ENG 206 - University of Maiduguri
... same specie; some people could be brought together by some common purpose; a shoal of fish, a pride of lions, a family of five, a chamber of lawyers, etc. Each of these examples highlights a ‘group’. In grammar [especially the systemic model], ‘group’ is a term referring to a sequence of words which ...
... same specie; some people could be brought together by some common purpose; a shoal of fish, a pride of lions, a family of five, a chamber of lawyers, etc. Each of these examples highlights a ‘group’. In grammar [especially the systemic model], ‘group’ is a term referring to a sequence of words which ...
97 AN OVERVIEW OF ADVERBS FOR THE PROFICIENT USE OF
... position in the sentence structure. Furthermore, only one type of adverbial adjunct (Adjunct of place) may occur as obligatory element in the structure. To make matters more complicated, any one of the four major classes of words can also perform the function of an adverb in the sentence. It is, the ...
... position in the sentence structure. Furthermore, only one type of adverbial adjunct (Adjunct of place) may occur as obligatory element in the structure. To make matters more complicated, any one of the four major classes of words can also perform the function of an adverb in the sentence. It is, the ...
subject - HCC Learning Web
... clause, only whom or which may be used. • A preposition is never immediately followed by that or who. • Croatia is the country from which my family hails. • NOT • Croatia is the country from that my family hails. ...
... clause, only whom or which may be used. • A preposition is never immediately followed by that or who. • Croatia is the country from which my family hails. • NOT • Croatia is the country from that my family hails. ...
pontifícia universidade católica do rio grande do sul
... look into the syntactic structure relations of Infinitival Small Clauses concerning the Inflected Infinitive in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and the Bare & To-Infinitives in English, so as to demonstrate and explain the existing parametrization on Case Assignment. To achieve that, the (embedded) NPsubj ...
... look into the syntactic structure relations of Infinitival Small Clauses concerning the Inflected Infinitive in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and the Bare & To-Infinitives in English, so as to demonstrate and explain the existing parametrization on Case Assignment. To achieve that, the (embedded) NPsubj ...
To be or not to be elided: VP ellipsis revisited
... A-Ha PERF PROG PASS mother put.up hair ‘A-Ha is having her hair put up (on her) by her mother.’ ...
... A-Ha PERF PROG PASS mother put.up hair ‘A-Ha is having her hair put up (on her) by her mother.’ ...
Illustrating the prototype structures of parts of speech
... can be explained as prototypes that emerge from the use of broad semantic classes of words—objects, properties, and actions—in basic propositional act functions of discourse—reference, modification, and predication. This theory predicts that each of these broad semantic classes will be typologica ...
... can be explained as prototypes that emerge from the use of broad semantic classes of words—objects, properties, and actions—in basic propositional act functions of discourse—reference, modification, and predication. This theory predicts that each of these broad semantic classes will be typologica ...
Rule 1. You may end a sentence with a preposition. Just do not use
... The prepositions of motion “to,” “toward,” “in,” and “into.” These four prepositions link the verbs of movement— “move,” “go,” “transfer,” “walk,” “run,” “swim,” “ride,” “drive,” “fly,” “travel,” and many more—to their object destination. All of these verbs, except “transfer,” can take both “to” an ...
... The prepositions of motion “to,” “toward,” “in,” and “into.” These four prepositions link the verbs of movement— “move,” “go,” “transfer,” “walk,” “run,” “swim,” “ride,” “drive,” “fly,” “travel,” and many more—to their object destination. All of these verbs, except “transfer,” can take both “to” an ...
Making Syntax of Sense: Number Agreement in
... agreement involves covariations between the form of the head of a subject noun phrase (the subject noun, for short) and the form of the number-carrying part of the verb phrase (the verb inflection, for short). The covariation in English is regular and reliable for almost all verbs in most dialects i ...
... agreement involves covariations between the form of the head of a subject noun phrase (the subject noun, for short) and the form of the number-carrying part of the verb phrase (the verb inflection, for short). The covariation in English is regular and reliable for almost all verbs in most dialects i ...
Bi-Lexical Rules for Multi-Lexeme Translation in Lexicalist MT 1
... The lexicon has taken a prominent place in several linguistic theories (Pollard and Sag 1994; Oehrle et al. 1988), not least because, given appropriate tools, both general and idiosyncratic properties of language can be captured within a uniform framework. Among the tools normally employed one nds ...
... The lexicon has taken a prominent place in several linguistic theories (Pollard and Sag 1994; Oehrle et al. 1988), not least because, given appropriate tools, both general and idiosyncratic properties of language can be captured within a uniform framework. Among the tools normally employed one nds ...
Reflexives and Reciprocals in Copala Trique
... precisely because of the need for some mechanism that will allow the binding conditions (or something like them) to operate. Copala Trique will therefore probably prove to be only a temporary exception to these conditions. In his detailed cross-linguistic study of reflexivization, Faltz mentioned th ...
... precisely because of the need for some mechanism that will allow the binding conditions (or something like them) to operate. Copala Trique will therefore probably prove to be only a temporary exception to these conditions. In his detailed cross-linguistic study of reflexivization, Faltz mentioned th ...
english - Ressursmateriell: Introducing English Grammar
... a. 1 We need to book our tickets. (Book is a verb – it occurs after to.) 2 I bought him a book about butterflies. (Book is a noun – it occurs after the article a.) b. 1 They saluted the American flag. (American is an adjective – it describes flag, which is a noun.) 2 They saluted the ...
... a. 1 We need to book our tickets. (Book is a verb – it occurs after to.) 2 I bought him a book about butterflies. (Book is a noun – it occurs after the article a.) b. 1 They saluted the American flag. (American is an adjective – it describes flag, which is a noun.) 2 They saluted the ...
Application of Resolution Rules on phi
... The work in front of you was also helped by the assistance of two wonderful friends that I had the good fortune to meet in Dr. Serrano’s Education class during our first semester at St. Cloud: Bree and Mohammad. Mohammad and I have had the pleasure of sharing stimulating conversation, scintillating ...
... The work in front of you was also helped by the assistance of two wonderful friends that I had the good fortune to meet in Dr. Serrano’s Education class during our first semester at St. Cloud: Bree and Mohammad. Mohammad and I have had the pleasure of sharing stimulating conversation, scintillating ...
Romanian Grammar
... 3.3.4.2.1. The superlative relative of superiority 3.3.4.2.2. The superlative relative of inferiority 3.3.4.2.3. The superlative absolute 3.3.4.3. Adjectives that do not form degrees of comparison 3.4. Pronoun 3.4.1. Personal pronouns 3.4.1.1. The nominative case of the personal pronouns 3.4.1.2. Th ...
... 3.3.4.2.1. The superlative relative of superiority 3.3.4.2.2. The superlative relative of inferiority 3.3.4.2.3. The superlative absolute 3.3.4.3. Adjectives that do not form degrees of comparison 3.4. Pronoun 3.4.1. Personal pronouns 3.4.1.1. The nominative case of the personal pronouns 3.4.1.2. Th ...
Romanian Grammar
... 3.3.4.2.1. The superlative relative of superiority 3.3.4.2.2. The superlative relative of inferiority 3.3.4.2.3. The superlative absolute 3.3.4.3. Adjectives that do not form degrees of comparison 3.4. Pronoun 3.4.1. Personal pronouns 3.4.1.1. The nominative case of the personal pronouns 3.4.1.2. Th ...
... 3.3.4.2.1. The superlative relative of superiority 3.3.4.2.2. The superlative relative of inferiority 3.3.4.2.3. The superlative absolute 3.3.4.3. Adjectives that do not form degrees of comparison 3.4. Pronoun 3.4.1. Personal pronouns 3.4.1.1. The nominative case of the personal pronouns 3.4.1.2. Th ...
(Schaum`s Outlines).
... learned verbs the traditional way, and others who have been exposed to the “single-stem system.” Verbs are classified according to their suffixed or nonsuffixed “basic (single) stem,” an approach which has become increasingly common in American textbooks at the first- and second-year levels. In addi ...
... learned verbs the traditional way, and others who have been exposed to the “single-stem system.” Verbs are classified according to their suffixed or nonsuffixed “basic (single) stem,” an approach which has become increasingly common in American textbooks at the first- and second-year levels. In addi ...
The Sentence (LINK)
... “This is a great deal of information that would benefit from a hyperlinked table of contents so that students could pick and choose topics of interest.” “Perhaps the PPT could be broken up into a sequence of shorter PPTs to help students stay focused on meaningful chunks of information. I wondered w ...
... “This is a great deal of information that would benefit from a hyperlinked table of contents so that students could pick and choose topics of interest.” “Perhaps the PPT could be broken up into a sequence of shorter PPTs to help students stay focused on meaningful chunks of information. I wondered w ...
Reviewing the Binary Branching Hypothesis
... This form of VP construction appears to solve the problem of the binding of anaphors that has been stated earlier. Because in structure (22a) the NP Sarah occupies the specifier position of the VP, the anaphor herself is asymmetrically c-commanded. In structure (22b), herself and Sarah have swapped ...
... This form of VP construction appears to solve the problem of the binding of anaphors that has been stated earlier. Because in structure (22a) the NP Sarah occupies the specifier position of the VP, the anaphor herself is asymmetrically c-commanded. In structure (22b), herself and Sarah have swapped ...
Putting Pieces Together: Combining FrameNet, VerbNet
... and shortcomings. In this work, we aim to combine their strengths, and eliminate their shortcomings, by creating a unified knowledge-base that links them all together, allowing them to benefit from one another. FrameNet provides a good generalization across predicates using frames and semantic roles. ...
... and shortcomings. In this work, we aim to combine their strengths, and eliminate their shortcomings, by creating a unified knowledge-base that links them all together, allowing them to benefit from one another. FrameNet provides a good generalization across predicates using frames and semantic roles. ...
(Syntactic) Lexicon and Syntax: Insertion Conditions for Derivational
... In this paper, I hope to sketch an answer to these questions, utilizing some theoretical tools developed in Emonds (1985). To my mind, these tools provide, almost automatically, some satisfying formal representations that succinctly express empirical generalizations about this subject matter. The fa ...
... In this paper, I hope to sketch an answer to these questions, utilizing some theoretical tools developed in Emonds (1985). To my mind, these tools provide, almost automatically, some satisfying formal representations that succinctly express empirical generalizations about this subject matter. The fa ...
PropBank Annotation Guidelines - Computational Language and
... For some verbs, it is impossible to provide one set of semantic roles for all senses of the verb. For example, the two senses of the verb ‘leave’ in the examples below take different arguments: Mary left the room Mary left her daughter-in-law her pearls in her will In such cases, frame files disting ...
... For some verbs, it is impossible to provide one set of semantic roles for all senses of the verb. For example, the two senses of the verb ‘leave’ in the examples below take different arguments: Mary left the room Mary left her daughter-in-law her pearls in her will In such cases, frame files disting ...
Passive in the world`s languages
... One might wonder whether these languages have a gap in their expressive power. Can they not express ‘John was slapped’ without committal as to who the agent was? And of course in general they can, but they will use fully active means to do so. If English had no passive, for example, we might give an ...
... One might wonder whether these languages have a gap in their expressive power. Can they not express ‘John was slapped’ without committal as to who the agent was? And of course in general they can, but they will use fully active means to do so. If English had no passive, for example, we might give an ...
Constructing Sentences
... players need to know the basic chords is G, C, and D or A, E, and D. Learn these basic chords and a whole world of rock music will open up to you. If you buy an electric guitar; you’ll also need an amp. Purchasing at least one microphone is also a good idea that includes a stand. Next, you have to r ...
... players need to know the basic chords is G, C, and D or A, E, and D. Learn these basic chords and a whole world of rock music will open up to you. If you buy an electric guitar; you’ll also need an amp. Purchasing at least one microphone is also a good idea that includes a stand. Next, you have to r ...
Elisa Di Domenico - Italian Journal of Linguistics
... Tense/Person indication may lack in Embedded Clauses, I assume that Embedded Clauses can be Anaphorically Placed, i.e. placed with respect to the main clause’s Placement Layer. This is in turn related to the positive or negative value of Fin°. Section 3 is dedicated to Imperative Clauses. I show tha ...
... Tense/Person indication may lack in Embedded Clauses, I assume that Embedded Clauses can be Anaphorically Placed, i.e. placed with respect to the main clause’s Placement Layer. This is in turn related to the positive or negative value of Fin°. Section 3 is dedicated to Imperative Clauses. I show tha ...
adjective clause
... 1. Some writers feel that whose should be used to refer only to people. For animals and things, they recommend using of which. Compare: I returned the book whose cover was torn. I returned the book, the cover of which was torn. ...
... 1. Some writers feel that whose should be used to refer only to people. For animals and things, they recommend using of which. Compare: I returned the book whose cover was torn. I returned the book, the cover of which was torn. ...
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... A1, A2, A3, questions using target vocabulary A4, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2 Retelling a story through writing and speaking Written and oral formal assessment Student generated conversations and dialogues Illustrations of text Continuous, on-going observation of student participation ...
... A1, A2, A3, questions using target vocabulary A4, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2 Retelling a story through writing and speaking Written and oral formal assessment Student generated conversations and dialogues Illustrations of text Continuous, on-going observation of student participation ...