writer`s guide for engineers
... writers to keep two things in mind. Firstly, they need to determine what the text is ‘about’ by selecting appropriate topics. Secondly, they need to use strategies to keep the text topic ‘in the spotlight’ as the text develops from sentence to sentence. This we call organising flow. • The light befo ...
... writers to keep two things in mind. Firstly, they need to determine what the text is ‘about’ by selecting appropriate topics. Secondly, they need to use strategies to keep the text topic ‘in the spotlight’ as the text develops from sentence to sentence. This we call organising flow. • The light befo ...
Prepositions and particles in English
... loose label, difficult to use profitably. This is why, for their part, Huddleston and Pullum refuse to use the term “phrasal verb” on the basis of syntactic criteria. According to them, despite the frequency of their joint idiomatic use, the combination verb + preposition o ...
... loose label, difficult to use profitably. This is why, for their part, Huddleston and Pullum refuse to use the term “phrasal verb” on the basis of syntactic criteria. According to them, despite the frequency of their joint idiomatic use, the combination verb + preposition o ...
PPT - FLYPARSONS.org
... A superlative adverb compares more than two actions. Some comparatives and superlatives are irregular. Adverbs and adjectives are often confused, especially when they appear after verbs. People also sometimes confuse the words bad, badly, good, and well. ...
... A superlative adverb compares more than two actions. Some comparatives and superlatives are irregular. Adverbs and adjectives are often confused, especially when they appear after verbs. People also sometimes confuse the words bad, badly, good, and well. ...
CHAPTER 5 THE LIGHT VERB SYNTAX IN CHINESE
... They have specific functions; that is, they help to determine the temporal viewpoints of eventualities. Thus they are no different from other light verbs in Mandarin Chinese, in the sense that they are all predicated of eventualities. ...
... They have specific functions; that is, they help to determine the temporal viewpoints of eventualities. Thus they are no different from other light verbs in Mandarin Chinese, in the sense that they are all predicated of eventualities. ...
How many theta roles in a reflexive verb?
... this can be achieved by coindexing two syntactic arguments (an anaphor and its antecedent), we will show that verbal reflexives like (2b)–(5b) are intransitive: They project only one syntactic argument. In other words, this kind of reflexivization must involve detransitivization of a transitive verb ...
... this can be achieved by coindexing two syntactic arguments (an anaphor and its antecedent), we will show that verbal reflexives like (2b)–(5b) are intransitive: They project only one syntactic argument. In other words, this kind of reflexivization must involve detransitivization of a transitive verb ...
Verb Agreement in Hindi and its Acquisition1 Benu Pareek, Ayesha
... respective verbs. For each verb, two pictures with the same action but different characters were shown to the children and they were encouraged to talk about the events in both the pictures in complete sentences, using full definite noun phrases. The use of different characters was necessary to avoi ...
... respective verbs. For each verb, two pictures with the same action but different characters were shown to the children and they were encouraged to talk about the events in both the pictures in complete sentences, using full definite noun phrases. The use of different characters was necessary to avoi ...
Yamba - MPG.PuRe
... This alphabet was composed of 37 consonant graphemes and 09 vowel graphemes. (see tables below),. According to this orthographic system most words are inonosyllabic since most grammatical morphemes such as tense, aspect, location, pronouns and so on, are written as autonomous units. This ...
... This alphabet was composed of 37 consonant graphemes and 09 vowel graphemes. (see tables below),. According to this orthographic system most words are inonosyllabic since most grammatical morphemes such as tense, aspect, location, pronouns and so on, are written as autonomous units. This ...
Raymond Hickey, A Promise is a Promise: On speech acts of
... When looking at acts of commitment one sees that the consent of the hearer, which is an integral part of them, is important so that the speaker may achieve his purpose. One might imagine that the speaker can best achieve his purpose if he is independent of the hearer but this is not necessarily so. ...
... When looking at acts of commitment one sees that the consent of the hearer, which is an integral part of them, is important so that the speaker may achieve his purpose. One might imagine that the speaker can best achieve his purpose if he is independent of the hearer but this is not necessarily so. ...
Gothic Syntax
... (32) and (33), which translate the Greek imperfect passives exegamízonto ‘were (being) married’ and ebaptízonto ‘were (being) baptized’, the aspect is incompletive. In summary, the German werden passive is the general one and the ‘be’ passive solely stative. In Gothic, the ‘be’ passive is both stati ...
... (32) and (33), which translate the Greek imperfect passives exegamízonto ‘were (being) married’ and ebaptízonto ‘were (being) baptized’, the aspect is incompletive. In summary, the German werden passive is the general one and the ‘be’ passive solely stative. In Gothic, the ‘be’ passive is both stati ...
Passive Voice Constructions in Modern Irish
... This paper is about the passive construction, of which modern Irish (a VSO language) has two primary forms, the personal passive and its variants, and the impersonal. An empirical question is posed as to whether a third passive form exists within the language, that of a functionally defined GET-pass ...
... This paper is about the passive construction, of which modern Irish (a VSO language) has two primary forms, the personal passive and its variants, and the impersonal. An empirical question is posed as to whether a third passive form exists within the language, that of a functionally defined GET-pass ...
parts of speech power point
... Correlative Conjunctions: both…and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, whether…or Correlative conjunctions link similar words or groups of words. However, they are always used in pairs. Either come with us, or you’ll have to ride with them. Both Carmella and Miguel will be attending this ...
... Correlative Conjunctions: both…and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, whether…or Correlative conjunctions link similar words or groups of words. However, they are always used in pairs. Either come with us, or you’ll have to ride with them. Both Carmella and Miguel will be attending this ...
perfect - Michel Thomas
... are adjectives. ciemno ‘dark’ is an adverb, and is used after ‘it is’ and ‘it is getting’: Jest ciemno ‘It is dark’; Robi sie˛ ciemno ‘It is getting dark’; Robiło sie˛ ciemno ‘It was getting dark’. The verb form ‘it was getting dark’ indicates a process. Polish does not have the range of tenses that ...
... are adjectives. ciemno ‘dark’ is an adverb, and is used after ‘it is’ and ‘it is getting’: Jest ciemno ‘It is dark’; Robi sie˛ ciemno ‘It is getting dark’; Robiło sie˛ ciemno ‘It was getting dark’. The verb form ‘it was getting dark’ indicates a process. Polish does not have the range of tenses that ...
A Realistic Transformational Grammar
... visualize the changes from the Aspects model to the lexical -interpre tative model, imagine that the transformational derivation has been contracted and rotated 90 degrees clockwise . Shortening the transformational derivation is compensated for by greatly enlarging the lexicon (which was invisible ...
... visualize the changes from the Aspects model to the lexical -interpre tative model, imagine that the transformational derivation has been contracted and rotated 90 degrees clockwise . Shortening the transformational derivation is compensated for by greatly enlarging the lexicon (which was invisible ...
1 Noun classes and classifiers, semantics of
... different noun classes can be chosen to highlight a particular property of a referent. Manambu, a Ndu language from the Sepik area, has two genders. The masculine gender includes male referents, and feminine gender includes females. But the gender choice depends on other factors, and can vary: if th ...
... different noun classes can be chosen to highlight a particular property of a referent. Manambu, a Ndu language from the Sepik area, has two genders. The masculine gender includes male referents, and feminine gender includes females. But the gender choice depends on other factors, and can vary: if th ...
THE SUBSYSTEMS OF LEXICAL ASPECTS
... The main objective of this thesis is to take a new look at lexical aspects, or Aktionsarten, and to provide a systematic analysis in accordance with the theory of aspect which is based on the teaching of Gustave GuiUaume (1965; 1984) and his followers (Valin 1965, 1975; Hide 1967, 1975; Hewson 1997; ...
... The main objective of this thesis is to take a new look at lexical aspects, or Aktionsarten, and to provide a systematic analysis in accordance with the theory of aspect which is based on the teaching of Gustave GuiUaume (1965; 1984) and his followers (Valin 1965, 1975; Hide 1967, 1975; Hewson 1997; ...
Journal of Memory and Language
... were confounded, because the constituent carrying mismatching number information was always embedded within the subject noun phrase (3, 4). Thus, in the conditions where there was a larger distance between subject and local noun, there was also a larger distance between verb and local noun.1 However ...
... were confounded, because the constituent carrying mismatching number information was always embedded within the subject noun phrase (3, 4). Thus, in the conditions where there was a larger distance between subject and local noun, there was also a larger distance between verb and local noun.1 However ...
quirky subjects in old french
... control (i.e. being a controllee); (vi) conjunction reduction; (vii) Subject-to-subject raising (raising contexts); (viii) subject-to-object raising (Exceptional Case Marking configurations). I was able to find conclusive examples for (i)-(vii), but not for the remaining property. Before we proceed, ...
... control (i.e. being a controllee); (vi) conjunction reduction; (vii) Subject-to-subject raising (raising contexts); (viii) subject-to-object raising (Exceptional Case Marking configurations). I was able to find conclusive examples for (i)-(vii), but not for the remaining property. Before we proceed, ...
Clausal Subordination and the Structure of the Verbal Phrase
... of unicorns is not presupposed. The reviewer’s question is built on the premise that in the double-object construction, the indirect object occupies the SpecVP position in (6). However, although I follow [6] in exploiting both the complement-of-V position and the SpecVP position for objects, I am no ...
... of unicorns is not presupposed. The reviewer’s question is built on the premise that in the double-object construction, the indirect object occupies the SpecVP position in (6). However, although I follow [6] in exploiting both the complement-of-V position and the SpecVP position for objects, I am no ...
Some Observations on English Deverbal and Gerundial Nouns
... infinitive (2a, b), no special typological distinction, apart from sub-specifying the infinitival clause w.r.t. its syntactic role (i.e., the adverbial or the nominal infinitival clause), has been drawn in descriptive grammars. As a consequence, several authors have proposed that the -ing forms such ...
... infinitive (2a, b), no special typological distinction, apart from sub-specifying the infinitival clause w.r.t. its syntactic role (i.e., the adverbial or the nominal infinitival clause), has been drawn in descriptive grammars. As a consequence, several authors have proposed that the -ing forms such ...
Questionnaire for property verbs in African languages
... identical to object markers (Allaoua 1992). 1.3.5. Is it possible for a verb form defined under A.1 to occur in all tense/aspect/mood forms? 1.3.6. If not, what restrictions are there? (This question corresponds to question B.1.4-1.8 with respect to semantics) 1.3.7. Are there conjugations or combin ...
... identical to object markers (Allaoua 1992). 1.3.5. Is it possible for a verb form defined under A.1 to occur in all tense/aspect/mood forms? 1.3.6. If not, what restrictions are there? (This question corresponds to question B.1.4-1.8 with respect to semantics) 1.3.7. Are there conjugations or combin ...
Eimi and the adjectival participle in Ancient Greek
... 3. 1. Adjectivisation of the present participle? In the second part of this paper, I want to take a closer look at the categorial status of the adjectival participle. In the past, it has been repeatedly suggested that the adjectival present participle not only functions as an adjective but should be ...
... 3. 1. Adjectivisation of the present participle? In the second part of this paper, I want to take a closer look at the categorial status of the adjectival participle. In the past, it has been repeatedly suggested that the adjectival present participle not only functions as an adjective but should be ...
Baldwin, Timothy and Su Nam Kim (2010) Multiword Expressions, in
... of lexical and syntactic configurations (e.g. nominal, verbal and adverbial). Semantically, we can observe different effects: in some cases (e.g. serial number and television video), the component words preserve their original semantics, but the MWE encodes extra semantics (e.g. the fact that a tele ...
... of lexical and syntactic configurations (e.g. nominal, verbal and adverbial). Semantically, we can observe different effects: in some cases (e.g. serial number and television video), the component words preserve their original semantics, but the MWE encodes extra semantics (e.g. the fact that a tele ...
1 Paper accepted for publication in Language Sciences Explaining
... the use of null forms and the rule that the case of the subject of the infinitive is dative cannot be rejected. This opinion is clearly expressed by Perlmutter (2007, p. 304), when he states that ‘[w]hile readers are certainly entitled to their opinions about what is desirable or undesirable, it is ...
... the use of null forms and the rule that the case of the subject of the infinitive is dative cannot be rejected. This opinion is clearly expressed by Perlmutter (2007, p. 304), when he states that ‘[w]hile readers are certainly entitled to their opinions about what is desirable or undesirable, it is ...