A Reference Grammar of Dena Michelle Elizabeth Morrison Doctor
... This dissertation would not have been possible without the generous support of the Documenting Endangered Languages Program at the National Science Foundation (BCS No. 0817518), and I am grateful for their support. Thanks are due to the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) for th ...
... This dissertation would not have been possible without the generous support of the Documenting Endangered Languages Program at the National Science Foundation (BCS No. 0817518), and I am grateful for their support. Thanks are due to the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) for th ...
Part 9 English Idioms The English language abounds in idioms like
... conjunction till, an article the, a noun cow, a verb come and an adverb home, means `forever' and functions as an adverb, thus replaceable by the word `forever'. The same can be said of keep in mind (remember), take off (imitate), to no avail (useless), like a breeze (easily) and ...
... conjunction till, an article the, a noun cow, a verb come and an adverb home, means `forever' and functions as an adverb, thus replaceable by the word `forever'. The same can be said of keep in mind (remember), take off (imitate), to no avail (useless), like a breeze (easily) and ...
Grammaticalization and - White Rose eTheses Online
... on grammaticalization (introduced to me by Ian), which, along with Roberts and Roussou (2003), has inspired much of my work. Her comments in her examiner’s report were also very constructive and have played a big part in the final corrected version. Finally, I would like to express my heartfelt than ...
... on grammaticalization (introduced to me by Ian), which, along with Roberts and Roussou (2003), has inspired much of my work. Her comments in her examiner’s report were also very constructive and have played a big part in the final corrected version. Finally, I would like to express my heartfelt than ...
Structural Classification of English Modals
... English relies on modal expressions more than many languages and possesses a vast complexity of mood and modal forms. While there may be much debate as to which moods are or are not present in English usage, there is little to deny that mood plays an integral role in the meaning and structure of utt ...
... English relies on modal expressions more than many languages and possesses a vast complexity of mood and modal forms. While there may be much debate as to which moods are or are not present in English usage, there is little to deny that mood plays an integral role in the meaning and structure of utt ...
Reciprocals in Yukaghir languages
... 'Those Yukaghirs and those Evens understood each other's language; since they understood each other's language, they helped each other.' (< medi:- 'to hear, to perceive, to understand' (vt)). It should be stressed that these sentences cannot be described as resulting from attaching the reciprocal su ...
... 'Those Yukaghirs and those Evens understood each other's language; since they understood each other's language, they helped each other.' (< medi:- 'to hear, to perceive, to understand' (vt)). It should be stressed that these sentences cannot be described as resulting from attaching the reciprocal su ...
STRUCTURAL PRIMING IN TURKISH GENITIVE
... There is a very special person without whom this thesis would not have been possible. Ayşe Betül Toplu, you have done so much more for me and for this thesis than you think you did. You were there with me at every step, since the very beginning until the end. Your ideas, suggestions and feedback ha ...
... There is a very special person without whom this thesis would not have been possible. Ayşe Betül Toplu, you have done so much more for me and for this thesis than you think you did. You were there with me at every step, since the very beginning until the end. Your ideas, suggestions and feedback ha ...
Decomposing Existence: Evidence from Germanic
... „habitat” reading. Such existentials are for example German es gibt, Danish der findes, Swedish det finns, Norwegian det fins and Icelandic der være til. In section 3, I will contrast locative and pure existentials using data from Germanic languages. The habitual interpretation of pure existentials ...
... „habitat” reading. Such existentials are for example German es gibt, Danish der findes, Swedish det finns, Norwegian det fins and Icelandic der være til. In section 3, I will contrast locative and pure existentials using data from Germanic languages. The habitual interpretation of pure existentials ...
AFF - MPG.PuRe
... my research in Atayal. He not only taught me Indonesian, Tagalog, and Austronesian linguistics, but also writing of textbooks and foreign lang~agepedagogy. He always believe6 in me and challeoged me to move forward. Professor Linda Waugh taught me morphology and semiotics. She played a crucial role ...
... my research in Atayal. He not only taught me Indonesian, Tagalog, and Austronesian linguistics, but also writing of textbooks and foreign lang~agepedagogy. He always believe6 in me and challeoged me to move forward. Professor Linda Waugh taught me morphology and semiotics. She played a crucial role ...
Master`s Thesis - Nikhil Krishnaswamy
... Overall, we can say that the total meaning of a given verb sense is generated from its qualia, that qualia are calculated based on context, and that di↵erent verbs and di↵erent verbal senses of the same lexical item have di↵erent qualia from each other. However, as verb qualia must be calculated bas ...
... Overall, we can say that the total meaning of a given verb sense is generated from its qualia, that qualia are calculated based on context, and that di↵erent verbs and di↵erent verbal senses of the same lexical item have di↵erent qualia from each other. However, as verb qualia must be calculated bas ...
ENG421 - National Open University of Nigeria
... Each of the study units follows a common format. The first item is an introduction to the subject matter of the unit and how a particular unit is integrated with other units and the course as a whole. Next is a set of learning objectives. These objectives let you know what you should be able to do b ...
... Each of the study units follows a common format. The first item is an introduction to the subject matter of the unit and how a particular unit is integrated with other units and the course as a whole. Next is a set of learning objectives. These objectives let you know what you should be able to do b ...
A Typology of Verbal Borrowings
... The staff at the MPI EVA institute library, especially S TEPHAN K EMP GEN , always kindly and effectively helped me searching, localizing and ordering literature. During their internships at the institute, A NNE -C AROLINE C ORDERO - D ’AUBUISSON and J ULIA ROMAZANOVA diligently filled the database ...
... The staff at the MPI EVA institute library, especially S TEPHAN K EMP GEN , always kindly and effectively helped me searching, localizing and ordering literature. During their internships at the institute, A NNE -C AROLINE C ORDERO - D ’AUBUISSON and J ULIA ROMAZANOVA diligently filled the database ...
A Writer`s Reference
... * [Crossed out: In] Tutors in the writing center/[Crossed out: they] say that vague pronoun reference is unacceptable. G3-b * Be alert for irregular verbs that have [Crossed out: came] come to you in the wrong form. G2-a 1. A verb have to agree with its subject. 2. Each pronoun should agree with the ...
... * [Crossed out: In] Tutors in the writing center/[Crossed out: they] say that vague pronoun reference is unacceptable. G3-b * Be alert for irregular verbs that have [Crossed out: came] come to you in the wrong form. G2-a 1. A verb have to agree with its subject. 2. Each pronoun should agree with the ...
Grammar and Language Workbook
... He said something about ________. I know something about a(n) ________. He said something about aunts. I know something about a meadow. 3. A common noun names a general class of people, places, things, or ideas. ...
... He said something about ________. I know something about a(n) ________. He said something about aunts. I know something about a meadow. 3. A common noun names a general class of people, places, things, or ideas. ...
PowerPoint 簡報
... Zero articles: Several kinds of nouns never use articles. We do not use articles with the names of languages ("He was learning Chinese." [But when the word Chinese refers to the people, the definite article might come into play: "The Chinese are hoping to get the next Olympics."]), the names of spor ...
... Zero articles: Several kinds of nouns never use articles. We do not use articles with the names of languages ("He was learning Chinese." [But when the word Chinese refers to the people, the definite article might come into play: "The Chinese are hoping to get the next Olympics."]), the names of spor ...
Adjectival participles, event kind modification and
... deleted when the participle is adjectivised. She proposes that in the case of eventrelated modification we are dealing with phrasal adjectivisation (following Kratzer 1994), which only allows as its input modifiers that provide information that is characteristic for the result state. However, she do ...
... deleted when the participle is adjectivised. She proposes that in the case of eventrelated modification we are dealing with phrasal adjectivisation (following Kratzer 1994), which only allows as its input modifiers that provide information that is characteristic for the result state. However, she do ...
On the syntax of locative and directional adpositional phrases
... of the adpositional phrase in full detail, taking its cue not just from the Dutch facts (which will be substantially amplified beyond Koopman’ s observations) but also from German. The outcome of this investigation will end up strongly supporting Koopman’ s research program, developing it in several ...
... of the adpositional phrase in full detail, taking its cue not just from the Dutch facts (which will be substantially amplified beyond Koopman’ s observations) but also from German. The outcome of this investigation will end up strongly supporting Koopman’ s research program, developing it in several ...
lexical and structural ambiguity in humorous headlines
... For example, one of the first distinctions to be made when approaching the models of lexical ambiguity resolution elaborated so far in the literature is the one between the so-called exhaustive access model, according to which all the meanings of a word are accessed simultaneously and independently ...
... For example, one of the first distinctions to be made when approaching the models of lexical ambiguity resolution elaborated so far in the literature is the one between the so-called exhaustive access model, according to which all the meanings of a word are accessed simultaneously and independently ...
HAVE + PERFECT PARTICIPLE
... participle>, is structured [have [noun participle]], and that this syntagma undergoes change as have loses its possessive meaning. In this dissertation, I demonstrate that the traditional view is untenable and readdress two fundamental questions about the development of have-perfects: (i) how is the ...
... participle>, is structured [have [noun participle]], and that this syntagma undergoes change as have loses its possessive meaning. In this dissertation, I demonstrate that the traditional view is untenable and readdress two fundamental questions about the development of have-perfects: (i) how is the ...
German/Print version - Wikibooks, collection of open
... In learning to read or speak any language with which you have minimal acquaintance (that is, are not a native speaker of), the two aspects to be mastered are vocabulary and grammar. Acquiring vocabulary is a "simple" matter of memorization. For the language(s) we learn as children, this process is s ...
... In learning to read or speak any language with which you have minimal acquaintance (that is, are not a native speaker of), the two aspects to be mastered are vocabulary and grammar. Acquiring vocabulary is a "simple" matter of memorization. For the language(s) we learn as children, this process is s ...
PALAVRAS
... MT-program for Danish2. Then – in 1994 – I heard a highly contagious lecture by Fred Karlsson presenting his Constraint Grammar formalism for context based disambiguation of morphological and syntactic ambiguities. I was fascinated both by the robustness of the English Constraint Grammar (Karlsson e ...
... MT-program for Danish2. Then – in 1994 – I heard a highly contagious lecture by Fred Karlsson presenting his Constraint Grammar formalism for context based disambiguation of morphological and syntactic ambiguities. I was fascinated both by the robustness of the English Constraint Grammar (Karlsson e ...
Heroic deeds and devious villains:
... believe it is important to be a good reader, and since we see reading as a meaningful and important activity, we want our children to read as much as possible. We are not indifferent, however, to what kind of literature children should read. Although we usually accept that some books can be read for ...
... believe it is important to be a good reader, and since we see reading as a meaningful and important activity, we want our children to read as much as possible. We are not indifferent, however, to what kind of literature children should read. Although we usually accept that some books can be read for ...
The Classification of Optatives: A Statistical Study
... to the mind, and can be expressed only by words like perhaps, possibly, or probably, or by such vague forms as if he pleased, or if he should try, if he could, if there should be an opportunity, etc. Sometimes a general condition, like in any possible case, is felt to be implied, so that the optativ ...
... to the mind, and can be expressed only by words like perhaps, possibly, or probably, or by such vague forms as if he pleased, or if he should try, if he could, if there should be an opportunity, etc. Sometimes a general condition, like in any possible case, is felt to be implied, so that the optativ ...
- Scholarworks @ Morehead State
... theories that attempt to explain them. None of these theories, however, is widely accepted by the syntactic community. All of the syntactic theories about it-clefts assume two important properties of clefts and how they relate to meaning: (a) The it–cleft is a focusing construction: the focal positi ...
... theories that attempt to explain them. None of these theories, however, is widely accepted by the syntactic community. All of the syntactic theories about it-clefts assume two important properties of clefts and how they relate to meaning: (a) The it–cleft is a focusing construction: the focal positi ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION CLASS
... 'it' is often used to refer to an animal when the gender is not known or not considered to be important. Some people also refer to babies in this way. He has a dog. He loves it. Look at the baby. It is smiling. You also use 'it' to refer to a situation, the time, the date or the weather: It is very ...
... 'it' is often used to refer to an animal when the gender is not known or not considered to be important. Some people also refer to babies in this way. He has a dog. He loves it. Look at the baby. It is smiling. You also use 'it' to refer to a situation, the time, the date or the weather: It is very ...