Chapter 2
... The auxiliary has in (1a) marks perfective aspect (in that it marks the ‘perfection’ / ‘completion’ of the activity of eating. For similar reasons the verb eaten is referred to as the perfective form of the verb (also known as the past participle). In (1b) the auxiliary is marks progressive (or impe ...
... The auxiliary has in (1a) marks perfective aspect (in that it marks the ‘perfection’ / ‘completion’ of the activity of eating. For similar reasons the verb eaten is referred to as the perfective form of the verb (also known as the past participle). In (1b) the auxiliary is marks progressive (or impe ...
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... outside o f the applicative construction; there is no transfer verb * haaren (‘hair’).2 The applicative predication in (3) denotes a transfer event o f the type denoted by trivalent applicative verbs like laden (‘load’), and yet the transfer implication cannot be attributed to the semantics o f the ...
... outside o f the applicative construction; there is no transfer verb * haaren (‘hair’).2 The applicative predication in (3) denotes a transfer event o f the type denoted by trivalent applicative verbs like laden (‘load’), and yet the transfer implication cannot be attributed to the semantics o f the ...
Deverbal reflexive and passive in Chuvash (JSFOu 94)
... věrěl ‘catch [a] cold after being ill’ ← věr ‘blow’ (Egorov 1957: 169–170). In the next decade, Ivan Andreevič Andreev (1928–), a pupil of Egorov, presents four voices: 1) basic kăškăr- ‘shout’, xăvala- ‘follow, chase’, pulăš- ‘help’; 2) reflexivepassive, e.g. xuśăl- ‘break (itr.)’, păsăl- ‘go bad, ...
... věrěl ‘catch [a] cold after being ill’ ← věr ‘blow’ (Egorov 1957: 169–170). In the next decade, Ivan Andreevič Andreev (1928–), a pupil of Egorov, presents four voices: 1) basic kăškăr- ‘shout’, xăvala- ‘follow, chase’, pulăš- ‘help’; 2) reflexivepassive, e.g. xuśăl- ‘break (itr.)’, păsăl- ‘go bad, ...
The compound verbal modal predicate
... general terms, a knowledge of grammar is part of our knowledge of the world and of ourselves. The use of language is a distinctively human activity, so it is appropriate for us to understand how it works. The study of grammar enables us to say why [1] is acceptable and [2] is not. It enables us to ...
... general terms, a knowledge of grammar is part of our knowledge of the world and of ourselves. The use of language is a distinctively human activity, so it is appropriate for us to understand how it works. The study of grammar enables us to say why [1] is acceptable and [2] is not. It enables us to ...
Clause Structure: the three layers
... move elements to positions that could be generated by means of Phrase Structure rules, the Head Movement Constraint says that heads only move to head positions, Relativized Minimality claims that heads are related to other local heads and phrases to other similar local phrases, and the Extension Con ...
... move elements to positions that could be generated by means of Phrase Structure rules, the Head Movement Constraint says that heads only move to head positions, Relativized Minimality claims that heads are related to other local heads and phrases to other similar local phrases, and the Extension Con ...
Jennifer Arnold Thesis, spring 1992 Swarthmore College Dr.
... words such as "ldidawy" (he/she/it works) are pronounced ,lkoo8awi/, which doesn't include a glide at the end. I have dispensed with the Unified y-i rule in my own orthography, using "y" only to mark a glide, and using "i" otherwise. All cited examples will be also translated from the alphabet of th ...
... words such as "ldidawy" (he/she/it works) are pronounced ,lkoo8awi/, which doesn't include a glide at the end. I have dispensed with the Unified y-i rule in my own orthography, using "y" only to mark a glide, and using "i" otherwise. All cited examples will be also translated from the alphabet of th ...
Aspectual licensing and object shift - bu people
... With regard to Heine’s view that [S Aux O V] arises via object-preposing, there are two gaps in his otherwise convincing survey. First, he accepts Westermann’s view that OV order in Gbå gerunds reduces to the prenominal order of possessors. But this correlation fails in ⁄gbo and Yor∞bÄ which have OV ...
... With regard to Heine’s view that [S Aux O V] arises via object-preposing, there are two gaps in his otherwise convincing survey. First, he accepts Westermann’s view that OV order in Gbå gerunds reduces to the prenominal order of possessors. But this correlation fails in ⁄gbo and Yor∞bÄ which have OV ...
Noongar Waangkiny - Noongar Language Centre
... spellings of Noongar words, but the main differences occur because of the range of dialects in Noongar country. Most differences occur in pronunciation of similar words, but different dialects may also use completely different words in some instances. (See table on p. 5) Rose Whitehurst stated that ...
... spellings of Noongar words, but the main differences occur because of the range of dialects in Noongar country. Most differences occur in pronunciation of similar words, but different dialects may also use completely different words in some instances. (See table on p. 5) Rose Whitehurst stated that ...
Prefixes and the Delimitation of Events*
... 2.1. Quantization and Telicity The form and meaning of complex nominal and verbal predicates are partly motivated by the intuition that “we do not use the expressions that chunk up our experience with (singular) expressions that provide that experience already chunked up” (Bach 1981: 74). For exampl ...
... 2.1. Quantization and Telicity The form and meaning of complex nominal and verbal predicates are partly motivated by the intuition that “we do not use the expressions that chunk up our experience with (singular) expressions that provide that experience already chunked up” (Bach 1981: 74). For exampl ...
lavarse el pelo - Waterford Public Schools
... Some verbs can be reflexive AND non reflexive. However, they can have small but important changes in meaning when they become reflexive. ...
... Some verbs can be reflexive AND non reflexive. However, they can have small but important changes in meaning when they become reflexive. ...
Verbs are a necessary component of all sentences
... Conversation is communication with two or more people taking turns while talking to each other face-to-face or on the telephone. The most significant feature of conversation is cooperation of the participants as a conversation is not just the way to give and receive information. A conversation is a ...
... Conversation is communication with two or more people taking turns while talking to each other face-to-face or on the telephone. The most significant feature of conversation is cooperation of the participants as a conversation is not just the way to give and receive information. A conversation is a ...
Aphasia and the Theta System
... problems. I am specially grateful to my supervisor Anita van Loon-Vervoorn for all that she has done for me. She offered me the chance to do an internship supervised by her at the rehabilitation center De Hoogstraat in Utrecht despite the fact that my Dutch at that moment was not good enough (and I ...
... problems. I am specially grateful to my supervisor Anita van Loon-Vervoorn for all that she has done for me. She offered me the chance to do an internship supervised by her at the rehabilitation center De Hoogstraat in Utrecht despite the fact that my Dutch at that moment was not good enough (and I ...
Glossary
... And it is not only the descendants of Latin, and not only case systems, which have suffered such thorough disintegration. Ancient languages such as Sanskrit, Greek and Gothic flaunted not just highly complex case systems on nouns, but even more complex systems of endings on verbs, which were used to ...
... And it is not only the descendants of Latin, and not only case systems, which have suffered such thorough disintegration. Ancient languages such as Sanskrit, Greek and Gothic flaunted not just highly complex case systems on nouns, but even more complex systems of endings on verbs, which were used to ...
Reciprocal markers in Adyghe, their relations and interactions
... and (rare) zy-m adry-r ‘one another’ (see section 9). 3. A possessive marker on the direct object, in combination with the plural verbal marker -x, used as a peripheral device (see 3.1.3.3). Comitative is coded with the marker de-/dy- (see section 4), which can also designate assistive. Sociative is ...
... and (rare) zy-m adry-r ‘one another’ (see section 9). 3. A possessive marker on the direct object, in combination with the plural verbal marker -x, used as a peripheral device (see 3.1.3.3). Comitative is coded with the marker de-/dy- (see section 4), which can also designate assistive. Sociative is ...
Perception of contrastive bi-syllabic lexical stress in unaccented and
... and semantic support. A final paradigm presents a phrase or sentence that includes a bi-syllabic word and asks listeners to identify whether or not the phrase or sentence is used appropriately (Cutler and Clifton, 1984). For example, the word OBject appearing in the phrase “to object” would not be a ...
... and semantic support. A final paradigm presents a phrase or sentence that includes a bi-syllabic word and asks listeners to identify whether or not the phrase or sentence is used appropriately (Cutler and Clifton, 1984). For example, the word OBject appearing in the phrase “to object” would not be a ...
interference in learning english: grammatical errors in english essay
... limits (or determines) the nouns that follow them. These words could be in the form of articles (the, a(n)), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), possessive determiners (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) and quantifiers (one, two, ten million). Structurally, a determiner precedes an adjecti ...
... limits (or determines) the nouns that follow them. These words could be in the form of articles (the, a(n)), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), possessive determiners (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) and quantifiers (one, two, ten million). Structurally, a determiner precedes an adjecti ...
The Semantics of Russian Genitive of Negation: The Nature and
... "EXISTENCE IS RELATIVE" PRINCIPLE: Existence (in the sense relevant to AES's and NBS' s) is always relative to a LOC(ation). ...
... "EXISTENCE IS RELATIVE" PRINCIPLE: Existence (in the sense relevant to AES's and NBS' s) is always relative to a LOC(ation). ...
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... which has recently surfaced from two directions is that Mayan AF verbs might be INVERSE verbs, in the sense of Algonquian linguistics. Inverse systems involve a contrast between direct and inverse verbs, the distribution of which is determined by reference to some prominence hierarchy, typically per ...
... which has recently surfaced from two directions is that Mayan AF verbs might be INVERSE verbs, in the sense of Algonquian linguistics. Inverse systems involve a contrast between direct and inverse verbs, the distribution of which is determined by reference to some prominence hierarchy, typically per ...
Orf, Amy - Ohio State University Knowledge Bank
... were either sitting or lying down. Furthermore, estar is not used to express spatial location in these examples. Instead, it adds gran1matical meaning, that of progressive aspect. In (3), the adverb luengamente 'for a long time' seems to emphasize the aspectual meaning of estar. In addition to a rel ...
... were either sitting or lying down. Furthermore, estar is not used to express spatial location in these examples. Instead, it adds gran1matical meaning, that of progressive aspect. In (3), the adverb luengamente 'for a long time' seems to emphasize the aspectual meaning of estar. In addition to a rel ...
“The Use of the Gerund in the English Language and ways of its
... consisting of a gerund and some modifiers that function as the direct object, indirect object, or complement of an action or a state expressed in the gerund. Finding a needle in a haystack would be easier then what we're trying to do. finding (gerund) a needle (direct object of the action expressed ...
... consisting of a gerund and some modifiers that function as the direct object, indirect object, or complement of an action or a state expressed in the gerund. Finding a needle in a haystack would be easier then what we're trying to do. finding (gerund) a needle (direct object of the action expressed ...
verbal prefixes and suffixes in nominalization - FRITT
... as follows. I collected the top verbs in the frequency list in the current Corpus and broadened the sample with the derivational nests of these verbs (for basic verbs I added their prefix derivatives, for other verbs the basic verbs they were derived from and the derivatives). This resulted in 201 v ...
... as follows. I collected the top verbs in the frequency list in the current Corpus and broadened the sample with the derivational nests of these verbs (for basic verbs I added their prefix derivatives, for other verbs the basic verbs they were derived from and the derivatives). This resulted in 201 v ...
The -ing dynasty: Rebuilding the semantics of nominalizations
... processes that produce -ing words, such as deverbal adjectives (charming, fascinating) or denominal nouns of material (planking, roofing), while Pullum & Zwicky (1999) list twenty-five distinct syntactic constructions that use an -ing-inflected verb. A full account of -ing forms in their syntax, mor ...
... processes that produce -ing words, such as deverbal adjectives (charming, fascinating) or denominal nouns of material (planking, roofing), while Pullum & Zwicky (1999) list twenty-five distinct syntactic constructions that use an -ing-inflected verb. A full account of -ing forms in their syntax, mor ...