descriptive phrase plac ...
PETRARCH Documentation
... As of September 2014, we are regularly running PETRARCH on hundreds of thousands of sentences from a diverse set of sources and it is not crashing. If you encounter a situation where it is crashing, please let us know, ideally with a copy of the parsed input text that caused the error. Unexpected co ...
... As of September 2014, we are regularly running PETRARCH on hundreds of thousands of sentences from a diverse set of sources and it is not crashing. If you encounter a situation where it is crashing, please let us know, ideally with a copy of the parsed input text that caused the error. Unexpected co ...