Chapter 2
... ‘perfection’ / ‘completion’ of the activity of eating. For similar reasons the verb eaten is referred to as the perfective form of the verb (also known as the past participle). In (1b) the auxiliary is marks progressive (or imperfect) aspect as it relates to an activity that is presented as not yet ...
... ‘perfection’ / ‘completion’ of the activity of eating. For similar reasons the verb eaten is referred to as the perfective form of the verb (also known as the past participle). In (1b) the auxiliary is marks progressive (or imperfect) aspect as it relates to an activity that is presented as not yet ...
A Comparative Study of Imperative Sentences in English and
... sentences, where the agent is not definite and the use of the subject is obligatory in order to make the meaning complete and clear: e.g. somebody call the police/write the address the student who has got it. In some cases there is noted the use of the vocative in imperative sentences. It can also o ...
... sentences, where the agent is not definite and the use of the subject is obligatory in order to make the meaning complete and clear: e.g. somebody call the police/write the address the student who has got it. In some cases there is noted the use of the vocative in imperative sentences. It can also o ...
Teachers` Guide
... five-minute exercises a week are more than enough for almost every student to master the analytical skills. The big question, however, is why should they master them? There are three basic reasons. These reasons are addressed in more detail on the KISS website, so here I’ll simply give a few example ...
... five-minute exercises a week are more than enough for almost every student to master the analytical skills. The big question, however, is why should they master them? There are three basic reasons. These reasons are addressed in more detail on the KISS website, so here I’ll simply give a few example ...
ROA 1229 - Rutgers Optimality Archive
... following syllable, this finding does not carry over to verbs, I argue the patterns of palatalisation associated with verbs are stress-conditioned also, albeit not in the same manner as with nouns and adjectives. In verbal paradigms, palatalisation takes place, regardless of stress, before front vo ...
... following syllable, this finding does not carry over to verbs, I argue the patterns of palatalisation associated with verbs are stress-conditioned also, albeit not in the same manner as with nouns and adjectives. In verbal paradigms, palatalisation takes place, regardless of stress, before front vo ...
Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure
... entity seen as the patient of the event is represented as (say) an NP that is the direct object of the verb that expresses what kind of an event it was. This is the interface between language and the conceptual system. Finally, there is the possibility of adjusting this representation internally to ...
... entity seen as the patient of the event is represented as (say) an NP that is the direct object of the verb that expresses what kind of an event it was. This is the interface between language and the conceptual system. Finally, there is the possibility of adjusting this representation internally to ...
Verbal stem space and verb to noun conversion in French - Hal-SHS
... When the verb belongs to the second conjugation group, none of the verbal stems is identical to the base lexeme’s stem 2. As presented in Table 3 with the verb FINIR, second conjugation verbs only have two distinct stems, illustrated by stem 1 and stem 3, with a systematic /is/!/i/ alternation. And, ...
... When the verb belongs to the second conjugation group, none of the verbal stems is identical to the base lexeme’s stem 2. As presented in Table 3 with the verb FINIR, second conjugation verbs only have two distinct stems, illustrated by stem 1 and stem 3, with a systematic /is/!/i/ alternation. And, ...
Semantic Features in Argument Selection
... linking rules that select subjects and direct objects. In the following, this will be shown to be true for English. Not only languages that do not have subjects (like Tagalog, which has a predicate-topic structure; Schachter & Otanes, 1972), but also other languages with a subject-predicate structur ...
... linking rules that select subjects and direct objects. In the following, this will be shown to be true for English. Not only languages that do not have subjects (like Tagalog, which has a predicate-topic structure; Schachter & Otanes, 1972), but also other languages with a subject-predicate structur ...
Evidence of optional infinitive verbs in the spontaneous speech of
... context, defined as whether or not they agreed with plausibly associated subjects in the grammatical context. Our results show that children with SLI produced significantly more errors in verb finiteness, taking into account obligatory context, than did their typicallydeveloping counterparts. We con ...
... context, defined as whether or not they agreed with plausibly associated subjects in the grammatical context. Our results show that children with SLI produced significantly more errors in verb finiteness, taking into account obligatory context, than did their typicallydeveloping counterparts. We con ...
Placed, Non- Placed and Anaphorically Placed Expressions:
... It has been noted by many that the morphological expression of Tense is strongly interrelated with the morphological expression of Person. As stated in Greenberg’s Universal 30 (Greenberg ,1963), for instance, if a language has Person- Number categories, it always has TenseMood categories. On indepe ...
... It has been noted by many that the morphological expression of Tense is strongly interrelated with the morphological expression of Person. As stated in Greenberg’s Universal 30 (Greenberg ,1963), for instance, if a language has Person- Number categories, it always has TenseMood categories. On indepe ...
ASPECTS OF THE SEMANTICS OF THE AKAN
... It would be realised that it is only (b) which can seen as a phrasal verb. (A) is an ordinary verb phrase which exhibits a verb + adjunct pattern, in which ‘di’ is a locative verb which denotes location or position and movement simultaneously. It covers a semantic area complementary or similar to ‘g ...
... It would be realised that it is only (b) which can seen as a phrasal verb. (A) is an ordinary verb phrase which exhibits a verb + adjunct pattern, in which ‘di’ is a locative verb which denotes location or position and movement simultaneously. It covers a semantic area complementary or similar to ‘g ...
Journal of Linguistics Bare nominals and incorporating verbs in
... properties that have been associated with some types of incorporated nominals (see e.g. Van Geenhoven 1996, Dayal 2003, Farkas & de Swart 2003, Dobrovie-Sorin, Bleam & Espinal 2006) : these BNs are indefinite, number neutral (unlike determiner-bearing singular nominals), and non-referential, lacking ...
... properties that have been associated with some types of incorporated nominals (see e.g. Van Geenhoven 1996, Dayal 2003, Farkas & de Swart 2003, Dobrovie-Sorin, Bleam & Espinal 2006) : these BNs are indefinite, number neutral (unlike determiner-bearing singular nominals), and non-referential, lacking ...
A Phase-Based Approach to ECM across CP in Korean
... locality of A-chains can be explained by a conspiracy of two kinds of syntactic constraints. First, there is a locality constraint that permits extraction from a CP only via Spec-CP. Second, there is a constraint on improper movement, namely, the ban on A-A'-A chains, according to which A'-movement ...
... locality of A-chains can be explained by a conspiracy of two kinds of syntactic constraints. First, there is a locality constraint that permits extraction from a CP only via Spec-CP. Second, there is a constraint on improper movement, namely, the ban on A-A'-A chains, according to which A'-movement ...
Canto - Classical Academic Press
... few tenses. The present tense is for verbs happening right now. The preterit (past) tense is for actions that happened in the past. And what about the future tense? Well, those actions happen in the future, of course! For each tense, there is a different set of endings. Do you remember what they are ...
... few tenses. The present tense is for verbs happening right now. The preterit (past) tense is for actions that happened in the past. And what about the future tense? Well, those actions happen in the future, of course! For each tense, there is a different set of endings. Do you remember what they are ...
Le: from pronoun to intensifier*
... 1.4. A derivational-inflectional continuum We have seen that intensifier le is productive, and it seems likely that it will continue to extend to more verbal bases.7 As Bybee (1985: 81ff.) has shown, the distinction between derivational and inflectional morphemes is gradient rather than discrete. Si ...
... 1.4. A derivational-inflectional continuum We have seen that intensifier le is productive, and it seems likely that it will continue to extend to more verbal bases.7 As Bybee (1985: 81ff.) has shown, the distinction between derivational and inflectional morphemes is gradient rather than discrete. Si ...
Cross-LinguistiC Patterns of Linking
... A major claim in RRG is that no syntactic subcategorization information of any kind is required in the lexical entries for verbs. For regular verbs, all that is required is the LS and nothing more, as in all except (11d). For most irregular verbs, only the macrorole number needs to be specified. Th ...
... A major claim in RRG is that no syntactic subcategorization information of any kind is required in the lexical entries for verbs. For regular verbs, all that is required is the LS and nothing more, as in all except (11d). For most irregular verbs, only the macrorole number needs to be specified. Th ...
On the Origin and History of the English Prepositional Type A
... which on had become a and was then dropped." Jespersen's blending theory has also been supported by Aronstein and Visser, among others.4 Visser believes that the coalescence of three different structures complicates the situation in ME. One of the structures he mentions is the prepositional pattern ...
... which on had become a and was then dropped." Jespersen's blending theory has also been supported by Aronstein and Visser, among others.4 Visser believes that the coalescence of three different structures complicates the situation in ME. One of the structures he mentions is the prepositional pattern ...
Hittite Grammar
... 2) a) The phonetic signs are syllabic. They can represent a group consonant + vowel (e.g. ba, mi, ru), vowel + consonant (e.g. ab, ir, uk) or consonant + vowel + consonant (e.g. bar, kid, lum). This third kind can also be expressed by the use of the two first kinds : bar can be written ba + ar, kid ...
... 2) a) The phonetic signs are syllabic. They can represent a group consonant + vowel (e.g. ba, mi, ru), vowel + consonant (e.g. ab, ir, uk) or consonant + vowel + consonant (e.g. bar, kid, lum). This third kind can also be expressed by the use of the two first kinds : bar can be written ba + ar, kid ...
Basic English Grammar Module Unit 2B: The Verbal Group: Tenses
... If you had difficulty with the forms of these verbs then you need to do some revision. If, when you're writing, you use a verb but its forms are unfamiliar to you, you ...
... If you had difficulty with the forms of these verbs then you need to do some revision. If, when you're writing, you use a verb but its forms are unfamiliar to you, you ...
Recent Developments in the Theory of Valency in the Light of the
... the semantics of movement with this instrument. In (2) the manipulation with scissors is presumed, while in (3) the noun trn [thorn] (with an instrumental semantics) is fixed (see also Apresjan, 2001). The feature of an unconscious action is typical of (3), while in (2) the action can be either cons ...
... the semantics of movement with this instrument. In (2) the manipulation with scissors is presumed, while in (3) the noun trn [thorn] (with an instrumental semantics) is fixed (see also Apresjan, 2001). The feature of an unconscious action is typical of (3), while in (2) the action can be either cons ...
English Object Alternations: A Unified Account
... lexicalization patterns of verbs of motion. Although the locative alternation, for instance, has been attested in languages from both sides of this divide (Kim 1999:133-140), there may nevertheless be some correlation. The limited literature on this topic suggests that for a particular alternation E ...
... lexicalization patterns of verbs of motion. Although the locative alternation, for instance, has been attested in languages from both sides of this divide (Kim 1999:133-140), there may nevertheless be some correlation. The limited literature on this topic suggests that for a particular alternation E ...
This is the author`s final draft, 15 August 2014. The
... within the framework of grammaticalization research (e.g. Vincent 1982; Bybee & Dahl 1989; Bybee et al. 1994; Carey 1994; Detges 2000; McFadden & Alexiadou 2006, 2010; de Acosta 2011, 2012). Recent research has mainly focused on the origins of the perfect meaning. Typical questions include: What is ...
... within the framework of grammaticalization research (e.g. Vincent 1982; Bybee & Dahl 1989; Bybee et al. 1994; Carey 1994; Detges 2000; McFadden & Alexiadou 2006, 2010; de Acosta 2011, 2012). Recent research has mainly focused on the origins of the perfect meaning. Typical questions include: What is ...
Document
... These verbs, also known as “boot” or “shoe” verbs, have a vowel change in all the forms except the nosotros and vosotros form. ...
... These verbs, also known as “boot” or “shoe” verbs, have a vowel change in all the forms except the nosotros and vosotros form. ...
0 - DSpace@MIT
... This holds for the standard dialect, Central Catalan, the one that is the primary object of study of the present paper. Other dialects, such as Valencian or Ibizan, use it in spoken language (cf. Veny (1993)). See Harris (1998) for an account of Spanish imperatives within Distributed Morphology. It ...
... This holds for the standard dialect, Central Catalan, the one that is the primary object of study of the present paper. Other dialects, such as Valencian or Ibizan, use it in spoken language (cf. Veny (1993)). See Harris (1998) for an account of Spanish imperatives within Distributed Morphology. It ...
German Reference Grammar
... RELATIVE pronouns INDEFINITE pronouns INTERROGATIVE pronouns REFLEXIVE pronouns ...
... RELATIVE pronouns INDEFINITE pronouns INTERROGATIVE pronouns REFLEXIVE pronouns ...
Slide 1
... When infinitive phrases have an “actor,” they may be roughly characterized as the “subject” of the action or state expressed in the infinitive. It is somewhat misleading to use the word subject, though, since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. Also remember t ...
... When infinitive phrases have an “actor,” they may be roughly characterized as the “subject” of the action or state expressed in the infinitive. It is somewhat misleading to use the word subject, though, since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. Also remember t ...