Phrasal verbs in a modular lexicon model
... model is that word senses differ in terms of their internal complexity and that this complexity can be described on the basis of an ontology established along different dimensions (Lenci et al. 2000). Some word senses can be described by means of simple types, which means that they inherit their inf ...
... model is that word senses differ in terms of their internal complexity and that this complexity can be described on the basis of an ontology established along different dimensions (Lenci et al. 2000). Some word senses can be described by means of simple types, which means that they inherit their inf ...
RECOGNIZING PASSIVE VOICE
... 1. Find the verb or verb phrase. Is there a form of "to be" plus a past participle? 2. Find the subject of the sentence. Does the subject receive, not perform, the action of the verb? 3. Is the actor added to the end of the sentence after the preposition "by?" If the actor is not stated, choose a no ...
... 1. Find the verb or verb phrase. Is there a form of "to be" plus a past participle? 2. Find the subject of the sentence. Does the subject receive, not perform, the action of the verb? 3. Is the actor added to the end of the sentence after the preposition "by?" If the actor is not stated, choose a no ...
Semantic constrains on the cause-motion construction
... weakness when compared with projectionist theories in that the latter incorporate into their specifications indicators of syntactic projection that create the conditions to make the semantics-syntax mapping fairly straightforward. This is usually done on the basis of a logical structure specificatio ...
... weakness when compared with projectionist theories in that the latter incorporate into their specifications indicators of syntactic projection that create the conditions to make the semantics-syntax mapping fairly straightforward. This is usually done on the basis of a logical structure specificatio ...
Verbs ending in
... Vowel raising appears only in verbs of the third conjugation (-ir verbs), and in this group it affects dormir, morir, podrir (alternative for the more common pudrir) and nearly all verbs which have -e- as their last stem vowel (e.g. sentir, repetir); exceptions include cernir, discernir and concerni ...
... Vowel raising appears only in verbs of the third conjugation (-ir verbs), and in this group it affects dormir, morir, podrir (alternative for the more common pudrir) and nearly all verbs which have -e- as their last stem vowel (e.g. sentir, repetir); exceptions include cernir, discernir and concerni ...
The Basic Grammar Series: Verbs
... include the –s ending for verbs with singular subjects? When we write, why is it important to include the –ed ending for past tense verbs? ...
... include the –s ending for verbs with singular subjects? When we write, why is it important to include the –ed ending for past tense verbs? ...
grammar notes File
... paragraph should include activities you do from when you get up in the morning until you go to bed in the evening. The second paragraph will be about what you did last Saturday. This paragraph will be mostly in the preterite, but also some imperfect tense might be used. You should focus on using the ...
... paragraph should include activities you do from when you get up in the morning until you go to bed in the evening. The second paragraph will be about what you did last Saturday. This paragraph will be mostly in the preterite, but also some imperfect tense might be used. You should focus on using the ...
Teaching English Verbs With Bilingual Corpora - CLILLAC-ARP
... General dictionaries are genrally sparing in their inclusion of CS terms (which is not their primary function, as they are not specialised dictionaries), and specialised dictionaries are often incomplete (for non native speakers) or become very quickly obsolete. The information provided by these tw ...
... General dictionaries are genrally sparing in their inclusion of CS terms (which is not their primary function, as they are not specialised dictionaries), and specialised dictionaries are often incomplete (for non native speakers) or become very quickly obsolete. The information provided by these tw ...
Two Types of Zi-Verbs in Japanese
... zi-verb in (9) restricts the interpretation of zibun in a manner that is not radically different from the case with multiple zibun in (7). Thus, the role that the zi-verb plays in (9) is parallel to that of the multiple zibun in (7), and zi- in zi-verbs indeed bears a reflexive element. When we focu ...
... zi-verb in (9) restricts the interpretation of zibun in a manner that is not radically different from the case with multiple zibun in (7). Thus, the role that the zi-verb plays in (9) is parallel to that of the multiple zibun in (7), and zi- in zi-verbs indeed bears a reflexive element. When we focu ...
Hubert Wolanin Διάθεσις in the "Τέχνη γραμματική" attributed to
... of μεσότηϚ. The point is that as far as the verbs ποιέω and χράϕω are concerned, meanings identifiable unambiguously with πάθοϚ are updated in the aorist by passive formations, i.e. ἐποιήθην ‘I have been made (created)’ and ἐγράϕθην ‘I have been enrolled’, whereas the meanings of the forms ἐποιησάμη ...
... of μεσότηϚ. The point is that as far as the verbs ποιέω and χράϕω are concerned, meanings identifiable unambiguously with πάθοϚ are updated in the aorist by passive formations, i.e. ἐποιήθην ‘I have been made (created)’ and ἐγράϕθην ‘I have been enrolled’, whereas the meanings of the forms ἐποιησάμη ...
Eye gaze and verb agreement in ASL
... verbs was most frequently directed toward the location of the syntactic object, eye gaze accompanying plain verbs was seldom directed toward the location of the syntactic object. Further, eye gaze accompanying spatial verbs was toward the locative argument, rather than the object of transitive verbs ...
... verbs was most frequently directed toward the location of the syntactic object, eye gaze accompanying plain verbs was seldom directed toward the location of the syntactic object. Further, eye gaze accompanying spatial verbs was toward the locative argument, rather than the object of transitive verbs ...
Subjects and Verbs
... In each sentence below, cross out the prepositional phrases. Then underline the subject of each sentence once and the verb of each sentence twice. 1. In present-day America, with all its wealth and resources, many adults read poorly. 2. Many, in fact, are unable to read at all. 3. Some, like Daisy R ...
... In each sentence below, cross out the prepositional phrases. Then underline the subject of each sentence once and the verb of each sentence twice. 1. In present-day America, with all its wealth and resources, many adults read poorly. 2. Many, in fact, are unable to read at all. 3. Some, like Daisy R ...
Infinitives and Gerunds
... Group 4 verbs illustrate that one way to predict the choice of infinitive of gerund form might be to consider the sequence of actions, however some Group 3 verbs run contrary to this hope. For example if you suggest going to the park the suggest occurs before the going and so we might expect the inf ...
... Group 4 verbs illustrate that one way to predict the choice of infinitive of gerund form might be to consider the sequence of actions, however some Group 3 verbs run contrary to this hope. For example if you suggest going to the park the suggest occurs before the going and so we might expect the inf ...
Gerunds and the progressive tenses in Spanish - croz
... We were exercising three hours [Or: We spent three hours exercising.] I doubt they're practicing at this hour. ...
... We were exercising three hours [Or: We spent three hours exercising.] I doubt they're practicing at this hour. ...
perfective aspect
... Aspect always includes tense In [2] David has fallen in love and [3] David is falling in love above, the aspectual auxiliaries are in the present tense, but they could also be in the past tense: David had fallen in love -- Perfective Aspect, Past ...
... Aspect always includes tense In [2] David has fallen in love and [3] David is falling in love above, the aspectual auxiliaries are in the present tense, but they could also be in the past tense: David had fallen in love -- Perfective Aspect, Past ...
The rise and fall of Hungarian complex tenses Katalin É. Kiss
... The Hungarian verbal complex follows this Old Turkic/Chuvash pattern. The appearance of a contact-induced grammatical construction presupposes a bilingual environment for a significant part of the population (cf. Bowern 2008). According to historical sources, Hungarians belonged to Turkic tribal all ...
... The Hungarian verbal complex follows this Old Turkic/Chuvash pattern. The appearance of a contact-induced grammatical construction presupposes a bilingual environment for a significant part of the population (cf. Bowern 2008). According to historical sources, Hungarians belonged to Turkic tribal all ...
parallel structure usage
... both/and, either/or, neither/nor, and whether/or) should be presented in parallel form. Professor Merry not only needs to grade papers, but also needs to create two tests. Neither Mercury nor Venus is an inhabitable planet. I would love to go to either Egypt or Italy. *Parallel structure also shows ...
... both/and, either/or, neither/nor, and whether/or) should be presented in parallel form. Professor Merry not only needs to grade papers, but also needs to create two tests. Neither Mercury nor Venus is an inhabitable planet. I would love to go to either Egypt or Italy. *Parallel structure also shows ...
The lexicalization of verbal morpheme order in Baure (Arawakan)
... The classifier (nominal or local) or noun root is incorporated right after the verb root (compounding similar to nominal and adjectival compounding). The last part of the root or CLF may be reduplicated for intensification. The root suffixes have the following order, but only two of the first three ...
... The classifier (nominal or local) or noun root is incorporated right after the verb root (compounding similar to nominal and adjectival compounding). The last part of the root or CLF may be reduplicated for intensification. The root suffixes have the following order, but only two of the first three ...
2. Auxiliary verb
... and person is called Primary Auxiliary Verb. Such as : Be (am, is, are, was, were, been, being ).Have (have, has, had ).Do (do, does, did) 2. Modal Auxiliary Verb: The verb which has only one form and no add `ing`,`ed`,`s or es`with it is called Modal Auxiliary Verb. Such as : Can, could, may, might ...
... and person is called Primary Auxiliary Verb. Such as : Be (am, is, are, was, were, been, being ).Have (have, has, had ).Do (do, does, did) 2. Modal Auxiliary Verb: The verb which has only one form and no add `ing`,`ed`,`s or es`with it is called Modal Auxiliary Verb. Such as : Can, could, may, might ...
Read the following notes on reflexive verbs
... subject pronoun, because the subject(s) performing the action of the verb are the same as the object(s) being acted upon. Nous nous habillons. We're getting dressed (dressing ourselves). Tu te baignes. You're taking a bath (bathing yourself). The pronominal voice is much more common in French than i ...
... subject pronoun, because the subject(s) performing the action of the verb are the same as the object(s) being acted upon. Nous nous habillons. We're getting dressed (dressing ourselves). Tu te baignes. You're taking a bath (bathing yourself). The pronominal voice is much more common in French than i ...
Syntax and semantics of the prefix-scale interplay I argue for
... effectively leads to within- individual comparison in the case of over- and to between-individual comparison in the case of out- (in the sense of Toledo and Sassoon (2011). The acceptability of a prefix-verb combination is predictable based on the structure of the scale lexicalized by the verb: both ...
... effectively leads to within- individual comparison in the case of over- and to between-individual comparison in the case of out- (in the sense of Toledo and Sassoon (2011). The acceptability of a prefix-verb combination is predictable based on the structure of the scale lexicalized by the verb: both ...
Chapter 6 Conclusion
... syntactically similar verbs which are clustered together even though they do not exhibit semantic similarity, e.g. many verbs from different semantic classes subcategorise an accusative object, so they are falsely clustered together. (b) Refining the syntactic verb information by prepositional phras ...
... syntactically similar verbs which are clustered together even though they do not exhibit semantic similarity, e.g. many verbs from different semantic classes subcategorise an accusative object, so they are falsely clustered together. (b) Refining the syntactic verb information by prepositional phras ...
The Teaching of Ser and Estar
... At the same time that the teacher of Spanish realizes the difficulties of ser and estar, however, he must also recognize their importance. They are the two most commonly used verbs in the Spanish language. That point was clearly proven in a recent study made by Hills and Anderson on the frequency of ...
... At the same time that the teacher of Spanish realizes the difficulties of ser and estar, however, he must also recognize their importance. They are the two most commonly used verbs in the Spanish language. That point was clearly proven in a recent study made by Hills and Anderson on the frequency of ...
Grammar Notebook Part One - cathyeagle
... -o, -e, -us sum Most commonly used semi-deponents are audeo, audere*, ausus sum dare gaudeo, gaudere*, gavisus sum rejoice soleo, solere*, solitus sum be accustomed ...
... -o, -e, -us sum Most commonly used semi-deponents are audeo, audere*, ausus sum dare gaudeo, gaudere*, gavisus sum rejoice soleo, solere*, solitus sum be accustomed ...
Action Verb
... A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a word or words in the predicate. This word is called a subject complement. The subject complement identifies or describes the subject. Some common linking verbs are is, feel, seem, and look. Costumes are clothing. (linking verb: are; subject comp ...
... A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a word or words in the predicate. This word is called a subject complement. The subject complement identifies or describes the subject. Some common linking verbs are is, feel, seem, and look. Costumes are clothing. (linking verb: are; subject comp ...
Spanish Verbs
... After graduating in 1983, Cecie began what was to become a 20-year career teaching Spanish to junior high and high school students. She continues to teach and travel and has served as a consultant on several Spanish learning guides, including Teach Yourself Spanish in 24 Hours (MacMillan) and Spanis ...
... After graduating in 1983, Cecie began what was to become a 20-year career teaching Spanish to junior high and high school students. She continues to teach and travel and has served as a consultant on several Spanish learning guides, including Teach Yourself Spanish in 24 Hours (MacMillan) and Spanis ...