The Curious Case of Metonymic Verbs
... investigations of logical metonymy must assume a binary distinction between metonymic (i.e. eventselecting) verbs and non-metonymic verbs to establish a control condition. However, this binary distinction (whether a verb is metonymic or not) is mostly made on intuitive grounds, which introduces a po ...
... investigations of logical metonymy must assume a binary distinction between metonymic (i.e. eventselecting) verbs and non-metonymic verbs to establish a control condition. However, this binary distinction (whether a verb is metonymic or not) is mostly made on intuitive grounds, which introduces a po ...
Grammatical processing of nouns and verbs in left frontal cortex?
... observation that grammatical categories of words—nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so forth—are defined in part by the kinds of morphological transformations they can undergo. Thus, in English, only verbs can occur with past-tense morphology (as in walked), while only nouns can be marked for plural numb ...
... observation that grammatical categories of words—nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so forth—are defined in part by the kinds of morphological transformations they can undergo. Thus, in English, only verbs can occur with past-tense morphology (as in walked), while only nouns can be marked for plural numb ...
al-Farabi Kazakh National University
... BC). Celtic languages in modern Britain. The main historical events of the ancient period. Modern man arrived in Britain before the last ice age but retreated to Southern Europe when much of Britain was ice covered, with the remainder being tundra. At this time the sea level was about 127 m (417 ft. ...
... BC). Celtic languages in modern Britain. The main historical events of the ancient period. Modern man arrived in Britain before the last ice age but retreated to Southern Europe when much of Britain was ice covered, with the remainder being tundra. At this time the sea level was about 127 m (417 ft. ...
Reflexive Verbs
... • In English, reflexive constructions are usually accompanied by reflexive pronouns (“himself,” “ourselves,” etc.) as seen in our examples. Occasionally, however, the reflexive pronoun may be omitted in English. For example, one might say “The soldier is shaving,” with “himself” understood but not e ...
... • In English, reflexive constructions are usually accompanied by reflexive pronouns (“himself,” “ourselves,” etc.) as seen in our examples. Occasionally, however, the reflexive pronoun may be omitted in English. For example, one might say “The soldier is shaving,” with “himself” understood but not e ...
Modal and Perfect Tenses
... of performing an action OR plans to take an action at some point in the future, but it’s possible, necessary or likely that he is or will. Present modal progressive tense begins with any present tense modal (will, may, shall, can, must) followed by “be,” plus the present participle “-ing” form of th ...
... of performing an action OR plans to take an action at some point in the future, but it’s possible, necessary or likely that he is or will. Present modal progressive tense begins with any present tense modal (will, may, shall, can, must) followed by “be,” plus the present participle “-ing” form of th ...
ASPECT (ВИД)
... • When teaching aspect, I am not teaching you grammar, I am teaching you VOCABULARY. • Up to today, ALL THE VERBS you have learned are ...
... • When teaching aspect, I am not teaching you grammar, I am teaching you VOCABULARY. • Up to today, ALL THE VERBS you have learned are ...
`Modal verbs in English and Irish`, in: Esa Penttilä and Heli Paulasto
... The present contribution is concerned with an area of grammar – that of modal verbs – which has shown and still shows a degree of variation across different forms of the English language. Modals are a subset of verbs which carry out specific functions in grammar (Palmer 1986, Depraetere and Reed 200 ...
... The present contribution is concerned with an area of grammar – that of modal verbs – which has shown and still shows a degree of variation across different forms of the English language. Modals are a subset of verbs which carry out specific functions in grammar (Palmer 1986, Depraetere and Reed 200 ...
Verb Phrases as Subject Complements
... My job is to repair damaged books. Her duties are to open and close the library. Verb Phrases as Direct Objects The third nominal function that verbs and verb phrases perform is the direct object. Direct objects are traditionally defined as words, phrases, and clauses that “receive the action of ...
... My job is to repair damaged books. Her duties are to open and close the library. Verb Phrases as Direct Objects The third nominal function that verbs and verb phrases perform is the direct object. Direct objects are traditionally defined as words, phrases, and clauses that “receive the action of ...
Imperfect tense
... You will also see the use of two different forms of past tense verbs. When the story’s action is about to change course, when something suddenly interrupts what the characters were doing, or to show that something that used to happen in the past stopped happening, we use what is called the IMPERFECT ...
... You will also see the use of two different forms of past tense verbs. When the story’s action is about to change course, when something suddenly interrupts what the characters were doing, or to show that something that used to happen in the past stopped happening, we use what is called the IMPERFECT ...
German - Rose Tree Media School District
... conditional, past perfect tense, future perfect tense, modal auxiliaries in perfect tenses, double infinitives, passive voice, present participles, infinitive with “zu”, infinitive clauses instead of dass clauses, indirect discourse, adjectives with prepositions, einander, immer + adjective, derjeni ...
... conditional, past perfect tense, future perfect tense, modal auxiliaries in perfect tenses, double infinitives, passive voice, present participles, infinitive with “zu”, infinitive clauses instead of dass clauses, indirect discourse, adjectives with prepositions, einander, immer + adjective, derjeni ...
File - Northgate High School World Languages
... and strings of sentences, questions, and polite commands when speaking and listening; ...
... and strings of sentences, questions, and polite commands when speaking and listening; ...
Subjunctive
... dependent clause with a present indicative verb, “practices”. The second sentence is and example of the subjunctive mood of the verb “practice”. The verb mood does change the meaning of the sentence. In English we often use the words “might” or “may” to show subjunctive. Example: I believe you might ...
... dependent clause with a present indicative verb, “practices”. The second sentence is and example of the subjunctive mood of the verb “practice”. The verb mood does change the meaning of the sentence. In English we often use the words “might” or “may” to show subjunctive. Example: I believe you might ...
Words and Rules Steven Pinker Department of Brain
... rote, and therefore cannot simply be attributed to a lexicon of stored items, as in the word-rule theory. Two very different theories have arisen to handle this fact. One is the theory of generative phonology, applied to irregular morphology by Chomsky and Halle (1968) and Halle and Mohanan (1985). ...
... rote, and therefore cannot simply be attributed to a lexicon of stored items, as in the word-rule theory. Two very different theories have arisen to handle this fact. One is the theory of generative phonology, applied to irregular morphology by Chomsky and Halle (1968) and Halle and Mohanan (1985). ...
rhetorical grammar
... 8. Lalit Carson was stopped on his lunch break from his job as a teaching assistant. 9. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the city by The Center for Constitutional Rights. It is time to put an end to Jim Crow policing in New York City. ...
... 8. Lalit Carson was stopped on his lunch break from his job as a teaching assistant. 9. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the city by The Center for Constitutional Rights. It is time to put an end to Jim Crow policing in New York City. ...
Constructional Licensing in Morphology and Syntax
... this paper, we want to defend a unitary view of complex words (of the concatenative morphology type) and phrases. Like syntactic constructions, word formation patterns can be qualified as constructions, which may have fixed slots and variables as do constructions in sentence grammar (Booij 2005a, b) ...
... this paper, we want to defend a unitary view of complex words (of the concatenative morphology type) and phrases. Like syntactic constructions, word formation patterns can be qualified as constructions, which may have fixed slots and variables as do constructions in sentence grammar (Booij 2005a, b) ...
Inflectional Classes in Lexical Functional Morphology
... verb have the same perfect forms: auxi and pàtùi each are the 1st singular indicative perfect of two verbs, augére as well as augescère and patére as well as patescère respectively. This is quite surprising. One would expect, in fact, that word formation suffixes are not sensible to inflection. DiFa ...
... verb have the same perfect forms: auxi and pàtùi each are the 1st singular indicative perfect of two verbs, augére as well as augescère and patére as well as patescère respectively. This is quite surprising. One would expect, in fact, that word formation suffixes are not sensible to inflection. DiFa ...
n-p-n vving rjag - Princeton University
... construction. Although (generally) the nouns must be bare and identical, each preposition has to specify the range of meanings it takes in the construction, and, within that meaning, what broad or narrow semantic range of nouns it selects. Moreover, some cases have to be listed in full as idioms, ev ...
... construction. Although (generally) the nouns must be bare and identical, each preposition has to specify the range of meanings it takes in the construction, and, within that meaning, what broad or narrow semantic range of nouns it selects. Moreover, some cases have to be listed in full as idioms, ev ...
Manange, a Sino-Tibetan Language of Nepal Kristine A. Hildebrandt, SIU Edwardsville 1 Introduction
... Unlike nouns (and similarly to verbs and verb-like adjectives), simple adjectives cannot be the single (head) element of a noun phrase, so a structure like *tʌɾkja=ri22 ŋʌ22 poɾ52 jʌ22 mo22, where the color word tʌɾkja22 ‘white’ is the head of the NP, is not acceptable. In the predicate, simple adje ...
... Unlike nouns (and similarly to verbs and verb-like adjectives), simple adjectives cannot be the single (head) element of a noun phrase, so a structure like *tʌɾkja=ri22 ŋʌ22 poɾ52 jʌ22 mo22, where the color word tʌɾkja22 ‘white’ is the head of the NP, is not acceptable. In the predicate, simple adje ...
Portuguese Tenses
... For first conjugation verbs, use the present indicative tense, but swap the ‘a’ for an ‘e’ in the ending. For second and third conjugation verbs, you also use the present indicative, but swap the ‘e’ or ‘i’ for an ‘a’ in the ending. The exception to this is the second person – where you don’t exchan ...
... For first conjugation verbs, use the present indicative tense, but swap the ‘a’ for an ‘e’ in the ending. For second and third conjugation verbs, you also use the present indicative, but swap the ‘e’ or ‘i’ for an ‘a’ in the ending. The exception to this is the second person – where you don’t exchan ...
Time, Tense and Aspect: An Introduction
... What we have here is a schedule, a timetable that is well-established NOW. Thus, on Monday I know that I have my English class tomorrow, and another one on Thursday. Those are scheduled events that have been decided on some time back. Often, I might also use the Present Continuous instead. I might p ...
... What we have here is a schedule, a timetable that is well-established NOW. Thus, on Monday I know that I have my English class tomorrow, and another one on Thursday. Those are scheduled events that have been decided on some time back. Often, I might also use the Present Continuous instead. I might p ...
The Definitive Phrase Structure Rules
... Summary: We construct noun phrases from nouns which are lexical items. We project them to N, N0 and NP level. However, there are lexical items which have the categorial status of an N0 (like one) or an NP (like she or Queen Victoria). At certain levels, adjuncts may attach. Adjuncts are ...
... Summary: We construct noun phrases from nouns which are lexical items. We project them to N, N0 and NP level. However, there are lexical items which have the categorial status of an N0 (like one) or an NP (like she or Queen Victoria). At certain levels, adjuncts may attach. Adjuncts are ...
Descriptive words in Paresi-Haliti and in other Arawak
... nouns and verbs. Dixon (1982) claimed that adjectives are not a universal word class and that d escriptive w ords may b e ei ther n ouns o r verbs. Dixon’s generalizations were t hat semantic types su ch a s a ge, d imension, v alue, an d co lor a re likely t o b elong t o t he adjective class, howe ...
... nouns and verbs. Dixon (1982) claimed that adjectives are not a universal word class and that d escriptive w ords may b e ei ther n ouns o r verbs. Dixon’s generalizations were t hat semantic types su ch a s a ge, d imension, v alue, an d co lor a re likely t o b elong t o t he adjective class, howe ...