Clause patterns in Modern British English: A corpus
... 1971; Ellegård, 1978; De Haan, 1989a) Table 1.1: Some quantitative corpus-based studies (cf. de Haan, 1989a: 50) object of study: ...
... 1971; Ellegård, 1978; De Haan, 1989a) Table 1.1: Some quantitative corpus-based studies (cf. de Haan, 1989a: 50) object of study: ...
Particle placement in early child language: A multifactorial analysis*
... or after the direct object; but there is no consensus in the literature as to the relative strength of the various factors. Some researchers assume that particle placement is primarily determined by syntactic features (cf. Hawkins 1994), others emphasize the importance of semantic properties (cf. Fr ...
... or after the direct object; but there is no consensus in the literature as to the relative strength of the various factors. Some researchers assume that particle placement is primarily determined by syntactic features (cf. Hawkins 1994), others emphasize the importance of semantic properties (cf. Fr ...
9. Morphological Typology
... By the way, The Guinness Book of Records awards the crown of morphologically richest language on earth, with particular reference to the number of cases, to Tabasaran, a language of Daghestan (Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian family): Tabasaran reputedly has more than 40 cases! But the Guinn ...
... By the way, The Guinness Book of Records awards the crown of morphologically richest language on earth, with particular reference to the number of cases, to Tabasaran, a language of Daghestan (Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian family): Tabasaran reputedly has more than 40 cases! But the Guinn ...
6 A-movement
... it would traditionally be said that the sentence consists of two constituents (the word students and the word protested), that each of these constituents belongs to a specific grammatical category (students being a plural noun and protested a past tense verb) and that each serves a specific grammati ...
... it would traditionally be said that the sentence consists of two constituents (the word students and the word protested), that each of these constituents belongs to a specific grammatical category (students being a plural noun and protested a past tense verb) and that each serves a specific grammati ...
A typology of split conjunction
... Femi and/with father-of-3SG.M 3.PL.PFV go Lagos ‘Femi and his father went to Lagos.’ In this conception, which I take to be representative of the general view shared by many language typologists, the coordinative strategy is viewed as a beacon of symmetry when the two conjunctional strategies in (2) ...
... Femi and/with father-of-3SG.M 3.PL.PFV go Lagos ‘Femi and his father went to Lagos.’ In this conception, which I take to be representative of the general view shared by many language typologists, the coordinative strategy is viewed as a beacon of symmetry when the two conjunctional strategies in (2) ...
Chapter 4: Syntactic Relations and Case Marking
... An important locus of the interaction of syntax, semantics and pragmatics is grammatical relations. RRG takes a rather different view of grammatical relations from other theories. In the first place, it does not consider them to be basic, nor does it derive them from structural configurations. Secon ...
... An important locus of the interaction of syntax, semantics and pragmatics is grammatical relations. RRG takes a rather different view of grammatical relations from other theories. In the first place, it does not consider them to be basic, nor does it derive them from structural configurations. Secon ...
Cross-linguistic patterns in the structure, function and position of
... Our aim in the present paper is to investigate how these well-established formfunction relationships in object complementation interact with a syntactic variable that has received less attention in the typological literature: the position of complementation constructions relative to the matrix verb. ...
... Our aim in the present paper is to investigate how these well-established formfunction relationships in object complementation interact with a syntactic variable that has received less attention in the typological literature: the position of complementation constructions relative to the matrix verb. ...
2 - NIS
... or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permission is hereby granted to individuals using the corresponding student’s textbook or kit as the major vehicle for regular ...
... or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permission is hereby granted to individuals using the corresponding student’s textbook or kit as the major vehicle for regular ...
NEW SECOND STEPS IN LATIN
... The present participle is a 3rd declension adjective of one termination declined like ingēns, ingentis. The future active and perfect passive participles are 1st / 2nd declension adjectives declined like bonus, -a, -um. Because participles are adjectives, they agree with the words that they modify i ...
... The present participle is a 3rd declension adjective of one termination declined like ingēns, ingentis. The future active and perfect passive participles are 1st / 2nd declension adjectives declined like bonus, -a, -um. Because participles are adjectives, they agree with the words that they modify i ...
A Copula Analysis of shì in the Chinese Cleft Construction
... Examples in (12) show that the copula is added to the phrases that do not form a predicate on their own. In colloquial spoken Chinese, (12a) can be acceptable with a prosodic pause between wǒ ‘I’ and xuéshēng ‘student’. In fact, the copula can always be dropped in non-standard spoken Chinese as well ...
... Examples in (12) show that the copula is added to the phrases that do not form a predicate on their own. In colloquial spoken Chinese, (12a) can be acceptable with a prosodic pause between wǒ ‘I’ and xuéshēng ‘student’. In fact, the copula can always be dropped in non-standard spoken Chinese as well ...
ENGLISH SYNTAX: THE coMpoSITE SENTENcE. THE Mood
... Sometimes a sentence begins with a coordinating connector, but in this case the whole sentence is joined to the previous sentence in the text. ...
... Sometimes a sentence begins with a coordinating connector, but in this case the whole sentence is joined to the previous sentence in the text. ...
PowerPoint 簡報
... if the student is interested not just in ____ subject but in two or three? ____ solution is to chapter 1 ...
... if the student is interested not just in ____ subject but in two or three? ____ solution is to chapter 1 ...
Robust Handling of Out-of-Vocabulary Words in
... The field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) is concerned with the interaction between humans and computers through the use of natural language, be it in spoken or written form. Achieving this interaction needs an automatic way of understanding the meaning conveyed by a natural language expression ...
... The field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) is concerned with the interaction between humans and computers through the use of natural language, be it in spoken or written form. Achieving this interaction needs an automatic way of understanding the meaning conveyed by a natural language expression ...
ENGA21: Grammar exercises
... Don't forget to look me up the next time you (B) shall come . (C) will come ...
... Don't forget to look me up the next time you (B) shall come . (C) will come ...
The Verb “To Be”
... Do have another cup of coffee. - or when we wish to express impatience: Do stop talking! - or when we wish to persuade: Do help me with this maths problem. In response to requests for permission, offers, etc. do and don't can be used in place of a full Imperative: May/Shall I switch the light off? - ...
... Do have another cup of coffee. - or when we wish to express impatience: Do stop talking! - or when we wish to persuade: Do help me with this maths problem. In response to requests for permission, offers, etc. do and don't can be used in place of a full Imperative: May/Shall I switch the light off? - ...
Amis Noun Phrase Structures:
... The morphemic analyses and glosses in the examples are based on Wu (2001), which in general follows Liu (1999). However, at least three revisions are made. First, while agreeing with Liu’s analysis of the Amis case marking system in decomposing the case-marker (e.g. ku) into a case marker (e.g. k-) ...
... The morphemic analyses and glosses in the examples are based on Wu (2001), which in general follows Liu (1999). However, at least three revisions are made. First, while agreeing with Liu’s analysis of the Amis case marking system in decomposing the case-marker (e.g. ku) into a case marker (e.g. k-) ...
Language Arts Curriculum Guide Template
... Do several examples as direct instruction. Example: 1. My brother had fun at his first game. (The pronoun his and the word it replaces, brother, are both singular, so they agree.) Complete several examples together as a class. Have students each write a descriptive paragraph about something fun they ...
... Do several examples as direct instruction. Example: 1. My brother had fun at his first game. (The pronoun his and the word it replaces, brother, are both singular, so they agree.) Complete several examples together as a class. Have students each write a descriptive paragraph about something fun they ...
A NON-CONFIGURATIONAL LANGUAGE?
... For this reason (among others), recent developments in generative grammar have moved away from the distinction between configurational and non-configurational languages, and many, if not most, generative syntacticians now seem to believe that the X'-theory (and binary branching) can adequately acco ...
... For this reason (among others), recent developments in generative grammar have moved away from the distinction between configurational and non-configurational languages, and many, if not most, generative syntacticians now seem to believe that the X'-theory (and binary branching) can adequately acco ...
Idioms, Anaphora, and Movement Diagnostics
... only arises when this particular V and this particular NP combine together; it is not there with different choices of NP or different choices of V. So, none of get X’s sheep/cow/hen or have/take/bring/steal X’s goat has the same meaning as get X’s goat A good illustration of the role of combination ...
... only arises when this particular V and this particular NP combine together; it is not there with different choices of NP or different choices of V. So, none of get X’s sheep/cow/hen or have/take/bring/steal X’s goat has the same meaning as get X’s goat A good illustration of the role of combination ...
2_7 Luraghi_Clitics
... not contribute semantic content to the predicate: rather, a typical initial step in the change from main verb to auxiliary is desemanticization. They specify some sort of grammatical category of the main verb, and are expected because they typically occur with a verb form that needs to be specified, ...
... not contribute semantic content to the predicate: rather, a typical initial step in the change from main verb to auxiliary is desemanticization. They specify some sort of grammatical category of the main verb, and are expected because they typically occur with a verb form that needs to be specified, ...
Me - Lingualicious
... verbs, it’s the thing being liked/loved/interesting that controls the verb ending. So really the verb gustar means ‘to be likeable’, encantar means ‘to be lovable’ interesar means ‘to be interesting’. Click the video beneath and listen to the lyrics of the song below. Notice that although it is the ...
... verbs, it’s the thing being liked/loved/interesting that controls the verb ending. So really the verb gustar means ‘to be likeable’, encantar means ‘to be lovable’ interesar means ‘to be interesting’. Click the video beneath and listen to the lyrics of the song below. Notice that although it is the ...
1 Articles and one, a little/a few, this, that
... He is to stay here till we return. (he must stay) This is a rather impersonal way of giving instructions and is chiefly used with the third person. When used with you it often implies that the speaker is passing on instructions issued by someone else. The difference between (a) Stay here, Tom and (b ...
... He is to stay here till we return. (he must stay) This is a rather impersonal way of giving instructions and is chiefly used with the third person. When used with you it often implies that the speaker is passing on instructions issued by someone else. The difference between (a) Stay here, Tom and (b ...
1 Chinese Passives in Comparative Perspective C.
... complementation approach seem to be correct and incorrect at the same time. In fact these two approaches seem to complement each other, so that problems that arise under one approach seem to provide evidence for the other, and vice versa. ...
... complementation approach seem to be correct and incorrect at the same time. In fact these two approaches seem to complement each other, so that problems that arise under one approach seem to provide evidence for the other, and vice versa. ...
VeTIS User Guide
... SBVR realizes the core principle of the Business Rules Approach at the business level, so called business rules “mantra” that has been introduced by Business Rules Group in 1995. This principle can be abbreviated as follows: “Business rules are based on facts, and facts are based on terms”. Followin ...
... SBVR realizes the core principle of the Business Rules Approach at the business level, so called business rules “mantra” that has been introduced by Business Rules Group in 1995. This principle can be abbreviated as follows: “Business rules are based on facts, and facts are based on terms”. Followin ...
The Marshallese Complemetizer Phrase
... Additionally there was a large consonant system including: labials /b[bw], p[by ]; P ?[mw], m[my ], dentals /t, j[ty ]; n[ny ], E,[n]/, velars /k, q[kw]; g[?], g_[? w]/, liquids /l_[lw], l[l], l[ly ]; r_[rw], r, d[ry ]/, and glides /y, w/. However, analysis of vowel distribution led to a simplified ...
... Additionally there was a large consonant system including: labials /b[bw], p[by ]; P ?[mw], m[my ], dentals /t, j[ty ]; n[ny ], E,[n]/, velars /k, q[kw]; g[?], g_[? w]/, liquids /l_[lw], l[l], l[ly ]; r_[rw], r, d[ry ]/, and glides /y, w/. However, analysis of vowel distribution led to a simplified ...