
Syntax
... In this way the integral parts of a phrase,i. e. head, specifier, and complement, are distinguished from ...
... In this way the integral parts of a phrase,i. e. head, specifier, and complement, are distinguished from ...
Grammar Study Sheet
... Kevin has cheese. He shares it. The pronoun he is the subject of the sentence. The pronoun it is used after the action verb shares. Chinny met Leah. Chinny showed her the cheese. The pronoun her is used after the action verb showed. A contraction is a short way to put two words together. An apostrop ...
... Kevin has cheese. He shares it. The pronoun he is the subject of the sentence. The pronoun it is used after the action verb shares. Chinny met Leah. Chinny showed her the cheese. The pronoun her is used after the action verb showed. A contraction is a short way to put two words together. An apostrop ...
Pinker_ch7
... Relative clauses- give info about the head N NP->det N S+pronoun (that, which, who, whom) The dog which () ran away liked ice cream. Complement clauses-directly ‘name’ heads VP->V COMP COMP->that-S The dog (believed (that she would get ice cream.)) ...
... Relative clauses- give info about the head N NP->det N S+pronoun (that, which, who, whom) The dog which () ran away liked ice cream. Complement clauses-directly ‘name’ heads VP->V COMP COMP->that-S The dog (believed (that she would get ice cream.)) ...
Doing English Definitions (part 1)
... Relative pronouns: Relative pronouns, such as That, Who, Which, Whose and Whom can be used to introduce relative clauses in sentences and function as adjectives within noun phrases. Clauses: A Clause is a part of a sentence that usually contains a Subject and a Verb. It is usually connected to the o ...
... Relative pronouns: Relative pronouns, such as That, Who, Which, Whose and Whom can be used to introduce relative clauses in sentences and function as adjectives within noun phrases. Clauses: A Clause is a part of a sentence that usually contains a Subject and a Verb. It is usually connected to the o ...
WGNet++summary
... spreading activation in a network explains many of the patterns observed by psycholinguists - e.g. slips of the tongue and ‘priming’ effects. In contrast, most (though not all) other theories of language view language as a collection of lexical items and rules or constructions, leaving the network o ...
... spreading activation in a network explains many of the patterns observed by psycholinguists - e.g. slips of the tongue and ‘priming’ effects. In contrast, most (though not all) other theories of language view language as a collection of lexical items and rules or constructions, leaving the network o ...
The Sentence & Its Parts
... The main focus of the sentence. Descriptive words are not a part of the simple subject. The subject must be a noun or pronoun. ...
... The main focus of the sentence. Descriptive words are not a part of the simple subject. The subject must be a noun or pronoun. ...
LINKING VERBS
... Transition phrases like but, rather and or, express that there is evidence to the contraryor point out alternatives, and thus introduce a change the line of reasoning (contrast). although this may be true in contrast different from of course ..., but on the other hand on the contrary at the same tim ...
... Transition phrases like but, rather and or, express that there is evidence to the contraryor point out alternatives, and thus introduce a change the line of reasoning (contrast). although this may be true in contrast different from of course ..., but on the other hand on the contrary at the same tim ...
English as an Additional Language Pilot : LEA Structures to support
... These verbs are used more often in spoken language than they are in written language where they can often be replaced by more formal or academic verbs; put up with can be replaced by tolerate; put in by insert and so on. Sometimes the meaning can be guessed from the meaning of the parts but more oft ...
... These verbs are used more often in spoken language than they are in written language where they can often be replaced by more formal or academic verbs; put up with can be replaced by tolerate; put in by insert and so on. Sometimes the meaning can be guessed from the meaning of the parts but more oft ...
My CRCT Cheat Sheet - Dr.Christina Edwards
... & are cut up into slices. They show how different parts of a group compare to each other. ●diagrams: show how things work. A picture that shows how something is put together or its individual parts ●timelines: shows you what happened and when ●map: is used to tell where cities, rivers, mountains, et ...
... & are cut up into slices. They show how different parts of a group compare to each other. ●diagrams: show how things work. A picture that shows how something is put together or its individual parts ●timelines: shows you what happened and when ●map: is used to tell where cities, rivers, mountains, et ...
Nouns - Student Blog
... them are quite small, so that it is possible to exhaustively list all the members of the class. Unlike with the open word classes, there is often variation in the terms and classifications used in talking about closed word classes, and different languages have different closed word classes. ...
... them are quite small, so that it is possible to exhaustively list all the members of the class. Unlike with the open word classes, there is often variation in the terms and classifications used in talking about closed word classes, and different languages have different closed word classes. ...
Meeting 2 Word Classes
... Problems with notional definitions o We want to say that they are nouns like the words in Group 1 (woman, table, dogs, morning, garden) o But do they refer to ‘a person, place or thing’? an explosion is an event, not a thing thirst is a state of being, not a thing the arrival of the train is ...
... Problems with notional definitions o We want to say that they are nouns like the words in Group 1 (woman, table, dogs, morning, garden) o But do they refer to ‘a person, place or thing’? an explosion is an event, not a thing thirst is a state of being, not a thing the arrival of the train is ...
Book Reviews
... found in chapters two to four. Chapter two provides a welcome and highly informative literature review from a multilingual perspective. Parenthetically, one of the many strengths of Bustos Plaza’s work is precisely his familiarity with and his incorporation of research conducted on verb-noun constru ...
... found in chapters two to four. Chapter two provides a welcome and highly informative literature review from a multilingual perspective. Parenthetically, one of the many strengths of Bustos Plaza’s work is precisely his familiarity with and his incorporation of research conducted on verb-noun constru ...
File
... 1. Direct objects and indirect objects only go with action verbs, and they are not always in a sentence. Direct objects answer "what" with the verb, and indirect objects answer "who/whom" with the verb Ex: I gave my mother flowers. Flowers is the direct object, and mother is the indirect object. 2 ...
... 1. Direct objects and indirect objects only go with action verbs, and they are not always in a sentence. Direct objects answer "what" with the verb, and indirect objects answer "who/whom" with the verb Ex: I gave my mother flowers. Flowers is the direct object, and mother is the indirect object. 2 ...
Connotative Meaning
... The word ‘koboi’ from the English ‘cowboy’ and the indigenous word ‘gembala sapi’. They have the same denotation, still no one would say ‘film gembala sapi’ instead of saying ‘film koboi’. The latter still contains Western, especially American, connotations. The word ‘koboi’ immediately takes the In ...
... The word ‘koboi’ from the English ‘cowboy’ and the indigenous word ‘gembala sapi’. They have the same denotation, still no one would say ‘film gembala sapi’ instead of saying ‘film koboi’. The latter still contains Western, especially American, connotations. The word ‘koboi’ immediately takes the In ...
Writing and Grammar
... Subordinating Conjunctions: connect two complete ideas by making one of the ideas subordinate to the other. To subordinate means to “place below another in rank or importance”. Examples: Although, even though, unless, as long as, as soon as, etc. ...
... Subordinating Conjunctions: connect two complete ideas by making one of the ideas subordinate to the other. To subordinate means to “place below another in rank or importance”. Examples: Although, even though, unless, as long as, as soon as, etc. ...
Verbals
... What is a gerunds? • A verb functioning as a noun. • Because it is acting as a noun, it can be anything a noun is: subject, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, predicate nominative, appositive. ...
... What is a gerunds? • A verb functioning as a noun. • Because it is acting as a noun, it can be anything a noun is: subject, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, predicate nominative, appositive. ...
ESL 110/111 Intermediate 2
... and non-progressive verbs and their progressive idiomatic meanings (this includes primary auxiliary verb usage for negation and interrogation). (b) that you know how to distinguish between the simple and progress aspects of the past tense: verb agreement for clauses that express interrupted action a ...
... and non-progressive verbs and their progressive idiomatic meanings (this includes primary auxiliary verb usage for negation and interrogation). (b) that you know how to distinguish between the simple and progress aspects of the past tense: verb agreement for clauses that express interrupted action a ...
present participle - Johnson County Community College
... Present participles are verbs which usually end in ing. These verbs can be used in conjunction with other verbs. I am going to the store. I will be traveling to Chicago. ...
... Present participles are verbs which usually end in ing. These verbs can be used in conjunction with other verbs. I am going to the store. I will be traveling to Chicago. ...
Grammar A Quick Tour
... “Grammar” describes both the organization of the parts of speech that make up language and the accepted ways a particular language is organized to make meaning. That is, English grammar is made of building blocks similar to those of other languages like Mandarin, Urdu, Greek, Latin, but these buildi ...
... “Grammar” describes both the organization of the parts of speech that make up language and the accepted ways a particular language is organized to make meaning. That is, English grammar is made of building blocks similar to those of other languages like Mandarin, Urdu, Greek, Latin, but these buildi ...
Present Progressive
... The ______________ _________________ is formed by combining the verb “ _____ _______” or _________ with the present participle. The present participle is the “___________” form of a verb. Modelo en inglés: I am studying or I am studying with María. In Spanish, the present progressive is ONLY u ...
... The ______________ _________________ is formed by combining the verb “ _____ _______” or _________ with the present participle. The present participle is the “___________” form of a verb. Modelo en inglés: I am studying or I am studying with María. In Spanish, the present progressive is ONLY u ...
Library Orientation and Clauses and Phrases (G#2)
... Phrases can be of many types, added in various places in sentences, and serve many purposes, but they can’t be sentences on their own. ...
... Phrases can be of many types, added in various places in sentences, and serve many purposes, but they can’t be sentences on their own. ...
All About Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
... Identify the gerund in each sentence. • The giggling from the students could be heard in the next room. • The stadium officials would not tolerate booing. • Reviewing for the test was tiresome. Participles: Participles are formed when –ed or –ing is added to a verb. The participle acts as an adjecti ...
... Identify the gerund in each sentence. • The giggling from the students could be heard in the next room. • The stadium officials would not tolerate booing. • Reviewing for the test was tiresome. Participles: Participles are formed when –ed or –ing is added to a verb. The participle acts as an adjecti ...
Lexical semantics

Lexical semantics (also known as lexicosemantics), is a subfield of linguistic semantics. The units of analysis in lexical semantics are lexical units which include not only words but also sub-words or sub-units such as affixes and even compound words and phrases. Lexical units make up the catalogue of words in a language, the lexicon. Lexical semantics looks at how the meaning of the lexical units correlates with the structure of the language or syntax. This is referred to as syntax-semantic interface.The study of lexical semantics looks at: the classification and decomposition of lexical items the differences and similarities in lexical semantic structure cross-linguistically the relationship of lexical meaning to sentence meaning and syntax.Lexical units, also referred to as syntactic atoms, can stand alone such as in the case of root words or parts of compound words or they necessarily attach to other units such as prefixes and suffixes do. The former are called free morphemes and the latter bound morphemes. They fall into a narrow range of meanings (semantic fields) and can combine with each other to generate new meanings.