Kurmanji lessons
... I. Translate: 1) What is this? It is my book. 2) What is that? It is her head (ser [m.]). 3) Who is this? He is my friend. His name is Dara. 4) Who is that? Şe is my student. Her name is Zeyno. 5) Who are you? I am your friend [f.]. 6) What is the name of your [sing.] village? The name of my village ...
... I. Translate: 1) What is this? It is my book. 2) What is that? It is her head (ser [m.]). 3) Who is this? He is my friend. His name is Dara. 4) Who is that? Şe is my student. Her name is Zeyno. 5) Who are you? I am your friend [f.]. 6) What is the name of your [sing.] village? The name of my village ...
Language Arts Curriculum Guide Template
... play a tense game. With students on teams, give a sentence in one tense and ask for it back in a different tense. One student on the team repeats the sentence in the new tense. If the student gets it right, he/she takes a shot at the basket. If student is incorrect, any member of the opposite team m ...
... play a tense game. With students on teams, give a sentence in one tense and ask for it back in a different tense. One student on the team repeats the sentence in the new tense. If the student gets it right, he/she takes a shot at the basket. If student is incorrect, any member of the opposite team m ...
the linguistics of endangered languages
... Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. Of the more than one million Mapuche, who make up about 4% of the Chilean population, only some 200,000 may be considered fluent speakers. In Argentina, the Mapuche population is estimated at 60,000. As Adelaar argues, the data from Quechua, Puquina ...
... Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. Of the more than one million Mapuche, who make up about 4% of the Chilean population, only some 200,000 may be considered fluent speakers. In Argentina, the Mapuche population is estimated at 60,000. As Adelaar argues, the data from Quechua, Puquina ...
univERsity oF copEnhAGEn
... 2000 a new set of quantitative methods began to be seen in linguistics. The tools for studying biological evolution were in a period of rapid development as methodologists rushed to exploit new possibilities brought about by advances in gene sequencing and desktop computing. The initial reception of ...
... 2000 a new set of quantitative methods began to be seen in linguistics. The tools for studying biological evolution were in a period of rapid development as methodologists rushed to exploit new possibilities brought about by advances in gene sequencing and desktop computing. The initial reception of ...
ASSIDUE Person prominence and relation prominence
... (YM), the Mayan language spoken on the peninsula of Yucatan. We shall start from the observation that YM often uses person backgrounding constructions where Standard Average European (SAE) languages, following Benjamin L. Whorf’s term, prefer person foregrounding constructions. We shall show that th ...
... (YM), the Mayan language spoken on the peninsula of Yucatan. We shall start from the observation that YM often uses person backgrounding constructions where Standard Average European (SAE) languages, following Benjamin L. Whorf’s term, prefer person foregrounding constructions. We shall show that th ...
1 The syntax/morphology interface Heidi Harley, University of
... derivational affixation can change a verb's argument structure requirements, and comparative clauses can be introduced by adjectives which must be appropriately inflected. Complex word-internal structure in polysynthetic languages represents the same logical content as sentence-internal structure in ...
... derivational affixation can change a verb's argument structure requirements, and comparative clauses can be introduced by adjectives which must be appropriately inflected. Complex word-internal structure in polysynthetic languages represents the same logical content as sentence-internal structure in ...
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... locative copula de/di/da with the substrate when he notes that “there is in Twi, for example, an extremely common verb da meaning to lie, be situated, live, remain, rest, and so on. Obviously these all involve the idea of being in a place; thus da could easily have been converted to uses equivalent ...
... locative copula de/di/da with the substrate when he notes that “there is in Twi, for example, an extremely common verb da meaning to lie, be situated, live, remain, rest, and so on. Obviously these all involve the idea of being in a place; thus da could easily have been converted to uses equivalent ...
8. ADJECTIVES The adjective system includes all the words and
... 1. Attributive Adj. are the words that come between a determiner and the noun in a NP. They can only modify N. my favourite book 2. Predicative Adj. are Adj. that occur without a N in a predicate of a sentence (usually after the verb to be, look, seem, etc. Most Adj. can be used either attributively ...
... 1. Attributive Adj. are the words that come between a determiner and the noun in a NP. They can only modify N. my favourite book 2. Predicative Adj. are Adj. that occur without a N in a predicate of a sentence (usually after the verb to be, look, seem, etc. Most Adj. can be used either attributively ...
Yu-ping
... position, namely, the Spec position in X-bar structure. The status of the small clause as an AP is determined by the categorical property of the predicate, which is an adjective. Here in example (1), the predicate of the small clause ‘a genius’ is an NP. In the previous X-bar analysis of NP, the det ...
... position, namely, the Spec position in X-bar structure. The status of the small clause as an AP is determined by the categorical property of the predicate, which is an adjective. Here in example (1), the predicate of the small clause ‘a genius’ is an NP. In the previous X-bar analysis of NP, the det ...
Guidelines for Writing Work Term Reports
... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The purpose of this report is to provide guidelines for Civil and Environmental Engineering students to follow in their work reports. One requirement for professional accreditation is evidence of the ability to communicate effectively both orally an ...
... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The purpose of this report is to provide guidelines for Civil and Environmental Engineering students to follow in their work reports. One requirement for professional accreditation is evidence of the ability to communicate effectively both orally an ...
Summary of Unity Language Patterns
... Unity Pattern 1: NOUNS, VERBS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS This pattern generates nouns, verbs and adjectives in the 45 sequenced user area. The pattern also generates nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs ending in –ly in the 60 and 84 sequenced user areas. ...
... Unity Pattern 1: NOUNS, VERBS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS This pattern generates nouns, verbs and adjectives in the 45 sequenced user area. The pattern also generates nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs ending in –ly in the 60 and 84 sequenced user areas. ...
Object Ellipsis as Topic Drop
... determined with respect to them (Reinhart, 1981; Strawson, 1964). Since sentences may have more than one topic, the ‘main’ topic (often the syntactically highest one, i.e., a subject or one that is topicalized) is the pivot for truth value assessment. Depending on context, however, any one of the to ...
... determined with respect to them (Reinhart, 1981; Strawson, 1964). Since sentences may have more than one topic, the ‘main’ topic (often the syntactically highest one, i.e., a subject or one that is topicalized) is the pivot for truth value assessment. Depending on context, however, any one of the to ...
A Pronoun
... What are the things to remember while using reciprocal pronouns? The phrases ‘one another’ and ‘each other’ are pronominal phrases or reciprocal pronouns that express a mutual relation referring to the subject in the plural. Reciprocal pronouns are used to indicate an action carried out by two perso ...
... What are the things to remember while using reciprocal pronouns? The phrases ‘one another’ and ‘each other’ are pronominal phrases or reciprocal pronouns that express a mutual relation referring to the subject in the plural. Reciprocal pronouns are used to indicate an action carried out by two perso ...
NOUN-NOUN COMBINATIONS IN TECHNICAL ENGLISH Nguyen
... priority in Roman time, but its position was taken by grammar for centuries since medieval period (Schmitt, 2000). Recently, vocabulary has gained back its favor with plenty of publications such as The lexical approach: the state of ELT and a way forward (Lewis, 2002), The lexical syllabus: a new ap ...
... priority in Roman time, but its position was taken by grammar for centuries since medieval period (Schmitt, 2000). Recently, vocabulary has gained back its favor with plenty of publications such as The lexical approach: the state of ELT and a way forward (Lewis, 2002), The lexical syllabus: a new ap ...
Thoughts on grammaticalization
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
Thoughts on grammaticalization
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
Study_Island (22) - Punctuation Activities with answer key
... A. My mother was upset; because I lost her favorite grammar book. B. My mother was upset, because I lost her favorite grammar book. C. My mother was upset because, I lost her favorite grammar book. D. My mother was upset because I lost her favorite grammar book. ...
... A. My mother was upset; because I lost her favorite grammar book. B. My mother was upset, because I lost her favorite grammar book. C. My mother was upset because, I lost her favorite grammar book. D. My mother was upset because I lost her favorite grammar book. ...
A-Z of Correct English
... ALTERNATE Saturdays. (= every other Saturday) I ALTERNATE between hope and despair. (= have each mood in turn) An ALTERNATIVE plan would be to go by boat. (= another possibility) The ALTERNATIVES are simple: work or go hungry. (= two choices) Strictly speaking, the choice can be between only two alt ...
... ALTERNATE Saturdays. (= every other Saturday) I ALTERNATE between hope and despair. (= have each mood in turn) An ALTERNATIVE plan would be to go by boat. (= another possibility) The ALTERNATIVES are simple: work or go hungry. (= two choices) Strictly speaking, the choice can be between only two alt ...
AGU Grammar and Style Guide
... A comma should be used to clarify meaning. AGU uses the open punctuation style, that is, using only as much punctuation as necessary for clarity. Do not use balancing commas. Generally, commas are used around, before, and after nonrestrictive clauses and phrases. A nonrestrictive clause or phrases i ...
... A comma should be used to clarify meaning. AGU uses the open punctuation style, that is, using only as much punctuation as necessary for clarity. Do not use balancing commas. Generally, commas are used around, before, and after nonrestrictive clauses and phrases. A nonrestrictive clause or phrases i ...
Test Packet - Veritas Press
... 20. Underline the genitive construction that appears in each of the following sentences. Identify the type of construction and then translate the genitive phrase. (3 pts. per sentence = 6 pts.) a. Hic est diës magnï gaudiï. Type of Construction: ________________________ Translation: ______________ ...
... 20. Underline the genitive construction that appears in each of the following sentences. Identify the type of construction and then translate the genitive phrase. (3 pts. per sentence = 6 pts.) a. Hic est diës magnï gaudiï. Type of Construction: ________________________ Translation: ______________ ...
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 47, 2
... jective). The OE word Indisc is revived only in 1398 by Trevisa. In a slightly earlier text, i.e., Gower’s Confessio Amantis (1393), we find the word Indien, which later appears three more times in Kyng Alisaunder (1400) and once in Mandeville’s Travels (1425); however, this is with a nominal functi ...
... jective). The OE word Indisc is revived only in 1398 by Trevisa. In a slightly earlier text, i.e., Gower’s Confessio Amantis (1393), we find the word Indien, which later appears three more times in Kyng Alisaunder (1400) and once in Mandeville’s Travels (1425); however, this is with a nominal functi ...
Language Arts Curriculum Guide Template
... Next write a paragraph using nouns and pronouns intermixed so that pronounantecedent is unclear. Have students correct this paragraph. Have students write five complete sentences about an activity they have recently participated in. Next have them write only the complete subjects on a paper and exch ...
... Next write a paragraph using nouns and pronouns intermixed so that pronounantecedent is unclear. Have students correct this paragraph. Have students write five complete sentences about an activity they have recently participated in. Next have them write only the complete subjects on a paper and exch ...
The Inflected Infinitive in Brazilian Portuguese.
... were not consistent with the norms prescribed by the normative grammar; Maurer (1968) presents a quite different scenario for the same situation, i.e. that it were natural, logical and easy to use it, apart form being a structural element of the language since its origin.6 This controversy about th ...
... were not consistent with the norms prescribed by the normative grammar; Maurer (1968) presents a quite different scenario for the same situation, i.e. that it were natural, logical and easy to use it, apart form being a structural element of the language since its origin.6 This controversy about th ...
How to use this book
... ALTERNATE Saturdays. (= every other Saturday) I ALTERNATE between hope and despair. (= have each mood in turn) An ALTERNATIVE plan would be to go by boat. (= another possibility) The ALTERNATIVES are simple: work or go hungry. (= two choices) Strictly speaking, the choice can be between only two alt ...
... ALTERNATE Saturdays. (= every other Saturday) I ALTERNATE between hope and despair. (= have each mood in turn) An ALTERNATIVE plan would be to go by boat. (= another possibility) The ALTERNATIVES are simple: work or go hungry. (= two choices) Strictly speaking, the choice can be between only two alt ...