2004 Larson, R.K. and F. Marusic. Indefinite pronoun structures with
... we might expect live postnominally (22a). But this is not what we find: the form licensed in postnominal position is alive (22b).7 (22) a. *something live b. something alive A similar restriction can be observed in other languages. Attributive adjectives in Slovenian, as in English, appear in prenom ...
... we might expect live postnominally (22a). But this is not what we find: the form licensed in postnominal position is alive (22b).7 (22) a. *something live b. something alive A similar restriction can be observed in other languages. Attributive adjectives in Slovenian, as in English, appear in prenom ...
Lemma - Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
... ~ base form: infinitive for verbs nom. sg. for nouns, numerals nom. sg. masc. for adjectives ...
... ~ base form: infinitive for verbs nom. sg. for nouns, numerals nom. sg. masc. for adjectives ...
The Use of Passive Voice in the Constitution of the United States
... Some examples where a bare passive does have an overt subject: All things considered, we’re lucky not to have been sued for a lot more. (short) My house wrecked by a tornado is something I don’t ever want to see. (long) Because the verb is in the past participle form, such clauses are always nonfini ...
... Some examples where a bare passive does have an overt subject: All things considered, we’re lucky not to have been sued for a lot more. (short) My house wrecked by a tornado is something I don’t ever want to see. (long) Because the verb is in the past participle form, such clauses are always nonfini ...
Singulars and Plurals in Dutch: Evidence for a Parallel Dual
... Schreuder and Baayen (1995) outline a race model with fully parallel routes. Their model is based on a spreading activation network with three representational layers: a layer of form-based modality-specific access representations (lexemes) and a layer of integration nodes (lemmas) that in turn are ...
... Schreuder and Baayen (1995) outline a race model with fully parallel routes. Their model is based on a spreading activation network with three representational layers: a layer of form-based modality-specific access representations (lexemes) and a layer of integration nodes (lemmas) that in turn are ...
is used as a conjunction to show contrast. The original
... 82. A – ‘who’ with a comma is used because ‘Lee Kin Wo’ is a person that doesn’t need to be defined (non-defining clause) 83. C – ‘get used to’ means ‘be accustomed to’. A present participle should be used after the verb ‘be’. 84. D – ‘himself’ refers to the same subject ‘he’, referring to ‘Bush’. 8 ...
... 82. A – ‘who’ with a comma is used because ‘Lee Kin Wo’ is a person that doesn’t need to be defined (non-defining clause) 83. C – ‘get used to’ means ‘be accustomed to’. A present participle should be used after the verb ‘be’. 84. D – ‘himself’ refers to the same subject ‘he’, referring to ‘Bush’. 8 ...
Grammar - WordPress.com
... 3. My brother has been away from home for years without ever…….to us. ...
... 3. My brother has been away from home for years without ever…….to us. ...
NLPA-Syntax
... WHOLE NP the angry men with their black banners, whereas if I say They banged the van with their black banners and you reply Yes, they banged it really hard, the pronoun it refers only to the van. The final kind of phrase I want to consider is less obvious (to me anyway). Consider the sentence Caref ...
... WHOLE NP the angry men with their black banners, whereas if I say They banged the van with their black banners and you reply Yes, they banged it really hard, the pronoun it refers only to the van. The final kind of phrase I want to consider is less obvious (to me anyway). Consider the sentence Caref ...
English passive voice
... is formed periphrastically: the usual form uses the auxiliary verb be (or get) together with the past participle of the main verb. For example, Caesar was stabbed by Brutus uses the passive voice. The subject denotes the person (Caesar) affected by the action of the verb. The agent is expressed here ...
... is formed periphrastically: the usual form uses the auxiliary verb be (or get) together with the past participle of the main verb. For example, Caesar was stabbed by Brutus uses the passive voice. The subject denotes the person (Caesar) affected by the action of the verb. The agent is expressed here ...
A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive
... The aim of this article is to describe the infinitive in Northern Sotho based on corpus data and the respective literature; so far, all share the same view: The infinitive is a noun (of class 15) and a verb at the same time – ‘it manifests both nominal as well as verbal features’ (Poulos & Louwrens, ...
... The aim of this article is to describe the infinitive in Northern Sotho based on corpus data and the respective literature; so far, all share the same view: The infinitive is a noun (of class 15) and a verb at the same time – ‘it manifests both nominal as well as verbal features’ (Poulos & Louwrens, ...
a contrastive analysis of plural forms of noun, pronoun, and article
... grammar if they want to learn the language. Students learn about words and sentences too in grammar. In order to, they can use language correctly. A sentence is traditionally defined as a group of words which expresses a complete thought (Allen, 1972:3). So, the students need to know how words collo ...
... grammar if they want to learn the language. Students learn about words and sentences too in grammar. In order to, they can use language correctly. A sentence is traditionally defined as a group of words which expresses a complete thought (Allen, 1972:3). So, the students need to know how words collo ...
Appendix A - Center for Sprogteknologi
... 2.1.6 Phrasal verbs - Treatment of particles ..................................................................................................... 54 2.1.7 Treatment of prepositions ................................................................................................................... ...
... 2.1.6 Phrasal verbs - Treatment of particles ..................................................................................................... 54 2.1.7 Treatment of prepositions ................................................................................................................... ...
IV. Two-Verb Sequences and Germanic SOV
... than one order (actually 8 out of 10 if Yiddish is counted as OV). Only VO languages and Yiddish allow the indefinite object to occur at the end, (17a). This may be derived as the base order (English, Danish, Icelandic, French) or via extraposition (Yiddish). Two ways of deriving the order finite ve ...
... than one order (actually 8 out of 10 if Yiddish is counted as OV). Only VO languages and Yiddish allow the indefinite object to occur at the end, (17a). This may be derived as the base order (English, Danish, Icelandic, French) or via extraposition (Yiddish). Two ways of deriving the order finite ve ...
revisiting agreement paradigms: predicative
... Syntax studies sentences, or more explicitly the stage between words and their meaning in utterances. Chomsky (1981, 1982) assumes three essential levels of linguistic representation, namely DS (Deep Structure), SS (Surface Structure) and LF (Logical Form). According to transformational grammar, the ...
... Syntax studies sentences, or more explicitly the stage between words and their meaning in utterances. Chomsky (1981, 1982) assumes three essential levels of linguistic representation, namely DS (Deep Structure), SS (Surface Structure) and LF (Logical Form). According to transformational grammar, the ...
Latin Examples
... The listed sources are inconsistent on how the locative is formed, so the above table might not agree with your textbook. There is agreement among my textbooks that in the first and second declension, the locative singular is identical with the genitive form, and that in plurals it is always the sam ...
... The listed sources are inconsistent on how the locative is formed, so the above table might not agree with your textbook. There is agreement among my textbooks that in the first and second declension, the locative singular is identical with the genitive form, and that in plurals it is always the sam ...
On Indefinite Subject NPs in Chinese
... On the other hand, in sentences (6b-d), the subject is in a QP structure; that is, ‘numeral + classifier + noun’. In contrast to bare noun subjects, the semantic reading of these QP subjects is a specific reference, not an indefinite reference. That means the speaker knows which referent s/he is tal ...
... On the other hand, in sentences (6b-d), the subject is in a QP structure; that is, ‘numeral + classifier + noun’. In contrast to bare noun subjects, the semantic reading of these QP subjects is a specific reference, not an indefinite reference. That means the speaker knows which referent s/he is tal ...
Bible Greek: Basic Grammar of the Greek New
... A companion book for the Bible Greek Vpod Internet Video Instruction Program biblegreekvpod.com ...
... A companion book for the Bible Greek Vpod Internet Video Instruction Program biblegreekvpod.com ...
The origin and originality of passivization in Papiamentu
... corresponding past participles (e.g. ‘eaten’; ‘known’),
suggesting that at that time all longer verbs were stressed like disyllabic verbs.
Similarly, the Spanish-based orthography used by Sintiago (1898) made him place
an orthographic accent on final syllables of clear (past) partici ...
... corresponding past participles (e.g.
Making Use of Infinitives - Spearfish School District
... Change the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase. After changing the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase, insert it in the sentence next to the noun it modifies. 2. Johnny’s ambition was typical of a child. It was to become a firefighter. ...
... Change the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase. After changing the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase, insert it in the sentence next to the noun it modifies. 2. Johnny’s ambition was typical of a child. It was to become a firefighter. ...
Definiteness and Perfectivity in Telic Incremental Theme Predications
... in Slavic languages has been observed by different authors as Wierzbicka (1967) for Polish, Filip (1993/1999) for Czech, and Birkenmaier (1979) for Russian. Others such as Abraham (1997), Kabakčiev (2000), Leiss (2000) and Borer (2005) go even further and assume that the definite article and perfect ...
... in Slavic languages has been observed by different authors as Wierzbicka (1967) for Polish, Filip (1993/1999) for Czech, and Birkenmaier (1979) for Russian. Others such as Abraham (1997), Kabakčiev (2000), Leiss (2000) and Borer (2005) go even further and assume that the definite article and perfect ...
Part-of-Speech Tagging Guidelines for the Penn Treebank Project
... As noted above (\IN or RB"), prepositions are generally associated with an immediately following noun phrase. However, they may be \stranded," i.e. their object may occur at the beginning of a clause rather than immediately following the preposition. For instance, in the examples below, the stranded ...
... As noted above (\IN or RB"), prepositions are generally associated with an immediately following noun phrase. However, they may be \stranded," i.e. their object may occur at the beginning of a clause rather than immediately following the preposition. For instance, in the examples below, the stranded ...
FORMATIVE B
... a.Although I don't like to owe people money, I decline his offer of a loan. b.Although I don't like to owe people money, I accepted his offer of a loan. c.Although his offers of a loan, I don't take money. d.I didn't take the money since I don't like to owe people money. 28. (objective 14/4) “While ...
... a.Although I don't like to owe people money, I decline his offer of a loan. b.Although I don't like to owe people money, I accepted his offer of a loan. c.Although his offers of a loan, I don't take money. d.I didn't take the money since I don't like to owe people money. 28. (objective 14/4) “While ...
Uncharacteristic Characteristics of the Iquito Adjective Class
... whether or not the morphological processes that apply to nouns also apply to adjectives. Several morphological processes apply to the Iquito adjective class, but only one of these processes also applies to nouns, and so I conclude that Iquito adjectives are non-noun-like (in addition to being non-ve ...
... whether or not the morphological processes that apply to nouns also apply to adjectives. Several morphological processes apply to the Iquito adjective class, but only one of these processes also applies to nouns, and so I conclude that Iquito adjectives are non-noun-like (in addition to being non-ve ...
A Grammar of the Tamil Language, with an Appendix
... not unfrequently require another explanation to make them intelligible. The poems of 8sucun&&uir,qa;$@uriunl-&, &c. are much of the same cast as the former; they contain also vulgar expressions, not at all approved by the learned, simply to fill up the metre. As for the translations of stories from ...
... not unfrequently require another explanation to make them intelligible. The poems of 8sucun&&uir,qa;$@uriunl-&, &c. are much of the same cast as the former; they contain also vulgar expressions, not at all approved by the learned, simply to fill up the metre. As for the translations of stories from ...
Word-class-changing inflection and morphological theory
... all-or-nothing features. Some linguists (e.g. Dressler 1989, Luraghi 1994) have discussed inflection and derivation in terms of prototypicality, pointing out that some types of affixes are prototypically inflectional (e.g. case affixes and person/number agreement affixes), whereas others are prototy ...
... all-or-nothing features. Some linguists (e.g. Dressler 1989, Luraghi 1994) have discussed inflection and derivation in terms of prototypicality, pointing out that some types of affixes are prototypically inflectional (e.g. case affixes and person/number agreement affixes), whereas others are prototy ...
class 10 - GEOCITIES.ws
... Intransitive verbs: do not take an NP e.g., I sleep Transitive: take an NP (object) e.g., I met her in the mall. Ditransitive: take 2 NPs (or 1 NP and 1 PP) e.g., I gave my wife a gift. Linking: describes the subject. e.g., You look marvelous; She became a doctor; I feel dizzy; I am fine Verbs with ...
... Intransitive verbs: do not take an NP e.g., I sleep Transitive: take an NP (object) e.g., I met her in the mall. Ditransitive: take 2 NPs (or 1 NP and 1 PP) e.g., I gave my wife a gift. Linking: describes the subject. e.g., You look marvelous; She became a doctor; I feel dizzy; I am fine Verbs with ...