Building Statives
... Two kinds of adjectival passives The adjectival passive construction that is traditionally called ‘Zustandspassiv’ (‘state passive’) in German seems to have the same syntactic and semantic properties as its English cousin, except that it is easier to identify. German state or adjectival passives sel ...
... Two kinds of adjectival passives The adjectival passive construction that is traditionally called ‘Zustandspassiv’ (‘state passive’) in German seems to have the same syntactic and semantic properties as its English cousin, except that it is easier to identify. German state or adjectival passives sel ...
Building Statives - Semantics Archive
... Two kinds of adjectival passives The adjectival passive construction that is traditionally called ‘Zustandspassiv’ (‘state passive’) in German seems to have the same syntactic and semantic properties as its English cousin, except that it is easier to identify. German state or adjectival passives sel ...
... Two kinds of adjectival passives The adjectival passive construction that is traditionally called ‘Zustandspassiv’ (‘state passive’) in German seems to have the same syntactic and semantic properties as its English cousin, except that it is easier to identify. German state or adjectival passives sel ...
Necessitative passive This TV needs fixing. The Department of English
... (5). This orientation is identical to the one in the be-passive in PDE, and the basic meaning gained from the necessitative passive is quite similar to the one of the be-passive, except that the necessitative passive has an extra meaning, normally related to deontic modality (cf. Section 3.5), which ...
... (5). This orientation is identical to the one in the be-passive in PDE, and the basic meaning gained from the necessitative passive is quite similar to the one of the be-passive, except that the necessitative passive has an extra meaning, normally related to deontic modality (cf. Section 3.5), which ...
Passive and Active Voices
... Passive and Active Voices Verbs are also said to be either active (The executive committee approved the new policy) or passive (The new policy was approved by the executive committee) in voice. In the active voice, the subject and verb relationship is straightforward: the subject is a be-er or a do- ...
... Passive and Active Voices Verbs are also said to be either active (The executive committee approved the new policy) or passive (The new policy was approved by the executive committee) in voice. In the active voice, the subject and verb relationship is straightforward: the subject is a be-er or a do- ...
Kara Passmore Linguistics Senior Thesis POSSESSIVE-ING and ACCUSATIVE-ING Constructions in English
... Hudson speculates that POSS-ING may be more accepted in American English than it is in British English. He cites as evidence the fact that when American linguists first began to discuss the gerund in the 19608 and 1970s, they typically only used examples of POSS-ING, and in fact used the term POSS·I ...
... Hudson speculates that POSS-ING may be more accepted in American English than it is in British English. He cites as evidence the fact that when American linguists first began to discuss the gerund in the 19608 and 1970s, they typically only used examples of POSS-ING, and in fact used the term POSS·I ...
Grammar At A Glance Document
... o Participant as subject of the verb—the subject is the participant in the sentence doing the action. (the ‘doer’ of the verb) o Participant as object of the verb—the object is the participant in the sentence receiving the action. (the ‘done –to’ of the verb) o The attribute—sometimes a subject will ...
... o Participant as subject of the verb—the subject is the participant in the sentence doing the action. (the ‘doer’ of the verb) o Participant as object of the verb—the object is the participant in the sentence receiving the action. (the ‘done –to’ of the verb) o The attribute—sometimes a subject will ...
The grammaticalization of mood and modality in Omotic
... commitment with respect to the factual status of what he is saying (his emphatic certainty, his uncertainty or doubt, etc.), it is customary to refer to the ‘unmarked’ sentences also (by courtesy as it were) as being ‘in a certain mood’; and the traditional term for this ‘unmarked’ mood is indicati ...
... commitment with respect to the factual status of what he is saying (his emphatic certainty, his uncertainty or doubt, etc.), it is customary to refer to the ‘unmarked’ sentences also (by courtesy as it were) as being ‘in a certain mood’; and the traditional term for this ‘unmarked’ mood is indicati ...
Yearbook of Morphology
... As proposed in Booij (1994), two types of inflection should be distinguished, inherent and contextual inflection. Inherent inflection is the kind of inflection that is not required by the syntactic context, although it may have syntactic relevance. Examples are the category number for nouns, compara ...
... As proposed in Booij (1994), two types of inflection should be distinguished, inherent and contextual inflection. Inherent inflection is the kind of inflection that is not required by the syntactic context, although it may have syntactic relevance. Examples are the category number for nouns, compara ...
Old Irish pronouns: agreement affixes vs. clitic arguments.
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
Le: from pronoun to intensifier*
... from its object pronoun function. Intensifier le is a verbal affix that emphasizes the ‘‘doing’’ of the action indicated by the verbal base, where an erstwhile participant has become a locus for the realization of the action. Diachronically, this use results from two bleaching processes: weakening o ...
... from its object pronoun function. Intensifier le is a verbal affix that emphasizes the ‘‘doing’’ of the action indicated by the verbal base, where an erstwhile participant has become a locus for the realization of the action. Diachronically, this use results from two bleaching processes: weakening o ...
On number and numberlessness in languages without articles
... and Armenian cannot be defined in purely semantic or syntactic terms, as mentioned above, such nominals are clearly syntactically selected. For example, in Russian they can be selected by a certain preposition, the preposition v ‘into’, or by certain verbal morphology (specifically, the combinatio ...
... and Armenian cannot be defined in purely semantic or syntactic terms, as mentioned above, such nominals are clearly syntactically selected. For example, in Russian they can be selected by a certain preposition, the preposition v ‘into’, or by certain verbal morphology (specifically, the combinatio ...
simple and complex predicates
... although this use of coverbs as ‘semi-independent predicates’ is stylistically marked (§3.4). Section 3.5 describes the integration of Kriol loans into complex verbs. An overview of simple and complex verb constructions and their relative frequency is provided in §3.6. ...
... although this use of coverbs as ‘semi-independent predicates’ is stylistically marked (§3.4). Section 3.5 describes the integration of Kriol loans into complex verbs. An overview of simple and complex verb constructions and their relative frequency is provided in §3.6. ...
MOVEMENT TRIGGERS AND THE ETIOLOGY OF
... lines of Rizzi (1997)5. I will show that these temporal structures are sorts of oblique-clefts (along the lines of what has been originally proposed by Benincà, Salvi and Frison, 1988). After a description of comparative and historical data, we will see in which way movement is responsible of the dy ...
... lines of Rizzi (1997)5. I will show that these temporal structures are sorts of oblique-clefts (along the lines of what has been originally proposed by Benincà, Salvi and Frison, 1988). After a description of comparative and historical data, we will see in which way movement is responsible of the dy ...
structure 3
... exercises. The theories are systematically presented and supported by a lot of examples in order that the students are able to comprehend the materials, -basic understanding of English grammar, easily. This book also gives the students chances to demonstrate their ability of English in relation to s ...
... exercises. The theories are systematically presented and supported by a lot of examples in order that the students are able to comprehend the materials, -basic understanding of English grammar, easily. This book also gives the students chances to demonstrate their ability of English in relation to s ...
Lingua Litera - stba prayoga padang
... Learning idioms is one of the most demanding parts of learning a language. Because their meaning is often completely different from the meaning of the single words that are included in the expression, one has to learn the whole phrase at once. The best way how to learn them is to find an equivalent ...
... Learning idioms is one of the most demanding parts of learning a language. Because their meaning is often completely different from the meaning of the single words that are included in the expression, one has to learn the whole phrase at once. The best way how to learn them is to find an equivalent ...
Inversion (Linguistics)
... a. Down the stairs came the dog. - Noun subject b. ? Down the stairs came it. - Third-person personal pronoun as subject; unlikely unless it has special significance and is stressed ...
... a. Down the stairs came the dog. - Noun subject b. ? Down the stairs came it. - Third-person personal pronoun as subject; unlikely unless it has special significance and is stressed ...
noun phrase
... • impersonal reference to potential visitors: people (plural noun)— subject of noun clause [that] people … • modal will implies a wish for the future • the only example with a formal closing token (subscription)—more like written language (letter); suggests lack of familiarity with genre. ...
... • impersonal reference to potential visitors: people (plural noun)— subject of noun clause [that] people … • modal will implies a wish for the future • the only example with a formal closing token (subscription)—more like written language (letter); suggests lack of familiarity with genre. ...
Destinos: 1-26 The Main Grammar Points, and Exercises with
... changes do not appear in the preterite. This holds true for ALL -ar and -er verbs with stem changes in the present tense. Now let's look at an -ir stem-changing verb like pedir(i,i). It has two notations in the parentheses: (i,i). The first of these tells what happens to the forms of the verb in the ...
... changes do not appear in the preterite. This holds true for ALL -ar and -er verbs with stem changes in the present tense. Now let's look at an -ir stem-changing verb like pedir(i,i). It has two notations in the parentheses: (i,i). The first of these tells what happens to the forms of the verb in the ...
Course textbook
... is/not/much./For/example,/the/syntax/of/(2)/cannot/be/easily/applied/to/any/other/sentence.// We/cannot/claim/the/word/‘the’/is/always,/or/even/frequently,/assigned/n=1./Why?/Because/ there/is/an/inWinite/set/of/sentences/in/English/that/do/not/start/with/‘the’./Actually,/there/is/ an/inWinite/set/o ...
... is/not/much./For/example,/the/syntax/of/(2)/cannot/be/easily/applied/to/any/other/sentence.// We/cannot/claim/the/word/‘the’/is/always,/or/even/frequently,/assigned/n=1./Why?/Because/ there/is/an/inWinite/set/of/sentences/in/English/that/do/not/start/with/‘the’./Actually,/there/is/ an/inWinite/set/o ...
fulltext - LOT Publications
... Internal plurative ............................................................... 183 ...
... Internal plurative ............................................................... 183 ...
"The Case for Case Reopened", 34-47
... senses of "hurt" and "copy, " and so, for purely nonsystematic reasons. the method would yield different results for these other languages. This objection, too, I take as misunderstanding. These arguments are not offered as definitions of cases, but rather as steps for pointing out case distinctions ...
... senses of "hurt" and "copy, " and so, for purely nonsystematic reasons. the method would yield different results for these other languages. This objection, too, I take as misunderstanding. These arguments are not offered as definitions of cases, but rather as steps for pointing out case distinctions ...
noun phrase
... • impersonal reference to potential visitors: people (plural noun)— subject of noun clause [that] people … • modal will implies a wish for the future • the only example with a formal closing token (subscription)—more like written language (letter); suggests lack of familiarity with genre. ...
... • impersonal reference to potential visitors: people (plural noun)— subject of noun clause [that] people … • modal will implies a wish for the future • the only example with a formal closing token (subscription)—more like written language (letter); suggests lack of familiarity with genre. ...