Examples
... buildings and streets. 2. A second common mistake is to put the apostrophe in the wrong place for singular and plural words. This can completely change the meaning of the sentence. Examples: The pupil’s uniform was very smart. (one pupil) The pupils’ uniform was very smart. (lots of pupils) 3. T ...
... buildings and streets. 2. A second common mistake is to put the apostrophe in the wrong place for singular and plural words. This can completely change the meaning of the sentence. Examples: The pupil’s uniform was very smart. (one pupil) The pupils’ uniform was very smart. (lots of pupils) 3. T ...
Everyday Grammar and Punctuation.
... 2. A second common mistake is to put the apostrophe in the wrong place for singular and plural words. This can completely change the meaning of the sentence. Examples: The pupil’s uniform was very smart. (one pupil) The pupils’ uniform was very smart. (lots of pupils) 3. These words, its, his, h ...
... 2. A second common mistake is to put the apostrophe in the wrong place for singular and plural words. This can completely change the meaning of the sentence. Examples: The pupil’s uniform was very smart. (one pupil) The pupils’ uniform was very smart. (lots of pupils) 3. These words, its, his, h ...
Everyday Grammar and Punctuation.
... buildings and streets. 2. A second common mistake is to put the apostrophe in the wrong place for singular and plural words. This can completely change the meaning of the sentence. Examples: The pupil’s uniform was very smart. (one pupil) The pupils’ uniform was very smart. (lots of pupils) 3. T ...
... buildings and streets. 2. A second common mistake is to put the apostrophe in the wrong place for singular and plural words. This can completely change the meaning of the sentence. Examples: The pupil’s uniform was very smart. (one pupil) The pupils’ uniform was very smart. (lots of pupils) 3. T ...
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Second Language Knowledge of [+/-Past] vs. [+/-Finite]
... conclude that SX does indeed have some knowledge of [past] and manages to apply its morphological reflexes most of the time;1 the problem then is to try to figure out possible reasons for why such marking appears to be less than categorical. The significantly higher rate of omission of past tense ma ...
... conclude that SX does indeed have some knowledge of [past] and manages to apply its morphological reflexes most of the time;1 the problem then is to try to figure out possible reasons for why such marking appears to be less than categorical. The significantly higher rate of omission of past tense ma ...
Tips`n`Tricks Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Luston Primary
... buildings and streets. 2. A second common mistake is to put the apostrophe in the wrong place for singular and plural words. This can completely change the meaning of the sentence. Examples: The pupil’s uniform was very smart. (one pupil) The pupils’ uniform was very smart. (lots of pupils) 3. T ...
... buildings and streets. 2. A second common mistake is to put the apostrophe in the wrong place for singular and plural words. This can completely change the meaning of the sentence. Examples: The pupil’s uniform was very smart. (one pupil) The pupils’ uniform was very smart. (lots of pupils) 3. T ...
Semantic memory for syntactic disambiguation
... Thus if semantic memory contains a match for “activity” and “reading” (such as from the sentence “My favorite activity was reading.”), but the agent is processing a sentence like “My favorite pastime was reading.”, a partial match will result since “activity” and “pastime” are close semantically. Fi ...
... Thus if semantic memory contains a match for “activity” and “reading” (such as from the sentence “My favorite activity was reading.”), but the agent is processing a sentence like “My favorite pastime was reading.”, a partial match will result since “activity” and “pastime” are close semantically. Fi ...
Lexical Rules for Deverbal Adjectives
... a lesser degree, temporal, which are also seen as being more logically structured (see Bierwisch 1967, 1989, Greimas 1966, Teller 1969, Zhurinskiy 1971, Dowty 1972, Siegel 1976:107-149 and 1979, Spang-Hanssen 1990, Spejewski 1995, and others). Obviously, the semantic analysis of adjectives shares ma ...
... a lesser degree, temporal, which are also seen as being more logically structured (see Bierwisch 1967, 1989, Greimas 1966, Teller 1969, Zhurinskiy 1971, Dowty 1972, Siegel 1976:107-149 and 1979, Spang-Hanssen 1990, Spejewski 1995, and others). Obviously, the semantic analysis of adjectives shares ma ...
THE LANGUAGE OF SOLZENICYN`s "ODIN DEN
... of thousands of words and provides the writer with a great variety of forms to choose from. 9 In selec ting words ,.~ author takes into account not only their Inherent meaning, but the stylistic emotional overtones of each word. On the pages that follow, a wide selection of words ...
... of thousands of words and provides the writer with a great variety of forms to choose from. 9 In selec ting words ,.~ author takes into account not only their Inherent meaning, but the stylistic emotional overtones of each word. On the pages that follow, a wide selection of words ...
Semantic Constraints on Lexical Categories
... The first use of linguistic knowledge in our example is rather elementary. Our scenario has some objects-the train, the bridge, the ravine, the people-and a cluster of events. Given some knowledge of English syntax and morphology. we can deduce that ganred is a verb. Given the knowledge that verbs a ...
... The first use of linguistic knowledge in our example is rather elementary. Our scenario has some objects-the train, the bridge, the ravine, the people-and a cluster of events. Given some knowledge of English syntax and morphology. we can deduce that ganred is a verb. Given the knowledge that verbs a ...
Morphology and Reranking for the Statistical Parsing of Spanish
... most of the world’s languages exhibit far richer morphologies. Spanish is one of these languages. For instance, the forms of Spanish nouns, determiners, and adjectives reflect both number and gender; pronouns reflect gender, number, person, and case. Furthermore, morphological constraints may be man ...
... most of the world’s languages exhibit far richer morphologies. Spanish is one of these languages. For instance, the forms of Spanish nouns, determiners, and adjectives reflect both number and gender; pronouns reflect gender, number, person, and case. Furthermore, morphological constraints may be man ...
Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure
... deciding which of the participants in a given event is to be expressed as the subject of the sentence; second, there is the matter of deciding which of the remaining participants is to be expressed as the direct object (if any). Any remaining participants are then typically expressed as oblique NPs ...
... deciding which of the participants in a given event is to be expressed as the subject of the sentence; second, there is the matter of deciding which of the remaining participants is to be expressed as the direct object (if any). Any remaining participants are then typically expressed as oblique NPs ...
The middle and passive derivations in Konso
... Independent of the question of the passive of the intransitive verb, there is the option of a construction in Konso in which there is no subject marking on the verb. This is a kind of cleft construction with a fronted noun followed by a relative verb form that functions as a complete sentence. In su ...
... Independent of the question of the passive of the intransitive verb, there is the option of a construction in Konso in which there is no subject marking on the verb. This is a kind of cleft construction with a fronted noun followed by a relative verb form that functions as a complete sentence. In su ...
Pronouns - Wayzata Public Schools
... to do it. I once let a friend copy my homework because he forgot to do it. If someone doesn’t listen to their friends about cheating, they may lose their social status among friends. If someone doesn’t listen to his or her friends about cheating, he or she may lose social status among friends. Event ...
... to do it. I once let a friend copy my homework because he forgot to do it. If someone doesn’t listen to their friends about cheating, they may lose their social status among friends. If someone doesn’t listen to his or her friends about cheating, he or she may lose social status among friends. Event ...
DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR (SYNTAX)–Section 1 Parts of speech 1
... a/ Subject, e.g. Whether you like it or not is not important. b/ Appositive to subject, e.g. The decision, whether they should do it or not, has been taken. c/ Subject complement, e.g. The question is whether it will happen or not. d/ Direct object, e.g. I don’t know whether she will come or not. e/ ...
... a/ Subject, e.g. Whether you like it or not is not important. b/ Appositive to subject, e.g. The decision, whether they should do it or not, has been taken. c/ Subject complement, e.g. The question is whether it will happen or not. d/ Direct object, e.g. I don’t know whether she will come or not. e/ ...
Word Order - Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft
... One of the primary ways in which languages differ from one another is in the order of constituents, or, as it is most commonly termed, their word order. When people refer to the word order of a language, they often are referring specifically to the order of subject, object, and verb with respect to ...
... One of the primary ways in which languages differ from one another is in the order of constituents, or, as it is most commonly termed, their word order. When people refer to the word order of a language, they often are referring specifically to the order of subject, object, and verb with respect to ...
II. FRAME OF THEORIES In this second chapter the writer presents
... Wright (1968:73) also says that flashcard is printed with words and picture which can be handled easily by the teacher. It means that the teacher could create the flashcards and the sizes of the flashcards could be determined. According to Lado (1964:197) flashcards are set of cards with a word or p ...
... Wright (1968:73) also says that flashcard is printed with words and picture which can be handled easily by the teacher. It means that the teacher could create the flashcards and the sizes of the flashcards could be determined. According to Lado (1964:197) flashcards are set of cards with a word or p ...
Contrastive collostructional analysis: Causative
... Two types of collostructional analysis were carried out, namely a simple collexeme analysis (Section 5.2) and a distinctive collexeme analysis (Section 5.3). The computation of simple collexeme analysis, which considers one slot in one construction, is based on the frequency of the words in this slo ...
... Two types of collostructional analysis were carried out, namely a simple collexeme analysis (Section 5.2) and a distinctive collexeme analysis (Section 5.3). The computation of simple collexeme analysis, which considers one slot in one construction, is based on the frequency of the words in this slo ...
Chapter 8 The verb complex
... occurs in a serial construction, or where in the series it occurs. All other verb complex modifiers modify the entire predication, whether it is a single verb or a series. The internal characteristics of verb serialisation are discussed in 7.5. Many functions performed by adverbials in some language ...
... occurs in a serial construction, or where in the series it occurs. All other verb complex modifiers modify the entire predication, whether it is a single verb or a series. The internal characteristics of verb serialisation are discussed in 7.5. Many functions performed by adverbials in some language ...
A multi-modular approach to gradual change in
... argues that the quantity meaning of bunch and similar nouns is likely to have developed through a process of metonymy whereby an attribute of the original object denoted by the noun has become its primary denotation. In the case of bunch, the typically large size or large number of items in the bund ...
... argues that the quantity meaning of bunch and similar nouns is likely to have developed through a process of metonymy whereby an attribute of the original object denoted by the noun has become its primary denotation. In the case of bunch, the typically large size or large number of items in the bund ...
Internal and external forces again: changes in word order in Old
... be prosodic. But as Vennemann points out (personal communication) the essential question is why an inherited Indo-European phenomenom like Wackernagel’s Law seems only to have affected some languages. As there is no simple answer to this he rejects the use of Wackernagel’s Law in accounts of word ord ...
... be prosodic. But as Vennemann points out (personal communication) the essential question is why an inherited Indo-European phenomenom like Wackernagel’s Law seems only to have affected some languages. As there is no simple answer to this he rejects the use of Wackernagel’s Law in accounts of word ord ...
Prosody Drives the Syntax: O`odham Rhythm
... Tohono O'odham (TO; formerly Papago) is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in southern Arizona. It is a language with free word order, although there are some constraints on where certain elements may or may not appear. The two restrictions relevant for this paper are those placed on the g determiner and ...
... Tohono O'odham (TO; formerly Papago) is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in southern Arizona. It is a language with free word order, although there are some constraints on where certain elements may or may not appear. The two restrictions relevant for this paper are those placed on the g determiner and ...
V11_A7 - Philippine ESL Journal
... as the earlier mentioned ones. The linguistic studies on Hiligaynon reviewed in this paper spanned over 100 years. The first one (Jonkergauw, 1900) looks into the grammar of the language, but covers a limited number of word classes or parts of speech. The latest study in the review (Corradini, 2009) ...
... as the earlier mentioned ones. The linguistic studies on Hiligaynon reviewed in this paper spanned over 100 years. The first one (Jonkergauw, 1900) looks into the grammar of the language, but covers a limited number of word classes or parts of speech. The latest study in the review (Corradini, 2009) ...
grammar common challenges for spanish
... In English the rules for speaking about the future are more rigid than in Spanish. To make predictions, promises or offers, or to announce spontaneous decisions, we use the auxiliary will; to speak about decisions we have already taken we use be going to. To speak about something programmed or organ ...
... In English the rules for speaking about the future are more rigid than in Spanish. To make predictions, promises or offers, or to announce spontaneous decisions, we use the auxiliary will; to speak about decisions we have already taken we use be going to. To speak about something programmed or organ ...
Construction to be going to + Infinitive occupies a specific place in
... The category of futurity occupies a special place in the temporal system of a verb. First of all, special attention should be paid to the specific meaning of future: while the present and past tense forms express real facts that took or take place, future tense forms do not denote any facts at all. ...
... The category of futurity occupies a special place in the temporal system of a verb. First of all, special attention should be paid to the specific meaning of future: while the present and past tense forms express real facts that took or take place, future tense forms do not denote any facts at all. ...