On the Semantics of the Perfective Aspect
... entire verbal predicate, including in particular the object, be considered the unit of classification. These works include those by Verkuyl (1972), Carlson (1981), Krifka (1989, 1991), Hinrichs (1986), and Parsons (1990). This idea is related to, and is a generalization of, the traditional ‘cumulati ...
... entire verbal predicate, including in particular the object, be considered the unit of classification. These works include those by Verkuyl (1972), Carlson (1981), Krifka (1989, 1991), Hinrichs (1986), and Parsons (1990). This idea is related to, and is a generalization of, the traditional ‘cumulati ...
Grammar 6
... Sentences Good writing has a natural flow. Sentences that vary in structure and length create a readable style. When writing follows the rhythms of speech, it is a pleasure to read aloud. Here are some ways to improve your sentences. • Vary sentence types. Make your writing sound natural by using in ...
... Sentences Good writing has a natural flow. Sentences that vary in structure and length create a readable style. When writing follows the rhythms of speech, it is a pleasure to read aloud. Here are some ways to improve your sentences. • Vary sentence types. Make your writing sound natural by using in ...
Grammar Practice Book - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... Place a question mark at the end of the sentence if it is a question. 4. Is “Musical Performance” the theme for this week 5. She was looking forward to the Tenth Annual Vocabulary Parade 6. Starr went to the end of the line after she spelled the word correctly Rewrite these sentences. Be sure to use ...
... Place a question mark at the end of the sentence if it is a question. 4. Is “Musical Performance” the theme for this week 5. She was looking forward to the Tenth Annual Vocabulary Parade 6. Starr went to the end of the line after she spelled the word correctly Rewrite these sentences. Be sure to use ...
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 47, 2
... The remaining 37 derivatives also continued to be used with more or less the original senses of -ish. Of these, 23 are formations derived from place-names. 3.3. -ish in new EME coinages (1150-1350) The MED online treats 27 -ish derivatives as originating in Early Middle English. The information prov ...
... The remaining 37 derivatives also continued to be used with more or less the original senses of -ish. Of these, 23 are formations derived from place-names. 3.3. -ish in new EME coinages (1150-1350) The MED online treats 27 -ish derivatives as originating in Early Middle English. The information prov ...
6 Adverb Phrase - E
... The type of the axis-relator phrases consist of temporal nouns or pronouns such as ninna ‘yesterday’, re:pu ‘tommorow’, so:mava:ram ‘Monday’, janavari ‘January’, etc., as axis slot fillers and postpositions such as da:ka: ‘till’, nunci ‘from’, ki ‘to’, varaku ‘till’, lo:pala ‘inside’, tarva:ta ‘afte ...
... The type of the axis-relator phrases consist of temporal nouns or pronouns such as ninna ‘yesterday’, re:pu ‘tommorow’, so:mava:ram ‘Monday’, janavari ‘January’, etc., as axis slot fillers and postpositions such as da:ka: ‘till’, nunci ‘from’, ki ‘to’, varaku ‘till’, lo:pala ‘inside’, tarva:ta ‘afte ...
Encoding information on adjectives in a lexical
... educativo - educational), etc. In IWN we have decided, therefore, to encode hyponymy also for these sets of adjectives. The taxonomies which can be built on the basis of this relation are different from those built for nouns or verbs, since they are generally very flat, consisting almost always of t ...
... educativo - educational), etc. In IWN we have decided, therefore, to encode hyponymy also for these sets of adjectives. The taxonomies which can be built on the basis of this relation are different from those built for nouns or verbs, since they are generally very flat, consisting almost always of t ...
A Study of the Microstructure of Monolingual Urdu Dictionaries
... they include its synonyms. This is confusing because a user most often consults a dictionary to find the meaning of a specific word. Instead he encounters many new words which are its synonymic equivalents. Some synonyms seem quite out of place, such as kutttā for a peon or for greedy. It is possibl ...
... they include its synonyms. This is confusing because a user most often consults a dictionary to find the meaning of a specific word. Instead he encounters many new words which are its synonymic equivalents. Some synonyms seem quite out of place, such as kutttā for a peon or for greedy. It is possibl ...
bhotia group (bhotia, tibetan and sherpa)
... According to Sir George Abraham Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) the language-group classified and attested as ‘Bhotia’ comprises the distinguished subdialects namely Bhotia of Tibet or Tibetan , Bhotia of Sikkim or Danjong-ka, Bhotia of Sherpa or Sharpa Bhotia, Bhotia of Bhutan or Drukpa ...
... According to Sir George Abraham Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) the language-group classified and attested as ‘Bhotia’ comprises the distinguished subdialects namely Bhotia of Tibet or Tibetan , Bhotia of Sikkim or Danjong-ka, Bhotia of Sherpa or Sharpa Bhotia, Bhotia of Bhutan or Drukpa ...
Morphological word structure in English and Swedish
... into the criteria underlying morphological analysis. The evidence from English and Swedish suggests that necessary and sufficient conditions for word-internal morphological analysis concern the recognizability of head constituents, which include the rightmost members of compounds and head affixes. T ...
... into the criteria underlying morphological analysis. The evidence from English and Swedish suggests that necessary and sufficient conditions for word-internal morphological analysis concern the recognizability of head constituents, which include the rightmost members of compounds and head affixes. T ...
Chapter 2: Linguistic Background
... corresponding roughly to meaning units. There are two basic ways that new words are formed, traditionally classified as inflectional forms and derivational forms. Inflectional forms use a root form of a word and typically add a suffix so that the word appears in the appropriate form given the senten ...
... corresponding roughly to meaning units. There are two basic ways that new words are formed, traditionally classified as inflectional forms and derivational forms. Inflectional forms use a root form of a word and typically add a suffix so that the word appears in the appropriate form given the senten ...
THE NOUN AND THE DICTIONARY IN TSHIVENDA BY SHUMANI
... In African languages the morphological and syntactic category noun is exactly the same. With syntax and morphology the category noun is presented by the root or stem of the noun with prefixes added as inherent semantic and grammatical features of such nouns. ...
... In African languages the morphological and syntactic category noun is exactly the same. With syntax and morphology the category noun is presented by the root or stem of the noun with prefixes added as inherent semantic and grammatical features of such nouns. ...
4 adjectives and adverbs
... Inanimate objects cannot have feelings so we don’t usually use -ed adjectives about feelings to describe them: ✗ The report into police behaviour during the demonstration was rather worried. ✓ The report was rather worrying. (= The report made readers feel anxious.) 4 We can also combine words to m ...
... Inanimate objects cannot have feelings so we don’t usually use -ed adjectives about feelings to describe them: ✗ The report into police behaviour during the demonstration was rather worried. ✓ The report was rather worrying. (= The report made readers feel anxious.) 4 We can also combine words to m ...
Possessives and relational nouns
... edge of a full DP ([the man]’s hat, [every man]’s hat, [the Queen of England ]’s hat, [the person I was just talking to]’s hat, etc.). Because a possessive is itself a DP, possessives can be nested arbitrarily deep (John’s friend’s mother’s ... lawyer’s brother ). Although English once had a robust ...
... edge of a full DP ([the man]’s hat, [every man]’s hat, [the Queen of England ]’s hat, [the person I was just talking to]’s hat, etc.). Because a possessive is itself a DP, possessives can be nested arbitrarily deep (John’s friend’s mother’s ... lawyer’s brother ). Although English once had a robust ...
The english language - the WAC Clearinghouse
... language and discourse, pronunciation, word-formation strategies, parts of speech, clause elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit speakers’ and writers’ discourse purposes. The English Language avoids presenting the langua ...
... language and discourse, pronunciation, word-formation strategies, parts of speech, clause elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit speakers’ and writers’ discourse purposes. The English Language avoids presenting the langua ...
seals xvi - Pacific Linguistics
... as well as accommodates this pragmatic intricacy with the several types of figure of speech it has such as wangsalan and sasmita. Examples collected from any usage of the figure of speech are discussed to show how cultural understanding helps much in designing strategies and procedures in understand ...
... as well as accommodates this pragmatic intricacy with the several types of figure of speech it has such as wangsalan and sasmita. Examples collected from any usage of the figure of speech are discussed to show how cultural understanding helps much in designing strategies and procedures in understand ...
FRAME SEMANTICS Miriam RL Petruck
... Another important concept in Frame Semantics is that of perspective. By way of example, consider again the sentence Carla bought the computer from Sally for $100, which evokes the Commercial Transaction Frame. While mentioning all of the frame elements, such a report of a commercial transaction esse ...
... Another important concept in Frame Semantics is that of perspective. By way of example, consider again the sentence Carla bought the computer from Sally for $100, which evokes the Commercial Transaction Frame. While mentioning all of the frame elements, such a report of a commercial transaction esse ...
THE ADVERB 1- Read the following sentences:
... 5. If the verb is am/are/is/was, these adverbs are placed after the verb, as I am never late for school. He is always at home on Sundays. We are just off. 6. These adverbs are usually put before an auxiliary or the single verb be, when it is stressed; as, “Abdul has come late again.” “Yes, he always ...
... 5. If the verb is am/are/is/was, these adverbs are placed after the verb, as I am never late for school. He is always at home on Sundays. We are just off. 6. These adverbs are usually put before an auxiliary or the single verb be, when it is stressed; as, “Abdul has come late again.” “Yes, he always ...
Collaborative Learning Inc - Standards Module
... Uses descriptive language , such as participles, sensory images, descriptive adjectives,similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, active verbs, to create images in prose Creates titles that grabs the reader's attention Narrative Uses dialogue correctly Uses all elements of narrative with story: Narrator (pe ...
... Uses descriptive language , such as participles, sensory images, descriptive adjectives,similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, active verbs, to create images in prose Creates titles that grabs the reader's attention Narrative Uses dialogue correctly Uses all elements of narrative with story: Narrator (pe ...
The History of the Gerund in English and Its Structural Precursors
... Hwi ne cweþe we wel þæt ðu eart ...
... Hwi ne cweþe we wel þæt ðu eart ...
§1 In Old English, a noun or a noun phrase inflected for Genitive
... Now, some generalisation will be made from these facts about the grammatical status of a Genitive nominal. First of all, in Figure 2b we saw that when a Genitive nominal consists of a noun and its dependents, the distribution of the inflectional endings is the same as that for a nominal inflected fo ...
... Now, some generalisation will be made from these facts about the grammatical status of a Genitive nominal. First of all, in Figure 2b we saw that when a Genitive nominal consists of a noun and its dependents, the distribution of the inflectional endings is the same as that for a nominal inflected fo ...
View Extract - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... with the highest frequency of occurrence in the language. Traditionally, for is classified as a preposition and a conjunction. As a preposition, for codes, according to various dictionaries, up to thirty different meanings, while as a conjunction, it is usually considered a synonym of because. The p ...
... with the highest frequency of occurrence in the language. Traditionally, for is classified as a preposition and a conjunction. As a preposition, for codes, according to various dictionaries, up to thirty different meanings, while as a conjunction, it is usually considered a synonym of because. The p ...
Lesson 7
... an adverb phrase. (Notice that only one of these phrases can be moved to another position.) ...
... an adverb phrase. (Notice that only one of these phrases can be moved to another position.) ...
On Indefinite Subject NPs in Chinese
... their references in English. He proposes that English has four forms of NPs: (i) the proper noun, (ii) the definite NP (the NP that is preceded by a definite article, a determiner, or the possessive NP), (iii) the singular indefinite NP (a countable N preceded by an indefinite article ‘a’), and (iv) ...
... their references in English. He proposes that English has four forms of NPs: (i) the proper noun, (ii) the definite NP (the NP that is preceded by a definite article, a determiner, or the possessive NP), (iii) the singular indefinite NP (a countable N preceded by an indefinite article ‘a’), and (iv) ...
Vocabulary Coverage in Spanish Textbooks
... study. In the glossaries at the end of five of the six textbooks that we examined, active vocabulary was distinguished from passive vocabulary by special notation (for example, indicating the chapter in the text in which each active vocabulary word is presented, but not doing so for passive vocabula ...
... study. In the glossaries at the end of five of the six textbooks that we examined, active vocabulary was distinguished from passive vocabulary by special notation (for example, indicating the chapter in the text in which each active vocabulary word is presented, but not doing so for passive vocabula ...