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... American English. Lower-proficiency Russian speakers were purposely chosen in order to more clearly delineate the line between heritage speakers and bilinguals. Noun categorization (gender) chosen as focus because it brings together several areas (morphology, phonology, syntax, lexical access, sen ...
... American English. Lower-proficiency Russian speakers were purposely chosen in order to more clearly delineate the line between heritage speakers and bilinguals. Noun categorization (gender) chosen as focus because it brings together several areas (morphology, phonology, syntax, lexical access, sen ...
Part of Speech Tagging and Lemmatisation for the Spoken Dutch
... to international standards. Especially in multi-lingual Europe, there have been various initiatives in the nineties aiming at cross-lingual standards or guidelines for linguistic analysis. The most influential in the field of POS tagging is EAGLES, 1996). As of 1998, when the CGN project started, th ...
... to international standards. Especially in multi-lingual Europe, there have been various initiatives in the nineties aiming at cross-lingual standards or guidelines for linguistic analysis. The most influential in the field of POS tagging is EAGLES, 1996). As of 1998, when the CGN project started, th ...
Avoiding Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices, and Fragments
... and subordinating conjunctions. Ask a tutor if you are unclear about the meanings of these conjunctions or in which situations to use them. ...
... and subordinating conjunctions. Ask a tutor if you are unclear about the meanings of these conjunctions or in which situations to use them. ...
Variety of Sentence Structures
... dependent clause must include a subordinating word (dependent conjunction), a subject and a verb. Subordinate / dependent clause = Fragment sentence. It cannot stand alone – It needs an independent clause either before it or after it. Two complex sentence formulas: D,I I dc D Common Subordinate (Dep ...
... dependent clause must include a subordinating word (dependent conjunction), a subject and a verb. Subordinate / dependent clause = Fragment sentence. It cannot stand alone – It needs an independent clause either before it or after it. Two complex sentence formulas: D,I I dc D Common Subordinate (Dep ...
Ch 11 - CSU, Chico
... Too...to… versus very: a digression The too...to... construction is discussed here in some detail primarily because it has remained a consistent teaching problem over the years. As a general principle, it is a mistake to teach things together that one wants to keep separate. Often the only result of ...
... Too...to… versus very: a digression The too...to... construction is discussed here in some detail primarily because it has remained a consistent teaching problem over the years. As a general principle, it is a mistake to teach things together that one wants to keep separate. Often the only result of ...
Les amis
... Notice that the verb is written differently depending on what pronoun is used. This verb follows the same conjugation pattern as other verbs that end in er. There is also another way to say one’s address in French. Study the examples below. Mon adresse est 374 Millwoods Way. Son adresse est 10452 – ...
... Notice that the verb is written differently depending on what pronoun is used. This verb follows the same conjugation pattern as other verbs that end in er. There is also another way to say one’s address in French. Study the examples below. Mon adresse est 374 Millwoods Way. Son adresse est 10452 – ...
Adjectives Modify Nouns
... [In the following examples, the predicate adjective is bold and the subject/noun is underlined.] 1. People are interested in this game. 1. ARE is a linking verb connecting the subject PEOPLE with its descriptor of equal weight INTERESTED. 1. Note: The descriptor is an adjective; therefore, it is a p ...
... [In the following examples, the predicate adjective is bold and the subject/noun is underlined.] 1. People are interested in this game. 1. ARE is a linking verb connecting the subject PEOPLE with its descriptor of equal weight INTERESTED. 1. Note: The descriptor is an adjective; therefore, it is a p ...
Document
... Different verbs can relate different numbers of entities: transitive versus intransitive verbs. Tightly related verb arguments are called complements but less tightly related ones are called adjuncts. Prototypical examples of adjuncts tell us time, place, or manner of the action or state described b ...
... Different verbs can relate different numbers of entities: transitive versus intransitive verbs. Tightly related verb arguments are called complements but less tightly related ones are called adjuncts. Prototypical examples of adjuncts tell us time, place, or manner of the action or state described b ...
English - RCCM Indore
... meaning. Passive voice is used sometimes due to the following reasons. 1. When intentionally hiding the subject of sentence. For example, a student who failed in exam might say, some chapters were not studied. 2. Another example. Women were not treated as equals 3. When passive voice better explain ...
... meaning. Passive voice is used sometimes due to the following reasons. 1. When intentionally hiding the subject of sentence. For example, a student who failed in exam might say, some chapters were not studied. 2. Another example. Women were not treated as equals 3. When passive voice better explain ...
THE WRITE WAY TO TEACH GRAMMAR
... Instructions: Use your Comma Cheat Sheet and your Phrase Resource Drawer to help you complete these activities. Write a simple sentence that includes at least one adjective, one adverb, one prepositional phrase, and one appositive phrase. Write a compound-complex sentence that starts with a particip ...
... Instructions: Use your Comma Cheat Sheet and your Phrase Resource Drawer to help you complete these activities. Write a simple sentence that includes at least one adjective, one adverb, one prepositional phrase, and one appositive phrase. Write a compound-complex sentence that starts with a particip ...
Participle Phrases
... verb, the verb can no longer be the predicate in the sentence. It can be combined with the verb be to make a progressive tense, but it cannot stand alone as the predicate of the sentence. A predicate contains the ability to tell the time of an action, and even though the verb + -ing is called a pres ...
... verb, the verb can no longer be the predicate in the sentence. It can be combined with the verb be to make a progressive tense, but it cannot stand alone as the predicate of the sentence. A predicate contains the ability to tell the time of an action, and even though the verb + -ing is called a pres ...
English Writing for Global Communication
... Some sentences are hard to understand, because you can't work out where the punctuation should go. To make long sentences easier to understand, insert commas and dashes between parts of the sentence. An alternative to punctuation symbols is to use "punctuation words" - which act as punctuation, but ...
... Some sentences are hard to understand, because you can't work out where the punctuation should go. To make long sentences easier to understand, insert commas and dashes between parts of the sentence. An alternative to punctuation symbols is to use "punctuation words" - which act as punctuation, but ...
Chapter 7: Subordinate Clauses
... 24. While being treated for his injuries by the intern, Charley talked to me about his accident. -en participle clauses never show variation in aspect, but -ing clauses can be perfect or perfect progressive, as well as simple. 25. Having sat here all day, Evelyn was completely bored. 26. The perform ...
... 24. While being treated for his injuries by the intern, Charley talked to me about his accident. -en participle clauses never show variation in aspect, but -ing clauses can be perfect or perfect progressive, as well as simple. 25. Having sat here all day, Evelyn was completely bored. 26. The perform ...
The Acquisition of English Locative Constructions by Native
... However, there are more complex types of verbs that are subject to greater argument structure variation, which pose difficulty for many L2 learners. These verbs may appear in different syntactic structures but have the same arguments, or may appear in the same syntactic structures but have different ...
... However, there are more complex types of verbs that are subject to greater argument structure variation, which pose difficulty for many L2 learners. These verbs may appear in different syntactic structures but have the same arguments, or may appear in the same syntactic structures but have different ...
Spanish 2 - Houston ISD
... irregular verbs in preterite tense. I can conjugate regular verbs , those verbs that end in car-gar-zar and ir/ser in preterite tense. I can recall, listen to, and understand vocabulary related to chores, modes of transportation, prepositions, and places in a community. ...
... irregular verbs in preterite tense. I can conjugate regular verbs , those verbs that end in car-gar-zar and ir/ser in preterite tense. I can recall, listen to, and understand vocabulary related to chores, modes of transportation, prepositions, and places in a community. ...
sentences: elements, patterns, types
... Four basic patterns express thoughts in English sentences. As a business or professional writer, you’ll most often use Patterns 1, 2, and 3 because readers want to know the subject first. For variety and emphasis, however, you can use introductory elements and inverted order in Pattern 4. ...
... Four basic patterns express thoughts in English sentences. As a business or professional writer, you’ll most often use Patterns 1, 2, and 3 because readers want to know the subject first. For variety and emphasis, however, you can use introductory elements and inverted order in Pattern 4. ...
Identifying Embedded and Conjoined Complex Sentences
... that can be used to identify complex sentences is presented with practice sentences. In order to accurately use this flowchart, an understanding of the structure of English is needed. A glossary defining terms used in this tutorial is provided in Appendix A. In the Cautions section, information is p ...
... that can be used to identify complex sentences is presented with practice sentences. In order to accurately use this flowchart, an understanding of the structure of English is needed. A glossary defining terms used in this tutorial is provided in Appendix A. In the Cautions section, information is p ...
RHETORICAL SKILLS ••••i
... The first offer on the Blake house, which had been on the market for almost a month, was very disappointing. My son, a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division, spends most of his time at Fort Bragg, N.C. ...
... The first offer on the Blake house, which had been on the market for almost a month, was very disappointing. My son, a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division, spends most of his time at Fort Bragg, N.C. ...
Lecture 2: Phrase Structure
... only really taken of within the last 100 years, which is surprising given that language is known to have been studied for over two and a half thousand years. There are probably several reasons for why phrase structure was relatively a late comer in grammatical study. Early grammatical investigations ...
... only really taken of within the last 100 years, which is surprising given that language is known to have been studied for over two and a half thousand years. There are probably several reasons for why phrase structure was relatively a late comer in grammatical study. Early grammatical investigations ...
Events, Processes, and States
... -in the case of Indo-European languages, pervasively-at the morphological and syntactic level. 13 Here are three cases in point of how the failure to diagnose distinctions as ones of aspect either raises problems for the accounts offered by Vendler and Kenny or has the effect of leaving the accounts ...
... -in the case of Indo-European languages, pervasively-at the morphological and syntactic level. 13 Here are three cases in point of how the failure to diagnose distinctions as ones of aspect either raises problems for the accounts offered by Vendler and Kenny or has the effect of leaving the accounts ...
SOCIAL STUDIES 700 (Language Arts)
... Rule 2: “I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh.” This rule applies to many words, but it is just as critical to learn the exceptions as it is to learn the rule itself. The rule will serve as a guide for spelling words you do not know. Remember, the ie digraph usu ...
... Rule 2: “I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh.” This rule applies to many words, but it is just as critical to learn the exceptions as it is to learn the rule itself. The rule will serve as a guide for spelling words you do not know. Remember, the ie digraph usu ...
Grammar * 1 Understanding Sentences
... objects in sentences; they are necessary to the sentence’s meaning. 52. intensive – end in –self/-selves & are used to emphasize the antecedent; they are not necessary to the sentence’s meaning. 53. interrogative – introduce questions: who/whom, what, which, whose, where, when… 54. demonstrative – p ...
... objects in sentences; they are necessary to the sentence’s meaning. 52. intensive – end in –self/-selves & are used to emphasize the antecedent; they are not necessary to the sentence’s meaning. 53. interrogative – introduce questions: who/whom, what, which, whose, where, when… 54. demonstrative – p ...
Semantic Opposition and WORDNET
... (Received in final form 14 January 2004) Abstract. We consider the problem of semantic opposition; in particular, the problem of determining adjective-verb opposition for transitive change of state verbs and adjectivally modified grammatical objects. Semantic opposition problems of this type are a s ...
... (Received in final form 14 January 2004) Abstract. We consider the problem of semantic opposition; in particular, the problem of determining adjective-verb opposition for transitive change of state verbs and adjectivally modified grammatical objects. Semantic opposition problems of this type are a s ...
Meeting 3 Noun Phrase & Constituents
... can see that sentences are made up of phrases rather than words, and that phrases may contain other phrases, showing us that sentences have an ordered hierarchical structure. In future lectures we will argue that S is also a phrase In next week's lectures we will look at ways of talking about the re ...
... can see that sentences are made up of phrases rather than words, and that phrases may contain other phrases, showing us that sentences have an ordered hierarchical structure. In future lectures we will argue that S is also a phrase In next week's lectures we will look at ways of talking about the re ...
3015 FRENCH MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2014 series
... Language: Draw a line across the page after the first ten ticks and do not count these first ten in the total. An essay with 10 ticks or fewer will score 0. Count subsequent ticks up to a maximum of 60 and divide the total by 3 (round up or down to the nearest whole number – see separate scale on p. ...
... Language: Draw a line across the page after the first ten ticks and do not count these first ten in the total. An essay with 10 ticks or fewer will score 0. Count subsequent ticks up to a maximum of 60 and divide the total by 3 (round up or down to the nearest whole number – see separate scale on p. ...