Grammar 6
... I was a hero because I helped my little sister stop crying because she thought school was horrible. The first day of kindergarten my baby sister was sobbing because she was afriad to go to school. She thought her teacher might be mean. So I told her, “Everything is going to be okay and not to worry. ...
... I was a hero because I helped my little sister stop crying because she thought school was horrible. The first day of kindergarten my baby sister was sobbing because she was afriad to go to school. She thought her teacher might be mean. So I told her, “Everything is going to be okay and not to worry. ...
Appositive Phrases
... Underline the appositive or appositive phrase in each sentence below. On the line, identify each phrase as E if it is essential or N E if it is nonessential. Add the necessary c o m m a s to sentences w i t h nonessential clauses. 1. The poetry of Robert Frost is identified w i t h rural N e w Engla ...
... Underline the appositive or appositive phrase in each sentence below. On the line, identify each phrase as E if it is essential or N E if it is nonessential. Add the necessary c o m m a s to sentences w i t h nonessential clauses. 1. The poetry of Robert Frost is identified w i t h rural N e w Engla ...
Language Structure and Reading Skills
... Sometimes the introductory word may be omitted from the adjective clause. Omitted: Most of the things we worry about never happen. Included: Most of the things that we worry about never happen. The best way to recognize these “no signal” clauses within a sentence is to look for a subject-verb combin ...
... Sometimes the introductory word may be omitted from the adjective clause. Omitted: Most of the things we worry about never happen. Included: Most of the things that we worry about never happen. The best way to recognize these “no signal” clauses within a sentence is to look for a subject-verb combin ...
Chapter 2: Linguistic Background
... Consider again the case where adjectives can be used as nouns, as in the green. Not all adjectives can be used in such a way. For example, the noun phrase the hot can be used, given a context where there are hot and cold plates, in a sentence such as The hot are on the table. But this refers to the ...
... Consider again the case where adjectives can be used as nouns, as in the green. Not all adjectives can be used in such a way. For example, the noun phrase the hot can be used, given a context where there are hot and cold plates, in a sentence such as The hot are on the table. But this refers to the ...
German 1 Curriculum File
... Vocabulary: Time expressions Expressing opinion using finden Agreeing/disagreeing Grammar: Word order with time expressions Verb stems ending on –d, -n Week 2 Chapter 3-1 Komm mit nach Hause Vocabulary: Talking about where one lives Week 3 Chapter 3-1 Cont. Vocabulary: Food vocabulary ...
... Vocabulary: Time expressions Expressing opinion using finden Agreeing/disagreeing Grammar: Word order with time expressions Verb stems ending on –d, -n Week 2 Chapter 3-1 Komm mit nach Hause Vocabulary: Talking about where one lives Week 3 Chapter 3-1 Cont. Vocabulary: Food vocabulary ...
Comparing Bulgarian and Slovak Multext
... is not a particle (particles are a separate category of words – parts-of-speech, while the article is not a separate word), nor is it a simple suffix, but a meaningful compound part of the word. It is a wordforming morpheme, which is placed at the end of words in order to express definiteness, famil ...
... is not a particle (particles are a separate category of words – parts-of-speech, while the article is not a separate word), nor is it a simple suffix, but a meaningful compound part of the word. It is a wordforming morpheme, which is placed at the end of words in order to express definiteness, famil ...
The Case for Case - UC Berkeley Linguistics
... My paper will plead that the grammatical notion ‘case’ deserves a place in the base component of the grammar of every language. In the past, research on ‘case’ has amounted to an examination of the variety of semantic relationships which can hold between nouns and other portions of sentences; it has ...
... My paper will plead that the grammatical notion ‘case’ deserves a place in the base component of the grammar of every language. In the past, research on ‘case’ has amounted to an examination of the variety of semantic relationships which can hold between nouns and other portions of sentences; it has ...
Faculty of Language Studies EL120: Introduction to English
... The my watered the plants mother* is not accepted because it breaks the above rule We can also make a sentence longer by adding and combining more units together Example: The man you saw waiting for the bus yesterday and who was wearing a kepi hat is my cousin. The study of the internal structure of ...
... The my watered the plants mother* is not accepted because it breaks the above rule We can also make a sentence longer by adding and combining more units together Example: The man you saw waiting for the bus yesterday and who was wearing a kepi hat is my cousin. The study of the internal structure of ...
French for Independent Learners
... means. “to jump”. In order to use this starting point, I must remove the –er and add the correct ending, for “il” Answer: Il saute 3.The challenge: Now, try to translate the following phrase: “They (group of boys) do smoke” Using the same system as before, you should be able to create, “Ils fument” ...
... means. “to jump”. In order to use this starting point, I must remove the –er and add the correct ending, for “il” Answer: Il saute 3.The challenge: Now, try to translate the following phrase: “They (group of boys) do smoke” Using the same system as before, you should be able to create, “Ils fument” ...
`Nearly free` control as an underspecified de se report - CSSP
... split control, and generic control are derived in structural terms in this analysis. Another problem with an analysis of NFC along these lines is that it is not clear how NFC sentences are syntactically distinguished from other control sentences, nor why they are ambiguous between two structures. Th ...
... split control, and generic control are derived in structural terms in this analysis. Another problem with an analysis of NFC along these lines is that it is not clear how NFC sentences are syntactically distinguished from other control sentences, nor why they are ambiguous between two structures. Th ...
Adverbs in the Sanskrit wordnet
... ◦ Answers to the questions as “how,” “where,” “when” and “how much” ...
... ◦ Answers to the questions as “how,” “where,” “when” and “how much” ...
Recent Developments in the Theory of Valency in the Light of the
... a particular lexical sense of the lemma, called here lexis (“lexie” in Czech terminology, see Filipec and Čermák, 1985). More precisely, we can understand a lexis as a pair formed by a lexical unit and one of its meanings.1 A valency frame (VF) is assigned to every autosemantic lexical unit (lexis). ...
... a particular lexical sense of the lemma, called here lexis (“lexie” in Czech terminology, see Filipec and Čermák, 1985). More precisely, we can understand a lexis as a pair formed by a lexical unit and one of its meanings.1 A valency frame (VF) is assigned to every autosemantic lexical unit (lexis). ...
A Luganda Grammar
... colonialism. Until recently speaking Luganda was prohibited and punished in school. When talking about one’s culture and heritage the use of a foreign language like English is completely inadequate and insufficient, thus the suppression of the native language means great harm to a people’s identity. ...
... colonialism. Until recently speaking Luganda was prohibited and punished in school. When talking about one’s culture and heritage the use of a foreign language like English is completely inadequate and insufficient, thus the suppression of the native language means great harm to a people’s identity. ...
Document
... syntactic objects and creates a new one out of them. The new syntactic object created by Merge inherits the features of one of the components (the head projects its features). Merge cannot “look inside” a syntactic object. Syntactic objects are only combined at the root. ...
... syntactic objects and creates a new one out of them. The new syntactic object created by Merge inherits the features of one of the components (the head projects its features). Merge cannot “look inside” a syntactic object. Syntactic objects are only combined at the root. ...
NOMINATIVE
... Because words are marked with cases, there is no need for a nominative subject to be the first item in a sentence, as in English. The thing that identifies the subject is its nominative case, not its position; no matter where it is, it can be identified as nominative and therefore subject. As we wil ...
... Because words are marked with cases, there is no need for a nominative subject to be the first item in a sentence, as in English. The thing that identifies the subject is its nominative case, not its position; no matter where it is, it can be identified as nominative and therefore subject. As we wil ...
- Cambridge University Press
... When we got to the park, the children made for the swings while I sat on a bench. Sally didn’t want to go to the concert, so she made up an excuse about being ill. The children loved Uncle Bob because he was so good at making up new games. Over 30% of the university population is made up of overseas ...
... When we got to the park, the children made for the swings while I sat on a bench. Sally didn’t want to go to the concert, so she made up an excuse about being ill. The children loved Uncle Bob because he was so good at making up new games. Over 30% of the university population is made up of overseas ...
Unit 1 - MP Board
... There are thousands of words in any language. But different words perform different functions. All the words do not have the same job to perform. For example, some words express "action". Other words express a "thing". Some words tell just `names." Other words "join" one word to another. These may b ...
... There are thousands of words in any language. But different words perform different functions. All the words do not have the same job to perform. For example, some words express "action". Other words express a "thing". Some words tell just `names." Other words "join" one word to another. These may b ...
1 The Distribution of Negative NPs and Some Typological
... [Lit. I did not read any book.] In (4a-b), for example, negation is solely expressed by the postverbal particle nak, and the indefinite pronoun dare-mo would be suitably translated as ‘anybody’ or ‘everybody’. The same is true of (4c-d), where nani-mo and dono hon-mo would approximate the meanings o ...
... [Lit. I did not read any book.] In (4a-b), for example, negation is solely expressed by the postverbal particle nak, and the indefinite pronoun dare-mo would be suitably translated as ‘anybody’ or ‘everybody’. The same is true of (4c-d), where nani-mo and dono hon-mo would approximate the meanings o ...
Original English Department Handouts
... roles of punctuation and voice in expository writing in Literary Imaginations, a new journal of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. MacMullen states that there have, historically, been two main schools of thought on the role of punctuation. The first, and oldest, dictates that the mark ...
... roles of punctuation and voice in expository writing in Literary Imaginations, a new journal of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. MacMullen states that there have, historically, been two main schools of thought on the role of punctuation. The first, and oldest, dictates that the mark ...
Chapter 14: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 1
... participles? For your students, terminology is much less important than idiomatic use. We will call these structures “gerunds.” • Definitions of some vocabulary items in the chart: birdwatching = a hobby for people who enjoy identifying birds in natural habitats bowling = an indoor sport in which a ...
... participles? For your students, terminology is much less important than idiomatic use. We will call these structures “gerunds.” • Definitions of some vocabulary items in the chart: birdwatching = a hobby for people who enjoy identifying birds in natural habitats bowling = an indoor sport in which a ...
Products and services
... The present unit is called ‘Products and services’. An organization sells certain products or services, either to other companies or directly to the consumers. This is how they make a profit. In order to let the public know their offer, some companies organise or take part in trade fairs, which are ...
... The present unit is called ‘Products and services’. An organization sells certain products or services, either to other companies or directly to the consumers. This is how they make a profit. In order to let the public know their offer, some companies organise or take part in trade fairs, which are ...
THE LANGUAGE OF SOLZENICYN`s "ODIN DEN
... masculine nouns. Another morphological anomaly found in SOllenicyn's ...
... masculine nouns. Another morphological anomaly found in SOllenicyn's ...
Converging verbal phrases in related languages
... and four cases. In Danish there is no case marking of nouns except for the genitive; only personal pronouns are marked for case (oblique case and genitive). In Danish, the possessive is often expressed by a fronted genitive (‘Lisa’s house’), while in Modern Colloquial German it is constructed using ...
... and four cases. In Danish there is no case marking of nouns except for the genitive; only personal pronouns are marked for case (oblique case and genitive). In Danish, the possessive is often expressed by a fronted genitive (‘Lisa’s house’), while in Modern Colloquial German it is constructed using ...
exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3 exercise 4
... is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or command. 7. “Very few flowers remain” is a sentence, because it forms a statement. 8. “All along the road to the pond” is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or command. 9. “Found twenty dead trees” is ...
... is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or command. 7. “Very few flowers remain” is a sentence, because it forms a statement. 8. “All along the road to the pond” is not a sentence, because it does not form a statement, question, or command. 9. “Found twenty dead trees” is ...