ACT English Test Prep
... new dog has silky, long hair” and “The angry, loud protesters mobbed the building.” The case is different if you have an essential adjective modifying the noun. Essential adjectives specify the nouns they modify; they are bound to the noun, so that the noun loses meaning if separated from its adject ...
... new dog has silky, long hair” and “The angry, loud protesters mobbed the building.” The case is different if you have an essential adjective modifying the noun. Essential adjectives specify the nouns they modify; they are bound to the noun, so that the noun loses meaning if separated from its adject ...
Adjectives in English
... It is worth noting that adjectives can be formed from two or more words combined by the use of hyphens. e.g. the three-year-old child a sixty-dollar sweater. a two-week journey. As illustrated in these examples, the nouns in such hyphenated expressions are generally in the singular. Thus, the singul ...
... It is worth noting that adjectives can be formed from two or more words combined by the use of hyphens. e.g. the three-year-old child a sixty-dollar sweater. a two-week journey. As illustrated in these examples, the nouns in such hyphenated expressions are generally in the singular. Thus, the singul ...
The Cambridge Learner Corpus - Error Coding and Analysis
... As discussed in section 3 above, a coded corpus gives the important advantage of being able to search on particular error types or groups of errors in exactly the same way as we search on individual words. For example, we can search for all noun countability errors (CN) in the corpus. Countable noun ...
... As discussed in section 3 above, a coded corpus gives the important advantage of being able to search on particular error types or groups of errors in exactly the same way as we search on individual words. For example, we can search for all noun countability errors (CN) in the corpus. Countable noun ...
bhotia group (bhotia, tibetan and sherpa)
... Sikkim was the princely state of India since British rule. Though the chief administrator was the king himself but the Chief Minister was appointed by Government of India. This was introduced as a system since 1861 and continued to be in vogue upto 1975. In the 26th of April of 1975 Sikkim was incl ...
... Sikkim was the princely state of India since British rule. Though the chief administrator was the king himself but the Chief Minister was appointed by Government of India. This was introduced as a system since 1861 and continued to be in vogue upto 1975. In the 26th of April of 1975 Sikkim was incl ...
11 Fula
... Fula is generally S V (IO) (DO). This is the default order in main clauses. In some subordinate clauses (as in examples (5) and (6)), the order of subject and verb is reversed. There is an morphologically-based change in position of the invariable element -no-.5 It appears at final, after the suffix ...
... Fula is generally S V (IO) (DO). This is the default order in main clauses. In some subordinate clauses (as in examples (5) and (6)), the order of subject and verb is reversed. There is an morphologically-based change in position of the invariable element -no-.5 It appears at final, after the suffix ...
Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events
... sult of aspectual composition (Dowty 1979, Krifka 1992, 1998, Verkuyl 1989, among others). Thus, one dominant class of approaches assumes that the Vendler classes are classes of event-denoting predicates corresponding to the VP.1 But this returns us to the question of the relationship between the me ...
... sult of aspectual composition (Dowty 1979, Krifka 1992, 1998, Verkuyl 1989, among others). Thus, one dominant class of approaches assumes that the Vendler classes are classes of event-denoting predicates corresponding to the VP.1 But this returns us to the question of the relationship between the me ...
External and Internal Possessors with Body Part Nouns: The Case of
... constructions is that they cannot be the object of any verb or preposition. The main rule is that the BIP/BEP constructions can only be used in a ‘physical context’. This concept was introduced in Lødrup (1999) to account for the distribution of simple reflexives. A physical context was understood a ...
... constructions is that they cannot be the object of any verb or preposition. The main rule is that the BIP/BEP constructions can only be used in a ‘physical context’. This concept was introduced in Lødrup (1999) to account for the distribution of simple reflexives. A physical context was understood a ...
Adjective Classes : a Cross-linguistic Typology
... Long form adjectives are predictable: each adjective has all the forms, and the native speaker has no problem in producing them. They have fixed stress, typically on the stem, as with novyj 'new', less commonly on the ending. Adjectives are inflectionally considerably more regular than nouns or verb ...
... Long form adjectives are predictable: each adjective has all the forms, and the native speaker has no problem in producing them. They have fixed stress, typically on the stem, as with novyj 'new', less commonly on the ending. Adjectives are inflectionally considerably more regular than nouns or verb ...
Overview of the Different Complementation Patterns and
... different complementation patterns with the aid of electronic corpora easier, faster and more popular. This is beneficial especially for non-native speakers since they very often lack the intuition native speakers have when it comes to choosing the right complementation pattern to express a certain ...
... different complementation patterns with the aid of electronic corpora easier, faster and more popular. This is beneficial especially for non-native speakers since they very often lack the intuition native speakers have when it comes to choosing the right complementation pattern to express a certain ...
Prepositional Phrase Attachment and Interlingua
... Abstract. In this paper, we present our work on the classical problem of prepositional phrase attachment. This forms part of an interlingua based machine translation system, in which the semantics of the source language sentences is captured in the form of Universal Networking Language (UNL) express ...
... Abstract. In this paper, we present our work on the classical problem of prepositional phrase attachment. This forms part of an interlingua based machine translation system, in which the semantics of the source language sentences is captured in the form of Universal Networking Language (UNL) express ...
Writing Guide - US Naval War College
... must form our opinions and make our decisions in this environment. A good counterargument takes the position of an intelligent person who weighs the incomplete data differently from the way you do, who makes different assumptions, and/or who sees different lines of causality. A counter-argument is a ...
... must form our opinions and make our decisions in this environment. A good counterargument takes the position of an intelligent person who weighs the incomplete data differently from the way you do, who makes different assumptions, and/or who sees different lines of causality. A counter-argument is a ...
12 Multi-Clause Sentences
... Relative clauses (RCs) (also, but misleadingly, called adjective clauses), follow the head nouns they modify and may begin either with that, a wh-word such as who or which, a phrase with a wh-word in it, or no special word at all. Relative clauses must be divided into two types, restrictive and non‑ ...
... Relative clauses (RCs) (also, but misleadingly, called adjective clauses), follow the head nouns they modify and may begin either with that, a wh-word such as who or which, a phrase with a wh-word in it, or no special word at all. Relative clauses must be divided into two types, restrictive and non‑ ...
Reciprocal markers in Adyghe, their relations and interactions
... Comitative is coded with the marker de-/dy- (see section 4), which can also designate assistive. Sociative is marked with the combinations of prefixes ze-de- of the reciprocal and the comitative markers (see section 5.1) and zere-gъe- of the reciprocal and the causative markers (see section 5.2). Al ...
... Comitative is coded with the marker de-/dy- (see section 4), which can also designate assistive. Sociative is marked with the combinations of prefixes ze-de- of the reciprocal and the comitative markers (see section 5.1) and zere-gъe- of the reciprocal and the causative markers (see section 5.2). Al ...
Sentence Parsing
... distance in terms of new discourse referents denoted by NPs and VPs rather than the NPs and VPs themselves. It has been observed in various studies that double centerembeddings (in a null context) tend to become somewhat easier when the most deeply embedded subject is replaced by an indexical pronou ...
... distance in terms of new discourse referents denoted by NPs and VPs rather than the NPs and VPs themselves. It has been observed in various studies that double centerembeddings (in a null context) tend to become somewhat easier when the most deeply embedded subject is replaced by an indexical pronou ...
À Hubert Cuyckens - Université Paris
... And, of course, usual nouns and adjectives with a lexical meaning are issued from the rigidification of an agglutinated nominal syntagm, where the noun which is the head of the syntagm is modified by an adjective or another noun in the genitive case. In this last situation, the genitive case may sti ...
... And, of course, usual nouns and adjectives with a lexical meaning are issued from the rigidification of an agglutinated nominal syntagm, where the noun which is the head of the syntagm is modified by an adjective or another noun in the genitive case. In this last situation, the genitive case may sti ...
Structural Case and Dependency Marking: A Neo
... feature checking (Chomsky 2001). It seems to me that abandoning the concept of uninterpretable features, along with the probe-goal system of feature valuation associated with it, promises considerable rewards in terms of theoretical simplicity and economy. Applied to case-marking, the system implies ...
... feature checking (Chomsky 2001). It seems to me that abandoning the concept of uninterpretable features, along with the probe-goal system of feature valuation associated with it, promises considerable rewards in terms of theoretical simplicity and economy. Applied to case-marking, the system implies ...
1 Labeling (Romance) causatives* Adriana Belletti University of
... through Agree to the external argument of the infinitival verb phrase. The causative voice head has the property of attracting the relevant chunk of the infinitival verb phrase into its ...
... through Agree to the external argument of the infinitival verb phrase. The causative voice head has the property of attracting the relevant chunk of the infinitival verb phrase into its ...
Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1
... 30. Does that seem like a lot of money to you ? 31. When did Americans begin going to Alaska ? 32. Americans began going to Alaska during the 1890s and 1900s . 33. They went there to look for gold . 34. Large amounts of “black gold” were discovered in Alaska in 1968 . 35. What is “black gold” ? 36. ...
... 30. Does that seem like a lot of money to you ? 31. When did Americans begin going to Alaska ? 32. Americans began going to Alaska during the 1890s and 1900s . 33. They went there to look for gold . 34. Large amounts of “black gold” were discovered in Alaska in 1968 . 35. What is “black gold” ? 36. ...
1. THE ARTICLE - Universitatea din Craiova
... 1.1.3. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IS USED: 1) The definite article is used to show that the noun/noun equivalent has already been mentioned previously, either in the same sentence or earlier in the course of communication, (what in some books is referred to as anaphoric) e.g. They have a son and two daugh ...
... 1.1.3. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IS USED: 1) The definite article is used to show that the noun/noun equivalent has already been mentioned previously, either in the same sentence or earlier in the course of communication, (what in some books is referred to as anaphoric) e.g. They have a son and two daugh ...
e aland - MPG.PuRe
... but little explored and as each person's notions will vary with the acuteness of his ear, and the extent to which his judgment has been exercised, we may be prepared to expect a considerable discrepancy of opinion. shall therefore proceed with caution, and offer ...
... but little explored and as each person's notions will vary with the acuteness of his ear, and the extent to which his judgment has been exercised, we may be prepared to expect a considerable discrepancy of opinion. shall therefore proceed with caution, and offer ...
Chapter 6 Sentence Structure and Punctuation The ACT English test
... A “restrictive” clause or phrase is essential to the meaning of a sentence, and it should not be separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. People who snore are advised to sleep on their sides. “Who snore” is essential to the meaning of this sentence. The sentence is not saying that all peop ...
... A “restrictive” clause or phrase is essential to the meaning of a sentence, and it should not be separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. People who snore are advised to sleep on their sides. “Who snore” is essential to the meaning of this sentence. The sentence is not saying that all peop ...
Adjectives and adverbs
... Text sample 1 illustrates the dense use of adjectives and nouns in academic prose. You can see that most of these adjectives occur as noun modifiers (e.g. foreseeable future, fill impact, a very marked and gradually expanding cumulative effect). Text sample 2 has fewer nouns and adjectives, but more ...
... Text sample 1 illustrates the dense use of adjectives and nouns in academic prose. You can see that most of these adjectives occur as noun modifiers (e.g. foreseeable future, fill impact, a very marked and gradually expanding cumulative effect). Text sample 2 has fewer nouns and adjectives, but more ...
Context Clues and Reference
... Determines the meaning of a noun from information provided by the context of a passage Determines the meaning of a verb from information provided by the context of a passage Determines the meaning of an adjective from information provided by the context of a passage (3 or more sentences) Determines ...
... Determines the meaning of a noun from information provided by the context of a passage Determines the meaning of a verb from information provided by the context of a passage Determines the meaning of an adjective from information provided by the context of a passage (3 or more sentences) Determines ...
Old Nubian Relative Clauses
... “the singing man,” in the sentence “the singing man walks on the street,” which may alternatively be rendered as “the man that sings walks on the street.” The subject of the participle “singing” corresponds with the subject of the main verb “walks,” i.e., “man.” In Old Nubian, these constructions ca ...
... “the singing man,” in the sentence “the singing man walks on the street,” which may alternatively be rendered as “the man that sings walks on the street.” The subject of the participle “singing” corresponds with the subject of the main verb “walks,” i.e., “man.” In Old Nubian, these constructions ca ...
double case constructions in Koine Greek - Journal of Greco
... Although only certain verbs allow for such constructions, 1 they are nevertheless commonly encountered by readers of the New Testament and other Greek literature. Drawing on basic notions from Transformational Grammar and Relational Grammar in particular, this article will (1) demonstrate that the o ...
... Although only certain verbs allow for such constructions, 1 they are nevertheless commonly encountered by readers of the New Testament and other Greek literature. Drawing on basic notions from Transformational Grammar and Relational Grammar in particular, this article will (1) demonstrate that the o ...
Chinese grammar
This article concerns Standard Chinese. For the grammars of other forms of Chinese, see their respective articles via links on Chinese language and varieties of Chinese.The grammar of Standard Chinese shares many features with other varieties of Chinese. The language almost entirely lacks inflection, so that words typically have only one grammatical form. Categories such as number (singular or plural) and verb tense are frequently not expressed by any grammatical means, although there are several particles that serve to express verbal aspect, and to some extent mood.The basic word order is subject–verb–object (SVO). Otherwise, Chinese is chiefly a head-last language, meaning that modifiers precede the words they modify – in a noun phrase, for example, the head noun comes last, and all modifiers, including relative clauses, come in front of it. (This phenomenon is more typically found in SOV languages like Turkish and Japanese.)Chinese frequently uses serial verb constructions, which involve two or more verbs or verb phrases in sequence. Chinese prepositions behave similarly to serialized verbs in some respects (several of the common prepositions can also be used as full verbs), and they are often referred to as coverbs. There are also location markers, placed after a noun, and hence often called postpositions; these are often used in combination with a coverb. Predicate adjectives are normally used without a copular verb (""to be""), and can thus be regarded as a type of verb.As in many east Asian languages, classifiers or measure words are required when using numerals (and sometimes other words such as demonstratives) with nouns. There are many different classifiers in the language, and each countable noun generally has a particular classifier associated with it. Informally, however, it is often acceptable to use the general classifier 个 [個] ge in place of other specific classifiers.Examples given in this article use simplified Chinese characters (with the traditional characters following in brackets if they differ) and standard pinyin Romanization.