The Parts Of Speech
... "Copular" or "linking" verbs are verbs that show a state or condition rather than a dynamic action. "Stative" verbs require a noun phrase (a subject, in our examples) and a sub- ...
... "Copular" or "linking" verbs are verbs that show a state or condition rather than a dynamic action. "Stative" verbs require a noun phrase (a subject, in our examples) and a sub- ...
The 3 Independent Uses of the Subjunctive
... Is the action instantaneous, gradual, repetitive, just beginning, or none of these? Aspect answers that question! Most languages have no clear way of indicating aspect but hint at it through their uses of tenses, adverbs, and various other grammatical ...
... Is the action instantaneous, gradual, repetitive, just beginning, or none of these? Aspect answers that question! Most languages have no clear way of indicating aspect but hint at it through their uses of tenses, adverbs, and various other grammatical ...
3. - DROPS
... analyze the corpus sentences, which outputs the syntactic tree and dependencies in XML [10]. The need for a high-level XML processing language was identified, to replace the existing use of the DOM, one of the leading causes of complexity. In addition, to satisfy the requirement of generation metada ...
... analyze the corpus sentences, which outputs the syntactic tree and dependencies in XML [10]. The need for a high-level XML processing language was identified, to replace the existing use of the DOM, one of the leading causes of complexity. In addition, to satisfy the requirement of generation metada ...
A Syntactic Role Driven Protein-Protein Interaction
... The novel aspects of our system are its abilities to handle complex sentence structures using the Complex Sentence Processor (CSP) and to extract multiple and nested interactions specified in a sentence using the Interaction Extractor. Our approach is based on identification of syntactic roles, such ...
... The novel aspects of our system are its abilities to handle complex sentence structures using the Complex Sentence Processor (CSP) and to extract multiple and nested interactions specified in a sentence using the Interaction Extractor. Our approach is based on identification of syntactic roles, such ...
Teach Yourself - University of Bradford
... Nouns are singular or plural and so too are verbs – this means they have to match when a verb is used alongside a noun. This is especially easy to get wrong with the array of reporting verbs we use in academic work. This can be confusing because we are used to verbs being action/feeling words to tel ...
... Nouns are singular or plural and so too are verbs – this means they have to match when a verb is used alongside a noun. This is especially easy to get wrong with the array of reporting verbs we use in academic work. This can be confusing because we are used to verbs being action/feeling words to tel ...
RELC Journal
... Singapore There have been a substantial number of studies on the acquisition of interrogative structures by children learning English both as a first and a second language. The present paper is yet another study of the same nature except that here the study is made in the Singapore context where man ...
... Singapore There have been a substantial number of studies on the acquisition of interrogative structures by children learning English both as a first and a second language. The present paper is yet another study of the same nature except that here the study is made in the Singapore context where man ...
Parts of Speech
... Present: The tasters place the tadpoles into their mouths. Past: The tasters placed ... Future: The tasters will place … Perfect: The tasters have placed ... Past perfect: The tasters had placed ... Future perfect: The tasters will have placed ... ...
... Present: The tasters place the tadpoles into their mouths. Past: The tasters placed ... Future: The tasters will place … Perfect: The tasters have placed ... Past perfect: The tasters had placed ... Future perfect: The tasters will have placed ... ...
Future-time reference in truth
... propose to use a truth-conditional pragmatic account (e.g. Recanati 2003) in which truth value is predicated of an utterance, or what is said by the speaker. In other words, in order to capture the temporal reference of (3) and (4), we proceed through what is said and assume a theory of meaning that ...
... propose to use a truth-conditional pragmatic account (e.g. Recanati 2003) in which truth value is predicated of an utterance, or what is said by the speaker. In other words, in order to capture the temporal reference of (3) and (4), we proceed through what is said and assume a theory of meaning that ...
The Acquisition of English Locative Constructions by Native
... verb class differed on the basis of context type, i.e., it was significantly higher for Groundoriented pictures than for Figure-oriented pictures. For example, they were more likely to accept sentences like “John poured the glass with water” when presented with Groundoriented pictures than when pres ...
... verb class differed on the basis of context type, i.e., it was significantly higher for Groundoriented pictures than for Figure-oriented pictures. For example, they were more likely to accept sentences like “John poured the glass with water” when presented with Groundoriented pictures than when pres ...
W What`s in a a suffix? The past t tense in problem n Dutch ch ms
... tenseproductionin7ͲyearͲolds. Inadditiontolexicalfrequency,typefrequencyhasalsobeenshowntoplayarolein development of the production of past tense. Type frequency refers to the number of instancesthatlexicalitemsoccurinacertainpattern(Bybee,2007).Forregu ...
... tenseproductionin7ͲyearͲolds. Inadditiontolexicalfrequency,typefrequencyhasalsobeenshowntoplayarolein development of the production of past tense. Type frequency refers to the number of instancesthatlexicalitemsoccurinacertainpattern(Bybee,2007).Forregu ...
Prepositions TIME and PLACE
... "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how something is situated in relationship to something else. Prepositions are nearly always combined wit ...
... "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how something is situated in relationship to something else. Prepositions are nearly always combined wit ...
concorde
... agreement of the verb with a closely preceding NP in preference to agreement with the head of the NP that functions as subject: Proximity is here reinforced by NOTIONAL CONCORD (‘Only his own supporters agree with him’). NOTIONAL CONCORD – how the speaker understands the concept denoted with the ...
... agreement of the verb with a closely preceding NP in preference to agreement with the head of the NP that functions as subject: Proximity is here reinforced by NOTIONAL CONCORD (‘Only his own supporters agree with him’). NOTIONAL CONCORD – how the speaker understands the concept denoted with the ...
Prepositional phrase - Riverdale Middle School
... Adverbs are a part of speech that makes the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb more definite. Where? ...
... Adverbs are a part of speech that makes the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb more definite. Where? ...
On Phrases and Clauses
... only, just, relatively, quite, really, etc.), which form what is called premodification. The head may be followed either by the adverb enough, or by the adverb indeed; these adverbs are known as postmodifiers. The postmodification in an Adverb Phrase may also include complementation items, prepositi ...
... only, just, relatively, quite, really, etc.), which form what is called premodification. The head may be followed either by the adverb enough, or by the adverb indeed; these adverbs are known as postmodifiers. The postmodification in an Adverb Phrase may also include complementation items, prepositi ...
The Lexical Syntax and Lexical Semantics of the Verb
... 2. The Figure is sometimes called the ‘locatum,’ the Ground the ‘location.’ See Svenonius 1996b for discussion of den Dikken’s account, Svenonius 2002 for recent discussion of the Figure–Ground distinction in the context of verb-particle constructions. ...
... 2. The Figure is sometimes called the ‘locatum,’ the Ground the ‘location.’ See Svenonius 1996b for discussion of den Dikken’s account, Svenonius 2002 for recent discussion of the Figure–Ground distinction in the context of verb-particle constructions. ...
Verb Movement, Objects, and Serialization
... ordinary NPs is of little help, since they appear in more or less the same position at Spellout in both languages, and LF movement of these NPs is difficult to detect. However, there is one special type of object that could be more revealing: namely weak pronominal clitics. In many languages, these ...
... ordinary NPs is of little help, since they appear in more or less the same position at Spellout in both languages, and LF movement of these NPs is difficult to detect. However, there is one special type of object that could be more revealing: namely weak pronominal clitics. In many languages, these ...
Non-finite clauses and control
... It seems that the bears ate a sandwich. It seems the bears to eat a sandwich. The bears seems to eat a sandwich. The bears seem to eat a sandwich. ...
... It seems that the bears ate a sandwich. It seems the bears to eat a sandwich. The bears seems to eat a sandwich. The bears seem to eat a sandwich. ...
Document
... and inflectional affixes. 1. Derivational affixes Derivational affixes that exist in every word can also be used as a marker of class of the word in question. for example the word "beautifully" recognized as a verb because it ends the derivation -fy. Beautiful words can be recognized as an adjective ...
... and inflectional affixes. 1. Derivational affixes Derivational affixes that exist in every word can also be used as a marker of class of the word in question. for example the word "beautifully" recognized as a verb because it ends the derivation -fy. Beautiful words can be recognized as an adjective ...
The Computer Project
... when mother phoned you. Example 2: I had been studying for a long time so I was feeling hot and mad. ...
... when mother phoned you. Example 2: I had been studying for a long time so I was feeling hot and mad. ...
Towards the Automatic Mining of Similes in Literary Texts
... were predefined: adjectival ground + simile marker + nominal vehicle (e.g. happy as a lark) and verbal ground + simile marker + nominal vehicle (e.g. sleep like a top). The generated results suggest that frozen similes are not so frequent in literary texts, which tends to sustain the idea that crea ...
... were predefined: adjectival ground + simile marker + nominal vehicle (e.g. happy as a lark) and verbal ground + simile marker + nominal vehicle (e.g. sleep like a top). The generated results suggest that frozen similes are not so frequent in literary texts, which tends to sustain the idea that crea ...
9 ISSN 2053-6305(Print) ISSN 2053
... Fromkin & Hyams, 2010; Lyons, 1992; O'Grady, Archibalds, Aronoff, & Rees-Miller, 2005; Yule, 2006). However, the verb phrase is the most important and widely described phrase because the structure of and the meanings expressed in many languages revolves around the verb word (Crystal, 2010; Lyons, 19 ...
... Fromkin & Hyams, 2010; Lyons, 1992; O'Grady, Archibalds, Aronoff, & Rees-Miller, 2005; Yule, 2006). However, the verb phrase is the most important and widely described phrase because the structure of and the meanings expressed in many languages revolves around the verb word (Crystal, 2010; Lyons, 19 ...
Saint Gabriel`s Foundation The Learning Strand and Standard
... F.1.1.3. Distinguish between adjective and adverb clauses and indicate the nouns and verbs they describe; F.1.1.4 Demonstrate the correct usage of ‘who’, ‘that’, ‘which’, ‘whom’ and ‘whose’. Strand 1: Language for Communication Sub – strand: Synonyms and Antonyms Standard F.1.1: Understanding of an ...
... F.1.1.3. Distinguish between adjective and adverb clauses and indicate the nouns and verbs they describe; F.1.1.4 Demonstrate the correct usage of ‘who’, ‘that’, ‘which’, ‘whom’ and ‘whose’. Strand 1: Language for Communication Sub – strand: Synonyms and Antonyms Standard F.1.1: Understanding of an ...
Chapter 2: Pluractionality in Hausa
... In this section the basics of the sentence structure in Hausa are discussed. The focus of the discussion is on the basic elements forming a sentence, the main clause types and the tense-aspect-mood system. For this and the following five subsections, I am relying on the descriptions given by Newman ...
... In this section the basics of the sentence structure in Hausa are discussed. The focus of the discussion is on the basic elements forming a sentence, the main clause types and the tense-aspect-mood system. For this and the following five subsections, I am relying on the descriptions given by Newman ...
Parallel Words... All items in a series should have the same structure
... Phrases and clauses also need to be parallel if the sentence is to be logical, balanced, and easy to read. If one item in a series is a prepositional phrase, then every item should be prepositional phrase; if one item in a series is a verb phrase (beginning with an -ing or -ed verb), then every item ...
... Phrases and clauses also need to be parallel if the sentence is to be logical, balanced, and easy to read. If one item in a series is a prepositional phrase, then every item should be prepositional phrase; if one item in a series is a verb phrase (beginning with an -ing or -ed verb), then every item ...