Chapter 3 Sentence Structure: Predicates Rule
... confidence that this will be more helpful than showing you a bunch of big, long, complicated sentences that only have one apparent thing in common: being Cebuano. In a simple sentence you can see a pattern that you can learn and then apply to analyzing “deep Cebuano”. In a complicated sentence, if y ...
... confidence that this will be more helpful than showing you a bunch of big, long, complicated sentences that only have one apparent thing in common: being Cebuano. In a simple sentence you can see a pattern that you can learn and then apply to analyzing “deep Cebuano”. In a complicated sentence, if y ...
Force and finiteness in the Spanish complementizer system
... that the array of features usually carried by complementizers (declarativity, evidentiality, wh, . . . ) can appear as one single lexical item (que) and one functional projection (C) or be split into different projections (and lexical items). In particular, it is claimed that in Spanish the compleme ...
... that the array of features usually carried by complementizers (declarativity, evidentiality, wh, . . . ) can appear as one single lexical item (que) and one functional projection (C) or be split into different projections (and lexical items). In particular, it is claimed that in Spanish the compleme ...
Basic English Grammar , Book 1
... sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and sentences. Why? Because skill in speaking and writing is the ...
... sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and sentences. Why? Because skill in speaking and writing is the ...
100 Writing Mistakes
... The list of 100 spelling, usage, and punctuation errors does not include every possible mistake, but it covers a great many "howlers" that can put off potential customers and clients. A few entries feature a spelling or usage that differs in British and American English, or an expression or rule on ...
... The list of 100 spelling, usage, and punctuation errors does not include every possible mistake, but it covers a great many "howlers" that can put off potential customers and clients. A few entries feature a spelling or usage that differs in British and American English, or an expression or rule on ...
A Psycholinguistic Analysis of the Generative Grammar of
... selection requires that the speaker know the pronoun vocabulary of his language and the differences in meaning represented by person, gender ...
... selection requires that the speaker know the pronoun vocabulary of his language and the differences in meaning represented by person, gender ...
“Comparative typology of loose objects in Modern English
... terminology in this field is far from certain. The term "loose" is used in English grammars chiefly with reference to the apposition: close apposition and loose apposition are two notions opposed to each other in grammatical theory. Another term which may be used is "detached": detached attributes, ...
... terminology in this field is far from certain. The term "loose" is used in English grammars chiefly with reference to the apposition: close apposition and loose apposition are two notions opposed to each other in grammatical theory. Another term which may be used is "detached": detached attributes, ...
Algebraic Representation of Syntagmatic Structures
... Note that the distributivity of determination becomes apparent in case of coordinated dependent members. (In the formal representation, this one-sided property is expressed as left-hand distributivity.) As regard the distributivity over coordinated independent (head) members (or right-hand distribut ...
... Note that the distributivity of determination becomes apparent in case of coordinated dependent members. (In the formal representation, this one-sided property is expressed as left-hand distributivity.) As regard the distributivity over coordinated independent (head) members (or right-hand distribut ...
The Nominative + Infinitive construction and the Accusative +
... infinitive subject into the subject position of the main clause. The motivation for movement is different. It is assumed that DPs are specified for Case when they enter the derivation, and must simply check their case feature during the derivation. This means that the DP must reach a position where ...
... infinitive subject into the subject position of the main clause. The motivation for movement is different. It is assumed that DPs are specified for Case when they enter the derivation, and must simply check their case feature during the derivation. This means that the DP must reach a position where ...
Here - Syntax of the World`s Languages VII
... variability of the adverbial suffix, -wō ~ -ɓō. One might think that -wō is just a “weak variant” of ɓō (in Dan, ɓ may be pronounced as w in the word-internal positionin the rapid speech). However, another explanation can be suggested. There is a very polysemous verb ɓō whose original meaning i ...
... variability of the adverbial suffix, -wō ~ -ɓō. One might think that -wō is just a “weak variant” of ɓō (in Dan, ɓ may be pronounced as w in the word-internal positionin the rapid speech). However, another explanation can be suggested. There is a very polysemous verb ɓō whose original meaning i ...
CILLAII-draft9 - Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science
... compositionality. Small phrases are elicited first, and are then combined into larger phrases. For example, simple noun phrases are elicited first followed by noun phrases containing possessors, simple sentences, and multi-clausal sentences. Compositionality in the corpus facilitates the learning of ...
... compositionality. Small phrases are elicited first, and are then combined into larger phrases. For example, simple noun phrases are elicited first followed by noun phrases containing possessors, simple sentences, and multi-clausal sentences. Compositionality in the corpus facilitates the learning of ...
Cumulativity and Countability in Karitiana Verbs* Luciana Sanchez
... and atelic predicates; (ii) as (21) and (22) showed, there are more than just two readings associated with pitat; and (iii) as far as we can see the iterative interpretation with pitat in atelic contexts is as important than the others (and should not be explained by an exception rule, like “shift t ...
... and atelic predicates; (ii) as (21) and (22) showed, there are more than just two readings associated with pitat; and (iii) as far as we can see the iterative interpretation with pitat in atelic contexts is as important than the others (and should not be explained by an exception rule, like “shift t ...
The Clause
... Example: If it does not rain tomorrow, we will go to Crater Lake. Why is this an adverb clause? B/c it is describing a verb (will go) & it has a subject & verb (It does rain) NOTICE: When an adverb clause begins a sentence, it is followed by a comma. ...
... Example: If it does not rain tomorrow, we will go to Crater Lake. Why is this an adverb clause? B/c it is describing a verb (will go) & it has a subject & verb (It does rain) NOTICE: When an adverb clause begins a sentence, it is followed by a comma. ...
CTE - 02 Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota Written English
... changes verbs to adjectives. But in fact it is probably the same process, at least historically as is involved in marking progressive aspect on verbs, since "being in the process of doing X" is one of the natural meanings of the adjectival form X-ing. There is another, regular use of -ing to make ve ...
... changes verbs to adjectives. But in fact it is probably the same process, at least historically as is involved in marking progressive aspect on verbs, since "being in the process of doing X" is one of the natural meanings of the adjectival form X-ing. There is another, regular use of -ing to make ve ...
The Two be`s of English
... Examples of lexical verbs in English include eat, advertise, read, dichotomize, and a very large number of others. Auxiliaries, on the other hand, form a relatively small, closed set of grammatical functors. In English there are modal auxiliaries (would, could, will, can, etc.), aspectual auxiliarie ...
... Examples of lexical verbs in English include eat, advertise, read, dichotomize, and a very large number of others. Auxiliaries, on the other hand, form a relatively small, closed set of grammatical functors. In English there are modal auxiliaries (would, could, will, can, etc.), aspectual auxiliarie ...
Grammar Manual - Richard Têtu`s room
... a) What a word is called is its name, what a word does is its function. (1) In the sentence, “Bob loves her”: Bob is a noun, functioning as the subject; loves is a verb, functioning as a verb; her is a pronoun, functioning as an object. 3. Three basic functions [L.3.1.a] a) Verb (1) The verb express ...
... a) What a word is called is its name, what a word does is its function. (1) In the sentence, “Bob loves her”: Bob is a noun, functioning as the subject; loves is a verb, functioning as a verb; her is a pronoun, functioning as an object. 3. Three basic functions [L.3.1.a] a) Verb (1) The verb express ...
French Verbs booklet - Frederick Bremer School
... Tu étais You were/ used to be Il/Elle était He/She was / used to be Nous étions We were/ used to be Vous étiez You were / used to be Ils/Elles étaient They were / used to be ...
... Tu étais You were/ used to be Il/Elle était He/She was / used to be Nous étions We were/ used to be Vous étiez You were / used to be Ils/Elles étaient They were / used to be ...
the simple sentence - Annie Montaut
... Simple transitive predicates in the imperfect aspect usually take unmarked arguments and, if required by the semantic structure of the predicate (three place predicates), an indirect object marked with the dative postposition ko, and/or an intermediate agent marked in the instrumental case (causativ ...
... Simple transitive predicates in the imperfect aspect usually take unmarked arguments and, if required by the semantic structure of the predicate (three place predicates), an indirect object marked with the dative postposition ko, and/or an intermediate agent marked in the instrumental case (causativ ...
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Writing is
... of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of truth or a fact (p.942). And she defines spelling as the forming of words from letters, according to accepted usage or a sequence of letters composing a word. (p. 1133). Writing needs not only good organization but also perfect grammar. Unlike spoke ...
... of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of truth or a fact (p.942). And she defines spelling as the forming of words from letters, according to accepted usage or a sequence of letters composing a word. (p. 1133). Writing needs not only good organization but also perfect grammar. Unlike spoke ...
feature licensing, morphological words, and phonological domains
... *etorri ite diras? come dub. aux 'I wonder whether they have come' b. atrapa ei d6su ...
... *etorri ite diras? come dub. aux 'I wonder whether they have come' b. atrapa ei d6su ...
1 Mood Alternation in Modal Existential Constructions in Spanish
... New York English have been claimed to have MECs (Caponigro 2003, Grosu 2004). Cross-‐linguistically, there is a great deal of variation regarding which wh-‐words can be used in MECs. Languages clu ...
... New York English have been claimed to have MECs (Caponigro 2003, Grosu 2004). Cross-‐linguistically, there is a great deal of variation regarding which wh-‐words can be used in MECs. Languages clu ...
Adverbs and adverbial phrases
... other classes, such as nouns, that can function as adverbs. And there are quite a few adverbs that are derived from other words such as nouns or verbs. There are also adverbialisers that turn a word, phrase or clause into an adverbial. In my data there are several kinds of adverbs. Adverbs of degree ...
... other classes, such as nouns, that can function as adverbs. And there are quite a few adverbs that are derived from other words such as nouns or verbs. There are also adverbialisers that turn a word, phrase or clause into an adverbial. In my data there are several kinds of adverbs. Adverbs of degree ...
Writing conventions: Spelling
... • In informal written language, such as personal letters, notes, some advertisements, etc., where words showing emotion are written as if they are being directed at a particular person. The exclamation mark may indicate shock, surprise, or even amusement. You should see it! I nearly died! Buy now, p ...
... • In informal written language, such as personal letters, notes, some advertisements, etc., where words showing emotion are written as if they are being directed at a particular person. The exclamation mark may indicate shock, surprise, or even amusement. You should see it! I nearly died! Buy now, p ...
Syntactic and semantic constraints on the formation and
... certain change in the theme. (The theme, a person, changes from being not tired to being tired.) Other intransitive verbs with -ung nouns are like ermüden in this respect. The status of activity verb is especially obvious for the verbs in (6a). These are typical cases of unergative verbs. The root-b ...
... certain change in the theme. (The theme, a person, changes from being not tired to being tired.) Other intransitive verbs with -ung nouns are like ermüden in this respect. The status of activity verb is especially obvious for the verbs in (6a). These are typical cases of unergative verbs. The root-b ...