HONORIFICS IN HINDI: A MORPHOLOGICAL, SEMANTIC AND
... Vi ste dobri7. – You are good (pl.) The sentence is ambiguous on two accounts; number and gender, although here the adjective “dobri” (good(pl.)) is masculine but it can always refer to a lady professor as well. In Hindi the plural forms because of honorifics in nouns, adjectives and other relevant ...
... Vi ste dobri7. – You are good (pl.) The sentence is ambiguous on two accounts; number and gender, although here the adjective “dobri” (good(pl.)) is masculine but it can always refer to a lady professor as well. In Hindi the plural forms because of honorifics in nouns, adjectives and other relevant ...
Verbs and nouns from a cross-linguistic perspective (Rijkhoff 2002)
... attested in languages spoken in Northern Australia (Dixon 1980; Schultze-Berndt 2001; McGregor 2002) and in the Papuan languages of New Guinea (Foley 1986: 113-28). Thus, Walmatjari (Australian) is deemed to have only about forty verbs, Gurindji no more than thirty, whereas some languages in the Kim ...
... attested in languages spoken in Northern Australia (Dixon 1980; Schultze-Berndt 2001; McGregor 2002) and in the Papuan languages of New Guinea (Foley 1986: 113-28). Thus, Walmatjari (Australian) is deemed to have only about forty verbs, Gurindji no more than thirty, whereas some languages in the Kim ...
The instrumental: dative and its double 1. Introduction. We take our
... complement; the content of this predication is a possession relation between the direct object (the possessum) and the oblique dative (the possessor). We argue that in the Persian alternations in (10b)-(12b), the predication is reversed – so that is the accusative direct object that possesses the in ...
... complement; the content of this predication is a possession relation between the direct object (the possessum) and the oblique dative (the possessor). We argue that in the Persian alternations in (10b)-(12b), the predication is reversed – so that is the accusative direct object that possesses the in ...
Verbs and nouns from a cross-linguistic perspective
... attested in languages spoken in Northern Australia (Dixon 1980; Schultze-Berndt 2001; McGregor 2002) and in the Papuan languages of New Guinea (Foley 1986: 113-28). Thus, Walmatjari (Australian) is deemed to have only about forty verbs, Gurindji no more than thirty, whereas some languages in the Kim ...
... attested in languages spoken in Northern Australia (Dixon 1980; Schultze-Berndt 2001; McGregor 2002) and in the Papuan languages of New Guinea (Foley 1986: 113-28). Thus, Walmatjari (Australian) is deemed to have only about forty verbs, Gurindji no more than thirty, whereas some languages in the Kim ...
General Number and the Semantics and Pragmatics of Indefinite
... full DPs. The second half of the paper is devoted to answering this question. One way in which indefinite bare nouns differ from indefinite full DPs is in their scope, a well-known issue since Carlson’s groundbreaking work on English bare plurals. We will review the scope facts for Mandarin Chinese ...
... full DPs. The second half of the paper is devoted to answering this question. One way in which indefinite bare nouns differ from indefinite full DPs is in their scope, a well-known issue since Carlson’s groundbreaking work on English bare plurals. We will review the scope facts for Mandarin Chinese ...
Aide-mémoire file in doc form
... c'est * = it is (*special cases only) 1. before a stress pronoun (moi) 2. before a person's name 3. before un/une + noun. ex. c'est une porte. 4. before a date ...
... c'est * = it is (*special cases only) 1. before a stress pronoun (moi) 2. before a person's name 3. before un/une + noun. ex. c'est une porte. 4. before a date ...
Polish Grammar in a Nutshell
... LACK OF ARTICLES. Polish does not have elements corresponding to English indefinite and definite articles a, an, the. One interprets a noun as definite or indefinite on the basis of context. Hence dom may be interpreted as 'a house' or 'the house'. NOUN GENDER. Polish nouns have three genders: mascu ...
... LACK OF ARTICLES. Polish does not have elements corresponding to English indefinite and definite articles a, an, the. One interprets a noun as definite or indefinite on the basis of context. Hence dom may be interpreted as 'a house' or 'the house'. NOUN GENDER. Polish nouns have three genders: mascu ...
Comparative Morphosyntax manual
... it changes the part of speech of the word that it is added to. So, the [-ment] suffix changes verbs to nouns, as in [govern + ment]. The [-able] suffix changes transitive verbs like "read" and "write" into adjectives, as in [read + able], etc. This is a very reliable test. If an affix changes the pa ...
... it changes the part of speech of the word that it is added to. So, the [-ment] suffix changes verbs to nouns, as in [govern + ment]. The [-able] suffix changes transitive verbs like "read" and "write" into adjectives, as in [read + able], etc. This is a very reliable test. If an affix changes the pa ...
Inheritance and Inflectional Morphology: Old High German, Latin
... Beat inherits transitivity from the TRANSITIVE node and its past participle form from the EN VERB node. Because there are no contradictory properties specified on those two nodes – e.g. EN VERB does not specify intransitivity – this is a viable option. However, contradictory information is a potenti ...
... Beat inherits transitivity from the TRANSITIVE node and its past participle form from the EN VERB node. Because there are no contradictory properties specified on those two nodes – e.g. EN VERB does not specify intransitivity – this is a viable option. However, contradictory information is a potenti ...
- The IJHSS
... The Mo/Djg language is one of the minority languages in Ghana and less known in academia. It is a member of the Gur language family and spoken in some parts of Northern Ghana in Bamboi, Jama, Kapenta, Jugboi, Tasilima, among others in the Bole District. It is also spoken in the Brong-Ahafo Region in ...
... The Mo/Djg language is one of the minority languages in Ghana and less known in academia. It is a member of the Gur language family and spoken in some parts of Northern Ghana in Bamboi, Jama, Kapenta, Jugboi, Tasilima, among others in the Bole District. It is also spoken in the Brong-Ahafo Region in ...
Appositive Phrase?
... Since I have taken up track, it seems I haven’t a moment to spare. Since I have taken up track, it seems I haven’t a moment to spare. Adjective Did you find that book difficult to understand? Did you find that book difficult to understand? ...
... Since I have taken up track, it seems I haven’t a moment to spare. Since I have taken up track, it seems I haven’t a moment to spare. Adjective Did you find that book difficult to understand? Did you find that book difficult to understand? ...
FortSevern Web Dictionary Guide - Algonquian Dictionaries Project
... (Cree), as an aid to spelling in both Syllabic and Roman writing traditions, as a help in understanding meanings, and as a record of the richness of the Ininîwimowin language and culture as evidenced through its words. The dictionary should also be useful in the development of other language-related ...
... (Cree), as an aid to spelling in both Syllabic and Roman writing traditions, as a help in understanding meanings, and as a record of the richness of the Ininîwimowin language and culture as evidenced through its words. The dictionary should also be useful in the development of other language-related ...
Appositive Phrases
... • They may modify the same word. The students at OMMS on the blue team are great. ...
... • They may modify the same word. The students at OMMS on the blue team are great. ...
Agreement in Slavic languages poses a serious problem for
... Most promising in dealing with these agreement alternations seem to be two hierarchies proposed by Corbett (1979, 1983). I will concentrate on agreement in Bosnian and show that the hierarchies as formulated by Corbett are indeed effective. The Oslo Corpus of Bosnian Texts (OCBT) will be used to exa ...
... Most promising in dealing with these agreement alternations seem to be two hierarchies proposed by Corbett (1979, 1983). I will concentrate on agreement in Bosnian and show that the hierarchies as formulated by Corbett are indeed effective. The Oslo Corpus of Bosnian Texts (OCBT) will be used to exa ...
Holt Handbook Chapter 5
... or a pronoun is called an adjective phrase. EXAMPLES: Wang Wei was a talented painter of landscapes. [the prepositional phrase of landscapes modifies the noun painter, telling what kind of painter.] EXAMPLES: Mrs. O’Meara is the one on the left. [the prepositional phrase on the left modifies the pro ...
... or a pronoun is called an adjective phrase. EXAMPLES: Wang Wei was a talented painter of landscapes. [the prepositional phrase of landscapes modifies the noun painter, telling what kind of painter.] EXAMPLES: Mrs. O’Meara is the one on the left. [the prepositional phrase on the left modifies the pro ...
Animacy Constraints on Prepositional Objects in Medumba, a
... averages. We wanted to ask whether, for individual speakers, these animacy categories form an implicational hierarchy. In other words, if one speaker used the contour tone for “fly,” would that speaker necessarily also use the contour tone for “bird,” “cat,” “child,” and so on? The answer is, by and ...
... averages. We wanted to ask whether, for individual speakers, these animacy categories form an implicational hierarchy. In other words, if one speaker used the contour tone for “fly,” would that speaker necessarily also use the contour tone for “bird,” “cat,” “child,” and so on? The answer is, by and ...
“Yes, Ms. Blossom,” said Alf and - Superkids
... gotten into a worse fight. Others might say Ettabetta and Alf would have made up because they are really friends. (Give and support opinions) 2. What are some of the rules in your classroom, and what happens if someone breaks a rule? Some rules might be “Ask before you take other people’s things,” o ...
... gotten into a worse fight. Others might say Ettabetta and Alf would have made up because they are really friends. (Give and support opinions) 2. What are some of the rules in your classroom, and what happens if someone breaks a rule? Some rules might be “Ask before you take other people’s things,” o ...
The Gerund
... • DO NOT CONFUSE THE GERUND WITH THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE!!! • Present participles are used as an adjective, or it may be part of a verb phrase. • As an adjective: The clanking bell ticked me off! • As part of a verb phrase: We have been trying, but understanding gerunds is a difficult business indeed ...
... • DO NOT CONFUSE THE GERUND WITH THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE!!! • Present participles are used as an adjective, or it may be part of a verb phrase. • As an adjective: The clanking bell ticked me off! • As part of a verb phrase: We have been trying, but understanding gerunds is a difficult business indeed ...
What are pronouns?
... Compound subjects –You and I or You and me? Sometimes you will see compound subjects like “you and I, you and me, or my husband and I” in a sentence. So, which one is it? Here’s a way you can tell. Read the sentence as is with the line through it; then, read the rest of the sentence. My sister an ...
... Compound subjects –You and I or You and me? Sometimes you will see compound subjects like “you and I, you and me, or my husband and I” in a sentence. So, which one is it? Here’s a way you can tell. Read the sentence as is with the line through it; then, read the rest of the sentence. My sister an ...
SENSITIVE PARSING: ERROR ANALYSIS AND EXPLANATION IN
... grammar formalism [COLMERAURER 1978], enriched with unification predicates for syntactic and semantic agreement. 3.1. Agreement errors. The analysis of agreement errors in German is complex because morphologically, the words are highly ambigous. There are 24 different definite articles (4 cases, 3 g ...
... grammar formalism [COLMERAURER 1978], enriched with unification predicates for syntactic and semantic agreement. 3.1. Agreement errors. The analysis of agreement errors in German is complex because morphologically, the words are highly ambigous. There are 24 different definite articles (4 cases, 3 g ...
Doc format - LangMedia
... The Arabic language developed through the early centuries in the Arabian Peninsula in the era immediately preceding the appearance of Islam, when it acquired the form in which it is known today. Arab poets of the pre-Islamic period had developed a language of amazing richness and flexibility. For th ...
... The Arabic language developed through the early centuries in the Arabian Peninsula in the era immediately preceding the appearance of Islam, when it acquired the form in which it is known today. Arab poets of the pre-Islamic period had developed a language of amazing richness and flexibility. For th ...
Gerundives
... accusative; means is ablative) 2.Put the noun in that case. 3.Make the gerundive agree with that noun in case, number and gender. 1.Remember, when translating a gerund or a gerundive phrase, always translate the gerund/gerundive first ...
... accusative; means is ablative) 2.Put the noun in that case. 3.Make the gerundive agree with that noun in case, number and gender. 1.Remember, when translating a gerund or a gerundive phrase, always translate the gerund/gerundive first ...
General Rules - University of Maryland, Baltimore
... However, frequent repetition of “he or she” can make a piece of writing awkward. For this reason, it is sometimes better to make the antecedent plural. Not sexist: Before doctors prescribe medication, they must consider potential side effects. ...
... However, frequent repetition of “he or she” can make a piece of writing awkward. For this reason, it is sometimes better to make the antecedent plural. Not sexist: Before doctors prescribe medication, they must consider potential side effects. ...
ENGLISH 700 Language Arts
... a. Latin Roots: manu, anim, arbitr, art, cap, capt b. Forming the Plural of Nouns 3. To Understand and Use Nouns 4. To Understand and Use Pronouns In this unit, you will learn about the character quality of being considerate. Being considerate means being observant of the feelings of others. It mean ...
... a. Latin Roots: manu, anim, arbitr, art, cap, capt b. Forming the Plural of Nouns 3. To Understand and Use Nouns 4. To Understand and Use Pronouns In this unit, you will learn about the character quality of being considerate. Being considerate means being observant of the feelings of others. It mean ...