On the Argument Structure of Verbs with Bi
... The reading which entails the result will be called the ‘implicative’ reading, and the other ‘non-implicative’. Verbs that display this ambiguity are found in different semantic classes listed below. For some of them, the ambiguity has already been observed in the literature (e.g. Oehrle 1976 for ve ...
... The reading which entails the result will be called the ‘implicative’ reading, and the other ‘non-implicative’. Verbs that display this ambiguity are found in different semantic classes listed below. For some of them, the ambiguity has already been observed in the literature (e.g. Oehrle 1976 for ve ...
Navajo Coordination - Swarthmore College
... postpositional phrases, and postpositions. Other conjunctions are less versatile. Conjunctions differ in other ways. For example, l¢i’ can be used as a determiner or as a conjunction. Other conjunctions cannot do this, but some can only appear between two clauses while others can additionally appear ...
... postpositional phrases, and postpositions. Other conjunctions are less versatile. Conjunctions differ in other ways. For example, l¢i’ can be used as a determiner or as a conjunction. Other conjunctions cannot do this, but some can only appear between two clauses while others can additionally appear ...
gradable and ungradable adjectives
... Little is mostly used in attributive position. We can say A nice little house, but we would probably say The house is small, not *The house is little. Compound adjectives like one-eyed are usually used attributively, and adjectives made from nouns (like sports, in a sports car) are also mostly used ...
... Little is mostly used in attributive position. We can say A nice little house, but we would probably say The house is small, not *The house is little. Compound adjectives like one-eyed are usually used attributively, and adjectives made from nouns (like sports, in a sports car) are also mostly used ...
Adverbs - 1º Bach.English Classes
... Before the main verb: I never get up before nine o'clock. ...
... Before the main verb: I never get up before nine o'clock. ...
concorde
... Whatever book a Times reviewer praises sells well. What ideas he has are his wife’s. These are NOMINAL RELATIVE CLAUSES: their number depends on the interpretation of the number of the WH-ELEMENT, e.g. with determiners WHAT and WHATEVER the concord depends on the number of the determined noun (t ...
... Whatever book a Times reviewer praises sells well. What ideas he has are his wife’s. These are NOMINAL RELATIVE CLAUSES: their number depends on the interpretation of the number of the WH-ELEMENT, e.g. with determiners WHAT and WHATEVER the concord depends on the number of the determined noun (t ...
deverbal noun complementation rules applied to semantic
... The objective of this work is to describe the automatic identification and classification of the argument structure of a noun phrase (NP) whose head is a deverbal noun, using the argument structure of the base verb and a set of rules, described in Meyer (1991), that map the verbal complementation pa ...
... The objective of this work is to describe the automatic identification and classification of the argument structure of a noun phrase (NP) whose head is a deverbal noun, using the argument structure of the base verb and a set of rules, described in Meyer (1991), that map the verbal complementation pa ...
The Correlative Conjunction Recognize a correlative conjunction
... The Correlative Conjunction Recognize a correlative conjunction when you see one. Either ... or, neither ... nor, and not only ... but also are all correlative conjunctions. They connect two equal grammatical items. If, for example, a noun follows either, then a noun will also follow or. Read these ...
... The Correlative Conjunction Recognize a correlative conjunction when you see one. Either ... or, neither ... nor, and not only ... but also are all correlative conjunctions. They connect two equal grammatical items. If, for example, a noun follows either, then a noun will also follow or. Read these ...
Rule 1. You may end a sentence with a preposition. Just do not use
... The prepositions of motion “to,” “toward,” “in,” and “into.” These four prepositions link the verbs of movement— “move,” “go,” “transfer,” “walk,” “run,” “swim,” “ride,” “drive,” “fly,” “travel,” and many more—to their object destination. All of these verbs, except “transfer,” can take both “to” an ...
... The prepositions of motion “to,” “toward,” “in,” and “into.” These four prepositions link the verbs of movement— “move,” “go,” “transfer,” “walk,” “run,” “swim,” “ride,” “drive,” “fly,” “travel,” and many more—to their object destination. All of these verbs, except “transfer,” can take both “to” an ...
اﻧواع اﻟﺟﻣل اﻟﺑﺳﯾطﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺑﻌض اﻟﻘﺻص اﻟﻘﺻﯾرة اﻟﻌرﺑﯾﺔ واﻻﻧ د
... There are many differences and similarities in all structures of simple sentence: (definitions, elements, basic types and patterns). The present study is an attempt to show a syntactic, semantic, and of simple sentence in both English and Arabic to show the similarities and differences between the t ...
... There are many differences and similarities in all structures of simple sentence: (definitions, elements, basic types and patterns). The present study is an attempt to show a syntactic, semantic, and of simple sentence in both English and Arabic to show the similarities and differences between the t ...
Ch 14 - CSU, Chico
... To check yourself, see if you can briefly describe each of the following terms and illustrate it in a phrase or sentence (underlining the relevant part). definite pronouns: personal pronouns: subject pronouns object pronouns possessive pronouns reflexive pronouns demonstrative pronouns indefinite pronou ...
... To check yourself, see if you can briefly describe each of the following terms and illustrate it in a phrase or sentence (underlining the relevant part). definite pronouns: personal pronouns: subject pronouns object pronouns possessive pronouns reflexive pronouns demonstrative pronouns indefinite pronou ...
Adverbs
... Types of Adverbs • Another type of adverb are adverbs of place. • Adverbs of place tell “where?” an action occurred. Example: Did you put your book there on the table? Where did you put your book? There. That means that there is an adverb. “On the table” is a prepositional phrase. It is not an adve ...
... Types of Adverbs • Another type of adverb are adverbs of place. • Adverbs of place tell “where?” an action occurred. Example: Did you put your book there on the table? Where did you put your book? There. That means that there is an adverb. “On the table” is a prepositional phrase. It is not an adve ...
Weeks 1-12 - Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca
... Researchers say that there are at least three different types of learners. Some learners are good listeners. Teachers like them because they always follow instructions. Julie Hong is a student like this. She gets A’s in all her classes at Deerfield High School in Connecticut. She loves school, and h ...
... Researchers say that there are at least three different types of learners. Some learners are good listeners. Teachers like them because they always follow instructions. Julie Hong is a student like this. She gets A’s in all her classes at Deerfield High School in Connecticut. She loves school, and h ...
Yamba - MPG.PuRe
... identified and given labels corresponding to the various levels and ranks of analysis. There must be implicit rules which govern the way smaller units are ...
... identified and given labels corresponding to the various levels and ranks of analysis. There must be implicit rules which govern the way smaller units are ...
Linguistic profiles: A quantitative approach to theoretical questions
... linguists with enormous quantities of data, and b) great advances in the development of open-source statistical software (primarily R), making the analysis of data feasible. Today any linguist with a computer and an internet connection has access both to billions of datapoints as well as the tools t ...
... linguists with enormous quantities of data, and b) great advances in the development of open-source statistical software (primarily R), making the analysis of data feasible. Today any linguist with a computer and an internet connection has access both to billions of datapoints as well as the tools t ...
Passive without passive morphology
... in a given clause (unless the subject is controlled in an embedded clause). Hence, sentences (6a, b) are both fine, but sentence (6c) is not (as an independent clause). The fact that the two nominals which are involved in the agreement do not have to show up together at the same time suggests that ...
... in a given clause (unless the subject is controlled in an embedded clause). Hence, sentences (6a, b) are both fine, but sentence (6c) is not (as an independent clause). The fact that the two nominals which are involved in the agreement do not have to show up together at the same time suggests that ...
Pronouns and Antecedents
... Object Pronouns Object pronouns take the place of the object in the sentence. Example: Someone punched Chinghow in the face. This made her very mad. ...
... Object Pronouns Object pronouns take the place of the object in the sentence. Example: Someone punched Chinghow in the face. This made her very mad. ...
Linguistic Models - Geert Booij`s Page
... among which the concept ACTION. The minimal assumption that we make here is that EAT is categorized as a instantiation of the category of ACTIONs. The level of PAS not only specifies the number of arguments that have to be realized syntactically, but also contains a minimal form of syntactic annotat ...
... among which the concept ACTION. The minimal assumption that we make here is that EAT is categorized as a instantiation of the category of ACTIONs. The level of PAS not only specifies the number of arguments that have to be realized syntactically, but also contains a minimal form of syntactic annotat ...
monday, august 29
... passive voice the direct object becomes the subject, and the subject is moved to a subordinate position in a prepositional phrase, becoming the object of the preposition. Stylistically, most writers prefer the active voice because it puts the emphasis on the subject— the doer of the action. Sentence ...
... passive voice the direct object becomes the subject, and the subject is moved to a subordinate position in a prepositional phrase, becoming the object of the preposition. Stylistically, most writers prefer the active voice because it puts the emphasis on the subject— the doer of the action. Sentence ...
Slide 1
... Reflexive pronouns normally are placed directly before the verb, but they may be (but do not have to be) attached to infinitives and present participles Me ...
... Reflexive pronouns normally are placed directly before the verb, but they may be (but do not have to be) attached to infinitives and present participles Me ...
Grammar Manual - Richard Têtu`s room
... 4. Split infinitives a) Many people believe that you should not insert an adverb between to and a verb. This is a false, antiquated rule; you can usually ignore it. To boldly go where no man has gone before. 5. Verbs ending with –ing. a) These verbs sometimes act as nouns, and follow the rules for n ...
... 4. Split infinitives a) Many people believe that you should not insert an adverb between to and a verb. This is a false, antiquated rule; you can usually ignore it. To boldly go where no man has gone before. 5. Verbs ending with –ing. a) These verbs sometimes act as nouns, and follow the rules for n ...
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... interrogatives). In the words of Dikkers 2004, the topic of a question is ‘the thing someone intends to increase his/her knowledge about by using the question’. In general, topical noun phrases denote discourse-old entities (Prague school, Portner and Yabushita 1998, a.o.). Specific indefinites can ...
... interrogatives). In the words of Dikkers 2004, the topic of a question is ‘the thing someone intends to increase his/her knowledge about by using the question’. In general, topical noun phrases denote discourse-old entities (Prague school, Portner and Yabushita 1998, a.o.). Specific indefinites can ...
A Computational Analysis of the Persian Noun Phrase
... The main constituents of a Noun Phrase in Persian are introduced below. These parts of speech will be used in later sections when discussing the structure of the NP. Note that there is no definite article in Persian, only an indefinite, which appears as an affix attached to the noun or adjective. No ...
... The main constituents of a Noun Phrase in Persian are introduced below. These parts of speech will be used in later sections when discussing the structure of the NP. Note that there is no definite article in Persian, only an indefinite, which appears as an affix attached to the noun or adjective. No ...
Noun Clauses
... 1. It is amazing what discovered Faraday in the field of science without the use of mathematics. 2. Early scientists did not know how a strong, steady electrical current ...
... 1. It is amazing what discovered Faraday in the field of science without the use of mathematics. 2. Early scientists did not know how a strong, steady electrical current ...
Introduction to WordNet: An On-line Lexical Database
... about the information a lexicon must contain in order for the phonological, syntactic, and lexical components to work together in the everyday production and comprehension of linguistic messages, and those proposals have been incorporated into the work of psycholinguists. Beginning with word associa ...
... about the information a lexicon must contain in order for the phonological, syntactic, and lexical components to work together in the everyday production and comprehension of linguistic messages, and those proposals have been incorporated into the work of psycholinguists. Beginning with word associa ...