Inversion
... It is frequently suggested that an adjacency requirement operates to the effect that a verb and a postverbal subject should be adjacent to each other and that nothing should intervene between them (Rizzi (1996), Friedemann (1995), see also the observations below. Of course the relevant constraint, u ...
... It is frequently suggested that an adjacency requirement operates to the effect that a verb and a postverbal subject should be adjacent to each other and that nothing should intervene between them (Rizzi (1996), Friedemann (1995), see also the observations below. Of course the relevant constraint, u ...
Journal of Memory and Language
... could be used for this assignment. In this case there might be no processing difficulty in object relatives as in (4). If, however, readers commit themselves to an analysis as subject relative clause already before the past participle is read, readers will still show longer reading times in the obje ...
... could be used for this assignment. In this case there might be no processing difficulty in object relatives as in (4). If, however, readers commit themselves to an analysis as subject relative clause already before the past participle is read, readers will still show longer reading times in the obje ...
On the syntax ofconstructions with arb SE in Spanish
... is neither an argument, nor is it.associated with an argument position. ...
... is neither an argument, nor is it.associated with an argument position. ...
Me - Lingualicious
... verbs, it’s the thing being liked/loved/interesting that controls the verb ending. So really the verb gustar means ‘to be likeable’, encantar means ‘to be lovable’ interesar means ‘to be interesting’. Click the video beneath and listen to the lyrics of the song below. Notice that although it is the ...
... verbs, it’s the thing being liked/loved/interesting that controls the verb ending. So really the verb gustar means ‘to be likeable’, encantar means ‘to be lovable’ interesar means ‘to be interesting’. Click the video beneath and listen to the lyrics of the song below. Notice that although it is the ...
Extraction from gerunds and the internal syntax of verbs - Munin
... where the gerund – which, following Borgonovo (1994), is always an adjunct in Spanish – is L-marked; this L-marking makes extraction possible. Other accounts, such as Demonte (1987), posit an operation of reanalysis (Zwart 1993; Stowell 1995) and use a modified definition of c-command to account for ...
... where the gerund – which, following Borgonovo (1994), is always an adjunct in Spanish – is L-marked; this L-marking makes extraction possible. Other accounts, such as Demonte (1987), posit an operation of reanalysis (Zwart 1993; Stowell 1995) and use a modified definition of c-command to account for ...
1 Mood Alternation in Modal Existential Constructions in Spanish
... MECs are found in most European languages (Romance, Baltic, Slavic , Albanian, Greek, Finno-‐Ugric, and Basque), in Semitic languages (Caponigro 2003, 2004, Grosu 2004) and they have recently been fo ...
... MECs are found in most European languages (Romance, Baltic, Slavic , Albanian, Greek, Finno-‐Ugric, and Basque), in Semitic languages (Caponigro 2003, 2004, Grosu 2004) and they have recently been fo ...
- Lancaster EPrints
... 2.3. Impersonal constructions in Puxian.................................................................. 55 2.4. The distribution of pronominal impersonals in Puxian..................................... 71 2.4.1. Identifying pronominal impersonals.................................................... ...
... 2.3. Impersonal constructions in Puxian.................................................................. 55 2.4. The distribution of pronominal impersonals in Puxian..................................... 71 2.4.1. Identifying pronominal impersonals.................................................... ...
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 ...
ISSN 2354-6948 A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN ENGLISH
... and space. Prepositions are used with nouns, pronouns, or infinitive verb forms, and although you might have heard they should never be used at the end of a sentence, this traditional grammar rule is more accepted today when the preposition is necessary to avoid a phrase. Since prepositions are not ...
... and space. Prepositions are used with nouns, pronouns, or infinitive verb forms, and although you might have heard they should never be used at the end of a sentence, this traditional grammar rule is more accepted today when the preposition is necessary to avoid a phrase. Since prepositions are not ...
Georgi Kapchits Sentence particles in the Somali language and their
... particles and serve as conductors of the government from verb to objects. Their place is fixed in regard to the predicate and other particles, which precede the verb, but not in regard to other components of the sentence. This means that the position of the preverb is determined by the verb and is ...
... particles and serve as conductors of the government from verb to objects. Their place is fixed in regard to the predicate and other particles, which precede the verb, but not in regard to other components of the sentence. This means that the position of the preverb is determined by the verb and is ...
Phrase particles in the Somali language
... particles and serve as conductors of the government from verb to objects. Their place is fixed in regard to the predicate and other particles, which precede the verb, but not in regard to other components of the sentence. This means that the position of the preverb is determined by the verb and is ...
... particles and serve as conductors of the government from verb to objects. Their place is fixed in regard to the predicate and other particles, which precede the verb, but not in regard to other components of the sentence. This means that the position of the preverb is determined by the verb and is ...
Toward an Aposynthesis of Topic Continuity and
... that are syntactically similar to full NPs. Dropped subjects are considered part of the system of weak pronouns. In Miltsakaki (2000), we argue that speakers of various languages use available nominal and pronominal forms and prosodic features in spoken language to signal attention structure in disc ...
... that are syntactically similar to full NPs. Dropped subjects are considered part of the system of weak pronouns. In Miltsakaki (2000), we argue that speakers of various languages use available nominal and pronominal forms and prosodic features in spoken language to signal attention structure in disc ...
RELATIONAL NOUNS, PRONOUNS, AND RESUMPTIONw
... nouns and pronouns cannot be completely undiscriminating. In particular, it cannot allow bound relational noun phrases to occur wherever bound pronouns do. A specific instance of this problem arises in the case of resumptive pronouns. Using English words ...
... nouns and pronouns cannot be completely undiscriminating. In particular, it cannot allow bound relational noun phrases to occur wherever bound pronouns do. A specific instance of this problem arises in the case of resumptive pronouns. Using English words ...
“Inversion” and focalization
... Which should be considered an explicit sign of a change in the syntactic structure. Note that tutto is higher than bene and lower than completamente in Cinque’s clausal map. The quantifier should then be allowed to raise higher than the latter adverb if the proposed interpretation of the contrast is ...
... Which should be considered an explicit sign of a change in the syntactic structure. Note that tutto is higher than bene and lower than completamente in Cinque’s clausal map. The quantifier should then be allowed to raise higher than the latter adverb if the proposed interpretation of the contrast is ...
Did You Get It? Presentación de gramática
... Linda puts on makeup (makes herself up). Linda puts makeup on her friend (makes her friend up). ...
... Linda puts on makeup (makes herself up). Linda puts makeup on her friend (makes her friend up). ...
2 The Dative Case
... Imagine for a moment that you are playing Mad Libs, and you are asked to supply some words, so you suggest flowerpot, mud puddle, and refrigerator. Then the leader of the game reads the story: “Philanthropists are people who like to help flowerpots. Some of them are very gullible and will believe ev ...
... Imagine for a moment that you are playing Mad Libs, and you are asked to supply some words, so you suggest flowerpot, mud puddle, and refrigerator. Then the leader of the game reads the story: “Philanthropists are people who like to help flowerpots. Some of them are very gullible and will believe ev ...
Transferring the Spanish Subjunctive Mood into English
... subjunctive are not distinct from the indicative. The subjunctive in Spanish is used more frequently than in English and also contrasts with it in having its own morphology, making it clearly identifiable and more noticeable in comparison. With this information about the English and Spanish subjunct ...
... subjunctive are not distinct from the indicative. The subjunctive in Spanish is used more frequently than in English and also contrasts with it in having its own morphology, making it clearly identifiable and more noticeable in comparison. With this information about the English and Spanish subjunct ...
The Syntax of French
... and neither is specific to French. First, in most places around the planet, people aren’t actually asked which language they speak; few countries – not even France! (see Rowlett 2006a) – include questions on language use and proficiency in their censuses. Second, even when people are asked which lan ...
... and neither is specific to French. First, in most places around the planet, people aren’t actually asked which language they speak; few countries – not even France! (see Rowlett 2006a) – include questions on language use and proficiency in their censuses. Second, even when people are asked which lan ...
Overt Nominative Subjects in Infinitival Complements
... control is an instance of movement/chain formation (Hornstein 1999, Boeckx & Hornstein, to app., Bowers, to app.), it is in principle possible for overt DPs to occur in the subject positions mentioned in (11). Languages might choose to pronounce all copies, or just some lower copy. The fact that thi ...
... control is an instance of movement/chain formation (Hornstein 1999, Boeckx & Hornstein, to app., Bowers, to app.), it is in principle possible for overt DPs to occur in the subject positions mentioned in (11). Languages might choose to pronounce all copies, or just some lower copy. The fact that thi ...
portuguese - bib.convdocs.org
... instructors of the language, culture, and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world, as well as for specialists in other languages who are interested in learning more about the Portuguese language. It was originally written for university-level students of Portuguese to complement the few Portugue ...
... instructors of the language, culture, and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world, as well as for specialists in other languages who are interested in learning more about the Portuguese language. It was originally written for university-level students of Portuguese to complement the few Portugue ...
Using gerund as object of prepositions
... Look forward to + gerund Example: I look forward to seeing you soon. Instead of, etc + gerund Example: You Had much better work instead of idling away your time. b) After the words that are still using a preposition: Fond of + gerund Example: He is always fond of hunting. He always liked hunting In ...
... Look forward to + gerund Example: I look forward to seeing you soon. Instead of, etc + gerund Example: You Had much better work instead of idling away your time. b) After the words that are still using a preposition: Fond of + gerund Example: He is always fond of hunting. He always liked hunting In ...
PDF format - Encuentro Journal
... as degrees of certainty and commitment, or alternatively vagueness and lack of commitment, personal beliefs versus generally accepted or taken for granted knowledge. Such language functions to express group membership, as speakers adopt positions, express agreement and disagreement with others, make ...
... as degrees of certainty and commitment, or alternatively vagueness and lack of commitment, personal beliefs versus generally accepted or taken for granted knowledge. Such language functions to express group membership, as speakers adopt positions, express agreement and disagreement with others, make ...
The Notion of Surface-Syntactic Relation Revisited
... With respect to the possible number of occurrences of a given SSyntRel r with the same G, we put forth the following requirement: ...
... With respect to the possible number of occurrences of a given SSyntRel r with the same G, we put forth the following requirement: ...
A Grammar of Tapiete (Tupi
... This dissertation provides a linguistic description of Tapiete, a Tupi-Guarani (TG) language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Fieldwork has been conducted in Argentina, where about 80 Tapiete families are settled in “Misión Los Tapietes”, Tartagal, province of Salta, northern Argentina. Th ...
... This dissertation provides a linguistic description of Tapiete, a Tupi-Guarani (TG) language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Fieldwork has been conducted in Argentina, where about 80 Tapiete families are settled in “Misión Los Tapietes”, Tartagal, province of Salta, northern Argentina. Th ...
THE POSITION OF THE VERB IN OLD ENGLISH RELATIVE
... Pronouns (1897) delves into the question of what conditions governed the use of various pronouns in different time periods. Karlberg investigates the development of wh-words into relative pronouns in The English Interrogative Pronouns (1954). Dowsing (1979) analyzes antecedents and the relative use ...
... Pronouns (1897) delves into the question of what conditions governed the use of various pronouns in different time periods. Karlberg investigates the development of wh-words into relative pronouns in The English Interrogative Pronouns (1954). Dowsing (1979) analyzes antecedents and the relative use ...