Exceptional Binding with Psych Verbs
... (24)–(26) as possessor, theme, and value, respectively, and the thematic role of the object—antecedent of the anaphor—as agent, goal, and beneficiary. Given the variety of thematic roles involved in subject and complement positions, any hypothesis that considers these notions related to a thematic h ...
... (24)–(26) as possessor, theme, and value, respectively, and the thematic role of the object—antecedent of the anaphor—as agent, goal, and beneficiary. Given the variety of thematic roles involved in subject and complement positions, any hypothesis that considers these notions related to a thematic h ...
Declarative Definition of Performance Grammar
... from the subordinate clause and 'moved' into the main clause? Movement of phrases between clauses is due to lateral topology sharing. If a sentence contains more than one verb, each of the verb frames concerned instantiates its own topology. This applies to verbs of any type, whether main, auxiliary ...
... from the subordinate clause and 'moved' into the main clause? Movement of phrases between clauses is due to lateral topology sharing. If a sentence contains more than one verb, each of the verb frames concerned instantiates its own topology. This applies to verbs of any type, whether main, auxiliary ...
C02-1034 - Association for Computational Linguistics
... from the subordinate clause and 'moved' into the main clause? Movement of phrases between clauses is due to lateral topology sharing. If a sentence contains more than one verb, each of the verb frames concerned instantiates its own topology. This applies to verbs of any type, whether main, auxiliary ...
... from the subordinate clause and 'moved' into the main clause? Movement of phrases between clauses is due to lateral topology sharing. If a sentence contains more than one verb, each of the verb frames concerned instantiates its own topology. This applies to verbs of any type, whether main, auxiliary ...
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 ...
Bare singular nominals and incorporating verbs in Spanish and
... show, however, Dayal’s and Dobrovie-Sorin et al.’s implementations of pseudoincorporation are conceptually inelegant, and certain details of the analysis simply do not work for Spanish and Catalan. Specifically, we present a reformulation of pseudoincorporation which allows the verb to syntactically ...
... show, however, Dayal’s and Dobrovie-Sorin et al.’s implementations of pseudoincorporation are conceptually inelegant, and certain details of the analysis simply do not work for Spanish and Catalan. Specifically, we present a reformulation of pseudoincorporation which allows the verb to syntactically ...
Lexically Specific Verb Information - D-Scholarship@Pitt
... ambiguity following the verb. This ambiguity can cause problems for a listener or reader. If the comprehender perceives “eat” in version (1b) to be used transitively, he or she will be ‘gardenpathed’ when he encounters “may be missing …”, requiring revision to his or her initial understanding of the ...
... ambiguity following the verb. This ambiguity can cause problems for a listener or reader. If the comprehender perceives “eat” in version (1b) to be used transitively, he or she will be ‘gardenpathed’ when he encounters “may be missing …”, requiring revision to his or her initial understanding of the ...
Argument Strurcture and Semantic Change
... and continue until the present day. In accordance with the research aims stated above, we examine only those cases of the word babysit that display a change in AS but not in meaning. Specifically, we look at the nonprepositional use of babysit, e.g. (1a), and the use of babysit for followed by an ob ...
... and continue until the present day. In accordance with the research aims stated above, we examine only those cases of the word babysit that display a change in AS but not in meaning. Specifically, we look at the nonprepositional use of babysit, e.g. (1a), and the use of babysit for followed by an ob ...
the simple sentence - Annie Montaut
... bahut accha¯, “very well”. Apart from these expected cases, Hindi does not allow the verbless sentence, unlike Dravidian languages and Indo-Aryan languages influenced by Dravidian like Bengali and Oriya. The omission of the copula in negative present sentences can in no way be considered as a nomina ...
... bahut accha¯, “very well”. Apart from these expected cases, Hindi does not allow the verbless sentence, unlike Dravidian languages and Indo-Aryan languages influenced by Dravidian like Bengali and Oriya. The omission of the copula in negative present sentences can in no way be considered as a nomina ...
The Syntax of Small Clause Predication
... Now, from a semantic point of view, the PR can only express an event in progress. In other words, this construction cannot denote a proposition despite being a CP-constituent. As expected, then, the only type of verbs that will be able to appear in this structure are verbs that are related to events ...
... Now, from a semantic point of view, the PR can only express an event in progress. In other words, this construction cannot denote a proposition despite being a CP-constituent. As expected, then, the only type of verbs that will be able to appear in this structure are verbs that are related to events ...
Chapter 5: The verb stem
... It is even possible that this category of simple stems does not exist: I have based this category on the lack of attestations of incorporated nominals in my corpus, but I have not actually tested this with speakers. It may therefore turn out that it is possible for e.g. -lhvka- ‘go’ to incorporate i ...
... It is even possible that this category of simple stems does not exist: I have based this category on the lack of attestations of incorporated nominals in my corpus, but I have not actually tested this with speakers. It may therefore turn out that it is possible for e.g. -lhvka- ‘go’ to incorporate i ...
A note on non-canonical passives: the case of the get
... The semi-lexical nature of get is manifested by a series of criteria that disambiguate pure functional heads, e.g. auxiliaries and lexical verbs. As demonstrated in examples of the type in (1b), get patterns more like a lexical verb than like an auxiliary, in that it shows an atypical behavior for a ...
... The semi-lexical nature of get is manifested by a series of criteria that disambiguate pure functional heads, e.g. auxiliaries and lexical verbs. As demonstrated in examples of the type in (1b), get patterns more like a lexical verb than like an auxiliary, in that it shows an atypical behavior for a ...
A temporal semantics for Malayalam Conjunctive Participle
... ‘He lives studying, teaching and working.’ The name Conjunctive/Adverbial Participle comes from the two ways these constructions can be translated, either as participle adjuncts serving an adverbial type function, (3), or as conjoined sentences, (2). While they are sometimes translated using conjunc ...
... ‘He lives studying, teaching and working.’ The name Conjunctive/Adverbial Participle comes from the two ways these constructions can be translated, either as participle adjuncts serving an adverbial type function, (3), or as conjoined sentences, (2). While they are sometimes translated using conjunc ...
the case of an enlightening, provoking and admirable basque
... The purpose of this article is twofold: to show that the Basque morpheme -garri is indeed one and only deverbal suffix thus dismantling the classical view that there is a passive -garri and an active -garri; and secondly, to strengthen and support Belleti and Rizzi's original insight that object exp ...
... The purpose of this article is twofold: to show that the Basque morpheme -garri is indeed one and only deverbal suffix thus dismantling the classical view that there is a passive -garri and an active -garri; and secondly, to strengthen and support Belleti and Rizzi's original insight that object exp ...
INTRANSITIVE PREDICATES
... a. An old woman lodged at Mrs Parker’s. b. *There lodged an old woman at Mrs Parker’s. ...
... a. An old woman lodged at Mrs Parker’s. b. *There lodged an old woman at Mrs Parker’s. ...
Missing arguments in earlier English clause structures
... proposal of Rizzi (1986: 508-509), it is tenable. According to him there are two ways in which the theta roles assigned by a predicate can be saturated; (i) syntactically , or (ii) lexically. If a certain theta role is syntactically saturated, it is projected into the syntactic structure as an expli ...
... proposal of Rizzi (1986: 508-509), it is tenable. According to him there are two ways in which the theta roles assigned by a predicate can be saturated; (i) syntactically , or (ii) lexically. If a certain theta role is syntactically saturated, it is projected into the syntactic structure as an expli ...
Here - Syntax of the World`s Languages VII
... Zan 3SG.PRF take.rest\NTR new-ADV ‘Zan has taken rest again’. The grammaticalization pattern suggested here is indirectly corroborated by the fact of variability of the adverbial suffix, -wō ~ -ɓō. One might think that -wō is just a “weak variant” of ɓō (in Dan, ɓ may be pronounced as w in the w ...
... Zan 3SG.PRF take.rest\NTR new-ADV ‘Zan has taken rest again’. The grammaticalization pattern suggested here is indirectly corroborated by the fact of variability of the adverbial suffix, -wō ~ -ɓō. One might think that -wō is just a “weak variant” of ɓō (in Dan, ɓ may be pronounced as w in the w ...
Sentence Patterns Chapter 2
... understand football, however, know that only a limited number of patterns are possible in the game. English sentences use a limited number of patterns as well. In this chapter, you will learn the five basic English sentence patterns. The first type is the Subject/Verb pattern. ...
... understand football, however, know that only a limited number of patterns are possible in the game. English sentences use a limited number of patterns as well. In this chapter, you will learn the five basic English sentence patterns. The first type is the Subject/Verb pattern. ...
The grammaticalization of tense markers : A
... that occur with the progressive aspect and allative to should grammaticalize as go has in the be going to future construction. Visser (1969 : 1399) states that fake coordination but not go get “already occurs in (late) Old English, which seems to indicate that ‘go see’ developed from ‘go and see’ by ...
... that occur with the progressive aspect and allative to should grammaticalize as go has in the be going to future construction. Visser (1969 : 1399) states that fake coordination but not go get “already occurs in (late) Old English, which seems to indicate that ‘go see’ developed from ‘go and see’ by ...
Trique Clause and Sentence - Nahuatl Learning Environment
... part of the house.2 Intransitive clauses represent one dramatis persona as actor in the nucleus: C12 = (+Pi + A) - L2 4 T2. The nucleus of this clause type includes two tagmemes, the intransitive predicate (Pi) and the actor (A). Superscripts on the peripheral tagmemes indicate that each may occur t ...
... part of the house.2 Intransitive clauses represent one dramatis persona as actor in the nucleus: C12 = (+Pi + A) - L2 4 T2. The nucleus of this clause type includes two tagmemes, the intransitive predicate (Pi) and the actor (A). Superscripts on the peripheral tagmemes indicate that each may occur t ...
On Resultative Past Participles in Spanish
... 2) The categorial information just mentioned is related to Kratzer (2000)’s and Embick (2004)’s distinction between eventive and resultative passives (although not subsumed into it completely). This influential distinction has been developed by Anagnastopoulou (2003), Alexiadou & Anagnastopoulou (2 ...
... 2) The categorial information just mentioned is related to Kratzer (2000)’s and Embick (2004)’s distinction between eventive and resultative passives (although not subsumed into it completely). This influential distinction has been developed by Anagnastopoulou (2003), Alexiadou & Anagnastopoulou (2 ...
New Insights into the Syntax and Semantics of
... would like to discuss how the emergence and change of different clause types/forms result in different clause-embedding predicate classes. Additionally, we would also like to pay closer attention to how semantic change of clause-embedding predicates may give rise to or prohibit (new) embedded comple ...
... would like to discuss how the emergence and change of different clause types/forms result in different clause-embedding predicate classes. Additionally, we would also like to pay closer attention to how semantic change of clause-embedding predicates may give rise to or prohibit (new) embedded comple ...
here - Łukasz Jędrzejowski
... would like to discuss how the emergence and change of different clause types/forms result in different clause-embedding predicate classes. Additionally, we would also like to pay closer attention to how semantic change of clause-embedding predicates may give rise to or prohibit (new) embedded comple ...
... would like to discuss how the emergence and change of different clause types/forms result in different clause-embedding predicate classes. Additionally, we would also like to pay closer attention to how semantic change of clause-embedding predicates may give rise to or prohibit (new) embedded comple ...
We have used the word "form" quite often in the Internet Grammar. It
... Pattern 4 is essentially a conflation of the other three, with Adjuncts added. We have bracketed the Adjuncts to show that they are optional. Strictly speaking, Objects are also optional, since they are only required by monotransitive and ditransitive verbs, as in the examples [2] and [3] above. ...
... Pattern 4 is essentially a conflation of the other three, with Adjuncts added. We have bracketed the Adjuncts to show that they are optional. Strictly speaking, Objects are also optional, since they are only required by monotransitive and ditransitive verbs, as in the examples [2] and [3] above. ...
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
... Americans really only use four of these: AND, BUT, OR and SO. The British use YET (meaning "but"), and NOR from time to time, but not very often. Unfortunately, you will probably see these conjunctions on standardized exams such as the CPT (College Placement Test), the CLAST (College Level Academics ...
... Americans really only use four of these: AND, BUT, OR and SO. The British use YET (meaning "but"), and NOR from time to time, but not very often. Unfortunately, you will probably see these conjunctions on standardized exams such as the CPT (College Placement Test), the CLAST (College Level Academics ...
METAPHORIC AND EXTENDED USES OF THE
... The result of these diachronic changes is the situation in which vision verbs still 'active' nowadays rarely denote just a way of looking – they are very often accompanied by a mental process which, in most cases, defines the looker's plans, desires or their attitude towards the object of looking. F ...
... The result of these diachronic changes is the situation in which vision verbs still 'active' nowadays rarely denote just a way of looking – they are very often accompanied by a mental process which, in most cases, defines the looker's plans, desires or their attitude towards the object of looking. F ...