ABSTRACT MEASURING PREDICATES Alexis Wellwood, Doctor of
... syntactic properties of a language with an eye to the notional categories that the various pieces of form express. In this dissertation, I investigate the morphosyntactic devices that English speakers (and speakers of other languages) can use to talk about comparisons between things: comparative sen ...
... syntactic properties of a language with an eye to the notional categories that the various pieces of form express. In this dissertation, I investigate the morphosyntactic devices that English speakers (and speakers of other languages) can use to talk about comparisons between things: comparative sen ...
complete issue - FRITT
... based on her PhD thesis defended at ILOS in 2013. Her comparative study involves twelve different Slavic languages with examples taken from the ParaSol corpus. The different distribution of imperfective and perfective aspect in Slavic ...
... based on her PhD thesis defended at ILOS in 2013. Her comparative study involves twelve different Slavic languages with examples taken from the ParaSol corpus. The different distribution of imperfective and perfective aspect in Slavic ...
The -ing dynasty: Rebuilding the semantics of nominalizations
... study of the use and occurrence of -ing forms has been rather restricted. In reexamining the syntax and semantics of nominalizations, we have endeavoured to achieve a more global understanding of the usage patterns, with the hope that this would provide further insight into the semantic foundations ...
... study of the use and occurrence of -ing forms has been rather restricted. In reexamining the syntax and semantics of nominalizations, we have endeavoured to achieve a more global understanding of the usage patterns, with the hope that this would provide further insight into the semantic foundations ...
Identifying English Gerunds and their Translation Equivalents in an
... Old English differentiated between four cases and still had the category of grammatical gender. The language has lost grammatical gender, adjectival and article inflection and its original rich verb inflection system. Auxiliaries, will-future and periphrastic do were developed and nominal case infle ...
... Old English differentiated between four cases and still had the category of grammatical gender. The language has lost grammatical gender, adjectival and article inflection and its original rich verb inflection system. Auxiliaries, will-future and periphrastic do were developed and nominal case infle ...
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 ...
Different by-phrases with adjectival and verbal passives
... Alternatively, one could make a distinction between two kinds of by-phrases on different theoretical grounds. Those introduced by Voice could be (syntactic) arguments whereas there are also by-phrases (those with adjectival passives) that are adjuncts modifying the VP (cf., e.g., Dowty, 2003, for si ...
... Alternatively, one could make a distinction between two kinds of by-phrases on different theoretical grounds. Those introduced by Voice could be (syntactic) arguments whereas there are also by-phrases (those with adjectival passives) that are adjuncts modifying the VP (cf., e.g., Dowty, 2003, for si ...
Destinos: 27-52 The Main Grammar Points, and Exercises with
... the same. The pronoun is used whenever necessary to avoid confusion. Important: do not try to form the present subjunctive from the infinitive. This will not work for any verb with an irregular first person (and there are many such verbs: tener-tengo-tenga; salir-salgo-salga, are two examples). Irre ...
... the same. The pronoun is used whenever necessary to avoid confusion. Important: do not try to form the present subjunctive from the infinitive. This will not work for any verb with an irregular first person (and there are many such verbs: tener-tengo-tenga; salir-salgo-salga, are two examples). Irre ...
Destinos: 27-52 The Main Grammar Points, and Exercises with
... First of all, the subjunctive is not a new verb tense, but rather an entire, new verb system. The subjunctive, which is also called the subjunctive mood, has four tenses: present subjunctive, present perfect subjunctive, past subjunctive (sometimes referred to as imperfect subjunctive), and past per ...
... First of all, the subjunctive is not a new verb tense, but rather an entire, new verb system. The subjunctive, which is also called the subjunctive mood, has four tenses: present subjunctive, present perfect subjunctive, past subjunctive (sometimes referred to as imperfect subjunctive), and past per ...
File - BAB-UL-ILM RESEARCH FOUNDATION (BIRF)
... It is our aim that all who read this book get a deep insight into, and understanding of the world of English grammar. The book offers a firsthand access to the study of grammar viewed from an American-cum-Pakistani point of view. The spellings and mode of writing used in this book orient American En ...
... It is our aim that all who read this book get a deep insight into, and understanding of the world of English grammar. The book offers a firsthand access to the study of grammar viewed from an American-cum-Pakistani point of view. The spellings and mode of writing used in this book orient American En ...
manual for the use of nehol: the negerhollands
... they reflect the basilectal variety from the 18th century or whether they have been constructed by missionaries themselves. The same counts for the two short conversations from Grammatik_conversation. We do not know how these texts have been constructed, only that the manuscript was written by the H ...
... they reflect the basilectal variety from the 18th century or whether they have been constructed by missionaries themselves. The same counts for the two short conversations from Grammatik_conversation. We do not know how these texts have been constructed, only that the manuscript was written by the H ...
The Verb “To Be”
... An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened. Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere ...
... An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened. Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere ...
Syntax of Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek
... THE first edition of this work appeared as a pamphlet in 1888. In issuing this revised and enlarged edition, it seems desirable to state somewhat more fully than was done in the former preface the purpose which it is hoped the book will serve. Classified according to its intent, it belongs among the ...
... THE first edition of this work appeared as a pamphlet in 1888. In issuing this revised and enlarged edition, it seems desirable to state somewhat more fully than was done in the former preface the purpose which it is hoped the book will serve. Classified according to its intent, it belongs among the ...
a case of habere + participle in late latin
... of an intransitive verb and a subject of habere unambiguously identical to the agent of the participle, have been identified. There is no variant reading that could cast doubt on these features of habere transgressa. Considering that it is an exceptional example, it is worth examining the factors wh ...
... of an intransitive verb and a subject of habere unambiguously identical to the agent of the participle, have been identified. There is no variant reading that could cast doubt on these features of habere transgressa. Considering that it is an exceptional example, it is worth examining the factors wh ...
Different by-phrases with adjectival and verbal passives: Evidence
... from this distinction, but see ( (1996)); Maienborn (2007); Gehrke (to appear) for different pragmatic takes on the distinction, and Gehrke (2012) and Irmer and Mueller-Reichau (2012) for critical discussion of the still-modification diagnostics. The semantics we assume for adjectival participles (s ...
... from this distinction, but see ( (1996)); Maienborn (2007); Gehrke (to appear) for different pragmatic takes on the distinction, and Gehrke (2012) and Irmer and Mueller-Reichau (2012) for critical discussion of the still-modification diagnostics. The semantics we assume for adjectival participles (s ...
syntax - Gordon College Faculty
... THE first edition of this work appeared as a pamphlet in 1888. In issuing this revised and enlarged edition, it seems desirable to state somewhat more fully than was done in the former preface the purpose which it is hoped the book will serve. Classified according to its intent, it belongs among the ...
... THE first edition of this work appeared as a pamphlet in 1888. In issuing this revised and enlarged edition, it seems desirable to state somewhat more fully than was done in the former preface the purpose which it is hoped the book will serve. Classified according to its intent, it belongs among the ...
Passive in the world`s languages
... actives. Similarly, ‘agent phrases’, such as by Mary in John was slapped by Mary, most commonly take the position and case marking (including choice of pre- and postpositions) of some oblique NPs in active sentences, most usually an instrumental, locative, or genitive. Thus we cannot recognize a pas ...
... actives. Similarly, ‘agent phrases’, such as by Mary in John was slapped by Mary, most commonly take the position and case marking (including choice of pre- and postpositions) of some oblique NPs in active sentences, most usually an instrumental, locative, or genitive. Thus we cannot recognize a pas ...
(Past) Participle Agreement
... the course of movement of the clitic to its final landing site in some (functional) head in the upper part of the clause. So, past participle agreement is a reflex of the displacement of the nominal projection determining agreement. Note, incidentally, that past participle agreement may give a hint ...
... the course of movement of the clitic to its final landing site in some (functional) head in the upper part of the clause. So, past participle agreement is a reflex of the displacement of the nominal projection determining agreement. Note, incidentally, that past participle agreement may give a hint ...
Constructions with and without articles Henriëtte de Swart
... nouns that can appear in configurations like (7d), as long as it can get a ‘unit’ interpretation that per builds on to deliver the ‘each unit’ interpretation. The ‘with/without’ bare PPs in (7e, 8d) are a subclass of P-based bare PPs that establish a ‘have’ relation between the head noun and the com ...
... nouns that can appear in configurations like (7d), as long as it can get a ‘unit’ interpretation that per builds on to deliver the ‘each unit’ interpretation. The ‘with/without’ bare PPs in (7e, 8d) are a subclass of P-based bare PPs that establish a ‘have’ relation between the head noun and the com ...
How weak and how definite are Weak Definites?
... A reviewer points out that speaker’s usually have their local hospital etc. in mind when using Weak Definites. But my main point is that this is not necessarily so, as can be seen rather clearly from quantified examples like (1), where there may be no one local hospital in that sense. ...
... A reviewer points out that speaker’s usually have their local hospital etc. in mind when using Weak Definites. But my main point is that this is not necessarily so, as can be seen rather clearly from quantified examples like (1), where there may be no one local hospital in that sense. ...
here - The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
... túle "came"; OEA: cóm. Evidently a past tense of tul- "come" (Etym s.v. TUL), formed by the lengthening of the stem-vowel and addition of the past suffix -e; the same formation could be seen in ohta-káre below. In Etym, however, past tense of kar- "make, do" is given as karne, so Tolkien might have ...
... túle "came"; OEA: cóm. Evidently a past tense of tul- "come" (Etym s.v. TUL), formed by the lengthening of the stem-vowel and addition of the past suffix -e; the same formation could be seen in ohta-káre below. In Etym, however, past tense of kar- "make, do" is given as karne, so Tolkien might have ...
Old Norse I: Grammar - Viking Society Web Publications
... and Norwegian written with the roman alphabet that our knowledge of Old Norse is chiefly based. The earliest Icelandic and Norwegian vernacular manuscripts that have survived are dated to c. 1150, but the bulk are from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and many Icelandic manuscripts are later ...
... and Norwegian written with the roman alphabet that our knowledge of Old Norse is chiefly based. The earliest Icelandic and Norwegian vernacular manuscripts that have survived are dated to c. 1150, but the bulk are from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and many Icelandic manuscripts are later ...
is case a functional unit: latin genitive
... and to put the apparent multiplicity of data in a theoretical order. The latter one is that of the grammarian who tries to describe usage faithfully and exhaustively. Both views are quite legitimate: one submits to reason, the other to experience. But each of these thought processes may be questiona ...
... and to put the apparent multiplicity of data in a theoretical order. The latter one is that of the grammarian who tries to describe usage faithfully and exhaustively. Both views are quite legitimate: one submits to reason, the other to experience. But each of these thought processes may be questiona ...
www.gramatika.org
... Exception ─ was, were Remember ─ In the present tense form, the verbs change to agree with their subjects in number. Exception ─ I and you (singular) In the past tense form, the verbs do not change. Exception ─ was, were ...
... Exception ─ was, were Remember ─ In the present tense form, the verbs change to agree with their subjects in number. Exception ─ I and you (singular) In the past tense form, the verbs do not change. Exception ─ was, were ...