Participles
... the citizens had been ready for many years (part. parati is used as an adjective meaning ‘ready’, not as part of an impossible predicate fuerant parati) ...
... the citizens had been ready for many years (part. parati is used as an adjective meaning ‘ready’, not as part of an impossible predicate fuerant parati) ...
pseudo noun incorporation in discourse1
... strong and weak quantifiers (though see Ward and Birner 1995, McNally 1998 for arguments against this view). The addition of the universally quantifying particle ta‘itāsi results in infelicity (8). This paradigm provides evidence that both se and le DPs are weak quantifiers. Note that bare NPs may ...
... strong and weak quantifiers (though see Ward and Birner 1995, McNally 1998 for arguments against this view). The addition of the universally quantifying particle ta‘itāsi results in infelicity (8). This paradigm provides evidence that both se and le DPs are weak quantifiers. Note that bare NPs may ...
The Poetics of Foregrounding: The Lexical Deviation in Ulysses
... horse + ness (showing character or nature); all (every) + horse (maybe total idea of horse), etc. But this is not the end of Joyce‟s linguistic inventiveness. In the following section, I will see some more deviant or even “irrational” examples of word-formation. III. UNUSUAL COMPOUNDS Since compound ...
... horse + ness (showing character or nature); all (every) + horse (maybe total idea of horse), etc. But this is not the end of Joyce‟s linguistic inventiveness. In the following section, I will see some more deviant or even “irrational” examples of word-formation. III. UNUSUAL COMPOUNDS Since compound ...
English programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2
... correspondences (GPCs) and revise and consolidate those learnt earlier. The understanding that the letter(s) on the page represent the sounds in spoken words should underpin pupils’ reading and spelling of all words. This includes common words containing unusual GPCs. The term ‘common exception word ...
... correspondences (GPCs) and revise and consolidate those learnt earlier. The understanding that the letter(s) on the page represent the sounds in spoken words should underpin pupils’ reading and spelling of all words. This includes common words containing unusual GPCs. The term ‘common exception word ...
1 Lexical-Constructional Subsumption in Resultative Constructions
... ble of contributing arguments (observe that sneeze is actually an intransitive verb, and therefore the Y and Z arguments are supplied by the causedmotion construction in this example), but also of creating semantic constraints on the predicates that may fuse (Goldberg 1995: 50) with each particular ...
... ble of contributing arguments (observe that sneeze is actually an intransitive verb, and therefore the Y and Z arguments are supplied by the causedmotion construction in this example), but also of creating semantic constraints on the predicates that may fuse (Goldberg 1995: 50) with each particular ...
Illustrating the prototype structures of parts of speech
... Comrie 1976; Bybee 1985; Croft 2001). Semantic notions such as properties or semelfactives, as well as propositional act functions such as predication, will be written with a lowercase first letter. These are cross-linguistic concepts. Languageparticular categories, such as Adjectives or Participl ...
... Comrie 1976; Bybee 1985; Croft 2001). Semantic notions such as properties or semelfactives, as well as propositional act functions such as predication, will be written with a lowercase first letter. These are cross-linguistic concepts. Languageparticular categories, such as Adjectives or Participl ...
Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics
... these as he or she generates a spoken or written text.6 It is therefore a theory of language as choice between meanings. This aspect of the theory is described briefly in Chapter 2 and illustrated in Appendix 1. The version of SFG that I want to introduce you to here has come to be called the ‘Cardi ...
... these as he or she generates a spoken or written text.6 It is therefore a theory of language as choice between meanings. This aspect of the theory is described briefly in Chapter 2 and illustrated in Appendix 1. The version of SFG that I want to introduce you to here has come to be called the ‘Cardi ...
Negative quantification and existential sentences
... they are interpreted as sentences and on their interpretation as negated existential sentences. Our proposal is cast inside the framework of Generalised Quantifier Theory. The alternative of treating n-words as indefinites will not be discussed. The n-word is analysed as an operator that takes restr ...
... they are interpreted as sentences and on their interpretation as negated existential sentences. Our proposal is cast inside the framework of Generalised Quantifier Theory. The alternative of treating n-words as indefinites will not be discussed. The n-word is analysed as an operator that takes restr ...
Two sources of scalarity within the verb phrase
... For instance, Hay et al. (1999) and Kennedy and Levin (2008) captialize on the fact that degree achievement verbs are derived from gradable adjectives and use insights from the properties of scale structure to derive the variable telicity effects that had previously been problematic under tradition ...
... For instance, Hay et al. (1999) and Kennedy and Levin (2008) captialize on the fact that degree achievement verbs are derived from gradable adjectives and use insights from the properties of scale structure to derive the variable telicity effects that had previously been problematic under tradition ...
Passé Composé with “être”
... Passé Composé with “être” There are 16 common verbs that had a “falling out” with “avoir.” They chose “être” as their helping verb. More free powerpoints at http://www.worldofteaching.com ...
... Passé Composé with “être” There are 16 common verbs that had a “falling out” with “avoir.” They chose “être” as their helping verb. More free powerpoints at http://www.worldofteaching.com ...
CONTENTS - Ziyonet.uz
... always, there are many others which also function as other word classes. Thus, adverbs like dead (dead tired), clear (to get clear away), clean (I’ve clean forgotten), slow, easy (he would say that slow and easy) coincide with adjectives (a dead body, clear waters, clean hands). Adverbs like past, a ...
... always, there are many others which also function as other word classes. Thus, adverbs like dead (dead tired), clear (to get clear away), clean (I’ve clean forgotten), slow, easy (he would say that slow and easy) coincide with adjectives (a dead body, clear waters, clean hands). Adverbs like past, a ...
Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax
... of combination. By this, I do not intend to deny that there are items within the language that need to be listed/memorised, or that they are associated with grammatical information. Rather, I will seek to claim that to the extent that lexical behaviour is systematic and generalisable, this is due to ...
... of combination. By this, I do not intend to deny that there are items within the language that need to be listed/memorised, or that they are associated with grammatical information. Rather, I will seek to claim that to the extent that lexical behaviour is systematic and generalisable, this is due to ...
Grammar Workshop Series Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
... modifier is a relative clause that is either too near to something other than what it is modifying, or put in a place where its referent is unclear. Make sure to put relative clauses next to the thing they modify! • This kind of problem can often happen with prepositional phrases. Keep in mind that ...
... modifier is a relative clause that is either too near to something other than what it is modifying, or put in a place where its referent is unclear. Make sure to put relative clauses next to the thing they modify! • This kind of problem can often happen with prepositional phrases. Keep in mind that ...
An English hAndbook for thE UnivErsity of PrEtoriA 2003
... The aim is not only to help students but also to help those teaching staff who need help with their own usage. Furthermore, all staff have to deal with the language of students and to remedy the grammatical faults of the students. If everyone concentrates on a few of the same basic errors, some prog ...
... The aim is not only to help students but also to help those teaching staff who need help with their own usage. Furthermore, all staff have to deal with the language of students and to remedy the grammatical faults of the students. If everyone concentrates on a few of the same basic errors, some prog ...
Converting an English-Swedish Parallel Treebank to Universal
... The inventory of parts-of-speech in LinES comprises 23 categories. Many of them correspond more or less directly to those used in UD, but there are a few differences. See Table 2 for an alignment of LinES part-of-speech labels to UD labels. The most problematic difference is that LinES makes a diffe ...
... The inventory of parts-of-speech in LinES comprises 23 categories. Many of them correspond more or less directly to those used in UD, but there are a few differences. See Table 2 for an alignment of LinES part-of-speech labels to UD labels. The most problematic difference is that LinES makes a diffe ...
The Case of Old English HRĒOW
... in standard morphological terminology, a word of caution is necessary. The structuralist tradition has experienced difficulties in analyzing the functional overlappings and continuity between processes that arise in instances like drinca ‘drinker’, where the -a ending is both derivational (agentive) ...
... in standard morphological terminology, a word of caution is necessary. The structuralist tradition has experienced difficulties in analyzing the functional overlappings and continuity between processes that arise in instances like drinca ‘drinker’, where the -a ending is both derivational (agentive) ...
Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide
... and so there are a lot of cross-references between them indicated in the text or by arrows in the margin. Do not be content with consulting just one section, therefore, but follow up the cross-references given – that way you will understand both the structures of Spanish and the way in which they ar ...
... and so there are a lot of cross-references between them indicated in the text or by arrows in the margin. Do not be content with consulting just one section, therefore, but follow up the cross-references given – that way you will understand both the structures of Spanish and the way in which they ar ...
Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide
... and so there are a lot of cross-references between them indicated in the text or by arrows in the margin. Do not be content with consulting just one section, therefore, but follow up the cross-references given – that way you will understand both the structures of Spanish and the way in which they ar ...
... and so there are a lot of cross-references between them indicated in the text or by arrows in the margin. Do not be content with consulting just one section, therefore, but follow up the cross-references given – that way you will understand both the structures of Spanish and the way in which they ar ...
6.863J/9.611J Laboratory 3, Components I and II
... A declarative sentence adds a statement to the database; the system responds with “OK”. A question can be one of three types: a yes-no question (“Did John see Mary”), in which case the system responds Yes or No; a wh-question (“Who did John see”), in which case the system responds with an answer ret ...
... A declarative sentence adds a statement to the database; the system responds with “OK”. A question can be one of three types: a yes-no question (“Did John see Mary”), in which case the system responds Yes or No; a wh-question (“Who did John see”), in which case the system responds with an answer ret ...
Let`s go look at usage: A constructional approach to
... (thus resulting in the ungrammaticality of *she went see/saw a doctor). Studies that address the constraint attribute it to underlying formal parameters, without paying attention to functional properties and/or usage events. The fact that we find occasional violations of the constraint in large amou ...
... (thus resulting in the ungrammaticality of *she went see/saw a doctor). Studies that address the constraint attribute it to underlying formal parameters, without paying attention to functional properties and/or usage events. The fact that we find occasional violations of the constraint in large amou ...
25_chapter 13
... preposition and a gerund. Here the word 'winning* does not do any thing of qualifying other words. It does rather the work of a noun, although partly verb informal. Hence it is a gerund which is partly a verb and partly a noun. So in the combining of the set of given sentences we have used the prepo ...
... preposition and a gerund. Here the word 'winning* does not do any thing of qualifying other words. It does rather the work of a noun, although partly verb informal. Hence it is a gerund which is partly a verb and partly a noun. So in the combining of the set of given sentences we have used the prepo ...
5 NOUNS
... in the non-singular were historically formed by addition of that syllable to a prior singular form of the noun. In example (1) above, the earlier form would have been *kirai. Some of the declensions show a degree of semantic unity, which suggests that the ending once had semantic content, although t ...
... in the non-singular were historically formed by addition of that syllable to a prior singular form of the noun. In example (1) above, the earlier form would have been *kirai. Some of the declensions show a degree of semantic unity, which suggests that the ending once had semantic content, although t ...
Grammatical structures in code-switching among second generation
... sentences according to English patterns while they switch from Chinese to English. I have found in my corpus that code-switching is sometimes accompanied by syntactic convergence, but not always. This section will describe syntactic convergence accompanying code-switching at three levels of grammar: ...
... sentences according to English patterns while they switch from Chinese to English. I have found in my corpus that code-switching is sometimes accompanied by syntactic convergence, but not always. This section will describe syntactic convergence accompanying code-switching at three levels of grammar: ...
PART I: Toba Batak Phrase Structure
... PM = person marker It is claimed that the deep and surface structures for active and passive clauses are precisely the same, so that despite different interpretations their constituent structure remains identical in both modes. In particular, there is no absorption of the so-called “external” theta ...
... PM = person marker It is claimed that the deep and surface structures for active and passive clauses are precisely the same, so that despite different interpretations their constituent structure remains identical in both modes. In particular, there is no absorption of the so-called “external” theta ...
1. Some nouns always take a singular verb
... innings, gallows. (A) The scenery of Kashmir are enchanting. (Incorrect) (B) The scenery of Kashmir is enchanting. (Correct) (A) He has given advices. (Incorrect) (B) He has given advice. (Correct) (A) The Indian team defeated the English by innings. (Incorrect) (B) The Indian team defeated the Engl ...
... innings, gallows. (A) The scenery of Kashmir are enchanting. (Incorrect) (B) The scenery of Kashmir is enchanting. (Correct) (A) He has given advices. (Incorrect) (B) He has given advice. (Correct) (A) The Indian team defeated the English by innings. (Incorrect) (B) The Indian team defeated the Engl ...