The Acquisition of English Locative Constructions by Native
... infer that a verb like “wonder” will also take a sentential complement (Kim et al., 1999). However, there are more complex types of verbs that are subject to greater argument structure variation, which pose difficulty for many L2 learners. These verbs may appear in different syntactic structures but ...
... infer that a verb like “wonder” will also take a sentential complement (Kim et al., 1999). However, there are more complex types of verbs that are subject to greater argument structure variation, which pose difficulty for many L2 learners. These verbs may appear in different syntactic structures but ...
Learning Verbs that Lack Argument Structure: The Case of
... of raising predicates is a small class, containing verbs such as seem, appear, tend and a few others. What distinguishes these predicates from other main verbs is that while they share the morphosyntactic properties of main verbs (for example, they take regular verbal inflection, they follow negatio ...
... of raising predicates is a small class, containing verbs such as seem, appear, tend and a few others. What distinguishes these predicates from other main verbs is that while they share the morphosyntactic properties of main verbs (for example, they take regular verbal inflection, they follow negatio ...
Word - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
... of raising predicates is a small class, containing verbs such as seem, appear, tend and a few others. What distinguishes these predicates from other main verbs is that while they share the morphosyntactic properties of main verbs (for example, they take regular verbal inflection, they follow negatio ...
... of raising predicates is a small class, containing verbs such as seem, appear, tend and a few others. What distinguishes these predicates from other main verbs is that while they share the morphosyntactic properties of main verbs (for example, they take regular verbal inflection, they follow negatio ...
Morpho-syntactic Lexical Generalization for CCG
... for the intransitive verb ‘depart’ and the transitive verb ‘use’. be many different lexemes for each stem, that vary in the selection of which logical constants are included. Given analysis (s, p, m) and lexeme (s, ~c), we can use a lexical template to construct a lexical entry. Each template has th ...
... for the intransitive verb ‘depart’ and the transitive verb ‘use’. be many different lexemes for each stem, that vary in the selection of which logical constants are included. Given analysis (s, p, m) and lexeme (s, ~c), we can use a lexical template to construct a lexical entry. Each template has th ...
Bi-Lexical Rules for Multi-Lexeme Translation in Lexicalist MT 1
... One of the reasons for transfer modules being expensive to construct is the presence of complex transfer relations (Arnold and Sadler 1992; Hutchins and Somers 1992). One type of phenomena that leads to complex transfer in a number of systems may be called multi-lexical translation. These are transl ...
... One of the reasons for transfer modules being expensive to construct is the presence of complex transfer relations (Arnold and Sadler 1992; Hutchins and Somers 1992). One type of phenomena that leads to complex transfer in a number of systems may be called multi-lexical translation. These are transl ...
levin`s verb classes and basque. a comparative approach
... in Basque, which means that, unlike in English, this alternation is not going to be conclusive to distinguish verbs like “hit” and “cut” from “break”. The same occurs with the “give” and ‘contribute” verbs classes, which in English are distinguished for the different behavior of the dative alternati ...
... in Basque, which means that, unlike in English, this alternation is not going to be conclusive to distinguish verbs like “hit” and “cut” from “break”. The same occurs with the “give” and ‘contribute” verbs classes, which in English are distinguished for the different behavior of the dative alternati ...
The translation of -ing nominal constructions into Spanish: a
... surrounded by the typical constituents of an NP such as premodifying determiners, which hint at the nominal nature of such a head, and b) -ing constructions that are nonfinite nominal clauses. I will refer to the former as a gerundial NP and to the latter as a non-finite complement clause. The -ing ...
... surrounded by the typical constituents of an NP such as premodifying determiners, which hint at the nominal nature of such a head, and b) -ing constructions that are nonfinite nominal clauses. I will refer to the former as a gerundial NP and to the latter as a non-finite complement clause. The -ing ...
Noun incorporation and transitivity in Soninke (West Mande)
... One can therefore argue that the impossibility of forming detransitivized forms of nonmonosyllabic verbs ending with e or i by means of this suffix follows from the fact that the phonological process manifesting its presence would apply vacuously to such stems. Functionally, -i may express various d ...
... One can therefore argue that the impossibility of forming detransitivized forms of nonmonosyllabic verbs ending with e or i by means of this suffix follows from the fact that the phonological process manifesting its presence would apply vacuously to such stems. Functionally, -i may express various d ...
Argument Realization: the role of constructions and discourse factors
... It may be observed that sneeze and the other verbs in 2-7 are often classified as intransitive. However, this fact is not relevant since the principles of argument realization must apply to the semantic decompositions of propositions, not the semantics of verbs in isolation. The propositions express ...
... It may be observed that sneeze and the other verbs in 2-7 are often classified as intransitive. However, this fact is not relevant since the principles of argument realization must apply to the semantic decompositions of propositions, not the semantics of verbs in isolation. The propositions express ...
Adpositions, Particles and the Arguments they Introduce
... Patients are internal arguments. The extent to which these generalizations should be extended to non-spatial senses of adpositions is discussed in §4. In §5, I propose that the split-V hypothesis, by which Causers or Agents are introduced by a head (v) distinct from the main V root (Kratzer 1996), s ...
... Patients are internal arguments. The extent to which these generalizations should be extended to non-spatial senses of adpositions is discussed in §4. In §5, I propose that the split-V hypothesis, by which Causers or Agents are introduced by a head (v) distinct from the main V root (Kratzer 1996), s ...
Verb movement and the philosopher`s stone
... The totals for the two languages are given in Table 1: It appears that there is a sharp distinction between the two languages. As expected, Danish overwhelmingly prefers the Neg-V order (the finite verb remains within the verb phrase), which occurs in 95% of the total of 65 subordinate clauses with ...
... The totals for the two languages are given in Table 1: It appears that there is a sharp distinction between the two languages. As expected, Danish overwhelmingly prefers the Neg-V order (the finite verb remains within the verb phrase), which occurs in 95% of the total of 65 subordinate clauses with ...
Language and Cognition Prototype constructions in early language
... (including all of those we will deal with here) there are three major syntactic devices for helping to indicate who-did-what-to-whom in the transitive construction: word order, marking on one or both of the nouns (case), and marking on the verb (agreement). Of course, at some level these cues need t ...
... (including all of those we will deal with here) there are three major syntactic devices for helping to indicate who-did-what-to-whom in the transitive construction: word order, marking on one or both of the nouns (case), and marking on the verb (agreement). Of course, at some level these cues need t ...
Defining the Semantics of Verbal Modifiers in the Domain of Cooking
... vessels are classified as containers. This information is used to enforce selectional restrictions in the rules for prepositional phrases. The selectional restrictions check the category to which the prepositional object belongs. For example, if the prepositional object is an instrument then the rul ...
... vessels are classified as containers. This information is used to enforce selectional restrictions in the rules for prepositional phrases. The selectional restrictions check the category to which the prepositional object belongs. For example, if the prepositional object is an instrument then the rul ...
ASPECTS OF NAVAJO VERB MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX: THE
... of indefinite object agreement ’- in the inchoatives of verbs like -cha 'cry' can be explained. The explanation is not straightforward, however, and we will postpone our implementation of it to another occasion. Though we are not yet certain how unergatives of this type introduce the indefinite obj ...
... of indefinite object agreement ’- in the inchoatives of verbs like -cha 'cry' can be explained. The explanation is not straightforward, however, and we will postpone our implementation of it to another occasion. Though we are not yet certain how unergatives of this type introduce the indefinite obj ...
resulttv3f
... There is a cline of grammatical phenomena from the totally idiosyncratic to the totally general. b. Everything on this cline is to be stated in a common format, from the most particular, such as individual words, to the most general, such as principles for verb position, with many subregularities in ...
... There is a cline of grammatical phenomena from the totally idiosyncratic to the totally general. b. Everything on this cline is to be stated in a common format, from the most particular, such as individual words, to the most general, such as principles for verb position, with many subregularities in ...
Semantic Opposition and WORDNET
... semantic relations used in this experiment is given in Figure 1. Adjectives are organized using a flat structure consisting of (two) directly opposing antonyms, each with an accompanying cluster of similar adjectives (encoded by the SIM relation). Hence, these similar adjectives are indirect antonym ...
... semantic relations used in this experiment is given in Figure 1. Adjectives are organized using a flat structure consisting of (two) directly opposing antonyms, each with an accompanying cluster of similar adjectives (encoded by the SIM relation). Hence, these similar adjectives are indirect antonym ...
Relativisation in Telugu and English
... final, in that all lexical and inflectional heads follow their complements. The verb in a Telugu sentence is very rich in inflectional morphology. Relative clauses are used to give additional information about something or somebody without starting another sentence. While Telugu, Kannada, Turkish an ...
... final, in that all lexical and inflectional heads follow their complements. The verb in a Telugu sentence is very rich in inflectional morphology. Relative clauses are used to give additional information about something or somebody without starting another sentence. While Telugu, Kannada, Turkish an ...
small clauses and participial constructions - E
... Unlike infinitives, participial clauses cannot be viewed as CPs because there is never any evidence (external or internal) of a CP projection. Unlike infinitive clauses, participial clauses cannot be headed by any C0. Furthermore, participial clauses cannot be interrogative, differing from infinitiv ...
... Unlike infinitives, participial clauses cannot be viewed as CPs because there is never any evidence (external or internal) of a CP projection. Unlike infinitive clauses, participial clauses cannot be headed by any C0. Furthermore, participial clauses cannot be interrogative, differing from infinitiv ...
The rise of the periphrastic perfect tense in the continental West
... Duinhoven (1997:ch.7) claims that passive and perfect participles arise from different grammaticalization paths: participles were originally used in an adverbial function and were reanalyzed later as (i) verbal participles with a passive-like function and as (ii) adjectival participles in adnominal ...
... Duinhoven (1997:ch.7) claims that passive and perfect participles arise from different grammaticalization paths: participles were originally used in an adverbial function and were reanalyzed later as (i) verbal participles with a passive-like function and as (ii) adjectival participles in adnominal ...
Exemplar-learning and schematization in a usage
... of elements, but rather they are learning patternings of particular words such as what and does. Moreover, children’s rate of error is determined mainly by the frequency of particular WH-words-auxiliary combinations (e.g., what can . . .?, where is . . .?) in the linguistic input and whether they th ...
... of elements, but rather they are learning patternings of particular words such as what and does. Moreover, children’s rate of error is determined mainly by the frequency of particular WH-words-auxiliary combinations (e.g., what can . . .?, where is . . .?) in the linguistic input and whether they th ...
Part 2: Verbs: Their forms and types
... followed by a verb. However, most of these are results of the word formation process called back formation, whereby a more complex form, in this case a noun furnished with some suffix (e.g. baby-sitter), is converted to the word class of verbs, which is accompanied by the disappearance of the suffix ...
... followed by a verb. However, most of these are results of the word formation process called back formation, whereby a more complex form, in this case a noun furnished with some suffix (e.g. baby-sitter), is converted to the word class of verbs, which is accompanied by the disappearance of the suffix ...
WRL3410.tmp - Princeton University
... need for semantic recoverability could be invoked to explain why each subevent must be represented in some way by an argument (Argument Realization Principle) and a predicate (Subevent Identification Condition). However, at least the first generalization must be relativized to English, since many la ...
... need for semantic recoverability could be invoked to explain why each subevent must be represented in some way by an argument (Argument Realization Principle) and a predicate (Subevent Identification Condition). However, at least the first generalization must be relativized to English, since many la ...
Prototype constructions in early language acquisition
... (including all of those we will deal with here) there are three major syntactic devices for helping to indicate who-did-what-to-whom in the transitive construction: word order, marking on one or both of the nouns (case), and marking on the verb (agreement). Of course, at some level these cues need t ...
... (including all of those we will deal with here) there are three major syntactic devices for helping to indicate who-did-what-to-whom in the transitive construction: word order, marking on one or both of the nouns (case), and marking on the verb (agreement). Of course, at some level these cues need t ...
a Brazilian treebank annotated with semantic role labels
... Using this table, we were able to recognize verbal chains and select only the last verb at right of the chain (which corresponds to the main verb) as argument taker and consequently the focus of the “invoke frame” action. Our previous table has been improved by results from Baptista, Mamede and Gome ...
... Using this table, we were able to recognize verbal chains and select only the last verb at right of the chain (which corresponds to the main verb) as argument taker and consequently the focus of the “invoke frame” action. Our previous table has been improved by results from Baptista, Mamede and Gome ...