Mismatches in default inheritance
... cats have fewer than four legs, perhaps as the result of an accident, so there are exceptions whose actual characteristics 'override' the default. When your particular cat stands up and you can count the legs, you do not have to revise its classification it is still a cat, but an exceptional one. In ...
... cats have fewer than four legs, perhaps as the result of an accident, so there are exceptions whose actual characteristics 'override' the default. When your particular cat stands up and you can count the legs, you do not have to revise its classification it is still a cat, but an exceptional one. In ...
IN DEFENSE OF PASSIVE Consider the following three sentences
... arguments. The kernel rules (corresponding to the rules of functional application inMontague, 1974: Paper 8, henceforth PTQ) depend on a system of syntactic categories of the general form a/b, which are mapped into types in the semantics. If a certain expression is in the category a/b then it can be ...
... arguments. The kernel rules (corresponding to the rules of functional application inMontague, 1974: Paper 8, henceforth PTQ) depend on a system of syntactic categories of the general form a/b, which are mapped into types in the semantics. If a certain expression is in the category a/b then it can be ...
LESSON 10: PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES (ADVERBS)
... Tip: Sometimes, prepositional phrases can be interpreted as either adjectives or adverbs. The meaning can change depending on the emphasis and context given by the speaker or writer. Changing the word order of a sentence can also change its meaning. For instance, notice how the meaning changes for t ...
... Tip: Sometimes, prepositional phrases can be interpreted as either adjectives or adverbs. The meaning can change depending on the emphasis and context given by the speaker or writer. Changing the word order of a sentence can also change its meaning. For instance, notice how the meaning changes for t ...
The Latin Alphabet
... If a mountain man knows any other language at all, it is probably bad Spanish. This will not help him much more than English to understand Latin, but at least will have given him some idea of what another language is, and that it is not just a word-for-word substitution of his own. Both English and ...
... If a mountain man knows any other language at all, it is probably bad Spanish. This will not help him much more than English to understand Latin, but at least will have given him some idea of what another language is, and that it is not just a word-for-word substitution of his own. Both English and ...
The semantic constraints on the VERB + zhĕ nouns in
... stem has two syllables, the object can be fronted. Although both sequences are grammatical, the OBJECT-V-zhe form is the preferred one. If a transitive verb has only one syllable, there can only be one order, V-OBJECT-zhe. The syllable constraint decides the template of the VERB+zhe nouns. For those ...
... stem has two syllables, the object can be fronted. Although both sequences are grammatical, the OBJECT-V-zhe form is the preferred one. If a transitive verb has only one syllable, there can only be one order, V-OBJECT-zhe. The syllable constraint decides the template of the VERB+zhe nouns. For those ...
Adverbs in the Sanskrit wordnet
... Cappeller, C., Sanskrit–German, 1887 Apte V. S., Sanskrit-English, 1890 Cappeller, C., Sanskrit–English, 1891 Macdonell A. A. Sanskrit–English 1893 Monier-Williams M., Leumann, and Cappeller, Sanskrit–English, 1899 Stchoupak, N., Nitti, L. and Renou L.,Sanskrit–French, 1932 Ghatge, A. M., Sanskrit–E ...
... Cappeller, C., Sanskrit–German, 1887 Apte V. S., Sanskrit-English, 1890 Cappeller, C., Sanskrit–English, 1891 Macdonell A. A. Sanskrit–English 1893 Monier-Williams M., Leumann, and Cappeller, Sanskrit–English, 1899 Stchoupak, N., Nitti, L. and Renou L.,Sanskrit–French, 1932 Ghatge, A. M., Sanskrit–E ...
1 Introduction 2 Indirect objects in Greek
... optional doubled NP); indirect objects in NG can appear in the periphrastic dative, but accusative NP objects must obligatorily be doubled by a clitic; similarly, the complements of locatives must either be in the periphrastic dative or doubled by a clitic; and some verbs disallow periphrastic dativ ...
... optional doubled NP); indirect objects in NG can appear in the periphrastic dative, but accusative NP objects must obligatorily be doubled by a clitic; similarly, the complements of locatives must either be in the periphrastic dative or doubled by a clitic; and some verbs disallow periphrastic dativ ...
Correct Answer: D
... 2. across nation, no one can match our quality. 3. across nation, but no one can match our quality. 4. across nation, and no one can match our quality. 5. across nation, nor no one can match our quality. Correct Answer: C Explanation: This sentence has an error by using an inappropriate conjunction ...
... 2. across nation, no one can match our quality. 3. across nation, but no one can match our quality. 4. across nation, and no one can match our quality. 5. across nation, nor no one can match our quality. Correct Answer: C Explanation: This sentence has an error by using an inappropriate conjunction ...
Linguistic Models - Geert Booij`s Page
... LCS specifies the semantic structure of the verb to eat: it expresses a specific action, which is indicated by the concept EAT, an action in which two participants are involved, indicated by the ordered pair of variables x and y (traditionally referred to as the logical subject and the logical objec ...
... LCS specifies the semantic structure of the verb to eat: it expresses a specific action, which is indicated by the concept EAT, an action in which two participants are involved, indicated by the ordered pair of variables x and y (traditionally referred to as the logical subject and the logical objec ...
Basic Language Skills
... are, being, was, were, been, of which only one is derivable from a principal part (being is derived from be). On the history of this verb, see Indo-European copula. Verbs had more forms when the pronoun thou was still in regular use and there was a number distinction in the second person. To be, for ...
... are, being, was, were, been, of which only one is derivable from a principal part (being is derived from be). On the history of this verb, see Indo-European copula. Verbs had more forms when the pronoun thou was still in regular use and there was a number distinction in the second person. To be, for ...
Online Syntactic Storage Costs in Sentence
... structures require more syntactic memory or storage space to process than left- or rightbranching structures (Chomsky & Miller, 1963; Gibson, 1991, 1998; Abney & Johnson, 1991; Lewis, 1996; Stabler, 1994), but the accounts differ in what aspects of syntactic structure are associated with storage cos ...
... structures require more syntactic memory or storage space to process than left- or rightbranching structures (Chomsky & Miller, 1963; Gibson, 1991, 1998; Abney & Johnson, 1991; Lewis, 1996; Stabler, 1994), but the accounts differ in what aspects of syntactic structure are associated with storage cos ...
Abstract
... while the perfective aspect allows for four tenses: - perfectum (obljubil sem, 'I have promised'(PF)), - plusquamperfectum (obljubil sem bil, 'I had promised'(PF)), - futurum exactum (obljubil bom 'I will promise’(PF)), - aorist (obljubim, 'I promise’(PF)). One thing is certain for Skrabec (1887:VII ...
... while the perfective aspect allows for four tenses: - perfectum (obljubil sem, 'I have promised'(PF)), - plusquamperfectum (obljubil sem bil, 'I had promised'(PF)), - futurum exactum (obljubil bom 'I will promise’(PF)), - aorist (obljubim, 'I promise’(PF)). One thing is certain for Skrabec (1887:VII ...
International Workshop on Nominalizers and Copulas in East Asian
... In this section I’ll discuss some historical developments of nominalizations in the Tamangic languages. These developments include 1) the issue of the genitive with adnominals nominalizations, 2) the development of tense distinctions in nomimalized clauses, 3) the creation of new nominalizers, and 4 ...
... In this section I’ll discuss some historical developments of nominalizations in the Tamangic languages. These developments include 1) the issue of the genitive with adnominals nominalizations, 2) the development of tense distinctions in nomimalized clauses, 3) the creation of new nominalizers, and 4 ...
Lesson Planner
... Exercise 6: Blueprint for Writing: Outline (T) Exercise 7: Write It: Introductory Paragraph Challenge Text: “The Quest for a Continent” ...
... Exercise 6: Blueprint for Writing: Outline (T) Exercise 7: Write It: Introductory Paragraph Challenge Text: “The Quest for a Continent” ...
Dative Clitics and Case Licensing in Standard and Macedonian Greek
... optional doubled NP); indirect objects in NG can appear in the periphrastic dative, but accusative NP objects must obligatorily be doubled by a clitic; similarly, the complements of locatives must either be in the periphrastic dative or doubled by a clitic; and some verbs disallow periphrastic dativ ...
... optional doubled NP); indirect objects in NG can appear in the periphrastic dative, but accusative NP objects must obligatorily be doubled by a clitic; similarly, the complements of locatives must either be in the periphrastic dative or doubled by a clitic; and some verbs disallow periphrastic dativ ...
paper - Ohlone - University of California, Santa Cruz
... Despite its origin, and despite the fact that it fulfills many of the same discourse functions as short passives in English, the autonomous construction is not a passive—or not at least if by a passive form we mean one in which the underlying object of a transitive verb is rendered as a surface subje ...
... Despite its origin, and despite the fact that it fulfills many of the same discourse functions as short passives in English, the autonomous construction is not a passive—or not at least if by a passive form we mean one in which the underlying object of a transitive verb is rendered as a surface subje ...
Conjunctions - Mr. Swartos`s Webpage
... Prep. Phr.: Put the luggage on the doorstep or in the garage. Sentences: Our family wanted to go to Sturgis but we decided to go to Fargo instead. ...
... Prep. Phr.: Put the luggage on the doorstep or in the garage. Sentences: Our family wanted to go to Sturgis but we decided to go to Fargo instead. ...
Spanish Learning Resources
... In the previous three lessons you learned the fundamental difference between ser and estar -essence or condition, as well as some common uses for each verb. This lesson presents the two verbs side by side, with the emphasis on contrasting their uses. In the process, much -- but not all -- of the pre ...
... In the previous three lessons you learned the fundamental difference between ser and estar -essence or condition, as well as some common uses for each verb. This lesson presents the two verbs side by side, with the emphasis on contrasting their uses. In the process, much -- but not all -- of the pre ...
How motion verbs are special
... mation in verb meanings is regarded as part of a universal linguistic system for encoding meaning or world-knowledge. In this kind of meaning we clearly see world knowledge encoded linguistically, in the fact that the grammar represents the events captured in verb meanings as having or not having a ...
... mation in verb meanings is regarded as part of a universal linguistic system for encoding meaning or world-knowledge. In this kind of meaning we clearly see world knowledge encoded linguistically, in the fact that the grammar represents the events captured in verb meanings as having or not having a ...
English Reading, Speaking and Listening Plan
... Most people read words more accurately than they spell them. The younger pupils are, the truer this is. By the end of year 1, pupils should be able to read a large number of different words containing the GPCs that they have learnt, whether or not they have seen these words before. Spelling, however ...
... Most people read words more accurately than they spell them. The younger pupils are, the truer this is. By the end of year 1, pupils should be able to read a large number of different words containing the GPCs that they have learnt, whether or not they have seen these words before. Spelling, however ...
Lecture Notes: Linguistics
... How can people understand so many sentences, when most of them are so rare that they will only be heard once if they are heard at all? Our understanding of exactly how this could work took a great leap early in this century when mathematicians noticed that our ability to do this is analogous to the ...
... How can people understand so many sentences, when most of them are so rare that they will only be heard once if they are heard at all? Our understanding of exactly how this could work took a great leap early in this century when mathematicians noticed that our ability to do this is analogous to the ...
Lesson Nine - PageFarm.net
... • In the last lesson we learned that there are three kinds of verbals: →Participles →Gerunds →Infinitives ...
... • In the last lesson we learned that there are three kinds of verbals: →Participles →Gerunds →Infinitives ...
An Automatic Procedure for Topic
... knows at least two languages. In (4)-(6), differences in presuppositions are connected with at least some readings of the sentences. Thus, (6)(b) presupposes that "they" moved to Chicago (since this phrase belongs to the topic). This presupposition is absent in (6)(a), in which the to phrase belongs ...
... knows at least two languages. In (4)-(6), differences in presuppositions are connected with at least some readings of the sentences. Thus, (6)(b) presupposes that "they" moved to Chicago (since this phrase belongs to the topic). This presupposition is absent in (6)(a), in which the to phrase belongs ...