Object agreement, grammatical relations, and information structure. In
... raises the question of the possible motivation for object agreement. The paper suggests that the sole motivation is the information structure of the sentence, without any reference to semantics. Second, in Northern Ostyak the two objects exhibit different behavioral profiles, and the same discrepanc ...
... raises the question of the possible motivation for object agreement. The paper suggests that the sole motivation is the information structure of the sentence, without any reference to semantics. Second, in Northern Ostyak the two objects exhibit different behavioral profiles, and the same discrepanc ...
“Case suffixes”, postpositions and the Phonological Word in
... This proposal implies that at the morphosyntactic level there is only one class of elements comprising both, the items traditionally called case suffixes and those called postpositions. I will assume that this class is the functional nominal category Kase which projects phrases in syntax and selects ...
... This proposal implies that at the morphosyntactic level there is only one class of elements comprising both, the items traditionally called case suffixes and those called postpositions. I will assume that this class is the functional nominal category Kase which projects phrases in syntax and selects ...
Present Participial Phrases
... 2. Write a sentence that contains a restrictive present participial phrase that should not be set off with commas. 3. Use the word “dancing” in a sentence, and write a non-restrictive participial phrase. 4. Change the word “fight” into a present participle, add other words to make it a participial p ...
... 2. Write a sentence that contains a restrictive present participial phrase that should not be set off with commas. 3. Use the word “dancing” in a sentence, and write a non-restrictive participial phrase. 4. Change the word “fight” into a present participle, add other words to make it a participial p ...
Sentence variety exercise 4
... 2. Write a sentence that contains a restrictive present participial phrase that should not be set off with commas. 3. Use the word “dancing” in a sentence, and write a non-restrictive participial phrase. 4. Change the word “fight” into a present participle, add other words to make it a participial p ...
... 2. Write a sentence that contains a restrictive present participial phrase that should not be set off with commas. 3. Use the word “dancing” in a sentence, and write a non-restrictive participial phrase. 4. Change the word “fight” into a present participle, add other words to make it a participial p ...
B-05-Hyman_page 95-117.indd
... (IBV), Watters indicated that the semantic interpretation of sentences with both preand postposed arguments or adjuncts is quite intricate. Anderson (1979) demonstrated that verb tense, aspect, mood and polarity may also encode focus, in two senses: First, some verb forms, e.g. main clause affirmati ...
... (IBV), Watters indicated that the semantic interpretation of sentences with both preand postposed arguments or adjuncts is quite intricate. Anderson (1979) demonstrated that verb tense, aspect, mood and polarity may also encode focus, in two senses: First, some verb forms, e.g. main clause affirmati ...
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... On our first night in New York City, we went to Times Square, the next day, we went to Central Park. ...
... On our first night in New York City, we went to Times Square, the next day, we went to Central Park. ...
Generating Context-Appropriate Word Orders in Turkish
... of topic, neutral, focus, and background in Turkish sentences. Thus, the ambiguity that CCG rules produce is not spurious, but in fact, necessary to capture prosodic and pragmatic phrasing. The surface structure of a sentence in CCGs can directly re ect its information structure, so that di erent de ...
... of topic, neutral, focus, and background in Turkish sentences. Thus, the ambiguity that CCG rules produce is not spurious, but in fact, necessary to capture prosodic and pragmatic phrasing. The surface structure of a sentence in CCGs can directly re ect its information structure, so that di erent de ...
THE LUNYALA `K` SIMPLE SENTENCE
... The name “Abanyala” is claimed to have originated from the fact that certain people drove away the Abakhoone and for that reason, they boasted saying khubanyalire (‘we have served them right’), and therefore the name of Abanyala became applicable to all the clans of the Abanyala. Osogo, (cited in Ng ...
... The name “Abanyala” is claimed to have originated from the fact that certain people drove away the Abakhoone and for that reason, they boasted saying khubanyalire (‘we have served them right’), and therefore the name of Abanyala became applicable to all the clans of the Abanyala. Osogo, (cited in Ng ...
Topics and Participants in Jamamadí Narrative
... alone as a complete sentence at the beginning of the episode. Although the participant thus identified may be actor in much of the episode, his downfall is expected. If there is a villain he will be introduced in the same way as the undergoer. In the incident of the burning of the houses 'the houses ...
... alone as a complete sentence at the beginning of the episode. Although the participant thus identified may be actor in much of the episode, his downfall is expected. If there is a villain he will be introduced in the same way as the undergoer. In the incident of the burning of the houses 'the houses ...
A Grammar for Finnish Discourse Patterns
... categories and sentences from the words. Lexical heads specify information like part-of-speech and dependency relations, and also encode the basic semantic information of their phrasal projections. The representation of lexical items, like that of the projected phrases is a uniform feature structure ...
... categories and sentences from the words. Lexical heads specify information like part-of-speech and dependency relations, and also encode the basic semantic information of their phrasal projections. The representation of lexical items, like that of the projected phrases is a uniform feature structure ...
big grammar test
... In the sentence below, what kind of pronoun is the underlined word? Who knows the answer to the question? A. relative B. demonstrative C. interrogative D. personal 79. What is the structure of the sentence below? The girl and the boy are both athletes, but they compete in different sports. A. a simp ...
... In the sentence below, what kind of pronoun is the underlined word? Who knows the answer to the question? A. relative B. demonstrative C. interrogative D. personal 79. What is the structure of the sentence below? The girl and the boy are both athletes, but they compete in different sports. A. a simp ...
Why are `as soon as` clauses marked for predicate
... role in the overall information structure of the whole complex sentence (cf. Cristofaro 2003: 34, Matić et al. 2014: 17). ...
... role in the overall information structure of the whole complex sentence (cf. Cristofaro 2003: 34, Matić et al. 2014: 17). ...
Encoding focus in Kanuri verbal morphology
... The Kanuri system of TAM marking has intrigued scholars for more than 150 years. The competing terminologies and various functional labels that have been used in the descriptions are indicative of the morphological, syntactic and semantic challenges that the Kanuri verbal inflexion system pose for a ...
... The Kanuri system of TAM marking has intrigued scholars for more than 150 years. The competing terminologies and various functional labels that have been used in the descriptions are indicative of the morphological, syntactic and semantic challenges that the Kanuri verbal inflexion system pose for a ...
RELC Journal
... Interrogative Sentences : A Singapore Case Study * Anna Kwan-Terry National University of ...
... Interrogative Sentences : A Singapore Case Study * Anna Kwan-Terry National University of ...
Report of group II of the GU project in MT research
... (1) Sentence. We hold that the sentence as defined for MT purposes has no fulcrum qua sentence, since under MT sentences must be included units of such varied structure as individual words serving as headings, as well as elaborate multiclause constructions. We therefore divide MT sentences into the ...
... (1) Sentence. We hold that the sentence as defined for MT purposes has no fulcrum qua sentence, since under MT sentences must be included units of such varied structure as individual words serving as headings, as well as elaborate multiclause constructions. We therefore divide MT sentences into the ...
Rule-Based Detection of Clausal Coordinate Ellipsis
... is a free constituent order language so the functions cannot be solved based on word order. To avoid erroneous analyses caused by this, we do not allow for anything to occur between the subject of the posterior conjunct and the conjunction or comma. That is, the word leveys (width) needs to directly ...
... is a free constituent order language so the functions cannot be solved based on word order. To avoid erroneous analyses caused by this, we do not allow for anything to occur between the subject of the posterior conjunct and the conjunction or comma. That is, the word leveys (width) needs to directly ...
A brief grammar of euskara - Addi - University of the Basque Country
... constructed out of more basic elements, much in the way the entire universe works. Some of these units might be familiar to any user (pretty much anyone who can read knows something about units like 'verb' or 'noun'), but others might only be familiar to a linguistically educated user (for instance, ...
... constructed out of more basic elements, much in the way the entire universe works. Some of these units might be familiar to any user (pretty much anyone who can read knows something about units like 'verb' or 'noun'), but others might only be familiar to a linguistically educated user (for instance, ...
Chapter 5 NPs and their Functions Review of NPs
... information as we could if this sentence was a question. We can, however, turn it into a question. Tag Question: Let's consider how we might turn In some houses, the front door is in an entryway into tag question. We copy the operator (in this case is) and make it negative (since the clause is posit ...
... information as we could if this sentence was a question. We can, however, turn it into a question. Tag Question: Let's consider how we might turn In some houses, the front door is in an entryway into tag question. We copy the operator (in this case is) and make it negative (since the clause is posit ...
the subject preference in the processing of locally ambiguous wh
... constituent of a clause, there is a local ambiguity in on-line processing with respect to its grammatical function, which can (but need not) be resolved by the overt case marking of following noun phrases or by the agreement morphology of the verb. Experiments involving comparable structures in Dutc ...
... constituent of a clause, there is a local ambiguity in on-line processing with respect to its grammatical function, which can (but need not) be resolved by the overt case marking of following noun phrases or by the agreement morphology of the verb. Experiments involving comparable structures in Dutc ...
on finiteness - Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
... number of syntactical and semantic consequences that cannot be derived from the fact that finite forms are marked for tense, person, mood and other verbal categories. Finiteness should be seen as a grammatical category in its own right. This fact is clearly manifested in language acquisition. It has ...
... number of syntactical and semantic consequences that cannot be derived from the fact that finite forms are marked for tense, person, mood and other verbal categories. Finiteness should be seen as a grammatical category in its own right. This fact is clearly manifested in language acquisition. It has ...
The secret life of focus exponents, and what it tells us about fronted
... Abstract The paper investigates a complex word order phenomenon in German and the interaction of syntax and information structure it exemplifies: the occurrence of subjects as part of a fronted non-finite constituent and particularly the so-called definiteness effect excluding (many) definite subje ...
... Abstract The paper investigates a complex word order phenomenon in German and the interaction of syntax and information structure it exemplifies: the occurrence of subjects as part of a fronted non-finite constituent and particularly the so-called definiteness effect excluding (many) definite subje ...
articles basque resultatives and related issues
... The range of time adverbs compatible with a recent past verb form is limited. It is excluded to say *Kepak atzo ogia jan du to translate “Peter ate the bread yesterday”. Such a restriction is quite common with a resultative expressing a present state, it is much less common with actional pasts. That ...
... The range of time adverbs compatible with a recent past verb form is limited. It is excluded to say *Kepak atzo ogia jan du to translate “Peter ate the bread yesterday”. Such a restriction is quite common with a resultative expressing a present state, it is much less common with actional pasts. That ...
ARTICLES BASQUE RESULTATIVES AND RELATED ISSUES
... The range of time adverbs compatible with a recent past verb form is limited. It is excluded to say *Kepak atzo ogia jan du to translate “Peter ate the bread yesterday”. Such a restriction is quite common with a resultative expressing a present state, it is much less common with actional pasts. That ...
... The range of time adverbs compatible with a recent past verb form is limited. It is excluded to say *Kepak atzo ogia jan du to translate “Peter ate the bread yesterday”. Such a restriction is quite common with a resultative expressing a present state, it is much less common with actional pasts. That ...
Automatic Pattern Extraction for Korean Sentence Parsing
... Table 2 shows the representation of arguments as well. If there are proper postpositions in the noun phrases such as case makers, it is no problem to know the function of the noun phrase in the sentence. However, if there is no specific marker, we should guess the function of noun phrases. In Table ...
... Table 2 shows the representation of arguments as well. If there are proper postpositions in the noun phrases such as case makers, it is no problem to know the function of the noun phrase in the sentence. However, if there is no specific marker, we should guess the function of noun phrases. In Table ...
LaPolla, Randy J. 2009. “Chinese as a Topic
... English) and “topic-prominent” (e.g. Chinese). Both types have both “subject” and “topic,” but the prominence of “subject” vs. “topic” differs in the two types. This view has been very influential in discussions of Chinese structure. As can be seen from the quote above, what Li and Thompson called “ ...
... English) and “topic-prominent” (e.g. Chinese). Both types have both “subject” and “topic,” but the prominence of “subject” vs. “topic” differs in the two types. This view has been very influential in discussions of Chinese structure. As can be seen from the quote above, what Li and Thompson called “ ...