PDF format - Encuentro Journal
... The term modality will mean in this paper the ways in which ‘language is used to encode meanings such as degrees of certainty and commitment, or alternatively vagueness and lack of commitment, personal beliefs versus generally accepted or taken for granted knowledge. Such language functions to expre ...
... The term modality will mean in this paper the ways in which ‘language is used to encode meanings such as degrees of certainty and commitment, or alternatively vagueness and lack of commitment, personal beliefs versus generally accepted or taken for granted knowledge. Such language functions to expre ...
Investigating the Students` Ability to Recognize Adjectives
... into groups; i.e. into the different part of speech because there are certain suffixes for each part of speech. There are noun, verb, adverb and adjective suffixes (though some can be used for more than one part). Suffixes which are in concern in this paper are some adjectival suffixes. It is diffic ...
... into groups; i.e. into the different part of speech because there are certain suffixes for each part of speech. There are noun, verb, adverb and adjective suffixes (though some can be used for more than one part). Suffixes which are in concern in this paper are some adjectival suffixes. It is diffic ...
The Category of Participles
... diagnostics that so called "verbal" and "adjectival" participles should not be treated as two different categories. Rather, both have the morphological and distributional characteristics of adjectives. The most obvious adjectival characteristic of "verbal" participles is their need of a copula to ex ...
... diagnostics that so called "verbal" and "adjectival" participles should not be treated as two different categories. Rather, both have the morphological and distributional characteristics of adjectives. The most obvious adjectival characteristic of "verbal" participles is their need of a copula to ex ...
The Sentence
... Sean was chosen captain of his soccer team. Have you ever seen a Broadway musical? What a thrilling adventure we had! Stop! [The understood subject is you.] ...
... Sean was chosen captain of his soccer team. Have you ever seen a Broadway musical? What a thrilling adventure we had! Stop! [The understood subject is you.] ...
Spanish 1 Study Guide
... the pronunciation guides given here. Unlike English, which has many exceptions to its pronunciation rules, figuring out Spanish pronunciation is straightforward. Spanish vowel sounds are quicker and cleaner than English vowel sounds, which are in reality diphthongs. Diphthongs are a combination of a ...
... the pronunciation guides given here. Unlike English, which has many exceptions to its pronunciation rules, figuring out Spanish pronunciation is straightforward. Spanish vowel sounds are quicker and cleaner than English vowel sounds, which are in reality diphthongs. Diphthongs are a combination of a ...
Towards a null theory of the passive
... In Baker’s type (b), PASS is a Noun which gets incorporated into Infl. Since it can always get Case from Infl, it should have the freest distribution of any passive type, and should occur with transitive verbs with retained accusative objects, and with all intransitive verbs, regardless of unaccusat ...
... In Baker’s type (b), PASS is a Noun which gets incorporated into Infl. Since it can always get Case from Infl, it should have the freest distribution of any passive type, and should occur with transitive verbs with retained accusative objects, and with all intransitive verbs, regardless of unaccusat ...
Parsing algorithms, sentence complexity
... (1) The dog bites the man. (2) The man bites the dog. (3) *The dog bites man the. (1) = boring, (2) = interesting, (3) = not English ...
... (1) The dog bites the man. (2) The man bites the dog. (3) *The dog bites man the. (1) = boring, (2) = interesting, (3) = not English ...
pp. 1-28 (final) - Bedfordstmartins
... but by 1675 there had been friction between the English and the Indians for many years. On June 20 of that year, Metacomet, whom the colonists called Philip, led the Wampanoag tribe in the first of a series of attacks on the colonial settlements. The war, known today as King Philip’s War, raged on f ...
... but by 1675 there had been friction between the English and the Indians for many years. On June 20 of that year, Metacomet, whom the colonists called Philip, led the Wampanoag tribe in the first of a series of attacks on the colonial settlements. The war, known today as King Philip’s War, raged on f ...
journal of linguistics
... and 'progressive' labels are often confused with some kind of simple or progressive activity, a correlation which is usually difficult to define or demonstrate. And again, the concentration on 'historic present' has obscured the fact that there is a structurally comparable use that could equally wel ...
... and 'progressive' labels are often confused with some kind of simple or progressive activity, a correlation which is usually difficult to define or demonstrate. And again, the concentration on 'historic present' has obscured the fact that there is a structurally comparable use that could equally wel ...
Innu and English Structures - Innu
... set of words that speakers combine in different ways to build sentences, or to understand other people’s sentences. It is thus not surprising that the grammars of Innu and English are alike in many ways, and we highlight these similarities in this booklet. For example, one answer to the question, “H ...
... set of words that speakers combine in different ways to build sentences, or to understand other people’s sentences. It is thus not surprising that the grammars of Innu and English are alike in many ways, and we highlight these similarities in this booklet. For example, one answer to the question, “H ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, TENSES Tenses
... I have sung The present perfect tense is a rather important tense in English, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. That is because it uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages. In fact, the structure of the present perfect tense is very simple. The problems com ...
... I have sung The present perfect tense is a rather important tense in English, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. That is because it uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages. In fact, the structure of the present perfect tense is very simple. The problems com ...
PRACTICE BOOK - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... 2. Hooray, we are going to the zoo! 3. We will see many animals. 4. That giraffe is gigantic! 5. The lions look hungry. 6. Oh no, I’m scared! 7. The seals are so cute! 8. What time do you feed the seals? 9. The zoo closes in one hour. ...
... 2. Hooray, we are going to the zoo! 3. We will see many animals. 4. That giraffe is gigantic! 5. The lions look hungry. 6. Oh no, I’m scared! 7. The seals are so cute! 8. What time do you feed the seals? 9. The zoo closes in one hour. ...
4 adjectives and adverbs
... I felt frightened when I watched that film. (= I was frightened/experienced fear.) Inanimate objects cannot have feelings so we don’t usually use -ed adjectives about feelings to describe them: ✗ The report into police behaviour during the demonstration was rather worried. ✓ The report was rather wo ...
... I felt frightened when I watched that film. (= I was frightened/experienced fear.) Inanimate objects cannot have feelings so we don’t usually use -ed adjectives about feelings to describe them: ✗ The report into police behaviour during the demonstration was rather worried. ✓ The report was rather wo ...
University Microfilms International
... inflectional affixes established in this study, in contrast with those in previous works on Tagalog, are few and simple. affixes um- and m-, the passive affixes ...
... inflectional affixes established in this study, in contrast with those in previous works on Tagalog, are few and simple. affixes um- and m-, the passive affixes ...
A grammar of Mualang: An Ibanic language of Western Kalimantan
... of West Kalimantan. For his encouragement to undertake the research resulting in the present study I shall always remain grateful. Special thanks I owe to my good friend Drs. Betty Litamahuputty, who gave me lots of assistance and advise, also before I actually set foot in the Netherlands. My thanks ...
... of West Kalimantan. For his encouragement to undertake the research resulting in the present study I shall always remain grateful. Special thanks I owe to my good friend Drs. Betty Litamahuputty, who gave me lots of assistance and advise, also before I actually set foot in the Netherlands. My thanks ...
by Cristina Job Schmitt Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the
... Accusative Clitic Doubling in Spanish and provides a new analysis which accounts for the aspectual interpretations of the construction. Chapter 4 proposes a theory of Determiner Transparency in which definite determiners in relative clauses, certain kinds of adjectives and demonstratives do not sele ...
... Accusative Clitic Doubling in Spanish and provides a new analysis which accounts for the aspectual interpretations of the construction. Chapter 4 proposes a theory of Determiner Transparency in which definite determiners in relative clauses, certain kinds of adjectives and demonstratives do not sele ...
Oliver Strunk: The Elements of Style
... THE FIRST writer I watched at work was my stepfather, E. B. White. Each Tuesday morning, he would close his study door and sit down to write the "Notes and Comment" page for The New Yorker. The task was familiar to him — he was required to file a few hundred words of editorial or personal commentary ...
... THE FIRST writer I watched at work was my stepfather, E. B. White. Each Tuesday morning, he would close his study door and sit down to write the "Notes and Comment" page for The New Yorker. The task was familiar to him — he was required to file a few hundred words of editorial or personal commentary ...
1. - CCC Learning Hub
... 1. Tia loves Grandpa, but she does not see him often. 2. He lives far away in Peru. 3. This summer her family will visit him. 4. Tia writes him a letter, and she mails it. B. Complete each sentence by adding a comma and a word from the word box. Use each word one time. ...
... 1. Tia loves Grandpa, but she does not see him often. 2. He lives far away in Peru. 3. This summer her family will visit him. 4. Tia writes him a letter, and she mails it. B. Complete each sentence by adding a comma and a word from the word box. Use each word one time. ...
on-interpretation
... but that all that is or takes place is the outcome of necessity. There would be no need to deliberate or to take trouble, on the supposition that if we should adopt a certain course, a certain result would follow, while, if we did not, the result would not follow. For a man may predict an event ten ...
... but that all that is or takes place is the outcome of necessity. There would be no need to deliberate or to take trouble, on the supposition that if we should adopt a certain course, a certain result would follow, while, if we did not, the result would not follow. For a man may predict an event ten ...
A TYPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
... was not attested in Uralic languages. It should however be noted that, e.g., in Finnish, declarative sentences without any special intonation may also occur in PI function and context is then the only clue to the interrogative reading of these utterances. The same has been reported from Estonian by ...
... was not attested in Uralic languages. It should however be noted that, e.g., in Finnish, declarative sentences without any special intonation may also occur in PI function and context is then the only clue to the interrogative reading of these utterances. The same has been reported from Estonian by ...
Pearson Grammar with exercises
... A sentence is grammatical if it conforms to the way native speakers structure their language. A sentence may not always follow the usages prescribed for standard English, but it is still con sidered grammatical by the speakers who regularly use it. Directions: Identify the following sentences as gr ...
... A sentence is grammatical if it conforms to the way native speakers structure their language. A sentence may not always follow the usages prescribed for standard English, but it is still con sidered grammatical by the speakers who regularly use it. Directions: Identify the following sentences as gr ...
An Introduction of New Syntactic Elements: A
... Sentence (4a) is a type 1 sentence. However, if the complete tensed intransitive verb hesitated is changed to the adjective hesitant, which does not represent tense, as in sentence (4b), it is not regarded as a verb but a subject complement and the tense indicator was becomes a verb merely by virtue ...
... Sentence (4a) is a type 1 sentence. However, if the complete tensed intransitive verb hesitated is changed to the adjective hesitant, which does not represent tense, as in sentence (4b), it is not regarded as a verb but a subject complement and the tense indicator was becomes a verb merely by virtue ...
Peace Corps Arabic
... 'comas ?alium in its "definite form". However,_ nouns Which begin with a "sun".consOnapt-change the' 1 in ?al to a r, ...
... 'comas ?alium in its "definite form". However,_ nouns Which begin with a "sun".consOnapt-change the' 1 in ?al to a r, ...