LEXICAL NEGATION IN ENGLISH: THE CASE OF UN- AND IN-
... other. The adjective human has two negative ‘counterparts’: non-human and inhuman. However, the latter does not seem to negate the same meaning of human. Consequently, the adjective is polysemous and can be said to have two main orientations. On one hand, it characterizes what is connected with huma ...
... other. The adjective human has two negative ‘counterparts’: non-human and inhuman. However, the latter does not seem to negate the same meaning of human. Consequently, the adjective is polysemous and can be said to have two main orientations. On one hand, it characterizes what is connected with huma ...
LANGUAGE ARTS 300
... Identify the main idea of a story Answer questions about a story you have read Make a prediction for what will happen next in a story Brainstorm words which are nouns Identify nouns and verbs in sentences Add nouns or verbs to sentences to make them complete Identify adjectives in sentences Write se ...
... Identify the main idea of a story Answer questions about a story you have read Make a prediction for what will happen next in a story Brainstorm words which are nouns Identify nouns and verbs in sentences Add nouns or verbs to sentences to make them complete Identify adjectives in sentences Write se ...
PALAVRAS
... This dissertation is a Janus work, both practical and theoretical at the same time, one face mirroring and complementing the other. After all, a major point was simply showing that “it could be done” - that a Constraint Grammar for a Romance langugage would work just as well as for English. As a pra ...
... This dissertation is a Janus work, both practical and theoretical at the same time, one face mirroring and complementing the other. After all, a major point was simply showing that “it could be done” - that a Constraint Grammar for a Romance langugage would work just as well as for English. As a pra ...
Deixis and anaphora F. Recanati Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS) 1bis
... anaphoric uses exploit discursive salience; and uses of the third type (associative uses, as I will call them) exploit associative salience. The prototype of a free use of a pronoun is generally considered to be the deictic use, where the referent is perceptually salient (see e.g. Clark 1992: 47; Bü ...
... anaphoric uses exploit discursive salience; and uses of the third type (associative uses, as I will call them) exploit associative salience. The prototype of a free use of a pronoun is generally considered to be the deictic use, where the referent is perceptually salient (see e.g. Clark 1992: 47; Bü ...
2_7 Luraghi_Clitics
... Before moving on to the analysis of specific clitics, the issue concerning the categorial status of these items needs to be addressed. As remarked above, clitics typically bear no lexical accent in spite of displaying various morphosyntactic features typical of free rather than bound morphemes. Thi ...
... Before moving on to the analysis of specific clitics, the issue concerning the categorial status of these items needs to be addressed. As remarked above, clitics typically bear no lexical accent in spite of displaying various morphosyntactic features typical of free rather than bound morphemes. Thi ...
ON THE SYNTAX OF PARTICIPIAL MODIFIERS*
... attention in traditional grammar and generative syntax alike; yet, due to their mixed nominal and verbal properties, the categorial status and internal syntactic structure of these modifiers is not very well understood. Some researchers treat them as adjectival, others as clausal, but there are prob ...
... attention in traditional grammar and generative syntax alike; yet, due to their mixed nominal and verbal properties, the categorial status and internal syntactic structure of these modifiers is not very well understood. Some researchers treat them as adjectival, others as clausal, but there are prob ...
Journal of Memory and Language
... the sentences used in on-line studies we selected from the corpus only relative clauses with transitive verbs. Relative clauses with intransitive verbs do not have an object (as in the man who walks there), and are therefore by definition subject relative clauses. Also, we only included in the analy ...
... the sentences used in on-line studies we selected from the corpus only relative clauses with transitive verbs. Relative clauses with intransitive verbs do not have an object (as in the man who walks there), and are therefore by definition subject relative clauses. Also, we only included in the analy ...
Mangani Grammar
... Mangani Grammar Mangani has special rules describing the grammar of the language because its limited amplitude, which does not permit the comparison with a grammatical structure as found in English or Spanish. These rules enclose the main structure of the Mangani language and the way you can express ...
... Mangani Grammar Mangani has special rules describing the grammar of the language because its limited amplitude, which does not permit the comparison with a grammatical structure as found in English or Spanish. These rules enclose the main structure of the Mangani language and the way you can express ...
A GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TSWANA ADVERBIAL by
... the research of others whose works and findings are considered central. The language data used for exemplificatory purposes are mainly drawn from the Tswana corpus compiled by myself6. This corpus consists of approximately 10,000 words and is mainly based on written texts such as the Bible and an ar ...
... the research of others whose works and findings are considered central. The language data used for exemplificatory purposes are mainly drawn from the Tswana corpus compiled by myself6. This corpus consists of approximately 10,000 words and is mainly based on written texts such as the Bible and an ar ...
PROBLEMS OF ADJECTIVE SEQUENCING IN ENGLISH
... i.e., one can use an infinite number of adjectives to modify a noun (Crystal, 1971: 128). Despite the fact that this is the case, in usage, one does not expect such long sequences of adjectives. Added to this, one does not know whether adjectives are thrown randomly or their ordering is governed by ...
... i.e., one can use an infinite number of adjectives to modify a noun (Crystal, 1971: 128). Despite the fact that this is the case, in usage, one does not expect such long sequences of adjectives. Added to this, one does not know whether adjectives are thrown randomly or their ordering is governed by ...
Mungbam grammar - Acsu Buffalo
... the chiefs of the Mungbam villages. Because I am (sensibly) afraid of travelling by motorcycle and because George does not mind walking long distances and knows the main walking trails in Lower Fungom, we went twice together on the six-hour walk from Ngun to Weh, stopping at his brother’s house in M ...
... the chiefs of the Mungbam villages. Because I am (sensibly) afraid of travelling by motorcycle and because George does not mind walking long distances and knows the main walking trails in Lower Fungom, we went twice together on the six-hour walk from Ngun to Weh, stopping at his brother’s house in M ...
Semantics of Nouns and the Specification of
... to lexical category distinctions in the language. It is important to look at these issues since they form the basis of most of the earlier work done on this particular topic in Turkish. Then I turn to previous studies on the lexical categories in Turkish, paying particular attention to lexical expre ...
... to lexical category distinctions in the language. It is important to look at these issues since they form the basis of most of the earlier work done on this particular topic in Turkish. Then I turn to previous studies on the lexical categories in Turkish, paying particular attention to lexical expre ...
THE SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS OF AND
... study sought, firstly, to identify conjuncts that are coordinated by and-equivalent in Kaonde. Secondly, the study sought to identify and-coordinators in Kaonde. That is, it tried to identify coordinators in Kaonde that are equivalent to ‘and’ in English. From the study, it was observed that Kaonde ...
... study sought, firstly, to identify conjuncts that are coordinated by and-equivalent in Kaonde. Secondly, the study sought to identify and-coordinators in Kaonde. That is, it tried to identify coordinators in Kaonde that are equivalent to ‘and’ in English. From the study, it was observed that Kaonde ...
1. Some nouns always take a singular verb
... innings, gallows. (A) The scenery of Kashmir are enchanting. (Incorrect) (B) The scenery of Kashmir is enchanting. (Correct) (A) He has given advices. (Incorrect) (B) He has given advice. (Correct) (A) The Indian team defeated the English by innings. (Incorrect) (B) The Indian team defeated the Engl ...
... innings, gallows. (A) The scenery of Kashmir are enchanting. (Incorrect) (B) The scenery of Kashmir is enchanting. (Correct) (A) He has given advices. (Incorrect) (B) He has given advice. (Correct) (A) The Indian team defeated the English by innings. (Incorrect) (B) The Indian team defeated the Engl ...
Uppsala University
... Articles and books on the topic abound with exemplifications of various types reaching from complete reduplication via some obvious and some less obvious types of partial reduplication to most obscure types of phoneme-, mora- or even syllable skeleton reduplication. All these constitute instances of ...
... Articles and books on the topic abound with exemplifications of various types reaching from complete reduplication via some obvious and some less obvious types of partial reduplication to most obscure types of phoneme-, mora- or even syllable skeleton reduplication. All these constitute instances of ...
Final Assessment
... that Brown’s image of a young boy smiling while reading couldn’t hurt. Reading really is fundamental. In collecting images at The Athenaeum (link above), Brown’s The Teacher reminded me that the best way to learn is to teach. It’s a tricky business, but students do profit from teaching each other. A ...
... that Brown’s image of a young boy smiling while reading couldn’t hurt. Reading really is fundamental. In collecting images at The Athenaeum (link above), Brown’s The Teacher reminded me that the best way to learn is to teach. It’s a tricky business, but students do profit from teaching each other. A ...
ABSTRACT MEASURING PREDICATES Alexis Wellwood, Doctor of
... syntactic properties of a language with an eye to the notional categories that the various pieces of form express. In this dissertation, I investigate the morphosyntactic devices that English speakers (and speakers of other languages) can use to talk about comparisons between things: comparative sen ...
... syntactic properties of a language with an eye to the notional categories that the various pieces of form express. In this dissertation, I investigate the morphosyntactic devices that English speakers (and speakers of other languages) can use to talk about comparisons between things: comparative sen ...
Relative Clauses in Koine Greek
... Greek is somewhat special in that, in addition to making the restrictive vs. non-restrictive distinction, the language also makes a further distinction within the non-restrictive category, namely that between “appositional” and “continuative.” The appositional category is largely equivalent to what ...
... Greek is somewhat special in that, in addition to making the restrictive vs. non-restrictive distinction, the language also makes a further distinction within the non-restrictive category, namely that between “appositional” and “continuative.” The appositional category is largely equivalent to what ...
1 xxx - Edmond
... organizing data on other Dogon languages; the chapter, section, and subsection organization will have to be adjusted to the contours of each specific language. Subsections may be added, deleted, or moved to other sections as needed. In some sections I suggest sample prose, but of course language X m ...
... organizing data on other Dogon languages; the chapter, section, and subsection organization will have to be adjusted to the contours of each specific language. Subsections may be added, deleted, or moved to other sections as needed. In some sections I suggest sample prose, but of course language X m ...
A Linguistic History of Awyu-Dumut
... learned much from you, not just about linguistics but also about life, and will miss our collaboration. Ever since I can remember, wantok is the term used by those with the surname ‘Wester’ to refer to those with the surname ‘Reesink.’ Ger, you have been an excellent wantok the past four years, and ...
... learned much from you, not just about linguistics but also about life, and will miss our collaboration. Ever since I can remember, wantok is the term used by those with the surname ‘Wester’ to refer to those with the surname ‘Reesink.’ Ger, you have been an excellent wantok the past four years, and ...
UNIT 2 Placing of adverbs - Академия управления при
... От имени коллектива авторов доктор филологических наук, профессор Л.М.Лещева ...
... От имени коллектива авторов доктор филологических наук, профессор Л.М.Лещева ...
Review Exercises
... Академии управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь, кандидат филологических наук, доцент А.Г.Храмченков. ...
... Академии управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь, кандидат филологических наук, доцент А.Г.Храмченков. ...
Grammar and Language Workbook - ESL
... 2. A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing. First-person personal pronouns refer to the speaker, second-person pronouns refer to the one spoken to, and third-person pronouns refer to the one spoken about. Singular Plural First Person I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours Second Person yo ...
... 2. A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing. First-person personal pronouns refer to the speaker, second-person pronouns refer to the one spoken to, and third-person pronouns refer to the one spoken about. Singular Plural First Person I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours Second Person yo ...
MOVEMENT IN RESTRICTIVE RELATIVE CLAUSES by SUSAN K
... front and relativization take place, yielding e.g. The oranges [which ...
... front and relativization take place, yielding e.g. The oranges [which ...
Syntactic, semantic and phonological factors determining the
... to the specifier positions of a MoodevidentialP, a ModepistemicP, and a ModspeechactP. These projections have invariant relative positions in the universal hierarchy of functional projections, from which both the relative order and the relative scope of preverbal adverbs can be derived. What this th ...
... to the specifier positions of a MoodevidentialP, a ModepistemicP, and a ModspeechactP. These projections have invariant relative positions in the universal hierarchy of functional projections, from which both the relative order and the relative scope of preverbal adverbs can be derived. What this th ...