Lecture 5 - ELTE / SEAS
... patterns. This restriction was termed the Obligatory Contour Principle. It may be that doubleing, double for and double az phenomena are the syntactic versions of violations of the Obligatory Contour Principle, in which case it seems that there is something very deep rooted and not at all surface ba ...
... patterns. This restriction was termed the Obligatory Contour Principle. It may be that doubleing, double for and double az phenomena are the syntactic versions of violations of the Obligatory Contour Principle, in which case it seems that there is something very deep rooted and not at all surface ba ...
6 - Rutgers Optimality Archive
... (1968) proposed such a direct connection with his ‘deep cases’. The system of abstract cases might be the same universally. This is quite clear for thematic roles, but it is not obvious for the structural cases. Not all languages have a genuine morphological case for subjects, as, e.g., exemplified ...
... (1968) proposed such a direct connection with his ‘deep cases’. The system of abstract cases might be the same universally. This is quite clear for thematic roles, but it is not obvious for the structural cases. Not all languages have a genuine morphological case for subjects, as, e.g., exemplified ...
Adjectives and adverbs
... used to compress information into a two-word expression, which is used as an attributive adjective in a noun phrase. In speech, without time for planning or editing, relative clauses seem easier to produce for certain kinds of information. In contrast, the more compact expression resulting from a co ...
... used to compress information into a two-word expression, which is used as an attributive adjective in a noun phrase. In speech, without time for planning or editing, relative clauses seem easier to produce for certain kinds of information. In contrast, the more compact expression resulting from a co ...
Free English Grammar E
... His boss allows him to work from home, unlike mine. She’s very friendly, unlike her sister. ...
... His boss allows him to work from home, unlike mine. She’s very friendly, unlike her sister. ...
On the Tense-Aspect system of Bolivian
... designates the members of the community, as opposed to all other people, especially the white invaders). In what follows, I shall sometimes refer to Paraguayan Guaraní for comparison (abbreviated as PG). The main dialects of BCG, according to the evidence I could gather (and also according to Meliá ...
... designates the members of the community, as opposed to all other people, especially the white invaders). In what follows, I shall sometimes refer to Paraguayan Guaraní for comparison (abbreviated as PG). The main dialects of BCG, according to the evidence I could gather (and also according to Meliá ...
Grammatical Relations Author Contact Information Corresponding
... or postpositions), which combine with NPs to give rise to analytical elements that indicate grammatical relations (e.g., in English, the combination of preposition to and NP, such as to Mary in (1), encodes the indirect object). In some languages, overt morphological marking may be indicated not on ...
... or postpositions), which combine with NPs to give rise to analytical elements that indicate grammatical relations (e.g., in English, the combination of preposition to and NP, such as to Mary in (1), encodes the indirect object). In some languages, overt morphological marking may be indicated not on ...
Gerund or Infinitive?
... 3. Both gerunds and infinitives can be used as the subject or the complement of a sentence. However, as subjects or complements, gerunds usually sound more like normal, spoken English, whereas infinitives sound more abstract. In the following sentences, gerunds sound more natural and would be more ...
... 3. Both gerunds and infinitives can be used as the subject or the complement of a sentence. However, as subjects or complements, gerunds usually sound more like normal, spoken English, whereas infinitives sound more abstract. In the following sentences, gerunds sound more natural and would be more ...
Dangling Modifiers - The College of Saint Rose
... The sentence now clearly states that Justin found the test easy to pass after studying. The person performing the action is found within the independent clause, following the opening phrase. ...
... The sentence now clearly states that Justin found the test easy to pass after studying. The person performing the action is found within the independent clause, following the opening phrase. ...
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... Ten thousand say I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company; I gazed-and gazed-but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft when on my co ...
... Ten thousand say I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company; I gazed-and gazed-but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft when on my co ...
effects of concord errors in the essays of students in selected senior
... spoken form. In the written form, formal rules are applied strictly while the spoken form which is largely informal, these rules are not obligatory. The Nigerian English does not differentiate between formal and informal usage in speech; but keeps strictly to the formal in writing. From the various ...
... spoken form. In the written form, formal rules are applied strictly while the spoken form which is largely informal, these rules are not obligatory. The Nigerian English does not differentiate between formal and informal usage in speech; but keeps strictly to the formal in writing. From the various ...
The Cambridge Learner Corpus - Error Coding and Analysis
... be expressed better by paraphrase - this is not our task. We are only correcting and documenting errors. Equally, the coder must resist the temptation to make moral judgements about a student's intended meaning. If the language used is 'correct', the idea behind it is not brought into question. 4.2. ...
... be expressed better by paraphrase - this is not our task. We are only correcting and documenting errors. Equally, the coder must resist the temptation to make moral judgements about a student's intended meaning. If the language used is 'correct', the idea behind it is not brought into question. 4.2. ...
ianguage - University of California, Berkeley
... phonetic changes are unconscious and without exception and that analogy plays a tremendous r6le in all languages, are either entirely neglected or only incidentally treated. This freedom from the restraint of the classical school of philologists is of the greatest importance and significance. It ena ...
... phonetic changes are unconscious and without exception and that analogy plays a tremendous r6le in all languages, are either entirely neglected or only incidentally treated. This freedom from the restraint of the classical school of philologists is of the greatest importance and significance. It ena ...
Missing Objects in Persian
... Hankamer and Sag’s (1976) analysis that verb phrase ellipsis (VPE), a type of surface anaphora, cannot occur with a contextual antecedent (6a) but rather requires a linguistic antecedent (6b). However, this does not hold in other types of anaphora such as null objects and do it anaphora. As shown in ...
... Hankamer and Sag’s (1976) analysis that verb phrase ellipsis (VPE), a type of surface anaphora, cannot occur with a contextual antecedent (6a) but rather requires a linguistic antecedent (6b). However, this does not hold in other types of anaphora such as null objects and do it anaphora. As shown in ...
Dependency in Linguistic Description
... that (information) means, strictly speaking, (degree of organization).) More specifically, all the units which constitute the utterance—let us limit ourselves here, for simplicity's sake, to wordforms— are arranged by the speaker in well-specified configurations, according to numerous complicated ru ...
... that (information) means, strictly speaking, (degree of organization).) More specifically, all the units which constitute the utterance—let us limit ourselves here, for simplicity's sake, to wordforms— are arranged by the speaker in well-specified configurations, according to numerous complicated ru ...
BSL 320. Linguistics Exam 1.1 Describe the difference between a
... a threat to BSL because of the power of English. The manual alphabet is used for fingerspelling whole words that do not have equivalents in BSL, and for the names of people and places. Sign Supported English – in SSE the key words of a sentence are signed, while the person speaks. This means the mai ...
... a threat to BSL because of the power of English. The manual alphabet is used for fingerspelling whole words that do not have equivalents in BSL, and for the names of people and places. Sign Supported English – in SSE the key words of a sentence are signed, while the person speaks. This means the mai ...
Grammar - Mrs. Celello
... An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Its subject is not stated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin with a capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end with an exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when yo ...
... An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Its subject is not stated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin with a capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end with an exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when yo ...
“Comparative typology of loose objects in Modern English
... big white house the phrase unable... Tessie is a loose attribute to the subject, which is a personal pronoun. In this case the loose attribute acquires a distinctly causal shade of meaning, and this is due to the lexical meanings of the words (mainly, the words unable to sit and got up). Compare als ...
... big white house the phrase unable... Tessie is a loose attribute to the subject, which is a personal pronoun. In this case the loose attribute acquires a distinctly causal shade of meaning, and this is due to the lexical meanings of the words (mainly, the words unable to sit and got up). Compare als ...
Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1: Grammar
... An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Its subject is not stated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin with a capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end with an exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when yo ...
... An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Its subject is not stated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin with a capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end with an exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when yo ...
Depiction Verbs and the Definiteness Effect
... because of their conservativity-domain property. Since ‘several’, for example, is intersective, ‘several trees are in the scene’ has things in the scene as a conservativity domain. ‘Things in the scene’ is itself ambiguous between ‘items reproduced in the scene’ and ‘figures positioned in the scene’ ...
... because of their conservativity-domain property. Since ‘several’, for example, is intersective, ‘several trees are in the scene’ has things in the scene as a conservativity domain. ‘Things in the scene’ is itself ambiguous between ‘items reproduced in the scene’ and ‘figures positioned in the scene’ ...
7 English Summer Work
... showed along with the ferocity of his soul. “Belinda Reyes walked by a while ago and looked at me,” he said. ...
... showed along with the ferocity of his soul. “Belinda Reyes walked by a while ago and looked at me,” he said. ...
Adverbs - 1º Bach.English Classes
... Regardless of its position, an adverb is often neatly integrated into the flow of a sentence. When this is true, as it almost always is, the adverb is called an adjunct. (Notice the underlined adjuncts or adjunctive adverbs in the first two sentences of this paragraph.) When the adverb does not fit ...
... Regardless of its position, an adverb is often neatly integrated into the flow of a sentence. When this is true, as it almost always is, the adverb is called an adjunct. (Notice the underlined adjuncts or adjunctive adverbs in the first two sentences of this paragraph.) When the adverb does not fit ...
Studies in African Linguistics Volume 10, Number 2, July 1979 A
... phonetic/phonological transcription and in the descriptive grammatical terms used. ...
... phonetic/phonological transcription and in the descriptive grammatical terms used. ...
281 A FUNCTIONAL AND FORMAL COMPARISON ON ADJECTIVE
... changing the meaning of the sentence. In other words, “the omission of the adjective clause robs the sentence of a most essential fact. (Allen, 1995)”. However, when the subordinator which introduces the restrictive relative clause acts as object in the dependent clause, it can be omitted, creating ...
... changing the meaning of the sentence. In other words, “the omission of the adjective clause robs the sentence of a most essential fact. (Allen, 1995)”. However, when the subordinator which introduces the restrictive relative clause acts as object in the dependent clause, it can be omitted, creating ...
Basic Croatian (ver 0.24) - ALVSMITH
... Next, we see that "John's" translates to Johnov and Johnova. This is so-called possessive adjective. And it has a different form (as every adjective has) depending whether is describes a male noun (sin "son"), female (kuća "house" is female in Croatian), or neuter! Even more, it can also change case ...
... Next, we see that "John's" translates to Johnov and Johnova. This is so-called possessive adjective. And it has a different form (as every adjective has) depending whether is describes a male noun (sin "son"), female (kuća "house" is female in Croatian), or neuter! Even more, it can also change case ...