The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
... Guajardo, Gustavo, MA in Linguistics, Spring 2010 Linguistics The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses Chairperson: Dr. Leora Bar-el In this thesis I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matri ...
... Guajardo, Gustavo, MA in Linguistics, Spring 2010 Linguistics The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses Chairperson: Dr. Leora Bar-el In this thesis I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matri ...
Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions in Modern Irish
... Irish does not lend itself to a binary tree structural account of grammatical relations without substantial re-arrangement of the constituents to enable the c-command machinery to work. Such transformations operate with a base word order of SVO upon which the transformations are applied in a procedu ...
... Irish does not lend itself to a binary tree structural account of grammatical relations without substantial re-arrangement of the constituents to enable the c-command machinery to work. Such transformations operate with a base word order of SVO upon which the transformations are applied in a procedu ...
Identifying and Writing Infinitive Phrases Skills Focus
... B. Probably the most recognizable lines ever written that contain infinitive phrases occur in Act III, scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Read the lines from the play and then highlight the infinitive phrases. To be or not to be, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slin ...
... B. Probably the most recognizable lines ever written that contain infinitive phrases occur in Act III, scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Read the lines from the play and then highlight the infinitive phrases. To be or not to be, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slin ...
A NON-CONFIGURATIONAL LANGUAGE?
... many, if not most, generative syntacticians now seem to believe that the X'-theory (and binary branching) can adequately account for the syntactic structure of all languages; cf., for instance, Speas (1990). This does not entail, of course, a rejection of the empirical observations underlying the di ...
... many, if not most, generative syntacticians now seem to believe that the X'-theory (and binary branching) can adequately account for the syntactic structure of all languages; cf., for instance, Speas (1990). This does not entail, of course, a rejection of the empirical observations underlying the di ...
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... Guajardo, Gustavo, MA in Linguistics, Spring 2010 Linguistics The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses Chairperson: Dr. Leora Bar-el In this thesis I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matri ...
... Guajardo, Gustavo, MA in Linguistics, Spring 2010 Linguistics The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses Chairperson: Dr. Leora Bar-el In this thesis I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matri ...
Grammatical Morphemes and Conceptual Structure in Discourse Processing DANIEL
... The present paper argues that a failure to integrate the semantic and pragmatic functions of grammatical morphemes into a processing model has hindered the development of adequate psychological theories of discourse processing and representation. A framework is developed that begins to integrate the ...
... The present paper argues that a failure to integrate the semantic and pragmatic functions of grammatical morphemes into a processing model has hindered the development of adequate psychological theories of discourse processing and representation. A framework is developed that begins to integrate the ...
Preposition doubling in Flemish and its implications for the syntax of
... 5.1 CP[Place] as a defective goal, and the emergence of P-doubling Our central hypothesis about what makes doubling PPs different from ordinary circumpositional phrases is that the CP[Place] in the complement of PDir in Pdoubling constructions is defective. We understand defectivity here in the se ...
... 5.1 CP[Place] as a defective goal, and the emergence of P-doubling Our central hypothesis about what makes doubling PPs different from ordinary circumpositional phrases is that the CP[Place] in the complement of PDir in Pdoubling constructions is defective. We understand defectivity here in the se ...
1 How To: Outlining a Research Paper Note for students: This
... not be paragraphs themselves. If supporting paragraphs are needed, an additional level of subheadings can be used, as demonstrated in the Discussion section above. As a general rule, each paragraph should include supporting statements from at least two reference sources. In that way, you can help en ...
... not be paragraphs themselves. If supporting paragraphs are needed, an additional level of subheadings can be used, as demonstrated in the Discussion section above. As a general rule, each paragraph should include supporting statements from at least two reference sources. In that way, you can help en ...
On the licensing and recovering of imperative subjects Melani Wratil
... the verbal element. Accordingly, the authors come to the conclusion that imperative sentences simply do not have any subject (see Platzack & Rosengren (1994) for more details). Presupposing, however, that an overt nominative Case marking is normally not demanded and the imperative verb movement obli ...
... the verbal element. Accordingly, the authors come to the conclusion that imperative sentences simply do not have any subject (see Platzack & Rosengren (1994) for more details). Presupposing, however, that an overt nominative Case marking is normally not demanded and the imperative verb movement obli ...
The role of discourse context in the processing of a flexible word
... complexity/infrequency of these forms. However, by presenting sentences in isolation, most existing studies have not examined the extent to which processing patterns can be explained by discourse factors. In Finnish, an articleless flexible word-order language with canonical SVO order, word order ca ...
... complexity/infrequency of these forms. However, by presenting sentences in isolation, most existing studies have not examined the extent to which processing patterns can be explained by discourse factors. In Finnish, an articleless flexible word-order language with canonical SVO order, word order ca ...
Agreement Morphology, Argument Structure and Syntax
... associated meaning in the lexicon. But if plural morphology means plural only sometimes, how do we know we are associating the right meaning with it? In this case, the matter is easy: we shall assume that only the plural morpheme attached to the head noun means that we are dealing with a group. The ...
... associated meaning in the lexicon. But if plural morphology means plural only sometimes, how do we know we are associating the right meaning with it? In this case, the matter is easy: we shall assume that only the plural morpheme attached to the head noun means that we are dealing with a group. The ...
Read More - UHN - Univ. HKBP Nommensen
... is real, and not just a convenient way of organizing linguistic data invented by linguists, then perhaps they correspond to two different ways of cognitive processing of syntactic structures. If this is so, it is expected that linguistic units sharing some features with operators, but also having a ...
... is real, and not just a convenient way of organizing linguistic data invented by linguists, then perhaps they correspond to two different ways of cognitive processing of syntactic structures. If this is so, it is expected that linguistic units sharing some features with operators, but also having a ...
infinitive clauses - E
... auxiliaries, haven't, isn't, doesn't, shouldn't, etc., which check their strong feature against the AgrS0 head. The absence of n't correlates with the absence of Agr features. The functional structure assumed for the upper English clause, namely AgrSP > NegP > TP ... correctly predicts the standard ...
... auxiliaries, haven't, isn't, doesn't, shouldn't, etc., which check their strong feature against the AgrS0 head. The absence of n't correlates with the absence of Agr features. The functional structure assumed for the upper English clause, namely AgrSP > NegP > TP ... correctly predicts the standard ...
Portuguese Syntax
... At a given level of analysis, we define as constituents of a syntactic unit those words or groups of words that function as immediate ”children” of this syntactic unit. Every syntactic unit must itself be a constituent, the highest node being the sentence. In the sentence O governo Cardoso crescia c ...
... At a given level of analysis, we define as constituents of a syntactic unit those words or groups of words that function as immediate ”children” of this syntactic unit. Every syntactic unit must itself be a constituent, the highest node being the sentence. In the sentence O governo Cardoso crescia c ...
Portuguese Syntax
... At a given level of analysis, we define as constituents of a syntactic unit those words or groups of words that function as immediate ”children” of this syntactic unit. Every syntactic unit must itself be a constituent, the highest node being the sentence. In the sentence O governo Cardoso crescia c ...
... At a given level of analysis, we define as constituents of a syntactic unit those words or groups of words that function as immediate ”children” of this syntactic unit. Every syntactic unit must itself be a constituent, the highest node being the sentence. In the sentence O governo Cardoso crescia c ...
English_Usage(VistaMind) - mba-prep
... Before we commence our detailed instructions on how each type of Sentence Correction questions must be tackled, we shall briefly analyze each of these examples so that you get a preliminary ‘feel’ about them. The error in this sentence is the non-agreement in number between the subject and the predi ...
... Before we commence our detailed instructions on how each type of Sentence Correction questions must be tackled, we shall briefly analyze each of these examples so that you get a preliminary ‘feel’ about them. The error in this sentence is the non-agreement in number between the subject and the predi ...
Clause From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In grammar, a clause
... a. They mentioned him cheating on the test. - Non-finite gerund clause b. They mentioned his cheating on the test. - Gerund with noun status Each of the gerunds in the a-sentences (stopping, attempting, and cheating) constitutes a non-finite clause. The subject-predicate relationship that has long b ...
... a. They mentioned him cheating on the test. - Non-finite gerund clause b. They mentioned his cheating on the test. - Gerund with noun status Each of the gerunds in the a-sentences (stopping, attempting, and cheating) constitutes a non-finite clause. The subject-predicate relationship that has long b ...
An Unmediated Analysis of Relative Clauses
... What typifies wh constructions is that a single element has more than one function, potentially in distant clauses. Consider, for example, the following wh question. ...
... What typifies wh constructions is that a single element has more than one function, potentially in distant clauses. Consider, for example, the following wh question. ...
Filling Gaps: Decision principles and structure in sentence
... The correct grammatical characterization of sentences containing filler-gap dependencies is a topic of considerable theoretical interest in linguistics. In some grammatical frameworks, these dependencies are represented in terms of conditions on the permissible indexing of structures (or alternative ...
... The correct grammatical characterization of sentences containing filler-gap dependencies is a topic of considerable theoretical interest in linguistics. In some grammatical frameworks, these dependencies are represented in terms of conditions on the permissible indexing of structures (or alternative ...
ZASPiL Nr. 36 - December 2004 Blocking Resultative
... cannot be maintained and suggest a new approach to resultatives. Rappaport Hovav and Levin (2001) suggest that the interpretation of the RC involves two events which stand in a causative relation: the one described by the verb and the one described by the resultative XP. The principle (16) postulate ...
... cannot be maintained and suggest a new approach to resultatives. Rappaport Hovav and Levin (2001) suggest that the interpretation of the RC involves two events which stand in a causative relation: the one described by the verb and the one described by the resultative XP. The principle (16) postulate ...
Solving the bracketing paradox: an analysis of
... added to the semantic contribution of rennen, but dismisses this option since, according to her, it would not extend to listed particle verb combinations. I do not understand this argument, since the non-transparent forms are always the unproblematic ones in terms of scope relations. A lexical item ...
... added to the semantic contribution of rennen, but dismisses this option since, according to her, it would not extend to listed particle verb combinations. I do not understand this argument, since the non-transparent forms are always the unproblematic ones in terms of scope relations. A lexical item ...
Puyuma clause constructions
... Ross and Teng: Clause Constructions in Nanwang Puyuma Figure 1 shows two of the parents of the major clause constructions of English, the clause construction itself, SJ PRED, and the verbal agreement construction, AGR TRIGGER MORPH VERB. Since each component of a construction is defined by the cons ...
... Ross and Teng: Clause Constructions in Nanwang Puyuma Figure 1 shows two of the parents of the major clause constructions of English, the clause construction itself, SJ PRED, and the verbal agreement construction, AGR TRIGGER MORPH VERB. Since each component of a construction is defined by the cons ...
The Development of Root Infinitives and Null Subjects in Child
... generates the affixes)1 - cf. the previous references for discussion. Speas (1994) takes up this distinction as a possible explanation for the difference between languages which allow null subjects and those that do not. Under her proposal, languages which store affixation in the lexical representat ...
... generates the affixes)1 - cf. the previous references for discussion. Speas (1994) takes up this distinction as a possible explanation for the difference between languages which allow null subjects and those that do not. Under her proposal, languages which store affixation in the lexical representat ...
Unacceptable Ambiguity (1973)
... entire mechanism of selectional restrictions at the level of application of the interpretive rule, presumably at surface structure. (It must in any case follow the application of cyclic rules like Passive and Raising, which the statement of selectional restrictions must precede.) It might be suppose ...
... entire mechanism of selectional restrictions at the level of application of the interpretive rule, presumably at surface structure. (It must in any case follow the application of cyclic rules like Passive and Raising, which the statement of selectional restrictions must precede.) It might be suppose ...
Bonus questions to accompany The Official ACT Prep Guide
... PASSAGE II: Down at the Laundromat [1] Down the street from the college, I attend, 16 the Save-U Laundromat is always open, and someone is always there. [2] It was 17 on a corner, across the street; from 18 a drugstore on one side and a big park on the other. [3] The park isn't really a park at all ...
... PASSAGE II: Down at the Laundromat [1] Down the street from the college, I attend, 16 the Save-U Laundromat is always open, and someone is always there. [2] It was 17 on a corner, across the street; from 18 a drugstore on one side and a big park on the other. [3] The park isn't really a park at all ...
Antisymmetry
In linguistics, antisymmetry is a theory of syntactic linearization presented in Richard Kayne's 1994 monograph The Antisymmetry of Syntax. The crux of this theory is that hierarchical structure in natural language maps universally onto a particular surface linearization, namely specifier-head-complement branching order. The theory derives a version of X-bar theory. Kayne hypothesizes that all phrases whose surface order is not specifier-head-complement have undergone movements that disrupt this underlying order. Subsequently, there have also been attempts at deriving specifier-complement-head as the basic word order.Antisymmetry as a principle of word order is reliant on assumptions that many theories of syntax dispute, e.g. constituency structure (as opposed to dependency structure), X-bar notions such as specifier and complement, and the existence of ordering altering mechanisms such as movement and/or copying.