Existential there and catenative concord. Evidence from the British
... it is difficult to argue that it governs the choice of form (singular/plural) there. Instead, in their view, there can be seen as ―inheriting‖ the number of the noun phrase, and this inheritance is decisive for the choice of verb form after the introductory subject. Contrary to the situation with ―f ...
... it is difficult to argue that it governs the choice of form (singular/plural) there. Instead, in their view, there can be seen as ―inheriting‖ the number of the noun phrase, and this inheritance is decisive for the choice of verb form after the introductory subject. Contrary to the situation with ―f ...
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... Example 2 could be replaced by white, to make the phrase the white house. Examples 1 and 2 contain the phrase the end of the street (example 3) which acts like a noun. It could be replaced by the cross-roads to give the house at the cross-roads. Each phrase has a word called its head which links it ...
... Example 2 could be replaced by white, to make the phrase the white house. Examples 1 and 2 contain the phrase the end of the street (example 3) which acts like a noun. It could be replaced by the cross-roads to give the house at the cross-roads. Each phrase has a word called its head which links it ...
Appendix 2 - University of Waterloo
... called gerunds. Purchasing software is difficult. “Purchasing” functions as a noun and is the subject of the verb “is.” Otherwise, they are used as adjectives and must describe or modify a noun, usually the subject of the main part of the sentence. A difficulty arises because participles are parts o ...
... called gerunds. Purchasing software is difficult. “Purchasing” functions as a noun and is the subject of the verb “is.” Otherwise, they are used as adjectives and must describe or modify a noun, usually the subject of the main part of the sentence. A difficulty arises because participles are parts o ...
UNIVERZITA PARDUBICE FAKULTA FILOZOFICKÁ BAKALÁŘSKÁ PRÁCE 2010
... headlines were chosen on grounds of overall linguistic creativity and variety of wordformation processes used. Nonetheless, the main purpose of the analysis is to demonstrate the ideas and theories explored in the first part of the paper. All samples are studied in detail in order to gather enough d ...
... headlines were chosen on grounds of overall linguistic creativity and variety of wordformation processes used. Nonetheless, the main purpose of the analysis is to demonstrate the ideas and theories explored in the first part of the paper. All samples are studied in detail in order to gather enough d ...
a Markup Language to Describe the Unlimited
... intelligence and computer linguistics. In the past 50 years great progress has been made in this field, as a lot of references have pointed out [1][7][9]. The milestone in the history of modern linguistics is Chomsky’s concept of generative grammar for natural language with the efforts of describing ...
... intelligence and computer linguistics. In the past 50 years great progress has been made in this field, as a lot of references have pointed out [1][7][9]. The milestone in the history of modern linguistics is Chomsky’s concept of generative grammar for natural language with the efforts of describing ...
Print this article - Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational
... The verb “feel bad” against “feel badly” Bad" is the adjective in English, while "badly" is the adverb. Adverb suffixes distinguished from "ly" (characteristic for wordformation in English, the transition of an adjective into an adverb). Correct: I feel bad. (correct, as it gives a qquality to the f ...
... The verb “feel bad” against “feel badly” Bad" is the adjective in English, while "badly" is the adverb. Adverb suffixes distinguished from "ly" (characteristic for wordformation in English, the transition of an adjective into an adverb). Correct: I feel bad. (correct, as it gives a qquality to the f ...
6 Denotation in Murriny Patha Morphosyntax
... constructions. Although numerals regularly appear toward the right of the NP’s head, and Murriny Patha has (or perhaps had) an elaborate system of cardinal numbers (Walsh 1976b: 194-199)94, the number of human participants is far more likely to be marked in the verb than in the NP. There are certain ...
... constructions. Although numerals regularly appear toward the right of the NP’s head, and Murriny Patha has (or perhaps had) an elaborate system of cardinal numbers (Walsh 1976b: 194-199)94, the number of human participants is far more likely to be marked in the verb than in the NP. There are certain ...
Grammatical Agreement
... Another problem for syntactic accounts comes from the assumption that agreement and caseassignment are the two sides of the same coin. If a verb agrees with just one argument, more than often it is the nominative argument: in a nominative-accusative language the verb agrees with the subject, and in ...
... Another problem for syntactic accounts comes from the assumption that agreement and caseassignment are the two sides of the same coin. If a verb agrees with just one argument, more than often it is the nominative argument: in a nominative-accusative language the verb agrees with the subject, and in ...
Towards the Automatic Mining of Similes in Literary Texts
... Similes can be defined as comparative constructions in which a parallel is drawn between two or more semantically unrelated entities or processes, often through a shared property, so as to produce a mental image in a person's mind. As figures of speech, similes play in essential role in literary tex ...
... Similes can be defined as comparative constructions in which a parallel is drawn between two or more semantically unrelated entities or processes, often through a shared property, so as to produce a mental image in a person's mind. As figures of speech, similes play in essential role in literary tex ...
english syntax the simple sentence
... performance: the TG grammarians are interested not in the actual utterance of the speaker (which are a matter only of “performance”) but in what is linguistically possible, in what the speaker can say (his “competence”). The new grammar focused on two major problems: linguistic creativity and the le ...
... performance: the TG grammarians are interested not in the actual utterance of the speaker (which are a matter only of “performance”) but in what is linguistically possible, in what the speaker can say (his “competence”). The new grammar focused on two major problems: linguistic creativity and the le ...
A preliminary structural transfer system
... structure in English, might be deleted by another transformation. Modification is involved in changing the tense of the predicate head in a dependent clause to create the proper sequence of tenses in English. The operation of permutation is utilized in the transformation from Russian to English word ...
... structure in English, might be deleted by another transformation. Modification is involved in changing the tense of the predicate head in a dependent clause to create the proper sequence of tenses in English. The operation of permutation is utilized in the transformation from Russian to English word ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... whether it is declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative, and add the correct end mark. If it is a sentence fragment, write fragment. declarative 1. I will be there by 8:15 in the morning. _________________________________________ fragment 2. Saving a seat for me ________________________ ...
... whether it is declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative, and add the correct end mark. If it is a sentence fragment, write fragment. declarative 1. I will be there by 8:15 in the morning. _________________________________________ fragment 2. Saving a seat for me ________________________ ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... whether it is declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative, and add the correct end mark. If it is a sentence fragment, write fragment. declarative 1. I will be there by 8:15 in the morning. _________________________________________ fragment 2. Saving a seat for me ________________________ ...
... whether it is declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative, and add the correct end mark. If it is a sentence fragment, write fragment. declarative 1. I will be there by 8:15 in the morning. _________________________________________ fragment 2. Saving a seat for me ________________________ ...
AP Lang.. - Bellevue School District
... The following reading excerpt and accompanying analysis is an EXAMPLE of what you will do as you complete the sections of this summer reading and analysis assignment. Thomas Jefferson, an amateur scientist/naturalist, received a request from the secretary of the French legislation for information o ...
... The following reading excerpt and accompanying analysis is an EXAMPLE of what you will do as you complete the sections of this summer reading and analysis assignment. Thomas Jefferson, an amateur scientist/naturalist, received a request from the secretary of the French legislation for information o ...
dependent clauses File
... Diego biked to the lake where he likes to go swimming . ( Where he likes to go swimming is a relative clause. It contains the relative adverb where, the subject he, and the verb likes. The clause modifies the noun lake.) ...
... Diego biked to the lake where he likes to go swimming . ( Where he likes to go swimming is a relative clause. It contains the relative adverb where, the subject he, and the verb likes. The clause modifies the noun lake.) ...
Dutch and German verb clusters in Performance
... Within the psycholinguistically motivated syntactic framework of Performance Grammar, we develop a linearization model that we claim captures a broad range of linear order phenomena in Dutch and German clauses, including the verb clustering phenomena focused in this volume. In Section 1, we lay out ...
... Within the psycholinguistically motivated syntactic framework of Performance Grammar, we develop a linearization model that we claim captures a broad range of linear order phenomena in Dutch and German clauses, including the verb clustering phenomena focused in this volume. In Section 1, we lay out ...
Variation In Korean Negation - S
... between the two types of sentences. However, his argumen t is not convincing, because his examples involve idiomatic expressions (e.g. ani toy-ess-ta 'too bad, sorry'; toy-ci ani-ha-ess-ta 'It did not work out.'); cases where special restrictions on transformations are relaxed (e.g. *ani-ttena-ess-t ...
... between the two types of sentences. However, his argumen t is not convincing, because his examples involve idiomatic expressions (e.g. ani toy-ess-ta 'too bad, sorry'; toy-ci ani-ha-ess-ta 'It did not work out.'); cases where special restrictions on transformations are relaxed (e.g. *ani-ttena-ess-t ...
Slide 1
... on the rug in front of the fireplace. Yes! It is still a simple sentence because it contains only one subject and one predicate. “On the rug in front of the fireplace” is a prepositional phrase that tells us where the cat slept. ...
... on the rug in front of the fireplace. Yes! It is still a simple sentence because it contains only one subject and one predicate. “On the rug in front of the fireplace” is a prepositional phrase that tells us where the cat slept. ...
language handbook
... Mr. White received the two hundred pounds that he had wished for. NOTE The possessive pronouns my, your, his, her, its, our, and their are sometimes called possessive adjectives. Follow your teacher's instructions regarding these possessive forms. NOTE If you are not sure whether a pronoun is reflex ...
... Mr. White received the two hundred pounds that he had wished for. NOTE The possessive pronouns my, your, his, her, its, our, and their are sometimes called possessive adjectives. Follow your teacher's instructions regarding these possessive forms. NOTE If you are not sure whether a pronoun is reflex ...
Double Double, Morphology and Trouble: Looking into
... or distribute/apply the action over different objects, when the semantics of the event does not allow the action to be repeated again and again, such as killing one animal.4 The examples in (7) show more semantic variation on reduplication, such as an additional meaning of purposelessness for duduk- ...
... or distribute/apply the action over different objects, when the semantics of the event does not allow the action to be repeated again and again, such as killing one animal.4 The examples in (7) show more semantic variation on reduplication, such as an additional meaning of purposelessness for duduk- ...
fjcl state latin forum 2007
... Reason: a, b, and d are frequentative verbs; c is not. NOTE: This is the reason given on the key from the 2007 State Latin Forum. Although this reason is incorrect, the answer is correct. In reality, what a, b, and d have in common is that they are future imperative forms while c is not. See the dis ...
... Reason: a, b, and d are frequentative verbs; c is not. NOTE: This is the reason given on the key from the 2007 State Latin Forum. Although this reason is incorrect, the answer is correct. In reality, what a, b, and d have in common is that they are future imperative forms while c is not. See the dis ...
Chunking/POS tagging
... therefore, be marked as a postposition. Similarly, in 5.2.1. (h3) and (h6) above, it is a noun, therefore, mark it as a noun and so on. Alternatively, since these words are more like nouns, as is evident from 5.2.1 above they can be tagged as nouns in all there occurrences. The same would apply to ' ...
... therefore, be marked as a postposition. Similarly, in 5.2.1. (h3) and (h6) above, it is a noun, therefore, mark it as a noun and so on. Alternatively, since these words are more like nouns, as is evident from 5.2.1 above they can be tagged as nouns in all there occurrences. The same would apply to ' ...
Table of Contents
... create a coherent sentence. However, there are many nuances in the rules of the English language. Some of grammar’s twists and turns may have been forgotten and others never learned. Correctly following all the rules of grammar – having consistently good grammar in your writing – implies to the read ...
... create a coherent sentence. However, there are many nuances in the rules of the English language. Some of grammar’s twists and turns may have been forgotten and others never learned. Correctly following all the rules of grammar – having consistently good grammar in your writing – implies to the read ...
Grammar for Communicators
... create a coherent sentence. However, there are many nuances in the rules of the English language. Some of grammar’s twists and turns may have been forgotten and others never learned. Correctly following all the rules of grammar – having consistently good grammar in your writing – implies to the read ...
... create a coherent sentence. However, there are many nuances in the rules of the English language. Some of grammar’s twists and turns may have been forgotten and others never learned. Correctly following all the rules of grammar – having consistently good grammar in your writing – implies to the read ...