Information Structure in Tinrin and Neku: topicalisation, impersonal
... in Table 1. Pronominal anaphora seems to be a device to remove ambiguity from sentences, especially when the NP is human or animate and its function in a sentence is important. Subjects and animate objects are always cross-referenced by a pronoun. The possessor always has a pronominal copy, as it is ...
... in Table 1. Pronominal anaphora seems to be a device to remove ambiguity from sentences, especially when the NP is human or animate and its function in a sentence is important. Subjects and animate objects are always cross-referenced by a pronoun. The possessor always has a pronominal copy, as it is ...
Quechua Basics for Mesa Carriers (Version 7)
... There is also a downward spiral in purity of Quechua caused by the overwhelming cultural and socio-economic presence of Spanish as the dominant language in all of these countries. Just as we now have “Spanglish” in Puerto Rico and the US, Peru now suffers from “Quechuañol”—a Quechua that is thorough ...
... There is also a downward spiral in purity of Quechua caused by the overwhelming cultural and socio-economic presence of Spanish as the dominant language in all of these countries. Just as we now have “Spanglish” in Puerto Rico and the US, Peru now suffers from “Quechuañol”—a Quechua that is thorough ...
Slide 62 Daily Oral Language
... There are 4 kinds of sentences. Each kind begins with a capital letter and ends with some kind of punctuation. A Declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period. “We are ready to sail.” An Interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. “Did you bring a lunch? ...
... There are 4 kinds of sentences. Each kind begins with a capital letter and ends with some kind of punctuation. A Declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period. “We are ready to sail.” An Interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. “Did you bring a lunch? ...
Parts of Speech Practice
... In everyday speech, we fall into some bad habits, using prepositions where they are not necessary. It would be a good idea to eliminate these words altogether, but we must be especially careful not to use them in formal, academic prose. HINT: Avoid using two prepositions in a row. Avoid ending a sen ...
... In everyday speech, we fall into some bad habits, using prepositions where they are not necessary. It would be a good idea to eliminate these words altogether, but we must be especially careful not to use them in formal, academic prose. HINT: Avoid using two prepositions in a row. Avoid ending a sen ...
May 15: Issues in tense and aspect, telicity and quantification
... For the latter case, (Kamp 1975)gave arguments that they should be analyzed as vague intersective (i.e.) modifiers rather than as intensional modifiers. Their vagueness
involves a comparison class, and the context has to help provide one. The accompanying
noun is often the most salient cue, bu ...
... For the latter case, (Kamp 1975)gave arguments that they should be analyzed as vague intersective (i.e.
ENGALX Grammar Compendium
... likely an Oprep. E.g., in ‘The teacher wrote handouts for his students’, the italicised bit is an Oprep. ...
... likely an Oprep. E.g., in ‘The teacher wrote handouts for his students’, the italicised bit is an Oprep. ...
Russian peripheral reciprocal markers and - CSSP
... at by Knjazev (2007): the pronoun can hardly be used in the position of agentive instrumentally-marked NP in passive constructions such as ? ranen-y drug drug-om ‘injured by each other’(injure.PART.PASS-PL other-NOM other-INS). they are complex diachronically and even synchronically: for instance, p ...
... at by Knjazev (2007): the pronoun can hardly be used in the position of agentive instrumentally-marked NP in passive constructions such as ? ranen-y drug drug-om ‘injured by each other’(injure.PART.PASS-PL other-NOM other-INS). they are complex diachronically and even synchronically: for instance, p ...
Gerunds and Infinitives
... There are some verbs which can be followed by the infinitive or gerund without any difference in meaning. The most common ones are: start, begin: I started studying / to study English when I was a little girl. However, when the verb is in the continuous form the toinfinitive is preferred: I’m beginn ...
... There are some verbs which can be followed by the infinitive or gerund without any difference in meaning. The most common ones are: start, begin: I started studying / to study English when I was a little girl. However, when the verb is in the continuous form the toinfinitive is preferred: I’m beginn ...
Letters and Syllables in Plato Author(s): Gilbert Ryle Source: The
... matter up is this. There are some very important differences between what can be said about inscribed characters and what can be said about the phonemes or noise elements that they stand for, and these differences make all the difference to our interpretation of the doctrine which Plato uses the alp ...
... matter up is this. There are some very important differences between what can be said about inscribed characters and what can be said about the phonemes or noise elements that they stand for, and these differences make all the difference to our interpretation of the doctrine which Plato uses the alp ...
Why begin when you can commence – Aspects of near
... that the target word, which is also called ‘node’, occurs with other words called ‘collocations’ (Stubbs 2001:29). An investigation of collocates can show which words occur more often together with one node. For example, ‘salt’ is often mentioned together with ‘pepper’, while ‘salt’ and ‘orange’ mig ...
... that the target word, which is also called ‘node’, occurs with other words called ‘collocations’ (Stubbs 2001:29). An investigation of collocates can show which words occur more often together with one node. For example, ‘salt’ is often mentioned together with ‘pepper’, while ‘salt’ and ‘orange’ mig ...
A Description of the French Nucleus VP Using Co-occurrence
... restrictions to the definition of our targeted language: (i) our grammar does not deal with phonological or prosodic matters (e.g. the incorrect je aime and j'y irai will be specified as well as the correct j'aime and j'irai), and (ii) it does not account for the government of clitics by verbs: any ...
... restrictions to the definition of our targeted language: (i) our grammar does not deal with phonological or prosodic matters (e.g. the incorrect je aime and j'y irai will be specified as well as the correct j'aime and j'irai), and (ii) it does not account for the government of clitics by verbs: any ...
1 CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND In this chapter, the
... boring, and unconnected rules, but rather it is learning how to accurately, clearly, and fluently express meaning in particular contexts. Every grammatical form has a meaning and a use dimension, as well as its obvious structural features. In English, learning grammar is divided into several units b ...
... boring, and unconnected rules, but rather it is learning how to accurately, clearly, and fluently express meaning in particular contexts. Every grammatical form has a meaning and a use dimension, as well as its obvious structural features. In English, learning grammar is divided into several units b ...
Bakalářská práce
... My bachelor thesis is focused on the comparison of Czech and English word order in simple sentences. The thesis should contribute to the understandable overview of basic rules of sentence formation in these languages. The thesis consists of five chapters and it is divided into theoretical and practi ...
... My bachelor thesis is focused on the comparison of Czech and English word order in simple sentences. The thesis should contribute to the understandable overview of basic rules of sentence formation in these languages. The thesis consists of five chapters and it is divided into theoretical and practi ...
Dokument_1.
... utterance on the one hand, as well as to the division of episodes and subepisodes in the structure of running texts on the other hand. These findings show that verb placement in early Germanic – though subject to much more variation in comparison with the modern varieties of these languages – is by ...
... utterance on the one hand, as well as to the division of episodes and subepisodes in the structure of running texts on the other hand. These findings show that verb placement in early Germanic – though subject to much more variation in comparison with the modern varieties of these languages – is by ...
PROLOG Family Knowledge Base Assignment 2004
... the noun). Here the verb_phrase means this word order: adores the spoons inordinately. The first three words (an irksome instrumentalist) are well for singular noun phrase. This example would be successful for phrase sentence in singular form. Query b) phrase(verb_phrase(N),[reviles,the,spoons,a,lot ...
... the noun). Here the verb_phrase means this word order: adores the spoons inordinately. The first three words (an irksome instrumentalist) are well for singular noun phrase. This example would be successful for phrase sentence in singular form. Query b) phrase(verb_phrase(N),[reviles,the,spoons,a,lot ...
Grammar Parts of Sentence
... Complete predicate = everything that is said about the subject. EX. Hamlet went over to the crater. Compound verb: the subject takes more than one verb as its predicate. EX. Hamlet went over to the crater and gathered three bags of comet dust. Subject/Predicate set: the simple combination of simple ...
... Complete predicate = everything that is said about the subject. EX. Hamlet went over to the crater. Compound verb: the subject takes more than one verb as its predicate. EX. Hamlet went over to the crater and gathered three bags of comet dust. Subject/Predicate set: the simple combination of simple ...
- (BORA)
... failed analyses were caused by syntactic problems, while 71 % were caused by lexical problems. Of the lexical problems, 41 % were caused by missing multiword expressions (MWEs), whereas 41 % were caused by incorrect lexical categories.4 These numbers indicate that correct lexical information is esse ...
... failed analyses were caused by syntactic problems, while 71 % were caused by lexical problems. Of the lexical problems, 41 % were caused by missing multiword expressions (MWEs), whereas 41 % were caused by incorrect lexical categories.4 These numbers indicate that correct lexical information is esse ...
Chapter 14 The Subject and Verb
... Finding the Subject is not hard as long as the sentence is not complicated. However, finding the Subject can be tricky when the sentences become more complex as no doubt you’ve discovered in reading some of the sentences in your college textbooks! With more complicated sentences, it is often better ...
... Finding the Subject is not hard as long as the sentence is not complicated. However, finding the Subject can be tricky when the sentences become more complex as no doubt you’ve discovered in reading some of the sentences in your college textbooks! With more complicated sentences, it is often better ...
Valency classes in Yucatec Maya
... • With transitive verbs, the pronominal clitic cross-references the subject, while the suffix crossreferences the direct object. • With intransitive verbs, the pronominal element cross-references the subject. The syntagmatic slot chosen, with its paradigm, depends on the verb’s status, viz.: in comp ...
... • With transitive verbs, the pronominal clitic cross-references the subject, while the suffix crossreferences the direct object. • With intransitive verbs, the pronominal element cross-references the subject. The syntagmatic slot chosen, with its paradigm, depends on the verb’s status, viz.: in comp ...
Generation of Simple Turkish Sentences with
... Ali table+ACC Veli+DAT paint+CAUS+PAST `Ali had Veli paint the table.' In Turkish, the causation hierarchy may be more complex. More than one agent{like participants may appear between the agent and the actor to explain that someone is causing another causing another and so on to perform the process ...
... Ali table+ACC Veli+DAT paint+CAUS+PAST `Ali had Veli paint the table.' In Turkish, the causation hierarchy may be more complex. More than one agent{like participants may appear between the agent and the actor to explain that someone is causing another causing another and so on to perform the process ...
A Luganda Grammar
... on the subject. While the verb does not necessarily change its form in English even when the subject or the number changes, in Luganda this change is the only indicator of the subject. In English one could say ‘I play’ ‘we play’ and ‘they play’ whereby the verb doesn’t change its form. In Luganda on ...
... on the subject. While the verb does not necessarily change its form in English even when the subject or the number changes, in Luganda this change is the only indicator of the subject. In English one could say ‘I play’ ‘we play’ and ‘they play’ whereby the verb doesn’t change its form. In Luganda on ...
3015 FRENCH MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2011 question paper
... Language: Draw a line across the page after the first ten ticks and do not count these first ten in the total. An essay with 10 ticks or fewer will score 0. Count subsequent ticks up to a maximum of 60 and divide the total by 3 (round up or down to the nearest whole number – see separate scale on p. ...
... Language: Draw a line across the page after the first ten ticks and do not count these first ten in the total. An essay with 10 ticks or fewer will score 0. Count subsequent ticks up to a maximum of 60 and divide the total by 3 (round up or down to the nearest whole number – see separate scale on p. ...
The Acquisition of English Locative Constructions by Native
... infer that a verb like “wonder” will also take a sentential complement (Kim et al., 1999). However, there are more complex types of verbs that are subject to greater argument structure variation, which pose difficulty for many L2 learners. These verbs may appear in different syntactic structures but ...
... infer that a verb like “wonder” will also take a sentential complement (Kim et al., 1999). However, there are more complex types of verbs that are subject to greater argument structure variation, which pose difficulty for many L2 learners. These verbs may appear in different syntactic structures but ...
chapter i
... some of these VPs. In (52), only the head is available, in (53) the verb merged with an NP complement, in (54) the head only merged with a subject NP, whereas (55) is an example of a VP whose Specifier and Complement positions are both filled up: ...
... some of these VPs. In (52), only the head is available, in (53) the verb merged with an NP complement, in (54) the head only merged with a subject NP, whereas (55) is an example of a VP whose Specifier and Complement positions are both filled up: ...