Variable direction in zero-derivation and the unity of polysemous
... an overt derivational affix. Self-evidently, however, given their senses and in particular their parallel polysemy, the adjective and the noun are to be derivationally related to each other, and the question therefore is: Which is basic, the adjective or the noun, and which is (zero-)derived? The po ...
... an overt derivational affix. Self-evidently, however, given their senses and in particular their parallel polysemy, the adjective and the noun are to be derivationally related to each other, and the question therefore is: Which is basic, the adjective or the noun, and which is (zero-)derived? The po ...
The polysemy of -ize derivatives and the ModGreek
... the English -ize in its most productive senses, and instead it is the archaic verb stem -pi`o < AG (Ancient Greek) ποιώ ‘do, act’ (in the sense of creating something) used as a designated extremely productive suffix for the MG counterparts? Moreover, even the bound stem -pió, an actual verb in Ancie ...
... the English -ize in its most productive senses, and instead it is the archaic verb stem -pi`o < AG (Ancient Greek) ποιώ ‘do, act’ (in the sense of creating something) used as a designated extremely productive suffix for the MG counterparts? Moreover, even the bound stem -pió, an actual verb in Ancie ...
Test 12 Writing Explanations
... compete with a large chain of super-stores that can afford to charge very low rates for certain items, the owners of small hardware stores know that they are unlikely to make much profit and may, in fact, go bankrupt. The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is a shift of pronoun. The s ...
... compete with a large chain of super-stores that can afford to charge very low rates for certain items, the owners of small hardware stores know that they are unlikely to make much profit and may, in fact, go bankrupt. The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is a shift of pronoun. The s ...
Grammar Exercises
... It is the rule of "Id> Id>a\fa (annexation) that nothing must interpose between the noun and its following genitive. Consequently, if the noun is qualified by an adjective, demonstrated by a demonstrative, or numbered by a number, the latter, i.e. the adjective, the demonstrative and the number must ...
... It is the rule of "Id> Id>a\fa (annexation) that nothing must interpose between the noun and its following genitive. Consequently, if the noun is qualified by an adjective, demonstrated by a demonstrative, or numbered by a number, the latter, i.e. the adjective, the demonstrative and the number must ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... Underline all linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. She said that she feels confident about the success of the plan. 2. Thai food often tastes exotic to those who have never tried it. 3. That is the year Maria was born. 4. Herbs grow well if the soil is sandy and the drainage is adequate. 5. The ...
... Underline all linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. She said that she feels confident about the success of the plan. 2. Thai food often tastes exotic to those who have never tried it. 3. That is the year Maria was born. 4. Herbs grow well if the soil is sandy and the drainage is adequate. 5. The ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... Underline all linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. She said that she feels confident about the success of the plan. 2. Thai food often tastes exotic to those who have never tried it. 3. That is the year Maria was born. 4. Herbs grow well if the soil is sandy and the drainage is adequate. 5. The ...
... Underline all linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. She said that she feels confident about the success of the plan. 2. Thai food often tastes exotic to those who have never tried it. 3. That is the year Maria was born. 4. Herbs grow well if the soil is sandy and the drainage is adequate. 5. The ...
Grammar Practice Workbook - Muncie Central Early College
... Underline all linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. She said that she feels confident about the success of the plan. 2. Thai food often tastes exotic to those who have never tried it. 3. That is the year Maria was born. 4. Herbs grow well if the soil is sandy and the drainage is adequate. 5. The ...
... Underline all linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. She said that she feels confident about the success of the plan. 2. Thai food often tastes exotic to those who have never tried it. 3. That is the year Maria was born. 4. Herbs grow well if the soil is sandy and the drainage is adequate. 5. The ...
WRL3410.tmp - Princeton University
... Condition). However, at least the first generalization must be relativized to English, since many languages allow any argument to be unexpressed as long as it represents given and non-focal information. This is true for example in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Hungarian and Laos (e.g., Li and Th ...
... Condition). However, at least the first generalization must be relativized to English, since many languages allow any argument to be unexpressed as long as it represents given and non-focal information. This is true for example in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Hungarian and Laos (e.g., Li and Th ...
toeic
... The -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the “present participle”. The -ed form is called the “past participle” (for irregular verbs, this is column 3). Part Of Speech (品詞 Hin-shi ) One of the eight classes of word in English - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, con ...
... The -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the “present participle”. The -ed form is called the “past participle” (for irregular verbs, this is column 3). Part Of Speech (品詞 Hin-shi ) One of the eight classes of word in English - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, con ...
AspectuAlity in Hindi: tHe two pAirs of Aspects
... In a) the reference point is in the present along with the speech time, which makes the tense present perfect and aspect complete. In b) the reference point is in the past along with the event time, which makes the tense past and aspect incomplete. This difference can be explained even more clearly ...
... In a) the reference point is in the present along with the speech time, which makes the tense present perfect and aspect complete. In b) the reference point is in the past along with the event time, which makes the tense past and aspect incomplete. This difference can be explained even more clearly ...
resultative predicative adjunct constructions in the gothic bible
... instance, in Icelandic Ég hef sagt ‘I have said’ and Ég er kominn ‘I have come’. This situation is found in all Old Germanic languages, for example in Old Norse, Old High German and Old English. The only Germanic language that supposedly never included the HAVE type perfect in its verbal system was ...
... instance, in Icelandic Ég hef sagt ‘I have said’ and Ég er kominn ‘I have come’. This situation is found in all Old Germanic languages, for example in Old Norse, Old High German and Old English. The only Germanic language that supposedly never included the HAVE type perfect in its verbal system was ...
Brain Potentials Elicited by Garden-Path Sentences
... 1987), who used a self-paced reading task in which phrasesized segments were sequentially presented. Large increases in reading times for sentences similar to Sentence 1 were observed when readers encountered a clausal complement, Continuation b, but only when the main verb was biased toward a trans ...
... 1987), who used a self-paced reading task in which phrasesized segments were sequentially presented. Large increases in reading times for sentences similar to Sentence 1 were observed when readers encountered a clausal complement, Continuation b, but only when the main verb was biased toward a trans ...
Remarks on the History of the Indo-European Infinitive
... of infinitives infinitives undergo undergo are: are: subjects a. equivalent equivalent noun noun phrase deletion ; a. phrase deletion; b. raising to object; to object; b. raising c. raising raising to subject. c. to subject. When subordinate is not not coreferent coreferent with with aa main main cl ...
... of infinitives infinitives undergo undergo are: are: subjects a. equivalent equivalent noun noun phrase deletion ; a. phrase deletion; b. raising to object; to object; b. raising c. raising raising to subject. c. to subject. When subordinate is not not coreferent coreferent with with aa main main cl ...
ANOTHER LOOK AT PARTICIPLES AND
... sitting on a bench. I watched one of the jogging men for a while and then I went up to the *unjogging woman. ...
... sitting on a bench. I watched one of the jogging men for a while and then I went up to the *unjogging woman. ...
On Verb-Initial and Verb-Final Word Orders in Lokaa.
... clarity and simplicity I ignore the possible presence of an Aspect node in the discussion and representations that follow. All verbs in Lokaa are perfective or imperfective (or a ...
... clarity and simplicity I ignore the possible presence of an Aspect node in the discussion and representations that follow. All verbs in Lokaa are perfective or imperfective (or a ...
word order - Pathfinder.gr
... PLACE. In order to answer the question «Where?» we have to remember the important difference between the preposition TO, INTO, IN and AT. These are not the only prepositions of Place but they are the most easily confused. Here again a table will help. Memorise it if you can. MOTION REST ...
... PLACE. In order to answer the question «Where?» we have to remember the important difference between the preposition TO, INTO, IN and AT. These are not the only prepositions of Place but they are the most easily confused. Here again a table will help. Memorise it if you can. MOTION REST ...
1 The Functions of Non-Final Verbs and Their Aspectual Categories
... should be noted that the Subject case is more marked functionally than the Object case in Northern Mao. The use of the term ‘antiaccusative’ suggests that the accusative case should be the more marked in the system. In Northern Mao, if one case should be viewed in terms of another, it seems the Obje ...
... should be noted that the Subject case is more marked functionally than the Object case in Northern Mao. The use of the term ‘antiaccusative’ suggests that the accusative case should be the more marked in the system. In Northern Mao, if one case should be viewed in terms of another, it seems the Obje ...
7. Specific Verb Classes and Alternations - Humboldt
... a-pu?á. ‘I got up.’ sˇe-ropehií. ‘I am sleepy.’ c. a-gwerú aina.‘I am bringing them now.’ d. sˇe-rerahá. ‘They will carry me off.’ This distinction between two syntactic classes of intransitives is semantically interesting because it appears to reflect meaning differences among the class of intransi ...
... a-pu?á. ‘I got up.’ sˇe-ropehií. ‘I am sleepy.’ c. a-gwerú aina.‘I am bringing them now.’ d. sˇe-rerahá. ‘They will carry me off.’ This distinction between two syntactic classes of intransitives is semantically interesting because it appears to reflect meaning differences among the class of intransi ...
Word order preferences for direct and indirect objects in children
... Korean children do far better on accusative–dative patterns than on dative– accusative constructions, whose interpretation they tend to reverse. Interestingly, there seems to be nothing in maternal speech to children that could account for this. In fact, in the course of examining eighteen hours of ...
... Korean children do far better on accusative–dative patterns than on dative– accusative constructions, whose interpretation they tend to reverse. Interestingly, there seems to be nothing in maternal speech to children that could account for this. In fact, in the course of examining eighteen hours of ...
Effects of indefinite pronouns and traces on verb stress
... connection to the phases of Chomsky (2008). In doing so, they build on suggestions of Kahnemuyipour (2004). They also integrate suggestions about topics by Jäger (2001). German plays a central role in the illustration of the theory. According to Chomsky, νP and CP are phases, i.e. cyclic nodes on a ...
... connection to the phases of Chomsky (2008). In doing so, they build on suggestions of Kahnemuyipour (2004). They also integrate suggestions about topics by Jäger (2001). German plays a central role in the illustration of the theory. According to Chomsky, νP and CP are phases, i.e. cyclic nodes on a ...
Semantic Constraints on Lexical Categories
... having a fairly specific scenario, or situation model (Kintsch, 1986) associated with a piece of text containing an unknown word. The learner’s task is then to discern which parts of this scenario are likely to be associated with the word’s meaning. At this point, we believe linguistic knowledge com ...
... having a fairly specific scenario, or situation model (Kintsch, 1986) associated with a piece of text containing an unknown word. The learner’s task is then to discern which parts of this scenario are likely to be associated with the word’s meaning. At this point, we believe linguistic knowledge com ...
view - Association for Computational Linguistics
... 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 ...
Deconstructing the non-episodic readings of Spanish deverbal
... hypothetical participation in an event is due to the particular properties of the entity, without necessary intervention of an external set of conditions. That is, if something is quebradizo ‘break-dizo’, it is so because of its internal composition, the substance it is made of, its molecular struct ...
... hypothetical participation in an event is due to the particular properties of the entity, without necessary intervention of an external set of conditions. That is, if something is quebradizo ‘break-dizo’, it is so because of its internal composition, the substance it is made of, its molecular struct ...
OXFORD English Grammar OXFORD
... dam looked for the sun but there was none. Instead a cold wind from the north briefly stirred, like a cough from the old man who watched them. He pulled his patched coat close around himself and squinted along the barrel of the Mauser, itself battered by age. Nervous, they sniffed and pawed the iron ...
... dam looked for the sun but there was none. Instead a cold wind from the north briefly stirred, like a cough from the old man who watched them. He pulled his patched coat close around himself and squinted along the barrel of the Mauser, itself battered by age. Nervous, they sniffed and pawed the iron ...
English Grammar
... We learnt about tense and time in the previous class. Now, we realize that time is a continuous flow measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, or years. On the other hand, tense is a grammatical concept specific to a particular language. The tense system in English is not similar to that of any oth ...
... We learnt about tense and time in the previous class. Now, we realize that time is a continuous flow measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, or years. On the other hand, tense is a grammatical concept specific to a particular language. The tense system in English is not similar to that of any oth ...