A Grammar of Ts’amakko Graziano Savà
... The crucial moment in the life of a ts’amatakko ‘Ts’amakko man’ or a ts’amatte ‘Ts’amakko woman’ is the rite of passage called gore. Only after a person has passed this stage is he/she considered a full member of the society and receives the right to be treated as an adult and to get married. The go ...
... The crucial moment in the life of a ts’amatakko ‘Ts’amakko man’ or a ts’amatte ‘Ts’amakko woman’ is the rite of passage called gore. Only after a person has passed this stage is he/she considered a full member of the society and receives the right to be treated as an adult and to get married. The go ...
Journal of Memory and Language
... I know that time heal all wounds. Notice that in (5, 6) the errors occur in a subordinate clause. The word order subject–object–verb is not only the canonical word order (Bennis & Hoekstra, 1989; Koster, 1974) but is also the only possible word order in Dutch subordinate clauses. There are also some ...
... I know that time heal all wounds. Notice that in (5, 6) the errors occur in a subordinate clause. The word order subject–object–verb is not only the canonical word order (Bennis & Hoekstra, 1989; Koster, 1974) but is also the only possible word order in Dutch subordinate clauses. There are also some ...
“Comparative typology of loose objects in Modern English
... terminology in this field is far from certain. The term "loose" is used in English grammars chiefly with reference to the apposition: close apposition and loose apposition are two notions opposed to each other in grammatical theory. Another term which may be used is "detached": detached attributes, ...
... terminology in this field is far from certain. The term "loose" is used in English grammars chiefly with reference to the apposition: close apposition and loose apposition are two notions opposed to each other in grammatical theory. Another term which may be used is "detached": detached attributes, ...
concorde
... What were supposed to be new proposals were in fact modifications of earlier ones. What was once a palace is now a pile of rubble. Whatever book a Times reviewer praises sells well. What ideas he has are his wife’s. These are NOMINAL RELATIVE CLAUSES: their number depends on the interpretation o ...
... What were supposed to be new proposals were in fact modifications of earlier ones. What was once a palace is now a pile of rubble. Whatever book a Times reviewer praises sells well. What ideas he has are his wife’s. These are NOMINAL RELATIVE CLAUSES: their number depends on the interpretation o ...
... You only really need to know that about 'shall' in modern English. Read the rest of this only if you want to know more about how some older speakers still use 'shall'. Formerly, in older grammar, 'shall' was used as an alternative to 'will' with 'I' and 'we'. Today, 'will' is normally used. When we ...
Sanskrit signs and P¯an.inian scripts - Gallium
... elaborate a target Sanskrit utterance as a sequence of operations on a string of phonemes – certain ending up as phonetic material, others being meta-linguistic markers (anubandha) which are progressively eliminated when the operation they trigger is effected. See for instance the work of Anand Mish ...
... elaborate a target Sanskrit utterance as a sequence of operations on a string of phonemes – certain ending up as phonetic material, others being meta-linguistic markers (anubandha) which are progressively eliminated when the operation they trigger is effected. See for instance the work of Anand Mish ...
Prepositional Phrases as Subject Complements
... Traditional grammars define prepositions as “words that indicate a relation between the noun or pronoun and another word, which may be a verb, an adjective, or another noun or pronoun.” Prepositional phrases consist of a preposition plus a prepositional phrase complement. In addition to seven primar ...
... Traditional grammars define prepositions as “words that indicate a relation between the noun or pronoun and another word, which may be a verb, an adjective, or another noun or pronoun.” Prepositional phrases consist of a preposition plus a prepositional phrase complement. In addition to seven primar ...
ENGLISH SYNTAX: Andrew Radford 1. Grammar
... languages like those used in mathematics and computing (e.g. Java, Prolog, C etc.), or from animal communication systems (e.g. the tail-wagging dance performed by bees to communicate the location of a food source to other bees)?’ It therefore follows that the descriptive apparatus which our theory o ...
... languages like those used in mathematics and computing (e.g. Java, Prolog, C etc.), or from animal communication systems (e.g. the tail-wagging dance performed by bees to communicate the location of a food source to other bees)?’ It therefore follows that the descriptive apparatus which our theory o ...
Verbs are a necessary component of all sentences
... Conversation is communication with two or more people taking turns while talking to each other face-to-face or on the telephone. The most significant feature of conversation is cooperation of the participants as a conversation is not just the way to give and receive information. A conversation is a ...
... Conversation is communication with two or more people taking turns while talking to each other face-to-face or on the telephone. The most significant feature of conversation is cooperation of the participants as a conversation is not just the way to give and receive information. A conversation is a ...
Automatic acquisition of semantic-based question reformulations for
... As one pattern may be more reliable than another, the last challenge is to assign a weight to each candidate pattern. This helps us to better rank the pattern list, and ultimately the answer extracted from them, by their quality and precision. From our experiments, we found that the frequency of a p ...
... As one pattern may be more reliable than another, the last challenge is to assign a weight to each candidate pattern. This helps us to better rank the pattern list, and ultimately the answer extracted from them, by their quality and precision. From our experiments, we found that the frequency of a p ...
100 Writing Mistakes
... If the event referred to occurred before another past event, then the choice of adverb should be before, earlier, or previously: We learned that our favorite tree had been cut down many years before. ...
... If the event referred to occurred before another past event, then the choice of adverb should be before, earlier, or previously: We learned that our favorite tree had been cut down many years before. ...
Grammar-Sentences Unit File
... implied, indicate the simple predicate only. 1. James Bond movies drive me crazy. 2. The school will be closed this week. ...
... implied, indicate the simple predicate only. 1. James Bond movies drive me crazy. 2. The school will be closed this week. ...
1 Liliane Haegeman UFR Angellier Introducing some basic
... Oh, no, that car'd have been parked outside for all the world to see. Couldn't get herself a man, so she was always showing what she could get. Wonder who'll get her money? Won't be me, though, not so likely'. 9 ...
... Oh, no, that car'd have been parked outside for all the world to see. Couldn't get herself a man, so she was always showing what she could get. Wonder who'll get her money? Won't be me, though, not so likely'. 9 ...
Generative Approaches to Syntactic Typology George Gibbard
... gives clues to underlying grammatical structure. The experienced reader may want to move on to the next section. There are many different ways surface structure can make clear the grammatical relations and discourse roles of the different participants in a given event. 'Grammatical relations' refers ...
... gives clues to underlying grammatical structure. The experienced reader may want to move on to the next section. There are many different ways surface structure can make clear the grammatical relations and discourse roles of the different participants in a given event. 'Grammatical relations' refers ...
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... Now turn to the first page—STYLISTIC TECHNIQUES. At the top you see a section labeled “DRESSUPS.” We are going to fill this section in a little at a time as we learn ways to “dress-up” our writing. Can you guess what kinds of things might be called “dress-ups”? What kinds of words make writing fanci ...
... Now turn to the first page—STYLISTIC TECHNIQUES. At the top you see a section labeled “DRESSUPS.” We are going to fill this section in a little at a time as we learn ways to “dress-up” our writing. Can you guess what kinds of things might be called “dress-ups”? What kinds of words make writing fanci ...
grammar - BTHS.edu
... However, what you might not have considered is this: Knowledge of grammar will be important to you all of your life. In the past I have called correct grammar, “Money English,” because it is the form of English used by those who make the most money in our society. Highly educated professionals – doc ...
... However, what you might not have considered is this: Knowledge of grammar will be important to you all of your life. In the past I have called correct grammar, “Money English,” because it is the form of English used by those who make the most money in our society. Highly educated professionals – doc ...
File - Miss Damico`s Classroom
... Another Friday night and all of Odessa has assumed their seats in the stadium stands. Boobie Miles, the ultimate athlete, is geared up and glowing in his suit of invincible glory, as college recruiters and his fans await him. Boobie and the Odessa Panthers are up against Palo Duro, yet Boobie is sta ...
... Another Friday night and all of Odessa has assumed their seats in the stadium stands. Boobie Miles, the ultimate athlete, is geared up and glowing in his suit of invincible glory, as college recruiters and his fans await him. Boobie and the Odessa Panthers are up against Palo Duro, yet Boobie is sta ...
Present Simple
... We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened over a period of time. We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action. We also use the Present Perfect to t ...
... We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened over a period of time. We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action. We also use the Present Perfect to t ...
Verbs - Conakry, j`ai envie de te revoir
... First of all, we want to say that not everything in this study guide is perfect. We hold no illusions that this is the definitive guide but is simply a brain spillage of two guys who had nothing better to do with their time than to try to catalog the entire maninka language. Seriously, we do hope th ...
... First of all, we want to say that not everything in this study guide is perfect. We hold no illusions that this is the definitive guide but is simply a brain spillage of two guys who had nothing better to do with their time than to try to catalog the entire maninka language. Seriously, we do hope th ...
Sentences - TeacherLINK
... At Home: With a family member, write a list of chores people do in your home. Write a sentence about three of the chores. Circle the subjects. ...
... At Home: With a family member, write a list of chores people do in your home. Write a sentence about three of the chores. Circle the subjects. ...
View PDF - CiteSeerX
... Being one of the earliest scripts - dating back to at least 3000 B.C., Hieroglyphic writing has not been used for about 2000 years5 . Ancient Egyptian is now regarded as a dead language, which means that no group of people have spoken it as their primary language6 . Until 1799, where the so-called R ...
... Being one of the earliest scripts - dating back to at least 3000 B.C., Hieroglyphic writing has not been used for about 2000 years5 . Ancient Egyptian is now regarded as a dead language, which means that no group of people have spoken it as their primary language6 . Until 1799, where the so-called R ...
File - Mrs. Helenius English!!!!
... Another Friday night and all of Odessa has assumed their seats in the stadium stands. Boobie Miles, the ultimate athlete, is geared up and glowing in his suit of invincible glory, as college recruiters and his fans await him. Boobie and the Odessa Panthers are up against Palo Duro, yet Boobie is sta ...
... Another Friday night and all of Odessa has assumed their seats in the stadium stands. Boobie Miles, the ultimate athlete, is geared up and glowing in his suit of invincible glory, as college recruiters and his fans await him. Boobie and the Odessa Panthers are up against Palo Duro, yet Boobie is sta ...
Prepositions TIME and PLACE
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...