The Cambridge Learner Corpus - Error Coding and Analysis
... We are not attempting to rewrite the scripts into perfect English or to interpret the text. Often, things could be expressed better by paraphrase - this is not our task. We are only correcting and documenting errors. Equally, the coder must resist the temptation to make moral judgements about a stud ...
... We are not attempting to rewrite the scripts into perfect English or to interpret the text. Often, things could be expressed better by paraphrase - this is not our task. We are only correcting and documenting errors. Equally, the coder must resist the temptation to make moral judgements about a stud ...
Baule SVCs: Two distinct varieties of missing objects.
... problem is, that the verbs klo, 'like', kpѐ 'hate', si 'know', sro 'fear', wun 'see', kan 'touch' also all require an overt object. These verbs do not have an affected object. In Larson (2002) I attempt a first characterization of the generalization that causes verbs to belong to one class or the ot ...
... problem is, that the verbs klo, 'like', kpѐ 'hate', si 'know', sro 'fear', wun 'see', kan 'touch' also all require an overt object. These verbs do not have an affected object. In Larson (2002) I attempt a first characterization of the generalization that causes verbs to belong to one class or the ot ...
Parallelism Rules
... cousin brother or cousin sister" but say "The members of the family / he or she is my cousin". Shortcut Rule 13 : When two nouns are connected by "and", and are closely related, add an apostrophe and S to the last noun. Kareena's and Saif's house ☓ (if you think they are wife and husband then this s ...
... cousin brother or cousin sister" but say "The members of the family / he or she is my cousin". Shortcut Rule 13 : When two nouns are connected by "and", and are closely related, add an apostrophe and S to the last noun. Kareena's and Saif's house ☓ (if you think they are wife and husband then this s ...
Contents - David Crystal
... 'Wh-questions' begin with a question word, such as what, why, where, Cl' h,,~ I1 kind of question can have a wide range of different replies. The answer n1,lYI" I h sentence, or one which leaves out the words that you can guess from knowlllll 11 question. Here too, you need to change the order of su ...
... 'Wh-questions' begin with a question word, such as what, why, where, Cl' h,,~ I1 kind of question can have a wide range of different replies. The answer n1,lYI" I h sentence, or one which leaves out the words that you can guess from knowlllll 11 question. Here too, you need to change the order of su ...
The compound verbal modal predicate
... general terms, a knowledge of grammar is part of our knowledge of the world and of ourselves. The use of language is a distinctively human activity, so it is appropriate for us to understand how it works. The study of grammar enables us to say why [1] is acceptable and [2] is not. It enables us to ...
... general terms, a knowledge of grammar is part of our knowledge of the world and of ourselves. The use of language is a distinctively human activity, so it is appropriate for us to understand how it works. The study of grammar enables us to say why [1] is acceptable and [2] is not. It enables us to ...
(2) and (4) - Kirkwall Grammar School
... sentence. Remove the verbs and subjects of the other two sentences, thereby turning them into phrases. Link them with' and'. Insert them into the remaining sentence. Mark them off between ...
... sentence. Remove the verbs and subjects of the other two sentences, thereby turning them into phrases. Link them with' and'. Insert them into the remaining sentence. Mark them off between ...
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 ...
Appendix A - Center for Sprogteknologi
... 2.1.6 Phrasal verbs - Treatment of particles ..................................................................................................... 54 2.1.7 Treatment of prepositions ................................................................................................................... ...
... 2.1.6 Phrasal verbs - Treatment of particles ..................................................................................................... 54 2.1.7 Treatment of prepositions ................................................................................................................... ...
NEW FIRST STEPS IN LATIN
... learning differences. They experienced great difficulty with the layout and presentation of their textbook, an inhouse reprint of Francis Ritchie’s Second Steps in Latin, which was first published in 1898 and issued in revised editions until 1978. The textbook’s age was not the problem. Ritchie’s venera ...
... learning differences. They experienced great difficulty with the layout and presentation of their textbook, an inhouse reprint of Francis Ritchie’s Second Steps in Latin, which was first published in 1898 and issued in revised editions until 1978. The textbook’s age was not the problem. Ritchie’s venera ...
chapter i - Cmadras.com
... mastery of just twenty hundred words, the knowing where to place them, will make us not masters of the English language, but masters of correct speaking and writing. Small number, you will say, compared with what is in the dictionary! But nobody ever uses all the words in the dictionary or could use ...
... mastery of just twenty hundred words, the knowing where to place them, will make us not masters of the English language, but masters of correct speaking and writing. Small number, you will say, compared with what is in the dictionary! But nobody ever uses all the words in the dictionary or could use ...
Beginning Old English
... We construct our identities in many different ways – with reference to our ethnic heritage, family history, and religious upbringing or inherited system of beliefs. One of the most powerful ways of exploring our roots is by examining the evolution of our language – the very medium, after all, that b ...
... We construct our identities in many different ways – with reference to our ethnic heritage, family history, and religious upbringing or inherited system of beliefs. One of the most powerful ways of exploring our roots is by examining the evolution of our language – the very medium, after all, that b ...
Key to Comments and Commonly Confused Words http://www.wsu
... however, they stayed home.” Comma splices can be corrected in four ways: 1. By breaking the sentences into two using a period. Correct: "We went to the movies. They stayed home.” 2. By using a coordinating conjunction ( and, or, but, for, so, yet). Correct: “We went to the movies, but they stayed ho ...
... however, they stayed home.” Comma splices can be corrected in four ways: 1. By breaking the sentences into two using a period. Correct: "We went to the movies. They stayed home.” 2. By using a coordinating conjunction ( and, or, but, for, so, yet). Correct: “We went to the movies, but they stayed ho ...
Remarks on Complex Condensation Phenomena in Some English
... Both tables confirm J. Vachek's results quoted in his paper (cf. Note 1): the most frequent condensers in English are the participles, followed by infinitives and gerunds. The most frequent Czech clauses replacing the English participial cases of condensation are paratactically arranged main clauses ...
... Both tables confirm J. Vachek's results quoted in his paper (cf. Note 1): the most frequent condensers in English are the participles, followed by infinitives and gerunds. The most frequent Czech clauses replacing the English participial cases of condensation are paratactically arranged main clauses ...
teaching technical english writing
... consider what the language teacher can most usefully do in the limited time available to him. Post-graduate students at CENIDET have forty hours of English classes per school term. In other words, decisions about course priorities should be partly based on an assesment of the circumstances under whi ...
... consider what the language teacher can most usefully do in the limited time available to him. Post-graduate students at CENIDET have forty hours of English classes per school term. In other words, decisions about course priorities should be partly based on an assesment of the circumstances under whi ...
Relativization in English and Embosi
... This paper examines the syntax of relativization. Put otherwise, I am concerned with the scrutiny of the grammatical properties and syntactic distribution of the relative pronouns. Some previous work shows that some studies on relativization concern the characteristics of the relative clause (Vries, ...
... This paper examines the syntax of relativization. Put otherwise, I am concerned with the scrutiny of the grammatical properties and syntactic distribution of the relative pronouns. Some previous work shows that some studies on relativization concern the characteristics of the relative clause (Vries, ...
PhD thesis - Tartu Ülikool
... This thesis is an unexpected result of three years of hard work that took me from Estonian linguistics via evolutionary linguistics to some of the most obscure problems of general linguistics, viz., the predicate/argument structure of natural language and typology of major word classes. The result i ...
... This thesis is an unexpected result of three years of hard work that took me from Estonian linguistics via evolutionary linguistics to some of the most obscure problems of general linguistics, viz., the predicate/argument structure of natural language and typology of major word classes. The result i ...
4. Modelling Lexical Resources for Slavic Languages in KPML
... when the clause it is part of is in active voice and its OBJECT is realized as a nominal group, that nominal group should be in the dative case rather than the accusative case (which would be the default case for realizing an OBJECT as nominal group with a clause in active voice). Thus, we need to o ...
... when the clause it is part of is in active voice and its OBJECT is realized as a nominal group, that nominal group should be in the dative case rather than the accusative case (which would be the default case for realizing an OBJECT as nominal group with a clause in active voice). Thus, we need to o ...
Dative verbs: A crosslinguistic perspective
... recipient—and differ with respect to the instrument and manner used in imparting the force (R. Jackendoff 1990, Pinker 1989). These verbs entail that the force recipient moves, and although they do not lexicalize that the force recipient moves along a path to a goal, their roots can be naturally ass ...
... recipient—and differ with respect to the instrument and manner used in imparting the force (R. Jackendoff 1990, Pinker 1989). These verbs entail that the force recipient moves, and although they do not lexicalize that the force recipient moves along a path to a goal, their roots can be naturally ass ...
Hai ti! - wingolog
... Oshikwanyama. (You won't hear too many that aren't listed in the above chart.) They are often referred to as non-action verbs because they do not involve as much action on the part of the subject as, say, running or cooking. As you can see, they have their own set of concords, which must be memorize ...
... Oshikwanyama. (You won't hear too many that aren't listed in the above chart.) They are often referred to as non-action verbs because they do not involve as much action on the part of the subject as, say, running or cooking. As you can see, they have their own set of concords, which must be memorize ...
Parent Help Booklet - Shurley Instructional Materials
... speech by reciting definitions in jingle form. These rhythmic definitions are chanted or sung by the class to help them initially remember the role of each part of speech. Question and Answer Flow In the Question and Answer Flow, an oral series of questions and answers determines the role each word ...
... speech by reciting definitions in jingle form. These rhythmic definitions are chanted or sung by the class to help them initially remember the role of each part of speech. Question and Answer Flow In the Question and Answer Flow, an oral series of questions and answers determines the role each word ...
A Grammar and Glossary of the Manange Language Kristine A. Hildebrandt
... geographically into three primary regions: in the north, the Himalayas, the world’s highest mountain range; in the center, many ranges of very steep hills; in the south, the Tarai, which is part of the Gangetic plain, and has a very low elevation approaching sealevel. The distance between the northe ...
... geographically into three primary regions: in the north, the Himalayas, the world’s highest mountain range; in the center, many ranges of very steep hills; in the south, the Tarai, which is part of the Gangetic plain, and has a very low elevation approaching sealevel. The distance between the northe ...
Complex Feature Values - NTU Computational Linguistics Lab
... Write lexical entries (including HEAD, SPR, and COMPS values). You may use NP, VP, etc. as abbreviations for the feature structures on COMPS lists. As you do this problem, keep the following points in mind: (1) In chapter 4 COMPS became a list-valued feature, and (2) heads select for their specifier ...
... Write lexical entries (including HEAD, SPR, and COMPS values). You may use NP, VP, etc. as abbreviations for the feature structures on COMPS lists. As you do this problem, keep the following points in mind: (1) In chapter 4 COMPS became a list-valued feature, and (2) heads select for their specifier ...
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 ...
acctg 527 -- comma usage – basics
... three or more items. A comma before the coordinating conjunction preceding the last item in the list is not formally required unless it is necessary to avoid confusion (as in Sentence (a). Note, however, that current practice prefers a comma before the coordinating conjunction even if confusion is n ...
... three or more items. A comma before the coordinating conjunction preceding the last item in the list is not formally required unless it is necessary to avoid confusion (as in Sentence (a). Note, however, that current practice prefers a comma before the coordinating conjunction even if confusion is n ...