The Fifth Period Grammar Teaching goals教学目标 1．Target
... Similarly, one can break the absolute off, add a verb and make two sentences. ("Stephen searched frantically for a dictionary. His mind was taxed.") Can you understand me? Ss: Yes. T: OK. Let's go on. Absolute constructions consist of a noun and some kind of modifier, the most common is participles. ...
... Similarly, one can break the absolute off, add a verb and make two sentences. ("Stephen searched frantically for a dictionary. His mind was taxed.") Can you understand me? Ss: Yes. T: OK. Let's go on. Absolute constructions consist of a noun and some kind of modifier, the most common is participles. ...
8 PARTS OF SPEECH PowerPoint with Rap!
... Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am relieved about passing my exam. Now you try it. Wow! You did a fabulous job. What is the interjection in this sentence? ...
... Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am relieved about passing my exam. Now you try it. Wow! You did a fabulous job. What is the interjection in this sentence? ...
Translation of the predicative element of a sentence
... - the ordinary verb read in (4) which has the following structure: Na Vord Nb (Vord stands for ordinary verb); - the adjective proud (supported by be ) in (5) which has the following structure: Na be Adj Prepb Nb; - the predicative noun ascendancy (supported by have ) in (6) which has the following ...
... - the ordinary verb read in (4) which has the following structure: Na Vord Nb (Vord stands for ordinary verb); - the adjective proud (supported by be ) in (5) which has the following structure: Na be Adj Prepb Nb; - the predicative noun ascendancy (supported by have ) in (6) which has the following ...
Multiple-subject Sentences in Korean
... but there is no explanation of this derivation. Sohn rejects this “explanation”, claiming instead that “multiple-subject constructions are viewed as basic” to the language, which of course side-steps the need for an explanation. Yeon & Brown do not delve into the problem, and simply state that it is ...
... but there is no explanation of this derivation. Sohn rejects this “explanation”, claiming instead that “multiple-subject constructions are viewed as basic” to the language, which of course side-steps the need for an explanation. Yeon & Brown do not delve into the problem, and simply state that it is ...
nouns - Coronado High School
... Jake wrote a note for himself. The reflexive pronoun, himself, refers back to the subject, Jake. Jake wrote a note for him. The personal pronoun, him, must refer to someone other than the subject, Jake. Intensive pronouns emphasize, or intensify, the noun or pronoun they refer to. They can refer to ...
... Jake wrote a note for himself. The reflexive pronoun, himself, refers back to the subject, Jake. Jake wrote a note for him. The personal pronoun, him, must refer to someone other than the subject, Jake. Intensive pronouns emphasize, or intensify, the noun or pronoun they refer to. They can refer to ...
Exhibit A2 - TST
... like ‘B.V.’, and acronyms like ‘DDR’), e.g. ‘Hij slaapt/de man slaapt‘/He is sleeping/the man is sleeping (NP+VERB; NP also covers pronoun). ART also covers DET, and for quantifiable nouns (like ‘tanker’) also NUM (see section 4.1.2); e.g. ‘70 koeien/de koeien /zijn koeien’/70 cows/the cows/his cows ...
... like ‘B.V.’, and acronyms like ‘DDR’), e.g. ‘Hij slaapt/de man slaapt‘/He is sleeping/the man is sleeping (NP+VERB; NP also covers pronoun). ART also covers DET, and for quantifiable nouns (like ‘tanker’) also NUM (see section 4.1.2); e.g. ‘70 koeien/de koeien /zijn koeien’/70 cows/the cows/his cows ...
thematic fit and syntactic ambiguity resolution of intransitive main
... The guest (had) invited to the luncheon three old buddies who really had no business being there. These sentences differ in thematic fit between the first noun and the verb. A host is a good patient for an inviting event, and a guest is a good patient for an inviting event. By including a good patie ...
... The guest (had) invited to the luncheon three old buddies who really had no business being there. These sentences differ in thematic fit between the first noun and the verb. A host is a good patient for an inviting event, and a guest is a good patient for an inviting event. By including a good patie ...
Guidelines for the annotation of Old English
... As regards word classes, the problems we experienced mostly had to do with the ‘small’ function words, such as prepositions, conjuctions, pronouns, determiners and quantifiers. Below, the word classes are presented, and comments on various problem words are made, where relevant. 2.1.1 Verb Verbs are ...
... As regards word classes, the problems we experienced mostly had to do with the ‘small’ function words, such as prepositions, conjuctions, pronouns, determiners and quantifiers. Below, the word classes are presented, and comments on various problem words are made, where relevant. 2.1.1 Verb Verbs are ...
Agreement, grammatical
... analysis. All that one needs are quite general assumptions about the representation of lexical items and the way in which these entries are processed, together with few language-specific principles, in this case concerning the interaction of case and agreement. Hindi also allows for some intransitiv ...
... analysis. All that one needs are quite general assumptions about the representation of lexical items and the way in which these entries are processed, together with few language-specific principles, in this case concerning the interaction of case and agreement. Hindi also allows for some intransitiv ...
rules handout - Coronado High School
... Intensive pronouns emphasize, or intensify, the noun or pronoun they refer to. They can refer to any noun or pronoun in the sentence, not just a subject. Intensive pronouns are used for emphasis only — they are not objects of verbs or prepositions. No one else was home, so I brought in the grocerie ...
... Intensive pronouns emphasize, or intensify, the noun or pronoun they refer to. They can refer to any noun or pronoun in the sentence, not just a subject. Intensive pronouns are used for emphasis only — they are not objects of verbs or prepositions. No one else was home, so I brought in the grocerie ...
Grammar Reteaching
... Every sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject names whom or what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does, has, or is. The predicate can also tell what the subject is like. Several whales / were swimming in the bay. ...
... Every sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject names whom or what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does, has, or is. The predicate can also tell what the subject is like. Several whales / were swimming in the bay. ...
QUEMDISSE? Reported speech in Portuguese
... used to report speech, hence the full name reported speech verbs. In addition, a particular speech verb can sometimes be used to report speech, and other times not: for example, falar in Ele falou alto (‘he spoke loudly’) vs. Ele falou que viria (‘he said he would come’). ...
... used to report speech, hence the full name reported speech verbs. In addition, a particular speech verb can sometimes be used to report speech, and other times not: for example, falar in Ele falou alto (‘he spoke loudly’) vs. Ele falou que viria (‘he said he would come’). ...
Clauses - Gordon State College
... their verbs. When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course she did. This is the day of the reaping. I prop myself up on o ...
... their verbs. When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course she did. This is the day of the reaping. I prop myself up on o ...
QUEMDISSE? Reported speech in Portuguese
... used to report speech, hence the full name reported speech verbs. In addition, a particular speech verb can sometimes be used to report speech, and other times not: for example, falar in Ele falou alto (‘he spoke loudly’) vs. Ele falou que viria (‘he said he would come’). ...
... used to report speech, hence the full name reported speech verbs. In addition, a particular speech verb can sometimes be used to report speech, and other times not: for example, falar in Ele falou alto (‘he spoke loudly’) vs. Ele falou que viria (‘he said he would come’). ...
Ling 107 Syntax - The Study of Sentence Structure All human
... sentence and many more. In theory, we should be able to add new rules to our grammar until we obtained a complete description of the language. Such a grammar would generate every possible sentence in the language, and would not generate any unacceptable sentences. Despite 50 years of serious grammar ...
... sentence and many more. In theory, we should be able to add new rules to our grammar until we obtained a complete description of the language. Such a grammar would generate every possible sentence in the language, and would not generate any unacceptable sentences. Despite 50 years of serious grammar ...
The Sentence
... complement, use subject pronouns. Parts called subjects use subject pronouns; parts called objects use object pronouns. Educated speakers apply this to their spoken English, and they notice it when they hear an error. ...
... complement, use subject pronouns. Parts called subjects use subject pronouns; parts called objects use object pronouns. Educated speakers apply this to their spoken English, and they notice it when they hear an error. ...
9. Use commas after "he said," etc. to set off direct quotations.
... Really long example: Sara Clark, who lives in my dorm, is in my chemistry class. (comma #1 at the beginning) (comma #2 at the end) BUT, commas are NOT used in this "who" clause because it is a necessary part of the sentence. The girl who is sitting at the table next to you is in my chemistry class. ...
... Really long example: Sara Clark, who lives in my dorm, is in my chemistry class. (comma #1 at the beginning) (comma #2 at the end) BUT, commas are NOT used in this "who" clause because it is a necessary part of the sentence. The girl who is sitting at the table next to you is in my chemistry class. ...
the Persian Complex Predicate Construction
... inheritance hierarchy is proposed, and compared with alternative accounts, including Goldberg (1996), which had proposed a ranked constraint analysis of a subset of the data discussed here, using the formalism of OT; it is argued that the DI analysis is preferable on empirical and theoretical ground ...
... inheritance hierarchy is proposed, and compared with alternative accounts, including Goldberg (1996), which had proposed a ranked constraint analysis of a subset of the data discussed here, using the formalism of OT; it is argued that the DI analysis is preferable on empirical and theoretical ground ...
Sentence Diagramming - Whitcraft Learning Solutions
... prep. phrases. He also easily identified whether the verb was transitive, intransitive, or linking. He placed all the direct objects correctly on the diagram, and knew that they were direct objects. He also placed all the predicate nouns/predicate adjectives correctly on the diagram although he coul ...
... prep. phrases. He also easily identified whether the verb was transitive, intransitive, or linking. He placed all the direct objects correctly on the diagram, and knew that they were direct objects. He also placed all the predicate nouns/predicate adjectives correctly on the diagram although he coul ...
Modal auxiliaries
... A speaker may wish to indicate a degree of certainty to try to influence other people in various ways (authority/submission, permission, make people do things or ...
... A speaker may wish to indicate a degree of certainty to try to influence other people in various ways (authority/submission, permission, make people do things or ...
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... Si consigo este trabajo, compraré un coche nuevo. (If I get this job, I will buy a new car.) Si están en la fiesta, los veremos. (If they are at the party, we will see them.) Si renuncias a este trabajo, renunciaré también. (If you quit this job, I will quit too.) Unlikely or contrary-to-fact ...
... Si consigo este trabajo, compraré un coche nuevo. (If I get this job, I will buy a new car.) Si están en la fiesta, los veremos. (If they are at the party, we will see them.) Si renuncias a este trabajo, renunciaré también. (If you quit this job, I will quit too.) Unlikely or contrary-to-fact ...
Direct and Indirect Objects
... Direct and Indirect Objects What is the indirect object in the following sentence? The scientific method gives us specific steps to follow when we have a question or ...
... Direct and Indirect Objects What is the indirect object in the following sentence? The scientific method gives us specific steps to follow when we have a question or ...
Case and Event Structure
... information about the manner in which an activity is carried out (cf. Hale and Keyser 1993, Hale and Keyser 1999 and Krifka 1995). The complement of v may be a root (cf. Marantz 1997) which introduces the internal argument and may specify information about what happens to the internal argument. If t ...
... information about the manner in which an activity is carried out (cf. Hale and Keyser 1993, Hale and Keyser 1999 and Krifka 1995). The complement of v may be a root (cf. Marantz 1997) which introduces the internal argument and may specify information about what happens to the internal argument. If t ...
Explaining similarities between main clauses and nominalized
... As a part of the process of becoming conventionalized into new main clause grammar, the biclausal source constructions become monoclausal, with the former main verb losing its independent argument structure (becoming first an auxiliary and later an inflectional morpheme), and the former nominalized ...
... As a part of the process of becoming conventionalized into new main clause grammar, the biclausal source constructions become monoclausal, with the former main verb losing its independent argument structure (becoming first an auxiliary and later an inflectional morpheme), and the former nominalized ...
The Eight Parts of Speech
... Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am relieved about passing my exam. Now you try it. Wow! You did a fabulous job. What is the interjection in this sentence? ...
... Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am relieved about passing my exam. Now you try it. Wow! You did a fabulous job. What is the interjection in this sentence? ...