HOW CAN A VERB AGREE WITH A VERB? REANALYSIS AND
... 2006:138-141). However, Anward (1988) and Wiklund (2007) argue that there is verbal feature agreement in Swedish. Norwegian is close to Swedish regarding the relevant data, and this paper is based on Norwegian. There are two main groups of sentences assumed to show verbal feature agreement in Wiklun ...
... 2006:138-141). However, Anward (1988) and Wiklund (2007) argue that there is verbal feature agreement in Swedish. Norwegian is close to Swedish regarding the relevant data, and this paper is based on Norwegian. There are two main groups of sentences assumed to show verbal feature agreement in Wiklun ...
Cause Event Representations for Happiness and Surprise
... simplify P as a structure of (N)+V+(N), and P is very likely to contain the cause event. In identifying P, we first look for the nearest verb occurring before 讓,令 or 使 in the focus sentence or the clause before the focus clause, and consider this verb as an anchor. From this verb, we search to the l ...
... simplify P as a structure of (N)+V+(N), and P is very likely to contain the cause event. In identifying P, we first look for the nearest verb occurring before 讓,令 or 使 in the focus sentence or the clause before the focus clause, and consider this verb as an anchor. From this verb, we search to the l ...
Auxiliaries in spoken Sinhala
... socially, but merely very different from the written variant. To illustrate, subject–verb agreement is present in literary Sinhala but does not occur in spoken ...
... socially, but merely very different from the written variant. To illustrate, subject–verb agreement is present in literary Sinhala but does not occur in spoken ...
Clausal Subordination and the Structure of the Verbal Phrase
... work (close to de Cuba and Ürögdi’s “referential”, though by their own admission that their evidence that the CP in sentences such as (2a) is a referring expression is “impressionistic at best” [5] (p. 45)). Thus, the hogy ‘that’ clause in bridge-verb constructions lacking proleptic azt/úgy shows a ...
... work (close to de Cuba and Ürögdi’s “referential”, though by their own admission that their evidence that the CP in sentences such as (2a) is a referring expression is “impressionistic at best” [5] (p. 45)). Thus, the hogy ‘that’ clause in bridge-verb constructions lacking proleptic azt/úgy shows a ...
Introducing PersPred, a syntactic and semantic database - Hal-SHS
... either by metaphor or by metonymy. The link between the compositional meaning and the lexicalized meaning is sometimes still recoverable synchronically. For instance, the lexicalized meaning of guš kardan ‘to listen’ (Lit. ‘ear do’) can be recovered via metonymy. The CP designates the prototypical ...
... either by metaphor or by metonymy. The link between the compositional meaning and the lexicalized meaning is sometimes still recoverable synchronically. For instance, the lexicalized meaning of guš kardan ‘to listen’ (Lit. ‘ear do’) can be recovered via metonymy. The CP designates the prototypical ...
A Study for Disambiguation of Japanese Compound Verbs
... ambiguities between lexical compounds and syntactic compounds. Lexical compounds containing an ambiguous V2 (as in example (1)) are examined in this study. Semantic constraints govern the pairs of verbs which may be compounded. The semantic features of V1 play a key role in identifying the meaning o ...
... ambiguities between lexical compounds and syntactic compounds. Lexical compounds containing an ambiguous V2 (as in example (1)) are examined in this study. Semantic constraints govern the pairs of verbs which may be compounded. The semantic features of V1 play a key role in identifying the meaning o ...
Complex verb formation in Leko
... words consist of a root and a number of clearly recognizable morphemes with a specific meaning. Apart from the addition of inflectional morphemes, which express Person, Number, and Case (in the case of nouns) and Tense (in the case of verbs), complex words may be formed by the addition of derivation ...
... words consist of a root and a number of clearly recognizable morphemes with a specific meaning. Apart from the addition of inflectional morphemes, which express Person, Number, and Case (in the case of nouns) and Tense (in the case of verbs), complex words may be formed by the addition of derivation ...
7. Specific Verb Classes and Alternations - Humboldt
... Third, there are languages in which the realization of the only argument of intransitive verbs may be different. For example, in Guaraní some intransitives encode their argument like the subject of transitive verbs, and some encode it like the object of transitives (see Mithun (1991) for an overview ...
... Third, there are languages in which the realization of the only argument of intransitive verbs may be different. For example, in Guaraní some intransitives encode their argument like the subject of transitive verbs, and some encode it like the object of transitives (see Mithun (1991) for an overview ...
separable complex verbs in Dutch
... raised. In other words, I propose to assign the structure [P V]v. to SCV's, where P stands for Particle. The separability of SCV's can also be observed in the way they form their past participles. In Dutch, past participles are formed by prefixing ge- and simultaneously suffixing t/d to the verbal s ...
... raised. In other words, I propose to assign the structure [P V]v. to SCV's, where P stands for Particle. The separability of SCV's can also be observed in the way they form their past participles. In Dutch, past participles are formed by prefixing ge- and simultaneously suffixing t/d to the verbal s ...
Chapter 3
... Another approach that substantially differs from the traditional one was presented in Cristofaro’s (2003) large-scale typological study of subordination based on approximately ninety languages. Later, a similar study based on the same theoretical assumptions but for coordination was done by Mauri (2 ...
... Another approach that substantially differs from the traditional one was presented in Cristofaro’s (2003) large-scale typological study of subordination based on approximately ninety languages. Later, a similar study based on the same theoretical assumptions but for coordination was done by Mauri (2 ...
3.1 Verbs
... Solution: Then, the verb is in the passive voice. Helping Verb Branch - Step 2 a. Delete the to be verb. I could have stung by that bee. b. Move the subject (and modifiers, if any) to a position immediately after the verb. could have stung I by that bee c. Move the noun or pronoun after the verb to ...
... Solution: Then, the verb is in the passive voice. Helping Verb Branch - Step 2 a. Delete the to be verb. I could have stung by that bee. b. Move the subject (and modifiers, if any) to a position immediately after the verb. could have stung I by that bee c. Move the noun or pronoun after the verb to ...
Phrasal Verbs: A Problem for ESL/EFL Learners and Suggested
... Driven (2001) writes, according to a preliminary definition, that phrasal verbs “possess some degree of idiomaticity in the assembly of the verb plus preposition (cry over something), or verb plus separable particle (run up the flag, run the flag up), verb plus inseparable particle (run up a debt), ...
... Driven (2001) writes, according to a preliminary definition, that phrasal verbs “possess some degree of idiomaticity in the assembly of the verb plus preposition (cry over something), or verb plus separable particle (run up the flag, run the flag up), verb plus inseparable particle (run up a debt), ...
English labile verbs and their equivalents in Swedish
... English labile verbs. Furthermore, this paper studies the labile verb phenomenon from a functional perspective. Labile verbs can be seen as a device to construct reality in a different way. In this reality mode (which will be dealt with elaborately in section 2.1), the Medium, i.e. “the entity throu ...
... English labile verbs. Furthermore, this paper studies the labile verb phenomenon from a functional perspective. Labile verbs can be seen as a device to construct reality in a different way. In this reality mode (which will be dealt with elaborately in section 2.1), the Medium, i.e. “the entity throu ...
Lexical Functional Grammar
... or the full NP must be present; otherwise the sentence will be incomplete. However, if both are present with ‘voit’, then the f-structure is inconsistent because the value of the OBJECT’s PRED would not be unique. Many phenomena for which arguments of functional equivalence and distributional comple ...
... or the full NP must be present; otherwise the sentence will be incomplete. However, if both are present with ‘voit’, then the f-structure is inconsistent because the value of the OBJECT’s PRED would not be unique. Many phenomena for which arguments of functional equivalence and distributional comple ...
YERPAl SEQUENCES; A GENERATIVE APPROACH
... This chapter is only intended to suggest some of the possible consequences of complex verb verbal sequences in view of the new phrase structure proposals - cf. especially Pollock (19Ô7) - for clausal structure consisting in the isolation into different functional nodes of the previously assumed head ...
... This chapter is only intended to suggest some of the possible consequences of complex verb verbal sequences in view of the new phrase structure proposals - cf. especially Pollock (19Ô7) - for clausal structure consisting in the isolation into different functional nodes of the previously assumed head ...
view - Association for Computational Linguistics
... either by metaphor or by metonymy. The link between the compositional meaning and the lexicalized meaning is sometimes still recoverable synchronically. For instance, the lexicalized meaning of guš kardan ‘to listen’ (Lit. ‘ear do’) can be recovered via metonymy. The CP designates the prototypical ...
... either by metaphor or by metonymy. The link between the compositional meaning and the lexicalized meaning is sometimes still recoverable synchronically. For instance, the lexicalized meaning of guš kardan ‘to listen’ (Lit. ‘ear do’) can be recovered via metonymy. The CP designates the prototypical ...
Syntactic classification of Swahili verbal expressions
... universe of sound (symbols) some problems arise. Firstly, the expansion of the conceptual universe not only created a great number of differentiated conceptual units, but also in some cases it made the boundaries of the conceptual units to be elastic, hence not having clear demarcations. Secondly, d ...
... universe of sound (symbols) some problems arise. Firstly, the expansion of the conceptual universe not only created a great number of differentiated conceptual units, but also in some cases it made the boundaries of the conceptual units to be elastic, hence not having clear demarcations. Secondly, d ...
WAYS OF TRANSLATING THE PARTICIPLES AND PARTICIPIAL
... The objective with the past participle constructions having actually almost the same N/l/Ven structural pattern as the previously analysed complexes are characterized by a stronger predicative motivation and meaning. This is because these complexes are used to express the state of an object/person, ...
... The objective with the past participle constructions having actually almost the same N/l/Ven structural pattern as the previously analysed complexes are characterized by a stronger predicative motivation and meaning. This is because these complexes are used to express the state of an object/person, ...
Non-canonical applicatives and focalization in Tswana
... the same verb in its non-applicative form. Such semantically unspecified applicatives are particularly common among Bantu languages. 2.5. Atypical applicatives and non-canonical uses of applicative verb forms Some languages may have derived verb forms used only in constructions that have some featur ...
... the same verb in its non-applicative form. Such semantically unspecified applicatives are particularly common among Bantu languages. 2.5. Atypical applicatives and non-canonical uses of applicative verb forms Some languages may have derived verb forms used only in constructions that have some featur ...
Lectures on Functional Syntax
... legitimately count as an explanation for certain facts about various syntactic structures and constructions. Most contemporary formal theories, certainly Generative Grammar in all its manifestations, provide ontological grounding for these explanations in a hypothesized, but unexplored and unexplain ...
... legitimately count as an explanation for certain facts about various syntactic structures and constructions. Most contemporary formal theories, certainly Generative Grammar in all its manifestations, provide ontological grounding for these explanations in a hypothesized, but unexplored and unexplain ...
Talking about the weather
... — Can we find some order underlying this apparent diversity in event encoding? — If so, what are the sources of this diversity? How do they relate to the event encoding problem? T HE PARTS OF THE EVENT ENCODING PROBLEM (from Lecture I): — association of a root and event schema – includes determining ...
... — Can we find some order underlying this apparent diversity in event encoding? — If so, what are the sources of this diversity? How do they relate to the event encoding problem? T HE PARTS OF THE EVENT ENCODING PROBLEM (from Lecture I): — association of a root and event schema – includes determining ...
Why begin when you can commence – Aspects of near
... history. One of the verbs has a Germanic root, the other one has its root in French. We often think that synonyms are supposed to mean the same thing; however, Yule argues that “synonyms are two or more forms with very closely related meanings, which are often, but not always, intersubstitutable in ...
... history. One of the verbs has a Germanic root, the other one has its root in French. We often think that synonyms are supposed to mean the same thing; however, Yule argues that “synonyms are two or more forms with very closely related meanings, which are often, but not always, intersubstitutable in ...
The Problematic Use of Infinitive in English
... One of the problems is the prototypical complement is an NP, which is why it is expected to have the non-finites in complement function as involving nominalization. There are different degrees of nominalization where there is a high degree of nominalization that may be assigned to the non-finite and ...
... One of the problems is the prototypical complement is an NP, which is why it is expected to have the non-finites in complement function as involving nominalization. There are different degrees of nominalization where there is a high degree of nominalization that may be assigned to the non-finite and ...
How many theta roles in a reflexive verb?
... Our focus is on the verbal reflexive constructions, which yield reflexive verbs that we will show to be intransitive. In contrast, in constructions involving argument reflexives, the anaphors himself, magát and ton eafto tu are objects of transitive predicates. Neither the issues nor the solution we ...
... Our focus is on the verbal reflexive constructions, which yield reflexive verbs that we will show to be intransitive. In contrast, in constructions involving argument reflexives, the anaphors himself, magát and ton eafto tu are objects of transitive predicates. Neither the issues nor the solution we ...