chapter 1 nouns, pronouns and determiners
... or things they refer to and their position in a sentence (Subject or Object). Thus I is used as the subject of a sentence (I am happy.), me is used as an object in various ways (He hit me. He gave me a book. Do this for me.), and my is used as the possessive form (That’s my car.) The same is true of ...
... or things they refer to and their position in a sentence (Subject or Object). Thus I is used as the subject of a sentence (I am happy.), me is used as an object in various ways (He hit me. He gave me a book. Do this for me.), and my is used as the possessive form (That’s my car.) The same is true of ...
Passive forms
... A new video store will be opened The Embassy has been attacked Tax cuts have been postponedε The agent is specified only when the speaker/writer needs or wants to make the identity of the semantic actor explicit: The laptop has been taken away by your brother Long passives (those which specify the a ...
... A new video store will be opened The Embassy has been attacked Tax cuts have been postponedε The agent is specified only when the speaker/writer needs or wants to make the identity of the semantic actor explicit: The laptop has been taken away by your brother Long passives (those which specify the a ...
Understanding English Grammar - Assets
... that allows people to communicate with one another. For some reason, many in academia and language teaching seem to have lost sight of this common sense truth, preferring to treat grammar as though it were an object, outside of human beings in society, consisting of absolute categories and rules. Th ...
... that allows people to communicate with one another. For some reason, many in academia and language teaching seem to have lost sight of this common sense truth, preferring to treat grammar as though it were an object, outside of human beings in society, consisting of absolute categories and rules. Th ...
on finiteness - Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
... this will be discussed in section 2. There are also many ‘fully-fledged’ languages without verb inflection, such as Chinese or Vietnamese. What is ‘finiteness’ in these languages? The same question may be asked for languages with a very rich inflection, such as all polysynthetic languages. The forme ...
... this will be discussed in section 2. There are also many ‘fully-fledged’ languages without verb inflection, such as Chinese or Vietnamese. What is ‘finiteness’ in these languages? The same question may be asked for languages with a very rich inflection, such as all polysynthetic languages. The forme ...
that Mary helped George
... generate a very large number of other sentences with similar structures. ...
... generate a very large number of other sentences with similar structures. ...
YERPAl SEQUENCES; A GENERATIVE APPROACH
... A note on English T- and N- auxiliaries As postulated also in G&H's framework the classification into Tauxiliaries and neutral auxiliaries is also applied to English. The patent differences with Catalan and Spanish obviously call for an explanation. G&H themselves point out that " auxiliary verbs d ...
... A note on English T- and N- auxiliaries As postulated also in G&H's framework the classification into Tauxiliaries and neutral auxiliaries is also applied to English. The patent differences with Catalan and Spanish obviously call for an explanation. G&H themselves point out that " auxiliary verbs d ...
relative clauses - Professor Catherine Hatzakos
... The person whose books are on the table will be back soon. (Whose shows that the books belong to the person.) ...
... The person whose books are on the table will be back soon. (Whose shows that the books belong to the person.) ...
Sentence-Combining Skills
... Other modifiers might also be part of the phrase. There is no true verb in an absolute phrase, however, and it is always treated as a parenthetical element, an introductory modifier, which is set off by a comma. The absolute phrase might be confused with a participial phrase, and the difference betw ...
... Other modifiers might also be part of the phrase. There is no true verb in an absolute phrase, however, and it is always treated as a parenthetical element, an introductory modifier, which is set off by a comma. The absolute phrase might be confused with a participial phrase, and the difference betw ...
The Spanish DELPH-IN Grammar - Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat
... valence frames are further constrained in terms of: optionality (of complements, as well as of marking preposition and of the complementizer introducing finite completive clauses), preposition classes for verbs of location and verbs of movement (constraints on the marking prepositions that are allow ...
... valence frames are further constrained in terms of: optionality (of complements, as well as of marking preposition and of the complementizer introducing finite completive clauses), preposition classes for verbs of location and verbs of movement (constraints on the marking prepositions that are allow ...
Reflexivity and adjustment strategies at the interfaces
... since they violate the double chain condition, which forces nominal elements to share both a tense and thematic features with the verb and the tense heads. Noninherent reflexive verbs require the presence of a SELF-anaphor, which is formed out of a SE-anaphor along with a protector SELF element. The ...
... since they violate the double chain condition, which forces nominal elements to share both a tense and thematic features with the verb and the tense heads. Noninherent reflexive verbs require the presence of a SELF-anaphor, which is formed out of a SE-anaphor along with a protector SELF element. The ...
Denise Hatcher - NIU College of Education
... There are four different ways to say you in Spanish. These are distinguished by the number of people being addressed as well as the relationship that the speaker has with him/her/them. In Spanish, the four “yous” are: ...
... There are four different ways to say you in Spanish. These are distinguished by the number of people being addressed as well as the relationship that the speaker has with him/her/them. In Spanish, the four “yous” are: ...
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
... pronouns, and contraction). An example is provided below to get you started. Singular possessive: William’s homework obligations made him miss The Simpsons. 1. Singular possessive (the dog, Sam, the officer, the teacher, Julie) ...
... pronouns, and contraction). An example is provided below to get you started. Singular possessive: William’s homework obligations made him miss The Simpsons. 1. Singular possessive (the dog, Sam, the officer, the teacher, Julie) ...
0530 spanish (foreign language)
... Counting words (a) In letters ignore any address or date. Ignore also any title which the candidate has invented. No marks may be gained for the above. (b) Count up to exactly 140 words. Award no more marks thereafter, either for Communication or Language. But see note (e). (c) Our definition of a w ...
... Counting words (a) In letters ignore any address or date. Ignore also any title which the candidate has invented. No marks may be gained for the above. (b) Count up to exactly 140 words. Award no more marks thereafter, either for Communication or Language. But see note (e). (c) Our definition of a w ...
The Spanish Language Speed Learning Course - Figure B
... and phrases. These words consist of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs. Among these basic parts of speech, more days will be given to the training of verbs as they are the most important and complicated topic in learning the Spanish language. You will be taught to conjugate differe ...
... and phrases. These words consist of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs. Among these basic parts of speech, more days will be given to the training of verbs as they are the most important and complicated topic in learning the Spanish language. You will be taught to conjugate differe ...
Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure
... article is the cause of John’s (change of) emotion but not necessarily the target of it. According to (6b), the article could in fact be a brilliant exposé of government corruption that makes John angry at the authorities, even though he likes the article very much. Putting together these pieces, we ...
... article is the cause of John’s (change of) emotion but not necessarily the target of it. According to (6b), the article could in fact be a brilliant exposé of government corruption that makes John angry at the authorities, even though he likes the article very much. Putting together these pieces, we ...
4524 INTENS RUSSIAN 01 PT/gk
... a man. The plural д у$ 0 is the general word for ‘friends’: Кл(, о$ к" с(. %о "о д уг 7 д"/"о0 од г Ол(. Kolya, let me introduce you. This is my friend Vadim/my friend Olya. 7 98 $ к" ? 5огд о$ к" с ! %о "о д у$ 0, Гл( + . You don’t know each other yet? Then let me intr ...
... a man. The plural д у$ 0 is the general word for ‘friends’: Кл(, о$ к" с(. %о "о д уг 7 д"/"о0 од г Ол(. Kolya, let me introduce you. This is my friend Vadim/my friend Olya. 7 98 $ к" ? 5огд о$ к" с ! %о "о д у$ 0, Гл( + . You don’t know each other yet? Then let me intr ...
infinitive as a predicate noun
... to escape with some escape with some help from the help from the monke ...
... to escape with some escape with some help from the help from the monke ...
Lesson Planner
... Organize main ideas and details for writing. Create an outline to write a multiparagraph ...
... Organize main ideas and details for writing. Create an outline to write a multiparagraph ...
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... a. You absolutely must be able to find the subjects and verbs in the test sentences. Yes, the sentences will be complicated, and I can promise you that you will not be able to “hear” the correct answer. b. You must be able to recognize and eliminate prepositional phrases when you are trying to find ...
... a. You absolutely must be able to find the subjects and verbs in the test sentences. Yes, the sentences will be complicated, and I can promise you that you will not be able to “hear” the correct answer. b. You must be able to recognize and eliminate prepositional phrases when you are trying to find ...
A Bi-Polar Theory of Nominal and Clause Structure and Function
... Lexical Items and expressions functioning as modifiers are preferentially attracted to one pole or the other. If the head of an expression describes a relation, one or more complements may be associated with the head. The four grammatical functions specifier, head, modifier and complement are genera ...
... Lexical Items and expressions functioning as modifiers are preferentially attracted to one pole or the other. If the head of an expression describes a relation, one or more complements may be associated with the head. The four grammatical functions specifier, head, modifier and complement are genera ...
3 `Derivational verbs` and other multiple
... which has been transcribed (see Awetí Documentation in the references). A major part of the transcribed texts has also been translated. In the transcribed texts, I found more than 900 occurrences of gerund forms (and more than 200 of semantically similar purposive forms). For this study I analyzed a ...
... which has been transcribed (see Awetí Documentation in the references). A major part of the transcribed texts has also been translated. In the transcribed texts, I found more than 900 occurrences of gerund forms (and more than 200 of semantically similar purposive forms). For this study I analyzed a ...
Chapter 25: Indirect Statement Chapter 25 covers the following: the
... form.” Change it to the way Latin would say the same thing. That is, use an infinitive. That’s right: “I believe the teacher to be a demon in human form.” And note that “teacher” here would be accusative in Latin. Keep going: “No one has yet discovered that I am the one who killed the demon-teacher. ...
... form.” Change it to the way Latin would say the same thing. That is, use an infinitive. That’s right: “I believe the teacher to be a demon in human form.” And note that “teacher” here would be accusative in Latin. Keep going: “No one has yet discovered that I am the one who killed the demon-teacher. ...
1 Noun classes and classifiers, semantics of
... what can be used as a classifier is provided by the way interrogative-indefinite pronouns are used: there is one which means 'what generic?' and another meaning 'generic being known, what specific?' Another decisive criterion is how obligatory the classifiers are, and whether it is possible to formu ...
... what can be used as a classifier is provided by the way interrogative-indefinite pronouns are used: there is one which means 'what generic?' and another meaning 'generic being known, what specific?' Another decisive criterion is how obligatory the classifiers are, and whether it is possible to formu ...