Gillian Ramchand
... to follow from the interaction of (i) the way these conceptual primitives are organized in the wetware and (ii) the way they are harnessed by the syntacticosemantic system. -Second, we show that in some cases, the hierarchy is not in fact fixed; in other cases, there are independent factors giving r ...
... to follow from the interaction of (i) the way these conceptual primitives are organized in the wetware and (ii) the way they are harnessed by the syntacticosemantic system. -Second, we show that in some cases, the hierarchy is not in fact fixed; in other cases, there are independent factors giving r ...
Verbal morphology in Mawayana
... affixes except for the non-past marker -e end in [a]. Moreover, it would have to be assumed that the last [a] of the verb (not counting clitics) phonologically disappears before the /e/ of the non-past marker. While that would not be a very strange sound law, I have not found any other evidence for ...
... affixes except for the non-past marker -e end in [a]. Moreover, it would have to be assumed that the last [a] of the verb (not counting clitics) phonologically disappears before the /e/ of the non-past marker. While that would not be a very strange sound law, I have not found any other evidence for ...
modals as a problem for mt - Association for Computational Linguistics
... The epistemic meaning may also be rendered by sentence adverbials as illustrated by: Bill is evidentlyZs'eemingly home or an impersonal expression with an adjective as in It is clem¢ obvious that Bill is home. It would be an advantage if the semantic representations of auxiliaries could bE related i ...
... The epistemic meaning may also be rendered by sentence adverbials as illustrated by: Bill is evidentlyZs'eemingly home or an impersonal expression with an adjective as in It is clem¢ obvious that Bill is home. It would be an advantage if the semantic representations of auxiliaries could bE related i ...
SECTION 1 Nouns and pronouns
... • to describe what is happening now I am reading this book. • to describe what usually happens I read a book every day. There is only one present tense in French: je mange I eat or I am eating To use a verb in the present tense, you must change the infinitive according to a set of rules. You need to ...
... • to describe what is happening now I am reading this book. • to describe what usually happens I read a book every day. There is only one present tense in French: je mange I eat or I am eating To use a verb in the present tense, you must change the infinitive according to a set of rules. You need to ...
GIVE ME……
... Give me an `-em’ What have we got? • Object (accusative) singular form for masculine and feminine 3rd declension nouns and adjectives like urbs, civitās, pater etc. and for 5th declension nouns (diēs, rēs) – Urbem pulchram laudō I praise the beautiful city ...
... Give me an `-em’ What have we got? • Object (accusative) singular form for masculine and feminine 3rd declension nouns and adjectives like urbs, civitās, pater etc. and for 5th declension nouns (diēs, rēs) – Urbem pulchram laudō I praise the beautiful city ...
Linguistic Models - Geert Booij`s Page
... contains a minimal form of syntactic information. I will assume here that such a third level is superfluous, probably with the exception of lexical idioms such as to look for, to look after, etc., where the selection of the proper preposition cannot be predicted on semantic grounds. ...
... contains a minimal form of syntactic information. I will assume here that such a third level is superfluous, probably with the exception of lexical idioms such as to look for, to look after, etc., where the selection of the proper preposition cannot be predicted on semantic grounds. ...
Qal Participle - Bible Greek Vpod
... b. Predicative usage. A participle used predicatively may be placed before or after the noun it modifies and agrees in number, gender, but not definiteness. The participle never takes the definite article when used predicatively. When the participle is used predicatively, supply the “to be” verb. Th ...
... b. Predicative usage. A participle used predicatively may be placed before or after the noun it modifies and agrees in number, gender, but not definiteness. The participle never takes the definite article when used predicatively. When the participle is used predicatively, supply the “to be” verb. Th ...
The Paramedic Method
... “An evaluation of the effect of Class C fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) on the properties of ternary mixtures for use in concrete pavements was undertaken and is presented in this paper.” (36 words) 1. Underline or highlight the prepositional phrases. (e.g. phrases starting ...
... “An evaluation of the effect of Class C fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) on the properties of ternary mixtures for use in concrete pavements was undertaken and is presented in this paper.” (36 words) 1. Underline or highlight the prepositional phrases. (e.g. phrases starting ...
action verb
... Past, and4-4 Future Tenses (cont.) • The present tense of the verb be differs from the base form be: am, are, is. • The past tense of a verb names an action that already happened. • Form the past tense of most verbs by adding ed to the base form of the verb. • The future tense of a verb names ...
... Past, and4-4 Future Tenses (cont.) • The present tense of the verb be differs from the base form be: am, are, is. • The past tense of a verb names an action that already happened. • Form the past tense of most verbs by adding ed to the base form of the verb. • The future tense of a verb names ...
1 Raising Predicates
... of the sort constructed for want is possible here, but requires independent support. The kind of evidence which showed that want could in principle take CP complements is not available for without. The situation is in fact more like the one with try. So we can either say that without takes both IP a ...
... of the sort constructed for want is possible here, but requires independent support. The kind of evidence which showed that want could in principle take CP complements is not available for without. The situation is in fact more like the one with try. So we can either say that without takes both IP a ...
The syntax of preverbal ge- in Old English
... • That row of speech verbs e.g., makes sense if these are essentially activities. • The two ‘go’ verbs are plausibly also activities, though it will depend here quite a bit on the details of individual contexts. Initially unexpected are sendan, drincan and etan, since we would expect these, especial ...
... • That row of speech verbs e.g., makes sense if these are essentially activities. • The two ‘go’ verbs are plausibly also activities, though it will depend here quite a bit on the details of individual contexts. Initially unexpected are sendan, drincan and etan, since we would expect these, especial ...
Istoria Limbii Engleze
... The present readings in the History of the English Language are based on texts and illustration materials by such well known authors in the given area as, Thomas Pyles and John Algeo, Rolf Berndt, Leslie Blakeley, Bill Bryson, Bright Viney, Ilyish B., Rastorgueva T., Arakin V., Adrian Poruciuc and o ...
... The present readings in the History of the English Language are based on texts and illustration materials by such well known authors in the given area as, Thomas Pyles and John Algeo, Rolf Berndt, Leslie Blakeley, Bill Bryson, Bright Viney, Ilyish B., Rastorgueva T., Arakin V., Adrian Poruciuc and o ...
COLOR TERMS AND LEXICAL CLASSES IN KRAHN/WOBEI Janet
... types" tend to belong to certain lexical categories in the world's languages. Some of the semantic types that Dixon claims are associated with adjectives in many of the world's languages are either nouns or verbs in Gborbo. For example, to describe something shiny, a Gborbo speaker must use either t ...
... types" tend to belong to certain lexical categories in the world's languages. Some of the semantic types that Dixon claims are associated with adjectives in many of the world's languages are either nouns or verbs in Gborbo. For example, to describe something shiny, a Gborbo speaker must use either t ...
A Semantic Argument for Complex Predicates*
... The eighty-six men assigned to the `dysfunctional' group also lacked any quasi-marital partnership and often expressed regret about their homosexuality, but they were sexually more active and promiscuous. (s.v. quasi-) ...
... The eighty-six men assigned to the `dysfunctional' group also lacked any quasi-marital partnership and often expressed regret about their homosexuality, but they were sexually more active and promiscuous. (s.v. quasi-) ...
W04-0102 - Association for Computational Linguistics
... in standard Italian orthography. Since Italian orthography is, with a handful of exceptions, consistently phonological, we expect to replicate the same results with phonologically transcribed verb forms. Forms are incrementally sampled from a training data set, according to their probability densiti ...
... in standard Italian orthography. Since Italian orthography is, with a handful of exceptions, consistently phonological, we expect to replicate the same results with phonologically transcribed verb forms. Forms are incrementally sampled from a training data set, according to their probability densiti ...
Paradigm classification in supervised learning of morphology
... the per-form and the per-table accuracy. For example, in the case of Russian nouns, per table accuracy is at 66.36%, while the per-form accuracy is 89.35%. This effect is explained—not only in the Russian case but in many others—by the existence of similar paradigms that differ only in very few form ...
... the per-form and the per-table accuracy. For example, in the case of Russian nouns, per table accuracy is at 66.36%, while the per-form accuracy is 89.35%. This effect is explained—not only in the Russian case but in many others—by the existence of similar paradigms that differ only in very few form ...
Chapter 9 Moving verbs in agrammatic production
... languages in which the bare verb (verb + zero inflection) is a well-formed existing word, yet agrammatics do not use it, or prefer a suffixed infinitive over it. Apparently this is the case in German, Dutch and Icelandic, where the bare verb is used in some singular imperatives and singular present ...
... languages in which the bare verb (verb + zero inflection) is a well-formed existing word, yet agrammatics do not use it, or prefer a suffixed infinitive over it. Apparently this is the case in German, Dutch and Icelandic, where the bare verb is used in some singular imperatives and singular present ...
tenses – simple past and present perfect
... a) Preeti has studied in this school for ten years. b) Kaushik has known me since last year. c) I have not seen Shyam for several days. He has been busy. 2) To express an action which has just been completed a) My mother just returned from her trip. b) The insect bite has turned his hand blue. c) Sh ...
... a) Preeti has studied in this school for ten years. b) Kaushik has known me since last year. c) I have not seen Shyam for several days. He has been busy. 2) To express an action which has just been completed a) My mother just returned from her trip. b) The insect bite has turned his hand blue. c) Sh ...
The Computer Project
... which rake objects to complete their meaning. It is important for us to remember which prepositions go with certain verbs. B)Some intransitive verbs can become transitive by adding particular prepositions after them. C)A verb can combine with different prepositions to have different usage and meanin ...
... which rake objects to complete their meaning. It is important for us to remember which prepositions go with certain verbs. B)Some intransitive verbs can become transitive by adding particular prepositions after them. C)A verb can combine with different prepositions to have different usage and meanin ...
1 - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... example, the omitted nouns must correspond with a morphological constituent. Hence, compounds with different structures allow different types of noun omission. ...
... example, the omitted nouns must correspond with a morphological constituent. Hence, compounds with different structures allow different types of noun omission. ...
Words That Are True Linking Verbs
... Areing isn't something that cats can do. Are is connecting the subject, cats, to something said about them, that they enjoy sleeping on the furniture. After drinking the old milk, Bladimiro turned green. Turned connects the subject, Bladimiro, to something said about him, that he was needing Pepto ...
... Areing isn't something that cats can do. Are is connecting the subject, cats, to something said about them, that they enjoy sleeping on the furniture. After drinking the old milk, Bladimiro turned green. Turned connects the subject, Bladimiro, to something said about him, that he was needing Pepto ...
Inside and Outside the Middle - The University of British Columbia
... development. Roots that are historically nouns or verbs lose their original core meaning as they turn into grammatical morphemes. Nevertheless, the suffix -m stands out in Halqamin:nD as being particularly multifunctional. 2 It is ubiquitous both in the number of forms it occurs on and the number of ...
... development. Roots that are historically nouns or verbs lose their original core meaning as they turn into grammatical morphemes. Nevertheless, the suffix -m stands out in Halqamin:nD as being particularly multifunctional. 2 It is ubiquitous both in the number of forms it occurs on and the number of ...
Chains of freedom : Constraints and creativity in the macro
... verbal head of a VP necessarily takes the same subject as the whole phrase of which it is the head. Thus Tali in (1) is both the subject of tit ‘knock’ and of the whole VP mi-tit te¾te¾ tô ‘knocked in such a way to make cry’. On the contrary, the following verbs in an SVC are not subject to the same ...
... verbal head of a VP necessarily takes the same subject as the whole phrase of which it is the head. Thus Tali in (1) is both the subject of tit ‘knock’ and of the whole VP mi-tit te¾te¾ tô ‘knocked in such a way to make cry’. On the contrary, the following verbs in an SVC are not subject to the same ...
But do we need Universal Grammar?
... exists important information that is relevant and not known to the audience, it must be indicated by the speaker (B above). This implies that semantic arguments may not be omitted unless they are either irrelevant or recoverable, since semantic arguments, by definition, are normally important to an ...
... exists important information that is relevant and not known to the audience, it must be indicated by the speaker (B above). This implies that semantic arguments may not be omitted unless they are either irrelevant or recoverable, since semantic arguments, by definition, are normally important to an ...