4 - Scholastic
... keeps texts from becoming monotonous. Demonstrate by reading aloud the example sentences substituting nouns for the pronouns. ...
... keeps texts from becoming monotonous. Demonstrate by reading aloud the example sentences substituting nouns for the pronouns. ...
noun - Salarean
... that of taking an object (when the verb is Transitive) and adverbial qualifiers. In short, the Infinitive is a Verb-Noun. ...
... that of taking an object (when the verb is Transitive) and adverbial qualifiers. In short, the Infinitive is a Verb-Noun. ...
Ch 11 - CSU, Chico
... only in Only Jim managed to finish his project on time restricts the reference to Jim. Only he managed to finish his project on time. Peter was only thinking out loud, but Sharon got upset. Bill only kissed Suzanne. Jerry went to the theater only because of his wife. Jerry went to the theater only bec ...
... only in Only Jim managed to finish his project on time restricts the reference to Jim. Only he managed to finish his project on time. Peter was only thinking out loud, but Sharon got upset. Bill only kissed Suzanne. Jerry went to the theater only because of his wife. Jerry went to the theater only bec ...
The head of Verb+Noun compounds in the Romance languages
... exclusively female referents, the Verb+Noun compound has feminine gender (cf. NGRALE 2009, ch. 2). When it refers to an Instrument with which a person is able to perform some action or operation, it has – presumably default – masculine gender. The number of Verb+Noun compounds that have been incorpo ...
... exclusively female referents, the Verb+Noun compound has feminine gender (cf. NGRALE 2009, ch. 2). When it refers to an Instrument with which a person is able to perform some action or operation, it has – presumably default – masculine gender. The number of Verb+Noun compounds that have been incorpo ...
Information Structure and Unmarked Word order in (Older) Germanic
... and LF. As an alternative, I propose to dissociate base order and unmarked word order and show that information structure play a crucial role in determining what counts as unmarked or marked word order in a language state. ...
... and LF. As an alternative, I propose to dissociate base order and unmarked word order and show that information structure play a crucial role in determining what counts as unmarked or marked word order in a language state. ...
Passive Voice
... by with the agent to refer to by whom the action is being done. The door was opened by Mr Black. (Mr Blak = agent) with to refer to the instrument, object or material that was used for something to be done. The door was opened with a key. (a key = the object that was used) The omelette was made ...
... by with the agent to refer to by whom the action is being done. The door was opened by Mr Black. (Mr Blak = agent) with to refer to the instrument, object or material that was used for something to be done. The door was opened with a key. (a key = the object that was used) The omelette was made ...
Lecture 07
... The yes-no question structures are built in two steps: 1. The XP rule forms a structure in which the head (the auxiliary) occurs between the subject (its specifier) and the VP (its complement): S NP Det ...
... The yes-no question structures are built in two steps: 1. The XP rule forms a structure in which the head (the auxiliary) occurs between the subject (its specifier) and the VP (its complement): S NP Det ...
Detailed, Structured Morphological Analysis for Spanish
... nouns and adjectives, gender and number are marked in the surface of word forms. Case is not marked and can therefore only be determined during syntactical analysis. Pronouns and adverbs share many forms: When looking at an isolated word form it is not always possible to decide whether it is used as ...
... nouns and adjectives, gender and number are marked in the surface of word forms. Case is not marked and can therefore only be determined during syntactical analysis. Pronouns and adverbs share many forms: When looking at an isolated word form it is not always possible to decide whether it is used as ...
Sentence structure drills
... complete sentences together into one sentence construction. This is another significant grammar error that suggests a student needs more work on sentence structure. Editors and instructors mark them as “FS.” A fused sentence is the same as the older term “Runon.” Grammarians no longer use this term ...
... complete sentences together into one sentence construction. This is another significant grammar error that suggests a student needs more work on sentence structure. Editors and instructors mark them as “FS.” A fused sentence is the same as the older term “Runon.” Grammarians no longer use this term ...
Interfaces as locus of historical change
... reanalysis, as Harris and Campbell put it, may indeed still result in the ful llment of the HeirApparent Principle. Indeed, the V-V combinations in which the light verb \overrides" the case requirement of the main verb are marked in Urdu/Hindi (and non-existent in Bengali). The other more detailed p ...
... reanalysis, as Harris and Campbell put it, may indeed still result in the ful llment of the HeirApparent Principle. Indeed, the V-V combinations in which the light verb \overrides" the case requirement of the main verb are marked in Urdu/Hindi (and non-existent in Bengali). The other more detailed p ...
Intro. to Syntax Lecture Notes
... natural languages (human languages, for our purposes) have a syntax- a set of rules for arranging elements into more complex units of language (i.e., words into sentences). Traffic-lightese does not have these principles-every word is a complete sentence, and there are no principles for stringing wo ...
... natural languages (human languages, for our purposes) have a syntax- a set of rules for arranging elements into more complex units of language (i.e., words into sentences). Traffic-lightese does not have these principles-every word is a complete sentence, and there are no principles for stringing wo ...
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 ...
LIMITS OF A SENTENCE BASED PROCEDURAL APPROACH FOR
... Aspect and tense are closely connected with each other. In English, e.g., the two aspect constructions perfective and progressive can be seen as realizing the basic contrast of the action viewed as complete or as incomplete (for ...
... Aspect and tense are closely connected with each other. In English, e.g., the two aspect constructions perfective and progressive can be seen as realizing the basic contrast of the action viewed as complete or as incomplete (for ...
Mini Grammar Handbook - created by Mr. McCain
... (independent) clause ends with a period. Periodic sentences are punctuated by placing a comma after the introductory adverb clause. Because she is not going to be in class on Friday, she asked the teacher for the weekend homework. When an adverb clause ends a sentence, the sentence is classified as ...
... (independent) clause ends with a period. Periodic sentences are punctuated by placing a comma after the introductory adverb clause. Because she is not going to be in class on Friday, she asked the teacher for the weekend homework. When an adverb clause ends a sentence, the sentence is classified as ...
Grammar Reteaching
... A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that share the same predicate. The simple subjects are joined by and, or, or nor. When the simple subjects are joined by and, the compound subject is plural and takes the plural form of the verb. Compound Subject My sister and brother / are twins. W ...
... A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that share the same predicate. The simple subjects are joined by and, or, or nor. When the simple subjects are joined by and, the compound subject is plural and takes the plural form of the verb. Compound Subject My sister and brother / are twins. W ...
Syntactic category information and the semantics of
... makes the implicit claim that different input word-classes are quantitatively not evenly distributed, i.e. there are minority and majority patterns. For example, -ion (and its variants -ation and -ication) mostly take verbs as their bases, but a minority of forms are derived from nouns (see Plag 199 ...
... makes the implicit claim that different input word-classes are quantitatively not evenly distributed, i.e. there are minority and majority patterns. For example, -ion (and its variants -ation and -ication) mostly take verbs as their bases, but a minority of forms are derived from nouns (see Plag 199 ...
The Present Perfect
... other negative words, object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns directly in front of the form of the verb haber. ...
... other negative words, object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns directly in front of the form of the verb haber. ...
The Atlanta Hotel
... of these insects, which can be seen on the dirty floor, is cockroaches. It is disgusting to see them crawling all over the food left out in kitchens. And that makes people have a very hard time getting rid of them. However, like them or not, cockroaches are truly amazing creatures. Few animals are b ...
... of these insects, which can be seen on the dirty floor, is cockroaches. It is disgusting to see them crawling all over the food left out in kitchens. And that makes people have a very hard time getting rid of them. However, like them or not, cockroaches are truly amazing creatures. Few animals are b ...
an introduction to english syntax for czech students
... conversation is thus seen as a sequence of turn-taking when one person talks at a time so a turn ends when the speaker changes. From the communicative point of view, a sentence finds its counterpart in a parallel term of an utterance. The sentence refers to grammatically complete units treated purel ...
... conversation is thus seen as a sequence of turn-taking when one person talks at a time so a turn ends when the speaker changes. From the communicative point of view, a sentence finds its counterpart in a parallel term of an utterance. The sentence refers to grammatically complete units treated purel ...
actor-emphatic sentences in mäori
... by him.) He tied up the sun so that it would go slowly. It was also him who fished up the fish which is now called Maui’s fish. Fire was fetched by him from his ancestor, Mahuika. Now, this Maui was the youngest child of Makea-tutara and his wife Taranga. They had five children, and one of them was ...
... by him.) He tied up the sun so that it would go slowly. It was also him who fished up the fish which is now called Maui’s fish. Fire was fetched by him from his ancestor, Mahuika. Now, this Maui was the youngest child of Makea-tutara and his wife Taranga. They had five children, and one of them was ...
Annotation guidelines for the PARSEME shared task on automatic
... take someone by surprise. Some components of such compulsory arguments may be lexicalized i.e. always realized by the same (possibly morphologically variable) lexemes (here: by surprise is lexicalized while someone is not).3 Obviously, the head verb of a VMWE ...
... take someone by surprise. Some components of such compulsory arguments may be lexicalized i.e. always realized by the same (possibly morphologically variable) lexemes (here: by surprise is lexicalized while someone is not).3 Obviously, the head verb of a VMWE ...
Chapter six - UNT Department of English
... way that words relate to one another. In a way related to Pinkers model-organism examination of the English past, here we spend a good deal of time looking at what would otherwise appear to be very simple English sentences. A short word to the wise before we embark. The style of syntax we will be ...
... way that words relate to one another. In a way related to Pinkers model-organism examination of the English past, here we spend a good deal of time looking at what would otherwise appear to be very simple English sentences. A short word to the wise before we embark. The style of syntax we will be ...
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. ...
KEY ENGLISH GRAMMAR WORKSHEET # 3: VERBS
... -After the adjectives busy and worth (busy doing) -In reduced clauses (Opening the door, she saw… = When she opened the door, she saw…) -As the subject in the clause (Reading is my hobby.) -In the progressive form (I am talking) The progressive can be easily recognised and distinguished from the oth ...
... -After the adjectives busy and worth (busy doing) -In reduced clauses (Opening the door, she saw… = When she opened the door, she saw…) -As the subject in the clause (Reading is my hobby.) -In the progressive form (I am talking) The progressive can be easily recognised and distinguished from the oth ...