Scientific Writing: A Friendly Guide
... Consider the following hypothetical example: "Measurement of bone mineral density predicts subsequent risk of fractures among the elderly [1-3]. However, bone mineral density in later decades of life is a dynamic function of peak bone mass achieved during growth and its subsequent age-related rate ...
... Consider the following hypothetical example: "Measurement of bone mineral density predicts subsequent risk of fractures among the elderly [1-3]. However, bone mineral density in later decades of life is a dynamic function of peak bone mass achieved during growth and its subsequent age-related rate ...
Detransitivisation in Irish Sign Language ESF Intersign Workshop on
... associated with animate referents: the roles of agent, experiencer and recipient. However, the role of patient can be assigned to either animate or inanimate referents although only animate referents with the role of patient will control agreement. McDonnell argues that a similar pattern holds true ...
... associated with animate referents: the roles of agent, experiencer and recipient. However, the role of patient can be assigned to either animate or inanimate referents although only animate referents with the role of patient will control agreement. McDonnell argues that a similar pattern holds true ...
When is New Year?
... day of the year, where we have the shortest amount of daylight, and the day when the midday sun (at noon) is at its lowest point above the horizon, usually on or about December 21) and the lunar new year begins between January 21 and February 20. Thus, Chinese New Year falls sometime between Januar ...
... day of the year, where we have the shortest amount of daylight, and the day when the midday sun (at noon) is at its lowest point above the horizon, usually on or about December 21) and the lunar new year begins between January 21 and February 20. Thus, Chinese New Year falls sometime between Januar ...
Reciprocal markers in Adyghe, their relations and interactions
... indefinite and -m-kIe is used when it is definite. The form with the affix -m is traditionally called ergative. However, Adyghe differs from many other ergative languages (cf. Alutor, Avar) in that all indirect objects are also marked with the ergative case. Because of this I will call it ‘oblique’ ...
... indefinite and -m-kIe is used when it is definite. The form with the affix -m is traditionally called ergative. However, Adyghe differs from many other ergative languages (cf. Alutor, Avar) in that all indirect objects are also marked with the ergative case. Because of this I will call it ‘oblique’ ...
Clause Structure: the three layers
... From teaching `baby’ syntax, I know that sometimes basic terms such as complement, adverbial, and modifier are not always concrete for students. Students have heard the terms but don’t know how to use them. The distinction between function in the sentence and name of the phrase is also something tha ...
... From teaching `baby’ syntax, I know that sometimes basic terms such as complement, adverbial, and modifier are not always concrete for students. Students have heard the terms but don’t know how to use them. The distinction between function in the sentence and name of the phrase is also something tha ...
Using Unknown Word Techniques to Learn Known Words
... a given paradigm is combined with some simple heuristics to determine the correct paradigm(s). The web search heuristics are also able to determine the correct definite article (de or het) for words with noun paradigms. One verb and one noun paradigm are generated for afwater. In these paradigms, af ...
... a given paradigm is combined with some simple heuristics to determine the correct paradigm(s). The web search heuristics are also able to determine the correct definite article (de or het) for words with noun paradigms. One verb and one noun paradigm are generated for afwater. In these paradigms, af ...
When To Use the Subjunctive Mood
... the infinitive, shows that an -ir stem-changing verb is involved, all forms of the present subjunctive will have stem changes: the same ones as in the present indicative (e -> ie, o -> ue), plus special changes in the nosotros and vosotros forms (e -> i, o -> u) [sentir: sienta, ...
... the infinitive, shows that an -ir stem-changing verb is involved, all forms of the present subjunctive will have stem changes: the same ones as in the present indicative (e -> ie, o -> ue), plus special changes in the nosotros and vosotros forms (e -> i, o -> u) [sentir: sienta, ...
Introducing the CEFR for English
... However, although the CEFR is an intuitively helpful descriptive scheme for researchers, curriculum designers, teachers,teachertrainers,andlanguagetesters,inmanycasestheexistingscalesandrelateddescriptorshavenot provedtobeoperationallyadequateastheystand.Thed ...
... However, although the CEFR is an intuitively helpful descriptive scheme for researchers, curriculum designers, teachers,teachertrainers,andlanguagetesters,inmanycasestheexistingscalesandrelateddescriptorshavenot provedtobeoperationallyadequateastheystand.Thed ...
0525 GERMAN (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other linguistic ...
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other linguistic ...
50 LEGAL TEXT AS TEXT IN ACTION Eva Pavlíčková This paper
... forms but also as discourse, as action” and that of Halliday (1985: 47) who points out that “the speech functions adopted in legislation clearly typify its nature: as text in action”. In general, a speech act is performed when the speaker/writer utters/writes an utterance with the aim to fulfil thei ...
... forms but also as discourse, as action” and that of Halliday (1985: 47) who points out that “the speech functions adopted in legislation clearly typify its nature: as text in action”. In general, a speech act is performed when the speaker/writer utters/writes an utterance with the aim to fulfil thei ...
Temporal Anteriority of the Arabic Perfect in Relative Clauses
... and conjunctive clauses*, that depend upon clauses in which the verbs are in the perfect‖ (1898 II:4C, emphasis in original), adding in a footnote that ―[b]y a relative or conjunctive clause we mean a clause that is joined to a preceding one by means of a relative pronoun or a connective particle.‖ ...
... and conjunctive clauses*, that depend upon clauses in which the verbs are in the perfect‖ (1898 II:4C, emphasis in original), adding in a footnote that ―[b]y a relative or conjunctive clause we mean a clause that is joined to a preceding one by means of a relative pronoun or a connective particle.‖ ...
Redefining part-of-speech classes with distributional semantic models
... This is a significant improvement over the onefeature baseline classifier (classify using only one vector dimension with maximum F-value in relation to class tags), with F-score equal to only 0.22. Thus, the results support the hypothesis that word embeddings contain information that allows us to gr ...
... This is a significant improvement over the onefeature baseline classifier (classify using only one vector dimension with maximum F-value in relation to class tags), with F-score equal to only 0.22. Thus, the results support the hypothesis that word embeddings contain information that allows us to gr ...
AP English 12 - Ms Hogue`s Online English Resources
... Improve personal style: by being able to use a variety of sentence types, you will improve your sentence fluency and ability to write emphatic prose. See Appendix A for the list of types, explanations, and examples. I suggest you know the part of speech; if the word functions equally as two part ...
... Improve personal style: by being able to use a variety of sentence types, you will improve your sentence fluency and ability to write emphatic prose. See Appendix A for the list of types, explanations, and examples. I suggest you know the part of speech; if the word functions equally as two part ...
Morphological Aspects of English Adjectival
... events, as well as the language for considering social theory contribute their share of specific adjectival compounds almost as much as the language of creative writing or fiction. The largest portion of the corpus material is composed of two novels by a prolific American writer with a praised and w ...
... events, as well as the language for considering social theory contribute their share of specific adjectival compounds almost as much as the language of creative writing or fiction. The largest portion of the corpus material is composed of two novels by a prolific American writer with a praised and w ...
Elena Mihas - Italian Journal of Linguistics
... languages can be distinguished based on different systems of nominal classification, distinctive sets of applicative, augmentative and diminutive morphemes, ideophonic vocabulary, etc. Data for this research come from the 2008-2011 field trips to the Chanchamayo Province of Peru, conducted as part o ...
... languages can be distinguished based on different systems of nominal classification, distinctive sets of applicative, augmentative and diminutive morphemes, ideophonic vocabulary, etc. Data for this research come from the 2008-2011 field trips to the Chanchamayo Province of Peru, conducted as part o ...
Fulltext: english,
... (19) can also mean ’The ice breaker broke the iceberg’ because both nouns can be either the nominative or the accusative case. In (20) both mjesec and oblak are either nominative or accusative, but the only plausible semantic and pragmatic interpretation is the one given in the translation of (20). ...
... (19) can also mean ’The ice breaker broke the iceberg’ because both nouns can be either the nominative or the accusative case. In (20) both mjesec and oblak are either nominative or accusative, but the only plausible semantic and pragmatic interpretation is the one given in the translation of (20). ...
Pronoun - St. Clairsville Schools
... Hint: Not definite = Not Sure An indefinite pronoun: refers to a noun that may or may not be specifically named. ...
... Hint: Not definite = Not Sure An indefinite pronoun: refers to a noun that may or may not be specifically named. ...
Experiments for Dependency Parsing of Greek
... Apart from the addition of new material, another difference from previous versions is that GDT-2014 sentences have been manually validated for POS, morphosyntactic features and lemmas. The tagset used contains 584 combinations of basic POS tags (Table 2) and features that capture the rich morphology ...
... Apart from the addition of new material, another difference from previous versions is that GDT-2014 sentences have been manually validated for POS, morphosyntactic features and lemmas. The tagset used contains 584 combinations of basic POS tags (Table 2) and features that capture the rich morphology ...
Iberdrola Style Guide
... and target, targeting, targeted. Avoid the forms inputted and outputted. Instead, write input and output: 70,000 records were input last month. ...
... and target, targeting, targeted. Avoid the forms inputted and outputted. Instead, write input and output: 70,000 records were input last month. ...
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
... professor asked her why she was late. As soon as Jane heard that question, she knew she was in trouble. Before she answered the teacher, she thought carefully about her words. If he said the wrong thing, the professor would make her leave the room. Even though there was no exam today, Jane wanted to ...
... professor asked her why she was late. As soon as Jane heard that question, she knew she was in trouble. Before she answered the teacher, she thought carefully about her words. If he said the wrong thing, the professor would make her leave the room. Even though there was no exam today, Jane wanted to ...
What is a pronoun? - Monsters of Rock Cruise
... To say that Spanish pronouns and prepositions are undertaught and underlearned is an understatement. Mastery of them is essential for all students who desire to communicate with native speakers of Spanish or who simply wish to absorb the wealth of literature—from the classics to the latest fan magaz ...
... To say that Spanish pronouns and prepositions are undertaught and underlearned is an understatement. Mastery of them is essential for all students who desire to communicate with native speakers of Spanish or who simply wish to absorb the wealth of literature—from the classics to the latest fan magaz ...
How weak and how definite are Weak Definites?
... modified versions (say old hospital), would have the drastic effect on interpretation that we in fact observe. In light of these considerations, I don’t think that an approach that sees Weak Definites as just another instantiation of a case where regular definites receive a covarying interpretation ...
... modified versions (say old hospital), would have the drastic effect on interpretation that we in fact observe. In light of these considerations, I don’t think that an approach that sees Weak Definites as just another instantiation of a case where regular definites receive a covarying interpretation ...
The Double-O Constraints in Japanese* William J. Poser
... version of what I hope will be the final version before publication. Two factors have delayed publication. One is the vicissitudes of my life during this period, which often left little time for research and made it difficult to focus. The other is that for some time I harbored the ambition of writi ...
... version of what I hope will be the final version before publication. Two factors have delayed publication. One is the vicissitudes of my life during this period, which often left little time for research and made it difficult to focus. The other is that for some time I harbored the ambition of writi ...
On the Reciprocal in Ndebele - Nordic Journal of African Studies
... marker (SM) and object marker (OM) that cross-reference noun phrases (NPs), tense/aspect, modality, etc. are prefixed. The reciprocal in Ndebele, like in most Bantu languages, is clearly marked by the verbal suffix -an-. It denotes “action […] performed […] by someone or something upon another and v ...
... marker (SM) and object marker (OM) that cross-reference noun phrases (NPs), tense/aspect, modality, etc. are prefixed. The reciprocal in Ndebele, like in most Bantu languages, is clearly marked by the verbal suffix -an-. It denotes “action […] performed […] by someone or something upon another and v ...
volume 15 - wecol 2003
... Copy + Merge (with copies not in the head ofa chain deleted at PF). Within 0, the moved verb can satisfy the necessary Case/theta-role requirements within that domain. Cyclic Spell-Out then applies, rendering K inaccessible to further computation. Subsequent operations (Merge and Move) render the de ...
... Copy + Merge (with copies not in the head ofa chain deleted at PF). Within 0, the moved verb can satisfy the necessary Case/theta-role requirements within that domain. Cyclic Spell-Out then applies, rendering K inaccessible to further computation. Subsequent operations (Merge and Move) render the de ...