Sentence Initial Elements and Subject in Upper Sorbian
... used to hide the agent from the sentence or to coordinate two sentences (as is used in syntactic tests in some reference grammars) (Tasaku Tsunoda p.c.). These views may be correct at least at the level of the simple sentence. If, however, we look at this at a wider level, that is, at the text level ...
... used to hide the agent from the sentence or to coordinate two sentences (as is used in syntactic tests in some reference grammars) (Tasaku Tsunoda p.c.). These views may be correct at least at the level of the simple sentence. If, however, we look at this at a wider level, that is, at the text level ...
7. syntactic functions of adverbial clauses
... variant though. Other subordinators include while, whereas (formal), and even if: Although he had just joined, he was treated exactly like all the others. No goals were scored, though it was an exciting game. Except for whereas, these subordinators may introduce -ing, -ed, and verbless clauses, eg: ...
... variant though. Other subordinators include while, whereas (formal), and even if: Although he had just joined, he was treated exactly like all the others. No goals were scored, though it was an exciting game. Except for whereas, these subordinators may introduce -ing, -ed, and verbless clauses, eg: ...
Cross-linguistic priming of syntactic hierarchical
... similar syntactic structures in the languages they know (e.g., Chomsky, 1981; Greenberg, 1966; Hawkins, 1988) by representing these syntactic structures only once or by representing them in a highly integrated way. On the other hand, it could be argued that there are so many syntactic differences bet ...
... similar syntactic structures in the languages they know (e.g., Chomsky, 1981; Greenberg, 1966; Hawkins, 1988) by representing these syntactic structures only once or by representing them in a highly integrated way. On the other hand, it could be argued that there are so many syntactic differences bet ...
KISS Level 3. 1. 1 - Compound Main Clauses
... Mrs. Jones looked at him suspiciously | but he widened his large blue eyes | and—[as he was only eight years old, a little small for his age and seemed even smaller in tenyear-old Jan’s pajamas, [which he had swiped the night before [because he had forgotten [that he had stuffed his own in the windo ...
... Mrs. Jones looked at him suspiciously | but he widened his large blue eyes | and—[as he was only eight years old, a little small for his age and seemed even smaller in tenyear-old Jan’s pajamas, [which he had swiped the night before [because he had forgotten [that he had stuffed his own in the windo ...
ENG421 - National Open University of Nigeria
... current framework of the Transformational Generative Grammar. Do I see you shaking? Why should you panic? This is a simple framework that you can easily understand. The minimalist framework does not in any way make syntax difficult. Rather, it helps to simplify it. The Minimalist Program (which we m ...
... current framework of the Transformational Generative Grammar. Do I see you shaking? Why should you panic? This is a simple framework that you can easily understand. The minimalist framework does not in any way make syntax difficult. Rather, it helps to simplify it. The Minimalist Program (which we m ...
An Unmediated Analysis of Relative Clauses
... As with in-situ questions, the internally headed relative clause is an alternative solution to the realization problem. What is notable about IHRCs is the insight they provide into the nature of relative clauses. They show a direct connection between the external head position and the in-clause posi ...
... As with in-situ questions, the internally headed relative clause is an alternative solution to the realization problem. What is notable about IHRCs is the insight they provide into the nature of relative clauses. They show a direct connection between the external head position and the in-clause posi ...
Classification of subordinate clauses
... Since speech and writing are the expression of articulate thinking, utterances and written sentences will be the materialized forms of thoughts. Articulate thoughts (in the field of logic) find their expression in sentences or propositions (terms which have their origin in the same field of logic) a ...
... Since speech and writing are the expression of articulate thinking, utterances and written sentences will be the materialized forms of thoughts. Articulate thoughts (in the field of logic) find their expression in sentences or propositions (terms which have their origin in the same field of logic) a ...
Journal of Memory and Language
... If readers do not commit themselves to an assignment of the subject and object roles before reading the past participle, the thematic fit between the two nouns and the past participle could be used for this assignment. In this case there might be no processing difficulty in object relatives as in (4 ...
... If readers do not commit themselves to an assignment of the subject and object roles before reading the past participle, the thematic fit between the two nouns and the past participle could be used for this assignment. In this case there might be no processing difficulty in object relatives as in (4 ...
Chapter 11 Predicates, negative quantifiers and focus: Specificity
... this respect. A similar consideration may turn out to be relevant in Hungarian as well. Hungarian has a paradigm of weak negative polarity items (cf. Tóth 1999) licensed in a range of nonveridical contexts. This paradigm of weak NPI has the morphological structure vala + Wh + is, where vala- is ‘som ...
... this respect. A similar consideration may turn out to be relevant in Hungarian as well. Hungarian has a paradigm of weak negative polarity items (cf. Tóth 1999) licensed in a range of nonveridical contexts. This paradigm of weak NPI has the morphological structure vala + Wh + is, where vala- is ‘som ...
The Interpretation of English Sentences Containing Quantification
... especially present in the L2 acquisition of interface conditions—the syntax-and-semantics interface as well as the interface between pragmatics and grammatical knowledge (Montrul and Slabakova, 2002; Slabakova, 2007). In their study of aspectual shifts in L2 Spanish by L1-English learners, Montrul a ...
... especially present in the L2 acquisition of interface conditions—the syntax-and-semantics interface as well as the interface between pragmatics and grammatical knowledge (Montrul and Slabakova, 2002; Slabakova, 2007). In their study of aspectual shifts in L2 Spanish by L1-English learners, Montrul a ...
Analyzing Embedded Noun Phrase Structures Derived from
... Sentence analysis converts the dependency structure into the valency structure by referring to valency patterns. All valency patterns for each usage with eachpredicate are prepared beforehand and held in the valency pattern dictionary. As shown in figure 1, for each predicate, both the semantic rest ...
... Sentence analysis converts the dependency structure into the valency structure by referring to valency patterns. All valency patterns for each usage with eachpredicate are prepared beforehand and held in the valency pattern dictionary. As shown in figure 1, for each predicate, both the semantic rest ...
Developing Sentence Imitation, Grade 3
... This book was designed to provide quick daily lessons in grammar, conventions, and craft by noticing sentence patterns from literature and imitating those patterns in writing. Each lesson works in conjunction with daily grammar lessons in the reading series. For example, Day 1 of Unit 1 may teach su ...
... This book was designed to provide quick daily lessons in grammar, conventions, and craft by noticing sentence patterns from literature and imitating those patterns in writing. Each lesson works in conjunction with daily grammar lessons in the reading series. For example, Day 1 of Unit 1 may teach su ...
FORMATIVE B
... 28. (objective 14/4) “While admitting that he had received the stolen jewellery, he denied having taken part in the robbery.” Which sentence is the same with the given sentence? a.While he received the stolen jewellery, he admitted having taken part in the robbery. b.While he had taken part in the r ...
... 28. (objective 14/4) “While admitting that he had received the stolen jewellery, he denied having taken part in the robbery.” Which sentence is the same with the given sentence? a.While he received the stolen jewellery, he admitted having taken part in the robbery. b.While he had taken part in the r ...
Ellipsis in Farsi Complex Predicates
... 3. Diagnosing Ellipsis Ellipsis is distinguished from other types of null anaphora by a number of well-established diagnostics that all rely on ellipsis being a type of surface anaphora in Hankamer and Sag’s (1976) terms. Surface anaphors have a fully articulated syntactic structure, constructed in ...
... 3. Diagnosing Ellipsis Ellipsis is distinguished from other types of null anaphora by a number of well-established diagnostics that all rely on ellipsis being a type of surface anaphora in Hankamer and Sag’s (1976) terms. Surface anaphors have a fully articulated syntactic structure, constructed in ...
Filling Gaps: Decision principles and structure in sentence
... specified phrase and a phonetically null position in the phrase marker, are the focus of intense theoretical activity in linguistics (Bach, 1982; Bresnan, 1978 ; Chomsky, 1980, 1981; Engdahl, 1980, 1981 ; Fodor, 1981a; Gazdar, 1981; Williams, 1980) and psycholinguistics (Ades and Steedman, in press; ...
... specified phrase and a phonetically null position in the phrase marker, are the focus of intense theoretical activity in linguistics (Bach, 1982; Bresnan, 1978 ; Chomsky, 1980, 1981; Engdahl, 1980, 1981 ; Fodor, 1981a; Gazdar, 1981; Williams, 1980) and psycholinguistics (Ades and Steedman, in press; ...
COMPLEX SENTENCES AN ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR
... simple sentence is. Unfortunately, although simple sentences are simple, understanding them is not always easy. This is not because there is anything really difficult about the sentences themselves; it is because, in the beginning, thinking about language is difficult, sometimes even painful. Rather ...
... simple sentence is. Unfortunately, although simple sentences are simple, understanding them is not always easy. This is not because there is anything really difficult about the sentences themselves; it is because, in the beginning, thinking about language is difficult, sometimes even painful. Rather ...
2. I - Bakersfield College
... one point per entry if it is too short or one week late. I will not grade your feelings or opinions. I will make comments if you’d like. For two entries per week, you will write on an assigned topic. It may be from America Now. You must argue a point or give your opinion on the assigned topic. Back ...
... one point per entry if it is too short or one week late. I will not grade your feelings or opinions. I will make comments if you’d like. For two entries per week, you will write on an assigned topic. It may be from America Now. You must argue a point or give your opinion on the assigned topic. Back ...
Relative Clauses in Koine Greek
... about the typology of relative clauses: First, that some relative clauses “do not have heads in the underlying structure,” (p. 6). And second, that “others do not at any level of structure form constituents with their heads, but rather may be separated from them by an unbounded stretch of material.” ...
... about the typology of relative clauses: First, that some relative clauses “do not have heads in the underlying structure,” (p. 6). And second, that “others do not at any level of structure form constituents with their heads, but rather may be separated from them by an unbounded stretch of material.” ...
Extraction with deep anaphora?
... However, whereas in English such orphan PPs are restricted to PPs headed by a specific set of prepositions (to/for/with), PP associates of dat in Dutch are not so restricted: prepositions selected by the antecedent predicate can also be orphans (cf. 6a). 4. The account As noted, dat is a DP proform ...
... However, whereas in English such orphan PPs are restricted to PPs headed by a specific set of prepositions (to/for/with), PP associates of dat in Dutch are not so restricted: prepositions selected by the antecedent predicate can also be orphans (cf. 6a). 4. The account As noted, dat is a DP proform ...
Open Access version via Utrecht University Repository
... half of his cleft examples to have a contrastive function, as it would be called in this thesis.7 It is shown in this thesis that the contrastive function may even be more ...
... half of his cleft examples to have a contrastive function, as it would be called in this thesis.7 It is shown in this thesis that the contrastive function may even be more ...
UM_Sintaksis_(teorgrammatika)_022600_st
... naming unit employed for naming things, actions, qualities and so on. Subjectpredicate structures may happen to be identical with sentences in form (e.g. They worked. They worked hard.), but it is only sentences and not phrases which have intonation of their own. It is also important to notice that ...
... naming unit employed for naming things, actions, qualities and so on. Subjectpredicate structures may happen to be identical with sentences in form (e.g. They worked. They worked hard.), but it is only sentences and not phrases which have intonation of their own. It is also important to notice that ...
The secret life of focus exponents, and what it tells us about fronted
... so-called definiteness effect excluding (many) definite subjects from this position. We explore the connection between focus projection and the partial fronting cases and show that it is the subject of those verbs which allow their subject to be the focus exponent that can be included as part of a f ...
... so-called definiteness effect excluding (many) definite subjects from this position. We explore the connection between focus projection and the partial fronting cases and show that it is the subject of those verbs which allow their subject to be the focus exponent that can be included as part of a f ...
RELATIONAL NOUNS, PRONOUNS, AND RESUMPTIONw
... manager resource. Manager resources properly distinguish between resumptive pronouns and bound relational nouns based on differences between them at the level of semantic structure. The resumptive puzzle is thus solved. The paper closes by considering the solution in light of the hypothesis of direct ...
... manager resource. Manager resources properly distinguish between resumptive pronouns and bound relational nouns based on differences between them at the level of semantic structure. The resumptive puzzle is thus solved. The paper closes by considering the solution in light of the hypothesis of direct ...
Text Linguistics Course - KSU Faculty Member websites
... vacuum. The inter-connectedness that exists along a stretch of sentences of utterances constituting a text bestows upon it a unique and distinctive character. Halliday argues that although text is made of words and sentences, when being written down, “it is really made of meanings” because meanings ...
... vacuum. The inter-connectedness that exists along a stretch of sentences of utterances constituting a text bestows upon it a unique and distinctive character. Halliday argues that although text is made of words and sentences, when being written down, “it is really made of meanings” because meanings ...
12110/99
... Russian this pattern of case marking was far more productive, applying to adjectives as diverse in meaning as pust 'empty,' Ziv 'alive' and posa:,en 'impaled.' Since this pattern was once productive, a theory of grammar should be able to account for the pattern in a principled matter. Other American ...
... Russian this pattern of case marking was far more productive, applying to adjectives as diverse in meaning as pust 'empty,' Ziv 'alive' and posa:,en 'impaled.' Since this pattern was once productive, a theory of grammar should be able to account for the pattern in a principled matter. Other American ...