Constructing grammatical meaning
... The answers suggested in this paper are based on a detailed analysis of the full grammatical environments in which se occurs, rather than following the traditional attempts to define se in isolation, as an abstract syntactic entity. The contextually grounded view of grammatical semantics as a general ...
... The answers suggested in this paper are based on a detailed analysis of the full grammatical environments in which se occurs, rather than following the traditional attempts to define se in isolation, as an abstract syntactic entity. The contextually grounded view of grammatical semantics as a general ...
Words that are easy to misuse
... libel/liable/likely The term libel refers to "anything circulated in writing or pictures that injures someone's good reputation." Liable means "legally subject to" or "responsible for." In business writing, liable should retain its legal meaning. Where a condition of probability is intended, use lik ...
... libel/liable/likely The term libel refers to "anything circulated in writing or pictures that injures someone's good reputation." Liable means "legally subject to" or "responsible for." In business writing, liable should retain its legal meaning. Where a condition of probability is intended, use lik ...
A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive
... verbal from the outset, and this fact guides the descriptions of the infinitive in traditional grammars. Linguists therefore describe the infinitive in comparison to other nouns and verbs and sensibly highlight the characteristics shared with other nouns and verbs and the instances where infinitives ...
... verbal from the outset, and this fact guides the descriptions of the infinitive in traditional grammars. Linguists therefore describe the infinitive in comparison to other nouns and verbs and sensibly highlight the characteristics shared with other nouns and verbs and the instances where infinitives ...
5602 - Radboud Repository
... relation to what a subject normally abstracts from a sentence. (It should, by the way, be noted that B lu m e n th a l’s results could also be an artifact for other, purely experim ental reasons. If one repeats his p r o m p te d recall paradigm for am biguous sentences giving rise to the same case ...
... relation to what a subject normally abstracts from a sentence. (It should, by the way, be noted that B lu m e n th a l’s results could also be an artifact for other, purely experim ental reasons. If one repeats his p r o m p te d recall paradigm for am biguous sentences giving rise to the same case ...
Hittite grammar
... 6) a) Determinatives are ideograms used to define the category of a word to which they are attached. They are not pronounced. Most of the determinatives are placed before the word they complement. The logogram DINGIR "god" is also used as a determinative for all divine names (it is transcribed d for ...
... 6) a) Determinatives are ideograms used to define the category of a word to which they are attached. They are not pronounced. Most of the determinatives are placed before the word they complement. The logogram DINGIR "god" is also used as a determinative for all divine names (it is transcribed d for ...
Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction
... of the sentence, while in English it is indicated by the special position of the auxiliary verb have at the beginning of the sentence. This book is primarily concerned with describing linguistic form , and in particular with describing grammatical structure. (What we mean by “grammatical structure” ...
... of the sentence, while in English it is indicated by the special position of the auxiliary verb have at the beginning of the sentence. This book is primarily concerned with describing linguistic form , and in particular with describing grammatical structure. (What we mean by “grammatical structure” ...
Varied Sentence Structure Activities with answer key
... (1) Hundreds of people line up at Grand Central Terminal yesterday, but they weren't there to catch a train. (2) They came to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential $1 coin to New York City's famous railroad station. (3) By the U.S. Mint the gold-colored coin is the fir ...
... (1) Hundreds of people line up at Grand Central Terminal yesterday, but they weren't there to catch a train. (2) They came to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential $1 coin to New York City's famous railroad station. (3) By the U.S. Mint the gold-colored coin is the fir ...
Relativization versus nominalization strategies in
... (Givón 1990:498). According to Givón (1990:498) ‘a verbal clause is nominalized most commonly when it occupies a prototypical nominal position (or ‘function) […] within another clause’. Generally, this process is accompanied by structural adjustments, such as the absence of tense, aspect, and modal ...
... (Givón 1990:498). According to Givón (1990:498) ‘a verbal clause is nominalized most commonly when it occupies a prototypical nominal position (or ‘function) […] within another clause’. Generally, this process is accompanied by structural adjustments, such as the absence of tense, aspect, and modal ...
1. High school produces few students truly prepared for the zombie
... 8. The zombie learned to read ...
... 8. The zombie learned to read ...
Jennings and Syntax
... ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point! Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a question mark. Exclamatory sentence: is a sentence that expresses great ...
... ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point! Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a question mark. Exclamatory sentence: is a sentence that expresses great ...
UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
... Through the analysis above, we can realize that the negative sentences in English and Vietnamese both have some correlative forms also some differences. These can be applied in the teaching of writing and translation from Vietnamese into English and English into Vietnamese. It means that includes th ...
... Through the analysis above, we can realize that the negative sentences in English and Vietnamese both have some correlative forms also some differences. These can be applied in the teaching of writing and translation from Vietnamese into English and English into Vietnamese. It means that includes th ...
PARATAXIS IN LANGO* Michael Noonan State University of New
... found it, it is found' indicates secondary past with perfective aspect, past tense with habitual and progressive: ...
... found it, it is found' indicates secondary past with perfective aspect, past tense with habitual and progressive: ...
Jennings and Syntax Assignment: After reading and annotating the
... ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point! Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a question mark. Exclamatory sentence: is a sentence that expresses great ...
... ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point! Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a question mark. Exclamatory sentence: is a sentence that expresses great ...
The Tamil Case System
... The Tamil Case system is analyzed in native and missionary grammars (henceforth NMG) as consisting of a finite number of cases1 (realized morphologically as nominal or pronominal suffixes), to some of which postpositional suffixes may be added. In these traditional analyses there is always a clear d ...
... The Tamil Case system is analyzed in native and missionary grammars (henceforth NMG) as consisting of a finite number of cases1 (realized morphologically as nominal or pronominal suffixes), to some of which postpositional suffixes may be added. In these traditional analyses there is always a clear d ...
Grammar Practice-L5.qxp:Grammer Practice-Key
... Possessive Pronoun Adjective ______ SN V P1 7. Subject Noun, Verb, Pattern 1_____________________________________________ ...
... Possessive Pronoun Adjective ______ SN V P1 7. Subject Noun, Verb, Pattern 1_____________________________________________ ...
A constructional approach to English verbal gerunds
... verb it is derived from, the phrase formed by a verbal gerund and its complements will look like a VP. And, since a gerund selects for both a subject and a specifier, it will be eligible to head either a nonfin-head-subj-cx, which combines a head with an accusative NP subject, or a noun-poss-cx, whi ...
... verb it is derived from, the phrase formed by a verbal gerund and its complements will look like a VP. And, since a gerund selects for both a subject and a specifier, it will be eligible to head either a nonfin-head-subj-cx, which combines a head with an accusative NP subject, or a noun-poss-cx, whi ...
Infinitive 1
... other Greek dialects. 4. It appears with relative frequency in the NT, and is there true to Attic usage. 5. The articular infinitive was used quite extensively by Thucydides, Demosthenes and Polybius. 6. The articular infinitive was mainly a literary use, starting in Pindar, Herodotus and the traged ...
... other Greek dialects. 4. It appears with relative frequency in the NT, and is there true to Attic usage. 5. The articular infinitive was used quite extensively by Thucydides, Demosthenes and Polybius. 6. The articular infinitive was mainly a literary use, starting in Pindar, Herodotus and the traged ...
Kara Passmore Linguistics Senior Thesis POSSESSIVE-ING and ACCUSATIVE-ING Constructions in English
... Hudson speculates that POSS-ING may be more accepted in American English than it is in British English. He cites as evidence the fact that when American linguists first began to discuss the gerund in the 19608 and 1970s, they typically only used examples of POSS-ING, and in fact used the term POSS·I ...
... Hudson speculates that POSS-ING may be more accepted in American English than it is in British English. He cites as evidence the fact that when American linguists first began to discuss the gerund in the 19608 and 1970s, they typically only used examples of POSS-ING, and in fact used the term POSS·I ...
Arguments, Grammatical Relations, and Diathetic Paradigm
... basic diathesis realization patterns involve ARG-ST – DEPS mappings with reference to the SUBJ valence feature. The linking of syntactic arguments to semantic (thematic) roles is trivially realized at the CONTENT – ARG-ST interface. The first aspect concerns obliqueness and whether it is rearranged ...
... basic diathesis realization patterns involve ARG-ST – DEPS mappings with reference to the SUBJ valence feature. The linking of syntactic arguments to semantic (thematic) roles is trivially realized at the CONTENT – ARG-ST interface. The first aspect concerns obliqueness and whether it is rearranged ...
Latin - Wikimedia Commons
... 1 How to study a language on the Internet and in your head How do you think about languages as you study them? Typically, you will consider every punctuation mark and letter, all the verbs and nouns, adverbs and adjectives, and study them in order to make connections. Ideally, you will have a teac ...
... 1 How to study a language on the Internet and in your head How do you think about languages as you study them? Typically, you will consider every punctuation mark and letter, all the verbs and nouns, adverbs and adjectives, and study them in order to make connections. Ideally, you will have a teac ...
INFLECTION OF ADJECTIVES
... pronouns have for the most part a distinctive ending, -n or -s. Originally they were the genitive forms of the personal pronouns. Gradually they developed into possessive adjectives and pronouns. T h e present difference of form for the two functions is the result of a long development described in ...
... pronouns have for the most part a distinctive ending, -n or -s. Originally they were the genitive forms of the personal pronouns. Gradually they developed into possessive adjectives and pronouns. T h e present difference of form for the two functions is the result of a long development described in ...
big grammar test
... 73. In which of the following sentences is flower used as a verb? A. My favorite hobby is painting flower pots for my friends. B. Did you see the rose bushes flower at the park last summer? C. The bridegroom is the man wearing a white flower on his coat. D. Roses in flower are a beautiful sight. 74. ...
... 73. In which of the following sentences is flower used as a verb? A. My favorite hobby is painting flower pots for my friends. B. Did you see the rose bushes flower at the park last summer? C. The bridegroom is the man wearing a white flower on his coat. D. Roses in flower are a beautiful sight. 74. ...
12. Infinitive Phrase Practice
... Because it is a verbal, it does not function as a verb within a sentence; instead, it functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. ...
... Because it is a verbal, it does not function as a verb within a sentence; instead, it functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. ...