QUEMDISSE? Reported speech in Portuguese
... clauses, while 6 shows reflexive use with adjectival clauses and 7 is an example of explicit adverbial subordinated clauses (like “according to”-phrases in English, which are however a nominal and not a verbal construct). ...
... clauses, while 6 shows reflexive use with adjectival clauses and 7 is an example of explicit adverbial subordinated clauses (like “according to”-phrases in English, which are however a nominal and not a verbal construct). ...
Complement Structures Equi and Raising
... Kim believed there to be some misunderstanding. *There tries to be disorder after a revolution. *Kim persuaded there to be some misunderstanding. It tends to be warm in September Lee believes it to bother Kim that Sandy snores. *It tries to be warm in September *Lee persuades it to bother Kim that S ...
... Kim believed there to be some misunderstanding. *There tries to be disorder after a revolution. *Kim persuaded there to be some misunderstanding. It tends to be warm in September Lee believes it to bother Kim that Sandy snores. *It tries to be warm in September *Lee persuades it to bother Kim that S ...
to-infinitive clauses
... (5) 〔PP Under the stairs〕 was a safe area to be during the war. (5) Was under the stairs a safe area to be during the war? (6) 〔PP Outside the fridge〕 is a bad place to keep milk. (6) Is outside the fridge a bad place to keep milk? (7) 〔PP After Saturday〕 would be a good time to go away for a few da ...
... (5) 〔PP Under the stairs〕 was a safe area to be during the war. (5) Was under the stairs a safe area to be during the war? (6) 〔PP Outside the fridge〕 is a bad place to keep milk. (6) Is outside the fridge a bad place to keep milk? (7) 〔PP After Saturday〕 would be a good time to go away for a few da ...
print sample of english manuscript for
... the language “accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately1)”. However, there are typical difficulties which the learners tend to experience because of their first language background2). For example, Japanese does not have the same idea of past, present and future tense that English does3), which cau ...
... the language “accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately1)”. However, there are typical difficulties which the learners tend to experience because of their first language background2). For example, Japanese does not have the same idea of past, present and future tense that English does3), which cau ...
A Psycholinguistically Motivated Version of TAG
... Our minimal prediction method implies that adjunction must be possible at predicted nodes, as shown in Figure 1(a). When this happens, the head node of the auxiliary tree is marked as seen, while the foot node of the auxiliary tree takes over the prediction mark from the predicted connection structu ...
... Our minimal prediction method implies that adjunction must be possible at predicted nodes, as shown in Figure 1(a). When this happens, the head node of the auxiliary tree is marked as seen, while the foot node of the auxiliary tree takes over the prediction mark from the predicted connection structu ...
VP2: The Role of User Modeling in Correcting Errors in Second
... verb-prepositional phrase constructions. It diagnoses errors that students make due to interference of their native language. VP2 recognizes syntactic variation in English sentences, allowing freer translation. VP2 is a modular system: its model of a user's native language can easily be replaced by ...
... verb-prepositional phrase constructions. It diagnoses errors that students make due to interference of their native language. VP2 recognizes syntactic variation in English sentences, allowing freer translation. VP2 is a modular system: its model of a user's native language can easily be replaced by ...
18 The definite article
... 21.6 Adjectives used as nouns ................................................................................................ 17 21.7 Adjectives denoting nationalities .................................................................................... 18 21.8 one/ones after adjectives ............ ...
... 21.6 Adjectives used as nouns ................................................................................................ 17 21.7 Adjectives denoting nationalities .................................................................................... 18 21.8 one/ones after adjectives ............ ...
At a restaurant Target Language
... Adjectives and adverbs (a) Adjectives describe nouns. We normally use adjectives in two positions before nouns (“attributive adjectives” ; e.g. She is a beautiful woman.) and after ‘linking’ verbs, such as be, get, seem, appear, become, turn, grow, feel, look, taste, sound, smell, etc. Th ...
... Adjectives and adverbs (a) Adjectives describe nouns. We normally use adjectives in two positions before nouns (“attributive adjectives” ; e.g. She is a beautiful woman.) and after ‘linking’ verbs, such as be, get, seem, appear, become, turn, grow, feel, look, taste, sound, smell, etc. Th ...
Target 1 ※ Different from English
... an actual result, as measured by some external standard. For instance, a person speaks and (can) get a certain result such as "fast" or "slow." Target 18 PREDICATE == VERB 著 呢 他哭著呢。 In (11) above, the "ing" meaning "just at this moment" was expressed. In this case the other alternative is expressed. ...
... an actual result, as measured by some external standard. For instance, a person speaks and (can) get a certain result such as "fast" or "slow." Target 18 PREDICATE == VERB 著 呢 他哭著呢。 In (11) above, the "ing" meaning "just at this moment" was expressed. In this case the other alternative is expressed. ...
Problems of equivalence in some German and English constructions
... where x stands for specifiers of tense, number, and person and x' stands for the corresponding English morphological specifiers. NP stands for either a noun with its modifiers or a pronoun. Only in regard to pronouns will the case specifiers be needed in English. The above sentences can be successfu ...
... where x stands for specifiers of tense, number, and person and x' stands for the corresponding English morphological specifiers. NP stands for either a noun with its modifiers or a pronoun. Only in regard to pronouns will the case specifiers be needed in English. The above sentences can be successfu ...
The Present Perfect
... • To form the past participle of a regular verb in Spanish: –Add –ado to the stem of -ar verbs –Add –ido to the stem of -er/-ir verbs. ...
... • To form the past participle of a regular verb in Spanish: –Add –ado to the stem of -ar verbs –Add –ido to the stem of -er/-ir verbs. ...
Gumbaynggirr Sentences in Colour - Aboriginal Educational Contexts
... BOTH of the tags on ‘woman’; and ‘daughter’ are in RED because they can only occur in a transitive sentence. Red means: ‘Can only occur in a transitive sentence’. Green means ‘Can only occur in an intransitive sentence’ The material below explains ‘transitivity’ more carefuly. While only Gumbaynggir ...
... BOTH of the tags on ‘woman’; and ‘daughter’ are in RED because they can only occur in a transitive sentence. Red means: ‘Can only occur in a transitive sentence’. Green means ‘Can only occur in an intransitive sentence’ The material below explains ‘transitivity’ more carefuly. While only Gumbaynggir ...
VI - Eng - II - St. Claret School
... 50. Fill in the blank with collective nouns: A _________________ of arrows. 51. Fill in the blank with collective nouns: An ________________ of fruit trees. 52. Fill in the blank with collective nouns: A ______________ of judges. 53. Make sentences of your own with the following words: bevy – 54. Ma ...
... 50. Fill in the blank with collective nouns: A _________________ of arrows. 51. Fill in the blank with collective nouns: An ________________ of fruit trees. 52. Fill in the blank with collective nouns: A ______________ of judges. 53. Make sentences of your own with the following words: bevy – 54. Ma ...
1. In order, list the three types of sentences that constitute an
... 38. Name 3 ways to correct separate the sentences with a period and capital a run-on sentence. use a semi-colon in between add a conjunction add a fanboy and comma 39. For a sentence to be complete, what must be ...
... 38. Name 3 ways to correct separate the sentences with a period and capital a run-on sentence. use a semi-colon in between add a conjunction add a fanboy and comma 39. For a sentence to be complete, what must be ...
Harvard Linguistic Circle - Arizona State University
... Finding a pattern in a (spoken) corpus shows that there is something systematic going on: repeatedly finding shouldof and shoulda indicates that something interesting is happening with modals and perfect auxiliaries: (1) I should of knew this was too good to be true. (2) There xuld not a be do so my ...
... Finding a pattern in a (spoken) corpus shows that there is something systematic going on: repeatedly finding shouldof and shoulda indicates that something interesting is happening with modals and perfect auxiliaries: (1) I should of knew this was too good to be true. (2) There xuld not a be do so my ...
Lesson #1 - McEachern High School
... “Parts of Speech” Objective: To recognize, identify, and understand nouns, verbs, and adjectives Noun- A word that names a person, place, thing or idea. Verb- A word that expresses time while showing action, a condition, or the fact that something exists. Adjective- A word used to describe a noun or ...
... “Parts of Speech” Objective: To recognize, identify, and understand nouns, verbs, and adjectives Noun- A word that names a person, place, thing or idea. Verb- A word that expresses time while showing action, a condition, or the fact that something exists. Adjective- A word used to describe a noun or ...
Linguistics 1A Morphology 3 Compounding and derivation
... Consider the V+N compounds in (1d), for example. The meaning relation between the two parts is different in each case. A rattlesnake is a snake that rattles, but a swearword is not a word that swears, it is a word with which someone swears. Similarly, a whetstone is a stone to whet something on, but ...
... Consider the V+N compounds in (1d), for example. The meaning relation between the two parts is different in each case. A rattlesnake is a snake that rattles, but a swearword is not a word that swears, it is a word with which someone swears. Similarly, a whetstone is a stone to whet something on, but ...
Chapter 6 - McKay School of Education
... Your computer will probably turn two hyphens automatically into an em dash. If not, the two hyphens are acceptable as a substitute. As with the hyphen and the en dash, do not space before or after it. The minus sign is the only little line that is preceded and followed by spaces. If you do not have ...
... Your computer will probably turn two hyphens automatically into an em dash. If not, the two hyphens are acceptable as a substitute. As with the hyphen and the en dash, do not space before or after it. The minus sign is the only little line that is preceded and followed by spaces. If you do not have ...
00-IJAL 70.3.book
... tsi+ts’(2b) Nonpresent stem zi+ts’The nonpresent stem is morphologically built on the base stem by means of a number of internal changes. Such changes may involve the voicing of an initial voiceless consonant (except for ejective series). The nonpresent stem zi+ts’- in (2b) is built on the base stem ...
... tsi+ts’(2b) Nonpresent stem zi+ts’The nonpresent stem is morphologically built on the base stem by means of a number of internal changes. Such changes may involve the voicing of an initial voiceless consonant (except for ejective series). The nonpresent stem zi+ts’- in (2b) is built on the base stem ...
The Welsh Vocabulary Builder 3
... Today’s words: adroddiad = report; amlwg = obvious; bwyf = (that) I be Adroddiad, plural adroddiadau, means “report”. It comes from the verb adrodd, “relate,” “narrate,” or “report.” It is masculine. Welsh Society meetings involve many adroddiadau! The adject amlwg means “obvious”. Its comparative s ...
... Today’s words: adroddiad = report; amlwg = obvious; bwyf = (that) I be Adroddiad, plural adroddiadau, means “report”. It comes from the verb adrodd, “relate,” “narrate,” or “report.” It is masculine. Welsh Society meetings involve many adroddiadau! The adject amlwg means “obvious”. Its comparative s ...
Zero Conditional
... A verb gives clues about the time of an event. When Ricardo was making flan, he used a couple of the eggs that we had brought from the farm. There is only one left, and we have finished all the other food in the house, so we will have a very small supper. The verbs in the sentences above can be sp ...
... A verb gives clues about the time of an event. When Ricardo was making flan, he used a couple of the eggs that we had brought from the farm. There is only one left, and we have finished all the other food in the house, so we will have a very small supper. The verbs in the sentences above can be sp ...
Clauses - mrskerrylawrence
... He cried as if his heart would break. The clause modifies “cried” as it tells how. HINT: A good way to test for most adverb clauses is to see if they can be moved around in the sentence. She screamed when she saw the dog. → When she saw the dog, she screamed. Because he was asked to, he went to the ...
... He cried as if his heart would break. The clause modifies “cried” as it tells how. HINT: A good way to test for most adverb clauses is to see if they can be moved around in the sentence. She screamed when she saw the dog. → When she saw the dog, she screamed. Because he was asked to, he went to the ...
the Persian Complex Predicate Construction
... What imbues a constructional approach with explanatory adequacy is a further desideratum that each construction must be motivated.5 Motivation aims to explain why it is at least possible and at best natural that this particular form-meaning correspondence should exist in a given language.6 Motivati ...
... What imbues a constructional approach with explanatory adequacy is a further desideratum that each construction must be motivated.5 Motivation aims to explain why it is at least possible and at best natural that this particular form-meaning correspondence should exist in a given language.6 Motivati ...
Instructions
... A preposition is a word that begins a prepositional phrase and shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence. A preposition must always have an object. A prepositional phrase starts with a preposition, ends with an object, and may have modifiers between the proposition a ...
... A preposition is a word that begins a prepositional phrase and shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence. A preposition must always have an object. A prepositional phrase starts with a preposition, ends with an object, and may have modifiers between the proposition a ...
Letters and Syllables in Plato Author(s): Gilbert Ryle Source: The
... "box" sounds like? The reason why it is important to clear this matter up is this. There are some very important differences between what can be said about inscribed characters and what can be said about the phonemes or noise elements that they stand for, and these differences make all the differenc ...
... "box" sounds like? The reason why it is important to clear this matter up is this. There are some very important differences between what can be said about inscribed characters and what can be said about the phonemes or noise elements that they stand for, and these differences make all the differenc ...