Chapter 2: Aspects of Matter and Time
... perfective vs. imperfective (about one-third of languages are of this type); 2) languages that do have perfective vs. imperfective (about two-thirds of languages are of this type, including French, Arabic, and Chinese); and 3) the Slavic languages (which includes Russian). Apparently the Slavic lang ...
... perfective vs. imperfective (about one-third of languages are of this type); 2) languages that do have perfective vs. imperfective (about two-thirds of languages are of this type, including French, Arabic, and Chinese); and 3) the Slavic languages (which includes Russian). Apparently the Slavic lang ...
The Russian agentive passive construction with Agent–Verb
... Croatian po- in terms of Langacker’s (e.g., 1987) theory of Cognitive Grammar. In particular it attempts to answer the following questions: (1) What meanings does po- systematically express, and which of them are the most salient? (2) Assuming a CG network structure, what is (are) the central, proto ...
... Croatian po- in terms of Langacker’s (e.g., 1987) theory of Cognitive Grammar. In particular it attempts to answer the following questions: (1) What meanings does po- systematically express, and which of them are the most salient? (2) Assuming a CG network structure, what is (are) the central, proto ...
Spanish Courses 2
... - To distinguish between continuously ongoing actions and habitual actions. - To express feelings. - To describe friendly or sentimental relations. GRAMMATICAL CONTENT: - Irregular reflexive verbs in the present indicative. LEXICAL CONTENT: - Objects and verbs concerning the personal hygiene. - The ...
... - To distinguish between continuously ongoing actions and habitual actions. - To express feelings. - To describe friendly or sentimental relations. GRAMMATICAL CONTENT: - Irregular reflexive verbs in the present indicative. LEXICAL CONTENT: - Objects and verbs concerning the personal hygiene. - The ...
French Pronoun
... (*Personal moods have different conjugations for different subjects, whereas impersonal moods have only one form. The (parentheses) indicate present tense verb forms which are also used as future forms. Verb forms in [brackets] are the literary equivalent of the verb form in the box directly above ( ...
... (*Personal moods have different conjugations for different subjects, whereas impersonal moods have only one form. The (parentheses) indicate present tense verb forms which are also used as future forms. Verb forms in [brackets] are the literary equivalent of the verb form in the box directly above ( ...
The instrumental: dative and its double 1. Introduction. We take our
... account for the fact that formally identically genitive/dative DPs display different interpretive behaviours – as well as for the fact that cross-linguistically, syntactico-semantic differences may result in different lexicalization pattern. Manzini & Savoia (2011), starting from Albanian data, deal ...
... account for the fact that formally identically genitive/dative DPs display different interpretive behaviours – as well as for the fact that cross-linguistically, syntactico-semantic differences may result in different lexicalization pattern. Manzini & Savoia (2011), starting from Albanian data, deal ...
Constructing verb paradigms in French: adult construals and
... In establishing how to use different forms of the same verb, children need, among other things, to attend to the correlations between event-times and utterance-times. One source for this, we propose, is provided by adults within conversational exchanges whenever they offer a reformulation or constru ...
... In establishing how to use different forms of the same verb, children need, among other things, to attend to the correlations between event-times and utterance-times. One source for this, we propose, is provided by adults within conversational exchanges whenever they offer a reformulation or constru ...
Power Point presentation
... The construction in (6a) contributes an entailment that NP0 caused NP2 to go to NP1. The construction in (6b) contributes an entailment that NP0 caused NP1 to have NP2. Some verbs, like give and sell, have so much information in their lexical semantics that the constructions contribute nothing new, ...
... The construction in (6a) contributes an entailment that NP0 caused NP2 to go to NP1. The construction in (6b) contributes an entailment that NP0 caused NP1 to have NP2. Some verbs, like give and sell, have so much information in their lexical semantics that the constructions contribute nothing new, ...
Contrastive Analysis of German and Malay Modal Verbs
... could also provide a systematical contrastive method. This is done by preparing a model which can be used to contrast languages and make prediction of language problems. Whitman creates a CA model which has four stages of procedures. The stages are description, selection, contrast and prediction mak ...
... could also provide a systematical contrastive method. This is done by preparing a model which can be used to contrast languages and make prediction of language problems. Whitman creates a CA model which has four stages of procedures. The stages are description, selection, contrast and prediction mak ...
THE ADVERBS AND THEIR FORMATIONS KINDS OF ADVERBS
... When the same verb is required in both clauses we normally use an auxiliary for the second verb. A. With the positive form we use as . . . as with an affirmative verb, and as/so . . . as with a negative verb: He worked as slowly as he dared. He doesn’t snore as/so loudly as you do. It didn’t take as ...
... When the same verb is required in both clauses we normally use an auxiliary for the second verb. A. With the positive form we use as . . . as with an affirmative verb, and as/so . . . as with a negative verb: He worked as slowly as he dared. He doesn’t snore as/so loudly as you do. It didn’t take as ...
view
... The availability of semantically tagged corpora is becoming a very important and urgent need for training and evaluation within a large number of applications but also they are the natural application and accompaniment of semantic lexicons of which they constitute both a useful testbed to evaluate t ...
... The availability of semantically tagged corpora is becoming a very important and urgent need for training and evaluation within a large number of applications but also they are the natural application and accompaniment of semantic lexicons of which they constitute both a useful testbed to evaluate t ...
Prolegomena to ATAM acquisition. Theoretical premises and corpus
... soon become clear, the actionality category cannot be downplayed, considering its role in the semantics and acquisition of tense and aspect phenomena. Note further, as our interpretation of the above acronym suggests, that we shall employ the term ‘temporal reference’ rather than ‘tense’. This is a ...
... soon become clear, the actionality category cannot be downplayed, considering its role in the semantics and acquisition of tense and aspect phenomena. Note further, as our interpretation of the above acronym suggests, that we shall employ the term ‘temporal reference’ rather than ‘tense’. This is a ...
Tamid 8 (2013) 3a r40.indd
... pharyngeals [in I-n verbs] does not establish the existence of the weakening [of the laryngeals/pharyngeals] at an early period …. The inclination toward refraining from doubling laryngeals/pharyngeals … is widespread even in languages in which [such] doubling … has been preserved. Thus, in the offici ...
... pharyngeals [in I-n verbs] does not establish the existence of the weakening [of the laryngeals/pharyngeals] at an early period …. The inclination toward refraining from doubling laryngeals/pharyngeals … is widespread even in languages in which [such] doubling … has been preserved. Thus, in the offici ...
Short Responses - English Vocabulary Exercises
... I’m not married. I’m single too. • I hate homework. I don’t like it either. • Da da da da – just for explanation ...
... I’m not married. I’m single too. • I hate homework. I don’t like it either. • Da da da da – just for explanation ...
IN DEFENSE OF PASSIVE Consider the following three sentences
... promise occur in the same structures, (I) is falsified as it stands: I. ...
... promise occur in the same structures, (I) is falsified as it stands: I. ...
PowerPoint
... Taro-NOM that book-ACC buy-PAST ‘Taro bought that book.’ • Taroo-ga ano hon-o kat-ta no? Taro-NOM that book-ACC buy-PAST Q ‘Did Taro buy that book?’ • Hanako-ga [Taroo-ga ano hon-o kat-ta to] omotteiru. H.-NOM T.-NOM that book-ACC buy-PAST that thinks ‘Hanako thinks that Taro bought that book.’ ...
... Taro-NOM that book-ACC buy-PAST ‘Taro bought that book.’ • Taroo-ga ano hon-o kat-ta no? Taro-NOM that book-ACC buy-PAST Q ‘Did Taro buy that book?’ • Hanako-ga [Taroo-ga ano hon-o kat-ta to] omotteiru. H.-NOM T.-NOM that book-ACC buy-PAST that thinks ‘Hanako thinks that Taro bought that book.’ ...
pages 339–359 - Stanford University
... We can compare this behavior with the problematic example given in (8). It appears that the intransitive use of voir which leads to dative case marking is an instance of (or is at least closely related to) DNI. The argument cannot receive a generic interpretation: there must be some appropriate refe ...
... We can compare this behavior with the problematic example given in (8). It appears that the intransitive use of voir which leads to dative case marking is an instance of (or is at least closely related to) DNI. The argument cannot receive a generic interpretation: there must be some appropriate refe ...
On Interpretation of the Verbal form in –(i)te in Bengali
... in –(i)te has never become the main subject of a paper yet (at least outside the Bengali-speaking area); therefore, it appears necessary to conduct a research on this subject. 1. The infinitive and the adverbial participle: what they are and what they are not Both the infinitive and the adverbial pa ...
... in –(i)te has never become the main subject of a paper yet (at least outside the Bengali-speaking area); therefore, it appears necessary to conduct a research on this subject. 1. The infinitive and the adverbial participle: what they are and what they are not Both the infinitive and the adverbial pa ...
Island constraints and overgeneralization in language acquisition
... property. If the items that appear in a particular position are highly variable along a particular dimension (e.g., the verbs that appear in the ACTION slot of the transitive causative construction do not share any particular phonological properties), then the slot will not take on any particular pr ...
... property. If the items that appear in a particular position are highly variable along a particular dimension (e.g., the verbs that appear in the ACTION slot of the transitive causative construction do not share any particular phonological properties), then the slot will not take on any particular pr ...
Document
... (16b,c), fatally violating the top-ranked constraint, are discarded first. (16a) is also eliminated since it violates *VV. (16d) is thus selected as the optimal candidate even though it violates the Faith-suf constraint.6 As we have observed so far, CONJ-STEM and *VV are ranked higher than other con ...
... (16b,c), fatally violating the top-ranked constraint, are discarded first. (16a) is also eliminated since it violates *VV. (16d) is thus selected as the optimal candidate even though it violates the Faith-suf constraint.6 As we have observed so far, CONJ-STEM and *VV are ranked higher than other con ...
Using Verbs
... Forming Regular Comparisons . . . . Forming Comparative and Superlative Modifiers . . . . . . Using the Correct Form of Modifiers. . Forming Irregular Comparisons. . . . Supplying the Correct Form of Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . Correcting the Form of Modifiers . . . Mixed Practice: Modifiers . . . ...
... Forming Regular Comparisons . . . . Forming Comparative and Superlative Modifiers . . . . . . Using the Correct Form of Modifiers. . Forming Irregular Comparisons. . . . Supplying the Correct Form of Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . Correcting the Form of Modifiers . . . Mixed Practice: Modifiers . . . ...
WHEN NOUNS SURFACE AS VERBS
... starting to Sunday School members, then I think you're going too far (a Californian legislator); She would not try to stiff-upper-lip it through (Time magazine); Will you cigarette me? (Mae West); We all Wayned and Cagneyed ( N Y Times magazine); They timbered off the hills in the 1880's (conservati ...
... starting to Sunday School members, then I think you're going too far (a Californian legislator); She would not try to stiff-upper-lip it through (Time magazine); Will you cigarette me? (Mae West); We all Wayned and Cagneyed ( N Y Times magazine); They timbered off the hills in the 1880's (conservati ...
SPAN 2311
... Workbook; Cultural presentations; El Video activities Unit 2: La Familia The future tense, verbs irregular in the future, uses of the future tense Workbook; Cultural presentations; El Video activities Unit 3: El Trabajo stem-changing verbs, familiar and formal commands of regular and irregular verbs ...
... Workbook; Cultural presentations; El Video activities Unit 2: La Familia The future tense, verbs irregular in the future, uses of the future tense Workbook; Cultural presentations; El Video activities Unit 3: El Trabajo stem-changing verbs, familiar and formal commands of regular and irregular verbs ...
Grammatical form and semantic context in verb
... Toddlers’ and preschoolers’ difficulty in this apparently straightforward task suggests that even once verb-learning is underway, it requires access to different—and perhaps more—information than noun learning (See Gleitman et al., 2005 or Waxman & Lidz, 2006 for reviews; See Gillette et al., 1999; ...
... Toddlers’ and preschoolers’ difficulty in this apparently straightforward task suggests that even once verb-learning is underway, it requires access to different—and perhaps more—information than noun learning (See Gleitman et al., 2005 or Waxman & Lidz, 2006 for reviews; See Gillette et al., 1999; ...
Valency Grammar
... the objectless sentence leaves the thing read totally open as a matter of no immediate interest (cf. Allerton, 1982: 68–70). Thus while the optional object is clearly part of the valency of watch in all its uses, the verb read appears to have two different valencies, only one of them involving an ob ...
... the objectless sentence leaves the thing read totally open as a matter of no immediate interest (cf. Allerton, 1982: 68–70). Thus while the optional object is clearly part of the valency of watch in all its uses, the verb read appears to have two different valencies, only one of them involving an ob ...