Unit 7 Adjectives and Adverbs
... Most two-syllable adjectives and all adjectives of more than two syllables form their degrees by adding more (or less) for the comparative degree and most (or least) for the superlative degree. Greg is more cautious than Jill is. He is the most annoying commentator. ...
... Most two-syllable adjectives and all adjectives of more than two syllables form their degrees by adding more (or less) for the comparative degree and most (or least) for the superlative degree. Greg is more cautious than Jill is. He is the most annoying commentator. ...
On Indefinite Subject NPs in Chinese
... semantic reading of these QP subjects is a specific reference, not an indefinite reference. That means the speaker knows which referent s/he is talking about while the listener does not know the referent. Hence there are two major categories of indefinite subjects NP in Chinese: the bare noun and th ...
... semantic reading of these QP subjects is a specific reference, not an indefinite reference. That means the speaker knows which referent s/he is talking about while the listener does not know the referent. Hence there are two major categories of indefinite subjects NP in Chinese: the bare noun and th ...
grammar of the Basque
... shown that it is not really a definite article ('the'), but very often it can be translated as such. In those examples where the determiner a was not the issue, and where its translation was indeed 'the', I have chosen to write 'the' in the gloss, so you can find it easily. Naming morphemes. You wil ...
... shown that it is not really a definite article ('the'), but very often it can be translated as such. In those examples where the determiner a was not the issue, and where its translation was indeed 'the', I have chosen to write 'the' in the gloss, so you can find it easily. Naming morphemes. You wil ...
doc - KISS Grammar
... 4. We humans have a tendency to worry about what we do not know or do not understand. Do not let that frustrate you. From time to time, stop and look at how much you can already explain. 5. Bring to class sentences in your reading that you find interesting. 6. Have fun! Remember that you are learnin ...
... 4. We humans have a tendency to worry about what we do not know or do not understand. Do not let that frustrate you. From time to time, stop and look at how much you can already explain. 5. Bring to class sentences in your reading that you find interesting. 6. Have fun! Remember that you are learnin ...
AspectuAlity in Hindi: tHe two pAirs of Aspects
... marked category and the imperfective is unmarked. Keeping in mind the unmarkedness of simple verbs, Pořízka (1978: 161) reasons: “Simple verbs are neutral, unmarked of verbal aspect. They do not have the perfective or any other aspectual meaning, but at the same time they do not throw it away and ca ...
... marked category and the imperfective is unmarked. Keeping in mind the unmarkedness of simple verbs, Pořízka (1978: 161) reasons: “Simple verbs are neutral, unmarked of verbal aspect. They do not have the perfective or any other aspectual meaning, but at the same time they do not throw it away and ca ...
analyzing english grammar
... 6. [PRONOUNS, CASE] Handbooks point out that me is widely used in standard spoken English. 7. [PRONOUN CASE; HYPERCORRECTION] This is widely used as an example of hypercorrection; me is the standard form. 8. Many handbooks no longer differentiate between the preposition (like) and the conjunction (a ...
... 6. [PRONOUNS, CASE] Handbooks point out that me is widely used in standard spoken English. 7. [PRONOUN CASE; HYPERCORRECTION] This is widely used as an example of hypercorrection; me is the standard form. 8. Many handbooks no longer differentiate between the preposition (like) and the conjunction (a ...
Jeopardy
... Name the relative pronoun and clause it begins: James is the student who yearns to be president of our school’s environmental club; he also wants to supervise this year’s recycling drive. ...
... Name the relative pronoun and clause it begins: James is the student who yearns to be president of our school’s environmental club; he also wants to supervise this year’s recycling drive. ...
preguntar
... The key to learning to use the indirect object pronouns is the same as the key for direct object pronouns. You must learn to think in phrases, not words. The phrases consist of a pronoun and a conjugated verb. In the following examples, note that the IO remains the same, while the subject of the phr ...
... The key to learning to use the indirect object pronouns is the same as the key for direct object pronouns. You must learn to think in phrases, not words. The phrases consist of a pronoun and a conjugated verb. In the following examples, note that the IO remains the same, while the subject of the phr ...
1 - OnCourse
... guess the name of the author. Example: I am female and very tall, and my hair is red. It is also extremely long and curly. To many people, I seem quiet, but often I feel adventurous. In your Working Portfolio, find the postcard you wrote for the Write Away on page 120. Add or change predicate adject ...
... guess the name of the author. Example: I am female and very tall, and my hair is red. It is also extremely long and curly. To many people, I seem quiet, but often I feel adventurous. In your Working Portfolio, find the postcard you wrote for the Write Away on page 120. Add or change predicate adject ...
The invisible hand of grammaticalization
... On the other hand, pathological effects can be observed: Dysfunctional morphological structure comes about which violates general and/or language-specific morphological principles (cf. Gaeta 2008). In other words, grammaticalization may give rise to mismatches, which can be defined as “synchronic fo ...
... On the other hand, pathological effects can be observed: Dysfunctional morphological structure comes about which violates general and/or language-specific morphological principles (cf. Gaeta 2008). In other words, grammaticalization may give rise to mismatches, which can be defined as “synchronic fo ...
Morphological and Syntactic Analysis
... – Impersonal: one (as in “One has to be careful here.”) – Reflexive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself – Possessive: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs – Demonstrative: this, these, that, those – Article: the, a, ...
... – Impersonal: one (as in “One has to be careful here.”) – Reflexive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself – Possessive: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs – Demonstrative: this, these, that, those – Article: the, a, ...
Here
... 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 ...
The Land of the Free and The Elements of Style
... However you advise him, he will probably do as he thinks best is fine. There however means “regardless of how”. He may have worried that confusion might threaten if we allowed the other however also to appear clause-initially as well. But if so, it was a strange worry. I have not been able to constr ...
... However you advise him, he will probably do as he thinks best is fine. There however means “regardless of how”. He may have worried that confusion might threaten if we allowed the other however also to appear clause-initially as well. But if so, it was a strange worry. I have not been able to constr ...
Manhattan Elite Prep GMAT Verbal Sentence Correction Guide
... Agreement is based on formal grammar, and plurals do not depend on meaning but on the grammatical relationships between words. Two single subjects joined by and take a plural verb, but an addition in parentheses, such as as well as, not to mention, takes a singular verb. Signals • Collective nouns s ...
... Agreement is based on formal grammar, and plurals do not depend on meaning but on the grammatical relationships between words. Two single subjects joined by and take a plural verb, but an addition in parentheses, such as as well as, not to mention, takes a singular verb. Signals • Collective nouns s ...
1 Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Old Turkic and Altai
... In addition to the converb forms discussed above, there were a variety of AVCs in Old Turkic where the lexical verb appeared in a participial form. Generally speaking, these might be considered a special sub-type of where the lexical verb appears in an inflected form, here only limited to tense/aspe ...
... In addition to the converb forms discussed above, there were a variety of AVCs in Old Turkic where the lexical verb appeared in a participial form. Generally speaking, these might be considered a special sub-type of where the lexical verb appears in an inflected form, here only limited to tense/aspe ...
The Classification of Subjunctive
... Normally questions in the subjunctive use first person, singular or plural (57 of 102), but when these questions are quoted indirectly the first person may change to second or third. Even beyond this there are a few instances where the deliberation is not with one's self, but advice is being asked f ...
... Normally questions in the subjunctive use first person, singular or plural (57 of 102), but when these questions are quoted indirectly the first person may change to second or third. Even beyond this there are a few instances where the deliberation is not with one's self, but advice is being asked f ...
volume 15 - wecol 2003
... constructions to result, the verb must raise in ATB fashion at least as high as the v position. A prediction thus follows: languages where the verb does not raise out of VP will lack LPD constructions; this prediction bears out (see Agbayani and Zoerner (2000) for data and further discussion). Third ...
... constructions to result, the verb must raise in ATB fashion at least as high as the v position. A prediction thus follows: languages where the verb does not raise out of VP will lack LPD constructions; this prediction bears out (see Agbayani and Zoerner (2000) for data and further discussion). Third ...
12. Infinitive Phrase Practice
... Practice Sentence 1 Write the unscrambled sentence. Then, follow your teacher’s additional instructions. ...
... Practice Sentence 1 Write the unscrambled sentence. Then, follow your teacher’s additional instructions. ...
Working paper Reference - Archive ouverte UNIGE
... Broselow (1976) argued that the clitic is right-adjoined to its host. Fassi Fehri (1993) espouses a similar view, based on Baker's theory of Incorporation. This approach is consistent with the locality of cliticization i.e., the choice of host. In severa! respects, however, it is insufficient. First ...
... Broselow (1976) argued that the clitic is right-adjoined to its host. Fassi Fehri (1993) espouses a similar view, based on Baker's theory of Incorporation. This approach is consistent with the locality of cliticization i.e., the choice of host. In severa! respects, however, it is insufficient. First ...
write
... Attempt to spell unfamiliar words using strategies such as - phonemic (sound), - morphemic (units of meaning within words e.g cow and boy is cowboy) - etymological (word origin). Some limited variation in use of tense and verb forms, not always secure Reliance mainly on simply structured sentences, ...
... Attempt to spell unfamiliar words using strategies such as - phonemic (sound), - morphemic (units of meaning within words e.g cow and boy is cowboy) - etymological (word origin). Some limited variation in use of tense and verb forms, not always secure Reliance mainly on simply structured sentences, ...
editing workbook
... If you are an editor and are asked for a quick fix—the techniques we’ll cover should help you. Before we go on, here’s our take on what is grammatically wrong and what is stylistically unacceptable. ...
... If you are an editor and are asked for a quick fix—the techniques we’ll cover should help you. Before we go on, here’s our take on what is grammatically wrong and what is stylistically unacceptable. ...
Native Languages: A Support Document for the Teaching of
... This resource guide is intended for teachers of Ontario Oneida, Cayuga, and Mohawk as second languages. Its purpose is to describe the language patterns that occur in these Native languages and to reinforce teachers’ knowledge of the structure and functions of the various language elements (words an ...
... This resource guide is intended for teachers of Ontario Oneida, Cayuga, and Mohawk as second languages. Its purpose is to describe the language patterns that occur in these Native languages and to reinforce teachers’ knowledge of the structure and functions of the various language elements (words an ...
Towards a Semantics of X-Bar Theory
... language learner may lack the appropriate verb form and resort to the verbal use of a noun form as in the “to argument” example above. It also appears to be the case that verbs expressing an instantaneous action are more easily objectified and used after a determiner (e.g. “the kick”, “the hit”, “th ...
... language learner may lack the appropriate verb form and resort to the verbal use of a noun form as in the “to argument” example above. It also appears to be the case that verbs expressing an instantaneous action are more easily objectified and used after a determiner (e.g. “the kick”, “the hit”, “th ...
The expression of Motion and Path components by orientation
... Comitative, and Vocative; specific particles include Topic and other particles which express the beginning or the end of a process (‘from… until’), a restriction (‘only’), an addition (‘also’), a random selection (‘any’) etc. A case particle cannot be combined with another case particle, but it can ...
... Comitative, and Vocative; specific particles include Topic and other particles which express the beginning or the end of a process (‘from… until’), a restriction (‘only’), an addition (‘also’), a random selection (‘any’) etc. A case particle cannot be combined with another case particle, but it can ...
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.