This chapter makes theoretical contributions to construction grammar
... combinations. It may be that a grammatical system based on word order is inherently harder to handle in the framework of construction grammar, but this issue goes beyond the scope of our article, which focuses on Russian rather than English. A highly inflected language, such as Russian, clearly mark ...
... combinations. It may be that a grammatical system based on word order is inherently harder to handle in the framework of construction grammar, but this issue goes beyond the scope of our article, which focuses on Russian rather than English. A highly inflected language, such as Russian, clearly mark ...
GoChinese Lesson
... Replying positively to 'yes/no' questions It is important to remember that in this case, 'hěn' (很 / very), although translated as 'very,' does not emphasize the degree of being 'busy' but rather, serves as a positive reply to a 'yes/no' question and an indication that the sentence is coming to a com ...
... Replying positively to 'yes/no' questions It is important to remember that in this case, 'hěn' (很 / very), although translated as 'very,' does not emphasize the degree of being 'busy' but rather, serves as a positive reply to a 'yes/no' question and an indication that the sentence is coming to a com ...
Typological aspects of Lillooet transitive verb inflection1
... that are classed as laryngeal resonants in van Eijk (1997) (for reasons given there), although phonetically h are laryngeal obstruents and w w’ are labiovelar glides. A striking feature of the system is the opposition of certain velarized vs. non-velarized phonemes. Velarization (basically retract ...
... that are classed as laryngeal resonants in van Eijk (1997) (for reasons given there), although phonetically h are laryngeal obstruents and w w’ are labiovelar glides. A striking feature of the system is the opposition of certain velarized vs. non-velarized phonemes. Velarization (basically retract ...
Morphology
... What information is encoded by morphology? In the example, morphology encodes details such as person, number and tense. How does morphology encode information? In the example, the final form is obtained by concatenating an affix (which is not a word) to the end of a base (which might be a word). Int ...
... What information is encoded by morphology? In the example, morphology encodes details such as person, number and tense. How does morphology encode information? In the example, the final form is obtained by concatenating an affix (which is not a word) to the end of a base (which might be a word). Int ...
Adverb Notes
... • Adverbs of time and place: here, yesterday, then • Adverbs of relative time: recently, soon, already • Adverbs of degree: extremely, very, rather • Adverbs of quantity: few, a lot, much • Adverbs of attitude: fortunately, apparently, clearly Placement of Adverbs: • Adverbs are usually found after ...
... • Adverbs of time and place: here, yesterday, then • Adverbs of relative time: recently, soon, already • Adverbs of degree: extremely, very, rather • Adverbs of quantity: few, a lot, much • Adverbs of attitude: fortunately, apparently, clearly Placement of Adverbs: • Adverbs are usually found after ...
Classical Latin textbook - Preface, Introduction
... meaning, but in Latin the endings change dramatically, and it is this change that tells you how to translate the form. In general, English nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs change hardly at all, and almost all English verbs keep exactly the same form with only minimal changes. As you will see ...
... meaning, but in Latin the endings change dramatically, and it is this change that tells you how to translate the form. In general, English nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs change hardly at all, and almost all English verbs keep exactly the same form with only minimal changes. As you will see ...
Post-syntactic movement and the Old Irish Verb
... Putting these two sets of facts together, it appears that finite and non-finite clauses can receive a unified account if the verb initially combines with the object, forming a verbal constituent in both cases. The difference between the VS orders and the SV orders is that the verb raises past the su ...
... Putting these two sets of facts together, it appears that finite and non-finite clauses can receive a unified account if the verb initially combines with the object, forming a verbal constituent in both cases. The difference between the VS orders and the SV orders is that the verb raises past the su ...
Morpho-syntactic Lexical Generalization for CCG
... in Section 4, model the syntactic and semantic aspects of lexical entries that are shared within each word class. Previous approaches have also used hand-engineered lexical templates, as described in Section 2, but we differ by (1) using more templates allowing for more fine grained analysis and (2) ...
... in Section 4, model the syntactic and semantic aspects of lexical entries that are shared within each word class. Previous approaches have also used hand-engineered lexical templates, as described in Section 2, but we differ by (1) using more templates allowing for more fine grained analysis and (2) ...
English
... etc. Due to this complexity, in Guajiro any transitive verb can literally have thousands of forms, and very complex forms are not rare. Guajiro verbs can also have dozens of infinitives, which are not just citation forms, based on themes of increasing complexity. The open classes are nouns and verbs ...
... etc. Due to this complexity, in Guajiro any transitive verb can literally have thousands of forms, and very complex forms are not rare. Guajiro verbs can also have dozens of infinitives, which are not just citation forms, based on themes of increasing complexity. The open classes are nouns and verbs ...
Transformation Of sentences
... possibly, he didn't have anything else to do, for or because "Maria went shopping." How can the use of other coordinators change the relationship between the two clauses? What implications would the use of "yet" or "but" have on the meaning of the sentence? COMPLEX SENTENCE A complex sentence has an ...
... possibly, he didn't have anything else to do, for or because "Maria went shopping." How can the use of other coordinators change the relationship between the two clauses? What implications would the use of "yet" or "but" have on the meaning of the sentence? COMPLEX SENTENCE A complex sentence has an ...
noun phrase
... Now, Kardashian's tweets make headlines and we often hear that she may have ‘broken the internet’. She uses Twitter to promote products but does also promote some positive messages to followers ...
... Now, Kardashian's tweets make headlines and we often hear that she may have ‘broken the internet’. She uses Twitter to promote products but does also promote some positive messages to followers ...
noun phrase
... Now, Kardashian's tweets make headlines and we often hear that she may have ‘broken the internet’. She uses Twitter to promote products but does also promote some positive messages to followers ...
... Now, Kardashian's tweets make headlines and we often hear that she may have ‘broken the internet’. She uses Twitter to promote products but does also promote some positive messages to followers ...
A Left-Branching Grammar Design for Incremental Parsing
... grammar design characteristically provides an analysis of long-distance dependencies where it is assumed that the fronted element is realized at the bottom left corner of the tree, rather than as the first daughter of the top node. A grammar fragment for English will be introduced, which on the one ...
... grammar design characteristically provides an analysis of long-distance dependencies where it is assumed that the fronted element is realized at the bottom left corner of the tree, rather than as the first daughter of the top node. A grammar fragment for English will be introduced, which on the one ...
English 10 - Grammar Notes
... children were remarkably like their father. A prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence constitutes an introductory modifier, which is usually a signal for a comma. However, unless an introductory prepositional phrase is unusually long, we seldom need to follow it with a comma. ...
... children were remarkably like their father. A prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence constitutes an introductory modifier, which is usually a signal for a comma. However, unless an introductory prepositional phrase is unusually long, we seldom need to follow it with a comma. ...
Dutch Tenses and the Analysis of a Literary Text: The Case of Marga
... of the well-known waiting at the door and getting no answer. But, although the Interpreter will not find data to confirm or to disconfirm the state of affairs mentioned by simply looking around himself, he should still be willing to entertain various aspects of this state of affairs. Sometimes he wi ...
... of the well-known waiting at the door and getting no answer. But, although the Interpreter will not find data to confirm or to disconfirm the state of affairs mentioned by simply looking around himself, he should still be willing to entertain various aspects of this state of affairs. Sometimes he wi ...
Grammar Tweets - Queen`s University
... November 17, 2014 – it’s vs its............................................................................................................................... 13 November 18, 2014 – Possessive and apostrophe ............................................................................................ ...
... November 17, 2014 – it’s vs its............................................................................................................................... 13 November 18, 2014 – Possessive and apostrophe ............................................................................................ ...
chapter ii - Institutional Repository of IAIN Tulungagung
... possible sentences of a language and uses processes or rules (some of which are called transformations) to express these relationships. Two superficially different sentences are shown in these examples. Charlie broke the window. The window was broken by Charlie. In traditional grammar, the first is ...
... possible sentences of a language and uses processes or rules (some of which are called transformations) to express these relationships. Two superficially different sentences are shown in these examples. Charlie broke the window. The window was broken by Charlie. In traditional grammar, the first is ...
Adjectives - İngilizce Hocam
... .The train goes direct/directly to Edinburgh without stopping so it will probably be full/fully. ...
... .The train goes direct/directly to Edinburgh without stopping so it will probably be full/fully. ...
LaPolla, Randy J. 2009. “Chinese as a Topic
... For a number of years I have been arguing that Chinese is unlike English in terms of the organization of clause structure, as it has not grammaticalized the kind of restricted neutralizations of semantic roles in certain constructions which aid in referent role identification and tracking that chara ...
... For a number of years I have been arguing that Chinese is unlike English in terms of the organization of clause structure, as it has not grammaticalized the kind of restricted neutralizations of semantic roles in certain constructions which aid in referent role identification and tracking that chara ...
Caesar Selections - Online Grammatical Appendix - 04-09
... a. When a single consonant appears between two vowels, it is pronounced with the vowel that follows it; as in fe-rō, a-gō, mo-nē. b. Some consonants can be pronounced indefi nitely. They “flow,” and are thus called “liquids.” Other consonants fall silent immediately after they are pronounced. Such c ...
... a. When a single consonant appears between two vowels, it is pronounced with the vowel that follows it; as in fe-rō, a-gō, mo-nē. b. Some consonants can be pronounced indefi nitely. They “flow,” and are thus called “liquids.” Other consonants fall silent immediately after they are pronounced. Such c ...
The emergence of na as a copula in Nigerian Pidgin
... In 4, on the contrary, the copular complement is a noun phrase and it is +determined (my best friend), as it is the subject (Carlo). The copular complement is therefore fully referential and represents an argument, namely the direct object. While in predications the complement tells something about ...
... In 4, on the contrary, the copular complement is a noun phrase and it is +determined (my best friend), as it is the subject (Carlo). The copular complement is therefore fully referential and represents an argument, namely the direct object. While in predications the complement tells something about ...
Adjective or Adverbs
... Good is an adjective, so you do not do good or live good, but you do well and live well. Remember, though, that an adjective follows sense-verbs and be-verbs, so you also feel good, look good, smell good, are good, have been good, etc. (Refer to rule #3 above for more information about sense verbs a ...
... Good is an adjective, so you do not do good or live good, but you do well and live well. Remember, though, that an adjective follows sense-verbs and be-verbs, so you also feel good, look good, smell good, are good, have been good, etc. (Refer to rule #3 above for more information about sense verbs a ...
An algebraic approach to French sentence structure
... In fact, we shall adopt the convention that a → a → a for any basic type a. The bar here plays a rôle similar to that in the X-theory of Chomsky and Jackendoff [1977]; but for us it is merely a notational device, not driven by their theory. From the basic types we construct simple types: if a is a ...
... In fact, we shall adopt the convention that a → a → a for any basic type a. The bar here plays a rôle similar to that in the X-theory of Chomsky and Jackendoff [1977]; but for us it is merely a notational device, not driven by their theory. From the basic types we construct simple types: if a is a ...
Contrastive Linguistics, Translation, and Parallel Corpora
... there-constructions to be translated by det-constructions, and vice versa. But if we want to avoid translationese, that is, “deviance in translated texts induced by the source language” (Johansson and Hofland 1994: 26), we will, on many occasions, have to choose a different verb or verb form in the ...
... there-constructions to be translated by det-constructions, and vice versa. But if we want to avoid translationese, that is, “deviance in translated texts induced by the source language” (Johansson and Hofland 1994: 26), we will, on many occasions, have to choose a different verb or verb form in the ...