Chapter 8 The verb complex
... Others are phonologically independent, but occur only as modifiers, while still others combine to form a pre-head modal auxiliary which is indexed to agree with the subject. 8.5.1 Modality, aspect and tense overview The modality, aspect and tense system is based primarily on a modal distinction betw ...
... Others are phonologically independent, but occur only as modifiers, while still others combine to form a pre-head modal auxiliary which is indexed to agree with the subject. 8.5.1 Modality, aspect and tense overview The modality, aspect and tense system is based primarily on a modal distinction betw ...
English
... many candidates, namely that after the auxiliary be the main verb must be either in the present participle or past participle form. Obviously stayed does not make sense here. ...
... many candidates, namely that after the auxiliary be the main verb must be either in the present participle or past participle form. Obviously stayed does not make sense here. ...
An outstanding property of the Gbe languages is that they manifest
... movement to the left of the IP-markers is blocked: the verb cannot attach to the intervening IP-marker. Notice, however that, unlike T°, the aspect head positions (Asp°1, Asp°2) are accessible for verb movement when they are negatively set. This means that the null counterparts of the aspect markers ...
... movement to the left of the IP-markers is blocked: the verb cannot attach to the intervening IP-marker. Notice, however that, unlike T°, the aspect head positions (Asp°1, Asp°2) are accessible for verb movement when they are negatively set. This means that the null counterparts of the aspect markers ...
The structure of the do/make construction in
... Chichewa verbs -chit- ‘do’ and -pang- ‘make’ serve as light verbs that contain little or no semantic information, which may precede a nominalized English bare verb. The nominalized English verb allows the semantic construal of an event, while the light verb creates the appropriate Chichewa syntactic ...
... Chichewa verbs -chit- ‘do’ and -pang- ‘make’ serve as light verbs that contain little or no semantic information, which may precede a nominalized English bare verb. The nominalized English verb allows the semantic construal of an event, while the light verb creates the appropriate Chichewa syntactic ...
Shurley Grammar Unit 4
... Identifying Simple Past Tense Look for: one verb with –ed, -d, -t or irregular spelling change Example: He walked to the car. Example: They drove the car. ...
... Identifying Simple Past Tense Look for: one verb with –ed, -d, -t or irregular spelling change Example: He walked to the car. Example: They drove the car. ...
Behavioral and neuroimaging studies on language processing in
... discrepancy might be due to the combined effect of impaired set switching and a grammatical impairment in verb production. The authors suggested that in the verb→noun task, the impact of impaired switching is compensated by the easier noun production, whereas in the no ...
... discrepancy might be due to the combined effect of impaired set switching and a grammatical impairment in verb production. The authors suggested that in the verb→noun task, the impact of impaired switching is compensated by the easier noun production, whereas in the no ...
Slide 1
... The difference in the behaviour of DNCs and INCs is due to different kinds of semantic selection restrictions on the object. INCs only put a restriction on the type of THING DNCs specify an instance of a particular THING Eat includes a selection restriction – ‘a type of food’ ...
... The difference in the behaviour of DNCs and INCs is due to different kinds of semantic selection restrictions on the object. INCs only put a restriction on the type of THING DNCs specify an instance of a particular THING Eat includes a selection restriction – ‘a type of food’ ...
Sentence
... 1.) There are few people who question the benefits of encouraging teens. 2.) Working hard is often its own reward. 3.) Ayinde decided to see the movie tomorrow. 4.) My father’s job is managing the New York office. 5.) To reach that number is not possible on this ...
... 1.) There are few people who question the benefits of encouraging teens. 2.) Working hard is often its own reward. 3.) Ayinde decided to see the movie tomorrow. 4.) My father’s job is managing the New York office. 5.) To reach that number is not possible on this ...
Kurmanji grammar
... vocabulary in the back. Generally words are not glossed more than once in the notes because any word encountered a second time should be learned actively. Words are glossed after the first instance only if they are rare enough to warrant being ignored for acquisition. The Kurdish–English vocabulary ...
... vocabulary in the back. Generally words are not glossed more than once in the notes because any word encountered a second time should be learned actively. Words are glossed after the first instance only if they are rare enough to warrant being ignored for acquisition. The Kurdish–English vocabulary ...
Busey-ETD-1stdraft ( PDF ) - UFDC Image Array 2
... German word order is more flexible than English word order. Since every word has some sort of identifying marker that identifies its function in a given sentence, (the case endings reflect the gender, number, and whether the nouns are subjects or objects), most of the words can be rearranged accordi ...
... German word order is more flexible than English word order. Since every word has some sort of identifying marker that identifies its function in a given sentence, (the case endings reflect the gender, number, and whether the nouns are subjects or objects), most of the words can be rearranged accordi ...
Grammar - Deutsche Welle
... in the newspaper that there is a musical about King Ludwig in Neuschwanstein. He goes there with other tourists. Listening strategies • Recognise moods in situations by what you hear. • Differentiate between new information and what is already known. • Identify German from several languages. ...
... in the newspaper that there is a musical about King Ludwig in Neuschwanstein. He goes there with other tourists. Listening strategies • Recognise moods in situations by what you hear. • Differentiate between new information and what is already known. • Identify German from several languages. ...
a grammatical error analysis on applying irregular verbs done by the
... helping verb in a verb phrase: was making, will be helped, are leaving, had been seen. Or, when standing alone, parts of the verb to be may be used as linking verbs. Some verbs help to make a statement by serving as a link between two words. These verbs are called linking verbs; they do not express ...
... helping verb in a verb phrase: was making, will be helped, are leaving, had been seen. Or, when standing alone, parts of the verb to be may be used as linking verbs. Some verbs help to make a statement by serving as a link between two words. These verbs are called linking verbs; they do not express ...
IN DEFENSE OF PASSIVE Consider the following three sentences
... structions which are interpreted as applications of functions to arguments. The kernel rules (corresponding to the rules of functional application inMontague, 1974: Paper 8, henceforth PTQ) depend on a system of syntactic categories of the general form a/b, which are mapped into types in the semanti ...
... structions which are interpreted as applications of functions to arguments. The kernel rules (corresponding to the rules of functional application inMontague, 1974: Paper 8, henceforth PTQ) depend on a system of syntactic categories of the general form a/b, which are mapped into types in the semanti ...
Notes on the verbal system of Gulf Pidgin Arabic
... such it also forms an important component of the laughter stock, the favorite lingo of cartoons, comic strips bubbles, and social satirical commentary in the media.2 The emergence of GPA looks like a textbook example of the situation that breeds pidginization. It is a situation of ‘unbalanced demogr ...
... such it also forms an important component of the laughter stock, the favorite lingo of cartoons, comic strips bubbles, and social satirical commentary in the media.2 The emergence of GPA looks like a textbook example of the situation that breeds pidginization. It is a situation of ‘unbalanced demogr ...
El Primer Paso - La clase de Español de Sra. Simpson
... As the chapter moves along, place a check mark by those things that you can do: _____ I can pronounce the entire Spanish alphabet and spell words orally using the alphabet. _____ I can greet people, ask how they are feeling and say good-bye. _____ I can introduce myself and other people and say wher ...
... As the chapter moves along, place a check mark by those things that you can do: _____ I can pronounce the entire Spanish alphabet and spell words orally using the alphabet. _____ I can greet people, ask how they are feeling and say good-bye. _____ I can introduce myself and other people and say wher ...
ESPAÑOL 2 Señora Francis
... department chair. I keep all quizzes and tests after going over them in class. If you need more help understanding your grade, I will go over the test with you either before or after school. I put test/quiz grades on-line as soon as possible, usually within two days. 5. TUTORING: I offer tutoring ev ...
... department chair. I keep all quizzes and tests after going over them in class. If you need more help understanding your grade, I will go over the test with you either before or after school. I put test/quiz grades on-line as soon as possible, usually within two days. 5. TUTORING: I offer tutoring ev ...
Listeners Exploit Syntactic Structure On
... verb “chatted” which cannot take a direct object (the preposition “about” provides a slot as an indirect object for “the city” and makes the sentence grammatical in the end). If participants wait until they process the verb in order to posit an object position for that verb, then they should show no ...
... verb “chatted” which cannot take a direct object (the preposition “about” provides a slot as an indirect object for “the city” and makes the sentence grammatical in the end). If participants wait until they process the verb in order to posit an object position for that verb, then they should show no ...
The Passive and the Notion of Transitivity
... Even though the structures are syntactically based on a pattern with 3 parts, and the verbs are followed by complements that have more or less the status of objects (« me » in « it fits me » can be regarded as a syntactic object but certainly not « a lot » in « he weighs a lot », which is only a com ...
... Even though the structures are syntactically based on a pattern with 3 parts, and the verbs are followed by complements that have more or less the status of objects (« me » in « it fits me » can be regarded as a syntactic object but certainly not « a lot » in « he weighs a lot », which is only a com ...
ON SEMANTICS OF LATIN INTRANSITIVE VERBS
... case'theory'(1968). its stimulating feature lies in the way in which deep structures are treated — they are essentialy oriented semantically and understood formally as logical predicates the arguments of which are already semantically oriented. This follows from the fact that each argument of a pred ...
... case'theory'(1968). its stimulating feature lies in the way in which deep structures are treated — they are essentialy oriented semantically and understood formally as logical predicates the arguments of which are already semantically oriented. This follows from the fact that each argument of a pred ...
Temporal Properties of Persian and English
... nally, while English has six tense forms such as present, present perfect, past, past perfect, future, and future perfect, Persian has only five tense forms; it lacks future perfect tense and present perfect tense is being used instead. Inherent aspect and tense are syntactically instantiated in bot ...
... nally, while English has six tense forms such as present, present perfect, past, past perfect, future, and future perfect, Persian has only five tense forms; it lacks future perfect tense and present perfect tense is being used instead. Inherent aspect and tense are syntactically instantiated in bot ...
6. The Verb Form 1. The Middle Cornish verb has three moods
... conditional) and imperative. In the indicative, four tenses are distinguished: present, imperfect, preterite and pluperfect. In the subjunctive, only present and past are distinguished, while the imperative has a present tense only. In each of these moods and tenses there are three singular and thre ...
... conditional) and imperative. In the indicative, four tenses are distinguished: present, imperfect, preterite and pluperfect. In the subjunctive, only present and past are distinguished, while the imperative has a present tense only. In each of these moods and tenses there are three singular and thre ...
An algebraic approach to French sentence structure
... former is formed with avoir of type ip`2 , that of the latter with être of type ip0`2 . We shall look at a few examples: 6. Finite verb forms. To form a sentence we require the finite form of a verb. With any verb V in colloquial French there are associated 5 × 6 = 30 finite forms Vjk , where j ran ...
... former is formed with avoir of type ip`2 , that of the latter with être of type ip0`2 . We shall look at a few examples: 6. Finite verb forms. To form a sentence we require the finite form of a verb. With any verb V in colloquial French there are associated 5 × 6 = 30 finite forms Vjk , where j ran ...
ADVERBS IN ENGLISH
... She obviously lied to her husband about the affair. They were very surprised, apparently. ...
... She obviously lied to her husband about the affair. They were very surprised, apparently. ...
Argument Structure and verbal semantic class
... annotator agreement tests have been carried out. In a first step, only Spanish verbs were taken into account. 70 verbs have been studied and tagged by five annotators in parallel, and in three phases (10, 30 and 30 verbs in each phase). After annotating each group an agreement discussion was carrie ...
... annotator agreement tests have been carried out. In a first step, only Spanish verbs were taken into account. 70 verbs have been studied and tagged by five annotators in parallel, and in three phases (10, 30 and 30 verbs in each phase). After annotating each group an agreement discussion was carrie ...
An algebraic approach to French sentence structure
... METARULE II. If the extended verb V has type ix` ix` or i x` , its finite form Vjk has type π rk sj x` in a direct declarative sentence. To extend the metarule to direct questions, we introduce the following basic types: qj for direct questions in the j-th tense (j = 1 to 4) subject to the following ...
... METARULE II. If the extended verb V has type ix` ix` or i x` , its finite form Vjk has type π rk sj x` in a direct declarative sentence. To extend the metarule to direct questions, we introduce the following basic types: qj for direct questions in the j-th tense (j = 1 to 4) subject to the following ...