Linguistic units and
... A few verbs have become fossils (“pseudo-composites”), i.e. originally complex signs which are now simple but which retain evidence of their one-time complexity – chasten, hasten, (not really “make chaste” or “make haste” now but “punish” and “hurry”), liken, (i.e. “compare”, not “make like”), deade ...
... A few verbs have become fossils (“pseudo-composites”), i.e. originally complex signs which are now simple but which retain evidence of their one-time complexity – chasten, hasten, (not really “make chaste” or “make haste” now but “punish” and “hurry”), liken, (i.e. “compare”, not “make like”), deade ...
Impersonal si/se constructions in Northern Italian dialects Diego
... dialects (NIDs). The analysis is couched within the Principles and Parameters framework (Baker 2001), in particular it follows the research agenda put forth by Roberts & Holmberg 2010 and following works. The central idea is to organise the parameters of Universal Grammar into hierarchies of binary ...
... dialects (NIDs). The analysis is couched within the Principles and Parameters framework (Baker 2001), in particular it follows the research agenda put forth by Roberts & Holmberg 2010 and following works. The central idea is to organise the parameters of Universal Grammar into hierarchies of binary ...
Conjunction reduction and gapping in clause-level
... The affinity between self-repairs and coordination suggests a third route. A speaker who is engaged in correcting an already uttered clause may be compared to the editor of a manuscript who, instead of copying the old manuscript in full, meanwhile replacing inadequate passages by new text, simply se ...
... The affinity between self-repairs and coordination suggests a third route. A speaker who is engaged in correcting an already uttered clause may be compared to the editor of a manuscript who, instead of copying the old manuscript in full, meanwhile replacing inadequate passages by new text, simply se ...
ON SEMANTICS OF LATIN INTRANSITIVE VERBS
... intransitive verbs by means of Fillmore's case theory (Fillmore 1968). We make use of a set of deep cases as they have originally been defined by Fillmore. The case frames for the groups of the Latin intransitive verbs are suggested and Jinked up with their surface cases. Table 1 displays these rela ...
... intransitive verbs by means of Fillmore's case theory (Fillmore 1968). We make use of a set of deep cases as they have originally been defined by Fillmore. The case frames for the groups of the Latin intransitive verbs are suggested and Jinked up with their surface cases. Table 1 displays these rela ...
Andrzej Wilanowski Transitiveness of passive forms in Homer
... an active sentence becomes a subject of the passive one6. In wider, semantic sense the transitive verb is the one that has an object, no matter what grammatical form the object takes. In the further part of this entry an intransitive verb (intransitivum7) is defined as lacking in the features mentio ...
... an active sentence becomes a subject of the passive one6. In wider, semantic sense the transitive verb is the one that has an object, no matter what grammatical form the object takes. In the further part of this entry an intransitive verb (intransitivum7) is defined as lacking in the features mentio ...
STRUCTURE AND USE QT? VERBS 0^ MOTION WJM
... A major subclass here is formed by the intransitive verbs of locomotion such as run, walk, skate, swim, etc. There are also transitive verbs in this class, but the agent/theme will never be in the direct object position. Examples are leave, enter, and pass. ^or these examples at least, it should be ...
... A major subclass here is formed by the intransitive verbs of locomotion such as run, walk, skate, swim, etc. There are also transitive verbs in this class, but the agent/theme will never be in the direct object position. Examples are leave, enter, and pass. ^or these examples at least, it should be ...
Old Church Slavonic as a language with the middle voice morphology*
... Another essential feature of middle predications is “low degree of the elaboration of events” (Kemmer 1993: 8), in other words, the events spelled-out by middle verbs are largely limited to the participation of the subject, which is affected by the event at the same time, or is in the state introduc ...
... Another essential feature of middle predications is “low degree of the elaboration of events” (Kemmer 1993: 8), in other words, the events spelled-out by middle verbs are largely limited to the participation of the subject, which is affected by the event at the same time, or is in the state introduc ...
Spanish Light Verb Constructions: co-predication with
... and has in fact nothing to do with light verbs in the present discussion.3 1.2 The proposal I will consider light verb constructions as syntactically formed complex predicates in terms of a merged logical structure representation. This idea has been suggested already by Butt & Geuder (2001), though ...
... and has in fact nothing to do with light verbs in the present discussion.3 1.2 The proposal I will consider light verb constructions as syntactically formed complex predicates in terms of a merged logical structure representation. This idea has been suggested already by Butt & Geuder (2001), though ...
1 Lexical-Constructional Subsumption in Resultative Constructions
... The notion of construction is another issue that has generated a vast amount of literature. The reader may be referred to Schönefeld (2006) for an overview of different treatments and developments of this notion. Following Goldberg (1995) constructions have often been described as “formmeaning pairi ...
... The notion of construction is another issue that has generated a vast amount of literature. The reader may be referred to Schönefeld (2006) for an overview of different treatments and developments of this notion. Following Goldberg (1995) constructions have often been described as “formmeaning pairi ...
Syntactic and semantic constraints on the formation and
... to the meanings of the underlying verbs, but there are also many cases where the semantic relation between noun and verb appears idiosyncratic and unpredictable. The task that these data present to the linguist is twopronged: Separate the systematic from the idiosyncratic cases and explain why the s ...
... to the meanings of the underlying verbs, but there are also many cases where the semantic relation between noun and verb appears idiosyncratic and unpredictable. The task that these data present to the linguist is twopronged: Separate the systematic from the idiosyncratic cases and explain why the s ...
1.Verbs and nominalisations.
... Therefore, assuming (2), there are still two ways to get the nominal layer necessary: by introducing it independently -embedding- or by recycling it from one of the argumental positions introduced by the verb. In this article, I am going to argue that the two procedures are available to morphology: ...
... Therefore, assuming (2), there are still two ways to get the nominal layer necessary: by introducing it independently -embedding- or by recycling it from one of the argumental positions introduced by the verb. In this article, I am going to argue that the two procedures are available to morphology: ...
Blocking of Phrasal Constructions by Lexical Items Introduction
... elided by the process referred to as O-Ellipsis.8 In the transitive case this can readily be determined by the case-marking of the object: accusative in the case of a true incorporated periphrastic but genitive in the case of an unincorporated periphrastic that has undergone O-Ellipsis. Another diag ...
... elided by the process referred to as O-Ellipsis.8 In the transitive case this can readily be determined by the case-marking of the object: accusative in the case of a true incorporated periphrastic but genitive in the case of an unincorporated periphrastic that has undergone O-Ellipsis. Another diag ...
About Some Peculiarities of Syntactic Relations of the
... sentence in Abkhazian-Adyghe languages is connected, first of all, with peculiarities of ergative construction and, consequently, with the nature and structure of the verb in these languages. In 30-s years of XX century prof. A. N. Genko, for the first time raising the issues of syntax of Abazin lan ...
... sentence in Abkhazian-Adyghe languages is connected, first of all, with peculiarities of ergative construction and, consequently, with the nature and structure of the verb in these languages. In 30-s years of XX century prof. A. N. Genko, for the first time raising the issues of syntax of Abazin lan ...
02 - Filomena Sandalo.pmd
... (pl.), and transitive agents by y-/w- (sg.) and o-y- (pl.). In other words, 3rd person singular marking groups together unergative subjects and transitive agents, and 3rd person plural marking groups together both types of intransitives. ...
... (pl.), and transitive agents by y-/w- (sg.) and o-y- (pl.). In other words, 3rd person singular marking groups together unergative subjects and transitive agents, and 3rd person plural marking groups together both types of intransitives. ...
compound verbs in persian
... Mithun 1984 considers noun incorporation (NI) as a 'morphological conand observes: 'Interestingly, all languages which exhibit such morpho- ...
... Mithun 1984 considers noun incorporation (NI) as a 'morphological conand observes: 'Interestingly, all languages which exhibit such morpho- ...
6. Incremental Theme Besides narrowing the class of role data, our
... the traditional canon of thematic roles, I can see no good reason to exclude it if we begin from the position that any semantic factor which argument selection can be influenced by should be counted under this rubric: as will emerge even more clearly below, Incremental Theme is definitely in this ca ...
... the traditional canon of thematic roles, I can see no good reason to exclude it if we begin from the position that any semantic factor which argument selection can be influenced by should be counted under this rubric: as will emerge even more clearly below, Incremental Theme is definitely in this ca ...
The Passive and the Notion of Transitivity
... Î Active intransitive sentence without a passive correspondent : someone has slept under this bed. Î Active intransitive sentence with a passive correspondent: someone has slept in this bed. As can be noted, the notion of syntactic transitivity works on the whole but is not entirely relevant, as man ...
... Î Active intransitive sentence without a passive correspondent : someone has slept under this bed. Î Active intransitive sentence with a passive correspondent: someone has slept in this bed. As can be noted, the notion of syntactic transitivity works on the whole but is not entirely relevant, as man ...
Lie back and enjoy it: The Expression of Passive Sense in Non
... Nominalised form of the German erweiterter Adjektivsatz generally regarded as stylistically ugly and tends to be restricted to officialese, but quite compact. Following same derivational path as German is for English an arcane monstrosity, results in a construction which is grammatically and semanti ...
... Nominalised form of the German erweiterter Adjektivsatz generally regarded as stylistically ugly and tends to be restricted to officialese, but quite compact. Following same derivational path as German is for English an arcane monstrosity, results in a construction which is grammatically and semanti ...
How report verbs become quote markers and complementisers*
... descriptive reconstruction of the Austronesian facts, and present a general account of this type of grammaticalisation. It is an important characteristic of grammaticalised items that, synchronically, they are often multifunctional items that belong to different lexical or functional word classes. A ...
... descriptive reconstruction of the Austronesian facts, and present a general account of this type of grammaticalisation. It is an important characteristic of grammaticalised items that, synchronically, they are often multifunctional items that belong to different lexical or functional word classes. A ...
An outstanding property of the Gbe languages is that they manifest
... Ewegbe-type ones is that the former allow for V-to-Asp movement while the latter display Vto-T movement. Put differently, the Gbe languages involve two groups. The first group (i.e. the Gungbe-type languages) involves short verb movement, while the second group (i.e. the Ewegbe-type languages) manif ...
... Ewegbe-type ones is that the former allow for V-to-Asp movement while the latter display Vto-T movement. Put differently, the Gbe languages involve two groups. The first group (i.e. the Gungbe-type languages) involves short verb movement, while the second group (i.e. the Ewegbe-type languages) manif ...
Constructing grammatical meaning
... helps differentiate among the patterns has to be simply stipulated, as ad hoc conditions fundamentally unrelated to the phenomenon of reflexivity. More recent treatments have focused their attention on semantics, recasting the search for the common property in terms of a basic meaning of the ...
... helps differentiate among the patterns has to be simply stipulated, as ad hoc conditions fundamentally unrelated to the phenomenon of reflexivity. More recent treatments have focused their attention on semantics, recasting the search for the common property in terms of a basic meaning of the ...
Verbal complementation in early Middle English: How do the
... In Old (OE) and Middle English (ME), there was a good number of verbs that allowed both a bare and a marked infinitive (marked by to, later also/or to). In earlier studies (Fischer 1995, in press), I have looked at the factors that influenced the choice of infinitives in late ME. My suggestion there ...
... In Old (OE) and Middle English (ME), there was a good number of verbs that allowed both a bare and a marked infinitive (marked by to, later also/or to). In earlier studies (Fischer 1995, in press), I have looked at the factors that influenced the choice of infinitives in late ME. My suggestion there ...
progressive aspect today: the stative verbs
... English do not seem to agree among themselves as to the (in)correctness of the progressive use of a certain verb. Of the three groups of informants, the students (aged 18 – 24) were more lenient in their judgement of grammatical correctness; they objected mainly to the use in the progressive of the ...
... English do not seem to agree among themselves as to the (in)correctness of the progressive use of a certain verb. Of the three groups of informants, the students (aged 18 – 24) were more lenient in their judgement of grammatical correctness; they objected mainly to the use in the progressive of the ...
How to Find Serial Verbs in English
... separating the two verbs. The serial verbs belong to a single intonation contour, with no pause separating them. The entire SVC refers to a single (possibly complex) event. A true SVC may contain only one specification for tense, aspect, modality, negation, etc., though these features are sometimes ...
... separating the two verbs. The serial verbs belong to a single intonation contour, with no pause separating them. The entire SVC refers to a single (possibly complex) event. A true SVC may contain only one specification for tense, aspect, modality, negation, etc., though these features are sometimes ...
2 X-bar Syntax
... 1995), but it is not entirely clear yet in which direction it will develop. If we have enough time I would like to deal with two suggestions made in Minimalism; Checking Theory in subchapter 6.1, and Bare Phrase Structure in subchapter 6.2. GB was first introduced in Chomsky (1981). Noam Chomsky, th ...
... 1995), but it is not entirely clear yet in which direction it will develop. If we have enough time I would like to deal with two suggestions made in Minimalism; Checking Theory in subchapter 6.1, and Bare Phrase Structure in subchapter 6.2. GB was first introduced in Chomsky (1981). Noam Chomsky, th ...