Graded representations in the acquisition of English and German
... Therefore we compared English active transitives, in which semantic roles (e.g., agent versus patient) are marked by one cue—word order, with German. In German, word order and case-marking collaborate in marking the same noun phrase as subject in 68% of active transitive sentences in child-directed ...
... Therefore we compared English active transitives, in which semantic roles (e.g., agent versus patient) are marked by one cue—word order, with German. In German, word order and case-marking collaborate in marking the same noun phrase as subject in 68% of active transitive sentences in child-directed ...
Business English At Work, 3/e
... modifiers before nouns. These pronouns stand alone and are separated from the nouns to which they refer. The responsibility is yours if an attachment with a virus is opened. ...
... modifiers before nouns. These pronouns stand alone and are separated from the nouns to which they refer. The responsibility is yours if an attachment with a virus is opened. ...
lesson six
... "came" could just as well be tullë (representing older tulne or tunle) instead. It may seem that Tolkien eventually decided to limit the use of the past tense formation represented by túlë and cárë, though it was never wholly abandoned, as the form undulávë in Namárië in LotR demonstrates. We might ...
... "came" could just as well be tullë (representing older tulne or tunle) instead. It may seem that Tolkien eventually decided to limit the use of the past tense formation represented by túlë and cárë, though it was never wholly abandoned, as the form undulávë in Namárië in LotR demonstrates. We might ...
Automatic Extraction of Cause-Effect Relations in Natural Language Text
... are in a causal relation while in the following sentence the from pattern doesn’t evoke the same type of relation: “A man from Oxford with leprosy was cured by the water.” Although most of the existing approaches for discovering causal relations are centered on the extraction of a pair of words or n ...
... are in a causal relation while in the following sentence the from pattern doesn’t evoke the same type of relation: “A man from Oxford with leprosy was cured by the water.” Although most of the existing approaches for discovering causal relations are centered on the extraction of a pair of words or n ...
Making Use of Infinitives - Spearfish School District
... Change the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase. After changing the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase, insert it in the sentence next to the noun it modifies. 2. Johnny’s ambition was typical of a child. It was to become a firefighter. ...
... Change the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase. After changing the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase, insert it in the sentence next to the noun it modifies. 2. Johnny’s ambition was typical of a child. It was to become a firefighter. ...
Slide 1
... When infinitive phrases have an “actor,” they may be roughly characterized as the “subject” of the action or state expressed in the infinitive. It is somewhat misleading to use the word subject, though, since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. Also remember t ...
... When infinitive phrases have an “actor,” they may be roughly characterized as the “subject” of the action or state expressed in the infinitive. It is somewhat misleading to use the word subject, though, since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. Also remember t ...
The telicity parameter revisited
... measured or quantified (but not bare mass or bare plural nominals), and (ii) stand in the Incremental Theme relation to their governing verb (‘Incremental Theme’ in the sense of Dowty 1991, based on Krifka 1986, 1989). Notice that these are precisely the conditions under which a direct object determ ...
... measured or quantified (but not bare mass or bare plural nominals), and (ii) stand in the Incremental Theme relation to their governing verb (‘Incremental Theme’ in the sense of Dowty 1991, based on Krifka 1986, 1989). Notice that these are precisely the conditions under which a direct object determ ...
- e-theses.uin
... system of structural rules which describes how words combine with each other to form sentences. It is knowledge which enables us to distinguish a well-formed English sentence from one which is clearly ill-formed. Since sentence is the main element to make one’s ideas understood by the others correct ...
... system of structural rules which describes how words combine with each other to form sentences. It is knowledge which enables us to distinguish a well-formed English sentence from one which is clearly ill-formed. Since sentence is the main element to make one’s ideas understood by the others correct ...
Definiteness And Indefiniteness: A Contrastive Analysis Of The Use
... Celce-Murcia & Larsen-Freeman (1991: 19) describes determiner as a special class of words that limits (or determines) the nouns that follow them. These words could be in the form of articles (the, a(n)), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), and possessive determiners (my, your, his, her, its, ...
... Celce-Murcia & Larsen-Freeman (1991: 19) describes determiner as a special class of words that limits (or determines) the nouns that follow them. These words could be in the form of articles (the, a(n)), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), and possessive determiners (my, your, his, her, its, ...
Grade 8 - Carson
... 9. Mr. Thompson’s greatest pleasure is spending the afternoon reading. 10. As the students continued to misbehave, Ms. Yang’s patience was tested. 11. Imagine my delight when Grandpa Hennessy finally arrived from Ireland. 12. Never ignore the opportunity to help someone who is in trouble ...
... 9. Mr. Thompson’s greatest pleasure is spending the afternoon reading. 10. As the students continued to misbehave, Ms. Yang’s patience was tested. 11. Imagine my delight when Grandpa Hennessy finally arrived from Ireland. 12. Never ignore the opportunity to help someone who is in trouble ...
F. Plank, Morphology 1: 7. Boundaries 1
... (unconstrained), while morphological rules of construction are more or less productive (= more constrained in terms of form and/or meaning), and sometimes in morphology there are no construction rules at all. Example from syntax: The rule for combining attributive adjectives with nouns in German is ...
... (unconstrained), while morphological rules of construction are more or less productive (= more constrained in terms of form and/or meaning), and sometimes in morphology there are no construction rules at all. Example from syntax: The rule for combining attributive adjectives with nouns in German is ...
Restructuring Involving Purpose/ Gerundive Clause in Japanese*
... a secondary predicate for the matrix subject Taro. In (16), it can only go with nagu(ru) ‘hit,’ so it works as a secondary predicate just for the object of the embedded verb, namely Ziro.5 Notice that licensing of sika, which would require restructuring in sentences like (15) and (16), is irrelevant ...
... a secondary predicate for the matrix subject Taro. In (16), it can only go with nagu(ru) ‘hit,’ so it works as a secondary predicate just for the object of the embedded verb, namely Ziro.5 Notice that licensing of sika, which would require restructuring in sentences like (15) and (16), is irrelevant ...
0520 FRENCH (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2014 series
... This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began ...
... This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began ...
parallelism - Johnson County Community College
... saying the same thing might be, "Lee had a great time scubadiving and also she waterskied during her vacation." Here the two parallel thoughts are expressed in nonparallel forms of words, and the sense of their parallel relationship is weakened. I. When elements are parallel in thought, use p ...
... saying the same thing might be, "Lee had a great time scubadiving and also she waterskied during her vacation." Here the two parallel thoughts are expressed in nonparallel forms of words, and the sense of their parallel relationship is weakened. I. When elements are parallel in thought, use p ...
Subjects - Colorado River Schools
... Compare and contrast Spalding *Compose sentences *interrogative pronouns, pronouns used as sentences (who, whom, whose) *reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself….) Suffix –ive, -ent *All has two l’s unless combined with another syllable (also, always…..) *Attributes of narrative ...
... Compare and contrast Spalding *Compose sentences *interrogative pronouns, pronouns used as sentences (who, whom, whose) *reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself….) Suffix –ive, -ent *All has two l’s unless combined with another syllable (also, always…..) *Attributes of narrative ...
foreword - Universitatea din Craiova
... My mother bought a new dress yesterday, but the dress was so expensive that she changed her mind and took it back today; My friends had a house built not far from ours; the house is made of brick and glass; There are also set phrases in which the definite article refers back to something which was n ...
... My mother bought a new dress yesterday, but the dress was so expensive that she changed her mind and took it back today; My friends had a house built not far from ours; the house is made of brick and glass; There are also set phrases in which the definite article refers back to something which was n ...
A Collocation Database for German Verbs and Nouns
... noun. Table 3 illustrates an example for the noun Buch ‘book’, accompanied by the verbs which most prominently subcategorise the noun as direct object. The verbs refer to different properties of a book, e.g. to its content which is written and read, to the publication process, and to the item which ...
... noun. Table 3 illustrates an example for the noun Buch ‘book’, accompanied by the verbs which most prominently subcategorise the noun as direct object. The verbs refer to different properties of a book, e.g. to its content which is written and read, to the publication process, and to the item which ...
(ref) seven serious sentence errors file
... Overuse of passive voice. The passive voice usually provides less information to the reader because it does not clarify who or what created the action of the verb, unless a “by phrase” is added. The use of the passive voice can be overdone creating a dry, or even boring, writing style as well as les ...
... Overuse of passive voice. The passive voice usually provides less information to the reader because it does not clarify who or what created the action of the verb, unless a “by phrase” is added. The use of the passive voice can be overdone creating a dry, or even boring, writing style as well as les ...
Cumulativity and Countability in Karitiana Verbs* Luciana Sanchez
... the language is cumulative and countable. This article is divided basically in two parts. The first part concerns in showing some features of Karitiana verbs in order to demonstrate that they suggest an analysis that take into account both cumulativity and countability. At this part, the characteri ...
... the language is cumulative and countable. This article is divided basically in two parts. The first part concerns in showing some features of Karitiana verbs in order to demonstrate that they suggest an analysis that take into account both cumulativity and countability. At this part, the characteri ...
Grammar and Composition Guide
... 15. Hyphenate compounded adjectives (two or more adjectives that are needed together to modify a noun), such as soft-spoken woman, short-change artist, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. 16. Spell out all numbers of one or two words, such as "twenty-five," "three hundred" versus "1,437." 17. Do not us ...
... 15. Hyphenate compounded adjectives (two or more adjectives that are needed together to modify a noun), such as soft-spoken woman, short-change artist, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. 16. Spell out all numbers of one or two words, such as "twenty-five," "three hundred" versus "1,437." 17. Do not us ...
Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization
... According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, grammar means "the study of the classes of words, their inflections [changes in form to distinguish case, gender, tense, etc.], and functions in a sentence." An abundance of good, detailed grammar, writing, and usage books are available. This c ...
... According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, grammar means "the study of the classes of words, their inflections [changes in form to distinguish case, gender, tense, etc.], and functions in a sentence." An abundance of good, detailed grammar, writing, and usage books are available. This c ...
Focus Education UK Ltd. 2013 - Shurdington C of E Primary School
... First Published in the UK in 2013 by Focus Education (UK) Ltd Focus Education (UK) Ltd ...
... First Published in the UK in 2013 by Focus Education (UK) Ltd Focus Education (UK) Ltd ...
Basic Punctuation Help Tips
... Examples: big, small, beautiful, red, difficult, old and young. Adjectives are often used to make sentences more interesting. Example: 1. The horse galloped through the countryside. 2. The shiny, back horse galloped through the beautiful countryside. In the second sentence the words “shiny” and “bla ...
... Examples: big, small, beautiful, red, difficult, old and young. Adjectives are often used to make sentences more interesting. Example: 1. The horse galloped through the countryside. 2. The shiny, back horse galloped through the beautiful countryside. In the second sentence the words “shiny” and “bla ...
Smart Paradigms and the Predictability and Complexity of
... Even though there is no mathematical difference between the mkV paradigm and the traditional paradigms like those in Bescherelle, there is a reason to call mkV a smart paradigm. This name implies two things. First, a smart paradigm implements some “artificial intelligence” to pick the underlying “st ...
... Even though there is no mathematical difference between the mkV paradigm and the traditional paradigms like those in Bescherelle, there is a reason to call mkV a smart paradigm. This name implies two things. First, a smart paradigm implements some “artificial intelligence” to pick the underlying “st ...
Spanish Learning Resources
... In the previous three lessons you learned the fundamental difference between ser and estar -essence or condition, as well as some common uses for each verb. This lesson presents the two verbs side by side, with the emphasis on contrasting their uses. In the process, much -- but not all -- of the pre ...
... In the previous three lessons you learned the fundamental difference between ser and estar -essence or condition, as well as some common uses for each verb. This lesson presents the two verbs side by side, with the emphasis on contrasting their uses. In the process, much -- but not all -- of the pre ...