Transferring the Spanish Subjunctive Mood into English
... which is were (indicative was), and consequently, the rest of the forms of the English subjunctive are not distinct from the indicative. The subjunctive in Spanish is used more frequently than in English and also contrasts with it in having its own morphology, making it clearly identifiable and more ...
... which is were (indicative was), and consequently, the rest of the forms of the English subjunctive are not distinct from the indicative. The subjunctive in Spanish is used more frequently than in English and also contrasts with it in having its own morphology, making it clearly identifiable and more ...
The Verb “To Be”
... dictionary? (i.e. grammar reference materials, measurements etc.) * If you have both a monolingual and bilingual dictionary, which do you prefer to use and in which situations? * Do you think that you should look up every word that you don't know while reading? * Can you understand the abbreviations ...
... dictionary? (i.e. grammar reference materials, measurements etc.) * If you have both a monolingual and bilingual dictionary, which do you prefer to use and in which situations? * Do you think that you should look up every word that you don't know while reading? * Can you understand the abbreviations ...
Introduction to the Subjunctive Mood
... The mood of a verb, sometimes known as its mode, indicates what type of role it plays in a sentence and/or the speaker's attitude toward it. For the most part, in English as well as Spanish, the most common verb mood is the indicative mood. In general, it is the "normal" verb form, indicating both a ...
... The mood of a verb, sometimes known as its mode, indicates what type of role it plays in a sentence and/or the speaker's attitude toward it. For the most part, in English as well as Spanish, the most common verb mood is the indicative mood. In general, it is the "normal" verb form, indicating both a ...
Prepositions and ESL Learners: the Malaysian Scenario
... Different prepositions can have very similar uses ...
... Different prepositions can have very similar uses ...
Attempto Controlled English (ACE)
... There are two forms of subordination: relative sentences and if-then sentences. Relative sentences starting with who, which, that allow to add detail to nouns, e.g. A customer who is new inserts a card that he owns. With the help of if-then sentences we can specify conditional or hypothetical situat ...
... There are two forms of subordination: relative sentences and if-then sentences. Relative sentences starting with who, which, that allow to add detail to nouns, e.g. A customer who is new inserts a card that he owns. With the help of if-then sentences we can specify conditional or hypothetical situat ...
Bracketing Guidelines for Treebank II Style Penn Treebank Project 1
... This phase of the project was funded by the Linguistic Data Consortium. Previous work was funded by DARPA and AFOSR jointly under grant No. AFOSR-90-006, with additional support by DARPA grant No. N0014-85-K0018 and by ARO grant No. DAAL 03-89-C0031 PRI. Seed money was provided by the General Electr ...
... This phase of the project was funded by the Linguistic Data Consortium. Previous work was funded by DARPA and AFOSR jointly under grant No. AFOSR-90-006, with additional support by DARPA grant No. N0014-85-K0018 and by ARO grant No. DAAL 03-89-C0031 PRI. Seed money was provided by the General Electr ...
grammaticalization and the semantic
... Modal verbs in English and German have two main uses. One of these uses, commonly known as deontic, concerns conditions of the subject. The other use, epistemic, focuses on the speaker’s attitude towards the proposition. These disparate uses have not always existed in English and German; they are th ...
... Modal verbs in English and German have two main uses. One of these uses, commonly known as deontic, concerns conditions of the subject. The other use, epistemic, focuses on the speaker’s attitude towards the proposition. These disparate uses have not always existed in English and German; they are th ...
On the Order of the Prenominal Participles in Bulgarian
... expressions cannot be found in front of the noun but appear only in postnominal position. We will provide evidence that postmodified participial expressions, both in English and in Bulgarian, exhibit verbal and not adjectival properties. Occurring in prenominal position in Bulgarian, postmodified pa ...
... expressions cannot be found in front of the noun but appear only in postnominal position. We will provide evidence that postmodified participial expressions, both in English and in Bulgarian, exhibit verbal and not adjectival properties. Occurring in prenominal position in Bulgarian, postmodified pa ...
... provide a formal account of the relational semantic determinants of 'aux-selection' in languages like Italian and French. Secondly, I argue that the progressive construction can be analyzed as involving a locative unaccusative structure over that argument structure lexically associated to the verbal ...
Towards SSyntRels - Wanner - Observatoire de linguistique Sens
... Relations [= DSyntRels], the SSyntRels are not universal: the set of SSyntRels has to be established empirically, individually for each L , very much like the set of phonemes or inflectional categories (e.g. tenses or grammatical cases). Consequently, one needs some principles based on which differe ...
... Relations [= DSyntRels], the SSyntRels are not universal: the set of SSyntRels has to be established empirically, individually for each L , very much like the set of phonemes or inflectional categories (e.g. tenses or grammatical cases). Consequently, one needs some principles based on which differe ...
Identifying English Gerunds and their Translation Equivalents in an
... 2.1 Gerund-like forms in other languages ................................... 9 2.2 A diachronic account of the English gerund ....................... 13 2.2.1 The transition from Old English to Middle English ..... 13 2.2.2 The development of the English gerund ....................... 15 3 A typolog ...
... 2.1 Gerund-like forms in other languages ................................... 9 2.2 A diachronic account of the English gerund ....................... 13 2.2.1 The transition from Old English to Middle English ..... 13 2.2.2 The development of the English gerund ....................... 15 3 A typolog ...
verb complementation
... complexities grew I realized that more than a single colume would have been necessary to encompass all the facts and observa tions on the general processes of embedding and their constraints after all four classes of verbs. Because of space limitation Part One and Part Two of the present investigat ...
... complexities grew I realized that more than a single colume would have been necessary to encompass all the facts and observa tions on the general processes of embedding and their constraints after all four classes of verbs. Because of space limitation Part One and Part Two of the present investigat ...
The Oxford Guide To English Grammar Pdf
... Language changes all the time. Even though grammar changes more slowly than vocabulary, it is not a set of unalterable rules. There are sometimes disagreements about what is correct English and what is incorrect. 'Incorrect' grammar is often used in informal speech. Does that make it acceptable? Whe ...
... Language changes all the time. Even though grammar changes more slowly than vocabulary, it is not a set of unalterable rules. There are sometimes disagreements about what is correct English and what is incorrect. 'Incorrect' grammar is often used in informal speech. Does that make it acceptable? Whe ...
Georgi Kapchits Sentence particles in the Somali language and their
... shanaad – fifth, etc. The majority of words with adverbial meaning belong to the class of nouns: hoos-ta – bottom, si-da – mode, mean. Cardinal numerals, demonstrative and personal (emphatic) pronouns and some others are subclasses of nouns. All of them, in particular, can adjoin a definite article. ...
... shanaad – fifth, etc. The majority of words with adverbial meaning belong to the class of nouns: hoos-ta – bottom, si-da – mode, mean. Cardinal numerals, demonstrative and personal (emphatic) pronouns and some others are subclasses of nouns. All of them, in particular, can adjoin a definite article. ...
Phrase particles in the Somali language
... shanaad – fifth, etc. The majority of words with adverbial meaning belong to the class of nouns: hoos-ta – bottom, si-da – mode, mean. Cardinal numerals, demonstrative and personal (emphatic) pronouns and some others are subclasses of nouns. All of them, in particular, can adjoin a definite article. ...
... shanaad – fifth, etc. The majority of words with adverbial meaning belong to the class of nouns: hoos-ta – bottom, si-da – mode, mean. Cardinal numerals, demonstrative and personal (emphatic) pronouns and some others are subclasses of nouns. All of them, in particular, can adjoin a definite article. ...
SUBJUNCTIVE RELATIVES IN BULGARIAN AND MACEDONIAN
... an unbounded, atelic event that has acquired state-like properties.7 This atelic event expresses a property that characterises a set of objects. The agent is in search of one unspecified member of this set, which is referred to by the subjunctive relative. The ex definitione unspecified object posse ...
... an unbounded, atelic event that has acquired state-like properties.7 This atelic event expresses a property that characterises a set of objects. The agent is in search of one unspecified member of this set, which is referred to by the subjunctive relative. The ex definitione unspecified object posse ...
A grammar of Mualang: An Ibanic language of Western Kalimantan
... I would like to express my gratitude first of all to the Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, for having provided me with a scholarship to attend the Advanced Masters Program (2000-2001), and subsequently with a PhD grant (2001-2005) to study the Muala ...
... I would like to express my gratitude first of all to the Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, for having provided me with a scholarship to attend the Advanced Masters Program (2000-2001), and subsequently with a PhD grant (2001-2005) to study the Muala ...
COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES OF EAST CREE AND ENGLISH
... language, from the perspective of someone whose mother tongue is English. We have tried to think of the reader as a classroom teacher, and to anticipate the types of information the teacher may want to know about how, as languages, Cree and English are similar, and how they differ. We hope in partic ...
... language, from the perspective of someone whose mother tongue is English. We have tried to think of the reader as a classroom teacher, and to anticipate the types of information the teacher may want to know about how, as languages, Cree and English are similar, and how they differ. We hope in partic ...
Buntús na Gaeilge - Harvard University
... The dialect appendix lists the Ulster dialect features for each chapter and provides their regional (Connacht or Munster) equivalents. Buntús na Gaeilge: Structure and Content This book aims to balance the needs for conversational and grammatical competence. The textbook emphasizes students' activ ...
... The dialect appendix lists the Ulster dialect features for each chapter and provides their regional (Connacht or Munster) equivalents. Buntús na Gaeilge: Structure and Content This book aims to balance the needs for conversational and grammatical competence. The textbook emphasizes students' activ ...
Colloquial Tamil
... the last syllables of maram and varum have the same sound. If, because something is added to the word, the m or n in these words no longer comes at the end, you should pronounce it as a consonant. For example, -aa can be added to the last word of a sentence to turn a statement into a question. So, w ...
... the last syllables of maram and varum have the same sound. If, because something is added to the word, the m or n in these words no longer comes at the end, you should pronounce it as a consonant. For example, -aa can be added to the last word of a sentence to turn a statement into a question. So, w ...
Amis Noun Phrase Structures:
... analysis of the Amis case marking system in decomposing the case-marker (e.g. ku) into a case marker (e.g. k-) plus a noun class marker (e.g. -u) (cf. Huang (1995)), Wu (2001) proposes that the nominative case marker for the personal proper nouns is a zero form (e.g. (5b)) instead of the consonant c ...
... analysis of the Amis case marking system in decomposing the case-marker (e.g. ku) into a case marker (e.g. k-) plus a noun class marker (e.g. -u) (cf. Huang (1995)), Wu (2001) proposes that the nominative case marker for the personal proper nouns is a zero form (e.g. (5b)) instead of the consonant c ...
Language Arts Curriculum Guide Template
... Revising - Have the students do at least two readings of their writing. First, focus on the article’s content and organization. Teacher may generate questions, such as: Does the introduction state the main idea? Are there sufficient details? Do the details logically support each point? Does the conc ...
... Revising - Have the students do at least two readings of their writing. First, focus on the article’s content and organization. Teacher may generate questions, such as: Does the introduction state the main idea? Are there sufficient details? Do the details logically support each point? Does the conc ...
Choices for Writers: Grammar and Style
... In this lab, we will study and apply rules of Standard American English because that is the main language of communication in college. English 100L students already speak and write—and now text—in multiple languages. In addition to coming from diverse cultural backgrounds, English 100L students ofte ...
... In this lab, we will study and apply rules of Standard American English because that is the main language of communication in college. English 100L students already speak and write—and now text—in multiple languages. In addition to coming from diverse cultural backgrounds, English 100L students ofte ...