Focus on Topic: Information Structure in the
... formal features, as in using language, people not only think about what to say – the informative content, but also how to order it – the structure. The study is a piece of research into the relationship between units of information conveyed in sentences and their morpho-syntactic devices (constructi ...
... formal features, as in using language, people not only think about what to say – the informative content, but also how to order it – the structure. The study is a piece of research into the relationship between units of information conveyed in sentences and their morpho-syntactic devices (constructi ...
Different by-phrases with adjectival and verbal passives
... a syntactic account of adjectival participles similar to McIntyre’s (2013) and Bruening’s (2014) with the kind of semantics that we will assume in this paper (see section 2). In particular, unlike verbal participles, the participles in adjectival passives do not get further embedded under verbal fu ...
... a syntactic account of adjectival participles similar to McIntyre’s (2013) and Bruening’s (2014) with the kind of semantics that we will assume in this paper (see section 2). In particular, unlike verbal participles, the participles in adjectival passives do not get further embedded under verbal fu ...
Passive and passive-like constructions in English and Polish
... This dissertation deals with a family of grammatical constructions which overlap with the meaning of the basic passive and which can be seen as resulting from alterations in grammatical voice. In particular the thesis describes and analyses several related types of construction including the passive ...
... This dissertation deals with a family of grammatical constructions which overlap with the meaning of the basic passive and which can be seen as resulting from alterations in grammatical voice. In particular the thesis describes and analyses several related types of construction including the passive ...
Introducing Arguments - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
... no MEG thesis, I would like to take this opportunity to also thank those people who have been instrumental in my being able to engage in neurolinguistic research, which to me has been just as important as the theoretical research reported here. Again, all my experimental work has been carried out in ...
... no MEG thesis, I would like to take this opportunity to also thank those people who have been instrumental in my being able to engage in neurolinguistic research, which to me has been just as important as the theoretical research reported here. Again, all my experimental work has been carried out in ...
Different by-phrases with adjectival and verbal passives: Evidence
... as Tense/Aspect; at this level, we get reference to an event token, i.e. an event that 4 The kind approach to adjectival passives is also taken up by Gese (2011), who provides additional experimental support that we are dealing with event kinds, as well as by Maienborn and Geldermann (2013) and Maie ...
... as Tense/Aspect; at this level, we get reference to an event token, i.e. an event that 4 The kind approach to adjectival passives is also taken up by Gese (2011), who provides additional experimental support that we are dealing with event kinds, as well as by Maienborn and Geldermann (2013) and Maie ...
1 Rise of the Auxiliaries: a case for auxiliary raising vs. affix
... being? Do they raise to a functional head to combine with their aspectual inflections in a way similar to their finite forms, or do they remain in their base positions and have these inflections somehow lowered onto them, similar to the lexical verb? This is essentially the debate of whether we have ...
... being? Do they raise to a functional head to combine with their aspectual inflections in a way similar to their finite forms, or do they remain in their base positions and have these inflections somehow lowered onto them, similar to the lexical verb? This is essentially the debate of whether we have ...
File - Mrs. Helenius English!!!!
... whether or not each word group is a sentence (S) or a fragment (F). Remember, an independent clause / sentence must contain a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. SAMPLE: Ryan was screaming at the top of his lungs. _____ 1. Discussing the problem in a calm manner failed. _____ 2. The glare of hi ...
... whether or not each word group is a sentence (S) or a fragment (F). Remember, an independent clause / sentence must contain a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. SAMPLE: Ryan was screaming at the top of his lungs. _____ 1. Discussing the problem in a calm manner failed. _____ 2. The glare of hi ...
Sentence Initial Elements and Subject in Upper Sorbian
... Other speakers often use similar examples as well. The use of the demonstrative seems to reinforce the reference to thatt person and those pears that have been absent for a while and that re-appear in the scene. In sum, known information tends to be expressed with the demonstrative tón ‘this’ and to ...
... Other speakers often use similar examples as well. The use of the demonstrative seems to reinforce the reference to thatt person and those pears that have been absent for a while and that re-appear in the scene. In sum, known information tends to be expressed with the demonstrative tón ‘this’ and to ...
Document
... What is the right sentence produced by using participle clause instead of 'because' according to the given sentence? a. The author approached the publisher, hoped to have his book accepted b. The author approaching the publisher and hoping the have his book accepted c. The author have approached the ...
... What is the right sentence produced by using participle clause instead of 'because' according to the given sentence? a. The author approached the publisher, hoped to have his book accepted b. The author approaching the publisher and hoping the have his book accepted c. The author have approached the ...
Building event-based ad hoc properties: On the
... certain property that is shaped by contextually salient knowledge, attitudes and goals. The view of adjectival passives as expressing ad hoc properties is inspired by Barsalou’s (1983, 1991, 1992, 2005) notion of ad hoc categories such as ‘things to take on a camping trip’. These are goal-derived ca ...
... certain property that is shaped by contextually salient knowledge, attitudes and goals. The view of adjectival passives as expressing ad hoc properties is inspired by Barsalou’s (1983, 1991, 1992, 2005) notion of ad hoc categories such as ‘things to take on a camping trip’. These are goal-derived ca ...
Title of paper - Semantics Archive
... certain property that is shaped by contextually salient knowledge, attitudes and goals. The view of adjectival passives as expressing ad hoc properties is inspired by Barsalou‟s (1983, 1991, 1992, 2005) notion of ad hoc categories such as „things to take on a camping trip‟. These are goal-derived ca ...
... certain property that is shaped by contextually salient knowledge, attitudes and goals. The view of adjectival passives as expressing ad hoc properties is inspired by Barsalou‟s (1983, 1991, 1992, 2005) notion of ad hoc categories such as „things to take on a camping trip‟. These are goal-derived ca ...
KISS Level 3. 2. 1 - Ellipsis in Clauses
... the instructional material on subjects and verbs, and then the students immediately all try to find the subjects and verbs in a short passage that they wrote. The teacher would go nuts trying to check all of this. In other words, it makes much more sense for the students to all do a few of the same ...
... the instructional material on subjects and verbs, and then the students immediately all try to find the subjects and verbs in a short passage that they wrote. The teacher would go nuts trying to check all of this. In other words, it makes much more sense for the students to all do a few of the same ...
Generative Approaches to Syntactic Typology George Gibbard
... describe features of a language's structure by locating that language within a specified range of diversity exhibited by human language. This is the philosophy behind describing a language as, say, "SVO" or as "ergative." While such descriptions obviously only address a small area of a language's gr ...
... describe features of a language's structure by locating that language within a specified range of diversity exhibited by human language. This is the philosophy behind describing a language as, say, "SVO" or as "ergative." While such descriptions obviously only address a small area of a language's gr ...
PowerPoint
... early, often as early as we can test it. We have evidence that in certain areas kids’ grammars differ from adults. We also have in some of these cases evidence that the differences seem to go away around the same age across kids (& across languages). ...
... early, often as early as we can test it. We have evidence that in certain areas kids’ grammars differ from adults. We also have in some of these cases evidence that the differences seem to go away around the same age across kids (& across languages). ...
OBLIQUE ARGUMENTS RAISED
... We follow Pylkkänen (2008) in assuming the High Applicatives link the argument they introduce to the event rather than to an internal argument, hence they appear with unergative verbs as well as with unaccusatives and transitives. We also assume that the High Applicative, which Davis identifies as D ...
... We follow Pylkkänen (2008) in assuming the High Applicatives link the argument they introduce to the event rather than to an internal argument, hence they appear with unergative verbs as well as with unaccusatives and transitives. We also assume that the High Applicative, which Davis identifies as D ...
FORMATIVE B
... d. the phrase that consists of an infinitive with its modifiers and compliments. 42.(Objective 21/4) In past participle, the action is: a. actively performed by the subject b. done to the subject described by the phrase c. done to the object described by the phrase d. taking place before the action ...
... d. the phrase that consists of an infinitive with its modifiers and compliments. 42.(Objective 21/4) In past participle, the action is: a. actively performed by the subject b. done to the subject described by the phrase c. done to the object described by the phrase d. taking place before the action ...
Reviewing the Binary Branching Hypothesis
... asymmetry, as in double object constructions (Jackendoff 1990, 430). This way, the distinction between both objects can once again be made if a flat structure in adopted. However, even with this precedence condition, there is no explanation for why Which paycheck did you deny its owner is ungrammati ...
... asymmetry, as in double object constructions (Jackendoff 1990, 430). This way, the distinction between both objects can once again be made if a flat structure in adopted. However, even with this precedence condition, there is no explanation for why Which paycheck did you deny its owner is ungrammati ...
thesis the translation of indonesian passive voice into english with
... Indonesian people would like to help others, they usually say, “Bisa dibantu?” (Literal translation: “Can be helped?”). Idiomatically, it is translated into, “Can I help you?” In English, the speaker is mentioned by “I” whereas in the Indonesian language, it is not necessarily stated, but implied. ...
... Indonesian people would like to help others, they usually say, “Bisa dibantu?” (Literal translation: “Can be helped?”). Idiomatically, it is translated into, “Can I help you?” In English, the speaker is mentioned by “I” whereas in the Indonesian language, it is not necessarily stated, but implied. ...
double case constructions in Koine Greek - Journal of Greco
... complement; and in (10) the subject is the first plural ‘we’ and te/kna is the nominative complement. Although such constructions are quite common throughout the New Testament and in Greek literature in general, they have sometimes been mishandled in the standard reference works. Young, for example, ...
... complement; and in (10) the subject is the first plural ‘we’ and te/kna is the nominative complement. Although such constructions are quite common throughout the New Testament and in Greek literature in general, they have sometimes been mishandled in the standard reference works. Young, for example, ...
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... even if the answer is in the affirmative, no one has ever demonstrated an actual instance of such a change, which is all the more understandable in view of the fact that the basic word order VSO is hardly ever found in ergative languages. The majority of the nominative ergative explanations derive ...
... even if the answer is in the affirmative, no one has ever demonstrated an actual instance of such a change, which is all the more understandable in view of the fact that the basic word order VSO is hardly ever found in ergative languages. The majority of the nominative ergative explanations derive ...
A comparative study of participles, converbs and absolute
... 1.3.1. Unrelated participles as a type of absolute constructions In addition to related adverbial participles, there are also unrelated adverbial participles in Hindi. Adverbial imperfective and perfective participles can be used in an absolute construction (AC). “When the participle has a subject o ...
... 1.3.1. Unrelated participles as a type of absolute constructions In addition to related adverbial participles, there are also unrelated adverbial participles in Hindi. Adverbial imperfective and perfective participles can be used in an absolute construction (AC). “When the participle has a subject o ...
Depictive Secondary Predicates and Small Clause Approaches to
... Numerous phenomena besides the four listed in the introduction have been analyzed as including small clauses. In this section I will stick to the examples in the introduction: resultatives, caused motion, particle verb constructions, and double object constructions. Depictive secondary predicates ca ...
... Numerous phenomena besides the four listed in the introduction have been analyzed as including small clauses. In this section I will stick to the examples in the introduction: resultatives, caused motion, particle verb constructions, and double object constructions. Depictive secondary predicates ca ...
Participle Phrases
... what we mean, so we do not stop to think about what we have actually said. Historically, the dangling participle has always been around, and in spoken English dangling participles are not unforgivable, but they are best eliminated from written English. ...
... what we mean, so we do not stop to think about what we have actually said. Historically, the dangling participle has always been around, and in spoken English dangling participles are not unforgivable, but they are best eliminated from written English. ...
1 Chinese Passives in Comparative Perspective C.
... The analysis of passive sentences is one of the most familiar topics of syntactic research. There is now a relatively uncontroversial view of how such sentences should be analyzed in English and other familiar Western languages--uncontroversial at least among researchers working within the same theo ...
... The analysis of passive sentences is one of the most familiar topics of syntactic research. There is now a relatively uncontroversial view of how such sentences should be analyzed in English and other familiar Western languages--uncontroversial at least among researchers working within the same theo ...
ENGLISH PRESENT AND PAST PARTICIPLES IN PSALM OF
... characterized by the different meanings. Present participles can serve as adjective, adverb, object complement, and verb. Past participle, on the other hand, has functions as verb and adjective. Therefore, it is important to analyze the grammatical system of the English participles to discover their ...
... characterized by the different meanings. Present participles can serve as adjective, adverb, object complement, and verb. Past participle, on the other hand, has functions as verb and adjective. Therefore, it is important to analyze the grammatical system of the English participles to discover their ...