full text - Alexandre Rademaker
... in the CoNLL-X Shared Task in dependency parsing (2006); and very recently it has been converted to Universal Dependencies [21]. The corpus consists of texts in Portuguese (both from Brazil and Portugal) annotated (and analyzed) automatically by the syntactic parser PALAVRAS [4] and reviewed by trai ...
... in the CoNLL-X Shared Task in dependency parsing (2006); and very recently it has been converted to Universal Dependencies [21]. The corpus consists of texts in Portuguese (both from Brazil and Portugal) annotated (and analyzed) automatically by the syntactic parser PALAVRAS [4] and reviewed by trai ...
Making Virtue of Necessity: a Verb Lexicon
... in the CoNLL-X Shared Task in dependency parsing (2006); and very recently it has been converted to Universal Dependencies [21]. The corpus consists of texts in Portuguese (both from Brazil and Portugal) annotated (and analyzed) automatically by the syntactic parser PALAVRAS [4] and reviewed by trai ...
... in the CoNLL-X Shared Task in dependency parsing (2006); and very recently it has been converted to Universal Dependencies [21]. The corpus consists of texts in Portuguese (both from Brazil and Portugal) annotated (and analyzed) automatically by the syntactic parser PALAVRAS [4] and reviewed by trai ...
A Short Course on Some Grammar Basics
... I grew up with a whole passel of folks who would scream across the school cafetorium, “Barry and I are skipping chemistry and going to Sunshine’s for potato skins. Do you want to (pronounced: djawanna) come with?” As “being cool,” which was synonymous with “being one of the gang,” was the seat of al ...
... I grew up with a whole passel of folks who would scream across the school cafetorium, “Barry and I are skipping chemistry and going to Sunshine’s for potato skins. Do you want to (pronounced: djawanna) come with?” As “being cool,” which was synonymous with “being one of the gang,” was the seat of al ...
File - Northgate High School World Languages
... 2. Write letters and short guided compositions. ...
... 2. Write letters and short guided compositions. ...
Appositives - TeacherWeb
... 3. At this level, you will just be concerned with learning how to identify appositives. Therefore, at this time, you are to set off all appositives (with their modifiers) with commas. Later, you will study differences in punctuation rules for appositives. 4. An appositive may occur in any of the sev ...
... 3. At this level, you will just be concerned with learning how to identify appositives. Therefore, at this time, you are to set off all appositives (with their modifiers) with commas. Later, you will study differences in punctuation rules for appositives. 4. An appositive may occur in any of the sev ...
A temporal semantics for Malayalam Conjunctive Participle
... ‘He lives studying, teaching and working.’ The name Conjunctive/Adverbial Participle comes from the two ways these constructions can be translated, either as participle adjuncts serving an adverbial type function, (3), or as conjoined sentences, (2). While they are sometimes translated using conjunc ...
... ‘He lives studying, teaching and working.’ The name Conjunctive/Adverbial Participle comes from the two ways these constructions can be translated, either as participle adjuncts serving an adverbial type function, (3), or as conjoined sentences, (2). While they are sometimes translated using conjunc ...
Parts of Speech - Net Start Class
... A prepositional phrase is made up of the preposition, its object and any associated adjectives or adverbs. A prepositional phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. – The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," " ...
... A prepositional phrase is made up of the preposition, its object and any associated adjectives or adverbs. A prepositional phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. – The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," " ...
Diction and Idiom Errors
... Count nouns have a plural form and can be counted without the aid of a “measure word”: “seven books” “three children” “two grievances” Certain nouns in English used to discuss quantity reflect the distinction between mass and count nouns, but they are often misused. Remember that ...
... Count nouns have a plural form and can be counted without the aid of a “measure word”: “seven books” “three children” “two grievances” Certain nouns in English used to discuss quantity reflect the distinction between mass and count nouns, but they are often misused. Remember that ...
An Introduction to Old English
... fifth century until the time of the Norman Conquest or shortly thereafter. If it is undoubtedly true that the first sighting of the English of that time comes as a shock to most beginning students, there can be no doubt that an understanding of that language is essential for a proper appreciation of h ...
... fifth century until the time of the Norman Conquest or shortly thereafter. If it is undoubtedly true that the first sighting of the English of that time comes as a shock to most beginning students, there can be no doubt that an understanding of that language is essential for a proper appreciation of h ...
the full article
... What if everything you read was up to 30% shorter and more easily understood? What if everything you wrote was up to 30% shorter and more easily understood? Would that be a skill worth developing? Would your employer or clients notice if your work improved this much? Would their opinion of your skil ...
... What if everything you read was up to 30% shorter and more easily understood? What if everything you wrote was up to 30% shorter and more easily understood? Would that be a skill worth developing? Would your employer or clients notice if your work improved this much? Would their opinion of your skil ...
Brain responses to nouns, verbs and class
... phrase containing an ambiguous item used as either a noun or a verb. Thus, there are suggestions of neural differences as a function of word class across a variety of paradigms and methods. These differences, however, have not been very consistent, and their meaning remains unclear for a number of r ...
... phrase containing an ambiguous item used as either a noun or a verb. Thus, there are suggestions of neural differences as a function of word class across a variety of paradigms and methods. These differences, however, have not been very consistent, and their meaning remains unclear for a number of r ...
Grade 10
... In previous years, students read mostly for enjoyment, but now they will learn about the makeup of literature by studying a variety of literary terms and devices such as imagery and figurative language. While the first part of World Literature offers a background to the study of world literature, th ...
... In previous years, students read mostly for enjoyment, but now they will learn about the makeup of literature by studying a variety of literary terms and devices such as imagery and figurative language. While the first part of World Literature offers a background to the study of world literature, th ...
Rationale for Sentence Diagramming
... work with the children's choir." It's hard to tell whether to use me or I. But when you diagram it, you strip it down to the core which is, "The director thanked (me/I)." Now that you've simplified it, it's easy to fix. 3. For some students, diagramming just works much better as a key to understandi ...
... work with the children's choir." It's hard to tell whether to use me or I. But when you diagram it, you strip it down to the core which is, "The director thanked (me/I)." Now that you've simplified it, it's easy to fix. 3. For some students, diagramming just works much better as a key to understandi ...
clean - LAGB Education Committee
... adverbial. In Recently, I saw my neighbour in her garden, both recently and in his garden are adverbials - parts of the clause which modify the verb. Like 'modifier', the term 'adverbial' is the name of a grammatical function, named after adverbs, one of the word classes that may be used as adverbia ...
... adverbial. In Recently, I saw my neighbour in her garden, both recently and in his garden are adverbials - parts of the clause which modify the verb. Like 'modifier', the term 'adverbial' is the name of a grammatical function, named after adverbs, one of the word classes that may be used as adverbia ...
Verb Wars Episode #1: A New Gerund
... • Obviously we know that verbs can be used as the main action of the sentence. That’s their main purpose, but they can also serve other functions. • This trimester we’ll talk about three different types of verbs and their uses for enhancing communication. – Gerunds – Participles – Infinitives ...
... • Obviously we know that verbs can be used as the main action of the sentence. That’s their main purpose, but they can also serve other functions. • This trimester we’ll talk about three different types of verbs and their uses for enhancing communication. – Gerunds – Participles – Infinitives ...
The Eight Parts of Speech
... Interjection- An interjection is a word that shows strong emotion. Such examples are Wow!, Ouch!, Hurray!, and Oh no! Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am ...
... Interjection- An interjection is a word that shows strong emotion. Such examples are Wow!, Ouch!, Hurray!, and Oh no! Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am ...
notes-6
... • It is ok to use predicate-specific role names when you want to avoid the vagueness of semantic role names. – E.g., devourer and devouree ...
... • It is ok to use predicate-specific role names when you want to avoid the vagueness of semantic role names. – E.g., devourer and devouree ...
the English
... , or retain （re 回+tain-->拿回来-->保留） , and ceive in conceive, deceive or receive. So bound roots are not words, and so are not free morphemes; they cannot exist on their own. ...
... , or retain （re 回+tain-->拿回来-->保留） , and ceive in conceive, deceive or receive. So bound roots are not words, and so are not free morphemes; they cannot exist on their own. ...
The English Gerund-Participle in Cognitive Grammar
... sequential scanning and can consequently evoke a perfective event, as in (12): (12) Sam’s washing the windows was a shock to everybody, where one understands that Sam performed the complete action of washing the windows. The problem with this is that the participial uses of the -ing form are also c ...
... sequential scanning and can consequently evoke a perfective event, as in (12): (12) Sam’s washing the windows was a shock to everybody, where one understands that Sam performed the complete action of washing the windows. The problem with this is that the participial uses of the -ing form are also c ...
Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar
... The book covers the features of syntax and morphology – colloquial and more formal – that are most useful to the average student. Many other features of modern Hebrew might arguably have been included – but we wished to keep things short and sweet. For a much fuller picture of the language, teachers ...
... The book covers the features of syntax and morphology – colloquial and more formal – that are most useful to the average student. Many other features of modern Hebrew might arguably have been included – but we wished to keep things short and sweet. For a much fuller picture of the language, teachers ...
Animacy Constraints on Prepositional Objects in Medumba, a
... The evidence above points to the tonal contour being associated with the animacy of the object of the spatial preposition. However, there is reason to question this. While there are many examples of an animacy distinction on direct and indirect objects of verbs, we have found no evidence in the lite ...
... The evidence above points to the tonal contour being associated with the animacy of the object of the spatial preposition. However, there is reason to question this. While there are many examples of an animacy distinction on direct and indirect objects of verbs, we have found no evidence in the lite ...
PARAGRAPH #1 – Introduction
... pronoun. This noun or pronoun is called the object of the preposition. The preposition, its object, and the object's modifiers make up a prepositional phrase. MOST COMMONLY USED PREPOSITIONS aboard against along beneath by despite excepting for inside like over since underneath without ...
... pronoun. This noun or pronoun is called the object of the preposition. The preposition, its object, and the object's modifiers make up a prepositional phrase. MOST COMMONLY USED PREPOSITIONS aboard against along beneath by despite excepting for inside like over since underneath without ...
Prepositional Phrases
... 8. During the summer everyone met often at the playground. (2) 9. We could see the crab among the rocks beneath the surface. (2) 10. I laughed in spite of myself. (1) Prepositions • 33 ...
... 8. During the summer everyone met often at the playground. (2) 9. We could see the crab among the rocks beneath the surface. (2) 10. I laughed in spite of myself. (1) Prepositions • 33 ...