1 School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China 2 Center for Language Cognition and Assessment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China Distinct from nominal ...

The present and past progressive tenses in Persian are the only tenses in which both the main verb and the minor verb dâštan "to have" receive agreement marking. Morpho-syntactically, Persian ...

Let's not forget the power of the complete sentence and the humble predicate verb — the "motor" of a good sentence An analysis out of Washington suggests that some top military brass have had it with ...

1 Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Public Health, Temple University, United States Introduction. Many studies have focused on ...

ABSTRACT: The construction “N1 you V guo N2” pervasively visible in China has demonstrated its typical cog-pragmatic features. It is pointed out that “you” and “guo” in this construction are the ...

As a teacher, identifying parts of speech can seem like a daunting task. Yet, teaching or reviewing the concept of linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns is important in order to ...

Happy is the main lexical predicate here. It takes one argument: an experiencer--John. Tall takes one argument: a theme: Mary. (12) *John is being tall. (13) *Mary is being fond of red roses. (14) ...