Mendriq is a moribund language spoken by Orang Asli in Kuala Lah, Kelantan, Malaysia. This language is spoken by only 245 people in three villages, namely Kampung Kuala Lah, Kampung Baru and Kampung Kuala Stail. This paper analyzes transitive and intransitive verb phrases in Mendriq. The primary data of Mendriq language were obtained through fieldwork funded by a research grant (UKM-GUP-PLW-08-...

This paper investigates subject-verb placement for unaccusative and unergative verbs in Spanish, focusing on syntactic, pragmatic, sociolinguistic factors that predict placement. The study aims to answer three questions: (1) Does the unergative/unaccusative divide influence SV/VS order acceptability?, (2) What are dialectal differences subject acceptability Spanish?, (3) sentence context affect...

the acquisition of argument structures has been studied by a variety of second language acquisition scholars within the past two decades (atay, 2010; can, 2009; chay, 2006, & kras, 2007, among others). in the present study, ‘predicate’ as the most substantial element of a sentence is investigated. there are three english verb-types which seem to be more problematic for persian efl learners:...

1. The scope of this study 2. The morphology/syntax interface 3. Toward semantics and LF 4. Voice phrases and Case theory 5. Wieder and the unaccusative/unergative distinction 6. Two classes of result verbs 7. Wieder in predicative and attributive participial phrases 8. Wieder and sloppiness 9. Counterdirectional wieder? 10. Conclusion Appendix 1: Zimmermann on DowtyÕs (1979) ÒagainÓ Appendix 2...

This paper makes a study of the derivation non-canonical object construction in Mandarin Chinese. In light transitivity verbs, two cases NOC are discussed: a) with transitive verbs and b) unergative verbs. Based on theory phase extension, mixture direct properties PP can be explained that is licensed by both preposition verb.

Verb-initial ordering may be derived by fronting the VP (or a larger constituent) to a specifier position higher than the subject. For VSO languages, this analysis requires that the object raise out of the VP to a position below the subject before the (remnant) VP fronts to the higher position. This paper builds a comprehensive analysis of VSO order in the Polynesian language Samoan, employing ...

This paper focusses on the English adjectival resultative construction, as exempliied in examples (1)-(4). (1) John hammered the metal at. (2) The river froze solid. (3) The dog barked itself hoarse. (4) The dog barked the neighbours awake. Result predication occurs with both transitive and intransitive verbs. In the transitive case, the result state is predicated of the object (1). For intrans...