a corpus-based analysis of negative concord in english
... The second context in which non-verbal negation can occur is with words that are negative in meaning but not in form, among which are seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly, barely, little, or few. This type of non-verbal negation is illustrated in (15): (15) They hardly have any friends. As can be observ ...
... The second context in which non-verbal negation can occur is with words that are negative in meaning but not in form, among which are seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly, barely, little, or few. This type of non-verbal negation is illustrated in (15): (15) They hardly have any friends. As can be observ ...
Choices for Writers
... the main language of communication in college. English 100L students already speak and write—and now text—in multiple languages. In addition to coming from diverse cultural backgrounds, English 100L students often use different languages at home, at work, at church, and among peers and friends than ...
... the main language of communication in college. English 100L students already speak and write—and now text—in multiple languages. In addition to coming from diverse cultural backgrounds, English 100L students often use different languages at home, at work, at church, and among peers and friends than ...
10. - Universität Erfurt
... This is a linguistic investigation of the functional domain of possession in the Mayan language spoken on the peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico. Most of the data were collected in fieldwork. A possessive relationship connects two elements, the possessor and the possessum. In the prototypical case, the fo ...
... This is a linguistic investigation of the functional domain of possession in the Mayan language spoken on the peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico. Most of the data were collected in fieldwork. A possessive relationship connects two elements, the possessor and the possessum. In the prototypical case, the fo ...
Mungbam grammar - Acsu Buffalo
... Form of the link function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 ...
... Form of the link function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 ...
PALAVRAS
... This dissertation is a Janus work, both practical and theoretical at the same time, one face mirroring and complementing the other. After all, a major point was simply showing that “it could be done” - that a Constraint Grammar for a Romance langugage would work just as well as for English. As a pra ...
... This dissertation is a Janus work, both practical and theoretical at the same time, one face mirroring and complementing the other. After all, a major point was simply showing that “it could be done” - that a Constraint Grammar for a Romance langugage would work just as well as for English. As a pra ...
10 Conclusions - General Guide To Personal and Societies Web
... Model (CIM - a model of Discourse Comprehension), namely the process that converts text into the logical representation required by that model and which was described only as a requirement by its authors, who expected that, in the fullness of time, suitable grammar parsers would become available to ...
... Model (CIM - a model of Discourse Comprehension), namely the process that converts text into the logical representation required by that model and which was described only as a requirement by its authors, who expected that, in the fullness of time, suitable grammar parsers would become available to ...
Subordinate clauses, switch-reference, and tail-head
... favoring null arguments (zero anaphora). De Vries (2005: 367) notes that in spontaneous speech, and in particular when expressing sequences of events, speakers of Papuan languages use nominals (nouns or anaphoric pronouns) very infrequently. When they do so, they normally express no more than one no ...
... favoring null arguments (zero anaphora). De Vries (2005: 367) notes that in spontaneous speech, and in particular when expressing sequences of events, speakers of Papuan languages use nominals (nouns or anaphoric pronouns) very infrequently. When they do so, they normally express no more than one no ...
Challenging Discrete Approaches to Secondary
... of this dissertation and whose insightful comments have greatly improved the final version. Although we do not always share the same opinions on syntactic theory, the lively debates we have had on various syntactic problems have provided the present work with a lot of stimulating input. I also wish ...
... of this dissertation and whose insightful comments have greatly improved the final version. Although we do not always share the same opinions on syntactic theory, the lively debates we have had on various syntactic problems have provided the present work with a lot of stimulating input. I also wish ...
pronouns and agreement: the information status
... distinguishfour persons(frst, second,third and corefetentialthird), three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and two grammatical roles. (The coreferentialthird-personcatogory,abbreviatedn, is used for participants that are coreferential with the subject of that clauseor a higher one.)There are no ...
... distinguishfour persons(frst, second,third and corefetentialthird), three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and two grammatical roles. (The coreferentialthird-personcatogory,abbreviatedn, is used for participants that are coreferential with the subject of that clauseor a higher one.)There are no ...
Lambrecht 2000
... In previous work (Lambrecht 1986, 1994) I have argued that the pragmatic structuring of propositions into presupposed and non-presupposed portions is done cross-linguistically in terms of a small number of types of focus articulation or , which correspond to different types of communi ...
... In previous work (Lambrecht 1986, 1994) I have argued that the pragmatic structuring of propositions into presupposed and non-presupposed portions is done cross-linguistically in terms of a small number of types of focus articulation or , which correspond to different types of communi ...
Savchenko-master - DUO
... cognates from and fra originate in the distant past, some uses are created due to the regular uses in fixed expressions and patterns. This thesis will be concerned with the use of from / fra, which are primary translation equivalents of each other. The interest for this research is based on the assu ...
... cognates from and fra originate in the distant past, some uses are created due to the regular uses in fixed expressions and patterns. This thesis will be concerned with the use of from / fra, which are primary translation equivalents of each other. The interest for this research is based on the assu ...
Amis Noun Phrase Structures:
... The morphemic analyses and glosses in the examples are based on Wu (2001), which in general follows Liu (1999). However, at least three revisions are made. First, while agreeing with Liu’s analysis of the Amis case marking system in decomposing the case-marker (e.g. ku) into a case marker (e.g. k-) ...
... The morphemic analyses and glosses in the examples are based on Wu (2001), which in general follows Liu (1999). However, at least three revisions are made. First, while agreeing with Liu’s analysis of the Amis case marking system in decomposing the case-marker (e.g. ku) into a case marker (e.g. k-) ...
B-05-Hyman_page 95-117.indd
... that verb tense, aspect, mood and polarity may also encode focus, in two senses: First, some verb forms, e.g. main clause affirmative past tenses, are expressed with different morphology, depending on what is in focus. Second, some parts of the verbal paradigm appear to be inherently focused, indepe ...
... that verb tense, aspect, mood and polarity may also encode focus, in two senses: First, some verb forms, e.g. main clause affirmative past tenses, are expressed with different morphology, depending on what is in focus. Second, some parts of the verbal paradigm appear to be inherently focused, indepe ...
grammaticalization and the semantic
... known as deontic, concerns conditions of the subject. The other use, epistemic, focuses on the speaker’s attitude towards the proposition. These disparate uses have not always existed in English and German; they are the result of an ages-long grammaticalization process, a process in which lexical it ...
... known as deontic, concerns conditions of the subject. The other use, epistemic, focuses on the speaker’s attitude towards the proposition. These disparate uses have not always existed in English and German; they are the result of an ages-long grammaticalization process, a process in which lexical it ...
On the Interpretation of Noun Compounds
... A study on English new words over fifty years found that compounding is the most frequent word formation process, covering 68% of the new words; 90% of these new compounds are noun compounds (Algeo1991). This high productivity means that compounds cannot be listed in a dictionary, e.g., even for rel ...
... A study on English new words over fifty years found that compounding is the most frequent word formation process, covering 68% of the new words; 90% of these new compounds are noun compounds (Algeo1991). This high productivity means that compounds cannot be listed in a dictionary, e.g., even for rel ...
Unit 1 - cloudfront.net
... 1. A singular noun is a word that names one person, place, thing, or idea: brother, classroom, piglet, and joy. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea: brothers, classrooms, piglets, and joys. 2. To help you determine whether a word in a sentence is a noun, try adding it to ...
... 1. A singular noun is a word that names one person, place, thing, or idea: brother, classroom, piglet, and joy. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea: brothers, classrooms, piglets, and joys. 2. To help you determine whether a word in a sentence is a noun, try adding it to ...
NEW SECOND STEPS IN LATIN
... The present participle is a 3rd declension adjective of one termination declined like ingēns, ingentis. The future active and perfect passive participles are 1st / 2nd declension adjectives declined like bonus, -a, -um. Because participles are adjectives, they agree with the words that they modify i ...
... The present participle is a 3rd declension adjective of one termination declined like ingēns, ingentis. The future active and perfect passive participles are 1st / 2nd declension adjectives declined like bonus, -a, -um. Because participles are adjectives, they agree with the words that they modify i ...
English Success Standards - Truth in American Education
... (iii) Blend segmented phonemes of a word (e.g., ba-g->bag) into the word. (iv) Prolong pronunciation of the individual sounds of a word by moving a manipulative to "count" each phoneme of the word. (v) Segment words into phonemes, clearly producing each individual sound. (vi) Copy the teacher in mak ...
... (iii) Blend segmented phonemes of a word (e.g., ba-g->bag) into the word. (iv) Prolong pronunciation of the individual sounds of a word by moving a manipulative to "count" each phoneme of the word. (v) Segment words into phonemes, clearly producing each individual sound. (vi) Copy the teacher in mak ...
COMPASS Placement Test Review Packet
... to determine whether you have the knowledge to succeed in the classes you are planning to take or whether taking some preparatory classes will ensure your success. Taking the three tests separately is usually helpful to ensure best results in all three tests. The COMPASS test is a self-adjusting, mu ...
... to determine whether you have the knowledge to succeed in the classes you are planning to take or whether taking some preparatory classes will ensure your success. Taking the three tests separately is usually helpful to ensure best results in all three tests. The COMPASS test is a self-adjusting, mu ...
File - Tennessee Against Common Core
... (iii) Say correct basic phoneme when each English phonogram is dictated. (iv) Identify which letters are consonants and which are vowels. (v) Understand that more than one letter is needed to write some sounds in the English language (e.g., sh, ch, th, zh, ee, oi/oy, au/aw, ou/ow). (vi) Correctly re ...
... (iii) Say correct basic phoneme when each English phonogram is dictated. (iv) Identify which letters are consonants and which are vowels. (v) Understand that more than one letter is needed to write some sounds in the English language (e.g., sh, ch, th, zh, ee, oi/oy, au/aw, ou/ow). (vi) Correctly re ...
Master`s Thesis - Nikhil Krishnaswamy
... other. However, as verb qualia must be calculated based on the context in which the verb appears, they are not the only components that can reveal information about the spatial configuration of the sentence. Certain verbs can select for multiple types of objects that change the sentence’s spatial co ...
... other. However, as verb qualia must be calculated based on the context in which the verb appears, they are not the only components that can reveal information about the spatial configuration of the sentence. Certain verbs can select for multiple types of objects that change the sentence’s spatial co ...
7. syntactic functions of adverbial clauses
... Although he had just joined, he was treated exactly like all the others. No goals were scored, though it was an exciting game. Except for whereas, these subordinators may introduce -ing, -ed, and verbless clauses, eg: Though well over eighty, she can walk faster than I can. Concessive clauses indica ...
... Although he had just joined, he was treated exactly like all the others. No goals were scored, though it was an exciting game. Except for whereas, these subordinators may introduce -ing, -ed, and verbless clauses, eg: Though well over eighty, she can walk faster than I can. Concessive clauses indica ...
english 11 grammar packet
... UNIT 1: SENTENCE FAULTS AND PUNCTUATION LESSON TWO: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (FRAG) A sentence fragment is a group of words that pretends to be a sentence, but does not contain one of the requirements of a complete sentence – either a subject, a verb, or a completed thought. Most fragments are phrases or ...
... UNIT 1: SENTENCE FAULTS AND PUNCTUATION LESSON TWO: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (FRAG) A sentence fragment is a group of words that pretends to be a sentence, but does not contain one of the requirements of a complete sentence – either a subject, a verb, or a completed thought. Most fragments are phrases or ...
Lesson.Lie.Lay.Answers.Tips.Prim
... Teaching Tip: This sentence is fairly straightforward. Mrs. Khan is the agent (the one who does the action. She “places,” “sets,” or “puts” an eraser on the desk. Let students know that if they can substitute “places,” “sets,” or “puts” then they should use lays, which is transitive. ...
... Teaching Tip: This sentence is fairly straightforward. Mrs. Khan is the agent (the one who does the action. She “places,” “sets,” or “puts” an eraser on the desk. Let students know that if they can substitute “places,” “sets,” or “puts” then they should use lays, which is transitive. ...