On Resultative Past Participles in Spanish
... PPrts” as postnominal modifiers. I will also concentrate on inflected PPrts (that is, PPrts with gender and number), because PPrts in compound tenses, which bear no inflection, are subject to other well-known morphological irregularities 2 and apply to all verbs. Consequently, these PPrts are not co ...
... PPrts” as postnominal modifiers. I will also concentrate on inflected PPrts (that is, PPrts with gender and number), because PPrts in compound tenses, which bear no inflection, are subject to other well-known morphological irregularities 2 and apply to all verbs. Consequently, these PPrts are not co ...
WHEN NOUNS SURFACE AS VERBS
... ritualness is composed of the meanings of ritual and -ness, according to rules of word formation. But innovations such as enfant terrible'd, Ferrari woman, and China trips do not appear to be explainable in that way. To decide what they mean on a particular occasion, we must know not only the meanin ...
... ritualness is composed of the meanings of ritual and -ness, according to rules of word formation. But innovations such as enfant terrible'd, Ferrari woman, and China trips do not appear to be explainable in that way. To decide what they mean on a particular occasion, we must know not only the meanin ...
4. Modelling Lexical Resources for Slavic Languages in KPML
... when the clause it is part of is in active voice and its OBJECT is realized as a nominal group, that nominal group should be in the dative case rather than the accusative case (which would be the default case for realizing an OBJECT as nominal group with a clause in active voice). Thus, we need to o ...
... when the clause it is part of is in active voice and its OBJECT is realized as a nominal group, that nominal group should be in the dative case rather than the accusative case (which would be the default case for realizing an OBJECT as nominal group with a clause in active voice). Thus, we need to o ...
`Word syntax` and semantic principles
... explanations seem to be called for. Again, we will sketch a non-syntactic approach in section 4. With one major exception, further subtheories of U G like the theory of barrierhood (cf. Chomsky, 1986b), control and binding theory do not even have a chance of application in complex words, since the r ...
... explanations seem to be called for. Again, we will sketch a non-syntactic approach in section 4. With one major exception, further subtheories of U G like the theory of barrierhood (cf. Chomsky, 1986b), control and binding theory do not even have a chance of application in complex words, since the r ...
Old Church Slavonic as a language with the middle voice morphology*
... events” (Kemmer 1993: 8), in other words, the events spelled-out by middle verbs are largely limited to the participation of the subject, which is affected by the event at the same time, or is in the state introduced in the event, and the roles of other participant are eliminated or downplayed. With ...
... events” (Kemmer 1993: 8), in other words, the events spelled-out by middle verbs are largely limited to the participation of the subject, which is affected by the event at the same time, or is in the state introduced in the event, and the roles of other participant are eliminated or downplayed. With ...
+ infinitive
... (3) Infinitive to or preposition to The word to often presents a problem for Chinese students. For instance, in "object to" and "be used to", is the word to a preposition or an infinitive sign? To solve this problem, we may try to put a noun after it. If a noun or a noun equivalent is possible, it ...
... (3) Infinitive to or preposition to The word to often presents a problem for Chinese students. For instance, in "object to" and "be used to", is the word to a preposition or an infinitive sign? To solve this problem, we may try to put a noun after it. If a noun or a noun equivalent is possible, it ...
- Common Assessment Initiative
... in) to interpret the meaning and structure of a section of a multipage academic fiction or nonfiction chapter, including conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs in complex sentences and across paragraphs, pronoun reference, relationships of time and agency, passive voice, determiners, and use of verb t ...
... in) to interpret the meaning and structure of a section of a multipage academic fiction or nonfiction chapter, including conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs in complex sentences and across paragraphs, pronoun reference, relationships of time and agency, passive voice, determiners, and use of verb t ...
Prepositions and particles in English
... Borderline cases are: - worth, because of its syntactic structure: it takes an NP as complement, yet it remains analysed as an adjective. - Like, unlike, due, near, close, far can belong to both categories. - There are cases of conversion of adjectives into prepositions: (25) Right adjacent to ...
... Borderline cases are: - worth, because of its syntactic structure: it takes an NP as complement, yet it remains analysed as an adjective. - Like, unlike, due, near, close, far can belong to both categories. - There are cases of conversion of adjectives into prepositions: (25) Right adjacent to ...
Ms. Cadden`s Quick Starts
... helpful, but the detective never doubted that eventually he would track down the thief. ...
... helpful, but the detective never doubted that eventually he would track down the thief. ...
The Oxford Guide to English Usage
... agree to have the same grammatical number, gender, case, or person as another word. analogy the formation of a word, derivative, or construction in imitation of an existing word or pattern. animate denoting a living being. antecedent a noun or phrase to which a relative pronoun refers back. antepenu ...
... agree to have the same grammatical number, gender, case, or person as another word. analogy the formation of a word, derivative, or construction in imitation of an existing word or pattern. animate denoting a living being. antecedent a noun or phrase to which a relative pronoun refers back. antepenu ...
1 Introduction
... 3.1 Internal phonological structure of stems and words ............................... 7 3.1.1 Syllables ........................................................................................... 7 3.1.2 Metrical structure ............................................................................ ...
... 3.1 Internal phonological structure of stems and words ............................... 7 3.1.1 Syllables ........................................................................................... 7 3.1.2 Metrical structure ............................................................................ ...
Chapter six - UNT Department of English
... What these few examples illustrate is that particular verbs appear to require particular types of roles. That is, the NPs accompanying these example verbs play different meaningful rules in relationship to the verb. Slap, for example, requires its two NPs to play the roles of AGENT and THEME, while ...
... What these few examples illustrate is that particular verbs appear to require particular types of roles. That is, the NPs accompanying these example verbs play different meaningful rules in relationship to the verb. Slap, for example, requires its two NPs to play the roles of AGENT and THEME, while ...
I,cI - TeacherWeb
... • “Yet” shows a contrast between two ideas. (but) – The teacher read the story slowly, yet I still missed the main idea. ...
... • “Yet” shows a contrast between two ideas. (but) – The teacher read the story slowly, yet I still missed the main idea. ...
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... 2003). The verbs are not entirely devoid of semantic predicative power either as there is a clear difference between take a bath and give a bath. The verbs thus seem to be neither at their full semantic power nor at a completely depleted stage. Rather, they appear to be semantically light in the sen ...
... 2003). The verbs are not entirely devoid of semantic predicative power either as there is a clear difference between take a bath and give a bath. The verbs thus seem to be neither at their full semantic power nor at a completely depleted stage. Rather, they appear to be semantically light in the sen ...
Algonquian verb structure: Plains Cree1
... In this paper I discuss some aspects of verbs in Plains Cree, an Algonquian language of Canada. I will focus on the structure of stems, and on the order of affixes in the Cree verb. First, I will try and construct a descriptively adequate morpheme template for Cree, and then investigate a number of ...
... In this paper I discuss some aspects of verbs in Plains Cree, an Algonquian language of Canada. I will focus on the structure of stems, and on the order of affixes in the Cree verb. First, I will try and construct a descriptively adequate morpheme template for Cree, and then investigate a number of ...
possessive constructions in nganasan - slm.uni
... pattern-3SGPX ‘It has a pattern similar to a large pan.’ (KNT 1996: Meu_djamezi) The nominative possessive sentence type can be negated by the negative existential verb ďaŋgujsʲa or the negative existential particle ďaŋku. In the present tense, generally ďaŋku is more common, which can only agree wi ...
... pattern-3SGPX ‘It has a pattern similar to a large pan.’ (KNT 1996: Meu_djamezi) The nominative possessive sentence type can be negated by the negative existential verb ďaŋgujsʲa or the negative existential particle ďaŋku. In the present tense, generally ďaŋku is more common, which can only agree wi ...
Semantic Opposition and WORDNET
... organized using a flat structure consisting of (two) directly opposing antonyms, each with an accompanying cluster of similar adjectives (encoded by the SIM relation). Hence, these similar adjectives are indirect antonyms with respect to a central adjective (and the adjectives in its cluster). By ex ...
... organized using a flat structure consisting of (two) directly opposing antonyms, each with an accompanying cluster of similar adjectives (encoded by the SIM relation). Hence, these similar adjectives are indirect antonyms with respect to a central adjective (and the adjectives in its cluster). By ex ...
Chapter 8 The verb complex
... 8.2.2 Reduplicated verbs Reduplication derives intransitive verbs from transitive roots. In some instances a verb may also be derived from a verb root giving a habitual, ongoing or diminutive verbs, or with semantically unpredictable results. In addition a handful of verbs are derived by reduplicati ...
... 8.2.2 Reduplicated verbs Reduplication derives intransitive verbs from transitive roots. In some instances a verb may also be derived from a verb root giving a habitual, ongoing or diminutive verbs, or with semantically unpredictable results. In addition a handful of verbs are derived by reduplicati ...
Parallelism Practice
... 1. aid reader in understanding words 2. clarify language 3. emphasize meaning ...
... 1. aid reader in understanding words 2. clarify language 3. emphasize meaning ...
Español IV/V
... 1) Begin with form from the preterite tense (i.e. hablaron)
2) Remove the –ron part of the preterite form
3) Add these endings:
(Note: accent over the vowel preceding this ending)
-ra
-‘ramos
-ras
-rais
-ra
-ran
***May also see these endings, especially in literature
-se
-‘semos
-ses
-seis ...
... 1) Begin with
Structural Case and Dependency Marking: A Neo
... a feature [dependent], which may or may not be realized morphologically. The particular morphological realization, then, is dependent on the attributes and values of the feature [dependent]. With person agreement, the person feature of the subject appears to be simply shared with the predicate. With ...
... a feature [dependent], which may or may not be realized morphologically. The particular morphological realization, then, is dependent on the attributes and values of the feature [dependent]. With person agreement, the person feature of the subject appears to be simply shared with the predicate. With ...
Semantic constraints on lexical categories
... categories tend to be organized taxonomically. There may be a strong association between cow and milk, but English doesn't have words with a meaning like "cow and milk" or "cow or milk." Thus, even very young children understand some of the principles that constrain word meanings over and above any ...
... categories tend to be organized taxonomically. There may be a strong association between cow and milk, but English doesn't have words with a meaning like "cow and milk" or "cow or milk." Thus, even very young children understand some of the principles that constrain word meanings over and above any ...
Studies in African Linguistics Volume 17, Number 3, December
... tone to the entire word within one pair of parentheses and then assigning the tone in the required right to left manner, e.g. ...
... tone to the entire word within one pair of parentheses and then assigning the tone in the required right to left manner, e.g. ...
Lexical Resources for Noun Compounds in Czech, English and Zulu
... broadening the English-Zulu-based perspective (Bosch & Fellbaum, 2009) with Czech data. From a semantic perspective, compounds, like all lexemes arising from derivational morphology, represent a large grey area between regular, compositional word forms on the one hand and idiosyncratic, non-composit ...
... broadening the English-Zulu-based perspective (Bosch & Fellbaum, 2009) with Czech data. From a semantic perspective, compounds, like all lexemes arising from derivational morphology, represent a large grey area between regular, compositional word forms on the one hand and idiosyncratic, non-composit ...