the Supine - Skidmore College
... Notice the need to distinguish the supine in the second sentences from a perfect passive participle agreeing with imperatōrem (“the emperor having been warned”). This is usually not difficult if one can remember that the supine exists, since sentences containing the supine often will not make sense ...
... Notice the need to distinguish the supine in the second sentences from a perfect passive participle agreeing with imperatōrem (“the emperor having been warned”). This is usually not difficult if one can remember that the supine exists, since sentences containing the supine often will not make sense ...
lesson six
... know for certain whether Tolkien imagined this to be the actual development – a form something like matnë actually occurring at an earlier stage, but later becoming mantë by swapping around the consonants t and n. The linguistic term for such transposing of two sounds is metathesis, and there are ot ...
... know for certain whether Tolkien imagined this to be the actual development – a form something like matnë actually occurring at an earlier stage, but later becoming mantë by swapping around the consonants t and n. The linguistic term for such transposing of two sounds is metathesis, and there are ot ...
insights into linguistics
... Arbitrariness Why is a table called “table”? Obviously, the thing never told us its name. And tables do not make a noise similar to the word. The same applies to most of the words of our language. Hence, words and their meanings have no a priori connection. We cannot tell from the sound structure wh ...
... Arbitrariness Why is a table called “table”? Obviously, the thing never told us its name. And tables do not make a noise similar to the word. The same applies to most of the words of our language. Hence, words and their meanings have no a priori connection. We cannot tell from the sound structure wh ...
Intensive pronouns
... gender, case and number. The categories of person and gender (in the third person singular) exist only in personal and possessive pronouns.2 Pronouns as well as nouns have two cases but whereas some pronouns (e.g. personal and the relative and interrogative, who) have the nominative and objective ca ...
... gender, case and number. The categories of person and gender (in the third person singular) exist only in personal and possessive pronouns.2 Pronouns as well as nouns have two cases but whereas some pronouns (e.g. personal and the relative and interrogative, who) have the nominative and objective ca ...
Chapter 2
... other words, they are aspectually neutral.7 In contrast, the complex tenses have a specific aspectual value. However, as with Tense, there is no straightforward correspondence between the morphological categories expressing Aspect and the specific semantic interpretation of these formal properties o ...
... other words, they are aspectually neutral.7 In contrast, the complex tenses have a specific aspectual value. However, as with Tense, there is no straightforward correspondence between the morphological categories expressing Aspect and the specific semantic interpretation of these formal properties o ...
Old Irish pronouns: agreement affixes vs. clitic arguments.
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
Chapter 2 - Scholastic Shop
... photos from magazines or paintings in a gallery, children identify items and think of the adjective they would use to describe them, forming sentences and challenging peers to identify items from their statements. This could be extended to using adjectives as complements, for example She is confiden ...
... photos from magazines or paintings in a gallery, children identify items and think of the adjective they would use to describe them, forming sentences and challenging peers to identify items from their statements. This could be extended to using adjectives as complements, for example She is confiden ...
Grammar Mini-Lesson #1
... By definition, a clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate (a verb). There are two categories of clauses: Independent or Main (a clause that is a sentence on its own) Dependent or Subordinate (a clause that needs to be joined with an Independent clause) ...
... By definition, a clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate (a verb). There are two categories of clauses: Independent or Main (a clause that is a sentence on its own) Dependent or Subordinate (a clause that needs to be joined with an Independent clause) ...
The morphological family size effect and morphology
... members. Finally, if the Family Size effect is truly semantic in nature, we would expect that regular as well as irregular participles show an equally strong effect of Family Size, even though the family members of the irregular participles contain a different orthographic and phonological form of t ...
... members. Finally, if the Family Size effect is truly semantic in nature, we would expect that regular as well as irregular participles show an equally strong effect of Family Size, even though the family members of the irregular participles contain a different orthographic and phonological form of t ...
Present Simple
... We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened over a period of time. We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action. We also use the Present Perfect to ta ...
... We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened over a period of time. We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action. We also use the Present Perfect to ta ...
the Word file - Tycho Brahe Project
... capture the morphological richness Portuguese exhibits, a feature shared by romance languages in general. Not only are such tags used to indicate which lexical items compose a clear-cut subgroup in a certain part-of-speech class3, but also to indicate several morphological visible inflectional [+ ma ...
... capture the morphological richness Portuguese exhibits, a feature shared by romance languages in general. Not only are such tags used to indicate which lexical items compose a clear-cut subgroup in a certain part-of-speech class3, but also to indicate several morphological visible inflectional [+ ma ...
Studies in African Linguistics Volume 10, Number 2, July 1979 A
... 2Throughout this paper I will be following the aspectual terminology used by Comrie [1975,1976J. 3Terminological difficulties can arise from the fact that a number of terms can be used ambiguously for semantic functions and surface morphological forms· In general there is a great deal of overlap, si ...
... 2Throughout this paper I will be following the aspectual terminology used by Comrie [1975,1976J. 3Terminological difficulties can arise from the fact that a number of terms can be used ambiguously for semantic functions and surface morphological forms· In general there is a great deal of overlap, si ...
Preterite (past) tense practice
... Write out answers to the questions put by the teacher – fold over the paper and pass it on See if it makes sense at the end Unscramble Unscramble words / sentences Mime Pupil /teacher mimes the sentence. Team members write sentence they think it is on the board Time-limited brainstorm Brainstorm – w ...
... Write out answers to the questions put by the teacher – fold over the paper and pass it on See if it makes sense at the end Unscramble Unscramble words / sentences Mime Pupil /teacher mimes the sentence. Team members write sentence they think it is on the board Time-limited brainstorm Brainstorm – w ...
Parts of Speech
... 3) The man wearing a blue suit is young. 4) The runner is very fast. 5) He is a good basketball player. 6) Alamance Community College is a great place to learn. 7) The blue bus is late. 8) The rusty truck has an oversized trailer. 9) Jaime is so smart! 10) The job was difficult, but manageable. 11) ...
... 3) The man wearing a blue suit is young. 4) The runner is very fast. 5) He is a good basketball player. 6) Alamance Community College is a great place to learn. 7) The blue bus is late. 8) The rusty truck has an oversized trailer. 9) Jaime is so smart! 10) The job was difficult, but manageable. 11) ...
Context Clues and Reference
... Determines the meaning of a noun from information provided by the context of a passage Determines the meaning of a verb from information provided by the context of a passage Determines the meaning of an adjective from information provided by the context of a passage (3 or more sentences) Determines ...
... Determines the meaning of a noun from information provided by the context of a passage Determines the meaning of a verb from information provided by the context of a passage Determines the meaning of an adjective from information provided by the context of a passage (3 or more sentences) Determines ...
Jeopardy - Level 6
... A: We’ll be leaving as soon as she arrives. B: We’ll be leaving since she arrives. ...
... A: We’ll be leaving as soon as she arrives. B: We’ll be leaving since she arrives. ...
Mastering Modifiers
... modifying "writer”) David skillfully plays guitar. ("Skillfully" is an adverb modifying "plays”) Figure 1. Many students find themselves asking this question – Why? – if they don't understand the role of adjectives and adverbs as modifiers. Image of “Why?” © 2011 Jupiterimages Corporation. ...
... modifying "writer”) David skillfully plays guitar. ("Skillfully" is an adverb modifying "plays”) Figure 1. Many students find themselves asking this question – Why? – if they don't understand the role of adjectives and adverbs as modifiers. Image of “Why?” © 2011 Jupiterimages Corporation. ...
AP Eng Lang & Comp Week 1 Lesson 1
... COMBINING SENTENCES When possible, combine two or more sentences into a single, effective, well-written sentence. We may do this when sentences are closely related in meaning and belong together, and because it is boring to read a series of short sentences that have a similar structure. When we tal ...
... COMBINING SENTENCES When possible, combine two or more sentences into a single, effective, well-written sentence. We may do this when sentences are closely related in meaning and belong together, and because it is boring to read a series of short sentences that have a similar structure. When we tal ...
Infinitive Phrase
... in the infinitive. Perhaps the denomination “pseudo-subject” is preferable. It is somewhat misleading to use the word “subject” since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite, or fully functioning, verb. Also remember that when this actor of an infinitive is a pronoun, i ...
... in the infinitive. Perhaps the denomination “pseudo-subject” is preferable. It is somewhat misleading to use the word “subject” since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite, or fully functioning, verb. Also remember that when this actor of an infinitive is a pronoun, i ...
Passive Voice: How is it Interpreted - NIC-Test-Prep-at
... used to ensure that the object receives the action of the verb. Depending on the complexity of the utterance, these techniques may be used in combination or alone. After each technique, an example will be given, followed by a gloss of a suggested rendering into ASL*. This suggested rendering represe ...
... used to ensure that the object receives the action of the verb. Depending on the complexity of the utterance, these techniques may be used in combination or alone. After each technique, an example will be given, followed by a gloss of a suggested rendering into ASL*. This suggested rendering represe ...
The use of gaan+ infinitive in narratives of older bilingual children of
... Slightly more than half of the children produce gaan+infinitive in their jokes, namely 36 out of 69. Moroccan and Turkish children do not differ with respect to the use versus the non-use of gaan+infinitive. Further, the high frequency of gaan+infinitive is striking, in particular, the 36 children p ...
... Slightly more than half of the children produce gaan+infinitive in their jokes, namely 36 out of 69. Moroccan and Turkish children do not differ with respect to the use versus the non-use of gaan+infinitive. Further, the high frequency of gaan+infinitive is striking, in particular, the 36 children p ...
Complex Sentence
... • A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma ...
... • A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma ...