A Grammar of the Muna Language
... Jennegien Nieuwstraten taught me the basics of using a word-processor. Marjan Groen provided help with the maps and my brother-in-law Fred Klingeman helped me by writing a special 'Munafoon' computer programme which produced some of the results presented in the chapter on phonology. Jack Prentice, A ...
... Jennegien Nieuwstraten taught me the basics of using a word-processor. Marjan Groen provided help with the maps and my brother-in-law Fred Klingeman helped me by writing a special 'Munafoon' computer programme which produced some of the results presented in the chapter on phonology. Jack Prentice, A ...
preguntar
... What is the difference between Pedir and Preguntar? Both the verbs pedir and preguntar are translated as 'to ask' - but they refer to different types of things you can ask! See the distinctions in the below ...
... What is the difference between Pedir and Preguntar? Both the verbs pedir and preguntar are translated as 'to ask' - but they refer to different types of things you can ask! See the distinctions in the below ...
The full infinitive consist of two words, to + verb
... b) agree to (preposition) can be followed by possessive adjective + gerund: He agreed to my leaving early on Friday ( I asked if I could leave early on Friday and he said that I could. The opposite here would be: He wouldn’t agree to my leaving early) c) agree to can be followed by noun /pronoun obj ...
... b) agree to (preposition) can be followed by possessive adjective + gerund: He agreed to my leaving early on Friday ( I asked if I could leave early on Friday and he said that I could. The opposite here would be: He wouldn’t agree to my leaving early) c) agree to can be followed by noun /pronoun obj ...
simple steps to sentence sense
... textbooks and shows you a logical sequence of ‘simple steps’ to use for instructing the parts of a sentence. Carefully designed, reproducible practice exercises and tests are provided with each step in the process. In addition, the “Sentence Analysis Map” or “SAM” sheet, provided at the beginning of ...
... textbooks and shows you a logical sequence of ‘simple steps’ to use for instructing the parts of a sentence. Carefully designed, reproducible practice exercises and tests are provided with each step in the process. In addition, the “Sentence Analysis Map” or “SAM” sheet, provided at the beginning of ...
Lexical Rules for Deverbal Adjectives
... with a more specific and informative one, and while we demonstrate several of those, we argue for staying at this generic level of granularity in a significant number of cases. Denominal adjectives are relative, and, as such, are expected to be non-scalar and non-predicating. A true relative adject ...
... with a more specific and informative one, and while we demonstrate several of those, we argue for staying at this generic level of granularity in a significant number of cases. Denominal adjectives are relative, and, as such, are expected to be non-scalar and non-predicating. A true relative adject ...
English Syntax: An Introduction
... One important aspect of teaching English syntax (to native and nonnative undergraduate students alike) involves the balance in the overall approach between facts and theory. We understand that one important goal of teaching English syntax to undergraduate students is to help students enhance their u ...
... One important aspect of teaching English syntax (to native and nonnative undergraduate students alike) involves the balance in the overall approach between facts and theory. We understand that one important goal of teaching English syntax to undergraduate students is to help students enhance their u ...
Gerund or Infinitive?
... forms are used to emphasize that an action is taking place now. Passive forms are used to emphasize that the subject of the sentence is being acted upon. Perfect gerund and infinitive forms are used to emphasize completion in both the past and the future. Study the examples below to help understand ...
... forms are used to emphasize that an action is taking place now. Passive forms are used to emphasize that the subject of the sentence is being acted upon. Perfect gerund and infinitive forms are used to emphasize completion in both the past and the future. Study the examples below to help understand ...
Malinke - Friends of Guinea
... Describing nouns with nouns (...le/te...di) ...............................................17 Future Tense.................................................................................17 "It is" ...................................................................................................... ...
... Describing nouns with nouns (...le/te...di) ...............................................17 Future Tense.................................................................................17 "It is" ...................................................................................................... ...
Last Man Standing
... • Which of the following choices is not a good strategy to employ before a test? A. Make note of questions that arise while you are studying and ask your teacher the next day. B. Review all of your notes the night before a test; make sure to re-read everything! C. At the end of each study session, r ...
... • Which of the following choices is not a good strategy to employ before a test? A. Make note of questions that arise while you are studying and ask your teacher the next day. B. Review all of your notes the night before a test; make sure to re-read everything! C. At the end of each study session, r ...
Reflexive - Hints for Translations
... If a grammatical object in the sentence is the same as the subject, the grammatical object is required to take the reflexive form in German. However, there is no single English equivalent for this use of sich. When translating from German to English, look for an appropriate equivalent in English. Tr ...
... If a grammatical object in the sentence is the same as the subject, the grammatical object is required to take the reflexive form in German. However, there is no single English equivalent for this use of sich. When translating from German to English, look for an appropriate equivalent in English. Tr ...
The english language - the WAC Clearinghouse
... Written in a clear style, it guides its readers on topics including basic assumptions about language and discourse, pronunciation, word-formation strategies, parts of speech, clause elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit ...
... Written in a clear style, it guides its readers on topics including basic assumptions about language and discourse, pronunciation, word-formation strategies, parts of speech, clause elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit ...
ra - Stichting Papua Erfgoed
... I am greatly indebted to all the people in Ayawasi and other villages for helping me to gather data. I would especially like to thank Didimus Bame and Yan Piter Tenau, who assisted me with many transcriptions of the recorded material, and Petrus Turot, my main informant, for his time, his understand ...
... I am greatly indebted to all the people in Ayawasi and other villages for helping me to gather data. I would especially like to thank Didimus Bame and Yan Piter Tenau, who assisted me with many transcriptions of the recorded material, and Petrus Turot, my main informant, for his time, his understand ...
Identifying Chinese Dependent Clauses in the Forms of Subjects
... clauses in two new perspectives. First, instead of trying to identify properties of independent clauses, I probe properties of dependent clauses. Second, instead of trying to identify special properties of predicates, I probe special properties of subjects. Different types of non-finite clauses (e.g ...
... clauses in two new perspectives. First, instead of trying to identify properties of independent clauses, I probe properties of dependent clauses. Second, instead of trying to identify special properties of predicates, I probe special properties of subjects. Different types of non-finite clauses (e.g ...
Depictive Secondary Predicates and Small Clause Approaches to
... According to Kayne, these have a verb sponge which embeds a small clause [the water up]. Other small clause analyses of particle constructions include Hoekstra (1988), Svenonius (1992, 1994), den Dikken (1995), Harley and Noyer (1998), Ramchand (2008).4 Aarts (1989) analyzes some verb-particle const ...
... According to Kayne, these have a verb sponge which embeds a small clause [the water up]. Other small clause analyses of particle constructions include Hoekstra (1988), Svenonius (1992, 1994), den Dikken (1995), Harley and Noyer (1998), Ramchand (2008).4 Aarts (1989) analyzes some verb-particle const ...
Indo-Aryan: From the Vedas to Modern Times
... snatches remunerative. One has a sense of acquisition, and a feeling that the remaining pages contain many agreeable revelations. When the term is o ver, I shall indulge my appetite with less restraint and then I will write again to report my progress as your disciple and to present any smikos· for ...
... snatches remunerative. One has a sense of acquisition, and a feeling that the remaining pages contain many agreeable revelations. When the term is o ver, I shall indulge my appetite with less restraint and then I will write again to report my progress as your disciple and to present any smikos· for ...
Prepositional Phrases as Subject Complements
... the subject complement. A subject complement is a word, phrase, or clause that follows a copular, or linking, verb and describes the subject of a clause. For example, the following italicized prepositional phrases function as subject complements: The most magical time of night is after midnight. ...
... the subject complement. A subject complement is a word, phrase, or clause that follows a copular, or linking, verb and describes the subject of a clause. For example, the following italicized prepositional phrases function as subject complements: The most magical time of night is after midnight. ...
Grammar of the Bórnu or Kanuri language
... a native of Kanum), and his select soldiers were likewise ...
... a native of Kanum), and his select soldiers were likewise ...
Level 500 Sunrise Edition - Christian Light Publications
... Time. This is not a timed test. Students may take as much time as needed. Give periodic breaks, at least five to ten minutes every hour, and more often for younger students. Ideally, testing should be spread over a two-day period. Test-weariness gives unreliable test results. Guidance. You may help ...
... Time. This is not a timed test. Students may take as much time as needed. Give periodic breaks, at least five to ten minutes every hour, and more often for younger students. Ideally, testing should be spread over a two-day period. Test-weariness gives unreliable test results. Guidance. You may help ...
Reciprocal markers in Adyghe, their relations and interactions
... The first two prefixes, viz. ze- and zere-, occupy the slot of one of the agreement affixes in the verb form, while other slots are occupied by agreement markers. The prefix ze- is used on subject-oriented “canonical”i reciprocals of two-place intransitive bases (cf. (24b)) and subject-oriented “ind ...
... The first two prefixes, viz. ze- and zere-, occupy the slot of one of the agreement affixes in the verb form, while other slots are occupied by agreement markers. The prefix ze- is used on subject-oriented “canonical”i reciprocals of two-place intransitive bases (cf. (24b)) and subject-oriented “ind ...
Full proceedings volume - Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
... as well as a certain amount of periodicals, in translations. Parallel literary corpus has been chosen because there is plentiful context to verify the correctness of the reading, which is further facilitated by the presence of the translation or the original. The use of a parallel corpus also enable ...
... as well as a certain amount of periodicals, in translations. Parallel literary corpus has been chosen because there is plentiful context to verify the correctness of the reading, which is further facilitated by the presence of the translation or the original. The use of a parallel corpus also enable ...
An Introduction of New Syntactic Elements: A
... those of other students, which does not receive its accusative case from the adjective representative, is a modifier. So the sentence is type 2. The case-based sentence analysis of Korean school grammar is problematic in that there is a mismatch between the grammatical analysis and semantic aspects ...
... those of other students, which does not receive its accusative case from the adjective representative, is a modifier. So the sentence is type 2. The case-based sentence analysis of Korean school grammar is problematic in that there is a mismatch between the grammatical analysis and semantic aspects ...
Syntax: a minimalist introduction
... then w e are im plicitly taking a cognitive view of the nature of grammar. After all, if the term grammatical com petence is used to denote w hat native speakers tacitly k n ow about the grammar of their language, then grammar is part of the more general study of cognition (i.e. human knowledge). In ...
... then w e are im plicitly taking a cognitive view of the nature of grammar. After all, if the term grammatical com petence is used to denote w hat native speakers tacitly k n ow about the grammar of their language, then grammar is part of the more general study of cognition (i.e. human knowledge). In ...
Prose Passages for Level 2
... as she had tied him (DO) fast, [Adv. to "had tied" so that [Adv. to "must starve" if he could not get away] he must starve {to death}]]. | But the cockchafer did not trouble himself (DO) {about that}; | he sat down {with her} {on a large green leaf}, gave her (IO) the honey (DO) {out of the flowers} ...
... as she had tied him (DO) fast, [Adv. to "had tied" so that [Adv. to "must starve" if he could not get away] he must starve {to death}]]. | But the cockchafer did not trouble himself (DO) {about that}; | he sat down {with her} {on a large green leaf}, gave her (IO) the honey (DO) {out of the flowers} ...
Perception and Causative Structures in English and European
... given that such infinitival T cannot itself value the Case-feature of the embedded subject (Recall that the subject of the infinitival clause is Case-marked by a higher probe), its φ-set should be “incomplete”. The question then is how defective this set is. Starting with gender, there is no evidenc ...
... given that such infinitival T cannot itself value the Case-feature of the embedded subject (Recall that the subject of the infinitival clause is Case-marked by a higher probe), its φ-set should be “incomplete”. The question then is how defective this set is. Starting with gender, there is no evidenc ...
Adverbs
... • Adverbs of degree are the hardest type of adverb to locate in a sentence. • Adverbs of manner tell “how much?” or “to what degree?” something occurs. • Adverbs of manner are often the ones that describe adjectives or other adverbs. Example: ...
... • Adverbs of degree are the hardest type of adverb to locate in a sentence. • Adverbs of manner tell “how much?” or “to what degree?” something occurs. • Adverbs of manner are often the ones that describe adjectives or other adverbs. Example: ...