Nathaniel Dorgbetor
... years, rely on the superficial understandings of these properties for their primary data. Quite often, initial findings regarding a given phenomenon in a particular language A will appear to be totally unrelated to language B, nevertheless, succeeding studies pursuing a unified account, with a robus ...
... years, rely on the superficial understandings of these properties for their primary data. Quite often, initial findings regarding a given phenomenon in a particular language A will appear to be totally unrelated to language B, nevertheless, succeeding studies pursuing a unified account, with a robus ...
Prefix Variation in Russian - Munin
... The final section of Chapter 6 launches three hypotheses to explain the possible implications of this. The Conflict Hypothesis postulates that previous researchers were wrong in identifying поand с- as being the most productive prefixes in Russian. This is perhaps the first interpretation that sprin ...
... The final section of Chapter 6 launches three hypotheses to explain the possible implications of this. The Conflict Hypothesis postulates that previous researchers were wrong in identifying поand с- as being the most productive prefixes in Russian. This is perhaps the first interpretation that sprin ...
On Comparative Suppletion
... morphological difference tracks the semantic one. The argument from suppletion is that the superlative properly contains the comparative, but this argument is applicable only to those superlatives that plausibly have a comparative aspect to their meaning, and not to those that simply assert a high d ...
... morphological difference tracks the semantic one. The argument from suppletion is that the superlative properly contains the comparative, but this argument is applicable only to those superlatives that plausibly have a comparative aspect to their meaning, and not to those that simply assert a high d ...
University Microfilms International
... presents the subcategorization of verb stems according to these three general sets of features which in tum serve to identify the verb t s voice inflectional paradigm and the corresponding voice affixes that mark the verb stem class. To dist.inguish inflection from derivation, the approach employed ...
... presents the subcategorization of verb stems according to these three general sets of features which in tum serve to identify the verb t s voice inflectional paradigm and the corresponding voice affixes that mark the verb stem class. To dist.inguish inflection from derivation, the approach employed ...
Chapter 7: Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences
... In this chapter the linking between semantic representations and syntactic representations in complex sentences is explored. An important question to be investigated is the extent to which the linking algorithms proposed in Chapter 5 for simple sentences must be modified to deal with complex sentenc ...
... In this chapter the linking between semantic representations and syntactic representations in complex sentences is explored. An important question to be investigated is the extent to which the linking algorithms proposed in Chapter 5 for simple sentences must be modified to deal with complex sentenc ...
Extraction from gerunds and the internal syntax of verbs - Munin
... 2 The validity of CED has been called into question since it was proposed in the 80’s. See Haegeman et al. (2014) for an overview of the problems that the CED has to face and for a proposal based on the decomposition of the island constraint into different rules. Also, Ignacio Bosque (p.c.) points o ...
... 2 The validity of CED has been called into question since it was proposed in the 80’s. See Haegeman et al. (2014) for an overview of the problems that the CED has to face and for a proposal based on the decomposition of the island constraint into different rules. Also, Ignacio Bosque (p.c.) points o ...
verb complementation
... complexities grew I realized that more than a single colume would have been necessary to encompass all the facts and observa tions on the general processes of embedding and their constraints after all four classes of verbs. Because of space limitation Part One and Part Two of the present investigat ...
... complexities grew I realized that more than a single colume would have been necessary to encompass all the facts and observa tions on the general processes of embedding and their constraints after all four classes of verbs. Because of space limitation Part One and Part Two of the present investigat ...
Complex Predicates Müller, Stefan
... Frank van Eynde, and several anonymous reviewers for comments on chapters of this book or work related to this book and for stimulating discussion. I especially thank Detmar Meurers for fruitful discussion and very detailed comments which considerably improved the readability of this book. I also th ...
... Frank van Eynde, and several anonymous reviewers for comments on chapters of this book or work related to this book and for stimulating discussion. I especially thank Detmar Meurers for fruitful discussion and very detailed comments which considerably improved the readability of this book. I also th ...
azu_td_9032531_sip1_
... Thepkanjana 1986; Savetamalya 1988), but few have worked on semantics (Kanchanawan 1978). The terms "auxiliaries" or "auxiliary verbs" used for describing the elements in Thai are rather confusing. While some call these elements "auxiliaries", ...
... Thepkanjana 1986; Savetamalya 1988), but few have worked on semantics (Kanchanawan 1978). The terms "auxiliaries" or "auxiliary verbs" used for describing the elements in Thai are rather confusing. While some call these elements "auxiliaries", ...
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... written first, then there follows the opening square bracket (‘[‘), the dependent node1, dependent node2, etc., then the closing square bracket (‘]’). The requirements on the part-ofspeech and morphemic characteristics of individual nodes are written in a shorthand form (by means of a single charact ...
... written first, then there follows the opening square bracket (‘[‘), the dependent node1, dependent node2, etc., then the closing square bracket (‘]’). The requirements on the part-ofspeech and morphemic characteristics of individual nodes are written in a shorthand form (by means of a single charact ...
The verbal valency in the Prague Dependency Treebank
... written first, then there follows the opening square bracket (‘[‘), the dependent node1, dependent node2, etc., then the closing square bracket (‘]’). The requirements on the part-ofspeech and morphemic characteristics of individual nodes are written in a shorthand form (by means of a single charact ...
... written first, then there follows the opening square bracket (‘[‘), the dependent node1, dependent node2, etc., then the closing square bracket (‘]’). The requirements on the part-ofspeech and morphemic characteristics of individual nodes are written in a shorthand form (by means of a single charact ...
Syntactic Relations - Cornell University
... eliminate anything that cannot be shown to be absolutely essential. Minimally, there must be two interface levels, SEM and PHON, whose representations are “legible” to (can be “read” by) the conceptual- intentional (CI) systems and the sensorimotor (SM) systems, respectively. In addition there must ...
... eliminate anything that cannot be shown to be absolutely essential. Minimally, there must be two interface levels, SEM and PHON, whose representations are “legible” to (can be “read” by) the conceptual- intentional (CI) systems and the sensorimotor (SM) systems, respectively. In addition there must ...
Argument Structure: Grammar in Use - UCSB Linguistics
... In this light, the patterning of discourse has something to tell us about things inside the sentence, down to the level of verbal argument structures with their organizational influence across the clause. At a time when theories of argument structure have already undertaken to address the structural ...
... In this light, the patterning of discourse has something to tell us about things inside the sentence, down to the level of verbal argument structures with their organizational influence across the clause. At a time when theories of argument structure have already undertaken to address the structural ...
Towards SSyntRels - Wanner - Observatoire de linguistique Sens
... Relations [= DSyntRels], the SSyntRels are not universal: the set of SSyntRels has to be established empirically, individually for each L , very much like the set of phonemes or inflectional categories (e.g. tenses or grammatical cases). Consequently, one needs some principles based on which differe ...
... Relations [= DSyntRels], the SSyntRels are not universal: the set of SSyntRels has to be established empirically, individually for each L , very much like the set of phonemes or inflectional categories (e.g. tenses or grammatical cases). Consequently, one needs some principles based on which differe ...
space and metaphor in verbs prefixed with od-/ot
... at the bottom of Table 1 on the next page share a common meaning: spreading away from a source. These verbs can be understood as a transitional category, but they still express a concrete motion involving a specific type of non-human trajectors (e.g., light, sound, smell, energy). Od-/ot- highlights ...
... at the bottom of Table 1 on the next page share a common meaning: spreading away from a source. These verbs can be understood as a transitional category, but they still express a concrete motion involving a specific type of non-human trajectors (e.g., light, sound, smell, energy). Od-/ot- highlights ...
full text
... “for the gods keep hidden from men the means of life” (tr. Evelyn-White) As indicated by Thielmann (1891:297) as well as Evelyn-White’s translation, in this example ἔχω may be taken with the value of “to keep”, “to hold” (rather than denoting prototypical possession). Its combination with the aorist ...
... “for the gods keep hidden from men the means of life” (tr. Evelyn-White) As indicated by Thielmann (1891:297) as well as Evelyn-White’s translation, in this example ἔχω may be taken with the value of “to keep”, “to hold” (rather than denoting prototypical possession). Its combination with the aorist ...
OBJECT FUNCTIONS AND THE SYNTAX OF
... It has long been observed that, in a double object constructions (DOC), the two objects exhibit different syntactic behaviour. In Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG), these two objects are characterized as two distinct grammatical functions. The object that syntactically patterns with the monotransitiv ...
... It has long been observed that, in a double object constructions (DOC), the two objects exhibit different syntactic behaviour. In Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG), these two objects are characterized as two distinct grammatical functions. The object that syntactically patterns with the monotransitiv ...
LEXICAL AND FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION IN SYNTAX: A
... independent of one another, operating on domain-specific primitives and not understanding the “vocabulary” of the other modules, much like hearing is distinct from seeing. We cannot “see sounds”, and in the same way phonology cannot understand or operate on syntactic primitives. The term “interface” ...
... independent of one another, operating on domain-specific primitives and not understanding the “vocabulary” of the other modules, much like hearing is distinct from seeing. We cannot “see sounds”, and in the same way phonology cannot understand or operate on syntactic primitives. The term “interface” ...
Building the PDT-Vallex valency lexicon
... free modifications (adjuncts). The other axis relates to the distinction between obligatory and optional complementations. There are five “inner participants” (arguments): Actor/Bearer (ACT), Patient (PAT), Addressee (ADDR), Origin (ORIG) and Effect (EFF). Which functors are arguments have been dete ...
... free modifications (adjuncts). The other axis relates to the distinction between obligatory and optional complementations. There are five “inner participants” (arguments): Actor/Bearer (ACT), Patient (PAT), Addressee (ADDR), Origin (ORIG) and Effect (EFF). Which functors are arguments have been dete ...
Building the PDT-VALLEX valency lexicon
... free modifications (adjuncts). The other axis relates to the distinction between obligatory and optional complementations. There are five “inner participants” (arguments): Actor/Bearer (ACT), Patient (PAT), Addressee (ADDR), Origin (ORIG) and Effect (EFF). Which functors are arguments have been dete ...
... free modifications (adjuncts). The other axis relates to the distinction between obligatory and optional complementations. There are five “inner participants” (arguments): Actor/Bearer (ACT), Patient (PAT), Addressee (ADDR), Origin (ORIG) and Effect (EFF). Which functors are arguments have been dete ...
On the syntax ofconstructions with arb SE in Spanish
... We have adopted the analysis in Koopman & Sportiche (1988) by which the subject of a verb associated with an external a-role is generated in its vp* internal position (DP*) (see 4b above). This is the case for U nergative structures, such as (12a). Koopman & Sportiche (1988: Sec. 1.4) further claim ...
... We have adopted the analysis in Koopman & Sportiche (1988) by which the subject of a verb associated with an external a-role is generated in its vp* internal position (DP*) (see 4b above). This is the case for U nergative structures, such as (12a). Koopman & Sportiche (1988: Sec. 1.4) further claim ...
Partitives A workshop at SLE 43
... • Cases that have some partitive-like functions: Hungarian (ablative); most Indo-European languages (genitive) • Languages with partitive articles: French, Italian. • Other types and/or other languages? ...
... • Cases that have some partitive-like functions: Hungarian (ablative); most Indo-European languages (genitive) • Languages with partitive articles: French, Italian. • Other types and/or other languages? ...
FreDist : Automatic construction of distributional thesauri for
... Once the corpus had been automatically annotated with lemmas, POS tags, and syntactic dependency relations between words, we extracted context relations. Although the base lexical term used in distributional lexical methods is often the inflected form or the lemma, we chose to use a base lexical ter ...
... Once the corpus had been automatically annotated with lemmas, POS tags, and syntactic dependency relations between words, we extracted context relations. Although the base lexical term used in distributional lexical methods is often the inflected form or the lemma, we chose to use a base lexical ter ...
towards a theory of denominals in english and romanian
... the case of silent prepositions, for instance, movement of the N shelve is required so as to allow the ON, IN prepositions to lexicalize GoalP, PlaceP. While this has the advantage that one does not have to postulate an inexistent ‘preposition’ shelve which lexicalizes PlaceP or GoalP (which was pre ...
... the case of silent prepositions, for instance, movement of the N shelve is required so as to allow the ON, IN prepositions to lexicalize GoalP, PlaceP. While this has the advantage that one does not have to postulate an inexistent ‘preposition’ shelve which lexicalizes PlaceP or GoalP (which was pre ...
The acquisition of a unification-based generalised categorial grammar
... input from a corpus of spontaneous child-directed transcribed speech annotated with logical forms and sets the parameters based on this input. This framework is used as a basis to investigate several aspects of language acquisition. In this thesis I concentrate on the acquisition of subcategorisatio ...
... input from a corpus of spontaneous child-directed transcribed speech annotated with logical forms and sets the parameters based on this input. This framework is used as a basis to investigate several aspects of language acquisition. In this thesis I concentrate on the acquisition of subcategorisatio ...