Absolute Clauses in the Literature
... construction is always nominative, or at least the subject of the English absolute clauses is nominative; it is participle because the logical predicate is always participial. Jespersen (1937: 126) considers that the two names are both inappropriate and consequently uses the term “nexus tertiary.” T ...
... construction is always nominative, or at least the subject of the English absolute clauses is nominative; it is participle because the logical predicate is always participial. Jespersen (1937: 126) considers that the two names are both inappropriate and consequently uses the term “nexus tertiary.” T ...
A Diachronic Study on the Complementation Patterns of the Verb
... Consider the following sentences, taken from the Oxford English Dictionary: ...
... Consider the following sentences, taken from the Oxford English Dictionary: ...
1 Chapter 1. Introduction: status and definition of compounding
... are conceptual units Some of these criteria deserve serious consideration, others are far less plausible, or at least have far less cross-linguistic applicability. For example, it goes without saying that compounds are complex, but this does not in and of itself distinguish them from derived words, ...
... are conceptual units Some of these criteria deserve serious consideration, others are far less plausible, or at least have far less cross-linguistic applicability. For example, it goes without saying that compounds are complex, but this does not in and of itself distinguish them from derived words, ...
1 Chinese Passives in Comparative Perspective C.
... passive, respectively. There are in fact two versions of the short passive, as pointed out by Ting (1996) and others, a phrasal short passive in which the morpheme is attached to a VP and a lexical one in which it forms a compound with a following V. A natural question arises as to whether these for ...
... passive, respectively. There are in fact two versions of the short passive, as pointed out by Ting (1996) and others, a phrasal short passive in which the morpheme is attached to a VP and a lexical one in which it forms a compound with a following V. A natural question arises as to whether these for ...
French Language Studies – Grammar Reference Resource
... indefinite determiners................................................................................................................................................... 29 Adverbs ....................................................................................................................... ...
... indefinite determiners................................................................................................................................................... 29 Adverbs ....................................................................................................................... ...
Investigations of downward movement
... during my final year at UVA, made me come to the sudden, life-altering realization that linguistics was the right field for me. Special thanks to Paul Hagstrom, my M.A. thesis adviser at Boston University. Under Paul’s guidance, I discovered that it was actually possible for me to be a successful li ...
... during my final year at UVA, made me come to the sudden, life-altering realization that linguistics was the right field for me. Special thanks to Paul Hagstrom, my M.A. thesis adviser at Boston University. Under Paul’s guidance, I discovered that it was actually possible for me to be a successful li ...
A Guided Approach to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs
... assume that students can make great strides in their writing skills based on minimal examples and activities. For example, how many students can truly learn to generate good ideas based on a few examples of clustering, listing, and freewriting and a few activities? And will they really be able to or ...
... assume that students can make great strides in their writing skills based on minimal examples and activities. For example, how many students can truly learn to generate good ideas based on a few examples of clustering, listing, and freewriting and a few activities? And will they really be able to or ...
gVbbVg - Fox C-6 School District
... • An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period. • An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. Read each sentence. Write whether it is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. 1. What a wonderful camping trip ...
... • An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period. • An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. Read each sentence. Write whether it is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. 1. What a wonderful camping trip ...
Kokama-Kokamilla - Scholars` Bank
... Gustavo Solís and María Cortez for introducing me to Amerindian linguistics. Special thanks are due to Spike Gildea, my advisor, for his guidance and support that helped me tremendously during my academic training and while writing this dissertation. I thank my professors Doris Payne and Scott DeLan ...
... Gustavo Solís and María Cortez for introducing me to Amerindian linguistics. Special thanks are due to Spike Gildea, my advisor, for his guidance and support that helped me tremendously during my academic training and while writing this dissertation. I thank my professors Doris Payne and Scott DeLan ...
Theoretical Approaches to Locative Inversion
... reverses the grammatical relations of the participants. Evidence for this comes from agreement, as shown by the example above: After reversal, the theme tsîme no longer triggers subject agreement. It is now the preverbal locative the verb agrees with. The question of whether locative inversion invol ...
... reverses the grammatical relations of the participants. Evidence for this comes from agreement, as shown by the example above: After reversal, the theme tsîme no longer triggers subject agreement. It is now the preverbal locative the verb agrees with. The question of whether locative inversion invol ...
T.C. Mersin Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü İngiliz Dili ve
... modality system in Turkish. Necessity markers, their syntactic and semantic analysis, and their relation to the other categories/operators in Turkish are significant matters to be studied in Turkish. We will try to answer the following questions in the study of necessity: i. What are the main expres ...
... modality system in Turkish. Necessity markers, their syntactic and semantic analysis, and their relation to the other categories/operators in Turkish are significant matters to be studied in Turkish. We will try to answer the following questions in the study of necessity: i. What are the main expres ...
Semantic field of ANGER in Old English
... Middle English and Early Modern English reflexes are examined to trace diachronic development. The thesis determines recurrent patterns of usage, distribution between text types, and socio-cultural significance. Specific passages from Old English from a range of genres are analysed and discussed. Ea ...
... Middle English and Early Modern English reflexes are examined to trace diachronic development. The thesis determines recurrent patterns of usage, distribution between text types, and socio-cultural significance. Specific passages from Old English from a range of genres are analysed and discussed. Ea ...
a complete grammar of esperanto the international language
... This volume has been prepared to meet a twofold need. An adequate presentation of the International Language has become an imperative necessity. Such presentation, including full and accurate grammatical explanations, suitably graded reading lessons, and similarly graded material for translation fro ...
... This volume has been prepared to meet a twofold need. An adequate presentation of the International Language has become an imperative necessity. Such presentation, including full and accurate grammatical explanations, suitably graded reading lessons, and similarly graded material for translation fro ...
cobuildgrammausagebo..
... You use `let's' followed by the base form of a verb when you are suggesting what you and someone else should do. Let's go outside. Let's look at our map. Note that the form `let us' is only used in formal or written English. Let us consider a very simple example. You put `do' before `let's' when you ...
... You use `let's' followed by the base form of a verb when you are suggesting what you and someone else should do. Let's go outside. Let's look at our map. Note that the form `let us' is only used in formal or written English. Let us consider a very simple example. You put `do' before `let's' when you ...
The Grammar of English Grammars
... disheartening irregularity: none but Satan is fond of plunging into chaos."--Philological Museum, (Cambridge, Eng., 1832,) Vol. i, p. 666. If there be any remedy for the neglect and ignorance here spoken of, it must be found in the more effectual teaching of English grammar. But the principles of gr ...
... disheartening irregularity: none but Satan is fond of plunging into chaos."--Philological Museum, (Cambridge, Eng., 1832,) Vol. i, p. 666. If there be any remedy for the neglect and ignorance here spoken of, it must be found in the more effectual teaching of English grammar. But the principles of gr ...
Dependent Clause Constructions Key Examples
... cr animal kill=act.irr=pl that animal=gen meat take=act.irr quot say=act.pst ‘Whatever animal they kill, that animal’s meat they should bring, he said.’ (Peterson 2006: 299) Correlative construction Remark: There are two types of correlative constructions: (i) With je-class markers: ...
... cr animal kill=act.irr=pl that animal=gen meat take=act.irr quot say=act.pst ‘Whatever animal they kill, that animal’s meat they should bring, he said.’ (Peterson 2006: 299) Correlative construction Remark: There are two types of correlative constructions: (i) With je-class markers: ...
An Empirical Analysis of Source Context Features for Phrase
... to segment an input sentence into sequences of words (phrases) which are then translated. In order to find a good translation, the scores of a translation model and a target side language model are maximized: this setting takes into account the relation between source and target language as well as ...
... to segment an input sentence into sequences of words (phrases) which are then translated. In order to find a good translation, the scores of a translation model and a target side language model are maximized: this setting takes into account the relation between source and target language as well as ...
CHAPTER FOUR: A CASE STUDY OF HAPPY, SAD, and UNHAPPY
... frames than the adjectives in the previous studies; like the others, they occur both in attributive position (a happy childhood, sad news) and in predicative position (I’m very happy; you look sad), but unlike the others, they can also occur with several different clausal modifiers and prepositional ...
... frames than the adjectives in the previous studies; like the others, they occur both in attributive position (a happy childhood, sad news) and in predicative position (I’m very happy; you look sad), but unlike the others, they can also occur with several different clausal modifiers and prepositional ...
Vocabulary - For the Teachers
... Recognize what part of the sentence a prepositional phrase modifies; Recognize a prepositional phrase used as an adjective; Recognize the meaning of a verb phrase RIT 201-210: Vocabulary: prepositional phrase; Identify a prepositional phrase; Recognize a ...
... Recognize what part of the sentence a prepositional phrase modifies; Recognize a prepositional phrase used as an adjective; Recognize the meaning of a verb phrase RIT 201-210: Vocabulary: prepositional phrase; Identify a prepositional phrase; Recognize a ...
Ling 390 - Intro to Linguistics
... presidents - contains only the head noun the presidents - contains a specifier and head noun presidents of the USA - contains the head N and a complement prepositional phrase the presidents of the USA - contains a specifier, head N, complement PP The complement PP of the USA contains the head P ...
... presidents - contains only the head noun the presidents - contains a specifier and head noun presidents of the USA - contains the head N and a complement prepositional phrase the presidents of the USA - contains a specifier, head N, complement PP The complement PP of the USA contains the head P ...
PAYA KUNA - SIL International
... 11.2 Pronunciation: Intonation of Conversation Sustainers (Ex. 1–3) ....................................... 129 11.3 Culture ................................................................................................................................ 130 11.4 Grammar ............................. ...
... 11.2 Pronunciation: Intonation of Conversation Sustainers (Ex. 1–3) ....................................... 129 11.3 Culture ................................................................................................................................ 130 11.4 Grammar ............................. ...
Kristine Eide
... Portuguese has been defended by Salvi (2004) and Ribeiro (1995), but has been rejected quite recently by Kaiser (2002) and Fiéis (2003). Galves and Galves (1995) and Galves and Sousa (2005) have argued that a V2 analysis is valid for Classical Portuguese. This thesis will show that Portuguese of the ...
... Portuguese has been defended by Salvi (2004) and Ribeiro (1995), but has been rejected quite recently by Kaiser (2002) and Fiéis (2003). Galves and Galves (1995) and Galves and Sousa (2005) have argued that a V2 analysis is valid for Classical Portuguese. This thesis will show that Portuguese of the ...
table of contents - Università degli Studi di Verona
... and integrate the data analysis into a recently developed theoretical model of derivational semantics. In particular, the main goal of this study is to analyze the range of semantic interpretations and the corresponding morpho-syntactic behavior displayed by the class of deverbal nouns usually ackno ...
... and integrate the data analysis into a recently developed theoretical model of derivational semantics. In particular, the main goal of this study is to analyze the range of semantic interpretations and the corresponding morpho-syntactic behavior displayed by the class of deverbal nouns usually ackno ...
University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
... 1. Subject and its formal realization ...........................................................................................2 2. Ways of expressing subject.....................................................................................................3 2.1 Subject expressed by a noun phras ...
... 1. Subject and its formal realization ...........................................................................................2 2. Ways of expressing subject.....................................................................................................3 2.1 Subject expressed by a noun phras ...
Structuring information in discourse: the explicit/implicit
... At one level this means that we look for the factors that determine the expression’s contribution to what the discourse refers to. At another level we are after the factors that determine its illocution, i.e. what the expression may be meant to do in the context – whether to add, challenge or modify ...
... At one level this means that we look for the factors that determine the expression’s contribution to what the discourse refers to. At another level we are after the factors that determine its illocution, i.e. what the expression may be meant to do in the context – whether to add, challenge or modify ...