Lecture 11: Parts of speech
... formance degradations in a wide variety of languages (including Czech, Slovene, Estonian, and Romanian) (Hajič, 2000). Highly inflectional languages also have much more information than English coded in word morphology, like case (nominative, accusative, genitive) or gender (masculine, feminine). ...
... formance degradations in a wide variety of languages (including Czech, Slovene, Estonian, and Romanian) (Hajič, 2000). Highly inflectional languages also have much more information than English coded in word morphology, like case (nominative, accusative, genitive) or gender (masculine, feminine). ...
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... • the most annoying speech irritant is all those “you knows” • people who say, “I could care less” mean to convey that they care so little they could not care less • people pronounce “jewelry” as “jool-ree” instead of “jool-uh-ree” • “epitome” means a person or thing that is typical of, or possesses ...
... • the most annoying speech irritant is all those “you knows” • people who say, “I could care less” mean to convey that they care so little they could not care less • people pronounce “jewelry” as “jool-ree” instead of “jool-uh-ree” • “epitome” means a person or thing that is typical of, or possesses ...
morphosyntax I
... adjectives. But in fact it is probably the same process, at least historically as is involved in marking progressive aspect on verbs, since "being in the process of doing X" is one of the natural meanings of the adjectival form X-ing. There is another, regular use of -ing to make verbal nouns: Flyin ...
... adjectives. But in fact it is probably the same process, at least historically as is involved in marking progressive aspect on verbs, since "being in the process of doing X" is one of the natural meanings of the adjectival form X-ing. There is another, regular use of -ing to make verbal nouns: Flyin ...
Somali Verb Conjugation Paradigms: Present, Past, and Future
... Somali verbal morphology is extremely rich and complicated. We will mention some of the intricacies of verb conjugation but will not dwell on them. The paper is organized into six major sections. The first two are quick overviews. An overview of the syllable structure of the five conjugated verbs is ...
... Somali verbal morphology is extremely rich and complicated. We will mention some of the intricacies of verb conjugation but will not dwell on them. The paper is organized into six major sections. The first two are quick overviews. An overview of the syllable structure of the five conjugated verbs is ...
Predicate Adjectives What is a predicate adjective? A predicative
... them) is not always an indirect object; it will also serve, sometimes, as a direct trademarks and object. service marks of American Bless me/her/us! Broadcasting Call me/him/them if you have questions. Companies, Inc. Used with In English, nouns and their accompanying modifiers (articles and adj ...
... them) is not always an indirect object; it will also serve, sometimes, as a direct trademarks and object. service marks of American Bless me/her/us! Broadcasting Call me/him/them if you have questions. Companies, Inc. Used with In English, nouns and their accompanying modifiers (articles and adj ...
What do you know about verbs?
... Ask yourself, “Can a person or a thing do this?” During biology class, Amy napped at her desk. Michele laughs inappropriately. Carlos watched the pretty women at the beach. ...
... Ask yourself, “Can a person or a thing do this?” During biology class, Amy napped at her desk. Michele laughs inappropriately. Carlos watched the pretty women at the beach. ...
Unit 5 - mortimerna
... • The past and past participle of some verbs are not formed by adding –d or –ed. These verbs are irregular verbs. In the chart, the verbs ride and know are irregular verbs. • Remember, when a regular verb ends with a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding –ed. When a regular one-syllable ...
... • The past and past participle of some verbs are not formed by adding –d or –ed. These verbs are irregular verbs. In the chart, the verbs ride and know are irregular verbs. • Remember, when a regular verb ends with a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding –ed. When a regular one-syllable ...
verb
... • Every sentence has a subject, and the verb (the predicate of the sentence) is about it. • The subject will always be a noun or subject pronoun, and the simple predicate is the verb. • The verb is saying that the noun did something or that the noun is something. ...
... • Every sentence has a subject, and the verb (the predicate of the sentence) is about it. • The subject will always be a noun or subject pronoun, and the simple predicate is the verb. • The verb is saying that the noun did something or that the noun is something. ...
Old English: 500
... • OE is a synthetic language; it uses case endings and other inflections to mark syntax • n,v,adj,det, and pronouns all heavily inflected • weak and strong declensions of nouns and adjs • weak and strong conjugations of verbs • Gmc vocab; 85% is no longer in use in MnE • words form from compou ...
... • OE is a synthetic language; it uses case endings and other inflections to mark syntax • n,v,adj,det, and pronouns all heavily inflected • weak and strong declensions of nouns and adjs • weak and strong conjugations of verbs • Gmc vocab; 85% is no longer in use in MnE • words form from compou ...
KEY to your grammar mistakes Error Meaning Explanation SV
... She was eaten. ß-‐ this means something ate her. She ate. ß-‐ this means she was doing the eating. missing to be verb You’re missing the to be verb. (or you used TB Examples: He is, ...
... She was eaten. ß-‐ this means something ate her. She ate. ß-‐ this means she was doing the eating. missing to be verb You’re missing the to be verb. (or you used TB Examples: He is, ...
Chapter four - UNT Department of English
... be and have). (Other labels for essentially the same concepts are content words for open-class morphemes and function words for closed-class morphemes.) 1.3 Words and hierarchical structure Words,as they are recognized by native speakers of English, thus comprise either a single morpheme (e.g. ...
... be and have). (Other labels for essentially the same concepts are content words for open-class morphemes and function words for closed-class morphemes.) 1.3 Words and hierarchical structure Words,as they are recognized by native speakers of English, thus comprise either a single morpheme (e.g. ...
L2 Adjective and Adverb Phrases
... Underline the prepositional phrase/s and note what type of prepositional phrase it is after each as either adjective or adverb phrase. 1. Cape Cod in Massachusetts is a favorite vacation spot in the Northeast. adjective 2. Lake Erie has beaches for sunbathers and swimmers. adjective 3. The area has ...
... Underline the prepositional phrase/s and note what type of prepositional phrase it is after each as either adjective or adverb phrase. 1. Cape Cod in Massachusetts is a favorite vacation spot in the Northeast. adjective 2. Lake Erie has beaches for sunbathers and swimmers. adjective 3. The area has ...
Chpt5_fragmentsw
... and offering to carry her books to class each day and assuring her that I love my writing class more than life itself. FRAGMENT! You haven’t finished the “although” idea, so you haven’t finished your thought. ...
... and offering to carry her books to class each day and assuring her that I love my writing class more than life itself. FRAGMENT! You haven’t finished the “although” idea, so you haven’t finished your thought. ...
Syntax: Structural Descriptions of Sentences
... Morphology and Syntax Interplay between syntax and morphology ...
... Morphology and Syntax Interplay between syntax and morphology ...
Direct Object Pronouns
... Ex: ella las necesita. = she needs them. 2. In a sentence with two verbs, the pronoun can either be placed IN FRONT of the CONJUGATED verb or it can be ATTACHED to the INFINITIVE ...
... Ex: ella las necesita. = she needs them. 2. In a sentence with two verbs, the pronoun can either be placed IN FRONT of the CONJUGATED verb or it can be ATTACHED to the INFINITIVE ...
Review-Sheet-for-Spanish-Final-Exam
... topic of your choice. You should tell a story of some kind and ‘carry’ the conversation with minimal aid from the teacher. Base the conversation topic on one of the chapter topics below: 6A: Sports, competitions, and television 6B: Movies, plots, characters, and opinions about movies The followi ...
... topic of your choice. You should tell a story of some kind and ‘carry’ the conversation with minimal aid from the teacher. Base the conversation topic on one of the chapter topics below: 6A: Sports, competitions, and television 6B: Movies, plots, characters, and opinions about movies The followi ...
Stem-changing verbs
... There is a fairly large group of verbs in Spanish that undergo changes in their stem when conjugated in the present tense. These changes occur in all the forms except nosotros/as. These changes occur to ar, er and ir verbs and do not affect the endings we have learned for our conjugations. THEY AFF ...
... There is a fairly large group of verbs in Spanish that undergo changes in their stem when conjugated in the present tense. These changes occur in all the forms except nosotros/as. These changes occur to ar, er and ir verbs and do not affect the endings we have learned for our conjugations. THEY AFF ...
Homework 6: Phrase structure rules
... For Question 4, the first part, to write phrase structure rules and a lexicon, you need to draw trees for all the sentences. • First, draw a “plausible” tree for the first sentence. o Assign grammatical categories that “make sense” in English (“apple” should be a noun, “this” should be a determiner ...
... For Question 4, the first part, to write phrase structure rules and a lexicon, you need to draw trees for all the sentences. • First, draw a “plausible” tree for the first sentence. o Assign grammatical categories that “make sense” in English (“apple” should be a noun, “this” should be a determiner ...
Chapter Two Syntactic Categories
... • The maximal projection XP (X”), in (3), is projected from the first level projection X' (X-bar) combining with an optional specifier. Chomsky (1986a). The X' is optionally projected from another X' in combination with adjunct. X' is projected from X (the head) and a complement. • Furthermore, the ...
... • The maximal projection XP (X”), in (3), is projected from the first level projection X' (X-bar) combining with an optional specifier. Chomsky (1986a). The X' is optionally projected from another X' in combination with adjunct. X' is projected from X (the head) and a complement. • Furthermore, the ...
The Problem of the Ergative Case in Hittite
... All four subjects of the transitive verb tarnau ‘let release’ refer to inanimate objects, a house and various parts of the house. If the function of -anza were personifying, then it should appear on all four, and we would expect *ḫilanza for the last. In fact, however, only grammatically neuter noun ...
... All four subjects of the transitive verb tarnau ‘let release’ refer to inanimate objects, a house and various parts of the house. If the function of -anza were personifying, then it should appear on all four, and we would expect *ḫilanza for the last. In fact, however, only grammatically neuter noun ...
Syntax: Introduction
... phrasal (syntactic) category: contains a noun or pronoun as its head, and functions as the subject or as various objects in a sentence Verb phrase (VP) phrasal (syntactic) category: contains a verb as its head along with its complements such as noun phrases and prepositional phrases Adjective phrase ...
... phrasal (syntactic) category: contains a noun or pronoun as its head, and functions as the subject or as various objects in a sentence Verb phrase (VP) phrasal (syntactic) category: contains a verb as its head along with its complements such as noun phrases and prepositional phrases Adjective phrase ...
Power Points for Plenary 2
... Interpersonal meaning causes the most difficulties for this writer in that there is a confusion of verb tense choice. For an information text, simple present is appropriate. Durkin, Ferguson and Sperring, 2005. ...
... Interpersonal meaning causes the most difficulties for this writer in that there is a confusion of verb tense choice. For an information text, simple present is appropriate. Durkin, Ferguson and Sperring, 2005. ...
Syntax and Morphology
... entities ( people, objects, substances) : e.g. book, friend, iron. They can also denote abstract entities, such as qualities and states: e.g. freedom, wish, friendship. Lexical Verbs Words such as admit, build, choose, write are lexical verbs. They are distinct from Auxiliary verbs like can and will ...
... entities ( people, objects, substances) : e.g. book, friend, iron. They can also denote abstract entities, such as qualities and states: e.g. freedom, wish, friendship. Lexical Verbs Words such as admit, build, choose, write are lexical verbs. They are distinct from Auxiliary verbs like can and will ...
The Subject
... Remember that the subject is never part of a prepositional phrase. The subject of a verb will never be part of a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition [in, on, at, between, among, etc.] and ends with a noun, pronoun, or gerund. Look at these examples of prepositional ...
... Remember that the subject is never part of a prepositional phrase. The subject of a verb will never be part of a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition [in, on, at, between, among, etc.] and ends with a noun, pronoun, or gerund. Look at these examples of prepositional ...
Homework T2W5
... The cocoa was warm. (Maybe from a wounded soldier’s perspective) The train was loud. (Maybe from Midge’s perspective) ...
... The cocoa was warm. (Maybe from a wounded soldier’s perspective) The train was loud. (Maybe from Midge’s perspective) ...