Contents - Utrecht University Repository
... The reason why Pollock's article is interesting for our evaluation of Koster's theory is that it tells us something important about word order, especially when it comes to adverbs. As we shall see, Cantonese behaves the same like English in a lot of basic ways. So if Koster is on the right track, we ...
... The reason why Pollock's article is interesting for our evaluation of Koster's theory is that it tells us something important about word order, especially when it comes to adverbs. As we shall see, Cantonese behaves the same like English in a lot of basic ways. So if Koster is on the right track, we ...
Pronoun PowerPoint 11.15.11
... The possessive pronouns my, your, her, his, its, our, and their come before nouns. For Example: The dog pricked up its little ears. (ownership) It saw the boy and heard his loud cry for help. (relationship) The owner and his best friend came to the rescue. (relationship) ...
... The possessive pronouns my, your, her, his, its, our, and their come before nouns. For Example: The dog pricked up its little ears. (ownership) It saw the boy and heard his loud cry for help. (relationship) The owner and his best friend came to the rescue. (relationship) ...
Pedin Edhellen
... Some of the persons and locations appearing in texts are loosely based on persons and places described in Tolkiens works. This is supposed to create some atmosphere only — none of the texts is intended as a reinterpretation of Tolkiens works but only as an illustration of the language at work. Simil ...
... Some of the persons and locations appearing in texts are loosely based on persons and places described in Tolkiens works. This is supposed to create some atmosphere only — none of the texts is intended as a reinterpretation of Tolkiens works but only as an illustration of the language at work. Simil ...
Punctuation
... NOTE: Not all these expressions are always set off. You may choose not to set off perhaps, likewise, at least, indeed, therefore, thus, and certain others in sentences where you feel they do not interrupt your thought flow. *These may also be used as conjunctive adverbs : We are all reading WH; howe ...
... NOTE: Not all these expressions are always set off. You may choose not to set off perhaps, likewise, at least, indeed, therefore, thus, and certain others in sentences where you feel they do not interrupt your thought flow. *These may also be used as conjunctive adverbs : We are all reading WH; howe ...
Yamba - MPG.PuRe
... with a sort of descriptive grammar of the language. She admits thak much more work needs to be done in order to standardise the language and determine the inarking o f toiles. Actually, slic lcaves many tones unmarked, Itccai ise siic fccls more research is required on tones in Yamba. ...
... with a sort of descriptive grammar of the language. She admits thak much more work needs to be done in order to standardise the language and determine the inarking o f toiles. Actually, slic lcaves many tones unmarked, Itccai ise siic fccls more research is required on tones in Yamba. ...
The Meaning of Syntactic Dependencies
... "NOUN + subj + VERB". Intuitively, when one of the two syntactic categories linked by the dependency is elaborated by a lexical unit, then we obtain a more specific pattern. This is what we call a "lexico-syntactic pattern". In the linguistic litterature (for instance, in Construction Grammar), ther ...
... "NOUN + subj + VERB". Intuitively, when one of the two syntactic categories linked by the dependency is elaborated by a lexical unit, then we obtain a more specific pattern. This is what we call a "lexico-syntactic pattern". In the linguistic litterature (for instance, in Construction Grammar), ther ...
Reflexivization in Referent Grammar
... rabotaetsja (today not work+refl - 'the work does not go on well today'). The strong variant of the non-possessive reflexive pronoun is sebjalsebelsoboj - case inflected according to the same pattern as personal pronouns (cf. ja - I, genitive/accusative menja, dative/prepositional mne, instrumentali ...
... rabotaetsja (today not work+refl - 'the work does not go on well today'). The strong variant of the non-possessive reflexive pronoun is sebjalsebelsoboj - case inflected according to the same pattern as personal pronouns (cf. ja - I, genitive/accusative menja, dative/prepositional mne, instrumentali ...
Basic Punctuation Help Tips
... It doesn’t have to be a challenge any longer. Below you will find clear explanations on how to structure the perfect sentence, along with a few examples to help guide you along the way. ...
... It doesn’t have to be a challenge any longer. Below you will find clear explanations on how to structure the perfect sentence, along with a few examples to help guide you along the way. ...
Understanding Relative Clauses
... A relative pronoun (or adverb) generally follows and points back to the noun or pronoun it modifies, and like all clauses, both dependent and independent, relative clauses have a subject and a verb. The students who were most impressive graduated with honors. In the sentence above, the relative pron ...
... A relative pronoun (or adverb) generally follows and points back to the noun or pronoun it modifies, and like all clauses, both dependent and independent, relative clauses have a subject and a verb. The students who were most impressive graduated with honors. In the sentence above, the relative pron ...
Effectively Incorporating Quotations
... Psychologist Sidney McMaynerberry offers an argument for his theory: “It’s all in your mind.” Brady answers her critics by asserting, “I did not know that it was made of people.” Use active verbs in signal phrases to indicate the author’s tone and stance. Is your source arguing a point, making an ob ...
... Psychologist Sidney McMaynerberry offers an argument for his theory: “It’s all in your mind.” Brady answers her critics by asserting, “I did not know that it was made of people.” Use active verbs in signal phrases to indicate the author’s tone and stance. Is your source arguing a point, making an ob ...
ppt
... •As a verbal noun, an Infinitive can act as a noun in a sentence. •As such, nominal infinitives can be the subject OR the object of a sentence. •Subjective infinitives are infinitives that fulfill the former role, that of subject. ...
... •As a verbal noun, an Infinitive can act as a noun in a sentence. •As such, nominal infinitives can be the subject OR the object of a sentence. •Subjective infinitives are infinitives that fulfill the former role, that of subject. ...
The Complex Sentence. Adverbial Clauses
... 3. The A.m. of condition is expressed by a noun or a pronoun preceded by the prepositions and conjunctions but for, except for, in case, by a participle or an adjective with the conjunctions if, unless(if necessary,…), by a gerundial phrase introduced by the prep. without, by an adv.clause of condit ...
... 3. The A.m. of condition is expressed by a noun or a pronoun preceded by the prepositions and conjunctions but for, except for, in case, by a participle or an adjective with the conjunctions if, unless(if necessary,…), by a gerundial phrase introduced by the prep. without, by an adv.clause of condit ...
(Texto 406) 04/07/2008: Possessive Adjectives.
... 6. Anote as palavras que não conseguiu traduzir. TEXTO Possessive Adjectives A possessive adjective (``my,'' ``your,'' ``his,'' ``her,'' ``its,'' ``our,'' ``their'') is similar or identical to a possessive pronoun; however, it is used as an adjective and modifies a noun or a noun phrase, as in the f ...
... 6. Anote as palavras que não conseguiu traduzir. TEXTO Possessive Adjectives A possessive adjective (``my,'' ``your,'' ``his,'' ``her,'' ``its,'' ``our,'' ``their'') is similar or identical to a possessive pronoun; however, it is used as an adjective and modifies a noun or a noun phrase, as in the f ...
Eccentric Agreement and Multiple Case-Checking
... In our view, the SAP is a normal transitive clause syntactically. Thus, it has a normal transitive derivation, as the arrows indicate: both subject and object raise to T for case-checking, as in (4). What “goes wrong” is in the morphological interpretation of such a clause. As pointed out above, the ...
... In our view, the SAP is a normal transitive clause syntactically. Thus, it has a normal transitive derivation, as the arrows indicate: both subject and object raise to T for case-checking, as in (4). What “goes wrong” is in the morphological interpretation of such a clause. As pointed out above, the ...
Lexical aspect in English
... Once you start using terracotta tiles or even thin marble tiles, you can make the profile of the roof less sharp (s2a-924 76) I hope she’s coming down ... because I start work on Thursday (1a-030 312) They chose to start their daunting trek from the Canadian Arctic (s2b-024 042) The two most importa ...
... Once you start using terracotta tiles or even thin marble tiles, you can make the profile of the roof less sharp (s2a-924 76) I hope she’s coming down ... because I start work on Thursday (1a-030 312) They chose to start their daunting trek from the Canadian Arctic (s2b-024 042) The two most importa ...
word order - Pathfinder.gr
... 1. Where - Mr. Hill - stay? the King George Hotel? 2. Where - Mary - jump? the water. 3. Where - Frank - arrive - on the third day? 4. Where - Miranda - travel to? the West Coast of America. 5. Where - Jimmy - climb? the top of the tree. 6. Where - the crash - happen? the cross - roads. 7. Where - P ...
... 1. Where - Mr. Hill - stay? the King George Hotel? 2. Where - Mary - jump? the water. 3. Where - Frank - arrive - on the third day? 4. Where - Miranda - travel to? the West Coast of America. 5. Where - Jimmy - climb? the top of the tree. 6. Where - the crash - happen? the cross - roads. 7. Where - P ...
Kaplan University Writing Center
... plural to show there is more than one, usually by adding –s; possessive to show ownership, usually by adding -‘s; and more specific by adding determiners such as “the,” “a/an,” “my,” “his,” “that,” and “our” that determine which noun you are talking about (his house vs. my house). Refer to the ...
... plural to show there is more than one, usually by adding –s; possessive to show ownership, usually by adding -‘s; and more specific by adding determiners such as “the,” “a/an,” “my,” “his,” “that,” and “our” that determine which noun you are talking about (his house vs. my house). Refer to the ...
Correcting Fragments 1) Attach the fragment to a nearby sentence. 2
... with two verbs and needs no commas. The snow began falling at dusk, and it continued to fall through the night. The snow began falling at dusk and continued to fall through the night. 4) Rewrite the sentence, making one clause dependent or subordinate to the other by adding a dependent word (since, ...
... with two verbs and needs no commas. The snow began falling at dusk, and it continued to fall through the night. The snow began falling at dusk and continued to fall through the night. 4) Rewrite the sentence, making one clause dependent or subordinate to the other by adding a dependent word (since, ...
The finite independency A study of the relevance of the notion of
... predicate of an independent clause. Finite verbs are considered to take person, number, tense, mood etc. while non-finite verbs e.g. infinitives, participles and gerunds, do not. Furthermore, it has been suggested that non-finite verbs typically do not combine with overt subjects, or if they do, tha ...
... predicate of an independent clause. Finite verbs are considered to take person, number, tense, mood etc. while non-finite verbs e.g. infinitives, participles and gerunds, do not. Furthermore, it has been suggested that non-finite verbs typically do not combine with overt subjects, or if they do, tha ...
A Classification of Illocutionary Acts
... to match the words. Assertionsare in the formercategory,promisesand requests are in the latter. The best illustrationof this distinction I know of is provided by Miss Anscombe (I957). Suppose a man goes to the supermarketwith a shopping list given him by his wife on which are written the words 'bean ...
... to match the words. Assertionsare in the formercategory,promisesand requests are in the latter. The best illustrationof this distinction I know of is provided by Miss Anscombe (I957). Suppose a man goes to the supermarketwith a shopping list given him by his wife on which are written the words 'bean ...
Syntax
... What we have proven is that constituents with different structures can have the same functions because they can be used in the same position in a sentence. This means that they belong to the same category, and since some constituents may involve combinations of more than one word, these categories a ...
... What we have proven is that constituents with different structures can have the same functions because they can be used in the same position in a sentence. This means that they belong to the same category, and since some constituents may involve combinations of more than one word, these categories a ...
Chapter 4 Modifiers and Complements Adjectives and Adjective
... Function Adverbs are always the heads of adverb phrases (or conjuncts in the coordination of two or more adverbs -- this will be discussed later when we talk about conjunction). Adverb phrases have three possible functions -- two well-defined and one a kind of grab-bag. Adverb phrases can modify ad ...
... Function Adverbs are always the heads of adverb phrases (or conjuncts in the coordination of two or more adverbs -- this will be discussed later when we talk about conjunction). Adverb phrases have three possible functions -- two well-defined and one a kind of grab-bag. Adverb phrases can modify ad ...
Cross-situational language learning:
... acquired the pronouns then they could not be interpreted as referring to objects in the child’s environment, and they have a different distribution in that they tend not to be marked by a function word as with common nouns, which becomes relevant for the following analyses on the role of function wo ...
... acquired the pronouns then they could not be interpreted as referring to objects in the child’s environment, and they have a different distribution in that they tend not to be marked by a function word as with common nouns, which becomes relevant for the following analyses on the role of function wo ...