Generating a type of pun
... some gmsp of logic and common sense is necessary to generate consistently interestingjokes. Humour is also worthy of study because it "providesus with valuable insights into the mechanisrns which underlie 'normal' Ianguage production" m92, 1751. We wiil be concentrating on verbal puas which, for the ...
... some gmsp of logic and common sense is necessary to generate consistently interestingjokes. Humour is also worthy of study because it "providesus with valuable insights into the mechanisrns which underlie 'normal' Ianguage production" m92, 1751. We wiil be concentrating on verbal puas which, for the ...
Adverbs - 1º Bach.English Classes
... Regardless of its position, an adverb is often neatly integrated into the flow of a sentence. When this is true, as it almost always is, the adverb is called an adjunct. (Notice the underlined adjuncts or adjunctive adverbs in the first two sentences of this paragraph.) When the adverb does not fit ...
... Regardless of its position, an adverb is often neatly integrated into the flow of a sentence. When this is true, as it almost always is, the adverb is called an adjunct. (Notice the underlined adjuncts or adjunctive adverbs in the first two sentences of this paragraph.) When the adverb does not fit ...
6.863J Natural Language Processing Lecture 9: Writing grammars
... established 6.863J/9.611J Lecture 9 Sp03 ...
... established 6.863J/9.611J Lecture 9 Sp03 ...
The lexical category auxiliary in Sinhala
... never occurs outside this construction, it is unclear what part of speech it derives from, or what its own lexical meaning would be. The 55ehaviour of gannə differs from the grammaticization paths that have been taken by yannə ‘go’ and dennə ‘give’. While the latter take non-finite complements of an ...
... never occurs outside this construction, it is unclear what part of speech it derives from, or what its own lexical meaning would be. The 55ehaviour of gannə differs from the grammaticization paths that have been taken by yannə ‘go’ and dennə ‘give’. While the latter take non-finite complements of an ...
The Dependency Structure of Coordinate Phrases
... analysis of naturally-occurring written language—and depends on two fundamental premises, both of them quite well-established. (1) In situations of syntactic choice—where there is more than one way of expressing something—people tend to use the construction that is syntactically less complex or comp ...
... analysis of naturally-occurring written language—and depends on two fundamental premises, both of them quite well-established. (1) In situations of syntactic choice—where there is more than one way of expressing something—people tend to use the construction that is syntactically less complex or comp ...
Verbal complementation in early Middle English: How do the
... As for onginnan, the more plausible solution would be to have in the OE lexicon two homophonous verbs, viz. onginnan ^ compatible with infinitives and meaning "to begin" and onginnanj followed by finite CCs [complement clauses], which has the meaning of Mod.E "to endeavour". These two verbs would th ...
... As for onginnan, the more plausible solution would be to have in the OE lexicon two homophonous verbs, viz. onginnan ^ compatible with infinitives and meaning "to begin" and onginnanj followed by finite CCs [complement clauses], which has the meaning of Mod.E "to endeavour". These two verbs would th ...
the Supine - Skidmore College
... II. The Supine (see also Wheelock pp. 270-271) ►The supine is a form based on the perfect passive participle. It may end with –um, and thus look just like the fourth principal part of most regular verbs (this is the accusative supine), or the –um may be replaced with –ū (this is the ablative supine) ...
... II. The Supine (see also Wheelock pp. 270-271) ►The supine is a form based on the perfect passive participle. It may end with –um, and thus look just like the fourth principal part of most regular verbs (this is the accusative supine), or the –um may be replaced with –ū (this is the ablative supine) ...
Turkish Relative Participles. A Reanalysis in Categorial Grammar.
... constructions: nominal constructions, genitive groups and participles. Turkish nouns can be used as substantives, attributes or predicates. The Turkish genitive ...
... constructions: nominal constructions, genitive groups and participles. Turkish nouns can be used as substantives, attributes or predicates. The Turkish genitive ...
6. Incremental Theme Besides narrowing the class of role data, our
... decompose, etc. 2 The phenomenon thus belongs in the realm of partial correlation of lexical meaning with argument configuration, not general compositional semantics. Despite the fact that Incremental Theme has not been counted within the traditional canon of thematic roles, I can see no good reaso ...
... decompose, etc. 2 The phenomenon thus belongs in the realm of partial correlation of lexical meaning with argument configuration, not general compositional semantics. Despite the fact that Incremental Theme has not been counted within the traditional canon of thematic roles, I can see no good reaso ...
Appendix to “Measuring Central Bank
... Based on the punctuation-mark splitting rule just described, the text is composed of two raw phrases, the first highlighting moderation of long-term inflationary expectations, and the second pointing to current inflationary pressures. By inspection, each raw phrase in this sentence has a different ...
... Based on the punctuation-mark splitting rule just described, the text is composed of two raw phrases, the first highlighting moderation of long-term inflationary expectations, and the second pointing to current inflationary pressures. By inspection, each raw phrase in this sentence has a different ...
The role of prosody in toddlers` interpretation of verbs - Risc-CNRS
... but also other predicate terms such as prepositions. Fisher et al. (2005) showed that 2-yearolds can learn new prepositions from the sentence structure. While viewing a scene, children who heard (1) ”This is acorp my box ” interpreted ’acorp’ as being the object’s position relative to the noun ’my b ...
... but also other predicate terms such as prepositions. Fisher et al. (2005) showed that 2-yearolds can learn new prepositions from the sentence structure. While viewing a scene, children who heard (1) ”This is acorp my box ” interpreted ’acorp’ as being the object’s position relative to the noun ’my b ...
COMPOUNDING IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH: SHAKESPEARE`S
... Some of the words Shakespeare uses must have been very new indeed, since the earliest instance in which we find them at all is only a year or two before he uses them and in a number of cases his is the earliest occurrence of the word in English. They also refer to the fact that Shakespeare’s pioneer ...
... Some of the words Shakespeare uses must have been very new indeed, since the earliest instance in which we find them at all is only a year or two before he uses them and in a number of cases his is the earliest occurrence of the word in English. They also refer to the fact that Shakespeare’s pioneer ...
Grammar Notes
... Run-on sentences are, in some ways, the opposite of comma splices. Instead of using the wrong punctuation, they occur when you don’t use any punctuation between sentences. They are just sentences smashed together without any punctuation. Sometimes they are called fused sentences. ...
... Run-on sentences are, in some ways, the opposite of comma splices. Instead of using the wrong punctuation, they occur when you don’t use any punctuation between sentences. They are just sentences smashed together without any punctuation. Sometimes they are called fused sentences. ...
“Comparative typology of loose objects in Modern English
... sentence is another backward element of syntactic theory. Even the terminology in this field is far from certain. The term "loose" is used in English grammars chiefly with reference to the apposition: close apposition and loose apposition are two notions opposed to each other in grammatical theory. ...
... sentence is another backward element of syntactic theory. Even the terminology in this field is far from certain. The term "loose" is used in English grammars chiefly with reference to the apposition: close apposition and loose apposition are two notions opposed to each other in grammatical theory. ...
CTE - 02 Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota Written English
... Most linguists feel that the inflectional/derivational distinction is not a fundamental or foundational question at all, but just a sometimes-useful piece of terminology whose definitions involve a somewhat complex combination of more basic properties. Therefore we will not be surprised to find cas ...
... Most linguists feel that the inflectional/derivational distinction is not a fundamental or foundational question at all, but just a sometimes-useful piece of terminology whose definitions involve a somewhat complex combination of more basic properties. Therefore we will not be surprised to find cas ...
Necessitative passive This TV needs fixing. The Department of English
... the be-passive, except that the necessitative passive has an extra meaning, normally related to deontic modality (cf. Section 3.5), which is derived from the main verb. The undergoer-orientation further indicates that there is an actor, although it is not overtly expressed. It is obvious that there ...
... the be-passive, except that the necessitative passive has an extra meaning, normally related to deontic modality (cf. Section 3.5), which is derived from the main verb. The undergoer-orientation further indicates that there is an actor, although it is not overtly expressed. It is obvious that there ...
LATIN GRAMMAR REVIEW
... You do (will do) this to help me. You did (were doing) this to help me. They are asking what we wrote. They asked what we had written. The teacher is so strict that he is avoided. The teacher was so strict that he was avoided. ...
... You do (will do) this to help me. You did (were doing) this to help me. They are asking what we wrote. They asked what we had written. The teacher is so strict that he is avoided. The teacher was so strict that he was avoided. ...
Relativization versus nominalization strategies in
... (Givón 1990:498). According to Givón (1990:498) ‘a verbal clause is nominalized most commonly when it occupies a prototypical nominal position (or ‘function) […] within another clause’. Generally, this process is accompanied by structural adjustments, such as the absence of tense, aspect, and modal ...
... (Givón 1990:498). According to Givón (1990:498) ‘a verbal clause is nominalized most commonly when it occupies a prototypical nominal position (or ‘function) […] within another clause’. Generally, this process is accompanied by structural adjustments, such as the absence of tense, aspect, and modal ...
Words that are easy to misuse
... Capital may refer either to financial assets or to the city that hosts the government of a state or a nation. Capitol refers to the buildings in which the state or national ...
... Capital may refer either to financial assets or to the city that hosts the government of a state or a nation. Capitol refers to the buildings in which the state or national ...
Grace Theological Journal 11.1 (1991) 71
... special feature of this series of studies is the attempt to give statistical information at every level, so that the student may begin to appreciate the relative magnitude of each structure. ...
... special feature of this series of studies is the attempt to give statistical information at every level, so that the student may begin to appreciate the relative magnitude of each structure. ...
Forming and Using Verb Tenses
... Note that you cannot use the present participle as a predicate unless you use an auxiliary verb with it -- the word group “I walking to the store'' is an incomplete and ungrammatical sentence, while word group “I am walking to the store'' is a complete sentence. You will often use the present partic ...
... Note that you cannot use the present participle as a predicate unless you use an auxiliary verb with it -- the word group “I walking to the store'' is an incomplete and ungrammatical sentence, while word group “I am walking to the store'' is a complete sentence. You will often use the present partic ...
The Syntax and Semantics of Tongan Noun Phrases
... not the third. Tongan is the primary language of the home, unless her Englishspeaking daughter is around. Her family still lives in or near Tonga, and they all meet at least once a year on the island at a home they own. Outside of family, she also keeps in touch with other Tongans in the United Stat ...
... not the third. Tongan is the primary language of the home, unless her Englishspeaking daughter is around. Her family still lives in or near Tonga, and they all meet at least once a year on the island at a home they own. Outside of family, she also keeps in touch with other Tongans in the United Stat ...
Syntax - English sentence structure
... Run-on sentences: These are two sentences that the writer has not separated with an end punctuation mark, or has not joined with a conjunction. (Click the following run-ons to see where they should be separated into two sentences.) o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I h ...
... Run-on sentences: These are two sentences that the writer has not separated with an end punctuation mark, or has not joined with a conjunction. (Click the following run-ons to see where they should be separated into two sentences.) o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I h ...
Key to Comments and Commonly Confused Words http://www.wsu
... Memory tip: Try putting your thumb over the information within the commas. If the sentence changes without that information, the information restricts the meaning of the sentence, and you don't need the commas. ...
... Memory tip: Try putting your thumb over the information within the commas. If the sentence changes without that information, the information restricts the meaning of the sentence, and you don't need the commas. ...
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.