The Gerund and the to-Infinitive as Subject
... (8a) Can you remember to do that? (8b) Can you remember doing that? The sentence with the to-infinitive construction expresses an event whose performance is desired to take place in the future (therefore “hypothetical”). The sentence with the -ing refers to an event that has already occurred (i.e., ...
... (8a) Can you remember to do that? (8b) Can you remember doing that? The sentence with the to-infinitive construction expresses an event whose performance is desired to take place in the future (therefore “hypothetical”). The sentence with the -ing refers to an event that has already occurred (i.e., ...
THE SPANISH PRONOUN SYSTEM I. Subject Pronouns
... Now, try the same with the following. What word would you use to replace María? Jaime meets María in the park. He follows María. He helps María with her books. You are right if you replaced the direct object noun María with the direct object pronoun her, as in the following. Jaime meets María in the ...
... Now, try the same with the following. What word would you use to replace María? Jaime meets María in the park. He follows María. He helps María with her books. You are right if you replaced the direct object noun María with the direct object pronoun her, as in the following. Jaime meets María in the ...
E D I C T ========= Copyright (C) 1994,1995,1996,1997,1998
... used in my first year nihongo course at Swinburne Institute of Technology years ago (I was given permission by the authors to do this). I then worked through other vocabulary lists trying to make sure major entries were not omitted. The English-to-kana entries in the SKK files were added also. This ...
... used in my first year nihongo course at Swinburne Institute of Technology years ago (I was given permission by the authors to do this). I then worked through other vocabulary lists trying to make sure major entries were not omitted. The English-to-kana entries in the SKK files were added also. This ...
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... non-θ-marked positions. The set of non-θ-marked positions excludes the complement positions. As pointed out in this chapter, complement positions are θ-marked by definition. Bearing this in mind, explain whether the sentences in (i-iv) are problematic: ...
... non-θ-marked positions. The set of non-θ-marked positions excludes the complement positions. As pointed out in this chapter, complement positions are θ-marked by definition. Bearing this in mind, explain whether the sentences in (i-iv) are problematic: ...
Chapter 2 "Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?"
... pronoun5. A noun is a word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea. A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. Common pronouns are I, he, she, it, you, they, and we. In the following sentences, the subject is underlined once. ...
... pronoun5. A noun is a word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea. A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. Common pronouns are I, he, she, it, you, they, and we. In the following sentences, the subject is underlined once. ...
NMRC CRA Question Paper 2-2015
... GENERAL ENGLISH DIRECTIONS: (Question No. 1 to 7) The passage given below is followed by ten questions. Each question has four alternative answers, out of which only one is correct. Write the serial number of correct answer (1), (2), (3) and (4) in the answer-sheet. I read the other day some verses ...
... GENERAL ENGLISH DIRECTIONS: (Question No. 1 to 7) The passage given below is followed by ten questions. Each question has four alternative answers, out of which only one is correct. Write the serial number of correct answer (1), (2), (3) and (4) in the answer-sheet. I read the other day some verses ...
YET ANOTHER APPLICATION OF INFERENCE IN
... 6 Morphology-based inference Some morphological categories are semantically induced, i.e. they have their own representation on semantic level. Such categories can be used for inferences too. In all European languages, nouns have semantically induced category of number with singular and plural value ...
... 6 Morphology-based inference Some morphological categories are semantically induced, i.e. they have their own representation on semantic level. Such categories can be used for inferences too. In all European languages, nouns have semantically induced category of number with singular and plural value ...
Lecture 02 PP
... • There are two way heads differ – They have different categories – They differ in what complements they select ...
... • There are two way heads differ – They have different categories – They differ in what complements they select ...
Key to Comments and Commonly Confused Words http://www.wsu
... used within paragraphs; it is not necessary to start a new paragraph after using a block quotation. 7. Be sparing with quotations . Most important: use only as much of the quotation as you need. The reader will expect to see an analysis of the passage that is about the same length as the passage its ...
... used within paragraphs; it is not necessary to start a new paragraph after using a block quotation. 7. Be sparing with quotations . Most important: use only as much of the quotation as you need. The reader will expect to see an analysis of the passage that is about the same length as the passage its ...
The function / category confusion - Linguistics and English Language
... adverbs, all the adjectives, all the hackneyed words.’ (He didn’t.) Do these people even know what adjectives are? ...
... adverbs, all the adjectives, all the hackneyed words.’ (He didn’t.) Do these people even know what adjectives are? ...
Accusative subjects in Avestan
... Spiegel (1882) was the first to discuss occurrences of accusatives used in place of the nominative in Avestan. Since these substitutions are especially frequent in the Young Avesta, he hypothesises that they are motivated by the fact that at the time of composition, the distinction between nominativ ...
... Spiegel (1882) was the first to discuss occurrences of accusatives used in place of the nominative in Avestan. Since these substitutions are especially frequent in the Young Avesta, he hypothesises that they are motivated by the fact that at the time of composition, the distinction between nominativ ...
Performance Grammar: a Declarative Definition
... is a two–stage process. First, an unordered hierarchical structure (‘mobile’) is assembled out of lexical building blocks. The key operation at work here is feature uni cation, which also delimits the positional options of the syntactic constituents. During the second stage, the branches of the mob ...
... is a two–stage process. First, an unordered hierarchical structure (‘mobile’) is assembled out of lexical building blocks. The key operation at work here is feature uni cation, which also delimits the positional options of the syntactic constituents. During the second stage, the branches of the mob ...
Dative verbs: A crosslinguistic perspective
... M. Rappaport Hovav and B. Levin point out that many uses of give-type verbs simply show a causation of possession meaning, even in the to variant. To illustrate this point, they note that if a court gives a parent visiting rights, the court simply confers these rights on the parent; it does not have ...
... M. Rappaport Hovav and B. Levin point out that many uses of give-type verbs simply show a causation of possession meaning, even in the to variant. To illustrate this point, they note that if a court gives a parent visiting rights, the court simply confers these rights on the parent; it does not have ...
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... gunpowder because he wanted to make his own firecrackers. Or Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers, Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder. When the sentence starts with the dependent clause, it must have a comma before the independent clause ...
... gunpowder because he wanted to make his own firecrackers. Or Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers, Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder. When the sentence starts with the dependent clause, it must have a comma before the independent clause ...
Semantic packaging in verb‑based compounds in English and
... to Ray Jackendoff and Eva Wittenberg’s interlinguistic hierarchy of grammars [Jackendoff and Wittenebrg 2012], we propose that there is a similar intra ‑language hierarchy of meaning packaging options whose choice depends on at least the following variables: genre, immediate situational context, sp ...
... to Ray Jackendoff and Eva Wittenberg’s interlinguistic hierarchy of grammars [Jackendoff and Wittenebrg 2012], we propose that there is a similar intra ‑language hierarchy of meaning packaging options whose choice depends on at least the following variables: genre, immediate situational context, sp ...
Untitled 8 - Scholars Online
... like the ones above, but when sentences get longer and more complicated, it’s possible to lose track. We’ll work witih simple examples first, and then move on to more complicated ones. ...
... like the ones above, but when sentences get longer and more complicated, it’s possible to lose track. We’ll work witih simple examples first, and then move on to more complicated ones. ...
Biblical Hebrew E-Magazine - Ancient Hebrew Research Center
... Q: What are the best books AHRC recommends for learning the Hebrew language? A: In the last issue we provided our book recommendations for learning the Hebraic perspective (thought) of the Hebrew Bible. Now we will provide our recommendations for learning how to read the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew. Lear ...
... Q: What are the best books AHRC recommends for learning the Hebrew language? A: In the last issue we provided our book recommendations for learning the Hebraic perspective (thought) of the Hebrew Bible. Now we will provide our recommendations for learning how to read the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew. Lear ...
chapter-vi conclusion
... Verbs are not marked for person, number and gender in Tiwa. Verbs roots may be divided according to their structures into two types-(i) Simple and (ii) Derived / Complex. Most of the simple roots are monosyllabic while the derived roots are formed by compounding. The Tiwa verbs are either transitive ...
... Verbs are not marked for person, number and gender in Tiwa. Verbs roots may be divided according to their structures into two types-(i) Simple and (ii) Derived / Complex. Most of the simple roots are monosyllabic while the derived roots are formed by compounding. The Tiwa verbs are either transitive ...
Chapter 4: THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT
... • Understanding the meaning and use of since helps students to understand the meaning and use of the present perfect. • Ever is frequently used as an intensifier in front of since. The use of ever has little, if any, effect on the meaning of since. I’ve lived here ever since May. • In example (a), s ...
... • Understanding the meaning and use of since helps students to understand the meaning and use of the present perfect. • Ever is frequently used as an intensifier in front of since. The use of ever has little, if any, effect on the meaning of since. I’ve lived here ever since May. • In example (a), s ...
Spanish Courses 2
... - Adverbs and expressions to organize discourse: primero, luego, por último… - Adverbs of frequency. - Verbs and expressions to describe the climate: hace frío/calor, llueve… SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT: - The family unit: habits and celebrations. - The climate in different Spanish regions. UNIT 8. FUNCTI ...
... - Adverbs and expressions to organize discourse: primero, luego, por último… - Adverbs of frequency. - Verbs and expressions to describe the climate: hace frío/calor, llueve… SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT: - The family unit: habits and celebrations. - The climate in different Spanish regions. UNIT 8. FUNCTI ...
Catenae in Morphology
... has confirmed that affixes as expressions of valency, voice, aspect, modality, tense, mood, and person obtain in a specific linear order (or hierarchy), and developments in generative grammar during the 1980‟s emphasized the dominance structure of the IP/TP, where such affixes are thought to be loca ...
... has confirmed that affixes as expressions of valency, voice, aspect, modality, tense, mood, and person obtain in a specific linear order (or hierarchy), and developments in generative grammar during the 1980‟s emphasized the dominance structure of the IP/TP, where such affixes are thought to be loca ...
Relative clausesRules File
... The second piece played by the orchestra was very well received. These are also examples of reduced subject relative clauses, but this time the word immediately following the noun which is being described is not an -ing type finite verb but a past participle; these are in bold. The difference here i ...
... The second piece played by the orchestra was very well received. These are also examples of reduced subject relative clauses, but this time the word immediately following the noun which is being described is not an -ing type finite verb but a past participle; these are in bold. The difference here i ...
1 What is semantics about? 1.1 Semantics: study of the relation
... 1.1.2.3 Language is a social phenomenon Each person does not make it up from scratch for herself or himself. When as children we learn a language, we get plugged into an already existing system, in which many people have been using the same words to talk to one another. My use of the word “gold” do ...
... 1.1.2.3 Language is a social phenomenon Each person does not make it up from scratch for herself or himself. When as children we learn a language, we get plugged into an already existing system, in which many people have been using the same words to talk to one another. My use of the word “gold” do ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
... J’ai lavé la voiture. Je l’ai lavée. BUT: J’ai fait laver la voiture. Je l’ai fait laver. The past participle of the causative faire does not agree with the preceding direct object. ...
... J’ai lavé la voiture. Je l’ai lavée. BUT: J’ai fait laver la voiture. Je l’ai fait laver. The past participle of the causative faire does not agree with the preceding direct object. ...
a Reference Work, eds. Björn Hansen and Ferdinand de Haan, 487
... Before any formal study of evidentiality in Uzbek and Kazakh may be undertaken, it is necessary to understand the processes that create complete predicates from verbs and other lexical categories. Predication occurs in a similar fashion in most of the Turkic languages, so the statements made here ab ...
... Before any formal study of evidentiality in Uzbek and Kazakh may be undertaken, it is necessary to understand the processes that create complete predicates from verbs and other lexical categories. Predication occurs in a similar fashion in most of the Turkic languages, so the statements made here ab ...