Free PDF - The University of Adelaide
... This commentary on the grammatical introduction to Pastor Clamor Schürmann's Vocabulary of the Parnkalla language of 1844 is designed primarily for educators and other people who may wish to re-present its interpretations in ways more accessible to non-linguists, and more suited to pedagogical pract ...
... This commentary on the grammatical introduction to Pastor Clamor Schürmann's Vocabulary of the Parnkalla language of 1844 is designed primarily for educators and other people who may wish to re-present its interpretations in ways more accessible to non-linguists, and more suited to pedagogical pract ...
Using Russian : A Guide to Contemporary Usage
... Russian operates, of course, according to quite different grammatical principles from those to which the English-speaker is accustomed. (One thinks in particular of its system of declension of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, numerals and participles and of the aspectual distinction that runs through th ...
... Russian operates, of course, according to quite different grammatical principles from those to which the English-speaker is accustomed. (One thinks in particular of its system of declension of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, numerals and participles and of the aspectual distinction that runs through th ...
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... used for both), and Ben uses for (his ERG marker) in possessive constructions as well. That’s a nose for Maggie ‘That’s Maggie’s nose.’ ...
... used for both), and Ben uses for (his ERG marker) in possessive constructions as well. That’s a nose for Maggie ‘That’s Maggie’s nose.’ ...
The Syntactic Location of Events
... respect, te looks like a complementiser or a preposition.” (Zwart 1993:102), italics are mine, IH). IJbema (2002) argues that te can be either a tense marker or a mood ...
... respect, te looks like a complementiser or a preposition.” (Zwart 1993:102), italics are mine, IH). IJbema (2002) argues that te can be either a tense marker or a mood ...
The Spanish Nominalized Infinitives: A proposal for a classification
... a third type of structure: a verbal infinitive that has AgrP characteristics.1 Evidence for the AgrP nature of this structure is provided by the fact that it allows modals as well as accusative case and the modification of adjectives and adverbs. It also presents some structural contrast with respec ...
... a third type of structure: a verbal infinitive that has AgrP characteristics.1 Evidence for the AgrP nature of this structure is provided by the fact that it allows modals as well as accusative case and the modification of adjectives and adverbs. It also presents some structural contrast with respec ...
Present Participial Phrases
... 2. Write a sentence that contains a restrictive present participial phrase that should not be set off with commas. 3. Use the word “dancing” in a sentence, and write a non-restrictive participial phrase. 4. Change the word “fight” into a present participle, add other words to make it a participial p ...
... 2. Write a sentence that contains a restrictive present participial phrase that should not be set off with commas. 3. Use the word “dancing” in a sentence, and write a non-restrictive participial phrase. 4. Change the word “fight” into a present participle, add other words to make it a participial p ...
Sentence variety exercise 4
... 2. Write a sentence that contains a restrictive present participial phrase that should not be set off with commas. 3. Use the word “dancing” in a sentence, and write a non-restrictive participial phrase. 4. Change the word “fight” into a present participle, add other words to make it a participial p ...
... 2. Write a sentence that contains a restrictive present participial phrase that should not be set off with commas. 3. Use the word “dancing” in a sentence, and write a non-restrictive participial phrase. 4. Change the word “fight” into a present participle, add other words to make it a participial p ...
A Text-based Grammar for Expository Writing
... sufficient to acquire written academic language, particularly for students coming from homes where English is not spoken and communities where non-standard forms of English predominate. The high rates of remediation at the university level are testimony that simply waiting for language acquisition t ...
... sufficient to acquire written academic language, particularly for students coming from homes where English is not spoken and communities where non-standard forms of English predominate. The high rates of remediation at the university level are testimony that simply waiting for language acquisition t ...
book 7 of caesar`s bellum gallicum
... would subdue foreign enemies and then return to Rome after laying down his command to reassume his position in the Senate (one thinks of the paradigm Cincinnatus). This system, which united the success of Rome to the success of the aristocracy as a whole, functioned remarkably well until the erosion ...
... would subdue foreign enemies and then return to Rome after laying down his command to reassume his position in the Senate (one thinks of the paradigm Cincinnatus). This system, which united the success of Rome to the success of the aristocracy as a whole, functioned remarkably well until the erosion ...
Topics in English Syntax
... • differ from lexical verbs in their morphology (cf. be, am, was ...); • modals have no non-finite forms (*to shall ; *musting; *the musted sale); do not occur in an environment where non-tensed forms are required • do not enter into person - number agreement with the subject • function in the compl ...
... • differ from lexical verbs in their morphology (cf. be, am, was ...); • modals have no non-finite forms (*to shall ; *musting; *the musted sale); do not occur in an environment where non-tensed forms are required • do not enter into person - number agreement with the subject • function in the compl ...
Variant 2 - Egypt IG Student Room
... (ii) ‘If in doubt, sound it out’: if you read what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer? (iii) Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer e.g. one letter missing but no other word created. (iv) If the first part of the word is correc ...
... (ii) ‘If in doubt, sound it out’: if you read what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer? (iii) Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer e.g. one letter missing but no other word created. (iv) If the first part of the word is correc ...
Focus in Bantu
... marked by an inflectional morpheme following the tense-marker: D60, M40, (M50), M60, P20-30, S20-30, K21, S40-50. This contrast is talked about in the literature in two slightly different ways: in terms of the relationship between verb and other constituents, or in terms of what is focused. Conjunct ...
... marked by an inflectional morpheme following the tense-marker: D60, M40, (M50), M60, P20-30, S20-30, K21, S40-50. This contrast is talked about in the literature in two slightly different ways: in terms of the relationship between verb and other constituents, or in terms of what is focused. Conjunct ...
0520 FRENCH (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series
... (ii) ‘If in doubt, sound it out’: if you read what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer? (iii) Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer e.g. one letter missing but no other word created. (iv) If the first part of the word is correc ...
... (ii) ‘If in doubt, sound it out’: if you read what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer? (iii) Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer e.g. one letter missing but no other word created. (iv) If the first part of the word is correc ...
Laura A. Michaelis University of Colorado at Boulder Proceedings of
... which began prior to the past reference time: the getting-up event FOLLOWS her arrival. Hence, progressive sentences can be modeled as imperfective sentences. As a phase-denoting aspect in the sense of Coseriu 1976, the progressive picks out a proper subpart of an event. In accordance with Mittwoch ...
... which began prior to the past reference time: the getting-up event FOLLOWS her arrival. Hence, progressive sentences can be modeled as imperfective sentences. As a phase-denoting aspect in the sense of Coseriu 1976, the progressive picks out a proper subpart of an event. In accordance with Mittwoch ...
alternative double object construction
... 2. The distribution of ditransitive constructions within varieties of English As has been mentioned, the two ditransitive constructions of standard English — the prepositional object construction and the canonical double object construction — have a strongly overlapping, though not identical, distri ...
... 2. The distribution of ditransitive constructions within varieties of English As has been mentioned, the two ditransitive constructions of standard English — the prepositional object construction and the canonical double object construction — have a strongly overlapping, though not identical, distri ...
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... is a situation in which Maria hits the nail. But the reverse entailment doesn’t hold: Maria could hit the nail without it moving. This is not accounted for by the logical forms in (5a) and (5b). Secondly, den-nagel is the argument of the preposition auf in (5a), but the argument of the role patient ...
... is a situation in which Maria hits the nail. But the reverse entailment doesn’t hold: Maria could hit the nail without it moving. This is not accounted for by the logical forms in (5a) and (5b). Secondly, den-nagel is the argument of the preposition auf in (5a), but the argument of the role patient ...
Distinguishing Two “Synonyms” - Cascadilla Proceedings Project
... former being excluded when the latter was the dependent variable for a given analysis and vice versa. The envelope of variation includes all instances of quizá and quizás that have scope over an inflected verb that can appear either in the subjunctive or the indicative. Therefore, this does not incl ...
... former being excluded when the latter was the dependent variable for a given analysis and vice versa. The envelope of variation includes all instances of quizá and quizás that have scope over an inflected verb that can appear either in the subjunctive or the indicative. Therefore, this does not incl ...
Commas - RISD Writing Center
... Commas, the most frequently used punctuation marks, signal pauses within a sentence. While this sounds like a variable and subjective quality of written language, these pauses are strategically placed to help readers understand. When writers place commas based on their vocal patterns alone, the mean ...
... Commas, the most frequently used punctuation marks, signal pauses within a sentence. While this sounds like a variable and subjective quality of written language, these pauses are strategically placed to help readers understand. When writers place commas based on their vocal patterns alone, the mean ...
Relativization versus nominalization strategies in
... follow it, as in 1 and 4. In addition to the special suffix marking dependency, the dependent predicate occurs with pronominal affixes, but it lack tense, aspect, or modal suffixes which are obligatory in independent clauses. Potential restrictions on what can be relativized in Chimariko is unclear. ...
... follow it, as in 1 and 4. In addition to the special suffix marking dependency, the dependent predicate occurs with pronominal affixes, but it lack tense, aspect, or modal suffixes which are obligatory in independent clauses. Potential restrictions on what can be relativized in Chimariko is unclear. ...
draft - University of Delaware
... I will assume that non-selected material is generally irrelevant to the idiom. Many functional elements are also not part of idioms, for instance the definite article. Possessors may or may not be; here I assume it is not (note that many instances of this idiom without the possessor, for instance “c ...
... I will assume that non-selected material is generally irrelevant to the idiom. Many functional elements are also not part of idioms, for instance the definite article. Possessors may or may not be; here I assume it is not (note that many instances of this idiom without the possessor, for instance “c ...
(2) and (4) - Kirkwall Grammar School
... Do the exercise in the blue box at the bottom of the screen. Each exercise has four parts - in each part you have to choose between two answers. At the right of the screen are sixteen buttons showing all the possible combinations of answers. Click on the one you think has the four correct ...
... Do the exercise in the blue box at the bottom of the screen. Each exercise has four parts - in each part you have to choose between two answers. At the right of the screen are sixteen buttons showing all the possible combinations of answers. Click on the one you think has the four correct ...
Chapter 4: THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT
... • Understanding the meaning and use of since helps students to understand the meaning and use of the present perfect. • Ever is frequently used as an intensifier in front of since. The use of ever has little, if any, effect on the meaning of since. I’ve lived here ever since May. • In example (a), s ...
... • Understanding the meaning and use of since helps students to understand the meaning and use of the present perfect. • Ever is frequently used as an intensifier in front of since. The use of ever has little, if any, effect on the meaning of since. I’ve lived here ever since May. • In example (a), s ...
Participles
... infinitive) in the active periphrastic conjugation, e.g., paratūrus sum I am about to prepare. Note 4. A noun and a passive participle are sometimes so united that the participle and not the noun contains the main idea: ante conditam urbem before the founding of the city post nātōs hominēs since the ...
... infinitive) in the active periphrastic conjugation, e.g., paratūrus sum I am about to prepare. Note 4. A noun and a passive participle are sometimes so united that the participle and not the noun contains the main idea: ante conditam urbem before the founding of the city post nātōs hominēs since the ...
Long adjectival inflection and specificity in Serbo
... In all other contexts (M/N/F plural, Fsg), adjectives appear with the so-called pronominal inflection (morphologically ‘longer’ or more complex), but may however reveal the short/long distinction through other means – mainly prosodic – presented below : 1. Vowel quantity : In the Nominative and Accu ...
... In all other contexts (M/N/F plural, Fsg), adjectives appear with the so-called pronominal inflection (morphologically ‘longer’ or more complex), but may however reveal the short/long distinction through other means – mainly prosodic – presented below : 1. Vowel quantity : In the Nominative and Accu ...
Clausal coordinate ellipsis in German: The TIGER treebank as a
... ‘Hans doesn’t live in Paris and Peter doesn’t in Rome’. • In LDG, the posterior conjunct consists of constituents whose left-hand counterparts belong to different clauses. My son in (3) is the counterpart of my wife in the main clause whereas a motorcycle pairs up with a car in the infinitival compl ...
... ‘Hans doesn’t live in Paris and Peter doesn’t in Rome’. • In LDG, the posterior conjunct consists of constituents whose left-hand counterparts belong to different clauses. My son in (3) is the counterpart of my wife in the main clause whereas a motorcycle pairs up with a car in the infinitival compl ...