This chapter accounts an overview of Manipuri clause and it
... directly before the verb. It can not occur elsewhere except immediately before the verb as in 14(b), which is an unspoken construction. It is needed to know, of course, on what grounds the elements- subject, object, complement, adverbial, and verb are to be identified. The identification of the verb ...
... directly before the verb. It can not occur elsewhere except immediately before the verb as in 14(b), which is an unspoken construction. It is needed to know, of course, on what grounds the elements- subject, object, complement, adverbial, and verb are to be identified. The identification of the verb ...
Cause Event Representations for Happiness and Surprise
... simplify P as a structure of (N)+V+(N), and P is very likely to contain the cause event. In identifying P, we first look for the nearest verb occurring before 讓,令 or 使 in the focus sentence or the clause before the focus clause, and consider this verb as an anchor. From this verb, we search to the l ...
... simplify P as a structure of (N)+V+(N), and P is very likely to contain the cause event. In identifying P, we first look for the nearest verb occurring before 讓,令 or 使 in the focus sentence or the clause before the focus clause, and consider this verb as an anchor. From this verb, we search to the l ...
Predicate 1. Introduction - Collier Technologies LLC
... ʾismiyya) into an `initial NP’ (ʾal-mubtadiʾ ‘that which is begun with’) and a `report’ (ʾal-xabar `report, comment’). The correspondence is imperfect because some nominal clauses are analyzed as topic-comment structures rather than as predications (Bakir 1980, Eisele 1999, Mohammad 2000), although ...
... ʾismiyya) into an `initial NP’ (ʾal-mubtadiʾ ‘that which is begun with’) and a `report’ (ʾal-xabar `report, comment’). The correspondence is imperfect because some nominal clauses are analyzed as topic-comment structures rather than as predications (Bakir 1980, Eisele 1999, Mohammad 2000), although ...
Grammar and Composition Guide
... no main clause Examples: A friendly dog with a wagging tail. Because most people's schedules were really messed up. B. RUN-ON SENTENCE (a sentence error--a serious mistake): two or more sentences which are either joined with no punctuation or joined only with a comma Examples: I thought that I heard ...
... no main clause Examples: A friendly dog with a wagging tail. Because most people's schedules were really messed up. B. RUN-ON SENTENCE (a sentence error--a serious mistake): two or more sentences which are either joined with no punctuation or joined only with a comma Examples: I thought that I heard ...
Phrasal Verbs: A Problem for ESL/EFL Learners and Suggested
... In Helping students sort out phrasal verbs, Blau, Gonzales, and Green (1983, p. 184) posit two categories of student’s problems with phrasal verbs: semantic or vocabulary problems and syntactic or word order problems. In their view of the semantic problem, they highlight that students often do not ...
... In Helping students sort out phrasal verbs, Blau, Gonzales, and Green (1983, p. 184) posit two categories of student’s problems with phrasal verbs: semantic or vocabulary problems and syntactic or word order problems. In their view of the semantic problem, they highlight that students often do not ...
Adjectives and Adverbs. In Language 86
... Typically, adverbs and adjectives occur in sentences as nonarguments. They appear to be less syntactically restricted than other parts of the clause (at least in languages like English). For instance, they can occur in various positions in sentences. Yet, if several adjectives/adverbs occur together ...
... Typically, adverbs and adjectives occur in sentences as nonarguments. They appear to be less syntactically restricted than other parts of the clause (at least in languages like English). For instance, they can occur in various positions in sentences. Yet, if several adjectives/adverbs occur together ...
2014-2015 Grammar Tips
... 1. Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are followed by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So. The game was over, but the crowd refused to leave. The student explained her question, yet the instructor still didn't seem to understand. Yester ...
... 1. Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are followed by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So. The game was over, but the crowd refused to leave. The student explained her question, yet the instructor still didn't seem to understand. Yester ...
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... Well is either an adjective, in the sense of one's health, or, more usually, an adverb: The team plays well together. Since good is an adjective, it shouldn't be used in place of the adverb well: The car is running well since it was tuned up. ...
... Well is either an adjective, in the sense of one's health, or, more usually, an adverb: The team plays well together. Since good is an adjective, it shouldn't be used in place of the adverb well: The car is running well since it was tuned up. ...
E X E R C I S E S - Bedfordstmartins
... 4. Some people believe that they can help bridge this gap by providing resources and training to technologically disadvantaged communities. ________ 5. The nonprofit organization One Laptop per Child (OLPC) claims its purpose is to educate children in developing countries by providing them with appr ...
... 4. Some people believe that they can help bridge this gap by providing resources and training to technologically disadvantaged communities. ________ 5. The nonprofit organization One Laptop per Child (OLPC) claims its purpose is to educate children in developing countries by providing them with appr ...
Noun Compound Interpretation Using Paraphrasing Verbs
... shape was paraphrased as shape that looks like a star or as looks like a instead of just looks like. Second, the instructions required that a paraphrase be a sequence of one or more verb forms possibly followed by a preposition (complex prepositions like because of were allowed), but in many cases t ...
... shape was paraphrased as shape that looks like a star or as looks like a instead of just looks like. Second, the instructions required that a paraphrase be a sequence of one or more verb forms possibly followed by a preposition (complex prepositions like because of were allowed), but in many cases t ...
On Syntactic Functions
... It happened that nobody disturbed us. It suits me best to get there in the morning. IT + PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION with a generic value: It was believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe. It has been found that the letter is a fake. It has been suggested that we all attend the lecture. It w ...
... It happened that nobody disturbed us. It suits me best to get there in the morning. IT + PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION with a generic value: It was believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe. It has been found that the letter is a fake. It has been suggested that we all attend the lecture. It w ...
Lexical Argument Structure and Agreement
... function as a numeral, since the numeral one can only be singular. In (25), however, it is clear that the NP argument of five is null. The pronoun replaces [Num NP]. Thus rule (24) must be modified. In example (25), the pronoun cannot occur in construction with a numeral. This is a challenge. I have ...
... function as a numeral, since the numeral one can only be singular. In (25), however, it is clear that the NP argument of five is null. The pronoun replaces [Num NP]. Thus rule (24) must be modified. In example (25), the pronoun cannot occur in construction with a numeral. This is a challenge. I have ...
PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN VERBAL SYNTAX In 1901 C. C.
... zero (in other flexion classes), which expressed the object of transitive verbs and the subject of passive and intransitive verbs. The sigmatic nominative developed from the original agentive case, while the accusative in -m and the asigmatic nominative continue the general case. Uhlenbeck follows B ...
... zero (in other flexion classes), which expressed the object of transitive verbs and the subject of passive and intransitive verbs. The sigmatic nominative developed from the original agentive case, while the accusative in -m and the asigmatic nominative continue the general case. Uhlenbeck follows B ...
Unpack Your Adjectives Got home from camping last spring. Saw
... If you please. On the top is where you are. (top relates to where) With a friend you'll travel far. (with a friend you'll go) If you try you know that you can fly. Over the rainbow. (over the rainbow is where you can fly) Busy prepositions. Always on the go. Like a bunch of busy bees, Floating polle ...
... If you please. On the top is where you are. (top relates to where) With a friend you'll travel far. (with a friend you'll go) If you try you know that you can fly. Over the rainbow. (over the rainbow is where you can fly) Busy prepositions. Always on the go. Like a bunch of busy bees, Floating polle ...
Unidirectional flexibility and the noun–verb distinction
... creating a flexible part of speech that fills a variety of syntactic roles. One of the most contentious issues that falls out from this observation is whether or not it is possible for a language to conflate all of the major lexical classes, grouping all of its contentive lexical items into a single ...
... creating a flexible part of speech that fills a variety of syntactic roles. One of the most contentious issues that falls out from this observation is whether or not it is possible for a language to conflate all of the major lexical classes, grouping all of its contentive lexical items into a single ...
The Nominative + Infinitive construction and the Accusative +
... simply check their case feature during the derivation. This means that the DP must reach a position where its case is checked, whether by Move or Agree. The infinitive subject Merges in SpecVP where it is -marked, then moves to Spec to. Being in the highest position of the subordinate clause, the D ...
... simply check their case feature during the derivation. This means that the DP must reach a position where its case is checked, whether by Move or Agree. The infinitive subject Merges in SpecVP where it is -marked, then moves to Spec to. Being in the highest position of the subordinate clause, the D ...
Roots and Lexicality In Distributed Morphology
... Outside Distributed Morphology, the direct encoding of diacritic features on roots is also argued for in analyses that share the assumption of lexical decomposition but not of distinct post-syntactic morphological operations: see Josefsson (2001) and Alexiadou and Müller (2005), who interpret in syn ...
... Outside Distributed Morphology, the direct encoding of diacritic features on roots is also argued for in analyses that share the assumption of lexical decomposition but not of distinct post-syntactic morphological operations: see Josefsson (2001) and Alexiadou and Müller (2005), who interpret in syn ...
A step-by-step introduction to the Government and Binding theory of
... a. The subcategorized complements are always phrases. b. Heads and their maximal projections share features, allowing heads to subcategorize for the heads of their sisters (i.e. rely). 3. In general, specifiers are optional. Evidently, specifiers may be words or phrases. The following trees illustra ...
... a. The subcategorized complements are always phrases. b. Heads and their maximal projections share features, allowing heads to subcategorize for the heads of their sisters (i.e. rely). 3. In general, specifiers are optional. Evidently, specifiers may be words or phrases. The following trees illustra ...
Review Of "Italian Syntax: A Government-Binding Approach
... They conclude that 'the intransitive member of an ergative pair must be generated by rule for each new lexical entry' (390). But so long as the rule applies to only some lexical entries that fit the bill, but not to others, the rule is not productive in the sense required of syntactic rules (cf. Cho ...
... They conclude that 'the intransitive member of an ergative pair must be generated by rule for each new lexical entry' (390). But so long as the rule applies to only some lexical entries that fit the bill, but not to others, the rule is not productive in the sense required of syntactic rules (cf. Cho ...
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... ’Grammar’ can mean an already existing entity or it can mean a description of an existing entity. Firstly it can be a description of something already existing (or something that ought to exist), according to a traditional distinction2 between on the one hand descriptive grammar which is a descripti ...
... ’Grammar’ can mean an already existing entity or it can mean a description of an existing entity. Firstly it can be a description of something already existing (or something that ought to exist), according to a traditional distinction2 between on the one hand descriptive grammar which is a descripti ...
Lecture 5
... Size of root lexicon: 600 verb root Paradigm Information: Not required Noun, verb and adjectives are separately ...
... Size of root lexicon: 600 verb root Paradigm Information: Not required Noun, verb and adjectives are separately ...
Adjectives Original handout by Olga Lizoń and Filip Wojnowski
... B. Predicative adjectives – it means that they came after link verbs which connect the noun with the adjective (Tom became rich, Ann seems happy, Tom felt good, the idea sound interesting) Q: Adjectives beginning with ‘a-‘ are usually: a) attributive b) predicative. Can you think of some examples.3 ...
... B. Predicative adjectives – it means that they came after link verbs which connect the noun with the adjective (Tom became rich, Ann seems happy, Tom felt good, the idea sound interesting) Q: Adjectives beginning with ‘a-‘ are usually: a) attributive b) predicative. Can you think of some examples.3 ...
LECTURE 4
... Reduced relative clauses – shortening 1. leaving out the relative pronoun and the verb A home page is a document /which is/ on the World Wide Web. 2. using the - ing participle I told you about the woman who lives next door. I told you about the woman living next door. 3. using to-infinitive in case ...
... Reduced relative clauses – shortening 1. leaving out the relative pronoun and the verb A home page is a document /which is/ on the World Wide Web. 2. using the - ing participle I told you about the woman who lives next door. I told you about the woman living next door. 3. using to-infinitive in case ...
The Correlative Conjunction Recognize a correlative conjunction
... The Correlative Conjunction Recognize a correlative conjunction when you see one. Either ... or, neither ... nor, and not only ... but also are all correlative conjunctions. They connect two equal grammatical items. If, for example, a noun follows either, then a noun will also follow or. Read these ...
... The Correlative Conjunction Recognize a correlative conjunction when you see one. Either ... or, neither ... nor, and not only ... but also are all correlative conjunctions. They connect two equal grammatical items. If, for example, a noun follows either, then a noun will also follow or. Read these ...
A multi-modular approach to gradual change in
... (d) But it’s got lots of good recipes so I was thinking about trying to sell that on the side just for fun. (SC) ...
... (d) But it’s got lots of good recipes so I was thinking about trying to sell that on the side just for fun. (SC) ...