This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract For a long time Japanese was taken to be a language lacking a subject-object asymmetry in subextraction. Two recent experimental studies have ...

When a sentence uses a transitive verb to describe an action, it’s necessary for the subject to take a direct object and to act on it: “The woman spurned her suitor last week.” “Her suitor found a ...

Direct object pronouns are used to replace a noun that is the direct object of the verb. They are used when talking about who or what an action is done to. For example, in the sentence 'I bought the ...

For many languages, the idea that the subject belongs up front is plain backward. We're sorry, but something went wrong while fetching your podcast feeds. Please ...

Betsy in Albany had a great question about "I" versus "me." Consider the sentence: "John's hidden agenda was to make George and I say nice things about him." Should that "I" be "me"? Advertisement ...

The manifest world comprises perceptions of the body, emotions of the mind and thoughts of the intellect. The world is the object of experience while the Self within, the unmanifest subject of ...