Temporal Properties of Persian and English
... nally, while English has six tense forms such as present, present perfect, past, past perfect, future, and future perfect, Persian has only five tense forms; it lacks future perfect tense and present perfect tense is being used instead. Inherent aspect and tense are syntactically instantiated in bot ...
... nally, while English has six tense forms such as present, present perfect, past, past perfect, future, and future perfect, Persian has only five tense forms; it lacks future perfect tense and present perfect tense is being used instead. Inherent aspect and tense are syntactically instantiated in bot ...
Commands in Deni (Arawá)
... directed to the second person, and non-canonical imperatives, which are directed to first person. Whereas canonical imperatives can be negated, non-canonical imperatives only have the positive form. Furthermore, imperatives are used under cultural constrains, given that the non-polite imperative is ...
... directed to the second person, and non-canonical imperatives, which are directed to first person. Whereas canonical imperatives can be negated, non-canonical imperatives only have the positive form. Furthermore, imperatives are used under cultural constrains, given that the non-polite imperative is ...
The structure of the do/make construction in
... English verbs. This structure, in which an English verb or adjectival predicate complements a Chichewa light verb meaning ‘do’ or ‘make’, appears to be employed during code-switching. Code-Switching (CS) is found quite frequently among populations which use more than one language. CS occurs when lex ...
... English verbs. This structure, in which an English verb or adjectival predicate complements a Chichewa light verb meaning ‘do’ or ‘make’, appears to be employed during code-switching. Code-Switching (CS) is found quite frequently among populations which use more than one language. CS occurs when lex ...
Cause Event Representations for Happiness and Surprise
... different lists of basic emotions have been proposed, there is, nonetheless, no agreement neither on the number of basic emotions nor the classes of emotions. For example, Kemper (1987) suggests that there are at least four basic emotions, i.e. fear, anger, sadness, and satisfaction. The rationales ...
... different lists of basic emotions have been proposed, there is, nonetheless, no agreement neither on the number of basic emotions nor the classes of emotions. For example, Kemper (1987) suggests that there are at least four basic emotions, i.e. fear, anger, sadness, and satisfaction. The rationales ...
Cognate objects in Chinese
... Cognate objects in Chinese Zhou Hong University of Toronto It has been observed that in English while unergative verbs can take cognate objects, transitive verbs or unaccusative verbs cannot (Massam 1990). However, in Chinese, not only can intransitives take cognate objects, transitives can also tak ...
... Cognate objects in Chinese Zhou Hong University of Toronto It has been observed that in English while unergative verbs can take cognate objects, transitive verbs or unaccusative verbs cannot (Massam 1990). However, in Chinese, not only can intransitives take cognate objects, transitives can also tak ...
On the processing of regular and irregular forms of verbs and nouns
... a group of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease performed worse with irregularly inflected verbs. A contrasting pattern was reported for one aphasic patient with an anterior lesion and for a group of patients with Parkinson’s disease; they encountered greater problems producing regular as opp ...
... a group of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease performed worse with irregularly inflected verbs. A contrasting pattern was reported for one aphasic patient with an anterior lesion and for a group of patients with Parkinson’s disease; they encountered greater problems producing regular as opp ...
AspectuAlity in Hindi: tHe two pAirs of Aspects
... etc. “is/was coming”) tenses represent imperfective aspect only, and the perfect (āyā hai/thā etc. – “have/had come”) and indefinite (āyā/āegā etc. “came/will come”) tenses are contextual and on the scale of imperfective and perfective, they can be either. This way of expressing the aspect is not un ...
... etc. “is/was coming”) tenses represent imperfective aspect only, and the perfect (āyā hai/thā etc. – “have/had come”) and indefinite (āyā/āegā etc. “came/will come”) tenses are contextual and on the scale of imperfective and perfective, they can be either. This way of expressing the aspect is not un ...
verb forms and verb aspects in ngizim
... ja and 'UXt have the feature [-ATD], which cancels the perfective asp marker [+ ATD], so they retain low tone. By a general convention, we can say that all nouns (which should probably include the independent pronouns) are [-ATD] to prevent low tone noun subjects from dissimilating. Verbs in the per ...
... ja and 'UXt have the feature [-ATD], which cancels the perfective asp marker [+ ATD], so they retain low tone. By a general convention, we can say that all nouns (which should probably include the independent pronouns) are [-ATD] to prevent low tone noun subjects from dissimilating. Verbs in the per ...
Noun incorporation and transitivity in Soninke (West Mande)
... choice of the intransitive variant of the predicative markers that have distinct forms in transitive and intransitive clauses. In other words, Soninke has morphologically unmarked passive constructions. We will return to this question in Section 4.4. 3. Morphologically coded valency alternations 3.1 ...
... choice of the intransitive variant of the predicative markers that have distinct forms in transitive and intransitive clauses. In other words, Soninke has morphologically unmarked passive constructions. We will return to this question in Section 4.4. 3. Morphologically coded valency alternations 3.1 ...
French III - Neshaminy School District
... Use vocabulary associated with giving and getting information about a country Ask and answer questions about Martinique and other places of ...
... Use vocabulary associated with giving and getting information about a country Ask and answer questions about Martinique and other places of ...
This chapter makes theoretical contributions to construction grammar
... Though the structures in 1a and 2a look the same, they do not behave in entirely the same way: the finite verbs they contain have distinct properties. Examples like these differ in the degree of integration of finite and infinitive verbs, the status of the infinitive (whether or not it functions as ...
... Though the structures in 1a and 2a look the same, they do not behave in entirely the same way: the finite verbs they contain have distinct properties. Examples like these differ in the degree of integration of finite and infinitive verbs, the status of the infinitive (whether or not it functions as ...
On the prepositional nature of non
... semantic nature —its ‘flavor’— is configurationally determined (see Folli & Harley 2005 and references therein). Such a perspective has opened the door not only to reconsider the nature of syntactic primitives and the nature of the lexicon (see Borer 2005, Halle & Marantz 1993, Starke 2009), but als ...
... semantic nature —its ‘flavor’— is configurationally determined (see Folli & Harley 2005 and references therein). Such a perspective has opened the door not only to reconsider the nature of syntactic primitives and the nature of the lexicon (see Borer 2005, Halle & Marantz 1993, Starke 2009), but als ...
small clauses and participial constructions - E
... Other facts that go against a raising analysis and in favour of pseudo relative structure are supplied by the Not-Initial test and the Alone-final test. According to the Not Initial test, not is frequent in subject, rather than object, DPs. The infelicity of sentence (31a) shows that the Acc of the ...
... Other facts that go against a raising analysis and in favour of pseudo relative structure are supplied by the Not-Initial test and the Alone-final test. According to the Not Initial test, not is frequent in subject, rather than object, DPs. The infelicity of sentence (31a) shows that the Acc of the ...
The verb estar - La clase de Ms. O'Neill
... Call my Google Voice number (770) 742- 8793 and leave a one minute voicemail of you speaking in Spanish. Say YOUR NAME in English first. Speaking ideas: - Introduce yourself and say where you are from, how old you are - Describe yourself, your family, your friends - Tell what you like to do - Talk a ...
... Call my Google Voice number (770) 742- 8793 and leave a one minute voicemail of you speaking in Spanish. Say YOUR NAME in English first. Speaking ideas: - Introduce yourself and say where you are from, how old you are - Describe yourself, your family, your friends - Tell what you like to do - Talk a ...
Some of the sentences below have subject-verb
... when other words come between the subject and the verb. Look at these examples. Which one is correct? a) The potatoes in the fridge are left over from last night. b) The potatoes in the fridge is left over from last night. To decide on the correct verb form, you need to decide which noun is the subj ...
... when other words come between the subject and the verb. Look at these examples. Which one is correct? a) The potatoes in the fridge are left over from last night. b) The potatoes in the fridge is left over from last night. To decide on the correct verb form, you need to decide which noun is the subj ...
Chapter 14 The Subject and Verb
... and if the sentence still makes sense, the unidentified Verb is a Linking Verb. For example: After the loss, the team felt depressed. After the loss, the team was depressed. Since you can substitute a form of was (a form of the to be verb) for the Verb in the sentence felt, and the sentence stil ...
... and if the sentence still makes sense, the unidentified Verb is a Linking Verb. For example: After the loss, the team felt depressed. After the loss, the team was depressed. Since you can substitute a form of was (a form of the to be verb) for the Verb in the sentence felt, and the sentence stil ...
BASIC STEM OPPOSITIONS IN CAIRO ARABIC TRILITERAL VERBS
... The presentation of the basic stem verb’s power to express grammatical and lexical meanings directly or indirectly relatable to transitivity and intransitivity is not altogether easy. Apart from the pack of problems specific to etymological (primary) basic stem verbs, there is another one, still mor ...
... The presentation of the basic stem verb’s power to express grammatical and lexical meanings directly or indirectly relatable to transitivity and intransitivity is not altogether easy. Apart from the pack of problems specific to etymological (primary) basic stem verbs, there is another one, still mor ...
Svan and its speakers. Kevin Tuite Université de Montréal [NB: This
... cases as well, forming a secondary stem to which the case suffixes are added. The Svan DAT suffixes are of different origins, though not all scholars are agreed on what these were [Oniani 1989: 164-180]. The DAT in -am, as well as the secondary stem formants -am-/-em-, derives from a postposed demon ...
... cases as well, forming a secondary stem to which the case suffixes are added. The Svan DAT suffixes are of different origins, though not all scholars are agreed on what these were [Oniani 1989: 164-180]. The DAT in -am, as well as the secondary stem formants -am-/-em-, derives from a postposed demon ...
English particle verbs as complex heads: Evidence from
... “Why” [CP Op [TP [T° [V° shouts out]] [vP Bill … tshout out tOp]]] “did you do that?” C&B argue that the subject is in its initial position (here spec,vP) and not extraposed. An extraposition analysis makes it hard to explain why the subject cannot appear after the PP in (9)a). These contrast with b ...
... “Why” [CP Op [TP [T° [V° shouts out]] [vP Bill … tshout out tOp]]] “did you do that?” C&B argue that the subject is in its initial position (here spec,vP) and not extraposed. An extraposition analysis makes it hard to explain why the subject cannot appear after the PP in (9)a). These contrast with b ...
Semantic Opposition and WORDNET
... Figure 2 illustrates the shortest path between mend and tear. Mend and repair belong to the same synset. Repair and break are antonyms. Break and one sense of bust are in the same synset. A second sense of bust and tear belong to another synset. The link between the two very similar senses of bust i ...
... Figure 2 illustrates the shortest path between mend and tear. Mend and repair belong to the same synset. Repair and break are antonyms. Break and one sense of bust are in the same synset. A second sense of bust and tear belong to another synset. The link between the two very similar senses of bust i ...
Enriching Wordnets with New Relations and with Event and
... commonly used relations and the specification of several cross-part-of-speech relations. We focus on the specific case of adjective encoding and we present some strategies in order to mirror definitional features in the network, so that adjective classes emerge from the relations expressed in the da ...
... commonly used relations and the specification of several cross-part-of-speech relations. We focus on the specific case of adjective encoding and we present some strategies in order to mirror definitional features in the network, so that adjective classes emerge from the relations expressed in the da ...
The Gloss Trap - Department of Second Language Studies
... Turkish, one may 'drink' smoke as well as liquids; in Japanese, one may 'drink' medicinal pills or powders with or without water, as long as they are orally ingested; in Kazak, the verb' drink' is used for both liquids and solids, in contexts where English would require the verb eat. Such examples m ...
... Turkish, one may 'drink' smoke as well as liquids; in Japanese, one may 'drink' medicinal pills or powders with or without water, as long as they are orally ingested; in Kazak, the verb' drink' is used for both liquids and solids, in contexts where English would require the verb eat. Such examples m ...
Pasos 1 Grammar and vocabulary tips Lección 1 A La familia When
... This is because they are using the formal imperative form in Spanish, which when translated into English may sound a little rude. In fact the formal imperative form in Spanish is regarded as a very polite form, so ‘deme’, instead of meaning its literal give me means could you give me please, somethi ...
... This is because they are using the formal imperative form in Spanish, which when translated into English may sound a little rude. In fact the formal imperative form in Spanish is regarded as a very polite form, so ‘deme’, instead of meaning its literal give me means could you give me please, somethi ...