untangling the russian predicate agreement
... (2003) propose a theory of agreement based on the distinction between CONCORD and INDEX agreement (Wechsler and Zlatic 2000, 2003; King and Dalrymple 2004). An agreement trigger such as a noun or pronoun carries both CONCORD and INDEX agreement feature sets, which are understood as grammaticalizatio ...
... (2003) propose a theory of agreement based on the distinction between CONCORD and INDEX agreement (Wechsler and Zlatic 2000, 2003; King and Dalrymple 2004). An agreement trigger such as a noun or pronoun carries both CONCORD and INDEX agreement feature sets, which are understood as grammaticalizatio ...
Word Order - Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft
... One of the primary ways in which languages differ from one another is in the order of constituents, or, as it is most commonly termed, their word order. When people refer to the word order of a language, they often are referring specifically to the order of subject, object, and verb with respect to ...
... One of the primary ways in which languages differ from one another is in the order of constituents, or, as it is most commonly termed, their word order. When people refer to the word order of a language, they often are referring specifically to the order of subject, object, and verb with respect to ...
understanding the racial and religious tolerance act 2001 (vic)
... To understand them, it is necessary to trace out their referencing systems. This has been done by unravelling the clausal structure of the sentences and identifying the function of the clauses. Take, for example, the sentence ‘the judge established that the evidence was inadmissible’. It has two fin ...
... To understand them, it is necessary to trace out their referencing systems. This has been done by unravelling the clausal structure of the sentences and identifying the function of the clauses. Take, for example, the sentence ‘the judge established that the evidence was inadmissible’. It has two fin ...
english 9 - Mona Shores Blogs
... 1. Compound sentences are separated by a comma then a conjunction. (, and) 2. Dependent clauses have subjects and verbs unlike phrases that do not. 3. Dependent clauses function in three ways: adverb, adjective, or noun. 4. Dependent clauses have starter words that indicate their presence: a. adverb ...
... 1. Compound sentences are separated by a comma then a conjunction. (, and) 2. Dependent clauses have subjects and verbs unlike phrases that do not. 3. Dependent clauses function in three ways: adverb, adjective, or noun. 4. Dependent clauses have starter words that indicate their presence: a. adverb ...
Practical Guide to English Usage
... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives .......................................................... 2.6. Interrogative adjectives .................. ...
... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives .......................................................... 2.6. Interrogative adjectives .................. ...
Au boulot! REFERENCE GRAMMAR QE FRENCH
... either affirmative or negative Subjects can be proper nouns, common nouns, pronouns, or something more complex, such as another sentence Predicates consist of a veri> and its complement, if any (For example, m "John whistles,* the verb whistks has no œmpkment, but in "John whistles a pretty time," i ...
... either affirmative or negative Subjects can be proper nouns, common nouns, pronouns, or something more complex, such as another sentence Predicates consist of a veri> and its complement, if any (For example, m "John whistles,* the verb whistks has no œmpkment, but in "John whistles a pretty time," i ...
sentences: elements, patterns, types
... make sense. Observe that the first two groups of words that follow express complete thoughts and make sense; the third does not. In the following examples, single underscores indicate subjects; double underscores, verbs. Athletic shoe makers convinced us that we need $150 tennis shoes. (Subject plus ...
... make sense. Observe that the first two groups of words that follow express complete thoughts and make sense; the third does not. In the following examples, single underscores indicate subjects; double underscores, verbs. Athletic shoe makers convinced us that we need $150 tennis shoes. (Subject plus ...
articles basque resultatives and related issues
... est cassé “the stick is broken”, in which case it may be difficult to distinguish from a passive form. But, in order to express resultatives from transitive verbs, many languages can use auxiliary have like in I have my task written, that is the state I am in after I have written the task, or j’ai m ...
... est cassé “the stick is broken”, in which case it may be difficult to distinguish from a passive form. But, in order to express resultatives from transitive verbs, many languages can use auxiliary have like in I have my task written, that is the state I am in after I have written the task, or j’ai m ...
THE SIMPLE SENTENCE: COMMUNICATIVE TYPES
... Exercise 5. Classify the following sentences into two-member and one-member sentences (say whether they are complete or elliptical): 1. He stared amazed at the calmness of her answer. 2. We must go to meet the bus. Wouldn’t do to miss it. 3. Obedient little trees, fulfilling their duty. 4. Brown kne ...
... Exercise 5. Classify the following sentences into two-member and one-member sentences (say whether they are complete or elliptical): 1. He stared amazed at the calmness of her answer. 2. We must go to meet the bus. Wouldn’t do to miss it. 3. Obedient little trees, fulfilling their duty. 4. Brown kne ...
ARTICLES BASQUE RESULTATIVES AND RELATED ISSUES
... est cassé “the stick is broken”, in which case it may be difficult to distinguish from a passive form. But, in order to express resultatives from transitive verbs, many languages can use auxiliary have like in I have my task written, that is the state I am in after I have written the task, or j’ai m ...
... est cassé “the stick is broken”, in which case it may be difficult to distinguish from a passive form. But, in order to express resultatives from transitive verbs, many languages can use auxiliary have like in I have my task written, that is the state I am in after I have written the task, or j’ai m ...
Presentation Plus! - CMS-Grade8-ELA-Reading-2010
... Present and Past Tenses (cont.) • In the present tense, the base form of a verb is used with all subjects except singular nouns and the pronouns he, she, and it. • When the subject is a singular noun or he, she, or it, -s is usually added to the verb. • Remember that a verb in a sentence must a ...
... Present and Past Tenses (cont.) • In the present tense, the base form of a verb is used with all subjects except singular nouns and the pronouns he, she, and it. • When the subject is a singular noun or he, she, or it, -s is usually added to the verb. • Remember that a verb in a sentence must a ...
The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas
... What makes a language ancient? The term conjures up images, often romantic, of archeologists feverishly copying hieroglyphs by torchlight in a freshly discovered burial chamber; of philologists dangling over a precipice in some remote corner of the earth, taking impressions of an inscription carved ...
... What makes a language ancient? The term conjures up images, often romantic, of archeologists feverishly copying hieroglyphs by torchlight in a freshly discovered burial chamber; of philologists dangling over a precipice in some remote corner of the earth, taking impressions of an inscription carved ...
Verbal stem space and verb to noun conversion in French - Hal-SHS
... ‘calm’ > CALMER ‘to calm’ ‘precise’ > PRÉCISER ‘to clarify’ (b) BAVE ‘drool’ > BAVER ‘to drool’ DRAP ‘sheet’ > DRAPER ‘to drape’ CALME ...
... ‘calm’ > CALMER ‘to calm’ ‘precise’ > PRÉCISER ‘to clarify’ (b) BAVE ‘drool’ > BAVER ‘to drool’ DRAP ‘sheet’ > DRAPER ‘to drape’ CALME ...
English Co-reference Guidelines
... the example below, 'it' and 'there' are expletive pronouns, and should remain unlinked. (12) Since [there] have been no further negotiations, [it] seems obvious that the violence will continue. ...
... the example below, 'it' and 'there' are expletive pronouns, and should remain unlinked. (12) Since [there] have been no further negotiations, [it] seems obvious that the violence will continue. ...
Common Sentence Errors Make your Writing More
... 2) Singular and plural subjects connected by "or" or "nor" (plural comes second, and takes plural verb): "Neither the dog nor the cats are allowed on the bed." ...
... 2) Singular and plural subjects connected by "or" or "nor" (plural comes second, and takes plural verb): "Neither the dog nor the cats are allowed on the bed." ...
ùit6 - Bilkent Repository
... subset of structures used as adverbial adjuncts in Turkish. The networks are interrelated as follows: The S network makes use of the NP and ADVP net works to parse its constituents. The NP network makes use of the CLAUSE network to handle participle and infinitive clauses and these clauses enable t ...
... subset of structures used as adverbial adjuncts in Turkish. The networks are interrelated as follows: The S network makes use of the NP and ADVP net works to parse its constituents. The NP network makes use of the CLAUSE network to handle participle and infinitive clauses and these clauses enable t ...
Double Double, Morphology and Trouble: Looking into
... “I killed animal after animal”/“#I was killing the animal” As can be seen, this operation cannot apply to the verb bunuh “kill” in (11) to mean “killing”. However if the object can be interpreted as plural then the action can be applied to the multiple objects as shown in (13). So there is this sens ...
... “I killed animal after animal”/“#I was killing the animal” As can be seen, this operation cannot apply to the verb bunuh “kill” in (11) to mean “killing”. However if the object can be interpreted as plural then the action can be applied to the multiple objects as shown in (13). So there is this sens ...
Analysis and Synthesis of the Semantic Functions of Reduplication
... meaning of hati extended by a metaphor. The corpus data used for this study did not contain any other proper instances where reduplication produced similar results. Hence, I give a few instances from a dictionary, Kamus Pelajar: mata means “eye” while mata-mata means “police”, and orang means “human ...
... meaning of hati extended by a metaphor. The corpus data used for this study did not contain any other proper instances where reduplication produced similar results. Hence, I give a few instances from a dictionary, Kamus Pelajar: mata means “eye” while mata-mata means “police”, and orang means “human ...
Semantic Parsing Based on FrameNet
... which labels had to be assigned were: 51,010 for the training set; 15,924 for the validation set and 16,279 for the test set. We used an additional set of 66,687 sentences (hereafter extended data) as extended data produced when using the examples associated with any other frame from FrameNet that ...
... which labels had to be assigned were: 51,010 for the training set; 15,924 for the validation set and 16,279 for the test set. We used an additional set of 66,687 sentences (hereafter extended data) as extended data produced when using the examples associated with any other frame from FrameNet that ...
Holmberg`s Generalization`
... is introduced by Holmberg (1986) as referring to movement of both pronouns and full noun phrases. I believe that these two movements should be kept apart (cf. Zwart 1992a), and will use the terms `pronoun shift' and `clitic placement' here to refer to movement of weak pronouns. `Focus scrambling' (N ...
... is introduced by Holmberg (1986) as referring to movement of both pronouns and full noun phrases. I believe that these two movements should be kept apart (cf. Zwart 1992a), and will use the terms `pronoun shift' and `clitic placement' here to refer to movement of weak pronouns. `Focus scrambling' (N ...
MORE THOUGHTS ON THE COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION OF THE
... t i v e (to be further denoted as FSP),' it is the same as that used i n the first in stalment. Besides explaining the terminology (see esp. pp. 39, 42—44), the first instalment offers also a summary of the main principles of the F S P theory as presented i n our previous papers on F S P . It is to ...
... t i v e (to be further denoted as FSP),' it is the same as that used i n the first in stalment. Besides explaining the terminology (see esp. pp. 39, 42—44), the first instalment offers also a summary of the main principles of the F S P theory as presented i n our previous papers on F S P . It is to ...
Lexical Resources for Noun Compounds in Czech, English and Zulu
... follows. Noun compounds are head-final and thus leftbranching. English has very few compounds like attorney general, where the phrasal head is not the rightmost member. In most compounds, the phrasal head is also the semantic head, i.e., the constituent that expresses the basic meaning of the compou ...
... follows. Noun compounds are head-final and thus leftbranching. English has very few compounds like attorney general, where the phrasal head is not the rightmost member. In most compounds, the phrasal head is also the semantic head, i.e., the constituent that expresses the basic meaning of the compou ...
Prepositions TIME and PLACE
... You may have learned that ending a sentence with a preposition is a serious breach of grammatical etiquette. It doesn't take a grammarian to spot a sentenceending preposition, so this is an easy rule to get caught up on (!). Although it is often easy to remedy the offending preposition, sometimes it ...
... You may have learned that ending a sentence with a preposition is a serious breach of grammatical etiquette. It doesn't take a grammarian to spot a sentenceending preposition, so this is an easy rule to get caught up on (!). Although it is often easy to remedy the offending preposition, sometimes it ...
English grammar: learning the language
... What were you doing at this time yesterday? 5. Past Continuous (action in progress at a specific time in the past) I was watching a film at this time yesterday. What will you be doing at this time tomorrow? 6. Future Continuous (action that will be in progress at a specific time in the near future) ...
... What were you doing at this time yesterday? 5. Past Continuous (action in progress at a specific time in the past) I was watching a film at this time yesterday. What will you be doing at this time tomorrow? 6. Future Continuous (action that will be in progress at a specific time in the near future) ...
Other Comma Uses and Misuses - New Mexico State University
... The wind was cold, they decided not to go swimming. You can see that this sentence contains two main clauses - to separate sentences that make sense on their own - that have been fused together with just a comma, which is a grammatical error. Think of a splice in a wire. It's a weak spot. A comma sp ...
... The wind was cold, they decided not to go swimming. You can see that this sentence contains two main clauses - to separate sentences that make sense on their own - that have been fused together with just a comma, which is a grammatical error. Think of a splice in a wire. It's a weak spot. A comma sp ...