Tailoring a broad coverage grammar for the analysis of dictionary
... 1. Resolution of ambiguous assignment. The default strategy for attachment ambiguity, namely attachment to the closest possible head, should sometimes be changed for dictionary text, bi this way, some attachments which would remain ambiguous in ordinary texts can be disambiguated in the context of d ...
... 1. Resolution of ambiguous assignment. The default strategy for attachment ambiguity, namely attachment to the closest possible head, should sometimes be changed for dictionary text, bi this way, some attachments which would remain ambiguous in ordinary texts can be disambiguated in the context of d ...
Top 20 Writing Style Errors
... 19. Dangling, misplaced modifier. [See APA grammar and usage section, Chapter 3.21] 2.0% of total errors, ranked #20 based on errors marked by teachers. Modifiers are any adjectives, adverbs, phrases, or clauses that a writer uses to elaborate on something. Modifiers, when used wisely, enhance your ...
... 19. Dangling, misplaced modifier. [See APA grammar and usage section, Chapter 3.21] 2.0% of total errors, ranked #20 based on errors marked by teachers. Modifiers are any adjectives, adverbs, phrases, or clauses that a writer uses to elaborate on something. Modifiers, when used wisely, enhance your ...
Empty categories and complex sentences: the case of wh
... problems it presents to the language learning child. The phenomena are at the forefront of modern linguistic theory, and the subtle predictions they make deserve notice by theorists of child language. In what follows I will point to some of the phenomena that fall under the notion of "empty categori ...
... problems it presents to the language learning child. The phenomena are at the forefront of modern linguistic theory, and the subtle predictions they make deserve notice by theorists of child language. In what follows I will point to some of the phenomena that fall under the notion of "empty categori ...
1 Non-nominative subjects in Hindi/Urdu VP
... In this paper, I will use the Chomskyan grammatical theory as modified in Ura 2000, specifically to account for 'split' subject properties. I will modify and extend this theory to account for the similarities in Hindi/Urdu between ergative and other postpositional cases, and more importantly, their ...
... In this paper, I will use the Chomskyan grammatical theory as modified in Ura 2000, specifically to account for 'split' subject properties. I will modify and extend this theory to account for the similarities in Hindi/Urdu between ergative and other postpositional cases, and more importantly, their ...
Cognition, Grammaticalization and Syntactic Change. The
... and a time expression can be used to anchor it to a particular past moment (‘I worked hard last week’, for example). The Compound Preterite is basically a tense which is not used with adverbs of time referring to specific moments in the past (*Tenho estudado muito The linguistic conditions of this p ...
... and a time expression can be used to anchor it to a particular past moment (‘I worked hard last week’, for example). The Compound Preterite is basically a tense which is not used with adverbs of time referring to specific moments in the past (*Tenho estudado muito The linguistic conditions of this p ...
The Special Datives
... 3. Dative with Special Intransitive Verbs parco, mando, impero, noceo, resisto, studeo, etc. 4. Dative with Certain Compound Verbs praesum, praeficio, occurro, etc. (often verbs with prefixes of ob- and prae-) ...
... 3. Dative with Special Intransitive Verbs parco, mando, impero, noceo, resisto, studeo, etc. 4. Dative with Certain Compound Verbs praesum, praeficio, occurro, etc. (often verbs with prefixes of ob- and prae-) ...
Punjabi Text Generation using Interlingua
... sentence. Ambiguity increases when a word has more than one meaning (homonyms). For example “duck” could either be a type of bird, or an action involving bending down. Since these two meanings have different grammatical categories (noun and verb) the issue can be resolved by syntactic analysis. The ...
... sentence. Ambiguity increases when a word has more than one meaning (homonyms). For example “duck” could either be a type of bird, or an action involving bending down. Since these two meanings have different grammatical categories (noun and verb) the issue can be resolved by syntactic analysis. The ...
Päike sulatas suure jääpurika ära.
... get mapped onto syntactic verb frames (Van Hout 2000:239).” Van Hout locates the information about event types in the lexicon. As she writes, “the lexical properties that the mapping system must ‘see’ in a verb [do] not only include the number of arguments, but also its event type” (Van Hout 2000:23 ...
... get mapped onto syntactic verb frames (Van Hout 2000:239).” Van Hout locates the information about event types in the lexicon. As she writes, “the lexical properties that the mapping system must ‘see’ in a verb [do] not only include the number of arguments, but also its event type” (Van Hout 2000:23 ...
7116 Sentence Building Int.
... (including three adjective ending Rods) 8 pink article Rods 11 orange adverb Rods 10 blue preposition Rods 5 purple conjunction Rods 3 turquoise interjection Rods (including one blank Rod) 11 white punctuation Rods (including one blank Rod) ...
... (including three adjective ending Rods) 8 pink article Rods 11 orange adverb Rods 10 blue preposition Rods 5 purple conjunction Rods 3 turquoise interjection Rods (including one blank Rod) 11 white punctuation Rods (including one blank Rod) ...
How do I use this document?
... I recognize that effective writers have a purpose when writing, and can identify which applies within a given piece (PIE: to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain) I recognize that effective writers have an intended audience when they write and therefore, make specific decisions such as: what content t ...
... I recognize that effective writers have a purpose when writing, and can identify which applies within a given piece (PIE: to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain) I recognize that effective writers have an intended audience when they write and therefore, make specific decisions such as: what content t ...
Course Objectives Level 10 Objectives Grammar Reading/Writing
... Present perfect progressive Modals (including have to) Gerunds and infinitives as direct objects The function of adjective clauses Read and understand the main ideas and supporting details of a short newspaper article Read and understand the main ideas and supporting details of a general interest to ...
... Present perfect progressive Modals (including have to) Gerunds and infinitives as direct objects The function of adjective clauses Read and understand the main ideas and supporting details of a short newspaper article Read and understand the main ideas and supporting details of a general interest to ...
Building Statives
... passives, the verb’s external argument is truly missing. It’s not that it has been eliminated or suppressed. It was never there to begin with. A parallel explanation can be given to the absence of accusative case, provided that it, too, depends on the presence of verbal inflection11. The stativizer ...
... passives, the verb’s external argument is truly missing. It’s not that it has been eliminated or suppressed. It was never there to begin with. A parallel explanation can be given to the absence of accusative case, provided that it, too, depends on the presence of verbal inflection11. The stativizer ...
Language reference
... In many sentences and situations, either will or going to is possible. However, in general use will 1 to make predictions based on experience We’ve changed the job description so more people will apply. 2 to give or ask for information about the future When will we need to be ready? 3 to make future ...
... In many sentences and situations, either will or going to is possible. However, in general use will 1 to make predictions based on experience We’ve changed the job description so more people will apply. 2 to give or ask for information about the future When will we need to be ready? 3 to make future ...
- MIT Press Journals
... The morphological/phrasal scope conflict of affixes is not particular to morphologically rich languages. Semantic composition of affixes in morphologically simpler languages poses problems with word (narrow) scope of inflections. For instance, fake trucks needs the semantics (plu(fake truck)), which ...
... The morphological/phrasal scope conflict of affixes is not particular to morphologically rich languages. Semantic composition of affixes in morphologically simpler languages poses problems with word (narrow) scope of inflections. For instance, fake trucks needs the semantics (plu(fake truck)), which ...
89012103
... below. These verbs as subcategorized to have both internal and external θ-roles so that these sentences are said to be problematic for the reason of “it” as their internal arguments, which is non-argument obtains a θ-role in each sentence. 1. mention: agent
2. resent: agent
3 ...
... below. These verbs as subcategorized to have both internal and external θ-roles so that these sentences are said to be problematic for the reason of “it” as their internal arguments, which is non-argument obtains a θ-role in each sentence. 1. mention: agent
Untitled 8 - Scholars Online
... talk about the pieces that are put together into written English. The model here is the Twelve Tables of Roman law. (In fact they were not much like these, but let that go.) You need to master each of the twelve before you’re suited to become a citizen — a Civis Romanus. At any time your CS score dr ...
... talk about the pieces that are put together into written English. The model here is the Twelve Tables of Roman law. (In fact they were not much like these, but let that go.) You need to master each of the twelve before you’re suited to become a citizen — a Civis Romanus. At any time your CS score dr ...
Building Statives - Semantics Archive
... that the manner adverb can modify the stem kämm- before the construction is stativized. In other words, the grammaticality of 16(a) shows that the stativization operation that created the target state participle in 16(a) must have affected a phrase, rather than a mere lexical item. An immediate cons ...
... that the manner adverb can modify the stem kämm- before the construction is stativized. In other words, the grammaticality of 16(a) shows that the stativization operation that created the target state participle in 16(a) must have affected a phrase, rather than a mere lexical item. An immediate cons ...
An Application of Lexicalized Grammars in English
... In general, word sense disambiguation is one of the main obstacles in the way of the lexical transfer phase [15]. Here, we introduce a new method to tackle ambiguities that occur during this phase. To that end, we build a decision tree for every ambiguous word. The decisions are made by using some a ...
... In general, word sense disambiguation is one of the main obstacles in the way of the lexical transfer phase [15]. Here, we introduce a new method to tackle ambiguities that occur during this phase. To that end, we build a decision tree for every ambiguous word. The decisions are made by using some a ...
AP Language and Composition
... Presents a sophisticated and argument. conclusion. Uses a wide range of supporting Logical evidence from In Cold Blood to sequencing. other sources. Smooth transitions Effectively utilizes multiple appeals in his/her argument. and illustrative Includes a concession. connections made. E ...
... Presents a sophisticated and argument. conclusion. Uses a wide range of supporting Logical evidence from In Cold Blood to sequencing. other sources. Smooth transitions Effectively utilizes multiple appeals in his/her argument. and illustrative Includes a concession. connections made. E ...
Translation Studies
... the problem of so-called interlingual asymmetry (Gak in Zlateva 1993) or to use other term, missing categories: some grammatical categories (gender, number, case, article, prepositions, postpositions, verbal prefixes, separable verbal prefixes, definite conjugation) exist in one L, but not in the ot ...
... the problem of so-called interlingual asymmetry (Gak in Zlateva 1993) or to use other term, missing categories: some grammatical categories (gender, number, case, article, prepositions, postpositions, verbal prefixes, separable verbal prefixes, definite conjugation) exist in one L, but not in the ot ...
Use of Verb Information in Syntactic Parsing
... phrase. In contrast, the verb guessed permits either a direct object or sentence complement; this class will be referred to as the minimal attachment verbs. This term is used because these verbs are more strongly biased for a minimal attachment analysis of the ambiguous noun phrase than is the other ...
... phrase. In contrast, the verb guessed permits either a direct object or sentence complement; this class will be referred to as the minimal attachment verbs. This term is used because these verbs are more strongly biased for a minimal attachment analysis of the ambiguous noun phrase than is the other ...
Sentence Guidance - Bladon Primary School
... A complex sentence is a series of clauses, or messages, joined together by commas rather than being linked together by connectives. So, ‘Clearing away the snow from the drive, I began to dream about making a snowman’ is a complex sentence, and ‘I cleared the snow from the drive and thought about mak ...
... A complex sentence is a series of clauses, or messages, joined together by commas rather than being linked together by connectives. So, ‘Clearing away the snow from the drive, I began to dream about making a snowman’ is a complex sentence, and ‘I cleared the snow from the drive and thought about mak ...
Punctuation Rules and Capital Letters
... Rule 6 Do not use quotation marks with quoted material that is more than three lines in length. Introduce the quotation with a colon and leave a blank line above and below the quoted material. Single space the quoted material. Some style manuals say to indent one-half inch on both the left and right ...
... Rule 6 Do not use quotation marks with quoted material that is more than three lines in length. Introduce the quotation with a colon and leave a blank line above and below the quoted material. Single space the quoted material. Some style manuals say to indent one-half inch on both the left and right ...
Recognizing Sentence Boundaries and Boilerplate
... detection of sentence boundaries. Moreover, discarding boilerplate has not been taken into consideration in many sentence-labeling algorithms. At first glance, it may appear that using a short list of end-of-sentence punctuation marks, such as periods, question marks, and exclamation points, is suff ...
... detection of sentence boundaries. Moreover, discarding boilerplate has not been taken into consideration in many sentence-labeling algorithms. At first glance, it may appear that using a short list of end-of-sentence punctuation marks, such as periods, question marks, and exclamation points, is suff ...