Image Grammar: Painting Pictures with Words
... Write an extended paragraph describing how you would “show” that photo to your friend. The most effective image grammar writing will: • Use each of the basic brush strokes at least once. May be used more than once or in combinations • Demonstrate that the writer is able to “zoom in” and capture some ...
... Write an extended paragraph describing how you would “show” that photo to your friend. The most effective image grammar writing will: • Use each of the basic brush strokes at least once. May be used more than once or in combinations • Demonstrate that the writer is able to “zoom in” and capture some ...
The subjunctive in Spanish
... Spanish has two past subjunctive forms. They are almost identical, except that where the "first form" has -ra-, the "second form" has -se-. Both forms are usually interchangeable although the -se- form may be more common in Spain than in other Spanish-speaking areas. The -ra- forms may also be used ...
... Spanish has two past subjunctive forms. They are almost identical, except that where the "first form" has -ra-, the "second form" has -se-. Both forms are usually interchangeable although the -se- form may be more common in Spain than in other Spanish-speaking areas. The -ra- forms may also be used ...
Negation in Mauwake, a Papuan language
... A negative interjection is intensified by just repeating it: Weetak, weetak or Wia, wia ‘No, no’. 12. Negation on sentence level Basically the scope of negation is within a clause, but sometimes the scope may change. Negative spreading is fairly common in Papuan languages that have a medial verb sys ...
... A negative interjection is intensified by just repeating it: Weetak, weetak or Wia, wia ‘No, no’. 12. Negation on sentence level Basically the scope of negation is within a clause, but sometimes the scope may change. Negative spreading is fairly common in Papuan languages that have a medial verb sys ...
Adjectives in English
... Interrogative Adjectives: When words like what, which, whose are used with nouns to ask questions; they are known as Interrogative Adjectives. Whose car is this? Which lecture did you attend? Possessive Adjectives: A possessive adjective ("my," "your," "his," "her," "its," "our," "their") is similar ...
... Interrogative Adjectives: When words like what, which, whose are used with nouns to ask questions; they are known as Interrogative Adjectives. Whose car is this? Which lecture did you attend? Possessive Adjectives: A possessive adjective ("my," "your," "his," "her," "its," "our," "their") is similar ...
30 Minutes to Review
... hear her. One young girl, passing by said "Look at the skinny ,old, drunk lady" Wow, it was too much for her, she really didn't mind "lady", she didn't mind "drunk" either, but "skinny and old" gave her a kick of energy. She renewed energy and vigour stand up and called for help again. At least, the ...
... hear her. One young girl, passing by said "Look at the skinny ,old, drunk lady" Wow, it was too much for her, she really didn't mind "lady", she didn't mind "drunk" either, but "skinny and old" gave her a kick of energy. She renewed energy and vigour stand up and called for help again. At least, the ...
Navajo Coordination - Swarthmore College
... Notice that the verb in (2) contains a plural marker. This indicates that the singular noun phrases count as a plural when coordinated. In general, the possibilities for coordination depend on the conjunction—the word used to link the clauses or phrases together. Dºº can coordinate clauses, noun phr ...
... Notice that the verb in (2) contains a plural marker. This indicates that the singular noun phrases count as a plural when coordinated. In general, the possibilities for coordination depend on the conjunction—the word used to link the clauses or phrases together. Dºº can coordinate clauses, noun phr ...
Some Fragments of Russenorsk Grammar
... Russenorsk (RN) is a trade pidgin which has a history of at least a century and a half. It was used mainly in the easternmost part of Northern Norway for bartering between Russians and Norwegians1. Russenorsk is an unusual pidgin, both in its structure and in the way linguists have mistreated it. No ...
... Russenorsk (RN) is a trade pidgin which has a history of at least a century and a half. It was used mainly in the easternmost part of Northern Norway for bartering between Russians and Norwegians1. Russenorsk is an unusual pidgin, both in its structure and in the way linguists have mistreated it. No ...
Subject and Predicate-Parts of a Sentence
... noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or an idea. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. The simple predicate is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate. The simple predicate is always a verb. A verb is a word that expresses an action or a stat ...
... noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or an idea. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. The simple predicate is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate. The simple predicate is always a verb. A verb is a word that expresses an action or a stat ...
English I Mastery Form
... sentences containing collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects, and prepositional phrases separating subject and verb.) ...
... sentences containing collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects, and prepositional phrases separating subject and verb.) ...
Topics and Participants in Jamamadí Narrative
... Participants may also be introduced by kinship terms. When a kinship term is used the person referred to by the term is never topic. They may become a paragraph topic at a later point in the story but cannot then be referred to by a kinship term. The ego of the kinship term is always the topic of t ...
... Participants may also be introduced by kinship terms. When a kinship term is used the person referred to by the term is never topic. They may become a paragraph topic at a later point in the story but cannot then be referred to by a kinship term. The ego of the kinship term is always the topic of t ...
Automatic Detection of Grammar Elements that Decrease Readability
... Figure 2: Automatically detected grammar elements The first test is a closed test, where we examine whether grammar elements in example sentences of TCS are detected correctly. TCS gives 840 example sentences, and there are 802 sentences from which their grammar elements are detected correctly. From ...
... Figure 2: Automatically detected grammar elements The first test is a closed test, where we examine whether grammar elements in example sentences of TCS are detected correctly. TCS gives 840 example sentences, and there are 802 sentences from which their grammar elements are detected correctly. From ...
Unifying Semantic Relations Across Syntactic Levels
... important part is the exam. Now, if exams usually make people anxious, we can generalize: exam anxiety The E ect now is a state of anxiety, caused by an unspeci ed action involving exams. The examples illustrate the Effect relation with a varying amount of detail. We want to represent all instances ...
... important part is the exam. Now, if exams usually make people anxious, we can generalize: exam anxiety The E ect now is a state of anxiety, caused by an unspeci ed action involving exams. The examples illustrate the Effect relation with a varying amount of detail. We want to represent all instances ...
Introduction to Dena`ina Language
... "s" is a bound morpheme because it makes no sense by itself, but has meaning only when added to a free morpheme such as "cow". Cow+s [cows] means more than one cow B. ...
... "s" is a bound morpheme because it makes no sense by itself, but has meaning only when added to a free morpheme such as "cow". Cow+s [cows] means more than one cow B. ...
A boy ran. A boy ran. sentence A boy ran. sentence noun verb
... students that with words ending with a vowel + “y” you just add “s” to make them plural. Write the rule and the singular form of the noun on the board and the plural form. Model the pronunciation of both the singular and the plural form for the students. Have the students pronounce both the singular ...
... students that with words ending with a vowel + “y” you just add “s” to make them plural. Write the rule and the singular form of the noun on the board and the plural form. Model the pronunciation of both the singular and the plural form for the students. Have the students pronounce both the singular ...
Empty categories and complex sentences: the case of wh
... So wear has a requirement that the thematic role of object be filled. That lexical requirement is satisfied in the theory that the question word what began adjacent to the verb in the object position of the D-structure, and then moved to the front of the sentence in the S-structure. The movement lea ...
... So wear has a requirement that the thematic role of object be filled. That lexical requirement is satisfied in the theory that the question word what began adjacent to the verb in the object position of the D-structure, and then moved to the front of the sentence in the S-structure. The movement lea ...
The grammaticalization of mood and modality in Omotic
... and Declaratives (section 3). Section 4 puts this phenomenon, involving pronominal subject (or agent) marking on different constituents within a clause, in a historical perspective. The historical development of Interrogative mood marking is central to section 5. In section 6, the historical-compara ...
... and Declaratives (section 3). Section 4 puts this phenomenon, involving pronominal subject (or agent) marking on different constituents within a clause, in a historical perspective. The historical development of Interrogative mood marking is central to section 5. In section 6, the historical-compara ...
LESSON 26: DEPENDENT CLAUSES (ADVERB)
... At daybreak is an adverbial prepositional phrase telling us more about the verb ran. It’s telling us WHEN he ran. You know all about prepositional phrases. Jim ran before he ate breakfast. Before he ate breakfast is telling us more about the verb ran. It’s still telling us WHEN he ran, but this time ...
... At daybreak is an adverbial prepositional phrase telling us more about the verb ran. It’s telling us WHEN he ran. You know all about prepositional phrases. Jim ran before he ate breakfast. Before he ate breakfast is telling us more about the verb ran. It’s still telling us WHEN he ran, but this time ...
Passive verb morphology: The effect of phonotactics on passive
... One of the most severe and widely-reported deficits in SLI affects verb morphology, and in particular the use of suffixes that mark tense and agreement (see review in Leonard, 1998). In English the pattern is one of variable suffix omission, e.g. Yesterday I play_/played football, He always watch_/w ...
... One of the most severe and widely-reported deficits in SLI affects verb morphology, and in particular the use of suffixes that mark tense and agreement (see review in Leonard, 1998). In English the pattern is one of variable suffix omission, e.g. Yesterday I play_/played football, He always watch_/w ...
Prominence and accentuation in French. A corpus
... have a final accent, may lead to “end-of-word” (accentual group) illusion (see Section 3). We now present results regarding a subset of grammatical categories, traditionally considered as clitics, and thus unstressed. Here again, the two kinds of disagreement between automatic and human prominence d ...
... have a final accent, may lead to “end-of-word” (accentual group) illusion (see Section 3). We now present results regarding a subset of grammatical categories, traditionally considered as clitics, and thus unstressed. Here again, the two kinds of disagreement between automatic and human prominence d ...
Parts of Speech, Run-On Sentences, Comma Splicing
... To get the most out of this booklet, it is strongly suggested that you check your answers at the back of the book after each set of practice exercises. It is important to know as you go along if you are understanding the concepts presented and doing the work correctly. You should correct any mistake ...
... To get the most out of this booklet, it is strongly suggested that you check your answers at the back of the book after each set of practice exercises. It is important to know as you go along if you are understanding the concepts presented and doing the work correctly. You should correct any mistake ...
Chapter 8 The verb complex
... abilitative boka and the desiderative manahagi, function both as main verbs, and as pre-head adverbials. Others are phonologically independent, but occur only as modifiers, while still others combine to form a pre-head modal auxiliary which is indexed to agree with the subject. 8.5.1 Modality, aspec ...
... abilitative boka and the desiderative manahagi, function both as main verbs, and as pre-head adverbials. Others are phonologically independent, but occur only as modifiers, while still others combine to form a pre-head modal auxiliary which is indexed to agree with the subject. 8.5.1 Modality, aspec ...
Syntax 2 powerpoint presentation
... In English, phrases can optionally contain some material to the left e.g. often reads, the birds, almost inside. These elements to the left of the heads are called SPECIFIERS. English phrases can also optionally contain some material to their right e.g. read books, proud of John, students of mathem ...
... In English, phrases can optionally contain some material to the left e.g. often reads, the birds, almost inside. These elements to the left of the heads are called SPECIFIERS. English phrases can also optionally contain some material to their right e.g. read books, proud of John, students of mathem ...
Portuguese Syntax
... words, are marked by a ”non-terminal” (i.e. word-less) node on that level (small circles in the illustration), and are further split into a new generation of (maximal) constituents, on the next lower level, - and so on, until terminal nodes (words) are reached throughout the whole tree. Constituent ...
... words, are marked by a ”non-terminal” (i.e. word-less) node on that level (small circles in the illustration), and are further split into a new generation of (maximal) constituents, on the next lower level, - and so on, until terminal nodes (words) are reached throughout the whole tree. Constituent ...
English Medium
... Winners always say "I can do it". The Andhra Pradesh State Tenth Class English Paper is comparatively more elaborative, comprehensive and testing. The subject depth and the ability of understanding of a student are really and suitably posed. The pattern has bidden farewell to the practice of mugging ...
... Winners always say "I can do it". The Andhra Pradesh State Tenth Class English Paper is comparatively more elaborative, comprehensive and testing. The subject depth and the ability of understanding of a student are really and suitably posed. The pattern has bidden farewell to the practice of mugging ...