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... preposition and a gerund. Here the word 'winning* does not do any thing of qualifying other words. It does rather the work of a noun, although partly verb informal. Hence it is a gerund which is partly a verb and partly a noun. So in the combining of the set of given sentences we have used the prepo ...
... preposition and a gerund. Here the word 'winning* does not do any thing of qualifying other words. It does rather the work of a noun, although partly verb informal. Hence it is a gerund which is partly a verb and partly a noun. So in the combining of the set of given sentences we have used the prepo ...
Automated Generation of Questions from Factual, Natural Language
... answer. Verification questions expect a single word response, “yes” or “no”, but these two words do not necessarily show up in the original sentence. Specimus is only able to link a question with the sentence that it was generated from, so this question category is not well suited to the system. Spe ...
... answer. Verification questions expect a single word response, “yes” or “no”, but these two words do not necessarily show up in the original sentence. Specimus is only able to link a question with the sentence that it was generated from, so this question category is not well suited to the system. Spe ...
ENGA21: Grammar exercises
... 4 Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses A) Determine whether the relative clauses in the following sentences are restrictive or nonnonrestrictive. The sentences are presented presented without punctuation, so as to avoid giving any clues. Note the cases where the relative could be interpr ...
... 4 Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses A) Determine whether the relative clauses in the following sentences are restrictive or nonnonrestrictive. The sentences are presented presented without punctuation, so as to avoid giving any clues. Note the cases where the relative could be interpr ...
Here - Ohlone - University of California, Santa Cruz
... There is a third important property of Pronoun Postposing that we want to highlight. In Irish and in other languages, displacements to the left or right are often linked with discourse factors. It is not an accident that syntactic discussions are full of operations bearing names like Topicalization ...
... There is a third important property of Pronoun Postposing that we want to highlight. In Irish and in other languages, displacements to the left or right are often linked with discourse factors. It is not an accident that syntactic discussions are full of operations bearing names like Topicalization ...
Run-on sentences and sentence fragments
... The following chapters will examine what the research says about run-ons and fragments, what students' errors reveal about the problems and solutions, and what handbooks present as explanation and remediation. ...
... The following chapters will examine what the research says about run-ons and fragments, what students' errors reveal about the problems and solutions, and what handbooks present as explanation and remediation. ...
Negation in clause linkages1
... complex sentences consisting of more than one clause. Constructions consisting of more than one clause linked together by some formal mechanism will be referred to as clause linkages. One starting point for dealing with any given linguistic phenomenon in discourse structure is to consider what types ...
... complex sentences consisting of more than one clause. Constructions consisting of more than one clause linked together by some formal mechanism will be referred to as clause linkages. One starting point for dealing with any given linguistic phenomenon in discourse structure is to consider what types ...
- Scholarworks @ Morehead State
... the copular verb, gives the main information of the sentence and is frequently stressed. In other words, the it-cleft has the foregrounded information in the postcopular position and remaining semantic information is in a sentencefinal clause (the cleft clause) (Patten, 2012). (b) it-clefts exhibit ...
... the copular verb, gives the main information of the sentence and is frequently stressed. In other words, the it-cleft has the foregrounded information in the postcopular position and remaining semantic information is in a sentencefinal clause (the cleft clause) (Patten, 2012). (b) it-clefts exhibit ...
The role of discourse context in the processing of a flexible word
... The existence of word order flexibility raises questions about the relations between the different word orders that are possible in a language. On an intuitive level, native speakers often feel that one of the orders is the basic, ‘default’ order, while the other orders are perceived to be somehow m ...
... The existence of word order flexibility raises questions about the relations between the different word orders that are possible in a language. On an intuitive level, native speakers often feel that one of the orders is the basic, ‘default’ order, while the other orders are perceived to be somehow m ...
Infinitive Clause Syntax in the Gospels
... infinitive clause order appears in the following statement: When the subject of the infinitive is expressed it is always in the accusative case. The position of the subject in the clause regularly is immediately before, or less frequently after, the infinitive. The object of the infinitive follows t ...
... infinitive clause order appears in the following statement: When the subject of the infinitive is expressed it is always in the accusative case. The position of the subject in the clause regularly is immediately before, or less frequently after, the infinitive. The object of the infinitive follows t ...
On D-pronouns and the Movement of Topic Features
... Chain composition, on the other hand, is what relates aparasitic chain to a non-parasitic chain (Chomsky 1982). The defining characteristic is that the parasitic chain is A-tree from the chain on which it parasitises (where "e" stands foe the parasitic gap): (25) a. Who i did [a friend of ei] please ...
... Chain composition, on the other hand, is what relates aparasitic chain to a non-parasitic chain (Chomsky 1982). The defining characteristic is that the parasitic chain is A-tree from the chain on which it parasitises (where "e" stands foe the parasitic gap): (25) a. Who i did [a friend of ei] please ...
From Words to Works
... Keep two things in mind: • We teach grammar to improve writing. If you cannot justify teaching a particular concept in terms of improving a student’s writing, don’t teach it. ...
... Keep two things in mind: • We teach grammar to improve writing. If you cannot justify teaching a particular concept in terms of improving a student’s writing, don’t teach it. ...
Open Information Extraction from Real Internet Texts in Spanish
... performed for extractions from texts in the Spanish language. The experiments were conducted for two datasets: FactSpaCIC, a dataset of grammatically correct sentences collected from school textbooks (Aguilar Galicia, 2012), and RawWeb, a dataset of sentences randomly collected directly from the Web ...
... performed for extractions from texts in the Spanish language. The experiments were conducted for two datasets: FactSpaCIC, a dataset of grammatically correct sentences collected from school textbooks (Aguilar Galicia, 2012), and RawWeb, a dataset of sentences randomly collected directly from the Web ...
Unacceptable Ambiguity (1973)
... eliminate by adopting an alternative solution (due originally to Sandra Annear Thompson) involving insertion of WH rather than deletion; whereupon they claim as a "formal advantage" of their analysis that it doesn't involve deletion of a nonconstituent. This, it seems to me, is putting the cart befo ...
... eliminate by adopting an alternative solution (due originally to Sandra Annear Thompson) involving insertion of WH rather than deletion; whereupon they claim as a "formal advantage" of their analysis that it doesn't involve deletion of a nonconstituent. This, it seems to me, is putting the cart befo ...
Dwnst_eff._pred_FG_CW_
... As Dik points out, it is the nature of the „Goal‟ argument (the role of the entity „affected or effected by the operation of some controller (Agent/Positioner) or Force‟) which determines here the telicity of the predicate paint,and this can be shown on the basis of the relevant tests for telicity. ...
... As Dik points out, it is the nature of the „Goal‟ argument (the role of the entity „affected or effected by the operation of some controller (Agent/Positioner) or Force‟) which determines here the telicity of the predicate paint,and this can be shown on the basis of the relevant tests for telicity. ...
pseudo noun incorporation in discourse1
... in Niuean may be explained by positing that the VP, with a structure [VP V NP] containing the verb and a bare NP internal argument, fronts to a clause-initial position. ...
... in Niuean may be explained by positing that the VP, with a structure [VP V NP] containing the verb and a bare NP internal argument, fronts to a clause-initial position. ...
The Top 250 Most Difficult SAT Words
... The Top 250 Most Difficult SAT Words◦ Week 10 Starting Monday, ___/___/______ Instructions: By the last day of the week, study the list of vocabulary words for that week and prepare for a quiz. In order to prepare, be sure to look up and study denotations, connotations, and uses of the terms. You m ...
... The Top 250 Most Difficult SAT Words◦ Week 10 Starting Monday, ___/___/______ Instructions: By the last day of the week, study the list of vocabulary words for that week and prepare for a quiz. In order to prepare, be sure to look up and study denotations, connotations, and uses of the terms. You m ...
English Sentence Analysis : an Introductory Course
... English Sentence Analysis consists of a text book and a supporting interactive practice program. It is an introduction to English syntax for students at the university level majoring in English literature or linguistics or another language related ¼eld who are not familiar with syntactic terms and a ...
... English Sentence Analysis consists of a text book and a supporting interactive practice program. It is an introduction to English syntax for students at the university level majoring in English literature or linguistics or another language related ¼eld who are not familiar with syntactic terms and a ...
Inversion
... for a discussion of similar data where the good cases are assumed to be “inverse copular” sentences containing a low clause internal subject. An analysis interestingly convergent with the one to be developed here. ...
... for a discussion of similar data where the good cases are assumed to be “inverse copular” sentences containing a low clause internal subject. An analysis interestingly convergent with the one to be developed here. ...
KISS Level 3. 1. 1 - Compound Main Clauses
... 1. Once they heard a door bang. | Somebody scuttered downstairs. | 2. Once they heard a door bang, | and somebody scuttered downstairs. ...
... 1. Once they heard a door bang. | Somebody scuttered downstairs. | 2. Once they heard a door bang, | and somebody scuttered downstairs. ...
THE POSITION OF THE VERB IN OLD ENGLISH RELATIVE
... Johnsen also sees a close relationship between indefinite and definite pronouns and states that it was only a matter of time before swa hwæt swa (indefinite) became what (definite). Transformational grammarians have not remained uninvolved in this area of study and while their main goal is often a s ...
... Johnsen also sees a close relationship between indefinite and definite pronouns and states that it was only a matter of time before swa hwæt swa (indefinite) became what (definite). Transformational grammarians have not remained uninvolved in this area of study and while their main goal is often a s ...
putting up the resultant pdf online
... Coordination of adjectival and nominal NP modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 ...
... Coordination of adjectival and nominal NP modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 ...
A case of focal adverb preposing in French
... Belletti, A. (2004) Aspects of the Low IP Area. In L. Rizzi (Ed.) The Structure of CP and IP: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Volume 2, (pp. 16-51). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Belletti, A. (2008) The CP of Clefts. Rivista di Grammatica Generativa 33, 191-204. Belletti, A. (2009) Struc ...
... Belletti, A. (2004) Aspects of the Low IP Area. In L. Rizzi (Ed.) The Structure of CP and IP: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Volume 2, (pp. 16-51). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Belletti, A. (2008) The CP of Clefts. Rivista di Grammatica Generativa 33, 191-204. Belletti, A. (2009) Struc ...
double case constructions in Koine Greek - Journal of Greco
... early work on this phenomenon, Wallace attempted to answer three key questions: (1) How can we recognize object–complement constructions? (2) How can we distinguish the object from the complement, since they both bear the same case? and (3) What is the semantic significance of the object–complement ...
... early work on this phenomenon, Wallace attempted to answer three key questions: (1) How can we recognize object–complement constructions? (2) How can we distinguish the object from the complement, since they both bear the same case? and (3) What is the semantic significance of the object–complement ...
Martina Mašková - Univerzita Karlova
... Compared to finite verb forms, they are morphologically impoverished as they only express some of the morphological categories, namely voice and tense. Moreover, their temporal meaning is always only relational and dependent on the finite verb of the superordinate clause; all non- finite forms have ...
... Compared to finite verb forms, they are morphologically impoverished as they only express some of the morphological categories, namely voice and tense. Moreover, their temporal meaning is always only relational and dependent on the finite verb of the superordinate clause; all non- finite forms have ...