English 10 - Grammar Notes
... The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and a curtain, made of strings of bamboo beads, hung ac ...
... The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and a curtain, made of strings of bamboo beads, hung ac ...
Syntactic classification of Swahili verbal expressions
... his survival, but also to an endless array of states, relations, objects and events both internal and external to himself” (p 24). The expansion of the conceptual universe brought a challenge to the universe of sound and hence forced it to keep pace with the developments in the conceptual universe. ...
... his survival, but also to an endless array of states, relations, objects and events both internal and external to himself” (p 24). The expansion of the conceptual universe brought a challenge to the universe of sound and hence forced it to keep pace with the developments in the conceptual universe. ...
Deconstructing the non-episodic readings of Spanish deverbal
... hypothetical participation in an event is due to the particular properties of the entity, without necessary intervention of an external set of conditions. That is, if something is quebradizo ‘break-dizo’, it is so because of its internal composition, the substance it is made of, its molecular struct ...
... hypothetical participation in an event is due to the particular properties of the entity, without necessary intervention of an external set of conditions. That is, if something is quebradizo ‘break-dizo’, it is so because of its internal composition, the substance it is made of, its molecular struct ...
Learning Dovahzul
... Sentence structure, in a very broad sense, is how these parts are ordered. In English, sentences are structured subject-verb-object. Dovahzul is structured the same way, with some exceptions which we’ll get to below. ...
... Sentence structure, in a very broad sense, is how these parts are ordered. In English, sentences are structured subject-verb-object. Dovahzul is structured the same way, with some exceptions which we’ll get to below. ...
Pictorial English grammar
... students, because it systematizes and synthesizes English sentences in terms of syntax. Students can learn what English sentences look like, along with acquiring knowledge of the functions of different parts of speech. However, it is also an undeniable fact that there are quite a few controversial o ...
... students, because it systematizes and synthesizes English sentences in terms of syntax. Students can learn what English sentences look like, along with acquiring knowledge of the functions of different parts of speech. However, it is also an undeniable fact that there are quite a few controversial o ...
perfective aspect
... Other aspects can be expressed by catenative verbs: - repeated action (He kept coming back), - the beginning of an action (She started writing / They began to eat / We should ...
... Other aspects can be expressed by catenative verbs: - repeated action (He kept coming back), - the beginning of an action (She started writing / They began to eat / We should ...
COMPASS Writing Skills Sample Test Questions
... The Writing Skills Placement Test presents one or more passages, each containing several errors. When an error is detected in a passage, clicking on that section of the passage brings up several alternative segments of text from which a more appropriate segment can be selected and inserted automatic ...
... The Writing Skills Placement Test presents one or more passages, each containing several errors. When an error is detected in a passage, clicking on that section of the passage brings up several alternative segments of text from which a more appropriate segment can be selected and inserted automatic ...
Some Properties of Preposition and Subordinate Conjunction
... One first runs the system on a training set, which starts by guessing that each I-group attaches to its left adjacent group. This training run moves in iterations, with each iteration producing the next rule that repairs the most remaining attachment errors in the training set. The training run ends ...
... One first runs the system on a training set, which starts by guessing that each I-group attaches to its left adjacent group. This training run moves in iterations, with each iteration producing the next rule that repairs the most remaining attachment errors in the training set. The training run ends ...
C86-1141 - Association for Computational Linguistics
... Inflexion and phonetic conversion but also liaison processing. The system works In the following way: given a basic orthographic form (e.g. heureux), its syntactic category and Inflexlonal features (e.g. adjective, feminine, singular), a phonological dictionary works out its phonological representat ...
... Inflexion and phonetic conversion but also liaison processing. The system works In the following way: given a basic orthographic form (e.g. heureux), its syntactic category and Inflexlonal features (e.g. adjective, feminine, singular), a phonological dictionary works out its phonological representat ...
MORPHEMICS AND SYNTAX
... [t] of root or the voiced [d] of wed (rooted and wedded). We can also call these morphs allomorphs or variants. ...
... [t] of root or the voiced [d] of wed (rooted and wedded). We can also call these morphs allomorphs or variants. ...
Conjunctions - BasicComposition.Com
... S UBORD IN ATIN G CON JUN CTION S A subordinating conjunction p laced at the beginning of an ind ep end ent clau se changes it into a subordinate or dependent clause (no longer a com p lete sentence). It introd u ces the d epend ent clau se and show s how it relates to the ind ep end ent clau se to ...
... S UBORD IN ATIN G CON JUN CTION S A subordinating conjunction p laced at the beginning of an ind ep end ent clau se changes it into a subordinate or dependent clause (no longer a com p lete sentence). It introd u ces the d epend ent clau se and show s how it relates to the ind ep end ent clau se to ...
Lesson 5 Verbs--Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles
... subject Fitzgerald; his coat is the direct object of action expressed in participle.) Peggy noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline. (participial phrase walking along the shoreline functions as an adjective modifying the noun cousin; along the shoreline is the prepositional phrase used ...
... subject Fitzgerald; his coat is the direct object of action expressed in participle.) Peggy noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline. (participial phrase walking along the shoreline functions as an adjective modifying the noun cousin; along the shoreline is the prepositional phrase used ...
Unit 7 - GFF3 - Modals Part 2 Interactive
... May, Could, Can = Ask Permission Example, “Could I check this book out?” “May I use your phone?” “May” and “Could” are more polite than “Can” “Please” usually goes after the subject or at the end of the sentence. Example: “Could I please borrow the car?” “Could I borrow the car, please?” “Coul ...
... May, Could, Can = Ask Permission Example, “Could I check this book out?” “May I use your phone?” “May” and “Could” are more polite than “Can” “Please” usually goes after the subject or at the end of the sentence. Example: “Could I please borrow the car?” “Could I borrow the car, please?” “Coul ...
Graded representations in the acquisition of English and German
... Therefore we compared English active transitives, in which semantic roles (e.g., agent versus patient) are marked by one cue—word order, with German. In German, word order and case-marking collaborate in marking the same noun phrase as subject in 68% of active transitive sentences in child-directed ...
... Therefore we compared English active transitives, in which semantic roles (e.g., agent versus patient) are marked by one cue—word order, with German. In German, word order and case-marking collaborate in marking the same noun phrase as subject in 68% of active transitive sentences in child-directed ...
On Verb-Initial and Verb-Final Word Orders in Lokaa.
... minor variant of one of these), so this can be considered an obligatory element in the Lokaa clause More important for our purposes is the agreement prefix, seen on all the verbs in (8), and indeed on all Lokaa verbs except for imperatives and gerunds. The obvious function of this prefix is to expr ...
... minor variant of one of these), so this can be considered an obligatory element in the Lokaa clause More important for our purposes is the agreement prefix, seen on all the verbs in (8), and indeed on all Lokaa verbs except for imperatives and gerunds. The obvious function of this prefix is to expr ...
Head Words and Phrases Heads and their Dependents
... – Other heads and their complements • Prepositions have variety in their complement structure but less than verbs – Intransitive: She lives nearby (*the bank). – Transitive She went into *(the house). – Either transitive or intransitive: He went inside (the house). – Clausal complement We left befo ...
... – Other heads and their complements • Prepositions have variety in their complement structure but less than verbs – Intransitive: She lives nearby (*the bank). – Transitive She went into *(the house). – Either transitive or intransitive: He went inside (the house). – Clausal complement We left befo ...
Grammar - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... • An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period. • An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. Read each sentence. Write whether it is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. 1. What a wonderful camping trip ...
... • An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period. • An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. Read each sentence. Write whether it is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. 1. What a wonderful camping trip ...
The perfect aspect: syntactic interferences on the part of brazilian
... 1 is difficult to draw a clear-cut distinction between tense and mood. Aspect, as seen in the above examples, also merges both with mood and tense. A brief discussion follows as to whether tense and ...
... 1 is difficult to draw a clear-cut distinction between tense and mood. Aspect, as seen in the above examples, also merges both with mood and tense. A brief discussion follows as to whether tense and ...
Workshop on Nominalization
... - What does it mean to be nominal? - Why would this property hold of nominals? 2. What does it mean to be a nominal? Part of theory of syntactic categories: Distributive Morphology (Halle and Marantx 1993, Marantz 1997, etc.): Lexical roots are category neutral, they are assigned a category X by mer ...
... - What does it mean to be nominal? - Why would this property hold of nominals? 2. What does it mean to be a nominal? Part of theory of syntactic categories: Distributive Morphology (Halle and Marantx 1993, Marantz 1997, etc.): Lexical roots are category neutral, they are assigned a category X by mer ...
The adaptation of a machine-learned sentence
... There are some cases, however, where the value of the target feature is language independent. The most obvious case is the syntactic labeling of constituents such as NP, PP, etc. Other examples include models with yes/no target feature values, such as the model which determines the probability that ...
... There are some cases, however, where the value of the target feature is language independent. The most obvious case is the syntactic labeling of constituents such as NP, PP, etc. Other examples include models with yes/no target feature values, such as the model which determines the probability that ...
CASPR Research Report 2006-01 HOW COMPLEX
... questions (Is he here?) and “wh-questions” formed with the “wh-words” (who, what, which, whose, where, when, why, how). Both kinds are very common in children’s speech but were not mentioned in the original D-Level scale. Although questions normally emerge slightly later than simple statements, we a ...
... questions (Is he here?) and “wh-questions” formed with the “wh-words” (who, what, which, whose, where, when, why, how). Both kinds are very common in children’s speech but were not mentioned in the original D-Level scale. Although questions normally emerge slightly later than simple statements, we a ...
Cause Event Representations for Happiness and Surprise
... 高興極了。 高興 “They gave me a piece of dried meat as the prize. My father was very happy.” ...
... 高興極了。 高興 “They gave me a piece of dried meat as the prize. My father was very happy.” ...
Syllabus - Harvard University
... In this course, we will explore the fundamental elements and rules of English grammar for the purpose of strengthening students’ abilities to communicate effectively with confidence and clarity. Students wil ...
... In this course, we will explore the fundamental elements and rules of English grammar for the purpose of strengthening students’ abilities to communicate effectively with confidence and clarity. Students wil ...
EN - English Grammar for the Utterly Confused
... Prepositions Prepositions link a noun or a pronoun following it to another word in the sentence. Use this chart to help you recognize some of the most common prepositions: ...
... Prepositions Prepositions link a noun or a pronoun following it to another word in the sentence. Use this chart to help you recognize some of the most common prepositions: ...