Introducing PersPred, a syntactic and semantic database - Hal-SHS
... of its components. N-V combinations are subject to various levels of lexicalization. In some cases, the CP meaning is a specialization of the predictable meaning of the combination. For instance čâqu zadan ‘to stab’ (Lit. ‘knife hit’) is not only to hit somebody with a knife; dast dâdan ‘to shake ...
... of its components. N-V combinations are subject to various levels of lexicalization. In some cases, the CP meaning is a specialization of the predictable meaning of the combination. For instance čâqu zadan ‘to stab’ (Lit. ‘knife hit’) is not only to hit somebody with a knife; dast dâdan ‘to shake ...
The Debate on Ergativity in Neo-Aramaic Norh
... occurred. Clearly, it is not the case that the Classical Aramaic imperfective prefix hopped over the stem to turn into a suffix, nor is it the case that the Classical Aramaic perfective subjectagreement affix turned into object-agreement. Rather, the NENA inflected forms are not direct descendents o ...
... occurred. Clearly, it is not the case that the Classical Aramaic imperfective prefix hopped over the stem to turn into a suffix, nor is it the case that the Classical Aramaic perfective subjectagreement affix turned into object-agreement. Rather, the NENA inflected forms are not direct descendents o ...
Participle Phrases
... 2. Create Verb Power in Adjective Slots In addition to tightening the focus, the participle phrase, because it is made from a verb, adds verb power to the adjectival modifier. David Letterman put his hands in his pockets and walked toward the podium. Putting his hands in his pockets, David Letterman ...
... 2. Create Verb Power in Adjective Slots In addition to tightening the focus, the participle phrase, because it is made from a verb, adds verb power to the adjectival modifier. David Letterman put his hands in his pockets and walked toward the podium. Putting his hands in his pockets, David Letterman ...
Mende Grammar Essentials
... The Mende language is the western dialect of the Kwanga language, which has been classified as a Papuan language of the Sepik-Ramu Phylum, Sepik Sub-Phylym, Sepik Super-Stock, MiddleSepik Stock and Nukuma family (Wurm 1982). When we allocated in the language group we called the language Kwanga as it ...
... The Mende language is the western dialect of the Kwanga language, which has been classified as a Papuan language of the Sepik-Ramu Phylum, Sepik Sub-Phylym, Sepik Super-Stock, MiddleSepik Stock and Nukuma family (Wurm 1982). When we allocated in the language group we called the language Kwanga as it ...
Emai Separation Verbs and Telicity
... locus of separation in an acted-on object shifted from high to low, with SLICE events being high, CHOP events midway and SMASH events low. Along another, speaker assignment of verbs to video clips appeared to be guided by instrument type: whether separation occurred by a bladed instrument (CUT event ...
... locus of separation in an acted-on object shifted from high to low, with SLICE events being high, CHOP events midway and SMASH events low. Along another, speaker assignment of verbs to video clips appeared to be guided by instrument type: whether separation occurred by a bladed instrument (CUT event ...
ACT/SAT The Write Approach
... – Ambitious, erudite doctoral students want to earn As and learn something through the process. – Seven doctoral students stated they wanted me to help them with their writing. • A quick trick is to read the sentence with “and” in place of the comma. If it still reads well, you know you need the com ...
... – Ambitious, erudite doctoral students want to earn As and learn something through the process. – Seven doctoral students stated they wanted me to help them with their writing. • A quick trick is to read the sentence with “and” in place of the comma. If it still reads well, you know you need the com ...
Unit 7 Adjectives and Adverbs
... Our house was badly damaged by a tornado. Our—possessive pronoun—modifies the noun house Another solution was presented by Hank Berger. Another—indefinite pronoun—modifies the noun solution ...
... Our house was badly damaged by a tornado. Our—possessive pronoun—modifies the noun house Another solution was presented by Hank Berger. Another—indefinite pronoun—modifies the noun solution ...
Free! - Classical Academic Press
... conversationally if he or she thinks of the language as a way to express his or her ideas, rather than merely as a set of exercises in a book. We have designed many of the exercises in this book to allow your child an opportunity to think creatively. Because of this, there are often many correct ans ...
... conversationally if he or she thinks of the language as a way to express his or her ideas, rather than merely as a set of exercises in a book. We have designed many of the exercises in this book to allow your child an opportunity to think creatively. Because of this, there are often many correct ans ...
Argument Realization: the role of constructions and discourse factors
... roles, namely those roles which are lexically profiled, are obligatorily expressed. 7 Lexical profiling, following the general spirit of Langacker (1987, 1991), is designed to indicate which participant roles associated with a verb’s meaning are obligatorily accessed, functioning as focal points wit ...
... roles, namely those roles which are lexically profiled, are obligatorily expressed. 7 Lexical profiling, following the general spirit of Langacker (1987, 1991), is designed to indicate which participant roles associated with a verb’s meaning are obligatorily accessed, functioning as focal points wit ...
23 Pronouns Chapter Learning goaLs
... 2. My roommate, who/whom is from Haiti, will not go home for Thanksgiving. 3. The woman who/whom sits beside me in class has three children. 4. The woman’s children, who/whom she speaks of often, are proud that she’s in college. 5. I’m conducting a survey with Heather, who/whom I just me ...
... 2. My roommate, who/whom is from Haiti, will not go home for Thanksgiving. 3. The woman who/whom sits beside me in class has three children. 4. The woman’s children, who/whom she speaks of often, are proud that she’s in college. 5. I’m conducting a survey with Heather, who/whom I just me ...
Creating Sentences with Participial Phrases
... A participial phrase is flexible, a structure that can be placed at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. Participial phrases may be arranged to show a sequence of actions, as in the "pinball" sentence just seen. They may also be set up to show that two or more actions are occurring at the sa ...
... A participial phrase is flexible, a structure that can be placed at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. Participial phrases may be arranged to show a sequence of actions, as in the "pinball" sentence just seen. They may also be set up to show that two or more actions are occurring at the sa ...
Тема 6 THE PASSIVE VOICE The voice is one of the categories of
... 7 In descriptions of processes, there is emphasis on the actions performed rather than on the people who perform them: Then the toys are packed into boxes and sent to shops. Note that the passive construction is impossible when the direct object of the verb is expressed by: a) an infinitive: I have ...
... 7 In descriptions of processes, there is emphasis on the actions performed rather than on the people who perform them: Then the toys are packed into boxes and sent to shops. Note that the passive construction is impossible when the direct object of the verb is expressed by: a) an infinitive: I have ...
Semantic packaging in verb‑based compounds in English and
... phenomena. In view of the fact that only diachronic (and not always highly reliable see [Erdmann 2000, 2009]) data can reveal whether what is nowadays used as a compound verb has arisen via back‑formation, conversion, noun ‑incorporation or composition proper, we will stick to Dieter Kastovsky’s t ...
... phenomena. In view of the fact that only diachronic (and not always highly reliable see [Erdmann 2000, 2009]) data can reveal whether what is nowadays used as a compound verb has arisen via back‑formation, conversion, noun ‑incorporation or composition proper, we will stick to Dieter Kastovsky’s t ...
Verbal Inflectional Morphology in L1 and L2
... single-mechanism views (Ellis, 2005). In contrast, Bley-Vroman (1989) would presumably expect that any composition of regulars in L1 would not also be found in L2. DeKeyser (2000, 2003) might make similar predictions. It is not clear to us what Paradis (1994, 2004, 2009) would predict regarding this ...
... single-mechanism views (Ellis, 2005). In contrast, Bley-Vroman (1989) would presumably expect that any composition of regulars in L1 would not also be found in L2. DeKeyser (2000, 2003) might make similar predictions. It is not clear to us what Paradis (1994, 2004, 2009) would predict regarding this ...
Reanalysis of Verb and Preposition In English
... phenomenon has long been explained by means of the so-called reanalysis. About when or where this reanalysis occurs, however, there has been considerable controversy among scholars. This paper argues against both the reanalysis hypothesis (that assumes that the reanalysis exists in both the active a ...
... phenomenon has long been explained by means of the so-called reanalysis. About when or where this reanalysis occurs, however, there has been considerable controversy among scholars. This paper argues against both the reanalysis hypothesis (that assumes that the reanalysis exists in both the active a ...
PDF file - University of Cambridge
... As such, they represent a case of boundary reanalysis ((ii) above), and, in fact, Janda (2001: 303) refers to this type of case as ‘upgrading via reanalysis’. Examples include the English possessive clitic ’s from an earlier genitive case ending,3 the Irish firstperson-plural pronoun muid from an ea ...
... As such, they represent a case of boundary reanalysis ((ii) above), and, in fact, Janda (2001: 303) refers to this type of case as ‘upgrading via reanalysis’. Examples include the English possessive clitic ’s from an earlier genitive case ending,3 the Irish firstperson-plural pronoun muid from an ea ...
Verb movement in Germanic and Celtic
... any move or merge operation extend the root of the tree, cf. Chomsky 1995), it has proven difficult to use it in an interesting way to capture parametrization. Whether the verb in a particular language (overtly) moves to F or not is reduced to properties of F, which could be either strong (overt mov ...
... any move or merge operation extend the root of the tree, cf. Chomsky 1995), it has proven difficult to use it in an interesting way to capture parametrization. Whether the verb in a particular language (overtly) moves to F or not is reduced to properties of F, which could be either strong (overt mov ...
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 ...
pronominalised himalayan languages limbu - rai
... under one group called Himalayan languages. The early experiences of Hodgson helped him to come to this conclusion. Grierson further divides the Himalayan languages into two groups namely simple or non-pronominalized and complex or pronominalized. Limbu, the language under description, is a member o ...
... under one group called Himalayan languages. The early experiences of Hodgson helped him to come to this conclusion. Grierson further divides the Himalayan languages into two groups namely simple or non-pronominalized and complex or pronominalized. Limbu, the language under description, is a member o ...
Difference between gerund and participle worksheet
... State whether the –ing forms given in the following sentences are participles or gerunds. In the case of participles, name the noun or pronoun they qualify. In.Aug 22, 2013 . It's tough to know the difference between gerunds and present participles in English just by looking because they both consis ...
... State whether the –ing forms given in the following sentences are participles or gerunds. In the case of participles, name the noun or pronoun they qualify. In.Aug 22, 2013 . It's tough to know the difference between gerunds and present participles in English just by looking because they both consis ...
Parallelism Practice
... 7. To the incoming college student, fraternity initiation may seem like a fun activity, but a dangerous and sometimes fatal act is how the ...
... 7. To the incoming college student, fraternity initiation may seem like a fun activity, but a dangerous and sometimes fatal act is how the ...
Español IV/V
... When the governing verb is in a past tense and the subjunctive is required for the situation (A WEDDING + U) 1) Noun clauses require subjunctive after verbs of influence, emotion, doubt, and denial (i.e. Quería que ellas lo hicieran.) (I wanted them to do it.) 2) Adverbial clauses (time, purpose, et ...
... When the governing verb is in a past tense and the subjunctive is required for the situation (A WEDDING + U) 1) Noun clauses require subjunctive after verbs of influence, emotion, doubt, and denial (i.e. Quería que ellas lo hicieran.) (I wanted them to do it.) 2) Adverbial clauses (time, purpose, et ...
Year 8 Tracking dates and course content Winter term
... saying what you can do in Paris using ‘on peut’+ infinitive Subtopic: Young Parisians Skills : understanding what people like to do in Paris using ‘j’aime + infinitive’ Subtopic : visiting a tourist attraction Skills : understanding information about a tourist attraction asking for tourist informati ...
... saying what you can do in Paris using ‘on peut’+ infinitive Subtopic: Young Parisians Skills : understanding what people like to do in Paris using ‘j’aime + infinitive’ Subtopic : visiting a tourist attraction Skills : understanding information about a tourist attraction asking for tourist informati ...
Transformation I: Phrasal Categories
... If sentence i)b is said to have undergone transformations in order to arrive at its SS, then it must have underwent two transformations which is the movement of the direct object “a message” to the rightmost position of VP, and the deletion of the preposition “to”. The same transformations also took ...
... If sentence i)b is said to have undergone transformations in order to arrive at its SS, then it must have underwent two transformations which is the movement of the direct object “a message” to the rightmost position of VP, and the deletion of the preposition “to”. The same transformations also took ...
Annotating Honorifics Denoting Social Ranking of Referents
... Morphologically for example, French has a choice of the familiar tu and the formal vous (a third person plural) for the second person referent. Similarly Greek has the same choice: esei and eseis respectively. European languages commonly project one’s deference by the use of different personal prono ...
... Morphologically for example, French has a choice of the familiar tu and the formal vous (a third person plural) for the second person referent. Similarly Greek has the same choice: esei and eseis respectively. European languages commonly project one’s deference by the use of different personal prono ...