2. The lexical composition of verbs
... my-brother:PL news (3.sG.ABS-) I.SG.Io+to-3.PL-ERG-tell-FIN 'My brothers told me the news.' In some cases the extent of morphophonemic fusion between subject and object markers makes the transitive markers appear quite different from the intransitive ones (e. g. in the Maung language of Australia). ...
... my-brother:PL news (3.sG.ABS-) I.SG.Io+to-3.PL-ERG-tell-FIN 'My brothers told me the news.' In some cases the extent of morphophonemic fusion between subject and object markers makes the transitive markers appear quite different from the intransitive ones (e. g. in the Maung language of Australia). ...
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 ...
Study Session - Waunakee Community School
... 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 ...
article - FernUni Hagen
... Result objects are objects resulting from an action or event. Examples of verbs denoting such actions are erfinden (invent), destillieren (distill), umhüllen (wrap), etc. It is tempting to argue that every result object is trivially accompanied by a result state, which is given by the very existenc ...
... Result objects are objects resulting from an action or event. Examples of verbs denoting such actions are erfinden (invent), destillieren (distill), umhüllen (wrap), etc. It is tempting to argue that every result object is trivially accompanied by a result state, which is given by the very existenc ...
the morphology-syntax interface - University of the Basque Country
... and they show many of their properties. The morphological differences are captured in Remarks by a set of lexical redundancy rules. The introduction of the more abstract and simple X-bar schemata allows Chomsky to account for the syntactic parallelisms between these three types of expressions (verbs ...
... and they show many of their properties. The morphological differences are captured in Remarks by a set of lexical redundancy rules. The introduction of the more abstract and simple X-bar schemata allows Chomsky to account for the syntactic parallelisms between these three types of expressions (verbs ...
Syntax and semantics of the prefix-scale interplay I argue for
... I furthermore suggest that the lexical entries of ‘over’ and ‘out’ remain the same whether they are used as prefixes, particles or prepositions. In either case they are the P head of a PP phrase, taking a scale as a complement. The lexical entry specifies an abstract relationship between the event a ...
... I furthermore suggest that the lexical entries of ‘over’ and ‘out’ remain the same whether they are used as prefixes, particles or prepositions. In either case they are the P head of a PP phrase, taking a scale as a complement. The lexical entry specifies an abstract relationship between the event a ...
The Semantic Assymmetry of `Argument Alternations`
... *Sarcasm dripped from her voice Her voice dripped with sarcasm ...
... *Sarcasm dripped from her voice Her voice dripped with sarcasm ...
CP - Princeton University
... *She take the fish buy. (the order is wrong: can't take the fish and then buy it) ...
... *She take the fish buy. (the order is wrong: can't take the fish and then buy it) ...
Two Types of Zi-Verbs in Japanese
... zi-verb in (9) restricts the interpretation of zibun in a manner that is not radically different from the case with multiple zibun in (7). Thus, the role that the zi-verb plays in (9) is parallel to that of the multiple zibun in (7), and zi- in zi-verbs indeed bears a reflexive element. When we focu ...
... zi-verb in (9) restricts the interpretation of zibun in a manner that is not radically different from the case with multiple zibun in (7). Thus, the role that the zi-verb plays in (9) is parallel to that of the multiple zibun in (7), and zi- in zi-verbs indeed bears a reflexive element. When we focu ...
Microparameters of Cross-Linguistic Variation: Directed Motion and
... the mapping principles we assume. We assume that an agentive activity verb like crow can lexicalize both Init and Proc, hence we represent it as moving from the one position to the other (cf. Larson 1988; Hale & Keyser 2002; Ramchand 2008). We furthermore posit a language-specific null morpheme or m ...
... the mapping principles we assume. We assume that an agentive activity verb like crow can lexicalize both Init and Proc, hence we represent it as moving from the one position to the other (cf. Larson 1988; Hale & Keyser 2002; Ramchand 2008). We furthermore posit a language-specific null morpheme or m ...
Verbs Part II - Ms. Kitchens` Corner
... Have you seen the cat’s ________________? On Friday all the _____________ quit their jobs. I do not believe those ____________. Otto __________food to the squirrels. ...
... Have you seen the cat’s ________________? On Friday all the _____________ quit their jobs. I do not believe those ____________. Otto __________food to the squirrels. ...
Cognitive Linguistics Croft & Cruse 10
... defined in purely semantic terms – there are no syntactic relations in Radical Construction Grammar. When you look cross-linguistically, you find that syntactic relations are not uniform, and their semantic content is not the same. ...
... defined in purely semantic terms – there are no syntactic relations in Radical Construction Grammar. When you look cross-linguistically, you find that syntactic relations are not uniform, and their semantic content is not the same. ...
FINITENESS: ALL OVER THE CLAUSE Though routinely employed
... What should therefore be high on the agenda of crosslinguistic research into finiteness are diachronic scenarios of gains and losses of predicational independence, with a view to interrelations of reanalyses along individual parameters of variation, to do with speech-event anchoring, informational ...
... What should therefore be high on the agenda of crosslinguistic research into finiteness are diachronic scenarios of gains and losses of predicational independence, with a view to interrelations of reanalyses along individual parameters of variation, to do with speech-event anchoring, informational ...
Argument Structure and Specific Language Impairment: retrospect
... priori reason why syntagmatic phenomena such as the organisation of verbs and their complementsshouldnotpresentproblemsforimpairedacquisitionsystems.Theproject canbedividedinpartestres,involvingchildren’scontroloftheverblexicon,ofargument structurealternations ...
... priori reason why syntagmatic phenomena such as the organisation of verbs and their complementsshouldnotpresentproblemsforimpairedacquisitionsystems.Theproject canbedividedinpartestres,involvingchildren’scontroloftheverblexicon,ofargument structurealternations ...
PECULIARITIES OF USING ACTIVE, PASSIVE AND MIDDLE VOICES
... not a single word form, but rather a construction making use of other word forms. Specifically, it is made up of a form of the auxiliary verb to be and a past participle of the main verb. In other languages, such as Latin, the passive voice is simply marked on the verb by inflection: "He reads the b ...
... not a single word form, but rather a construction making use of other word forms. Specifically, it is made up of a form of the auxiliary verb to be and a past participle of the main verb. In other languages, such as Latin, the passive voice is simply marked on the verb by inflection: "He reads the b ...
this PDF file
... NPs—in this case, a locative, marked by the postposition <6?3‘diffuse locative’, e.g. (11). Although notionally transitive, such verbs behave as intransitive for all purposes. For example, they cannot be made passive or antipassive, and their arguments cannot be incorporated (16b). ...
... NPs—in this case, a locative, marked by the postposition <6?3‘diffuse locative’, e.g. (11). Although notionally transitive, such verbs behave as intransitive for all purposes. For example, they cannot be made passive or antipassive, and their arguments cannot be incorporated (16b). ...
Complement clauses in Canela
... analogous to the object of the main clause (word-order OV). The kind of nominalization found in the examples above can be described on the basis of the proposal by Comrie and Thompson (1985) regarding clausal nominalization (a nominalization without a lexically derived noun). The characteristic feat ...
... analogous to the object of the main clause (word-order OV). The kind of nominalization found in the examples above can be described on the basis of the proposal by Comrie and Thompson (1985) regarding clausal nominalization (a nominalization without a lexically derived noun). The characteristic feat ...
Types of Sentences Phrases-groups of words put together in a
... 8. 1IC=Simple Sentence, 1IC+1DC=Complex Sentence, 1IC+1IC=Compound Sentence, 1IC+1IC+1DC(or more)=Compound/Complex Sentence (you may have more than two IC and more than one DC, but you MAY NOT have less. 9. The verb of the sentence is what the subject is doing or how the subject is being (action ve ...
... 8. 1IC=Simple Sentence, 1IC+1DC=Complex Sentence, 1IC+1IC=Compound Sentence, 1IC+1IC+1DC(or more)=Compound/Complex Sentence (you may have more than two IC and more than one DC, but you MAY NOT have less. 9. The verb of the sentence is what the subject is doing or how the subject is being (action ve ...
Argument structure: Realising semantic participants in
... Suppressed arguments can sometimes be realised as obliques (PPs): (48) He was treated by a doctor. ...
... Suppressed arguments can sometimes be realised as obliques (PPs): (48) He was treated by a doctor. ...
verb complement
... Sentence Closers– Underline the noun or pronoun that these appositives identify. • The boy looked at them, big black ugly insects. • Hour after hour he stood there, silent, motionless, a shadow carved in ebony and moonlight. • He had the appearance of a man who had done a great thing, something gre ...
... Sentence Closers– Underline the noun or pronoun that these appositives identify. • The boy looked at them, big black ugly insects. • Hour after hour he stood there, silent, motionless, a shadow carved in ebony and moonlight. • He had the appearance of a man who had done a great thing, something gre ...
PowerPoint
... particular q-role, and we will often do this by referring to the most prominent relation in the collection. For example, in Bill hit the ball, we say that Bill has the “Agent q-role”, meaning it has a q-role containing the Agent relation, ...
... particular q-role, and we will often do this by referring to the most prominent relation in the collection. For example, in Bill hit the ball, we say that Bill has the “Agent q-role”, meaning it has a q-role containing the Agent relation, ...
Interpretation of the Verbal Form estar+ Past Participle in Portuguese
... resulting state. A state cannot be used with passive voice because it is intransitive, that is, it does not have a direct object. In Portuguese, the verb desconfiar (to be distrustful) denotes a state. Consequently, the expression estava desconfiado expresses a state that is non-resultative and non- ...
... resulting state. A state cannot be used with passive voice because it is intransitive, that is, it does not have a direct object. In Portuguese, the verb desconfiar (to be distrustful) denotes a state. Consequently, the expression estava desconfiado expresses a state that is non-resultative and non- ...
complementation in english and spanish - E
... As it was mentioned above when dealing with methodology, the analysis was carried out from two perspectives, syntactic and semantic. From a semantic perspective there are three relevant aspects: (a) semantic roles, (b) conceptualization and point of view and (c) order and informative structure of th ...
... As it was mentioned above when dealing with methodology, the analysis was carried out from two perspectives, syntactic and semantic. From a semantic perspective there are three relevant aspects: (a) semantic roles, (b) conceptualization and point of view and (c) order and informative structure of th ...