Masako`s slides on Goldberg, Chapter 9
... Yet each language listed above differs in whether or not recoverable arguments can be omitted, even though omissability is clearly conventional in those languages. For example: In Hebrew, discourse topics, whether subjects or objects, can be omitted, but other recoverable arguments cannot generally ...
... Yet each language listed above differs in whether or not recoverable arguments can be omitted, even though omissability is clearly conventional in those languages. For example: In Hebrew, discourse topics, whether subjects or objects, can be omitted, but other recoverable arguments cannot generally ...
Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar
... • Encode the “movement” information on the node of the tree ...
... • Encode the “movement” information on the node of the tree ...
iamb (n.) A traditional term in metrics for a unit of poetic rhythm com
... development (despite a popular view to the contrary – that children learn language by imitating their parents): forms such as *mouses and *wented, and sentences such as *Me not like that, show that some internal process of construction is taking place. Second, the skills children show when they are ...
... development (despite a popular view to the contrary – that children learn language by imitating their parents): forms such as *mouses and *wented, and sentences such as *Me not like that, show that some internal process of construction is taking place. Second, the skills children show when they are ...
The CKY algorithm part 1: Recognition
... Grammar rules • preterminal rules: rules that rewrite a part-of-speech tag to a token, i.e. rules of the form C → wi . Pro → I, Verb → booked, Noun → flight • inner rules: rules that rewrite a syntactic category to other categories: C → C1 C2 , C → C1 . S → NP VP, NP → Det Nom, NP → Pro ...
... Grammar rules • preterminal rules: rules that rewrite a part-of-speech tag to a token, i.e. rules of the form C → wi . Pro → I, Verb → booked, Noun → flight • inner rules: rules that rewrite a syntactic category to other categories: C → C1 C2 , C → C1 . S → NP VP, NP → Det Nom, NP → Pro ...
grammar - Cambridge University Press
... acceptable in formal writing?), abdomen (is the stress on the second syllable or the first?), abduction (how does it differ in meaning from kidnapping?), and so on. These points concern inflection, formal writing, pronunciation, and meaning, respectively, and on all of them a degree of variation and ...
... acceptable in formal writing?), abdomen (is the stress on the second syllable or the first?), abduction (how does it differ in meaning from kidnapping?), and so on. These points concern inflection, formal writing, pronunciation, and meaning, respectively, and on all of them a degree of variation and ...
Language and Cognition Prototype constructions in early language
... unproductive mathematical metaphor for grammar (as, for example, in traditional phrase-structure-based theories of grammar) in which words have meanings but grammatical ‘‘rules’’ are totally formal and without meaning or function (Tomasello 1998, 2005). In this more functional view, a person’s gramm ...
... unproductive mathematical metaphor for grammar (as, for example, in traditional phrase-structure-based theories of grammar) in which words have meanings but grammatical ‘‘rules’’ are totally formal and without meaning or function (Tomasello 1998, 2005). In this more functional view, a person’s gramm ...
Dual Nominalisation in Yukaghir: structural ambiguity as semantic
... ‘Now hei came on hisj birthday (when the day of his birth/his birthday arrived).’ In this construction, the possessive suffix on the head noun is obligatory. A non-trivial question, however, is what is actually cross-referenced by this suffix. If the construction conforms to the general properties o ...
... ‘Now hei came on hisj birthday (when the day of his birth/his birthday arrived).’ In this construction, the possessive suffix on the head noun is obligatory. A non-trivial question, however, is what is actually cross-referenced by this suffix. If the construction conforms to the general properties o ...
Teaching Grammar
... deal with what a grammar structure means. Note that the meaning can be lexical (a dictionary definition for a preposition like down, for instance) or it can be grammatical (e.g., the conditional states both a condition and outcome or result). It is very difficult to arrive at a definition of pragmat ...
... deal with what a grammar structure means. Note that the meaning can be lexical (a dictionary definition for a preposition like down, for instance) or it can be grammatical (e.g., the conditional states both a condition and outcome or result). It is very difficult to arrive at a definition of pragmat ...
Introduction to Syntax
... “A unit forming part of a larger structure” Chalker and Weiner 1998 Although the term string is often used technically to refer to sequences of words, sentences are not merely strings of words in a permissible order and making sense. They are structured into successive components, consisting of sing ...
... “A unit forming part of a larger structure” Chalker and Weiner 1998 Although the term string is often used technically to refer to sequences of words, sentences are not merely strings of words in a permissible order and making sense. They are structured into successive components, consisting of sing ...
introddd to syntax
... “A unit forming part of a larger structure” Chalker and Weiner 1998 Although the term string is often used technically to refer to sequences of words, sentences are not merely strings of words in a permissible order and making sense. They are structured into successive components, consisting of sing ...
... “A unit forming part of a larger structure” Chalker and Weiner 1998 Although the term string is often used technically to refer to sequences of words, sentences are not merely strings of words in a permissible order and making sense. They are structured into successive components, consisting of sing ...
Lecture 2 Modals of Generative Grammars Intuitively, what the
... UG is a theory of knowledge of language. UG theory maintains that the speaker knows a set of principles of maximal generality that apply to all languages. He also knows an array of parameters that vary within clearly defined limits from one language to another. UG theory aims at integrating language ...
... UG is a theory of knowledge of language. UG theory maintains that the speaker knows a set of principles of maximal generality that apply to all languages. He also knows an array of parameters that vary within clearly defined limits from one language to another. UG theory aims at integrating language ...
Prototype constructions in early language acquisition
... unproductive mathematical metaphor for grammar (as, for example, in traditional phrase-structure-based theories of grammar) in which words have meanings but grammatical ‘‘rules’’ are totally formal and without meaning or function (Tomasello 1998, 2005). In this more functional view, a person’s gramm ...
... unproductive mathematical metaphor for grammar (as, for example, in traditional phrase-structure-based theories of grammar) in which words have meanings but grammatical ‘‘rules’’ are totally formal and without meaning or function (Tomasello 1998, 2005). In this more functional view, a person’s gramm ...
Constructions, proofs and the meaning of logical constants
... Here, if “ . . . *r - - - ” is taken to be what it usually is, viz. a propositional connective, both “ . . . ” and “ - - - ” have to be filled with propositions. So 3p (p is a proof of 9) must be a propostion. But this presupposes some universe over which the existential quantifier ranges and over w ...
... Here, if “ . . . *r - - - ” is taken to be what it usually is, viz. a propositional connective, both “ . . . ” and “ - - - ” have to be filled with propositions. So 3p (p is a proof of 9) must be a propostion. But this presupposes some universe over which the existential quantifier ranges and over w ...
Minitest 4 :
... 28. In Rome, Venice, and other cities, there developed an intellectual movement called A B humanism, which is the basis of the Renaissance. C D 29. The teacher repeated the assignment again for the students, since they had difficulty A B C understanding what to do after he had explained it the first ...
... 28. In Rome, Venice, and other cities, there developed an intellectual movement called A B humanism, which is the basis of the Renaissance. C D 29. The teacher repeated the assignment again for the students, since they had difficulty A B C understanding what to do after he had explained it the first ...
Contrastive collostructional analysis: Causative
... collexeme analysis of the non-finite verb slot of the constructions, and an exploratory distinctive collexeme analysis making use of the translation of the French verbs into English to obtain a comparable basis. Section 6 will conclude the paper. 2. Collostructional analysis and contrastive linguis ...
... collexeme analysis of the non-finite verb slot of the constructions, and an exploratory distinctive collexeme analysis making use of the translation of the French verbs into English to obtain a comparable basis. Section 6 will conclude the paper. 2. Collostructional analysis and contrastive linguis ...
Phrases Prepositional Phrase Adjectivals and Adverbials (Review)
... location, direction, and possession. Prepositions are indeclinable words (words that have only one possible form). For example, below is a preposition, but belows or belowing are not possible forms of below. Prepositions are combined with a noun, noun phrase (a phrase acting as a noun), or pronoun ( ...
... location, direction, and possession. Prepositions are indeclinable words (words that have only one possible form). For example, below is a preposition, but belows or belowing are not possible forms of below. Prepositions are combined with a noun, noun phrase (a phrase acting as a noun), or pronoun ( ...
Name ______ ________ Date ________ Period Grammar Review
... so we’ve included a refresher here. Make sure you read this carefully and ask questions when you do not understand, as we guarantee you will be asked questions about this on the CAHSEE! Grammar Memory Check: The easiest way to determine whether or not a sentence is using passive voice is to determin ...
... so we’ve included a refresher here. Make sure you read this carefully and ask questions when you do not understand, as we guarantee you will be asked questions about this on the CAHSEE! Grammar Memory Check: The easiest way to determine whether or not a sentence is using passive voice is to determin ...
Syntax 2 powerpoint presentation
... 3) These simple rules explain why all children all over the world, independently of their IQ levels, learn a language quickly in spite of the limited linguistic input they are exposed to. Children use those inborn syntactic rules to make correct generalisations about language. ...
... 3) These simple rules explain why all children all over the world, independently of their IQ levels, learn a language quickly in spite of the limited linguistic input they are exposed to. Children use those inborn syntactic rules to make correct generalisations about language. ...
Basic Skills/ TAP Test Language Arts BootCamp
... Understand and apply knowledge of mechanical conventions in edited English in the U.S. The following are examples of content that may be covered under this standard. Comma splice See Capital Community College Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm ...
... Understand and apply knowledge of mechanical conventions in edited English in the U.S. The following are examples of content that may be covered under this standard. Comma splice See Capital Community College Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm ...
Kara Passmore Linguistics Senior Thesis POSSESSIVE-ING and ACCUSATIVE-ING Constructions in English
... accounting for a type of word that seems to share characteristics of both the noun and verb categories. No acceptable analysis ofPOSS-ING or ACC-ING has been proposed in any generative grammar framework (Suzuki 1988; 1). In chapter 2, I classify various INO constructions and distinguish POSS-ING and ...
... accounting for a type of word that seems to share characteristics of both the noun and verb categories. No acceptable analysis ofPOSS-ING or ACC-ING has been proposed in any generative grammar framework (Suzuki 1988; 1). In chapter 2, I classify various INO constructions and distinguish POSS-ING and ...
Adversative conjunction choice in Russian ( no, da, odnako
... 1989; Uryson, 2006, for Russian). Although quantitative evidence has not been typically used to argue for the psychological reality of semantic distinctions, categorical form-meaning associations are not required by this argument. If we find that speakers of some language are able to use different f ...
... 1989; Uryson, 2006, for Russian). Although quantitative evidence has not been typically used to argue for the psychological reality of semantic distinctions, categorical form-meaning associations are not required by this argument. If we find that speakers of some language are able to use different f ...
U E E S
... This course concentrates on Grammar and provides a step-by-step approach to skills such as: Grammar and Language Use, with the purpose of giving the students the structural frame that will allow them to speak and write correctly. Students will be encouraged to apply the rules of grammar they have le ...
... This course concentrates on Grammar and provides a step-by-step approach to skills such as: Grammar and Language Use, with the purpose of giving the students the structural frame that will allow them to speak and write correctly. Students will be encouraged to apply the rules of grammar they have le ...
Let`s go look at usage: A constructional approach to
... systematicity vs. random noise in (web) data using collostructional analysis and simple correlation measurements. The central arguments are thus (i) that the BARE STEM CONDITION is better conceived of as the result of go-VERB’s constructional semantics, and (ii) that rare exceptions can be framed in ...
... systematicity vs. random noise in (web) data using collostructional analysis and simple correlation measurements. The central arguments are thus (i) that the BARE STEM CONDITION is better conceived of as the result of go-VERB’s constructional semantics, and (ii) that rare exceptions can be framed in ...
semantic constraints on the caused-motion construction
... participate in a given construction. For example, in The speaker addressed the audience with a few remarks, the verb «address» can form part of a transitive construction even if the speaker is not a prototypical agent (it is rather a communicator) and the remarks are not a prototypical instrument (c ...
... participate in a given construction. For example, in The speaker addressed the audience with a few remarks, the verb «address» can form part of a transitive construction even if the speaker is not a prototypical agent (it is rather a communicator) and the remarks are not a prototypical instrument (c ...