The morphome vs. similarity-based syncretism
... by caed-, cecīd-, and caes-. Inflectional categories—e.g. moods and tenses in the imperfective aspect, moods and tenses in the verbal perfect (= perfect aspect in active verbs), and the perfect passive participle—select these stems as the expressions to which their affixes attach. So do derivational c ...
... by caed-, cecīd-, and caes-. Inflectional categories—e.g. moods and tenses in the imperfective aspect, moods and tenses in the verbal perfect (= perfect aspect in active verbs), and the perfect passive participle—select these stems as the expressions to which their affixes attach. So do derivational c ...
The Semantics of Russian Genitive of Negation: The Nature and
... an AES or NES is a "rheme-only" sentence (plus optional thematic locative. ) Babby's (1980) rule o f genitive marking in NES's: ...
... an AES or NES is a "rheme-only" sentence (plus optional thematic locative. ) Babby's (1980) rule o f genitive marking in NES's: ...
inquiries into the lexicon-syntax relations in basque
... which are formally reflexives (Mendikoetxea 1999) are treated as absolutive intransitive verbs in Basque borrowings, and he demonstrates that in fact, the tendency to use an ergative case marking with intransitive borrowed verbs (Sarasola 1979) is restricted to non-reflexive (most of the time agenti ...
... which are formally reflexives (Mendikoetxea 1999) are treated as absolutive intransitive verbs in Basque borrowings, and he demonstrates that in fact, the tendency to use an ergative case marking with intransitive borrowed verbs (Sarasola 1979) is restricted to non-reflexive (most of the time agenti ...
The Textual Dimension Involved-Informational: A Corpus
... "Word forms are often ambiguous in their part-of-speech (POS). The English word form store for example can be either a noun, a finite verb or an infinitive. In an utterance, this ambiguity is normally resolved by the context of a word: e.g. in the sentence 'The 1977 PCs could store two pages of data ...
... "Word forms are often ambiguous in their part-of-speech (POS). The English word form store for example can be either a noun, a finite verb or an infinitive. In an utterance, this ambiguity is normally resolved by the context of a word: e.g. in the sentence 'The 1977 PCs could store two pages of data ...
HEDGES USED BY SAKI IN THE PEACE OFFERING SHORT STORY
... same thing – addressing and greeting others, describing things, paying compliments”. People can laughto their express amusement, happiness, or disrespect, we can smile to express amusement, pleasure, approval, or bitter feelings, we can shriek to express anger, excitement, or fear. Language as menti ...
... same thing – addressing and greeting others, describing things, paying compliments”. People can laughto their express amusement, happiness, or disrespect, we can smile to express amusement, pleasure, approval, or bitter feelings, we can shriek to express anger, excitement, or fear. Language as menti ...
Simplex and complex reflexives in French and Dutch
... The judgments in the examples (13) through (16) should be taken as comparative: the markings do not indicate that either the simplex or the complex anaphor are ever completely ruled out, but rather that one is (possibly strongly) preferred over the other. ...
... The judgments in the examples (13) through (16) should be taken as comparative: the markings do not indicate that either the simplex or the complex anaphor are ever completely ruled out, but rather that one is (possibly strongly) preferred over the other. ...
Passé Composé with “être”
... Passé Composé with “être” There are 16 common verbs that had a “falling out” with “avoir.” They chose “être” as their helping verb. More free powerpoints at http://www.worldofteaching.com ...
... Passé Composé with “être” There are 16 common verbs that had a “falling out” with “avoir.” They chose “être” as their helping verb. More free powerpoints at http://www.worldofteaching.com ...
ianguage - University of California, Berkeley
... deviates in many respects from the customary method. About the merits of the approach of Boas, Goddard, Michelson, etc., no words are necessary. To seek to describe a language in terms of its specific structure with complete disregard, for the time being, of all historical and genetic problems is a ...
... deviates in many respects from the customary method. About the merits of the approach of Boas, Goddard, Michelson, etc., no words are necessary. To seek to describe a language in terms of its specific structure with complete disregard, for the time being, of all historical and genetic problems is a ...
1-1 1-1 Japanese Audio Flashcard Lessons, Grammar Guide, 9
... O, sometimes written as wo, is used to show that the preceding term is a direct object. For example, hon o kau = hon o kaimasu = ‘I will buy a book’ or ‘I buy a book’ (or books). Misete is the te form of miseru = ‘show.’ Since the te or de form of a verb sometimes adds the meaning ‘ing,’ misete can ...
... O, sometimes written as wo, is used to show that the preceding term is a direct object. For example, hon o kau = hon o kaimasu = ‘I will buy a book’ or ‘I buy a book’ (or books). Misete is the te form of miseru = ‘show.’ Since the te or de form of a verb sometimes adds the meaning ‘ing,’ misete can ...
575 Tlingit Verbs - Sealaska Heritage Institute
... were compiled into a database using Toolbox software and additionally organized into a user-friendly online database, hosted on the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation website. Based on the documented forms, descriptions of each of the twelve modes were written, with second language students and teachers a ...
... were compiled into a database using Toolbox software and additionally organized into a user-friendly online database, hosted on the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation website. Based on the documented forms, descriptions of each of the twelve modes were written, with second language students and teachers a ...
ra - Stichting Papua Erfgoed
... lexical main accent, precedes accented syllable lexical secondary accent, precedes accented syllable accent in connected speech, precedes accented syllable (grave accent) over a vowel: falling pitch (acute accent) over a vowel: rising pitch (bar) over vowels in a sequence: allegro speech varies with ...
... lexical main accent, precedes accented syllable lexical secondary accent, precedes accented syllable accent in connected speech, precedes accented syllable (grave accent) over a vowel: falling pitch (acute accent) over a vowel: rising pitch (bar) over vowels in a sequence: allegro speech varies with ...
T H E I N C E P... E D T O P I C S ...
... The converbs, indicated with bold, have lost their original meaning, i.e. that of encoding a distinct action/event. Leslau (1995:359) notes that the Amharic verb ansɨta „she having picked up‟ in 1:1a cannot be translated into English. Example 1:1b is also uttered when no action of grasping by the do ...
... The converbs, indicated with bold, have lost their original meaning, i.e. that of encoding a distinct action/event. Leslau (1995:359) notes that the Amharic verb ansɨta „she having picked up‟ in 1:1a cannot be translated into English. Example 1:1b is also uttered when no action of grasping by the do ...
la ciudad el mar el país
... 2. Yo vi ( a ) un monumento grande en el parque nacional. 3. Escribimos muchas tarjetas ( a ) nuestros primos. 4. Visité ( a ) mi familia durante las vacaciones. 5. Lavaron ( a ) su perro Fifí. 6. Buscamos ( a ) una tienda de ropa buena. 7. Compré ( a ) un boleto de avión ayer. 8. Busqué ( a ) mi he ...
... 2. Yo vi ( a ) un monumento grande en el parque nacional. 3. Escribimos muchas tarjetas ( a ) nuestros primos. 4. Visité ( a ) mi familia durante las vacaciones. 5. Lavaron ( a ) su perro Fifí. 6. Buscamos ( a ) una tienda de ropa buena. 7. Compré ( a ) un boleto de avión ayer. 8. Busqué ( a ) mi he ...
Meaning Through Syntax: Language
... subject of the clausal verb (e.g., the horse racing past the barn . . .) also has meaning, but what that might be is outside the scope of this article. It is object reduced relatives that have been the focus of much psycholinguistic research. For the object reduced relative construction, we propose ...
... subject of the clausal verb (e.g., the horse racing past the barn . . .) also has meaning, but what that might be is outside the scope of this article. It is object reduced relatives that have been the focus of much psycholinguistic research. For the object reduced relative construction, we propose ...
Long Head Movement is Short Head Movement
... a. Ivan je pojeo sve gljive. Ivan is eaten all mushrooms ‘Ivan has eaten all the mushrooms.’ ...
... a. Ivan je pojeo sve gljive. Ivan is eaten all mushrooms ‘Ivan has eaten all the mushrooms.’ ...
PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH AND CATALAN
... As far as V-ing postnominal clauses are concerned, two essential issues are the properties of the head Act and the adjunction site of ActP. Essentially, a V-ing clause is an ActP (the projection of the head Act) with a VP complement. Following Kayne (1994) -who, in turn, follows Vergnaud (1984)--1 p ...
... As far as V-ing postnominal clauses are concerned, two essential issues are the properties of the head Act and the adjunction site of ActP. Essentially, a V-ing clause is an ActP (the projection of the head Act) with a VP complement. Following Kayne (1994) -who, in turn, follows Vergnaud (1984)--1 p ...
azu_td_9032531_sip1_
... Thepkanjana 1986; Savetamalya 1988), but few have worked on semantics (Kanchanawan 1978). The terms "auxiliaries" or "auxiliary verbs" used for describing the elements in Thai are rather confusing. While some call these elements "auxiliaries", ...
... Thepkanjana 1986; Savetamalya 1988), but few have worked on semantics (Kanchanawan 1978). The terms "auxiliaries" or "auxiliary verbs" used for describing the elements in Thai are rather confusing. While some call these elements "auxiliaries", ...
Nominal Roots as Event Predicates in English Denominal
... a constraint on possible interpretations is identified: intransitive denominal conversion verbs are infelicitous where the source nominal is intended to be an incremental theme (#apple ‘eat apple’), a patient (#shirt ‘wear shirt’), or the holder of a result state (#window ‘open window’). This little ...
... a constraint on possible interpretations is identified: intransitive denominal conversion verbs are infelicitous where the source nominal is intended to be an incremental theme (#apple ‘eat apple’), a patient (#shirt ‘wear shirt’), or the holder of a result state (#window ‘open window’). This little ...
Identity of Roots - LingBuzz
... The paper is laid out as follows. In section 2, the relevant aspects of the Distributed Morphology model are reviewed, and its original concept of an un-‐individuated acategorial root node is introduced. ...
... The paper is laid out as follows. In section 2, the relevant aspects of the Distributed Morphology model are reviewed, and its original concept of an un-‐individuated acategorial root node is introduced. ...
Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax
... even earlier), this is the only linguistically relevant combinatorial system that there is, i.e. we are dealing with only one set of primitives and one set of operations. Two distinct types of lexical information have always been recognised: unstructured encyclopaedic information with its infinitely ...
... even earlier), this is the only linguistically relevant combinatorial system that there is, i.e. we are dealing with only one set of primitives and one set of operations. Two distinct types of lexical information have always been recognised: unstructured encyclopaedic information with its infinitely ...
Adverbs What is an Adverb? Adverb Form
... Adverbs of Manner List Alphabetical list of common single-word manner adverbs Adverbs of manner form the largest group of adverbs. We make most of them simply by adding -ly to their corresponding adjective. This is an alphabetical list of 130 common ...
... Adverbs of Manner List Alphabetical list of common single-word manner adverbs Adverbs of manner form the largest group of adverbs. We make most of them simply by adding -ly to their corresponding adjective. This is an alphabetical list of 130 common ...
Reconsidering the Dative Shift Szabóné Papp Judit
... (ii) should it be dealt with on the interface of syntax and semantics as a kind of thematic role, or (iii)should it be handled within lexical semantics as a kind of lexical rule? The example of English even raises the question whether it is language universal or not, as in this language it displays ...
... (ii) should it be dealt with on the interface of syntax and semantics as a kind of thematic role, or (iii)should it be handled within lexical semantics as a kind of lexical rule? The example of English even raises the question whether it is language universal or not, as in this language it displays ...
Persian complex predicates and the limits of inheritance
... form a hierarchy, that is there is a most general concept that dominates sub-concepts. The sub-concepts are said to inherit information from their super-concepts, hence the name inheritance hierarchy. From the encyclopedia example, it should be clear that some concepts can refer to several super-con ...
... form a hierarchy, that is there is a most general concept that dominates sub-concepts. The sub-concepts are said to inherit information from their super-concepts, hence the name inheritance hierarchy. From the encyclopedia example, it should be clear that some concepts can refer to several super-con ...
workbook
... The song given above is a very old Tomahawk Society or Club Society Song, written down by Natalie Curtis in the early 1900s. Notice that the song is all about “I”, and notice also that virtually every word ends with -noo. Based on this pattern, you can figure out that when a person is talking about ...
... The song given above is a very old Tomahawk Society or Club Society Song, written down by Natalie Curtis in the early 1900s. Notice that the song is all about “I”, and notice also that virtually every word ends with -noo. Based on this pattern, you can figure out that when a person is talking about ...
The Reduced Relative Clause: A Misnomer?
... participles convey an uncompleted action and so are interpreted as occurring simultaneously with the time referred to by the matrix verb. Unreduced relatives can only be interpreted „deictically‟. This is why sentences such as (9b) and (9d) are perfectly acceptable. Relative to the moment of speakin ...
... participles convey an uncompleted action and so are interpreted as occurring simultaneously with the time referred to by the matrix verb. Unreduced relatives can only be interpreted „deictically‟. This is why sentences such as (9b) and (9d) are perfectly acceptable. Relative to the moment of speakin ...