Particle verbs and a theory of late lexical insertion
... The syntactic representation of the particle verb in (5a) has always proved to be highly problematic for proponents of a morphological analysis that presume that lexical insertion proceeds as in (5). This concept of insertion forces them to explain why syntax may have access to the verbal part of th ...
... The syntactic representation of the particle verb in (5a) has always proved to be highly problematic for proponents of a morphological analysis that presume that lexical insertion proceeds as in (5). This concept of insertion forces them to explain why syntax may have access to the verbal part of th ...
Orf, Amy - Ohio State University Knowledge Bank
... Scholars generally agree that the modern Spanish progressive is an analytic verbal construction, consisting of one of a 1,.1umber of verbs of state or motion in periphrasis with the gerund, a verbal derivative with the suffix -ndo. 1 In addition, scholars generally agree that the progressive constru ...
... Scholars generally agree that the modern Spanish progressive is an analytic verbal construction, consisting of one of a 1,.1umber of verbs of state or motion in periphrasis with the gerund, a verbal derivative with the suffix -ndo. 1 In addition, scholars generally agree that the progressive constru ...
CHAPTER 5 THE LIGHT VERB SYNTAX IN CHINESE
... takes place in LF, and, secondly, the aspectual markers in fact don't occur under Asp0 -Asp0 only contains the relevant aspectual features, and the verb V has already had an aspectual marker suffixed to it at the beginning stage of the derivation. The V-Suffix complex moves up to Asp0 in LF to check ...
... takes place in LF, and, secondly, the aspectual markers in fact don't occur under Asp0 -Asp0 only contains the relevant aspectual features, and the verb V has already had an aspectual marker suffixed to it at the beginning stage of the derivation. The V-Suffix complex moves up to Asp0 in LF to check ...
Article 10: Cognitive Construction Grammar
... These sentences cannot be easily explained compositionally because verbs like laugh, sneeze, or urge do not independently encode caused-motion semantics. In CCxG the verbs in (1) are associated with specific lexical semantic information that allows them to integrate (or ‘fuse’) with the semantics of ...
... These sentences cannot be easily explained compositionally because verbs like laugh, sneeze, or urge do not independently encode caused-motion semantics. In CCxG the verbs in (1) are associated with specific lexical semantic information that allows them to integrate (or ‘fuse’) with the semantics of ...
1. Introduction 1 2. Three Major Types of Actants
... • Second, to avoid the inflated polysemy of such terms as argument and term in linguistics. The term argument is often used in a vague sense of ‘a particular type of complement,’ without making clear whether it is considered from the viewpoint of semantics or syntax. For instance, Whaley (1997: 69) ...
... • Second, to avoid the inflated polysemy of such terms as argument and term in linguistics. The term argument is often used in a vague sense of ‘a particular type of complement,’ without making clear whether it is considered from the viewpoint of semantics or syntax. For instance, Whaley (1997: 69) ...
Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions in Modern Irish
... action is perceived differently than in a non-reflexive event involving two distinct participants. ...
... action is perceived differently than in a non-reflexive event involving two distinct participants. ...
Lesson 91 - Parts of the Sentence - Subject/Verb A
... 3. An interrogative sentence asks a question. Example: Do you know the man? 4. An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. Declarative, imperative, or interrogative sentences can be made into exclamatory sentences by punctuating them with an exclamation point. Examples: The assignment is due tomor ...
... 3. An interrogative sentence asks a question. Example: Do you know the man? 4. An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. Declarative, imperative, or interrogative sentences can be made into exclamatory sentences by punctuating them with an exclamation point. Examples: The assignment is due tomor ...
From Discourse to “Odd Coordinations” –
... see (6) below— with the interpretation of elided indefinites in structures like (4) and (5) above. Whereas in the case of Gapping the interpretation of the indefinite etwas (‘something’) remains constant irrespective of whether etwas is realized overtly or covertly —in both cases, etwas in the secon ...
... see (6) below— with the interpretation of elided indefinites in structures like (4) and (5) above. Whereas in the case of Gapping the interpretation of the indefinite etwas (‘something’) remains constant irrespective of whether etwas is realized overtly or covertly —in both cases, etwas in the secon ...
Aphasia and the Theta System
... First of all I want to thank my parents, Pedro and Elena, for all their support, both psychological and financial, during these two years and a half. They have believed in me more than myself, and whenever I wanted to drop everything, they always encouraged me to go on. My family in Eindhoven have a ...
... First of all I want to thank my parents, Pedro and Elena, for all their support, both psychological and financial, during these two years and a half. They have believed in me more than myself, and whenever I wanted to drop everything, they always encouraged me to go on. My family in Eindhoven have a ...
Valence Creation and the German Applicative
... transfer implication cannot be attributed to the semantics of the base form, which in this case is not a verb, let alone a transfer verb. In all of the examples (i)-(3), the appropriate inputs are simply lacking. These examples therefore suggest that the lexical-rule based model of the applicative p ...
... transfer implication cannot be attributed to the semantics of the base form, which in this case is not a verb, let alone a transfer verb. In all of the examples (i)-(3), the appropriate inputs are simply lacking. These examples therefore suggest that the lexical-rule based model of the applicative p ...
German Reflexives as Proper and Improper Arguments
... (27b) roughly the same role is jointly assigned by streiten mit, i.e. by the Preposition combined with the Verb. In (28), the Reflexive doesn't have a separate Thematic Role at all, it simply refers to that of the subject. And in (29), neither the Reflexive nor its antecedent es realize a Thematic R ...
... (27b) roughly the same role is jointly assigned by streiten mit, i.e. by the Preposition combined with the Verb. In (28), the Reflexive doesn't have a separate Thematic Role at all, it simply refers to that of the subject. And in (29), neither the Reflexive nor its antecedent es realize a Thematic R ...
The nature of cognate objects A syntactic approach Cristina Real
... these terms, ‘If x is part of y, then if a telic predicate maps y (as Theme) onto event e, it must map x onto an event e’ which is part of e”(Dowty 1991:567). For example, in an event of “writing a letter” parts of the letter corresponds to subevents that are part of the whole event of writing a let ...
... these terms, ‘If x is part of y, then if a telic predicate maps y (as Theme) onto event e, it must map x onto an event e’ which is part of e”(Dowty 1991:567). For example, in an event of “writing a letter” parts of the letter corresponds to subevents that are part of the whole event of writing a let ...
Non-finite complements and modality in de-na `allow` in Hindi-Urdu
... control construction. My first argument is based on argument structure, the association of thematic roles with sentence constituents. The matrix indirect object and PRO may have distinct theta roles in (1), (4), (6). The indirect object marked by =ko or =se is the goal of permission or telling. The ...
... control construction. My first argument is based on argument structure, the association of thematic roles with sentence constituents. The matrix indirect object and PRO may have distinct theta roles in (1), (4), (6). The indirect object marked by =ko or =se is the goal of permission or telling. The ...
Verbs Llevar and Tener - Departament de Filologia Catalana
... (you) already have of have-them finished some time your studies 'It is some time that you have finished your studies' ...
... (you) already have of have-them finished some time your studies 'It is some time that you have finished your studies' ...
Passive without passive morphology
... consider sentence (3a), which can be analysed as having the structure shown in (5). In this structure, the verb pa’u and the following PP etamai bubung are within VP; and then the VP and the enclitic =i form the clause. (For simplicity, the internal structure of VP is not shown.) The clause is repre ...
... consider sentence (3a), which can be analysed as having the structure shown in (5). In this structure, the verb pa’u and the following PP etamai bubung are within VP; and then the VP and the enclitic =i form the clause. (For simplicity, the internal structure of VP is not shown.) The clause is repre ...
Verb movement in Germanic and Celtic
... project twice through merger with an object and subject, the tree includes three nodes of the form [V-T-AGR]. These could subsequently receive distinct interpretations as V, T and AGR respectively. The assumption I make here is that the syntactic encoding of a relation between two constituents requi ...
... project twice through merger with an object and subject, the tree includes three nodes of the form [V-T-AGR]. These could subsequently receive distinct interpretations as V, T and AGR respectively. The assumption I make here is that the syntactic encoding of a relation between two constituents requi ...
Object agreement, grammatical relations, and information structure. In
... conjugation) has been stated to be conditioned by the definiteness of the direct object (Rédei 1965; Honti 1984, and many others). The term “definite,” in its turn, is taken to denote the formal properties of object NPs. According to Honti (1984, 99-100), the definite objects that trigger agreement ...
... conjugation) has been stated to be conditioned by the definiteness of the direct object (Rédei 1965; Honti 1984, and many others). The term “definite,” in its turn, is taken to denote the formal properties of object NPs. According to Honti (1984, 99-100), the definite objects that trigger agreement ...
Mixed (Non)veridicality and mood choice with emotive verbs
... 1. Languages that require subjunctive (Spanish, Italian,1 French, as above); 2. Languages that allow both subjunctive and indicative ((Brazilian) Portuguese, Catalan, Turkish); 3. Languages where emotives select indicative (Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian); the emotive complement may be disti ...
... 1. Languages that require subjunctive (Spanish, Italian,1 French, as above); 2. Languages that allow both subjunctive and indicative ((Brazilian) Portuguese, Catalan, Turkish); 3. Languages where emotives select indicative (Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian); the emotive complement may be disti ...
Reanalysis of Verb and Preposition In English
... Under the reanalysis hypothesis, the verb and preposition in each (b)-sentence above can be reanalyzed to form a complex verb and the prepositional object as the direct object of that complex verb is expected to be able to undergo subdeletion, just like an ordinary verbal object, as in the (a)-sente ...
... Under the reanalysis hypothesis, the verb and preposition in each (b)-sentence above can be reanalyzed to form a complex verb and the prepositional object as the direct object of that complex verb is expected to be able to undergo subdeletion, just like an ordinary verbal object, as in the (a)-sente ...
Functions of the Czech reflexive marker
... cause is a distinctive property of the construction in question, this construction is most commonly referred to as the ‘anticausative’. 4 The subject referent in (4), too, is an inanimate entity. Nevertheless, in this case no seeming spontaneity of the event is being communicated. Rather, we are de ...
... cause is a distinctive property of the construction in question, this construction is most commonly referred to as the ‘anticausative’. 4 The subject referent in (4), too, is an inanimate entity. Nevertheless, in this case no seeming spontaneity of the event is being communicated. Rather, we are de ...
Unifying everything: Some remarks on simpler syntax, construction
... 2009), and tree-adjoining grammar (TAG; Kallmeyer & Osswald 2012). Jackendoff (2011) compares the view currently assumed in minimalist circles with the constraint-based view that underlies LFG, HPSG, and simpler syntax. He argues that unification or rather constraint satisfaction is better suited to ...
... 2009), and tree-adjoining grammar (TAG; Kallmeyer & Osswald 2012). Jackendoff (2011) compares the view currently assumed in minimalist circles with the constraint-based view that underlies LFG, HPSG, and simpler syntax. He argues that unification or rather constraint satisfaction is better suited to ...
PowerPoint Presentation - META-Net
... – Idiomatic elementary trees can deviate – Elementary trees are complex (esp. features): difficult to maintain – Restrictions on grammatical processes basically stipulated ...
... – Idiomatic elementary trees can deviate – Elementary trees are complex (esp. features): difficult to maintain – Restrictions on grammatical processes basically stipulated ...
The Major Functions of the NP
... or something, but not who or what. (1), on the other hand, in its most straightforward articulation, with neutral intonaton, does not presume that the hearer knows anything about the event of killing. These sentences therefore give their NPs the same semantic roles, but different pragmatic functions ...
... or something, but not who or what. (1), on the other hand, in its most straightforward articulation, with neutral intonaton, does not presume that the hearer knows anything about the event of killing. These sentences therefore give their NPs the same semantic roles, but different pragmatic functions ...
phrasal verbs with the particles down and up in english and their
... category, and aktionsart represents a lexical category, it is often hard to distinguish between the two. 2.3. Serbian translation equivalents of English phrasal verbs Translation is usually seen as a process and result of rendering the same meaning in the words of another language (Hlebec 2008: 176) ...
... category, and aktionsart represents a lexical category, it is often hard to distinguish between the two. 2.3. Serbian translation equivalents of English phrasal verbs Translation is usually seen as a process and result of rendering the same meaning in the words of another language (Hlebec 2008: 176) ...
A semantic analysis of the verbal prefix o(b)- in Croatian
... for some meanings of o(b)-verbs. We first look at the semantic profile of the prefix o(b)-in verbs expressing spatial motion, and then at the profile of verbs with a less obvious spatial profile, or abstract or metaphorical meanings: significantly, in most cases, the same verbs have a concrete and a ...
... for some meanings of o(b)-verbs. We first look at the semantic profile of the prefix o(b)-in verbs expressing spatial motion, and then at the profile of verbs with a less obvious spatial profile, or abstract or metaphorical meanings: significantly, in most cases, the same verbs have a concrete and a ...