Michelle Anne Long A Thesis - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
... This thesis is concemed with the treatment of subordinate clauses in Cree, a Pronominal Argument language. Primarily, I account for the distinction between adjunct-like and complement-likeclauses, in a way which is not based upon their structural position. In configurational languages like English a ...
... This thesis is concemed with the treatment of subordinate clauses in Cree, a Pronominal Argument language. Primarily, I account for the distinction between adjunct-like and complement-likeclauses, in a way which is not based upon their structural position. In configurational languages like English a ...
existence - Semantics Archive
... quantified sentences. There-sentences and quantificational sentences may involve a significantly greater domain of entities than what exist could be true of. This may suggest that exist is on a par with the adjectival predicate real, but in fact the two expressions are fundamentally different lingui ...
... quantified sentences. There-sentences and quantificational sentences may involve a significantly greater domain of entities than what exist could be true of. This may suggest that exist is on a par with the adjectival predicate real, but in fact the two expressions are fundamentally different lingui ...
2_7 Luraghi_Clitics
... typical of words, as e.g. be inflected in relevant grammatical categories: this is the case of pronouns or auxiliaries, two lexical classes that often belong in the invetory of a language’s clitics. Thus, one way of characterizing clitics is by saying that they are not phonological words, but that ...
... typical of words, as e.g. be inflected in relevant grammatical categories: this is the case of pronouns or auxiliaries, two lexical classes that often belong in the invetory of a language’s clitics. Thus, one way of characterizing clitics is by saying that they are not phonological words, but that ...
Journal of Memory and Language
... the sentences used in on-line studies we selected from the corpus only relative clauses with transitive verbs. Relative clauses with intransitive verbs do not have an object (as in the man who walks there), and are therefore by definition subject relative clauses. Also, we only included in the analy ...
... the sentences used in on-line studies we selected from the corpus only relative clauses with transitive verbs. Relative clauses with intransitive verbs do not have an object (as in the man who walks there), and are therefore by definition subject relative clauses. Also, we only included in the analy ...
STRUCTURAL PRIMING IN TURKISH GENITIVE
... I would like to thank everyone who helped me to reach out to the participants, specifically to the faculty and research assistants of the COGS, ELT, CENG and PHIL departments of METU, in particular to Murat Perit Çakır, Çiler Hatipoğlu, and Ayhan Sol. I also thank all my friends from the METU Underw ...
... I would like to thank everyone who helped me to reach out to the participants, specifically to the faculty and research assistants of the COGS, ELT, CENG and PHIL departments of METU, in particular to Murat Perit Çakır, Çiler Hatipoğlu, and Ayhan Sol. I also thank all my friends from the METU Underw ...
Introduction to Tocharian - Ústav srovnávací jazykovědy
... 3. The vowels [i], [u] are underlyingly /y/, /w/ between consonants (cf. TB /əәy/, /əәw/). 3.2. Historical phonology: Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Tocharian Recent research has elucidated most of the principal phonological developments from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) to PT and the two Tocharian langu ...
... 3. The vowels [i], [u] are underlyingly /y/, /w/ between consonants (cf. TB /əәy/, /əәw/). 3.2. Historical phonology: Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Tocharian Recent research has elucidated most of the principal phonological developments from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) to PT and the two Tocharian langu ...
A Grammar of Bora with Special Attention to Tone
... General facts about animate and inanimate classifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 6.1.1.1 Animate classifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 6.1.1.2 Inanimate classifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 ...
... General facts about animate and inanimate classifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 6.1.1.1 Animate classifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 6.1.1.2 Inanimate classifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 ...
Ahland_oregon_0171A_10546 - Scholars` Bank
... Attributive Construction. The first is left-headed with ‘noun of noun’ semantics. The second is right-headed with the initial noun expressing an inherent quality of the second. Certain body part terms have grammaticalized as a variety of other morphosyntactic categories, in particular as relator nou ...
... Attributive Construction. The first is left-headed with ‘noun of noun’ semantics. The second is right-headed with the initial noun expressing an inherent quality of the second. Certain body part terms have grammaticalized as a variety of other morphosyntactic categories, in particular as relator nou ...
Canonical Forms of Idioms in Online Dictionaries - UKM e
... individual expressions are to be considered as variations rather than as separate expressions with coincidentally the same meaning and with some lexis in common”. The fixedness of idioms should not necessarily be taken for granted and variant forms do exist, although “variants are embellishments, ad ...
... individual expressions are to be considered as variations rather than as separate expressions with coincidentally the same meaning and with some lexis in common”. The fixedness of idioms should not necessarily be taken for granted and variant forms do exist, although “variants are embellishments, ad ...
1 xxx - Edmond
... to other sections as needed. In some sections I suggest sample prose, but of course language X may have different patterns, requiring complete or partial rewriting. Translations of example sentences are suggestions only. xxx is used as a variable for the phonological form of a morpheme, word, etc.. ...
... to other sections as needed. In some sections I suggest sample prose, but of course language X may have different patterns, requiring complete or partial rewriting. Translations of example sentences are suggestions only. xxx is used as a variable for the phonological form of a morpheme, word, etc.. ...
On Word Definition in Children and Adults
... the hyperonym, and semantic content of the definiens). Findings for Study 1 indicated a generalized effect of the morphological category of the definiendum on the syntactic and semantic dimensions of the definition. Level of abstraction only explained significantly the differences in the components ...
... the hyperonym, and semantic content of the definiens). Findings for Study 1 indicated a generalized effect of the morphological category of the definiendum on the syntactic and semantic dimensions of the definition. Level of abstraction only explained significantly the differences in the components ...
The Characteristics of English Linking Adverbials
... 3. Sometimes a semicolon may be used between the two patterns, e.g. : - His farther, who was very unhappy about his report card, decided to raise his allowance; but he decided not to give him the extra money immediately. 4. Finally, if the writer desires to throw emphasis on the second sentence, he ...
... 3. Sometimes a semicolon may be used between the two patterns, e.g. : - His farther, who was very unhappy about his report card, decided to raise his allowance; but he decided not to give him the extra money immediately. 4. Finally, if the writer desires to throw emphasis on the second sentence, he ...
CONJUNCTIONS AND GRAMMATICAL AGREEMENT WHEN
... Corpus data and sentence production experiments were used to test hypotheses about the mechanisms involved in producing agreement. A search of American English sentences from the World Wide Web revealed that speakers often produce singular verbs with conjoined subjects (28% singular verbs overall), ...
... Corpus data and sentence production experiments were used to test hypotheses about the mechanisms involved in producing agreement. A search of American English sentences from the World Wide Web revealed that speakers often produce singular verbs with conjoined subjects (28% singular verbs overall), ...
Chapter 4 Prosody
... 4.4.1.1 Declarative intonation contour 4.4.1.2 Interrogative intonation contour 4.4.1.3 Imperative intonation contour 4.4.1.4 Vowel lengthening and high pitch in accusatory speech 4.4.2 PAUSES IN TAIL-HEAD LINKAGE STRUCTURES ...
... 4.4.1.1 Declarative intonation contour 4.4.1.2 Interrogative intonation contour 4.4.1.3 Imperative intonation contour 4.4.1.4 Vowel lengthening and high pitch in accusatory speech 4.4.2 PAUSES IN TAIL-HEAD LINKAGE STRUCTURES ...
A grammar of Mauwake - Language Science Press
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... Language Science Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, trav ...
A grammar of Mauwake - Language Science Press
... Language Science Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, trav ...
... Language Science Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, trav ...
Makassarese (basa Mangkasara
... comparative Austronesian, Malay, Tamanic, and Dutch, among other topics. Thanks also to Sander for providing a quiet place to work when the volume was too high at home. And for all the coffees. There are many other linguists to whom I owe a debt of gratitude b ...
... comparative Austronesian, Malay, Tamanic, and Dutch, among other topics. Thanks also to Sander for providing a quiet place to work when the volume was too high at home. And for all the coffees. There are many other linguists to whom I owe a debt of gratitude b ...
Mungbam grammar - Acsu Buffalo
... Linguistic consultants who have made this work possible are acknowledged by name in § 1.3.1. I thank my dissertation committee members: Jeff Good, Matthew Dryer and David Fertig. My principal advisor, Jeff Good, has provided literally hundreds of suggestions for improvements in this dissertation. Ov ...
... Linguistic consultants who have made this work possible are acknowledged by name in § 1.3.1. I thank my dissertation committee members: Jeff Good, Matthew Dryer and David Fertig. My principal advisor, Jeff Good, has provided literally hundreds of suggestions for improvements in this dissertation. Ov ...
ABSTRACT - NEHU Institutional Repository
... is, 'the Achik language' which means 'the language of hill men'. They also call it Mande Kusik 'the language of men'.'* The term 'Garo' was given to them by other communities who came across them, but the people themselves use the terms Achik or Mande. Garo is predominantly a verb final language, so ...
... is, 'the Achik language' which means 'the language of hill men'. They also call it Mande Kusik 'the language of men'.'* The term 'Garo' was given to them by other communities who came across them, but the people themselves use the terms Achik or Mande. Garo is predominantly a verb final language, so ...
Full text - Universiteit Leiden
... thanks to the teachers of SD1 in Iliomar, which is right next to Carolino and Joana ’s house. Like this, there were always people to talk to, and another large part of my corpus comes from the school staff. I would also like to thank everyone else who was willing to share their stories with me. I ho ...
... thanks to the teachers of SD1 in Iliomar, which is right next to Carolino and Joana ’s house. Like this, there were always people to talk to, and another large part of my corpus comes from the school staff. I would also like to thank everyone else who was willing to share their stories with me. I ho ...
From a children`s first dictionary to a lexical
... put together to form an infinite number of sentences, each one expressing a different meaning, a meaning that can also differ depending on the context of utterance. The study of words in the goal of understanding their meaning and how they relate to each other is a very large and complex field in it ...
... put together to form an infinite number of sentences, each one expressing a different meaning, a meaning that can also differ depending on the context of utterance. The study of words in the goal of understanding their meaning and how they relate to each other is a very large and complex field in it ...
ABSTRACT MEASURING PREDICATES Alexis Wellwood, Doctor of
... syntactic properties of a language with an eye to the notional categories that the various pieces of form express. In this dissertation, I investigate the morphosyntactic devices that English speakers (and speakers of other languages) can use to talk about comparisons between things: comparative sen ...
... syntactic properties of a language with an eye to the notional categories that the various pieces of form express. In this dissertation, I investigate the morphosyntactic devices that English speakers (and speakers of other languages) can use to talk about comparisons between things: comparative sen ...
The Origin and Development of Nonconcatenative Morphology by
... human cognition, the physics and physiology of speech and contact between languages. Three main processes result in the creation or disruption of nonconcatenative morphology. The first and perhaps most important is the morphologization of previously phonological alternations. This includes alternati ...
... human cognition, the physics and physiology of speech and contact between languages. Three main processes result in the creation or disruption of nonconcatenative morphology. The first and perhaps most important is the morphologization of previously phonological alternations. This includes alternati ...
- Lancaster EPrints
... in natural languages, have received unremitting attention in linguistic literature 1. This thesis seeks to bring to light aspects of the grammar of pronominals as used in Puxian, a Min dialect of Chinese. It will focus on issues that have featured prominently in the theoretical and typological discu ...
... in natural languages, have received unremitting attention in linguistic literature 1. This thesis seeks to bring to light aspects of the grammar of pronominals as used in Puxian, a Min dialect of Chinese. It will focus on issues that have featured prominently in the theoretical and typological discu ...