Katharina Haude - Hal-SHS
... This article explores the system of verbal voice morphemes in Movima (unclassified, Amazonian Bolivia) and seeks to explain why most transitive main clauses in Movima pattern ergatively. Movima has two basic transitive constructions, direct and inverse, overtly distinguished by verbal morphemes. In ...
... This article explores the system of verbal voice morphemes in Movima (unclassified, Amazonian Bolivia) and seeks to explain why most transitive main clauses in Movima pattern ergatively. Movima has two basic transitive constructions, direct and inverse, overtly distinguished by verbal morphemes. In ...
Lecture 13 PP - SEAS
... dummy auxiliary (do, have and be) – Do is used when the following verbal head is a thematic verb – Have is used when the following head is perfect (-en) – Be is used in all other cases ...
... dummy auxiliary (do, have and be) – Do is used when the following verbal head is a thematic verb – Have is used when the following head is perfect (-en) – Be is used in all other cases ...
CHINESE PASSIVES: TRANSFORMATIONAL OR LEXICAL?*
... However there is no transformational derivation which relates (17a) to (17b). These two sentences are semantically identical and syntactically different. We can see that (17a) triggers elimination of the agent S-role; (17b) absorbs it. And (17a) externalizes the internal 0-role; (17b) does not. Due ...
... However there is no transformational derivation which relates (17a) to (17b). These two sentences are semantically identical and syntactically different. We can see that (17a) triggers elimination of the agent S-role; (17b) absorbs it. And (17a) externalizes the internal 0-role; (17b) does not. Due ...
A Semantic Argument for Complex Predicates*
... This is the kind of monotonicity inference that we have seen in (7). If we were to treat the object as the main functor, it would follow without further stipulation. What then, about the intensionality of the verb want? My suggestion would be to treat the basic domain of quantification as a more int ...
... This is the kind of monotonicity inference that we have seen in (7). If we were to treat the object as the main functor, it would follow without further stipulation. What then, about the intensionality of the verb want? My suggestion would be to treat the basic domain of quantification as a more int ...
Filling the gap: inserting an artificial constituent where - NILC
... PropBank´s based SRL systems from achieving a better performance. Despite the fact that English language does not allow subject omission in main clauses, we sought inspiration in Penn Treebank [4] to address the problem of subject omission in Portuguese. The Financial subcorpus of Penn Treebank was ...
... PropBank´s based SRL systems from achieving a better performance. Despite the fact that English language does not allow subject omission in main clauses, we sought inspiration in Penn Treebank [4] to address the problem of subject omission in Portuguese. The Financial subcorpus of Penn Treebank was ...
Remarks on Denominal Verbs
... event which is normally done with the purpose of directly bringing about that state. Therefore, an explosion, which cannot act intentionally at all (except by metaphorical animation), is in no position to “paint” anything. And dipping a brush or roller into a pot to cover it with paint is not “paint ...
... event which is normally done with the purpose of directly bringing about that state. Therefore, an explosion, which cannot act intentionally at all (except by metaphorical animation), is in no position to “paint” anything. And dipping a brush or roller into a pot to cover it with paint is not “paint ...
What is a Verb?
... existence, action, or occurrence. This is the most important part of a sentence. A sentence can have only one word as long as that word is a verb. Verbs constitute, singly or in a phrase, a minimal predicate in a clause govern the number and types of other constituents which may occur in the clause, ...
... existence, action, or occurrence. This is the most important part of a sentence. A sentence can have only one word as long as that word is a verb. Verbs constitute, singly or in a phrase, a minimal predicate in a clause govern the number and types of other constituents which may occur in the clause, ...
How to Analyze a Sentence
... ASK: Is it ACTION or LINKING? Easy: Just find out if it is linking. (To see how, go to next slide.) ...
... ASK: Is it ACTION or LINKING? Easy: Just find out if it is linking. (To see how, go to next slide.) ...
Proposition Bank: a resource of predicate
... Apparent counter-examples to θ-criterion (Jackendoff 1987). Encoding semantic features (Cruse 1973) may not be relevant to syntax. ...
... Apparent counter-examples to θ-criterion (Jackendoff 1987). Encoding semantic features (Cruse 1973) may not be relevant to syntax. ...
Eye gaze and verb agreement in ASL
... clause formation across languages appears to capture a universal ‘natural’ ordering of arguments and has been used to account for other phenomena such as causativization and case marking (see Comrie 1976; Croft 1988). The Accessibility Hierarchy applies to verbal arguments, not adjuncts, and we argu ...
... clause formation across languages appears to capture a universal ‘natural’ ordering of arguments and has been used to account for other phenomena such as causativization and case marking (see Comrie 1976; Croft 1988). The Accessibility Hierarchy applies to verbal arguments, not adjuncts, and we argu ...
Draft for M. Rappaport Hovav, E. Doron, and I. Sichel (ed). Syntax
... As discussed below in section 3, each word sense evokes an established semantic frame. Within the frame, it is useful to distinguish a word sense’s profile (Langacker 1987: 118) from the rest of the frame, and we can refer to the non-profiled aspect of a frame as the background frame (or base in Lan ...
... As discussed below in section 3, each word sense evokes an established semantic frame. Within the frame, it is useful to distinguish a word sense’s profile (Langacker 1987: 118) from the rest of the frame, and we can refer to the non-profiled aspect of a frame as the background frame (or base in Lan ...
as a PDF
... for both modals and verbs that take the bare infinitive: the subject of the modal must be the same as that of the following verb. This allows the progression from constructions with modals to those with infinitivecomplement verbs (perhaps through the intermediate step of periphrastic modals) to procee ...
... for both modals and verbs that take the bare infinitive: the subject of the modal must be the same as that of the following verb. This allows the progression from constructions with modals to those with infinitivecomplement verbs (perhaps through the intermediate step of periphrastic modals) to procee ...
Direct Objects - WordPress.com
... the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object. There must be a direct object to have an indirect object. Indirect objects are usually found with verbs of giving or communicating like give, bring, tell, show, take, or offer. An indirect object is always a noun or pronoun which is not part o ...
... the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object. There must be a direct object to have an indirect object. Indirect objects are usually found with verbs of giving or communicating like give, bring, tell, show, take, or offer. An indirect object is always a noun or pronoun which is not part o ...
Malagasy Clause Structure Charles Randriamasimanana Massey
... is no obvious way of accounting for the perfective aspectmarker ‘t-‘ in this analysis. Also note that the embedded structure ‘t-any Antsirabe i Paoly’will have an overt grammatical subject, i.e. Paul. By contrast, Figure F embodying a Binary Branching analysis makes the claim that (a) there is a per ...
... is no obvious way of accounting for the perfective aspectmarker ‘t-‘ in this analysis. Also note that the embedded structure ‘t-any Antsirabe i Paoly’will have an overt grammatical subject, i.e. Paul. By contrast, Figure F embodying a Binary Branching analysis makes the claim that (a) there is a per ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... its verb predicate. Furthermore, in the analysis of verb constructions, the affixes which mark each verbal transitive constructions is discussed. O’Grady et.al. (1989:141) argue that the subcategorization frame -[__NP] - indicates that a verb cannot occur with a sister NP (a direct object). Such ver ...
... its verb predicate. Furthermore, in the analysis of verb constructions, the affixes which mark each verbal transitive constructions is discussed. O’Grady et.al. (1989:141) argue that the subcategorization frame -[__NP] - indicates that a verb cannot occur with a sister NP (a direct object). Such ver ...
A Biographical Memoir of Kenneth Hale
... involves extensive one-to-one contact with a speaker of a particular language. This is especially true of languages without copius written records, where fieldwork with native speakers is the only means of gathering necessary data. Hale was justly famous among linguists as a superb collector of ling ...
... involves extensive one-to-one contact with a speaker of a particular language. This is especially true of languages without copius written records, where fieldwork with native speakers is the only means of gathering necessary data. Hale was justly famous among linguists as a superb collector of ling ...
System for Grammatical relations in Urdu
... dual personalities, which means occasionally they show nominative-accusative patterns and sometimes they display ergative-absolutive system. These are termed as split-ergative languages, whereby syntactic and/or morphological ergative patterns are conditioned by the grammatical context, typically pe ...
... dual personalities, which means occasionally they show nominative-accusative patterns and sometimes they display ergative-absolutive system. These are termed as split-ergative languages, whereby syntactic and/or morphological ergative patterns are conditioned by the grammatical context, typically pe ...
Chapter 6
... The addition of accusative arguments to a clause was noted in §4.3 and is discussed further in §9.5.9. Although the presence of an accusative beneficiary argument in a clause attests to the transitivity of that clause, it cannot be considered diagnostic evidence of the categorial transitivity of the ...
... The addition of accusative arguments to a clause was noted in §4.3 and is discussed further in §9.5.9. Although the presence of an accusative beneficiary argument in a clause attests to the transitivity of that clause, it cannot be considered diagnostic evidence of the categorial transitivity of the ...
ASSIDUE Hocąk as an active/inactive language
... a) promoting a pragmatically important participant from the object function in the active clause to the syntactically prominent subject position in the passive clause, and b) de-ranking the original subject participant either to an oblique function or c) to suppress the subject participant completel ...
... a) promoting a pragmatically important participant from the object function in the active clause to the syntactically prominent subject position in the passive clause, and b) de-ranking the original subject participant either to an oblique function or c) to suppress the subject participant completel ...
168 Verbs not normally used in the continuous tenses
... see someone off = say goodbye to a departing traveller at the starting point of his journey (usually the station, airport etc.): We're leaving tomorrow. Bill is seeing us off at the airport. B hear can be used in the continuous when it means 'listen formally to' (complaints/evidence etc.): The court ...
... see someone off = say goodbye to a departing traveller at the starting point of his journey (usually the station, airport etc.): We're leaving tomorrow. Bill is seeing us off at the airport. B hear can be used in the continuous when it means 'listen formally to' (complaints/evidence etc.): The court ...
Mikio Namoto 2.1 GroupI - Kyushu University Library
... = She proposed that we dine together at the same table. b. I suggested staying there another day. ...
... = She proposed that we dine together at the same table. b. I suggested staying there another day. ...
MSc Introduction to Syntax - Linguistics and English Language
... sentence can be divided into a subject and a rest-of-the-clause that says something about that subject. This rest he called the predicate. Consequently, the relation between the syntactic subject and the rest of the clause is known as ‘predication’. Note that this use of the term ‘predicate’ is a pu ...
... sentence can be divided into a subject and a rest-of-the-clause that says something about that subject. This rest he called the predicate. Consequently, the relation between the syntactic subject and the rest of the clause is known as ‘predication’. Note that this use of the term ‘predicate’ is a pu ...
Study Session
... Is this sentence a fragment, run-on, simple, compound, or complex sentence? Simple (one subject-predicate pair) Why is “aunt” not capitalized? There is a personal pronoun before it in the sentence. What type of verbal is the word “beeping”? Participle- a verb disguised as an adjective (and participl ...
... Is this sentence a fragment, run-on, simple, compound, or complex sentence? Simple (one subject-predicate pair) Why is “aunt” not capitalized? There is a personal pronoun before it in the sentence. What type of verbal is the word “beeping”? Participle- a verb disguised as an adjective (and participl ...