The evolution of number in Otomi
... In Old Otomi, the number system in pronominals was based on a singular-dual-plural opposition, but the dual became an unstable value in the breaking up of the old dialectal continuum. The instability is witnessed in that some of the modern languages stray considerably from the original situation, w ...
... In Old Otomi, the number system in pronominals was based on a singular-dual-plural opposition, but the dual became an unstable value in the breaking up of the old dialectal continuum. The instability is witnessed in that some of the modern languages stray considerably from the original situation, w ...
Thoughts on grammaticalization
... to how they pertain to the paradigmatic or the syntagmatic aspect, to the content or the expression of the grammaticalized sign. The degree to which these parameters correlate will also be discussed in Chapter 4. The next chapter looks out for analogs to grammaticalization in different parts of the ...
... to how they pertain to the paradigmatic or the syntagmatic aspect, to the content or the expression of the grammaticalized sign. The degree to which these parameters correlate will also be discussed in Chapter 4. The next chapter looks out for analogs to grammaticalization in different parts of the ...
Thoughts on grammaticalization
... to how they pertain to the paradigmatic or the syntagmatic aspect, to the content or the expression of the grammaticalized sign. The degree to which these parameters correlate will also be discussed in Chapter 4. The next chapter looks out for analogs to grammaticalization in different parts of the ...
... to how they pertain to the paradigmatic or the syntagmatic aspect, to the content or the expression of the grammaticalized sign. The degree to which these parameters correlate will also be discussed in Chapter 4. The next chapter looks out for analogs to grammaticalization in different parts of the ...
The full infinitive consist of two words, to + verb
... I appreciate your giving me so much of your time. I appreciate being given this opportunity. Common expressions + gerund: can’t stand, can’t help, it's worthwhile, it's little use, etc. There's no telling what will happen. It's no use/good his/him apologizing now the damage has been done. This clock ...
... I appreciate your giving me so much of your time. I appreciate being given this opportunity. Common expressions + gerund: can’t stand, can’t help, it's worthwhile, it's little use, etc. There's no telling what will happen. It's no use/good his/him apologizing now the damage has been done. This clock ...
19. Bed-Books and Night-Lights, By HM Tomlinson
... Hunt’s study does not concern itself in any way with the instruction in grammar that the students (or professionals) received. It touches on things that may affect length and complexity, including interest in writing and general mental growth. Hunt did state that “A writing teacher might very proper ...
... Hunt’s study does not concern itself in any way with the instruction in grammar that the students (or professionals) received. It touches on things that may affect length and complexity, including interest in writing and general mental growth. Hunt did state that “A writing teacher might very proper ...
French language course
... Also remember that you are learning a new skill. Try to master the simple stuff before moving on to the more complex concepts. We all have to add and subtract before we can do calculus. French is a complete language. While this course can teach you to read and write in French, these are only half of ...
... Also remember that you are learning a new skill. Try to master the simple stuff before moving on to the more complex concepts. We all have to add and subtract before we can do calculus. French is a complete language. While this course can teach you to read and write in French, these are only half of ...
on-interpretation
... if things did not take place of necessity, an event might just as easily not happen as happen; for the meaning of the word 'fortuitous' with regard to present or future events is that reality is so constituted that it may issue in either of two opposite directions. Again, if a thing is white now, it ...
... if things did not take place of necessity, an event might just as easily not happen as happen; for the meaning of the word 'fortuitous' with regard to present or future events is that reality is so constituted that it may issue in either of two opposite directions. Again, if a thing is white now, it ...
Kinds of Adverbs
... She drives her boat slowly to avoid hitting the rocks. She shops in several stores to get the best buys. Positions of Adverbs One of the hallmarks of adverbs is their ability to move around in a sentence. Adverbs of manner are particularly flexible in this regard. ...
... She drives her boat slowly to avoid hitting the rocks. She shops in several stores to get the best buys. Positions of Adverbs One of the hallmarks of adverbs is their ability to move around in a sentence. Adverbs of manner are particularly flexible in this regard. ...
ADJECTIVE + PARTICIPLE
... percentage points. Decimalization should not exceed two places in most text material. An exception: blood alcohol content, expressed in three decimals, as in 0.056. For amounts less than 1, precede the decimal with a zero: The cost of living rose 0.03 percent. When the decimal is 1 or less, the type ...
... percentage points. Decimalization should not exceed two places in most text material. An exception: blood alcohol content, expressed in three decimals, as in 0.056. For amounts less than 1, precede the decimal with a zero: The cost of living rose 0.03 percent. When the decimal is 1 or less, the type ...
Tagging and Parsing Icelandic Text
... between humans and computers (or other processing devices) will be natural language (NL), in both spoken and written forms. This, indeed, seems evident; since we humans communicate most easily with one another using NLs, why should we not use this innate capability of ours to communicate with comput ...
... between humans and computers (or other processing devices) will be natural language (NL), in both spoken and written forms. This, indeed, seems evident; since we humans communicate most easily with one another using NLs, why should we not use this innate capability of ours to communicate with comput ...
A grammar of Mualang: An Ibanic language of Western Kalimantan
... culture, followed by a section on the genetic affiliation of Mualang (1.3). Dialectal variation and language use are discussed in (1.4). Then section (1.5) will describe previous linguistic studies on Mualang. While section (1.6) touches upon the aim of this study and its general theoretical framewo ...
... culture, followed by a section on the genetic affiliation of Mualang (1.3). Dialectal variation and language use are discussed in (1.4). Then section (1.5) will describe previous linguistic studies on Mualang. While section (1.6) touches upon the aim of this study and its general theoretical framewo ...
Lambrecht 2000
... thematic role restrictions on the possible subject of a PF sentence. As we will see, this fact crucially distinguishes the PF from the SF category. It is important to acknowledge that (3) defines a construction, i.e. a grammatical object mapping a given form with a given function. As mentioned earlie ...
... thematic role restrictions on the possible subject of a PF sentence. As we will see, this fact crucially distinguishes the PF from the SF category. It is important to acknowledge that (3) defines a construction, i.e. a grammatical object mapping a given form with a given function. As mentioned earlie ...
Palikur and the Typology of Classifiers
... 1. One set of morphemes is used in different classifier functions. Systems of this kind are attested for South American, Papuan, and Austronesian languages (see Aikhenvald 1994a; Senft 1996; and Onishi 1994). 2. Several different sets of morphemes are used in different classifier functions (as outli ...
... 1. One set of morphemes is used in different classifier functions. Systems of this kind are attested for South American, Papuan, and Austronesian languages (see Aikhenvald 1994a; Senft 1996; and Onishi 1994). 2. Several different sets of morphemes are used in different classifier functions (as outli ...
On participles
... (1994) claims that adjectives are generated/merged not as adjuncts, but as specifiers of functional projections. Cinque (2005b) pays particular attention to the fact that adjectives can actually be obtained from two sources – there are adjectives that are generated/merged as direct modifiers of the ...
... (1994) claims that adjectives are generated/merged not as adjuncts, but as specifiers of functional projections. Cinque (2005b) pays particular attention to the fact that adjectives can actually be obtained from two sources – there are adjectives that are generated/merged as direct modifiers of the ...
english 11 grammar packet
... UNIT 1: SENTENCE FAULTS AND PUNCTUATION LESSON TWO: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (FRAG) A sentence fragment is a group of words that pretends to be a sentence, but does not contain one of the requirements of a complete sentence – either a subject, a verb, or a completed thought. Most fragments are phrases or ...
... UNIT 1: SENTENCE FAULTS AND PUNCTUATION LESSON TWO: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (FRAG) A sentence fragment is a group of words that pretends to be a sentence, but does not contain one of the requirements of a complete sentence – either a subject, a verb, or a completed thought. Most fragments are phrases or ...
Topics in English Syntax
... Topics in English Syntax – a complex sentence contains at least one full dependent clause which functions as a constituent and is introduced by a subordinating conjunction – subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as/even though, because, before, how, however much, if, in order that ...
... Topics in English Syntax – a complex sentence contains at least one full dependent clause which functions as a constituent and is introduced by a subordinating conjunction – subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as/even though, because, before, how, however much, if, in order that ...
predication and equation in copular sentences: russian vs. english
... Mary considers Ivan intelligentIns / geniusIns / best dancerIns. 'Mary considers John intelligent / a genius / the best dancer.' Russian predicational sentences display a peculiarity which distinguishes them from the other types of copular sentence. In Russian, the case of the predicate XP2 can alte ...
... Mary considers Ivan intelligentIns / geniusIns / best dancerIns. 'Mary considers John intelligent / a genius / the best dancer.' Russian predicational sentences display a peculiarity which distinguishes them from the other types of copular sentence. In Russian, the case of the predicate XP2 can alte ...
Understanding Natural Language - Department of Information and
... though we used the robot as our test area, the language programs do not depend on any special subject matter, and they have been adapted to other uses. The second goal is gaining a better understanding of what language is and how it is put together. To write a program we need to make all of our know ...
... though we used the robot as our test area, the language programs do not depend on any special subject matter, and they have been adapted to other uses. The second goal is gaining a better understanding of what language is and how it is put together. To write a program we need to make all of our know ...
English_Usage(VistaMind) - mba-prep
... of serious crime has risen steadily, ...’. This version introduces another error - the plural subject ‘reports’ being followed by a singular predicate ‘has risen’. So, (C) is not the answer. (D) does not have either of the two errors we saw in the first three choices, but it lacks the required conju ...
... of serious crime has risen steadily, ...’. This version introduces another error - the plural subject ‘reports’ being followed by a singular predicate ‘has risen’. So, (C) is not the answer. (D) does not have either of the two errors we saw in the first three choices, but it lacks the required conju ...
THE VERB - Tajfan.com
... to be posted, being done, having been done, etc. Many words are not inflected at all: most adjectives and adverbs, modal words, statives, non-count nouns, conjunctions, prepositions, particles and interjections. Moreover, most words are devoid of any word-forming (derivational) morphemes which would ...
... to be posted, being done, having been done, etc. Many words are not inflected at all: most adjectives and adverbs, modal words, statives, non-count nouns, conjunctions, prepositions, particles and interjections. Moreover, most words are devoid of any word-forming (derivational) morphemes which would ...
Introduction with a State of the Art in Generative Slovenian Syntax
... discussing Slovenian syntax have appeared in a number of top journals for generative grammar: Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Lingua, Syntax, The Linguistic Review, Journal of Slavic Linguistics, etc. Since 2002 there has been, on the average, more than one paper on Slove ...
... discussing Slovenian syntax have appeared in a number of top journals for generative grammar: Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Lingua, Syntax, The Linguistic Review, Journal of Slavic Linguistics, etc. Since 2002 there has been, on the average, more than one paper on Slove ...
exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3 exercise 4
... consonant when not before a vowel in the following syllable; similarly in the case of the definite article the vowel in the following syllable causes its naturally long vowel to be retained, /`ðij/ . orthography of the definite article is not affected. ...
... consonant when not before a vowel in the following syllable; similarly in the case of the definite article the vowel in the following syllable causes its naturally long vowel to be retained, /`ðij/ . orthography of the definite article is not affected. ...
COMPASS Test Review Packet
... Hal was a mediocre student. He was an average baseball player as well. Exercise 8: Students are often apprehensive of final exams, but with the right study skills, they don’t have to be fearful. Directions for Exercises 9 and 10: In the following sentences, first underline the antonym of the bold-fa ...
... Hal was a mediocre student. He was an average baseball player as well. Exercise 8: Students are often apprehensive of final exams, but with the right study skills, they don’t have to be fearful. Directions for Exercises 9 and 10: In the following sentences, first underline the antonym of the bold-fa ...
Arabic grammar
Arabic grammar (Arabic: النحو العربي An-naḥw al-‘arabiyy or قواعد اللغة العربية qawā‘id al-lughah al-‘arabīyyah) is the grammar of the Arabic language. Arabic is a Semitic language and its grammar has many similarities with the grammar of other Semitic languages.The article focuses both on the grammar of Literary Arabic (i.e. Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic, which have largely the same grammar) and of the colloquial spoken varieties of Arabic. The grammar of the two types is largely similar in its particulars. Generally, the grammar of Classical Arabic is described first, followed by the areas in which the colloquial variants tend to differ (note that not all colloquial variants have the same grammar). The largest differences between the two systems are the loss of grammatical case; the loss of the previous system of grammatical mood, along with the evolution of a new system; the loss of the inflected passive voice, except in a few relic varieties; and restriction in the use of the dual number.