This chapter makes theoretical contributions to construction grammar
... The representation of Russian (and potentially any other) grammar as a radial category of constructions yields added benefits. Speakers’ knowledge of a language may well be organized by their knowledge of relations between (the meanings of) constructions (van den Eynde 1995: 116ff; Goldberg 1995: 67 ...
... The representation of Russian (and potentially any other) grammar as a radial category of constructions yields added benefits. Speakers’ knowledge of a language may well be organized by their knowledge of relations between (the meanings of) constructions (van den Eynde 1995: 116ff; Goldberg 1995: 67 ...
Unit 1 Homes and habits - Assets
... 3 How true are sentences 1–8 for you? Rewrite those that are not true, using different frequency adverbs and expressions. I rarely listen to music on the radio. I listen to music on the radio nearly all the ...
... 3 How true are sentences 1–8 for you? Rewrite those that are not true, using different frequency adverbs and expressions. I rarely listen to music on the radio. I listen to music on the radio nearly all the ...
n dbook - La Trobe University
... 4.. w alone requires special attention. A chief difficulty in dealing with Wisa speech is the frequent occurrence of a sound not used in English, and requiring a position of the vocal organs not natural, and so at first not at command. Apart from technicalities, it m a y be described as a w sound, m ...
... 4.. w alone requires special attention. A chief difficulty in dealing with Wisa speech is the frequent occurrence of a sound not used in English, and requiring a position of the vocal organs not natural, and so at first not at command. Apart from technicalities, it m a y be described as a w sound, m ...
a grammatical error analysis on applying irregular verbs done by the
... these pronouns: I, my, mine, me, myself ...
... these pronouns: I, my, mine, me, myself ...
A Critique of The Effects of Essay Topics on Modal Verb Uses in L1
... only similarity among the non-native students is their TOEFL scores ...
... only similarity among the non-native students is their TOEFL scores ...
Conflicting cues and competition in subject–verb agreement
... effects of distributivity can also be found in English under certain circumstances, and she attributed the difference between her results and the failure to find effects of distributivity in Bock and Miller (1991) to differences in the imageability of the preamble phrases. Similarly, Bock et al. (1999) ...
... effects of distributivity can also be found in English under certain circumstances, and she attributed the difference between her results and the failure to find effects of distributivity in Bock and Miller (1991) to differences in the imageability of the preamble phrases. Similarly, Bock et al. (1999) ...
classroom research on the teaching of phrasal
... On some ocassions, the use of dictionaries, especially those aimed at Spanish speakers may be of help for Spanish students. In fact, a review of some of them may be interesting, and could also be useful in a further research project. For instance, and taking the COLLINS COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal ...
... On some ocassions, the use of dictionaries, especially those aimed at Spanish speakers may be of help for Spanish students. In fact, a review of some of them may be interesting, and could also be useful in a further research project. For instance, and taking the COLLINS COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal ...
LEX
... (masc) or feminine (fem) referring to male or female people respectively. See section 14.2 of "The SPECIALIST Lexicon". There are four codes possible in this field: ...
... (masc) or feminine (fem) referring to male or female people respectively. See section 14.2 of "The SPECIALIST Lexicon". There are four codes possible in this field: ...
74. Colloquial Expressions and Idioms 75. Word Formation
... Passive with Absentee Subjects Passive forms may have a definite or indefinite subject, or no apparent subject at all. The accusative object of an active sentence becomes the nominative subject of the passive sentence. But sometimes there is no accusative object. Since a verb cannot be in the first ...
... Passive with Absentee Subjects Passive forms may have a definite or indefinite subject, or no apparent subject at all. The accusative object of an active sentence becomes the nominative subject of the passive sentence. But sometimes there is no accusative object. Since a verb cannot be in the first ...
Semantic Opposition and WORDNET
... semantic relations used in this experiment is given in Figure 1. Adjectives are organized using a flat structure consisting of (two) directly opposing antonyms, each with an accompanying cluster of similar adjectives (encoded by the SIM relation). Hence, these similar adjectives are indirect antonym ...
... semantic relations used in this experiment is given in Figure 1. Adjectives are organized using a flat structure consisting of (two) directly opposing antonyms, each with an accompanying cluster of similar adjectives (encoded by the SIM relation). Hence, these similar adjectives are indirect antonym ...
Commas - HCC Learning Web
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
Indirect Object Pronouns and the Verb Dar – To Give
... Plural and Singular? Is the indirect object singular or plural? Who is ...
... Plural and Singular? Is the indirect object singular or plural? Who is ...
LIMITS OF A SENTENCE BASED PROCEDURAL APPROACH FOR
... Vendler 1967) can be translated in an analogous way into perfectiv¢ aspect forms unless the context suggests iterativity. ...
... Vendler 1967) can be translated in an analogous way into perfectiv¢ aspect forms unless the context suggests iterativity. ...
Chapter 4 Syntax
... (VP): often dream Adjective phrase (AP): very pessimistic Prepositional phrase (PP): in the house Adverbial phrase (ADVP) : very quickly ...
... (VP): often dream Adjective phrase (AP): very pessimistic Prepositional phrase (PP): in the house Adverbial phrase (ADVP) : very quickly ...
Spelling - take2theweb
... There are many strategies that can help with spelling: Word Banks. If you need to use specialist vocabulary for a certain topic, create a word bank containing those words and always refer to it before using a word in a piece of written work. Spell Speak. Break up words into syllables orally, e.g. fe ...
... There are many strategies that can help with spelling: Word Banks. If you need to use specialist vocabulary for a certain topic, create a word bank containing those words and always refer to it before using a word in a piece of written work. Spell Speak. Break up words into syllables orally, e.g. fe ...
Relative pronouns and relative clauses
... The churches here, many of which need renovating, were built 500 years ago. To show possession when referring to things we can also use noun + of which or that … ...
... The churches here, many of which need renovating, were built 500 years ago. To show possession when referring to things we can also use noun + of which or that … ...
Volume 11 (2001) – Proceedings from the Fourth Workshop on
... Totor6 is also clearly in this family; however it is not clear from available materials if it is better treated as a separate language closely related to Guambiano or as a dialect of Guambiano. All languages of this family are typologically similar. For example, all are verb final (with the usual co ...
... Totor6 is also clearly in this family; however it is not clear from available materials if it is better treated as a separate language closely related to Guambiano or as a dialect of Guambiano. All languages of this family are typologically similar. For example, all are verb final (with the usual co ...
- bYTEBoss
... Absolutes are almost complete sentences. As a test, you can make any absolute a sentence by adding was or were. An Absolute is usually written with a participle + a noun. Example: ...
... Absolutes are almost complete sentences. As a test, you can make any absolute a sentence by adding was or were. An Absolute is usually written with a participle + a noun. Example: ...
Translation of Spanish Multiword Expressions into Basque: linguistic
... While Multiword Expressions (MWEs) are constantly used in both oral and written texts, they do not usually follow the common grammatical and lexical rules of languages. Sometimes, the way they are formed is atypical; at other times, their usage in a sentence is non-standard; and sometimes, their mea ...
... While Multiword Expressions (MWEs) are constantly used in both oral and written texts, they do not usually follow the common grammatical and lexical rules of languages. Sometimes, the way they are formed is atypical; at other times, their usage in a sentence is non-standard; and sometimes, their mea ...
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter explains the background
... This noun phrase was preceded by word “the” a word traditionally referred to as definite article. Had been blown open by the storm is a verb phrase but inside verb phrase in turn breaks up into preposition phrase “by the storm” and a further noun phrase as a subject because the sentence is passive v ...
... This noun phrase was preceded by word “the” a word traditionally referred to as definite article. Had been blown open by the storm is a verb phrase but inside verb phrase in turn breaks up into preposition phrase “by the storm” and a further noun phrase as a subject because the sentence is passive v ...
AspectuAlity in Hindi: tHe two pAirs of Aspects
... etc. “is/was coming”) tenses represent imperfective aspect only, and the perfect (āyā hai/thā etc. – “have/had come”) and indefinite (āyā/āegā etc. “came/will come”) tenses are contextual and on the scale of imperfective and perfective, they can be either. This way of expressing the aspect is not un ...
... etc. “is/was coming”) tenses represent imperfective aspect only, and the perfect (āyā hai/thā etc. – “have/had come”) and indefinite (āyā/āegā etc. “came/will come”) tenses are contextual and on the scale of imperfective and perfective, they can be either. This way of expressing the aspect is not un ...
Lesson 5 Verbs--Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles
... An infinitive is a verbal in its basic form with or without the word to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives. When the word to is absent, the infinitive is said to be a bare infinitive; when it is present, it is generally considered to be a part of the infinitive, known ...
... An infinitive is a verbal in its basic form with or without the word to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives. When the word to is absent, the infinitive is said to be a bare infinitive; when it is present, it is generally considered to be a part of the infinitive, known ...
The fuzzy boundaries of operator verb and support verb
... and various terminologies. In this paper, we adopt the Zellig S. Harris’s (1991) transformational operator grammar framework. As early as 1964, Harris (1964, p.216-7) proposed the concept and named this particular type of construction as “U operator” nominalizations, linking sentences such as He stu ...
... and various terminologies. In this paper, we adopt the Zellig S. Harris’s (1991) transformational operator grammar framework. As early as 1964, Harris (1964, p.216-7) proposed the concept and named this particular type of construction as “U operator” nominalizations, linking sentences such as He stu ...