A Manchu Grammar by PG von Möllendorff
... Appendix: European Literature treating on Manchu [Page Break] Introduction There is as yet no grammar o the Manchu language in English. Wylie's translation of Tsing Wan Ki Mung (清文啟蒙), Shanghai, 1855, a kind of Manchu hand-book for the us--Chinese, though useful and full of interest, is by no means ...
... Appendix: European Literature treating on Manchu [Page Break] Introduction There is as yet no grammar o the Manchu language in English. Wylie's translation of Tsing Wan Ki Mung (清文啟蒙), Shanghai, 1855, a kind of Manchu hand-book for the us--Chinese, though useful and full of interest, is by no means ...
Explorations of the Syntax-Semantics Interface
... cosubordination construction. The second observation is that plural marking in the presence of a reference phrase can be analysed as an agreement phenomenon. The paper ‘Degree Expressions at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ by Jens Fleischhauer is concerned with verb gradation. The goal of the paper ...
... cosubordination construction. The second observation is that plural marking in the presence of a reference phrase can be analysed as an agreement phenomenon. The paper ‘Degree Expressions at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ by Jens Fleischhauer is concerned with verb gradation. The goal of the paper ...
Untitled - NACCL - The Ohio State University
... Concerning Types II and III serial verb construction, previous studies hold conflicting views. In Type II, the pivotal construction (or the ‘switch function’ serial verb construction, Aikhenvald, 2006: 14), the verbs do not share the same grammatical subject (example (2b)); however, some previous st ...
... Concerning Types II and III serial verb construction, previous studies hold conflicting views. In Type II, the pivotal construction (or the ‘switch function’ serial verb construction, Aikhenvald, 2006: 14), the verbs do not share the same grammatical subject (example (2b)); however, some previous st ...
The morphological family size effect and morphology
... strongly to its morphological family. Thanks to larger numbers of coactivated family members, and the concomitant more extensive patterns of activation in the mental lexicon, words with large families would then be responded to more quickly in visual lexical decision than words with small families. ...
... strongly to its morphological family. Thanks to larger numbers of coactivated family members, and the concomitant more extensive patterns of activation in the mental lexicon, words with large families would then be responded to more quickly in visual lexical decision than words with small families. ...
Grammar Essentials 3rd Edition
... get them out where others can see them. This book can help you express your ideas. Develop your own plan for completing the 20 chapters in this book. They’re designed to be completed in 20 minutes a day, but you may want to take more or less time with each lesson—or more time with chapters you find ...
... get them out where others can see them. This book can help you express your ideas. Develop your own plan for completing the 20 chapters in this book. They’re designed to be completed in 20 minutes a day, but you may want to take more or less time with each lesson—or more time with chapters you find ...
Discourse Analysis - final draft
... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a white poet respected for his own command of language. Similarly, Douglass quotes poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier in paragraph fifty-two. By quoting abolitionists who are white, Douglass magnifies the power and authority of his discourse with the rally of ...
... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a white poet respected for his own command of language. Similarly, Douglass quotes poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier in paragraph fifty-two. By quoting abolitionists who are white, Douglass magnifies the power and authority of his discourse with the rally of ...
Unit 7: Adjectives & Adverbs
... In 2008, Warren Buffet is _____ (rich) person in the world. He is much_____ (rich) than Bill Gates. Actually, he is _____ (rich) than _____ (all the other person) in the world. According to the survey made in 2008, London is _______ (expensive) city in the ...
... In 2008, Warren Buffet is _____ (rich) person in the world. He is much_____ (rich) than Bill Gates. Actually, he is _____ (rich) than _____ (all the other person) in the world. According to the survey made in 2008, London is _______ (expensive) city in the ...
The Morphology of Adverbial Clauses in Sheko
... Some characteristics of the Sheko language include: a series of retroflex consonants; tone playing an important role in person marking; Subject-Object-Verb word order; next to suffixes the language uses prefixes as well; case marking on NPs (nominative is unmarked); and different verbal morphology f ...
... Some characteristics of the Sheko language include: a series of retroflex consonants; tone playing an important role in person marking; Subject-Object-Verb word order; next to suffixes the language uses prefixes as well; case marking on NPs (nominative is unmarked); and different verbal morphology f ...
Practice - Oak Park Elementary School District 97
... exclamation, or a question mark if it is a question. Circle any letters that should be capitals. 1. Write the list of ingredients on a sheet of paper 2. Don’t forget to buy flour 3. Oh no, the cupcakes are burning 4. her head felt as though it were stuffed with cotton 5. Have you seen her suitcases ...
... exclamation, or a question mark if it is a question. Circle any letters that should be capitals. 1. Write the list of ingredients on a sheet of paper 2. Don’t forget to buy flour 3. Oh no, the cupcakes are burning 4. her head felt as though it were stuffed with cotton 5. Have you seen her suitcases ...
This excerpt from Language Form and Language Function
... William Hamilton’s; he wanted to turn the old logical word “intention” into one that looked more like “extension.” I prefer to keep the older spelling with two ts. For the word is the same as the one in common use in connection with action. The concept of intention which we use there of course occur ...
... William Hamilton’s; he wanted to turn the old logical word “intention” into one that looked more like “extension.” I prefer to keep the older spelling with two ts. For the word is the same as the one in common use in connection with action. The concept of intention which we use there of course occur ...
Remarks on Complex Condensation Phenomena in Some English
... IN SOME ENGLISH AND CZECH CONTEXTS* ...
... IN SOME ENGLISH AND CZECH CONTEXTS* ...
portuguese syntax
... Morphologically, form is the way in which words are composed and inflected the basic unit being a morpheme - while morphological function deals with a given morphemes function within the word. The word ’comamos’, for instance, can morphologically be analysed as the morpheme-string ’com(1)-a(2)-mos(3 ...
... Morphologically, form is the way in which words are composed and inflected the basic unit being a morpheme - while morphological function deals with a given morphemes function within the word. The word ’comamos’, for instance, can morphologically be analysed as the morpheme-string ’com(1)-a(2)-mos(3 ...
Dependency in Linguistic Description
... which constitute the utterance—let us limit ourselves here, for simplicity's sake, to wordforms— are arranged by the speaker in well-specified configurations, according to numerous complicated rules, which make up the central part of any language: namely, its syntax. Putting this in a different way, ...
... which constitute the utterance—let us limit ourselves here, for simplicity's sake, to wordforms— are arranged by the speaker in well-specified configurations, according to numerous complicated rules, which make up the central part of any language: namely, its syntax. Putting this in a different way, ...
French for Independent Learners
... Hello sir/madam, what shall I serve you? Bonjour messieurs-dames, qu’est-ce que je vous sers? (Baw jeurr may see-your dam, kess keuh sheuh voo sare ?) Hello. Please can I have a coffee, with milk and an espresso ? Bonjour, Est-ce que je peux avoir un grand café crème et un petit café s’il vous plaît ...
... Hello sir/madam, what shall I serve you? Bonjour messieurs-dames, qu’est-ce que je vous sers? (Baw jeurr may see-your dam, kess keuh sheuh voo sare ?) Hello. Please can I have a coffee, with milk and an espresso ? Bonjour, Est-ce que je peux avoir un grand café crème et un petit café s’il vous plaît ...
Characteristics of Mandarin Imperatives Joan Chen-Main
... (1968:81, 807) distinguishes the two bas based on their different historical origins and functions. They may be further distinguished via intonation. Chao calls the ba used to form commands the advisative particle and reports it as a reduction of the verb ba4 ‘finish.’ 4 He reports the other ba as a ...
... (1968:81, 807) distinguishes the two bas based on their different historical origins and functions. They may be further distinguished via intonation. Chao calls the ba used to form commands the advisative particle and reports it as a reduction of the verb ba4 ‘finish.’ 4 He reports the other ba as a ...
New Latin Grammar - The Language Realm
... seat of the IndoEuropean Family. Hence the home was sought in the elevated plateau to the north. Today it is thought that central or southeastern Europe is much more likely to have been the cradle of the IndoEuropean parentspeech, though anything like a logical demonstration of so difficult a ...
... seat of the IndoEuropean Family. Hence the home was sought in the elevated plateau to the north. Today it is thought that central or southeastern Europe is much more likely to have been the cradle of the IndoEuropean parentspeech, though anything like a logical demonstration of so difficult a ...
Objective - Magistra Snyder`s Latin Website
... Ex. 3rd iō capiēbās = you used to take, you were taking Ex. 4th audiēbāmus = we used to hear, we were hearing ...
... Ex. 3rd iō capiēbās = you used to take, you were taking Ex. 4th audiēbāmus = we used to hear, we were hearing ...
Participles, gerunds and syntactic categories
... headed by the gerund is mixed, in that the phrase contains elements which are specific to DPs in English (possessive modifier) and elements which are specific to VPs in English (object and adverb modifier); the distribution of the phrase is nominal, since it can function as a subject (as in the exam ...
... headed by the gerund is mixed, in that the phrase contains elements which are specific to DPs in English (possessive modifier) and elements which are specific to VPs in English (object and adverb modifier); the distribution of the phrase is nominal, since it can function as a subject (as in the exam ...
Fulltext
... Hale (2005: 1) mentions that the dangling modifier is "a word or phrase that modifies a clause in an ambiguous manner, because it can be applied to either the subject or the object of the clause." Zwicky (2005: 2) describes dangling modifiers as expressions that are likely to induce difficulties in ...
... Hale (2005: 1) mentions that the dangling modifier is "a word or phrase that modifies a clause in an ambiguous manner, because it can be applied to either the subject or the object of the clause." Zwicky (2005: 2) describes dangling modifiers as expressions that are likely to induce difficulties in ...
CLITICS, SCRAMBLING, AND HEAD MOVEMENT IN DUTCH
... The embedded object can appear to the left of the embedded subject haar only if it is a weak pronoun.8 This is reminiscent of clitic climbing phenomena in Italian as discussed in Rizzi (1982), among others. However, (41) also suggests that in other positions the Dutch weak pronouns are not in comple ...
... The embedded object can appear to the left of the embedded subject haar only if it is a weak pronoun.8 This is reminiscent of clitic climbing phenomena in Italian as discussed in Rizzi (1982), among others. However, (41) also suggests that in other positions the Dutch weak pronouns are not in comple ...
Sentence variety exercise 4
... 3. Overwhelmed by demands for tickets, the theater added two more shows. 4. The janitor Hugo startled by the superintendent dropped the fluorescent bulb from his perch on top of the stepladder. 5. Disqualified, for biting his opponent’s ear Mike Tyson later apologized at a press conference. ...
... 3. Overwhelmed by demands for tickets, the theater added two more shows. 4. The janitor Hugo startled by the superintendent dropped the fluorescent bulb from his perch on top of the stepladder. 5. Disqualified, for biting his opponent’s ear Mike Tyson later apologized at a press conference. ...
Section 8 – Compound Main Clauses
... Exercise 9. 1. Sentence-Building with Adverbs ................................................................................ 69 Exercise 9. 2. Sentence-Building with Adjectives ............................................................................. 69 Exercise 9. 3. Compound Main Clauses and ...
... Exercise 9. 1. Sentence-Building with Adverbs ................................................................................ 69 Exercise 9. 2. Sentence-Building with Adjectives ............................................................................. 69 Exercise 9. 3. Compound Main Clauses and ...
The linguistic construction of space in Ewe
... elements, he observes that "many verbs when they stand next to others play the part of English prepositions, adverbs or conjunctions" (p. 129). Following the same System that Westermann used in naming the nominal adpositions, we may call the verbal adpositions prepositions because they occur before ...
... elements, he observes that "many verbs when they stand next to others play the part of English prepositions, adverbs or conjunctions" (p. 129). Following the same System that Westermann used in naming the nominal adpositions, we may call the verbal adpositions prepositions because they occur before ...
new latin grammar
... 2. Home of the Indo-European Family.—Despite the many outward differences of the various languages of the foregoing groups, a careful examination of their structure and vocabulary demonstrates their intimate relationship and proves overwhelmingly their descent from a common parent. We must believe, ...
... 2. Home of the Indo-European Family.—Despite the many outward differences of the various languages of the foregoing groups, a careful examination of their structure and vocabulary demonstrates their intimate relationship and proves overwhelmingly their descent from a common parent. We must believe, ...
Producing number agreement: How pronouns equal verbs
... of a neighboring noun phrase that is not its usual (or its entire) controller. This occurs most often when the neighbor is plural, as in The time for fun and games are over. In this example, the head noun (time) is singular, while the verb (are) is plural. The neighbors responsible for attraction ar ...
... of a neighboring noun phrase that is not its usual (or its entire) controller. This occurs most often when the neighbor is plural, as in The time for fun and games are over. In this example, the head noun (time) is singular, while the verb (are) is plural. The neighbors responsible for attraction ar ...