The document discusses interpretations of bare nouns in Lithuanian. It finds that bare nouns can receive either definite or indefinite interpretations in unmarked syntactic environments, such as neutral word order, imperfective verb aspect, and modification by short adjectives. However, in marked environments, including non-neutral word orders, perfective verb aspect, and modification by long or superlative adjectives, bare nouns obligatorily receive a definite interpretation. The authors argue this is because bare nouns function either as NPs, receiving indefinite interpretations, or DPs, receiving definite interpretations, with marked syntactic positions forcing a DP structure.
This document analyzes tense, aspect, and negation in the Mọ̀bà dialect of the Yorùbá language. It finds that Mọ̀bà has one future tense marker, éè, similar to Standard Yorùbá, but with some phonological variations. Mọ̀bà also uses a high tone syllable, é, to mark both present and past tense, and has the same progressive, habitual, and perfective aspect markers as Standard Yorùbá. Finally, the study identifies four negation markers in Mọ̀bà and suggests one of these markers, ọ̀kọ́, may be the
This document provides an overview of tense, aspect, and voice in English verbs. It explains that verbs have grammatical features to describe events in terms of time (tense), structure (aspect), and subject relation (voice). English uses combinations of verb suffixes and auxiliaries to express these features. The document focuses on tense, aspect (perfect and progressive), and voice, leaving aside agreement features and modal auxiliaries. It also distinguishes between finite and non-finite verb forms, noting that only finite forms carry grammatical features and non-finite forms are used in complex constructions.
Animacy And Syntactic Structure Fronted NPs In EnglishErin Taylor
This document summarizes research on the role of animacy in English syntactic constructions. It discusses two main hypotheses about how animacy influences syntactic realization: 1) grammatical function hierarchy, and 2) word order hierarchy. The study examines left dislocation and topicalization constructions in English to distinguish between these hypotheses. Logistic regression is used to analyze effects while controlling for correlated factors like information status and speaker variation in a corpus of spoken English conversations. Preliminary results suggest animacy has an independent effect on construction choice along with other factors.
This contribution investigates the unaccusative hypothesis driving data from Embosí language regarding unergative predicates. It comes out from discussion that if Split intransitive is a cross linguistically based phenomenon, its diagnostic tests are rather linguistic parameters of variation. Perlmutter (1978) puts forward three different forms of unaccusative hypothesis, then I assert that it is his second form which suits and meets its explanatory adequacy cross linguistically. Moreover, Embosí resorts to two tests namely nominalization and cognate objects to diagnose unergative predicates. Finally, unergativity is related to agentivity and volition.
The document summarizes key linguistic features of Philippine languages. It discusses topics such as modes, modifiers, pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, numeral terms, clitic particles, conjunctions, clause structure, non-verbal constructions, language change, the Philippine linguistic situation, distinguishing languages and dialects, and dialectal variation. Several tables are also included that show examples of affixes, pronominal forms, demonstrative pronouns, and mutual intelligibility across Philippine languages.
This document analyzes the differences in word order between English and Serbian. While English word order is relatively fixed, Serbian word order is considered "mainly free." However, Serbian word order is not completely free, as certain elements like enclitics cannot be in initial position. Word order serves different functions in the two languages - it is the main syntactic means in English, while in Serbian it is mainly used for pragmatic, textual and stylistic purposes. The author provides examples of how changing word order in English changes syntactic relationships, while in Serbian it does not. Overall, word order is more complex in Serbian due to its inflected nature compared to the relatively fixed word order in English.
1) Connected speech is a continuous stream of sounds without clear boundaries between words. Certain words and phonemes are lost or linked together.
2) Native speakers can predict likely words based on context and fill in gaps, while non-native speakers rely more on sounds and suffer when phonetic information is diminished.
3) Weak forms are reduced vowels like schwa that occur in unstressed function words like articles and prepositions. They are pronounced quicker and softer than stressed syllables.
1) Connected speech features like weak forms, assimilation, and elision cause sounds to change or disappear, making speech a continuous stream rather than distinct words.
2) Native speakers are able to predict missing words based on context, while non-natives rely more on sounds and struggle with connected speech.
3) Assimilation occurs when a sound changes to become more like a neighboring sound, such as /t/ changing to /Ɵ/ before /j/ sounds as in "let you." Elision is the loss of a sound altogether.
This document analyzes tense, aspect, and negation in the Mọ̀bà dialect of the Yorùbá language. It finds that Mọ̀bà has one future tense marker, éè, similar to Standard Yorùbá, but with some phonological variations. Mọ̀bà also uses a high tone syllable, é, to mark both present and past tense, and has the same progressive, habitual, and perfective aspect markers as Standard Yorùbá. Finally, the study identifies four negation markers in Mọ̀bà and suggests one of these markers, ọ̀kọ́, may be the
This document provides an overview of tense, aspect, and voice in English verbs. It explains that verbs have grammatical features to describe events in terms of time (tense), structure (aspect), and subject relation (voice). English uses combinations of verb suffixes and auxiliaries to express these features. The document focuses on tense, aspect (perfect and progressive), and voice, leaving aside agreement features and modal auxiliaries. It also distinguishes between finite and non-finite verb forms, noting that only finite forms carry grammatical features and non-finite forms are used in complex constructions.
Animacy And Syntactic Structure Fronted NPs In EnglishErin Taylor
This document summarizes research on the role of animacy in English syntactic constructions. It discusses two main hypotheses about how animacy influences syntactic realization: 1) grammatical function hierarchy, and 2) word order hierarchy. The study examines left dislocation and topicalization constructions in English to distinguish between these hypotheses. Logistic regression is used to analyze effects while controlling for correlated factors like information status and speaker variation in a corpus of spoken English conversations. Preliminary results suggest animacy has an independent effect on construction choice along with other factors.
This contribution investigates the unaccusative hypothesis driving data from Embosí language regarding unergative predicates. It comes out from discussion that if Split intransitive is a cross linguistically based phenomenon, its diagnostic tests are rather linguistic parameters of variation. Perlmutter (1978) puts forward three different forms of unaccusative hypothesis, then I assert that it is his second form which suits and meets its explanatory adequacy cross linguistically. Moreover, Embosí resorts to two tests namely nominalization and cognate objects to diagnose unergative predicates. Finally, unergativity is related to agentivity and volition.
The document summarizes key linguistic features of Philippine languages. It discusses topics such as modes, modifiers, pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, numeral terms, clitic particles, conjunctions, clause structure, non-verbal constructions, language change, the Philippine linguistic situation, distinguishing languages and dialects, and dialectal variation. Several tables are also included that show examples of affixes, pronominal forms, demonstrative pronouns, and mutual intelligibility across Philippine languages.
This document analyzes the differences in word order between English and Serbian. While English word order is relatively fixed, Serbian word order is considered "mainly free." However, Serbian word order is not completely free, as certain elements like enclitics cannot be in initial position. Word order serves different functions in the two languages - it is the main syntactic means in English, while in Serbian it is mainly used for pragmatic, textual and stylistic purposes. The author provides examples of how changing word order in English changes syntactic relationships, while in Serbian it does not. Overall, word order is more complex in Serbian due to its inflected nature compared to the relatively fixed word order in English.
1) Connected speech is a continuous stream of sounds without clear boundaries between words. Certain words and phonemes are lost or linked together.
2) Native speakers can predict likely words based on context and fill in gaps, while non-native speakers rely more on sounds and suffer when phonetic information is diminished.
3) Weak forms are reduced vowels like schwa that occur in unstressed function words like articles and prepositions. They are pronounced quicker and softer than stressed syllables.
1) Connected speech features like weak forms, assimilation, and elision cause sounds to change or disappear, making speech a continuous stream rather than distinct words.
2) Native speakers are able to predict missing words based on context, while non-natives rely more on sounds and struggle with connected speech.
3) Assimilation occurs when a sound changes to become more like a neighboring sound, such as /t/ changing to /Ɵ/ before /j/ sounds as in "let you." Elision is the loss of a sound altogether.
This document discusses syntax and syntactic transfer between languages. It covers topics like word order, relative clauses, and negation. Regarding word order, it notes that the vast majority of languages use Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object, or Subject-Object-Verb structures, and that word order rigidity varies between languages. Relative clauses also differ based on whether a language uses left-branching or right-branching structures. Negation involves different rules across languages for expressing negation through words, prefixes, suffixes or multiple elements.
Ling 507 Affixes and Syntactic Categories of Borrowed Words in English-Taga...Bernard Paderes
A requirement for Morphology and Syntax, It aims to describe the affixes and the base in English-Tagalog Code Switching. Particulary, the data used in this research are code-switched structures found in Ricky Le'e's novel Para Kay B.
This document discusses case checking in serial verb constructions in the Igbo language. It provides background on case and serial verb constructions. Some key points:
- Serial verb constructions allow a series of verbs to express a single situation within one clause.
- Case is a property of noun phrases that identifies grammatical relations. In Igbo, case is checked through morphology on verbs or noun phrases.
- The study finds that Igbo allows more types of serial constructions than previously thought. It also finds that verbs in a serial construction may share arguments but do not necessarily have to, and that serial constructions do not violate case theory.
Chinese can be considered an isolating language for two main reasons:
1. Chinese words are generally monomorphemic, consisting of a single morpheme. However, Chinese does have some obligatory affixes in certain contexts like with classifiers and plural markings.
2. Even when affixes are present, the boundaries between morphemes are still clearly identifiable in Chinese. Examples are given showing how the addition of suffixes does not obscure the base morpheme.
Chinese is thus largely isolating based on its monomorphemic words and clear morpheme boundaries, though it does have some obligatory affixation in limited contexts.
The document discusses the verb 'cough' in English and Indonesian and whether it is an unaccusative or unergative verb. It analyzes the verb using various diagnostic tools for 6 tools in English and 1 tool in Indonesian. The analysis found that in English, based on 4 of the 6 tools, 'cough' is an unergative verb as its subject acts as an agent. In Indonesian, based on not being able to be nominalized with a prefix, 'cough' is an unaccusative verb with a patient-like subject. More research is needed on diagnostic tools particularly for each language.
Ling 507 Word Formation Strategies (presentation)Bernard Paderes
This document provides an overview of word formation processes in English, including derivation, blending, initialism/acronymy, borrowing, calque, neologism/coinage, and onomatopoeia. It discusses each process in detail with examples. Exercises are included to identify the specific processes involved in forming different words. The document is from a linguistics course focusing on morphology and syntax.
1. The document discusses various concepts related to sentential meaning, including paraphrase, ambiguity, vagueness, tautology, presupposition, entailment, anomaly, contradiction, and analyticity.
2. Paraphrase refers to restating a sentence using synonyms while maintaining the same meaning, and can be lexical or structural. Ambiguity occurs when a sentence has more than one possible interpretation, either from individual words or syntactic structure.
3. Other concepts discussed include vagueness, which is a lack of definite meaning; tautology as unnecessary repetition; presupposition as background information assumed to be shared; and entailment as one sentence requiring the truth of another.
The document discusses Functional Sentence Perspective (FSP) which analyzes sentences based on their function. According to FSP, successive sentences must provide new information (Rheme) while also connecting to previously known information (Theme). In English, the subject is usually the Theme and the object is the Rheme. Theme-Rheme order can be reversed through cleft sentences, pseudo-cleft sentences, passivization, or definiteness marking. The document also discusses approaches to contrastive text analysis, including analyzing cohesion devices, text types, and translated texts between languages.
This document discusses Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar and its origins in Cartesian linguistics. It describes how 17th century grammarians like those in the Port Royal Grammar distinguished between deep structure (logical form) and surface structure (grammatical form) of sentences, recognizing that the same underlying meaning can be expressed differently across languages. This distinction between what is represented in the mind versus what is uttered laid the foundations for the modern concepts of mental grammar and Universal Grammar. UG refers to the innate linguistic principles that allow humans to acquire language based on limited experience.
Tugas morfosintaksis relasi gramatikal 1 dan 2asysyajaah
This document discusses grammatical relations and their morphological mapping. It begins by defining key terms like predicates, arguments, thematic roles, and lexical entries. It then explains that:
1. Thematic roles (theta-roles) represent semantic relations between a predicate and its arguments. There is a small set of syntactically relevant theta-roles like Agent, Patient, etc.
2. Verbs are associated with required theta-roles in their lexical entries to ensure they appear in the correct syntactic frames.
3. Phrase structure rules associate theta-roles with noun phrases. The tree structure shows how theta-roles are mapped from verbs to their arguments.
Ambiguity exists in language when words, phrases, or sentences can have more than one meaning. There are two main types of ambiguity: lexical, which occurs with individual words, and syntactic, which occurs at the sentence level. While ambiguity can cause misunderstandings, it is a fundamental property of natural languages and can also be used intentionally or taken advantage of in communication through context. Language cannot exist without some degree of ambiguity.
Labotka, D., Sabo, E., Bonais, R., Gelman, S. A., & Baptista, M. (2023). Testing the effects of congruence in adult multilingual acquisition with implications for creole genesis. Cognition, 235, 105387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105387
This document discusses nouns and verbs in Tagalog and responds to claims by Foley about their categorization. It presents the following key points:
1) In Tagalog, any noun can function as a verb and any verb can function as a noun based on morphological and syntactic evidence.
2) Foley claims that Tagalog roots are "pre-categorical" with no distinction between noun and verb roots. Kroeger challenges this by presenting evidence for underlying argument structure in Kimaragang.
3) Voice affixation serves different functions for nominal versus verbal roots in Tagalog, questioning Foley's analysis of its role. Underlying argument structure may exist prior to voice marking.
Realization of consonant clusters in foreign words by YorubaEnglish bilingualsAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: A plethora of studieson foreign words borrowed into native languages have shown that a series
of consonants is forbidden in the syllable structures of most, if not all, the indigenous languages of the world.
These early studies have revealed that the possible syllable canon of these local languages is CV.This paper
investigates the consonant clusters and the syllable structure of the foreign words borrowed into Yoruba
language. Data were gathered from Yoruba-English bilinguals, such as artisans that possess school certificates,
government and public workers and Yoruba-English bilingual Bible. Words with consonant clusters were
purposively selected for the study. These words that consist names of persons, places and objects were partially
resyllabified to conform to the syllable template of Yoruba language. The approach to the study is based on the
assumption of perceptual-similarity school of thought as argued by Steriade 2002; Fleischhacker2002, Walker
2003; Kenstowicz 2003a; Adler 2004.The study reveals that there is an extent to which these foreign words can
be modified or else they will forfeit their perceptual similarity which is a major feature of foreign loanwords.
The paper also shows that since these words cannot be fully nativised, they retain the syllable feature of English
– a series of consonants.
KEYWORDS: cluster, syllable, foreign words, indigenous language, resyllabification
Yang Jing Classifiers and Numerals in CantoneseEmma Yang
The document discusses numeral phrases and NP-ellipsis (NPE) in Cantonese. It is argued that:
1) In Cantonese, NPE is possible when the numeral (overt or covert) occupies the specifier position of the classifier phrase, filling the specifier.
2) There are two types of classifier phrases in Cantonese - ones with a filled specifier position licensed NPE, and ones without a filled specifier that do not license NPE.
3) The covert numeral "one" in Cantonese can only be used when the noun phrase is non-specific; an overt numeral is required for specific noun phrases, such as with bounded predicates.
Does the verb come last in your languagesSamRobert9
The document discusses word order typology and its importance for Bible translation. It begins with an introduction to word order typology and the six possible word order types. It then discusses the distribution of different word orders globally and in South Asian languages, noting that SOV is the most common order. The document outlines some key differences between SOV and SVO languages and important features for translators to consider when working between languages with different structures. It emphasizes the need to understand both the source and target languages' word orders to produce natural translations.
Does the verb come last in your languagesSamRobert9
The document discusses word order typology and its importance for Bible translation. It begins with an introduction to word order typology and the six possible word order types. It then discusses the distribution of different word orders globally and among South Asian languages. Most South Asian languages follow the SOV pattern. The document outlines some key differences between SOV and SVO languages and important features for translators to consider when translating between languages with different word orders.
The document discusses phonetic form (PF) and logical form (LF) as interface levels between language and other cognitive systems. PF and LF connect the computational system of grammar to physical sound realization and semantic meaning. The document also discusses syntactic movement and how it relates deep structure to surface structure through traces. Binding theory deals with how referring expressions like pronouns relate to other noun phrases in a sentence.
What Should I Write My College Essay About 15Amy Cernava
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This document discusses syntax and syntactic transfer between languages. It covers topics like word order, relative clauses, and negation. Regarding word order, it notes that the vast majority of languages use Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object, or Subject-Object-Verb structures, and that word order rigidity varies between languages. Relative clauses also differ based on whether a language uses left-branching or right-branching structures. Negation involves different rules across languages for expressing negation through words, prefixes, suffixes or multiple elements.
Ling 507 Affixes and Syntactic Categories of Borrowed Words in English-Taga...Bernard Paderes
A requirement for Morphology and Syntax, It aims to describe the affixes and the base in English-Tagalog Code Switching. Particulary, the data used in this research are code-switched structures found in Ricky Le'e's novel Para Kay B.
This document discusses case checking in serial verb constructions in the Igbo language. It provides background on case and serial verb constructions. Some key points:
- Serial verb constructions allow a series of verbs to express a single situation within one clause.
- Case is a property of noun phrases that identifies grammatical relations. In Igbo, case is checked through morphology on verbs or noun phrases.
- The study finds that Igbo allows more types of serial constructions than previously thought. It also finds that verbs in a serial construction may share arguments but do not necessarily have to, and that serial constructions do not violate case theory.
Chinese can be considered an isolating language for two main reasons:
1. Chinese words are generally monomorphemic, consisting of a single morpheme. However, Chinese does have some obligatory affixes in certain contexts like with classifiers and plural markings.
2. Even when affixes are present, the boundaries between morphemes are still clearly identifiable in Chinese. Examples are given showing how the addition of suffixes does not obscure the base morpheme.
Chinese is thus largely isolating based on its monomorphemic words and clear morpheme boundaries, though it does have some obligatory affixation in limited contexts.
The document discusses the verb 'cough' in English and Indonesian and whether it is an unaccusative or unergative verb. It analyzes the verb using various diagnostic tools for 6 tools in English and 1 tool in Indonesian. The analysis found that in English, based on 4 of the 6 tools, 'cough' is an unergative verb as its subject acts as an agent. In Indonesian, based on not being able to be nominalized with a prefix, 'cough' is an unaccusative verb with a patient-like subject. More research is needed on diagnostic tools particularly for each language.
Ling 507 Word Formation Strategies (presentation)Bernard Paderes
This document provides an overview of word formation processes in English, including derivation, blending, initialism/acronymy, borrowing, calque, neologism/coinage, and onomatopoeia. It discusses each process in detail with examples. Exercises are included to identify the specific processes involved in forming different words. The document is from a linguistics course focusing on morphology and syntax.
1. The document discusses various concepts related to sentential meaning, including paraphrase, ambiguity, vagueness, tautology, presupposition, entailment, anomaly, contradiction, and analyticity.
2. Paraphrase refers to restating a sentence using synonyms while maintaining the same meaning, and can be lexical or structural. Ambiguity occurs when a sentence has more than one possible interpretation, either from individual words or syntactic structure.
3. Other concepts discussed include vagueness, which is a lack of definite meaning; tautology as unnecessary repetition; presupposition as background information assumed to be shared; and entailment as one sentence requiring the truth of another.
The document discusses Functional Sentence Perspective (FSP) which analyzes sentences based on their function. According to FSP, successive sentences must provide new information (Rheme) while also connecting to previously known information (Theme). In English, the subject is usually the Theme and the object is the Rheme. Theme-Rheme order can be reversed through cleft sentences, pseudo-cleft sentences, passivization, or definiteness marking. The document also discusses approaches to contrastive text analysis, including analyzing cohesion devices, text types, and translated texts between languages.
This document discusses Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar and its origins in Cartesian linguistics. It describes how 17th century grammarians like those in the Port Royal Grammar distinguished between deep structure (logical form) and surface structure (grammatical form) of sentences, recognizing that the same underlying meaning can be expressed differently across languages. This distinction between what is represented in the mind versus what is uttered laid the foundations for the modern concepts of mental grammar and Universal Grammar. UG refers to the innate linguistic principles that allow humans to acquire language based on limited experience.
Tugas morfosintaksis relasi gramatikal 1 dan 2asysyajaah
This document discusses grammatical relations and their morphological mapping. It begins by defining key terms like predicates, arguments, thematic roles, and lexical entries. It then explains that:
1. Thematic roles (theta-roles) represent semantic relations between a predicate and its arguments. There is a small set of syntactically relevant theta-roles like Agent, Patient, etc.
2. Verbs are associated with required theta-roles in their lexical entries to ensure they appear in the correct syntactic frames.
3. Phrase structure rules associate theta-roles with noun phrases. The tree structure shows how theta-roles are mapped from verbs to their arguments.
Ambiguity exists in language when words, phrases, or sentences can have more than one meaning. There are two main types of ambiguity: lexical, which occurs with individual words, and syntactic, which occurs at the sentence level. While ambiguity can cause misunderstandings, it is a fundamental property of natural languages and can also be used intentionally or taken advantage of in communication through context. Language cannot exist without some degree of ambiguity.
Labotka, D., Sabo, E., Bonais, R., Gelman, S. A., & Baptista, M. (2023). Testing the effects of congruence in adult multilingual acquisition with implications for creole genesis. Cognition, 235, 105387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105387
This document discusses nouns and verbs in Tagalog and responds to claims by Foley about their categorization. It presents the following key points:
1) In Tagalog, any noun can function as a verb and any verb can function as a noun based on morphological and syntactic evidence.
2) Foley claims that Tagalog roots are "pre-categorical" with no distinction between noun and verb roots. Kroeger challenges this by presenting evidence for underlying argument structure in Kimaragang.
3) Voice affixation serves different functions for nominal versus verbal roots in Tagalog, questioning Foley's analysis of its role. Underlying argument structure may exist prior to voice marking.
Realization of consonant clusters in foreign words by YorubaEnglish bilingualsAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: A plethora of studieson foreign words borrowed into native languages have shown that a series
of consonants is forbidden in the syllable structures of most, if not all, the indigenous languages of the world.
These early studies have revealed that the possible syllable canon of these local languages is CV.This paper
investigates the consonant clusters and the syllable structure of the foreign words borrowed into Yoruba
language. Data were gathered from Yoruba-English bilinguals, such as artisans that possess school certificates,
government and public workers and Yoruba-English bilingual Bible. Words with consonant clusters were
purposively selected for the study. These words that consist names of persons, places and objects were partially
resyllabified to conform to the syllable template of Yoruba language. The approach to the study is based on the
assumption of perceptual-similarity school of thought as argued by Steriade 2002; Fleischhacker2002, Walker
2003; Kenstowicz 2003a; Adler 2004.The study reveals that there is an extent to which these foreign words can
be modified or else they will forfeit their perceptual similarity which is a major feature of foreign loanwords.
The paper also shows that since these words cannot be fully nativised, they retain the syllable feature of English
– a series of consonants.
KEYWORDS: cluster, syllable, foreign words, indigenous language, resyllabification
Yang Jing Classifiers and Numerals in CantoneseEmma Yang
The document discusses numeral phrases and NP-ellipsis (NPE) in Cantonese. It is argued that:
1) In Cantonese, NPE is possible when the numeral (overt or covert) occupies the specifier position of the classifier phrase, filling the specifier.
2) There are two types of classifier phrases in Cantonese - ones with a filled specifier position licensed NPE, and ones without a filled specifier that do not license NPE.
3) The covert numeral "one" in Cantonese can only be used when the noun phrase is non-specific; an overt numeral is required for specific noun phrases, such as with bounded predicates.
Does the verb come last in your languagesSamRobert9
The document discusses word order typology and its importance for Bible translation. It begins with an introduction to word order typology and the six possible word order types. It then discusses the distribution of different word orders globally and in South Asian languages, noting that SOV is the most common order. The document outlines some key differences between SOV and SVO languages and important features for translators to consider when working between languages with different structures. It emphasizes the need to understand both the source and target languages' word orders to produce natural translations.
Does the verb come last in your languagesSamRobert9
The document discusses word order typology and its importance for Bible translation. It begins with an introduction to word order typology and the six possible word order types. It then discusses the distribution of different word orders globally and among South Asian languages. Most South Asian languages follow the SOV pattern. The document outlines some key differences between SOV and SVO languages and important features for translators to consider when translating between languages with different word orders.
The document discusses phonetic form (PF) and logical form (LF) as interface levels between language and other cognitive systems. PF and LF connect the computational system of grammar to physical sound realization and semantic meaning. The document also discusses syntactic movement and how it relates deep structure to surface structure through traces. Binding theory deals with how referring expressions like pronouns relate to other noun phrases in a sentence.
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The document discusses the incarnation of Jesus Christ and how he can be both fully divine and fully human. It notes that while this seems paradoxical, there are clues in biblical texts that provide evidence for both the humanity and divinity of Jesus. Specifically, the Gospel of John states that "the word became flesh," indicating Jesus took on human form while also embodying God's word. Further evidence of Jesus' humanity includes displaying human emotions like crying and praying. The document states that while it is impossible to prove historical claims definitively, the biblical texts provide historic clues about Jesus that make the case for his dual divine-human nature.
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The document discusses the key differences between the three Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and the Gospel of John in the New Testament. The Synoptic Gospels are more similar to each other in terms of content and order of events, while John's Gospel contains more unique material and presents events in a different order than the Synoptics. The Synoptics focus more on Jesus' ministry and teachings, while John's Gospel explores theological themes like Jesus being the Son of God through its retelling of Jesus' life.
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indefinite. When bare nominal objects are DPs, they are invariably interpreted as
definite. NPs are of type <et>; DPs are of type e.
We look at the bare nominal objects in a range of syntactic environments:
different word order, with perfective and imperfective aspect verbs, or modified
by short/long adjectives. We note a correlation between the markedness of
functional heads that relate to the bare nominal objects and a particular
interpretation – definite or indefinite – of these objects. We assume that
‘marked’ refers to overt morphosyntactic coding of a particular grammatical
feature, while ‘unmarked’ means the lack of such coding (Haspelmath 2006:26).
In what we call unmarked environments, bare nominals vacillate between
NPs and DPs. In marked environments, bare nominals are invariably DPs. Thus,
we posit that particular syntactic environments determine what kind of
interpretations the nominals acquire. We assume that languages without overt D
in theory have three kinds of syntactic environments: (i) ones that require
arguments of type e (definite/DP), (ii) ones that require arguments of type <et>
(indefinite/NP), and (iii) ones that are underspecified for a particular type of an
argument ((in)definite/NP or DP)
Our paper has the following structure. In §2, we provide the data on both
marked and unmarked environments for bare object nominals. In §3, we state
our assumptions. In §4, we provide an analysis of the Lithuanian facts. In §5, we
outline further questions.
2. The Data: Lithuanian Nominals in Marked and Unmarked
Environments
In this section, we present the data. First, we examine the data in vacillation
environments (2.1). Then we examine the data in fixed environments (2.2).2
Lastly, we summarize and compare the observed generalizations (2.3).
2.1 Vacillation Environments
This section provides the data in the syntactically unmarked environments,
where bare nominals in Lithuanian can receive (in)definite interpretations. We
show that bare nominal objects vacillate in the following environments: when
the sentence has neutral word order (2.1.1), when the verb has imperfective
aspect (2.1.2), and when modified by short adjectives (2.1.3). Note that at least
two out of the three discussed environments – WO and imperfective – often
coincide in language use. We tease them apart for the ease of exposition.
2.1.1 Vacillation Environment # 1: Unmarked WO
In languages like Lithuanian, word order is free due to rich agreement and case
morphology, which allows tracking of sentential relations. However, there is an
unmarked word order, and any changes to that word order are marked in that
they correlate with focus. In Lithuanian, the neutral word order is SVO
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The environments presented here may not be exhaustive as this is still work in progress.
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(Ambrazas 1997; cf. Song 2012, inter alia). In this word order, definite or
indefinite interpretation of a bare object nominal is possible, as we see in
examples below. The particular judgment is context dependent.
(3) a. Jonas suko vair#.
John.ACC.SG turn.PAST wheel.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John was turning the wheel.’
(ii) ‘John was turning a wheel.’
b. Jonas valg! obuol".
John.ACC.SG eat.PAST apple.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John was eating the apple.’
(ii) ‘John was eating an apple.’
2.1.2 Vacillation Environment # 2: Imperfective Aspect
Grammatical aspect is a category that encodes boundedness of events (Rothstein
2004, among others). Imperfective aspect denotes an unbounded event, whereas
perfective aspect denotes a bounded event. Cross-linguistically, manifestations
of aspect vary. As in other languages of the Balto-Slavic language family,
Lithuanian uses verbal prefixes to express perfective aspect, while imperfective
aspect is unmarked.3
When the verb has imperfective aspect, either definite or
indefinite interpretations of the bare object are possible. The particular judgment
is context sensitive, as in the example below, with ‘eat’ in imperfective.
(4) Adomas valg! obuol".
Adam.ACC.SG eat.PAST apple.ACC.SG
(i) ‘Adam was eating the apple.’
Context: Adam is the first man. It was THE apple from the tree of
knowledge.
(ii) ‘Adam was eating an apple.’
Context: Adam is an absent-minded college professor who has a
habit of munching on whatever it at hand without paying attention
to what that is. It was just some apple Adam picked up while
walking in the orchard.
2.1.3 Vacillation Environment # 3: Short Adjectives
Lithuanian has two types of adjectives: short and long (another term used for
‘long’ is ‘pronominal’). If a noun is modified by short adjectives, either definite
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prefixed/unprefixed opposition. The complexities of aspectual morphosyntax are
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or indefinite interpretation is possible, as illustrated in (5). The judgment is
context dependent.4
(5) Jonas valg! didel" obuol".
John.NOM.SG eat.PAST big.ACC.SG apple.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John was eating the big apple.’
Context: the only big apple available from the basket full of small
apples.
(ii) ‘John was eating a big apple.’
Context: John only eats BIG fruit, be it apples or pears. He just
does not go for small. So if you see him eating a fruit, it is always
big.
2.2 Fixed Environments
This section provides the data for syntactically marked environments, where
bare nominal objects in Lithuanian receive only definite interpretations. The
following environments are considered: marked word order (2.2.1), perfective
aspect (2.2.2), modification by long/pronominal adjectives (2.2.3), or
modification by superlative adjectives (2.2.4). Again, the discussed
environments may overlap; we treat them separately for the ease of exposition,
and to show that each of them by themselves conditions a definite interpretation
of a bare nominal object.
2.2.1 Fixed Environment # 1: Marked WO
As discussed in section 2.1.1, bare objects may receive (in)definite
intepretations when the sentence has SVO (unmarked) order. Other word orders
are marked, and these have an effect on the available interpretations of the bare
objects. If the order is OVS, the object receives a definite interpretation as in (6).
(6) Obuol" valg! vaikas.
apple.ACC.SG eat.PAST child.NOM.SG
(i) ‘It was the apple that the child was eating.’
(ii) *‘It was an apple that the child was eating.’
(Lit.: ‘Apple was eating the child.’)
If the order is OSV, the object gets a definite interpretation as well:
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Languages that have short/long adjective distinction do not pattern uniformly.
Judgments in Lithuanian are unlike judgments in Serbo-Croatian (Aljovi$ 2002).
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(7) Obuol" vaikas valg!.
apple.ACC.SG child.NOM.SG eat.PAST
(i) ‘What the child did with the apple is to eat it.’
(ii) *‘What the child did with an apple is to eat it.’
(Lit.: ‘Apple child was eating.’)
The effect of word order on the interpretation of the object can be canceled by
an overt indefinite quantifier, for example ‘some’. We skip the example in the
interest of space.
2.2.2 Fixed Environment # 2: Perfective Aspect
Perfective aspect denotes a bounded event. In Lithuanian, perfective aspect is
usually marked by a verbal prefix. In contrast to imperfective aspect (discussed
in 2.1.2), bare nominal objects are interpreted as definite under perfective
aspect:
(8) a. Jonas pa-suko vair#.
John.NOM.SG PREF-turn.PAST wheel.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John turned the wheel.’
(ii) *‘John turned a wheel.’
b. Jonas su-valg! obuol".
John.NOM.SG PREF-eat.PAST apple.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John ate up the apple.’
(ii) *‘Jonas ate up an apple.’
Notice that the definite interpretation under perfective can be undermined. For
example, a marginally acceptable indefinite interpretation of the object may be
attained manipulating the number of the nominal, by making it plural. We skip
the example in the interest of space.
2.2.3 Fixed Environment # 3: Long Adjectives
The distinguishing property of pronominal adjectives is double inflection: a
regular adjectival inflection is followed by a pronominal inflection (bolded
below). Both inflections encode agreement features. In contrast to short
adjectives (discussed in 2.1.3), bare objects are interpreted as definite when
modified by long (or pronominal) adjectives, as illustrated in (9).
(9) a. Jonas suko kreiv-#-j!
John NOM.SG turn.PAST crooked-ACC.SG-PRON.ACC.SG
vair#.
wheel.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John was turning the crooked wheel.’
(ii) *‘John was turning a crooked wheel.’
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b. Vaikas valg! did-"-j!
child.NOM.SG eat.PAST big-ACC.SG-PRON.ACC.SG
obuol".
apple.ACC.SG
(i) ‘The child was eating the big apple.’
(ii) *‘The child was eating a big apple.’
The effect of pronominal adjectives cannot be either undermined or cancelled.
2.2.4 Fixed Environment # 4: Superlative Adjectives
Lithuanian adjectives inflect for degree, encoded by suffixes (bolded below).
Bare nominal objects are interpreted as definite when modified by superlative
adjectives:
(10) a. Jonas suko kreiv-iaus-i#
John.NOM.SG turn.PAST crooked-SUPER-ACC.SG
vair#.
wheel.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John was turning the most crooked wheel.’
(ii) *‘John was turning a most crooked wheel.’
b. Jonas valg! did%-iaus-i# obuol".
John.NOM.SG eat.PAST big-SUPER-ACC.SG apple.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John was eating the biggest apple.’
(ii) *‘John was eating a biggest apple.’
The effect of superlative adjectives cannot be either undermined or cancelled.
2.3 Summary of Generalizations
Unmarked WO, unmarked aspect (imperfective), and unmarked adjectives
(“short” adjectives) all allow (in)definite interpretations of the bare object
nominal. Only when all factors are unmarked do we have vacillation; change
any of these features to marked and the bare object must receive a definite
interpretation. There are many contexts that force a definite interpretation:
marked word orders, superlative/pronominal adjectives and perfective aspect.
3. Assumptions
This section provides an overview of our assumptions. First, we describe what
characterizes definiteness (3.1). Next, we explain the semantic composition of
indefinite and definite nominals (3.2.). Then we identify the syntactic properties
of the structures where indefinite and definite nominlas are nested (3.3).
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3.1 What Does it Mean to be Definite?
We assume definiteness to have the following properties: anaphoricity and
uniqueness. When nominals are indefinite, they denote novel referents, e.g.,
English a; whereas definite nominals denote familiar referents, e.g., English the
(Heim 1988), as illustrated in (11).
(11) In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose
daughters were all beautiful… (novel)
The next day when she had seated herself at table with the king and all
the courtiers… (familiar)
(The Frog King, or Iron Henry; Grimm’s Tales, translated by D.L.
Ashliman)
In Lithuanian, bare nouns can be used for novel or familiar referents. For
example, peruk! ‘wig’ in example (12a) is first introduced as a novel referent in
the story, and then used again to refer to the now familiar aforementioned wig
(12b).
(12) a. Tad nusipirko tikr& %mogaus
hence buy.for.himself.PAST real.GEN.PL man.GEN.SG
plauk& peruk"
hair.GEN.PL wig.ACC.SG
‘Hence he bought himself a wig made of real human hair.’
(novel)
b. … Kas 'ia juokinga, kad pametei peruk",
what here funny that lose.PAST wig.ACC.SG
paklaus! vienas j&.
ask.PAST one.NOM.SG they.GEN.PL
‘… What’s so funny about losing the wig, asked one of them.’
(familiar)
(from Aesop’s fables)
When nominals are definite, they must refer to the maximal/unique individual in
the context. Failure to comply with uniqueness requirement results in
semantically infelicitous utterances as illustrated in (13) for English:
(13) I saw five bears and seven wolves. I killed the bears. #But one ran away.
This uniqueness/maximality requirement also holds for Lithuanian definite bare
nominals, as in (14):
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(14) Pama'iau penkias me(kas ir septynis vilkus.
see.PAST five bear.ACC.PL and seven wolf.ACC.PL
U%mu(iau me(kas. #Bet viena pab!go.
kill.PAST bear.ACC.PL But one.NOM.SG run.away.PAST
‘I saw five bears and seven wolves. I killed the bears. #But one ran
away.’
3.2 How are (In)definites Composed Semantically?
Objects may compose with their verb in a variety of ways. We argue that in
Lithuanian, there are two ways for the bare object nominals to compose with
their verb. Specifically, we argue that DPs compose via Function Application
(which saturates the verb) and that NPs compose via Restrict (which does not
saturate the verb; cf. Chung and Ladusaw 2004).
(15) a. b.
Objects of type <et> compose via Restrict (following Chung and Ladusaw
2004). The domain of the predicate is restricted to elements that have the
property introduced by the object.
(16) Restrict ()y )x [feed’(y)(x)], dog’)
= )y )x [feed’(y)(x) ! dog’(y)] (Chung & Ladusaw 2004:5)
The internal argument of the predicate must still be saturated via some other
process (existential closure).
3.3 How are (In)definites Composed Syntactically?
We assume the Universal Base Hypothesis (Hegarty 2005; Rizzi 1997; Kayne
1995 among others). We view Universal Base as a syntactic spine in which
syntactic heads follow a particular universally available hierarchy.
Nominal bare objects are the focus of our study. We assume that within
the syntactic spine objects combine with verbs in one way: it is a head-
complement relation. This relationship is structurally fixed.
(17)
However, we argue that in Lithuanian, factors other than verb-complement
relation affect (in)definite interpretation of the bare object nominals.
We assume that features (or feature bundles) nest within the nodes of
syntactic spine. These features drive syntactic operations (Chomsky 1995,
VPet
V<e,et> DPe
VP<e,et>
V<e,et> NPet
VP
V Complement
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Pesetsky & Torrego 2006, Adger & Svenonius 2011, among others). Two kinds
of features are needed to set syntax in motion: uninterpretable and interpretable.
A feature is interpretable if it is valued. An uninterpretable feature needs to be
valued for a syntactic operation to proceed.
Abstracting away from any particular theory of syntax-information
structure interface (for a recent overview, see Ku'erová & Neeleman 2012), we
assume that a preverbal position of objects correlates with focus in Lithuanian
(cf. a long tradition of such analysis of Hungarian focus, from Szabolcsi 1981 to
Szendr*i 2003).
4. The Analysis
In the unmarked environments, bare noun objects may vacillate between NP and
DP structure. In other words, these environments allows for the interpretation of
bare nouns to be solely determined by the context. If, on the other hand,
anything relating to the bare nominal is marked (word order, aspectual prefixes,
adjectival suffixes), then the bare nominal object must be DP, and the
interpretation is fixed as definite. Thus far, we have established four cases of
marked environment: (i) focus, (ii) perfective aspect, (iii) superlative degree,
(iv) and pronominal adjectives (a.k.a. long adjectives/definite adjectives). There
is no strict syntactic correlation between the environments examined: perfective
aspect may or may not co-occur with a particular word order or particular
modifier of the bare nominal object. However, in each case, the marked element
enriches the syntactic structure and provides contextual background for the bare
nominal object. Thus, in each case the reason for the obligatory insertion of D
varies. Definiteness is therefore an epiphenomenon of the syntax-semantics
interface. In what follows, we sketch out how the interpretation arises in each
case. Note that our analysis is based on the data from one language. It may very
well be that cross-linguistically, there is more variation than Lithuanian exhibits.
Word order. When the sentence has unmarked SVO order, the bare noun object
occupies VP. The object may vacillate between either NP or DP (or <et>/e)
structure, subject to particular context.5
Thus, while within VP, the object
composes either via Restrict or Function Application.
(18) a. b.
(Restrict) (FA)
If the bare nominal object does not occupy VP, it cannot be of type <et>. D must
be inserted. We assume that the preverbal position correlates with focus in
Lithuanian. If FocusP is not projected, V can select either for NP or DP,
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We set aside the issue what contextual restrictions there may be and how to account for
them.
VP
V NP
VP
V DP
10. !
!
10!
depending on discourse context. If object occupies FocusP, N content must be
DP.
(19) a. b. *
(FA)
Aspect. If the verb is imperfective, the bare nominal object may vacillate
between either NP or DP. If the verb is perfective, the bare nominal object must
be DP because the verb enforces a quantized/atomic interpretation on the
nominal (following Filip 1999 for Slavic perfectives). Atomic nominals must be
of type e and elements of type e compose via FA only.
(20) a. * b. c.
Thus, if AspectP content is imperfective, then V selects for N. If AspectP
content is perfective, then V selects for DP. (It may be that cross-linguistically,
AspectP content and its relation to bare nominals varies.)
Pronominal adjectives. If a bare nominal object is modified by a pronominal
adjective marked by –ji , D is required. D hosts the –ji suffix. Adjective moves
to D (see Aljovi$ 2002 for a similar view):
(21)
Superlative adjectives. If a bare object is modified by a superlative adjective, D
is required, too. In this case, the adjective first moves to Degree, and then to D.
D is triggered by presence of Degree.
(22)
FocusP
DP ...
FocusP
NP ...
AspP
Asp
PERF
VP
V NP
AspP
Asp
PERF
VP
V DP
AspP
Asp
IMPERF
VP
V DP
DP
D
-ji
AP
A NP
DP
D DegP
Deg
-iausia
AP
A NP
11. !
!
11!
The four cases are distinct, yet they are united in that a functional head
determines the interpretation of a bare nominal object. In the first case, the focus
requirement conditions definiteness (D is inserted to save structure). In the
second case, the perfective requirement conditions definiteness (nominal must
be quantized/type e). In the third case, the superlative requirements conditions
definiteness (superlative introduces uniqueness/D). And finally, in the fourth
case, the suffix in D conditions definiteness (pronominal suffix occupies D).
5. Problem Case
Our analysis suggests there are multiple paths to projecting D: the presence of
Focus, perfective aspect, pronominal adjectives or superlative adjectives. In each
case, a different functional projection is implicated.
We have discussed cases that are straightforwardly vacillation (unmarked
cases) and cases that are obligatorily definite (marked cases). However, there is
at least one case that is in between: pluractional verbs.
With pluractional verbs, either definite or indefinite interpretation is
possible, but the definite interpretation is strongly preferred.
(23) Jonas sukin!jo vair#.
John.NOM.SG turn.PLUR.PAST wheel.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John kept turning the wheel.’
(ii) ??‘John kept turning a wheel.’
However, objects under pluractional verbs are hard to judge uniformly: other
factors intervene (e.g., lexical class of the verb, perfective aspect, case of the
object).
To illustrate, consider the case of a consumption verb like gerti ‘to
drink’. In (24abc), ‘drink’ is manifested as an unergative verb with an optional
object. Note (24c) reading (ii), where the definite interpretation is marginal due
to the Gen case. In (24d), we see that ‘drink’ in its unprefixed form cannot be
selected by a pluractional suffix. In (24ef), we see that pluractionalized verb
cannot be improved by adding an object, either in Acc or Gen case.
(24) a. Jonas g!r!.
John.NOM.SG drank.PAST
‘John was drinking.’
b. Jonas g"r" vyn#.
John.NOM.SG drank.PAST wine.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John was drinking the wine.’
(ii) ‘John was drinking wine.’
12. !
!
12!
c. Jonas g"r" vyno.
John.NOM.SG drank.PAST wine.GEN.SG
(i) ‘John was drinking of some wine.’
(ii) ?‘John was drinking the wine.’
d. * Jonas gerin#jo.
John.NOM.SG drank.PLUR.PAST
e. *Jonas gerin#jo vyn#.
John.NOM.SG drank.PLUR.PAST wine.ACC.SG
f. * Jonas gerin#jo vyno.
John.NOM.SG drank.PLUR.PAST wine.GEN.SG
However, if a perfective suffix is added, the data tell a different story. In
(25abc), ‘drink’ is still manifested as an unergative verb with an optional object,
albeit in perfective aspect. Note that (25b) does not allow a definite
interpretation. In (25d), we see that ‘drink’ in its prefixed form can be selected
by a pluractional suffix. In (25ef), we see that pluractionalilzed verb can take an
object, in Genitive case, but not in Accusative. The object in Genitive case is
preferably interpreted as indefinite, but definite interpretation is possible.
(25) a. Jonas i$g!r!.
John.NOM.SG PREF.drank.PAST
‘John drank something.’
b. Jonas i!g"r" vyna.
John.NOM.SG PREF.drank.PAST wine.ACC.SG
(i) ‘John drank up the wine.’
(ii) *‘John drank up wine.’
c. Jonas i!g"r" vyno.
John.NOM.SG PREF.drank.PAST wine.GEN.SG
(i) ‘John drank up of the wine.’
(ii) ‘John drank up some wine.’
d. Jonas i!gerin"jo.
John.NOM.SG PREF.drank.PLUR.PAST
‘John drank up (something) now and then.’
e. Jonas i!gerin"jo vyno.
John.NOM.SG PREF.drank.PAST wine.GEN.SG
(i) ‘John drank up of wine now and then.’
(ii) ?‘John drank up of the wine now and then.’
13. !
!
13!
f. * Jonas i!gerin"jo vyna.
John.NOM.SG PREF.drank.PAST wine.ACC.SG
6 Conclusion
We argue that, in Lithuanian, NPs are invariably interpreted as indefinite, DPs
are invariably interpreted as definite, and that NPs are of type <et> and DPs are
of type e. In unmarked environments, bare nominals vacillate between NPs and
DPs, and therefore between indefinite and definite interpretations. In marked
environments, bare nominals are invariably DPs, and therefore invariably
definite. What constitutes marked/unmarked environments and how these are
played out in a particular language may be subject to cross-linguistic variation.
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