the semantics and exegetical significance of the object
... reversed. Such a clear instance demonstrates the reversal phenomenon and, at the same time, raises two questions: (1) What are the criteria for determining which is which since word order is not an infallible guide? and (2) Why is the order sometimes reversed? The Semantics of the Construction The t ...
... reversed. Such a clear instance demonstrates the reversal phenomenon and, at the same time, raises two questions: (1) What are the criteria for determining which is which since word order is not an infallible guide? and (2) Why is the order sometimes reversed? The Semantics of the Construction The t ...
Cumulativity and Countability in Karitiana Verbs* Luciana Sanchez
... count predicates can be said of the different types of verbal predicates. Inspired by the description in Link 1983, Bach 1986 shows the similarity between atelic predicates and mass nouns in the sense that they are like the stuff that the telic predicates and count names are made. Doetjes 2007 claim ...
... count predicates can be said of the different types of verbal predicates. Inspired by the description in Link 1983, Bach 1986 shows the similarity between atelic predicates and mass nouns in the sense that they are like the stuff that the telic predicates and count names are made. Doetjes 2007 claim ...
Grace Theological Journal 6
... reversed. Such a clear instance demonstrates the reversal phenomenon and, at the same time, raises two questions: (1) What are the criteria for determining which is which since word order is not an infallible guide? and (2) Why is the order sometimes reversed? The Semantics of the Construction The t ...
... reversed. Such a clear instance demonstrates the reversal phenomenon and, at the same time, raises two questions: (1) What are the criteria for determining which is which since word order is not an infallible guide? and (2) Why is the order sometimes reversed? The Semantics of the Construction The t ...
Writing Matters
... describes a verb (adjective, or other adverb) begins a phrase (anything a plane can do to a cloud) joins 2 words or 2 groups of words ...
... describes a verb (adjective, or other adverb) begins a phrase (anything a plane can do to a cloud) joins 2 words or 2 groups of words ...
Case of Personal Pronouns
... • Today this rule is changing. In informal speech, people often use the objective case after a form of the linking verb be; they say It’s me or It was him. Some authorities even advise using the objective case informally to avoid appearing pretentious. In formal writing, however, always use the nomi ...
... • Today this rule is changing. In informal speech, people often use the objective case after a form of the linking verb be; they say It’s me or It was him. Some authorities even advise using the objective case informally to avoid appearing pretentious. In formal writing, however, always use the nomi ...
An Unmediated Analysis of Relative Clauses
... analysis. Yet, since Chomsky (1977) the standard analysis of this kind of relative clause has been an anaphorically mediated analysis, in which the mediating element is an unexpressed pronominal element. This paper will argue for an anaphorically unmediated analysis of relative clauses. In §2 I will ...
... analysis. Yet, since Chomsky (1977) the standard analysis of this kind of relative clause has been an anaphorically mediated analysis, in which the mediating element is an unexpressed pronominal element. This paper will argue for an anaphorically unmediated analysis of relative clauses. In §2 I will ...
English non-finite participial clauses as seen through their Czech
... (‘to-need’); the third (iii) by She gave the chair a gentle turn. - Po-otočila křeslo. (‘gently-turned-she the chair’). The second (ii) type of verbonominal ways of expression, which is of interest in this study, includes English participial condensers. Typological differences between English and Cz ...
... (‘to-need’); the third (iii) by She gave the chair a gentle turn. - Po-otočila křeslo. (‘gently-turned-she the chair’). The second (ii) type of verbonominal ways of expression, which is of interest in this study, includes English participial condensers. Typological differences between English and Cz ...
clause analysis - mt
... The questions asked in this topic are to analyze the clause and the sentences given are mainly complex sentences. A COMPLEX sentence is made up of a MAIN CLAUSE and a SUBORDINATE CLAUSE, which starts with a subordinator. The main clause is the one that can stand on its own. The subordinate clause de ...
... The questions asked in this topic are to analyze the clause and the sentences given are mainly complex sentences. A COMPLEX sentence is made up of a MAIN CLAUSE and a SUBORDINATE CLAUSE, which starts with a subordinator. The main clause is the one that can stand on its own. The subordinate clause de ...
Simple Sentence
... Uzbekistan is in need of highly qualified specialists in the field of foreign languages. Uzbek Republic is integrating into the international world community in such spheres as economy, policy, diplomacy, education trade, technologies, art and science. I.Karimov says in his speech:” State sovereignt ...
... Uzbekistan is in need of highly qualified specialists in the field of foreign languages. Uzbek Republic is integrating into the international world community in such spheres as economy, policy, diplomacy, education trade, technologies, art and science. I.Karimov says in his speech:” State sovereignt ...
Negative quantification and existential sentences
... Meulen, 1987) cannot occur in averbal clauses, cf. (14), analogously to what is observed in there–constructions. The data in (14) show that the definiteness effect is replicated in averbal clauses. It has to be noted that the frequency with which the negative constructions exemplified in (1) and (2) ...
... Meulen, 1987) cannot occur in averbal clauses, cf. (14), analogously to what is observed in there–constructions. The data in (14) show that the definiteness effect is replicated in averbal clauses. It has to be noted that the frequency with which the negative constructions exemplified in (1) and (2) ...
Lambrecht 2000
... In previous work (Lambrecht 1986, 1994) I have argued that the pragmatic structuring of propositions into presupposed and non-presupposed portions is done cross-linguistically in terms of a small number of types of focus articulation or , which correspond to different types of communi ...
... In previous work (Lambrecht 1986, 1994) I have argued that the pragmatic structuring of propositions into presupposed and non-presupposed portions is done cross-linguistically in terms of a small number of types of focus articulation or , which correspond to different types of communi ...
1 Title: ERRORS IN THE TRANSLATION OF TOPIC
... Originally, the term TOPIC is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of the term THEME, which was coined by the Prague School of functional linguistics, following Mathesius (English translation: 1975), e.g. Firbas (1969), Danes (1974). Topic is often defined in terms of its linguistic structures, either syntact ...
... Originally, the term TOPIC is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of the term THEME, which was coined by the Prague School of functional linguistics, following Mathesius (English translation: 1975), e.g. Firbas (1969), Danes (1974). Topic is often defined in terms of its linguistic structures, either syntact ...
ùit6 - Bilkent Repository
... education in many different ways, often involving some kind of questionanswer interaction between student and computer. Integration of natu ral language in teaching specific subject domains certainly improves the power of a CAI system. Design of computer-aided education tools for teaching Turkish o ...
... education in many different ways, often involving some kind of questionanswer interaction between student and computer. Integration of natu ral language in teaching specific subject domains certainly improves the power of a CAI system. Design of computer-aided education tools for teaching Turkish o ...
LATIN WORD ORDER A Glimpse into the Vaults.
... Knowing in what order to put the words when expressing one's thoughts is an important part of prose composition skill. In Latin, word order is far more flexible than in languages with no (or few) inflections, thus expressing emphasis by merely changing the position of a word becomes possible. This p ...
... Knowing in what order to put the words when expressing one's thoughts is an important part of prose composition skill. In Latin, word order is far more flexible than in languages with no (or few) inflections, thus expressing emphasis by merely changing the position of a word becomes possible. This p ...
Relativization in English and Embosi
... (a) The flowers that you sent me were lost. (b) The President for whom you were waiting did not come. (c) I am proud of the singer whose songs you like. ...
... (a) The flowers that you sent me were lost. (b) The President for whom you were waiting did not come. (c) I am proud of the singer whose songs you like. ...
Toward an Aposynthesis of Topic Continuity and
... Some of the shortcomings of the BFP algorithm are discussed by Prasad and Strube (2000), who observe that it makes two strategic errors. Prasad and Strube’s observations are made with respect to Hindi but hold in English and Modern Greek, as shown in (6) and (7), respectively. The rst of these erro ...
... Some of the shortcomings of the BFP algorithm are discussed by Prasad and Strube (2000), who observe that it makes two strategic errors. Prasad and Strube’s observations are made with respect to Hindi but hold in English and Modern Greek, as shown in (6) and (7), respectively. The rst of these erro ...
Boundless Study Slides
... • Parallelism In grammar, parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses.The application of parallelism in sentence construction can sometimes improve writing style, clearness, and readability.Parallelism may also be known as parallel structure or parallel construction. ( ...
... • Parallelism In grammar, parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses.The application of parallelism in sentence construction can sometimes improve writing style, clearness, and readability.Parallelism may also be known as parallel structure or parallel construction. ( ...
Pronouns
... FORMS: subject (who, which, that), object (whom, which, that), possessive personal (who whom whose) non-personal (which whose that) Examples: I went to see the singer who was in town. I read the book which the professor recommended to me. ...
... FORMS: subject (who, which, that), object (whom, which, that), possessive personal (who whom whose) non-personal (which whose that) Examples: I went to see the singer who was in town. I read the book which the professor recommended to me. ...
Complex sentences in Avatime
... • Foley & Van Valin (1984) propose the notion cosubordination for some constructions that seem to be in between subordination and coordination - especially cause chaining and serial verb constructions. • In clausal cosubordination, the linked units share illocutionary force, tense and negation (Van ...
... • Foley & Van Valin (1984) propose the notion cosubordination for some constructions that seem to be in between subordination and coordination - especially cause chaining and serial verb constructions. • In clausal cosubordination, the linked units share illocutionary force, tense and negation (Van ...
Coordinating constructions in Fongbe with - Archipel
... that, when the two clauses are coordinated by b‡, the subject of the second conjunct clause must be overt, as in (5) and (7), and when the two clauses are coordinated by bó, the subject of the second conjunct must be covert, as in (6). This discrepancy raises the question of the syntactic status of ...
... that, when the two clauses are coordinated by b‡, the subject of the second conjunct clause must be overt, as in (5) and (7), and when the two clauses are coordinated by bó, the subject of the second conjunct must be covert, as in (6). This discrepancy raises the question of the syntactic status of ...
A comparative study of participles, converbs and absolute
... Ruppel (2013) gives an overview of ACs’ characteristics stated by other authors: “Some authors concentrate on (or also mention) the fact that ACs stand ‘as attributes to a whole clause’ or ‘syntactically independent’ from their matrix clause. Others focus on the necessity that the subject of the AC ...
... Ruppel (2013) gives an overview of ACs’ characteristics stated by other authors: “Some authors concentrate on (or also mention) the fact that ACs stand ‘as attributes to a whole clause’ or ‘syntactically independent’ from their matrix clause. Others focus on the necessity that the subject of the AC ...
Classification of subordinate clauses
... Since speech and writing are the expression of articulate thinking, utterances and written sentences will be the materialized forms of thoughts. Articulate thoughts (in the field of logic) find their expression in sentences or propositions (terms which have their origin in the same field of logic) a ...
... Since speech and writing are the expression of articulate thinking, utterances and written sentences will be the materialized forms of thoughts. Articulate thoughts (in the field of logic) find their expression in sentences or propositions (terms which have their origin in the same field of logic) a ...
Adverb clause of manner answer the question
... a sentence. It can stand alone as a sentence by itself. An independent clause = subject + verb + Complement Ex: a. They play football. b. I eat more food today. Normally, I found independent clause in simple and compound sentences. 1.2 Dependent Clauses A dependent clause is not a complete sentence. ...
... a sentence. It can stand alone as a sentence by itself. An independent clause = subject + verb + Complement Ex: a. They play football. b. I eat more food today. Normally, I found independent clause in simple and compound sentences. 1.2 Dependent Clauses A dependent clause is not a complete sentence. ...
Reflections on English personal pronouns
... There is a tension between grammatical and semantical number, as illustrated by the following: A number of people know Esperanto; but their number is small, even if it is not insignificant. The gender in English is strictly determined by the sex of the person referred to, as opposed to the practice ...
... There is a tension between grammatical and semantical number, as illustrated by the following: A number of people know Esperanto; but their number is small, even if it is not insignificant. The gender in English is strictly determined by the sex of the person referred to, as opposed to the practice ...
University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
... They can be classified either by structural type (in terms of the elements they themselves contain) or by function (structural position they have in the superordinate clause), fully described in the following chapters. There is the absence of a finite verb form. They have no tense and they cannot in ...
... They can be classified either by structural type (in terms of the elements they themselves contain) or by function (structural position they have in the superordinate clause), fully described in the following chapters. There is the absence of a finite verb form. They have no tense and they cannot in ...