Past Tense Marking in English by Chinese learners
... tested was significant, but limited his discussion of the results to only verb type, proficiency and aspect. The results of his study show that saliency of verb type favors the marking of past tense, especially in subjects with higher proficiency. The results also show that the binary perfective-imp ...
... tested was significant, but limited his discussion of the results to only verb type, proficiency and aspect. The results of his study show that saliency of verb type favors the marking of past tense, especially in subjects with higher proficiency. The results also show that the binary perfective-imp ...
world language curriculum - Immaculateheartacademy.org
... feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Standard 2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Standard 3 Students present information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. Cultures: Gain Knowledge and Under ...
... feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Standard 2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Standard 3 Students present information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. Cultures: Gain Knowledge and Under ...
Huang_Pinker_Lexical_Semantics
... Lexical Semantics and Irregular Inflection The psychological and historical factors that determine whether a word has a regular or an irregular inflectional form has important implications for theories of the mental representations underlying language. Of the kinds of influencing this process, the r ...
... Lexical Semantics and Irregular Inflection The psychological and historical factors that determine whether a word has a regular or an irregular inflectional form has important implications for theories of the mental representations underlying language. Of the kinds of influencing this process, the r ...
The Verbal Complex in Continental West Germanic
... Recent treatments of the DIC in German have emphasized the variation among speakers. As we intend to show at length, this portion of German syntax evidences multiple forms that correlate with different styles and geographic areas. To a lesser extent there is variation in Dutch. Interlanguage variati ...
... Recent treatments of the DIC in German have emphasized the variation among speakers. As we intend to show at length, this portion of German syntax evidences multiple forms that correlate with different styles and geographic areas. To a lesser extent there is variation in Dutch. Interlanguage variati ...
the category of aspect
... There are two types of complexity of word-structure: one is due to the presence of inflections and another due to the presences of derivational elements. Both operations add extra elements to what is known as the base. Derivation refers to word formation processes such as affixation, compounding and ...
... There are two types of complexity of word-structure: one is due to the presence of inflections and another due to the presences of derivational elements. Both operations add extra elements to what is known as the base. Derivation refers to word formation processes such as affixation, compounding and ...
Reflexivity and adjustment strategies at the interfaces
... two arguments. Therefore certain clitics, which are SE-anaphors, are inserted in these derivations. This is a last-resort mechanism that makes an adjustment between the valence of the lexical entry of the verb and the requirements of the syntax in order for the derivation to converge at the C-I inte ...
... two arguments. Therefore certain clitics, which are SE-anaphors, are inserted in these derivations. This is a last-resort mechanism that makes an adjustment between the valence of the lexical entry of the verb and the requirements of the syntax in order for the derivation to converge at the C-I inte ...
Present participles: Categorial classification and derivation Aya
... that only some present participles are adjectival, Brekke (1988) being the only study trying to characterize this class precisely. In addition, although there are several attempts at a comprehensive study of the present participle morpheme –ing (see in particular Milsark 1988, Emonds 1991), none of ...
... that only some present participles are adjectival, Brekke (1988) being the only study trying to characterize this class precisely. In addition, although there are several attempts at a comprehensive study of the present participle morpheme –ing (see in particular Milsark 1988, Emonds 1991), none of ...
1 Present participles
... that only some present participles are adjectival, Brekke (1988) being the only study trying to characterize this class precisely. In addition, although there are several attempts at a comprehensive study of the present participle morpheme –ing (see in particular Milsark 1988, Emonds 1991), none of ...
... that only some present participles are adjectival, Brekke (1988) being the only study trying to characterize this class precisely. In addition, although there are several attempts at a comprehensive study of the present participle morpheme –ing (see in particular Milsark 1988, Emonds 1991), none of ...
The ergative features of Papuan and Austronesian languages
... Hence, Drehu shows a mixture of semantically based marking2 and morphological based marking: in the past tense, nominal NPs are marked "according to their actual role in a given instance of use of a verb" ; with the perfective aspect, the argument marking is strictly ergative, whereas with the imper ...
... Hence, Drehu shows a mixture of semantically based marking2 and morphological based marking: in the past tense, nominal NPs are marked "according to their actual role in a given instance of use of a verb" ; with the perfective aspect, the argument marking is strictly ergative, whereas with the imper ...
Cognition, Grammaticalization and Syntactic Change. The
... the former so that at the level of perception a new linguistic situation is reached; in syntax, however, the two situations may coexist for a considerable time. Furthermore, after taking place in spoken language, the syntactic change is not immediately reflected in writing. There is usually a large ...
... the former so that at the level of perception a new linguistic situation is reached; in syntax, however, the two situations may coexist for a considerable time. Furthermore, after taking place in spoken language, the syntactic change is not immediately reflected in writing. There is usually a large ...
How weak and how definite are Weak Definites?
... In light of these considerations, I don’t think that an approach that sees Weak Definites as just another instantiation of a case where regular definites receive a covarying interpretation is viable (see also Carlson et al., 2006, remarks on ‘functional readings’). Before leaving this line of though ...
... In light of these considerations, I don’t think that an approach that sees Weak Definites as just another instantiation of a case where regular definites receive a covarying interpretation is viable (see also Carlson et al., 2006, remarks on ‘functional readings’). Before leaving this line of though ...
Towards a structural typology of verb classes
... verbs, except animacy in some languages. For instance, the Algonquian languages from North America make a formal distinction between stems with animate and those with inanimate objects (e.g. waapam ‘see sth. animate’ vs. waapaht ‘see sth. inanimate’ in Plains Cree). The most robust subclassification ...
... verbs, except animacy in some languages. For instance, the Algonquian languages from North America make a formal distinction between stems with animate and those with inanimate objects (e.g. waapam ‘see sth. animate’ vs. waapaht ‘see sth. inanimate’ in Plains Cree). The most robust subclassification ...
Preparatory Booklet - The Open University
... reviewing grammatical terms, recognizing subjects and objects in sentences, looking at noun and adjective endings and so on, leading up to a translation passage which allows you practice on these basics. You are then taken through various verb forms (such as the perfect tense and deponent verbs), me ...
... reviewing grammatical terms, recognizing subjects and objects in sentences, looking at noun and adjective endings and so on, leading up to a translation passage which allows you practice on these basics. You are then taken through various verb forms (such as the perfect tense and deponent verbs), me ...
Martha Palmer`s 2004 talk slides
... Successful Casting Call & Shoot for ``Clash of Empires'' ... thank everyone for their participation in the making of yesterday's movie. Demme's casting is also highly entertaining, although I wouldn't go so far as to call it successful. This movie's resemblance to its predecessor is pretty vague ...
... Successful Casting Call & Shoot for ``Clash of Empires'' ... thank everyone for their participation in the making of yesterday's movie. Demme's casting is also highly entertaining, although I wouldn't go so far as to call it successful. This movie's resemblance to its predecessor is pretty vague ...
Orf, Amy - Ohio State University Knowledge Bank
... possible auxiliaries. Furthermore, while one author may call a certain verb an auxiliary of the progressive, another author will state specifically that it is not an auxiliary. A few scholars argue that auxiliaries don't even exist, that they are only main verbs. Heine finds that auxiliaries cannot ...
... possible auxiliaries. Furthermore, while one author may call a certain verb an auxiliary of the progressive, another author will state specifically that it is not an auxiliary. A few scholars argue that auxiliaries don't even exist, that they are only main verbs. Heine finds that auxiliaries cannot ...
Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure
... NPs count as having the same thematic role. Thus, even holding the UTAH constant, a finegrained thematic theory that distinguishes many thematic roles would have different implications for syntactic structure than a coarse-grained thematic theory that distinguishes only two or three “macroroles” (se ...
... NPs count as having the same thematic role. Thus, even holding the UTAH constant, a finegrained thematic theory that distinguishes many thematic roles would have different implications for syntactic structure than a coarse-grained thematic theory that distinguishes only two or three “macroroles” (se ...
Towards a structural typology of verb classes
... some items seem to be wrongly classified: nouns such as journey, war, and game denote events rather than objects, while verbs such as resemble, exist, be above, and be tall do not denote events. One point to be made here is that some languages (such as English) in addition to verbs and nouns also ha ...
... some items seem to be wrongly classified: nouns such as journey, war, and game denote events rather than objects, while verbs such as resemble, exist, be above, and be tall do not denote events. One point to be made here is that some languages (such as English) in addition to verbs and nouns also ha ...
Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Independent Verbal Morphology Independent
... Independent verbs are grammatically marked for status1, tense, aspect, mood and/or polarity. In terms of verbal morphology, the most important categories are status and polarity (polarity is independent of status in Menggwa Dla), as the overall morphological structure of a verb is determined first b ...
... Independent verbs are grammatically marked for status1, tense, aspect, mood and/or polarity. In terms of verbal morphology, the most important categories are status and polarity (polarity is independent of status in Menggwa Dla), as the overall morphological structure of a verb is determined first b ...
Russian peripheral reciprocal markers and - CSSP
... syntactic respects. For instance, in examples (1)-(3) odin drugogo could be substituted for drug druga. Knjazev (2007) notes that there is one semantic difference, though it is a tendency, rather than a strict rule: odin drugogo, more than drug druga, tends to denote reciprocal relation between two ...
... syntactic respects. For instance, in examples (1)-(3) odin drugogo could be substituted for drug druga. Knjazev (2007) notes that there is one semantic difference, though it is a tendency, rather than a strict rule: odin drugogo, more than drug druga, tends to denote reciprocal relation between two ...
Chapter 8 The verb complex
... The adverbial-like function of these V3 verbs is clear in (8.19)c., where kave 'descend' indicates a directed motion resulting from the chopping, not a downward movement on the part of the subject of the clause. Other common verbs in V3 position with adverbial-like functions include hohogo 'be true' ...
... The adverbial-like function of these V3 verbs is clear in (8.19)c., where kave 'descend' indicates a directed motion resulting from the chopping, not a downward movement on the part of the subject of the clause. Other common verbs in V3 position with adverbial-like functions include hohogo 'be true' ...
Document
... Agree always goes with the closest option it can find in order to check an uninterpretable feature. If Agree locates a matching feature on X for one uninterpretable feature, and X has a different feature that also matches, both features will be checked. Examples are coming up later, but for cross-re ...
... Agree always goes with the closest option it can find in order to check an uninterpretable feature. If Agree locates a matching feature on X for one uninterpretable feature, and X has a different feature that also matches, both features will be checked. Examples are coming up later, but for cross-re ...
Interfaces as locus of historical change
... is assumed to hold. (21) The Heir-Apparent Principle (Harris and Campbell 1995:193) When the two clauses are made one by diachronic processes, the main verb governs the syntax of the reex clause. In our case, the syntax of the complex predicate is still governed by both verbs. The light verb, which ...
... is assumed to hold. (21) The Heir-Apparent Principle (Harris and Campbell 1995:193) When the two clauses are made one by diachronic processes, the main verb governs the syntax of the reex clause. In our case, the syntax of the complex predicate is still governed by both verbs. The light verb, which ...
Grace Theological Journal 5.2 (1984) 163
... which may be expressed by true adverbs, answering to such questions as when? where? in what way? by what means? why? under what circumstances? Grammarians have usually summed up these adverbial uses as time, cause, manner, means or instrument, purpose, condition, concession, and attendant circumstan ...
... which may be expressed by true adverbs, answering to such questions as when? where? in what way? by what means? why? under what circumstances? Grammarians have usually summed up these adverbial uses as time, cause, manner, means or instrument, purpose, condition, concession, and attendant circumstan ...
The Classification of Participles: A Statistical Study
... which may be expressed by true adverbs, answering to such questions as when? where? in what way? by what means? why? under what circumstances? Grammarians have usually summed up these adverbial uses as time, cause, manner, means or instrument, purpose, condition, concession, and attendant circumstan ...
... which may be expressed by true adverbs, answering to such questions as when? where? in what way? by what means? why? under what circumstances? Grammarians have usually summed up these adverbial uses as time, cause, manner, means or instrument, purpose, condition, concession, and attendant circumstan ...
2002 - Henk van Riemsdijk
... Key words: ellipsis, Germanic, language acquisition, licensing, light verbs, modals, motion verbs, OV-languages, parameter theory, projection, Swiss German Abstract. It is a well-known fact that most of the Germanic languages can use modal verbs with non-verbal complements. In the present paper I wi ...
... Key words: ellipsis, Germanic, language acquisition, licensing, light verbs, modals, motion verbs, OV-languages, parameter theory, projection, Swiss German Abstract. It is a well-known fact that most of the Germanic languages can use modal verbs with non-verbal complements. In the present paper I wi ...