Fun with Fragments
... Let’s look at some examples. I ain't got no VISA I ain’t got no Red American Express We can’t go nowhere exotic It don’t matter ‘cause I’m the one that loves you best Talk to me girl Timbaland - The Way I Are Lyrics ...
... Let’s look at some examples. I ain't got no VISA I ain’t got no Red American Express We can’t go nowhere exotic It don’t matter ‘cause I’m the one that loves you best Talk to me girl Timbaland - The Way I Are Lyrics ...
C80-1009 - Association for Computational Linguistics
... other Wh-movements similar in spirit to the HOLD analysis. In his programme, the Wh-phrase (presumably a copy of the head NP if no Whphrase is present) is stored in a register called WHSLOT which is a local variable. Since it is a local variable, if the relative clause procedure is called recursivel ...
... other Wh-movements similar in spirit to the HOLD analysis. In his programme, the Wh-phrase (presumably a copy of the head NP if no Whphrase is present) is stored in a register called WHSLOT which is a local variable. Since it is a local variable, if the relative clause procedure is called recursivel ...
exercises - Routledge
... There are some pressure groups that support only one party. (relative) ...
... There are some pressure groups that support only one party. (relative) ...
Implicit standards for explicit grammar teaching
... language in order to use it in work or study will find themselves at a serious disadvantage if their grammar is so weak that they cannot express themselves clearly and effectively, or if their underdeveloped interlanguage creates an impression of ineptitude or ignorance. However, the question of how ...
... language in order to use it in work or study will find themselves at a serious disadvantage if their grammar is so weak that they cannot express themselves clearly and effectively, or if their underdeveloped interlanguage creates an impression of ineptitude or ignorance. However, the question of how ...
Grammar Context
... 1. Both the active voice and the passive voice can be used with different tenses and with modals. The tense of the passive sentence is shown in the verb be. Use the past participle with every tense. 2. If two verbs in the passive voice are connected with and, do not repeat be. The Oscar ceremony is ...
... 1. Both the active voice and the passive voice can be used with different tenses and with modals. The tense of the passive sentence is shown in the verb be. Use the past participle with every tense. 2. If two verbs in the passive voice are connected with and, do not repeat be. The Oscar ceremony is ...
Yaqui coordination - University of Arizona
... …‘And because much water was there. And moreover we traveled about it just as though always joy-wandering…’ Summarizing: into(ko)6 can be in final position under certain circumstances: a) when it functions more like an adverbial than as a simple coordinator; in this case, it means ‘and just’, b) whe ...
... …‘And because much water was there. And moreover we traveled about it just as though always joy-wandering…’ Summarizing: into(ko)6 can be in final position under certain circumstances: a) when it functions more like an adverbial than as a simple coordinator; in this case, it means ‘and just’, b) whe ...
Unidirectional flexibility and the noun–verb distinction
... creating a flexible part of speech that fills a variety of syntactic roles. One of the most contentious issues that falls out from this observation is whether or not it is possible for a language to conflate all of the major lexical classes, grouping all of its contentive lexical items into a single ...
... creating a flexible part of speech that fills a variety of syntactic roles. One of the most contentious issues that falls out from this observation is whether or not it is possible for a language to conflate all of the major lexical classes, grouping all of its contentive lexical items into a single ...
Chapter 5 - public.asu.edu
... the Case cycles. I follow Leiss (2000) in considering definiteness on nouns and aspect on verbs as two sides of the same coin and, as before, I adapt Pesetsky & Torrego (e.g. 2001) and Richards (2004; 2008a) in representing dependent marking as [u-T] (nominative, marked on the D) and [u-ASP] (accusa ...
... the Case cycles. I follow Leiss (2000) in considering definiteness on nouns and aspect on verbs as two sides of the same coin and, as before, I adapt Pesetsky & Torrego (e.g. 2001) and Richards (2004; 2008a) in representing dependent marking as [u-T] (nominative, marked on the D) and [u-ASP] (accusa ...
Talking about the weather
... D IRECTED MOTION EVENT: The rain rained down on my head — Unaccusative — One verb is used with both event construals as it lexicalizes the common form of precipitation. — In this respect, precipitation events in English are rather like the whistle example in Lecture I, where a single verb is used to ...
... D IRECTED MOTION EVENT: The rain rained down on my head — Unaccusative — One verb is used with both event construals as it lexicalizes the common form of precipitation. — In this respect, precipitation events in English are rather like the whistle example in Lecture I, where a single verb is used to ...
MCTI_3-17_writing-skills - Municipal Association of South Carolina
... Don’t write like a robot. Sounding professional does NOT mean sounding unnatural; if you cannot imagine yourself saying it, don’t write it. Examples of phrases people use in letters but would never say aloud include “Enclosed please find,” “As per your letter of July 3, 2016,” “Pursuant to your le ...
... Don’t write like a robot. Sounding professional does NOT mean sounding unnatural; if you cannot imagine yourself saying it, don’t write it. Examples of phrases people use in letters but would never say aloud include “Enclosed please find,” “As per your letter of July 3, 2016,” “Pursuant to your le ...
An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language
... the grammar in order to supplement the basic information presented in course books, and thus acquire a fuller understanding of the grammatical structure of Greek and patterns of contemporary usage. Some comparison should be made with our Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar of the Modern Language. The pre ...
... the grammar in order to supplement the basic information presented in course books, and thus acquire a fuller understanding of the grammatical structure of Greek and patterns of contemporary usage. Some comparison should be made with our Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar of the Modern Language. The pre ...
LaPolla, Randy J. 2009. “Chinese as a Topic
... “subject” when writing in English, or zhǔyǔ when writing in Chinese, for what I will consistently call “topic” has confused some later linguists who did not pay attention to the definition of these terms given in those works, and so assumed that the “subject” referred to was equivalent to what we ca ...
... “subject” when writing in English, or zhǔyǔ when writing in Chinese, for what I will consistently call “topic” has confused some later linguists who did not pay attention to the definition of these terms given in those works, and so assumed that the “subject” referred to was equivalent to what we ca ...
- Cambridge University Press
... praise/criticism, etc: He deals well with all the criticism heaped on him. ...
... praise/criticism, etc: He deals well with all the criticism heaped on him. ...
WHAT ARE NOUNS? - MVUSD Technology Curriculum Team
... happiness I feel; her happiness; great happiness. ...
... happiness I feel; her happiness; great happiness. ...
QUEMDISSE? Reported speech in Portuguese
... recently been provided by research in Digital Humanities, see (Mambrini et al., 2012). Through reported speech, one gives voice to different characters both in a piece of news or in fiction. Consequently, both the presence and the absence of particular characters indicate choices by the text author. ...
... recently been provided by research in Digital Humanities, see (Mambrini et al., 2012). Through reported speech, one gives voice to different characters both in a piece of news or in fiction. Consequently, both the presence and the absence of particular characters indicate choices by the text author. ...
Rethinking Subject Agreement in Swahili
... The morphological dissimilarity of the Subject Markers and the personal pronouns (except in the 3rd person of class 1, where ye regularly appears as Subject Marker) suggests that the Subject Markers, if they are pronouns, are not personal pronouns. I will argue that they are resumptive pronouns of s ...
... The morphological dissimilarity of the Subject Markers and the personal pronouns (except in the 3rd person of class 1, where ye regularly appears as Subject Marker) suggests that the Subject Markers, if they are pronouns, are not personal pronouns. I will argue that they are resumptive pronouns of s ...
SMM: Detailed, Structured Morphological Analysis for Spanish
... interjections). There are two basic types of inflections, noun inflection and verb inflection. Only suffixes are used in inflection. 1) Noun Inflection: The principles of noun inflection apply to nouns, adjectives, determiners, pronouns, and numerals. For nouns and adjectives, gender and number are ...
... interjections). There are two basic types of inflections, noun inflection and verb inflection. Only suffixes are used in inflection. 1) Noun Inflection: The principles of noun inflection apply to nouns, adjectives, determiners, pronouns, and numerals. For nouns and adjectives, gender and number are ...
Linguistic indicators of L2 proficiency levels Some conceptual
... • Can produce brief everyday expressions in order to satisfy simple needs of a concrete type: personal details, daily routines, wants and needs, requests for information. • Can use basic sentence patterns and communicate with memorised phrases, groups of a few words and formulae about themselves and ...
... • Can produce brief everyday expressions in order to satisfy simple needs of a concrete type: personal details, daily routines, wants and needs, requests for information. • Can use basic sentence patterns and communicate with memorised phrases, groups of a few words and formulae about themselves and ...
QUEMDISSE? Reported speech in Portuguese
... recently been provided by research in Digital Humanities, see (Mambrini et al., 2012). Through reported speech, one gives voice to different characters both in a piece of news or in fiction. Consequently, both the presence and the absence of particular characters indicate choices by the text author. ...
... recently been provided by research in Digital Humanities, see (Mambrini et al., 2012). Through reported speech, one gives voice to different characters both in a piece of news or in fiction. Consequently, both the presence and the absence of particular characters indicate choices by the text author. ...
vytautas magnus university
... The translation from the English language into Lithuanian has been and will always be of great significance. It is especially topical nowadays when the European Union is expanding. The English language is important not only for communities who use it as the means of communication, but for internatio ...
... The translation from the English language into Lithuanian has been and will always be of great significance. It is especially topical nowadays when the European Union is expanding. The English language is important not only for communities who use it as the means of communication, but for internatio ...
The Russian agentive passive construction with Agent–Verb
... The paper deals with the substitution of the Gen. sg. masc./neut. ending -ogo of the long-form adjective by -ovo. This change (first attested in the mid-15th c. yet not reflected in Russian orthography even today) has been most commonly considered phonetic in essence, although analogy to the Gen. of ...
... The paper deals with the substitution of the Gen. sg. masc./neut. ending -ogo of the long-form adjective by -ovo. This change (first attested in the mid-15th c. yet not reflected in Russian orthography even today) has been most commonly considered phonetic in essence, although analogy to the Gen. of ...
Clauses, Phrases, and their Effects on Writing
... Suzie, mashing her brakes with her hands, skidded to a halt. ...
... Suzie, mashing her brakes with her hands, skidded to a halt. ...
- D-Scholarship@Pitt
... causation are the Austronesian language Paamese and Yoruba (Crowley, 1987). Other languages use periphrastic constructions, generally with two verbs in distinct clauses. Different languages have different roles for these clauses. Some languages, like Macushi, mark the causee for its ...
... causation are the Austronesian language Paamese and Yoruba (Crowley, 1987). Other languages use periphrastic constructions, generally with two verbs in distinct clauses. Different languages have different roles for these clauses. Some languages, like Macushi, mark the causee for its ...
Dissertation - AUT Scholarly Commons
... words from its left), ?L- (pass this word to the left), ?R+ (accept words from its right), ?R(pass this word to the right), and variations of these basic labels. It also has a set of rules for manipulating such words. While these rules are different from the formal rules used in traditional parsing, ...
... words from its left), ?L- (pass this word to the left), ?R+ (accept words from its right), ?R(pass this word to the right), and variations of these basic labels. It also has a set of rules for manipulating such words. While these rules are different from the formal rules used in traditional parsing, ...