079-146_63657_Part III
... Not every be verb needs replacing. The forms of be (be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been) work well when you want to link a subject to a noun that clearly renames it or to an adjective that describes it: History is a bucket of ashes. Scoundrels are always sociable. And when used as helping verbs ...
... Not every be verb needs replacing. The forms of be (be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been) work well when you want to link a subject to a noun that clearly renames it or to an adjective that describes it: History is a bucket of ashes. Scoundrels are always sociable. And when used as helping verbs ...
Boom and Whoosh: Verbs of Explosion as a
... polysemy and multiple membership across classes. Chapter Two - Semantic Verb Classes It is important to note that although the verbs of a given class may be synonymous with one another, perfect synonymy is not mandatory for the induction of one verb into a class. In fact, it is not unusual for one v ...
... polysemy and multiple membership across classes. Chapter Two - Semantic Verb Classes It is important to note that although the verbs of a given class may be synonymous with one another, perfect synonymy is not mandatory for the induction of one verb into a class. In fact, it is not unusual for one v ...
English Grammar
... times, we have difficulty in expressing ourselves using the proper tense forms of verbs. In this chapter, we will study how the available tense forms of verbs express all the three phases of time. Ways of expressing the present time Anita: What is your brother doing these days? Binita: He is studyin ...
... times, we have difficulty in expressing ourselves using the proper tense forms of verbs. In this chapter, we will study how the available tense forms of verbs express all the three phases of time. Ways of expressing the present time Anita: What is your brother doing these days? Binita: He is studyin ...
Parts of Sentence Test Review
... Predicate - the part of the sentence that says something about the subject Phrase – a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and does NOT contain the subject and the verb. Verbal – a word formed from a verb but is used as a noun, adjective, or adverb. There are three types of ...
... Predicate - the part of the sentence that says something about the subject Phrase – a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and does NOT contain the subject and the verb. Verbal – a word formed from a verb but is used as a noun, adjective, or adverb. There are three types of ...
The Spanish DELPH-IN Grammar - Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat
... are described by a set of lexical types that distinguish fine-grained classes of Spanish verbs that occur in intransitive, transitive, ditransitive, and predicative constructions. These lexical types are defined by a set of subtypes that specify argument relationships (arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3) and a ...
... are described by a set of lexical types that distinguish fine-grained classes of Spanish verbs that occur in intransitive, transitive, ditransitive, and predicative constructions. These lexical types are defined by a set of subtypes that specify argument relationships (arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3) and a ...
Using German Synonyms - Assets
... speakers can select what they consider to be the right word using their intuition and knowledge of the language. This is the case with the familiar Roget's Thesaurus for English or the DUDEN: Sinn- und sachverwandte WoÈrter (1986) for German. But a dictionary of synonyms for foreign learners will ne ...
... speakers can select what they consider to be the right word using their intuition and knowledge of the language. This is the case with the familiar Roget's Thesaurus for English or the DUDEN: Sinn- und sachverwandte WoÈrter (1986) for German. But a dictionary of synonyms for foreign learners will ne ...
TIƠP CËN HÖ THèNG TRONG Tæ CHøC L•NH THæ
... ‘Delight’ (n) first as a non-count noun denotes the feeling of great pleasure. Examples are the restricted collocations ‘give delight to somebody’ and ‘To one’s (great) delight’ or prepositional phrases with ‘in’ and ‘with’, either post-modified by prepositional phrases with ‘at’ or not, as in: I as ...
... ‘Delight’ (n) first as a non-count noun denotes the feeling of great pleasure. Examples are the restricted collocations ‘give delight to somebody’ and ‘To one’s (great) delight’ or prepositional phrases with ‘in’ and ‘with’, either post-modified by prepositional phrases with ‘at’ or not, as in: I as ...
German abstract prepositional phrases Christian Lehmann
... as it were — between the abstract prepositional phrase and the complex preposition. Towards the end of the discussion, we will come to the reduction of a verbal noun to a preposition. However, before we arrive there, we start at the opposite pole of this scale of condensation, where an abstract prep ...
... as it were — between the abstract prepositional phrase and the complex preposition. Towards the end of the discussion, we will come to the reduction of a verbal noun to a preposition. However, before we arrive there, we start at the opposite pole of this scale of condensation, where an abstract prep ...
Verbs in spoken sentence processing Goede, Dieuwke de
... associations between the extracted element (argument) and its subcategorizer (verb). Thus, it involves identifying a verb and associating the filler directly with an unsaturated position in the argument structure of the verb. So in example (10) the DAH predicts activation of the boy after the verb a ...
... associations between the extracted element (argument) and its subcategorizer (verb). Thus, it involves identifying a verb and associating the filler directly with an unsaturated position in the argument structure of the verb. So in example (10) the DAH predicts activation of the boy after the verb a ...
Grammar: Keys to being successful writers
... • Two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause • May also use a conjunctive adverb • Great literature, which challenges the intellect, is sometimes difficult; moreover, it is also rewarding. I,D,I; conj. adv, I ...
... • Two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause • May also use a conjunctive adverb • Great literature, which challenges the intellect, is sometimes difficult; moreover, it is also rewarding. I,D,I; conj. adv, I ...
Учреждение образования «Гомельский государственный
... I hope the school will have been built by the 1st of September. Continu Present A new school is being built in our street. ous: Past The school was still being built when I came back. To express an action going on at a definite moment in the future only the Future Continuous Active is possible. To d ...
... I hope the school will have been built by the 1st of September. Continu Present A new school is being built in our street. ous: Past The school was still being built when I came back. To express an action going on at a definite moment in the future only the Future Continuous Active is possible. To d ...
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... 2. Indefinite subjects and topichood in constituent questions Just like declarative sentences, constituent questions need an ‘aboutness’ topic: they are asked about something (cf. Mathesius 1915, Reinhart 1981, a.o. on the topic of declaratives, and Krifka 2001, Dikkers 2004 a.o. on the topic of int ...
... 2. Indefinite subjects and topichood in constituent questions Just like declarative sentences, constituent questions need an ‘aboutness’ topic: they are asked about something (cf. Mathesius 1915, Reinhart 1981, a.o. on the topic of declaratives, and Krifka 2001, Dikkers 2004 a.o. on the topic of int ...
Verb movement in Germanic and Celtic
... the right features in F need to be identified, I believe that theoretical progress can be achieved by the formulation of alternative theories of verb movement. One alternative is sketched in Ackema et al. (1992) and worked out in Koeneman (2000). The main idea is that there is no prefabricated funct ...
... the right features in F need to be identified, I believe that theoretical progress can be achieved by the formulation of alternative theories of verb movement. One alternative is sketched in Ackema et al. (1992) and worked out in Koeneman (2000). The main idea is that there is no prefabricated funct ...
week-1-parts-of-speech-fe-16-11-16
... • They often tell “how many” or “how much” of something. • List of indefinite adjective: all, any, another, both, each, either, few, little, many, more, most, much, neither, one, other, several, some ...
... • They often tell “how many” or “how much” of something. • List of indefinite adjective: all, any, another, both, each, either, few, little, many, more, most, much, neither, one, other, several, some ...
W16-2115 - Association for Computational Linguistics
... a fixed set of universal POS tags without the possibility of introducing new members, but features and values can have language-specific additions if needed. Features are divided into the categories lexical features and inflectional features. Lexical features are features that are characteristics of ...
... a fixed set of universal POS tags without the possibility of introducing new members, but features and values can have language-specific additions if needed. Features are divided into the categories lexical features and inflectional features. Lexical features are features that are characteristics of ...
Syntactic overview
... a clause, as the term ‘consists of ’ is used in constituent structure analysis of the type introduced in Ch. 1, §4.2. There is no basis for postulating any singulary branching here, with the clause functioning as head of the sentence. This is why our tree diagram for the example A bird hit the car h ...
... a clause, as the term ‘consists of ’ is used in constituent structure analysis of the type introduced in Ch. 1, §4.2. There is no basis for postulating any singulary branching here, with the clause functioning as head of the sentence. This is why our tree diagram for the example A bird hit the car h ...
Business English - Writing for the Workplace2
... • a subject - who or what the sentence is about • a verb - the action in the sentence • the complement - the remainder of the sentence, generally containing the object. Sentences are easier and clearer to understand when the subject of the sentence comes first. ...
... • a subject - who or what the sentence is about • a verb - the action in the sentence • the complement - the remainder of the sentence, generally containing the object. Sentences are easier and clearer to understand when the subject of the sentence comes first. ...
Part-of-Speech Tagging Guidelines for the Penn Treebank Project
... Number-number combinations should be tagged as adverbs (RB) if they have the same distribution as adverbs. EXAMPLES: They won 50{3/RB. (cf. They won handily/RB.) Hyphenated fractions one-half, three-fourths, seven-eighths, one-and-a-half, seven-and-three-eighths should be tagged as adjectives (JJ) w ...
... Number-number combinations should be tagged as adverbs (RB) if they have the same distribution as adverbs. EXAMPLES: They won 50{3/RB. (cf. They won handily/RB.) Hyphenated fractions one-half, three-fourths, seven-eighths, one-and-a-half, seven-and-three-eighths should be tagged as adjectives (JJ) w ...
the semantics and exegetical significance of the object
... overlap in the use of simple cases and prepositions plus cases (e.g., simple dative vs. e]n plus the dative); the anarthrous generic noun vs. the articular generic noun; the various structures used to express result, causality, etc. To be sure, some of these topics are discussed in the grammars, but ...
... overlap in the use of simple cases and prepositions plus cases (e.g., simple dative vs. e]n plus the dative); the anarthrous generic noun vs. the articular generic noun; the various structures used to express result, causality, etc. To be sure, some of these topics are discussed in the grammars, but ...
Grace Theological Journal 6
... Since there was a positive identification of more than 90% of all possible object-complements examined,31 and since the questionable instances fell into very specific structural categories, certain principles for determining the identification of the construction become evident. First, what must be ...
... Since there was a positive identification of more than 90% of all possible object-complements examined,31 and since the questionable instances fell into very specific structural categories, certain principles for determining the identification of the construction become evident. First, what must be ...
A Reanalysis of Nonemphatic Pronouns in Dagbani
... simply two functions of the same set of pronouns. (Furthermore, the ‘Emphatic’ function can in fact be represented by non-elided forms (see, e.g., (1c) in the data set further below); and the ‘Disjunctive’ pronouns may be pronounced in elided form (see, e.g., (1f)).) The only variation in the realiz ...
... simply two functions of the same set of pronouns. (Furthermore, the ‘Emphatic’ function can in fact be represented by non-elided forms (see, e.g., (1c) in the data set further below); and the ‘Disjunctive’ pronouns may be pronounced in elided form (see, e.g., (1f)).) The only variation in the realiz ...
Old Irish pronouns: agreement affixes vs. clitic arguments.
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
Name
... A complete subject includes the simple subject and any words that modify it. The driver of our bus waits patiently for the smallest children. A complete predicate includes the simple predicate and any words that modify it. The works of Monet are on display at the museum. Exercise 1: Draw a vertical ...
... A complete subject includes the simple subject and any words that modify it. The driver of our bus waits patiently for the smallest children. A complete predicate includes the simple predicate and any words that modify it. The works of Monet are on display at the museum. Exercise 1: Draw a vertical ...