Native Languages: A Support Document for the Teaching of
... occur in these Native languages and to reinforce teachers’ knowledge of the structure and functions of the various language elements (words and word parts) that make up these patterns. It is hoped that teachers will find the guide useful in designing lessons that will help students to develop an und ...
... occur in these Native languages and to reinforce teachers’ knowledge of the structure and functions of the various language elements (words and word parts) that make up these patterns. It is hoped that teachers will find the guide useful in designing lessons that will help students to develop an und ...
preparation guide for the
... : Today’s discussion is about a common animal reaction – the yawn. The dictionary defines a yawn as “an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom.” That’s certainly true for human yawns. The same action can have quite different meanings in different species. For example, some animals yawn to intimi ...
... : Today’s discussion is about a common animal reaction – the yawn. The dictionary defines a yawn as “an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom.” That’s certainly true for human yawns. The same action can have quite different meanings in different species. For example, some animals yawn to intimi ...
1 Paper accepted for publication in Language Sciences Explaining
... the use of null forms and the rule that the case of the subject of the infinitive is dative cannot be rejected. This opinion is clearly expressed by Perlmutter (2007, p. 304), when he states that ‘[w]hile readers are certainly entitled to their opinions about what is desirable or undesirable, it is ...
... the use of null forms and the rule that the case of the subject of the infinitive is dative cannot be rejected. This opinion is clearly expressed by Perlmutter (2007, p. 304), when he states that ‘[w]hile readers are certainly entitled to their opinions about what is desirable or undesirable, it is ...
Grammar Guide
... 1) Both sentences joined by the semicolon must be complete sentences. If either sentence would be incomplete by adding the semicolon, you must not use it. You do not want to create a fragment. 2) The two sentences being joined must relate to one another. You could not say something like: “My favorit ...
... 1) Both sentences joined by the semicolon must be complete sentences. If either sentence would be incomplete by adding the semicolon, you must not use it. You do not want to create a fragment. 2) The two sentences being joined must relate to one another. You could not say something like: “My favorit ...
- Goldsmiths Research Online
... 4.2 Periphrastic sub-paradigms: periphrastic features In many cases where we find multiword syntactic constructions that express grammatical meaning, however, these multiword constructions are not filling cells in otherwise inflectional paradigms in the narrow sense described above, and so it isn’ ...
... 4.2 Periphrastic sub-paradigms: periphrastic features In many cases where we find multiword syntactic constructions that express grammatical meaning, however, these multiword constructions are not filling cells in otherwise inflectional paradigms in the narrow sense described above, and so it isn’ ...
introduction to sumerian grammar
... Upper and Lower Case, Italics, and Brackets In unilingual Sumerian contexts, Sumerian words are written in lower case roman letters. Upper case (capital) letters (CAPS) are used: 1) When the exact meaning of a sign is unknown or unclear. Many signs are polyvalent, that is, they have more than one va ...
... Upper and Lower Case, Italics, and Brackets In unilingual Sumerian contexts, Sumerian words are written in lower case roman letters. Upper case (capital) letters (CAPS) are used: 1) When the exact meaning of a sign is unknown or unclear. Many signs are polyvalent, that is, they have more than one va ...
Advisory Editors
... evidence of the partial persistence of more aspectual distinctions than we find a century later, while the pluperfect subjunctive seems to be still a relatively new development, not yet fully acclimatized. By the first century BC, however, Latin had a strong tendency not only to divide actions into ...
... evidence of the partial persistence of more aspectual distinctions than we find a century later, while the pluperfect subjunctive seems to be still a relatively new development, not yet fully acclimatized. By the first century BC, however, Latin had a strong tendency not only to divide actions into ...
Possession and property concept predication in Huave
... PCs are encoded as adjectives (see e.g., Kamp 1975; Cresswell 1977; Klein 1980; von Stechow 1984; Kennedy 1999 among many others). However, as is well known at least since Dixon’s work, many languages have only a very small class of adjectives (and some languages may lack the category altogether, th ...
... PCs are encoded as adjectives (see e.g., Kamp 1975; Cresswell 1977; Klein 1980; von Stechow 1984; Kennedy 1999 among many others). However, as is well known at least since Dixon’s work, many languages have only a very small class of adjectives (and some languages may lack the category altogether, th ...
ETCBC Glossary
... The morphological tags (verbal stem, verbal tense, person, number, gender, state) do not require explanation, since they are similar to standard grammatical forms. ...
... The morphological tags (verbal stem, verbal tense, person, number, gender, state) do not require explanation, since they are similar to standard grammatical forms. ...
The Grammar of Adjectives
... These are the most common kind of adjective. They tell you most of the information you would like to know about a noun. They describe things like shape, size, colour and age. For example: Imagine you want to buy some apples. There are some things you would like to know about the apples. Colour - are ...
... These are the most common kind of adjective. They tell you most of the information you would like to know about a noun. They describe things like shape, size, colour and age. For example: Imagine you want to buy some apples. There are some things you would like to know about the apples. Colour - are ...
Here - Confident Grammar
... Names that end in s can be written two ways. For example consider the name Ms Jones. Ms Jones’s writing is elegant and concise. Ms Jones’ writing is elegant and concise. Both of these options are correct. Why are there two options – Ms Jones’s and Ms Jones’? The answer is simply to do with how it so ...
... Names that end in s can be written two ways. For example consider the name Ms Jones. Ms Jones’s writing is elegant and concise. Ms Jones’ writing is elegant and concise. Both of these options are correct. Why are there two options – Ms Jones’s and Ms Jones’? The answer is simply to do with how it so ...
Grammar Handbook - Capella University
... Pronouns can be used in place of nouns (when appropriate), and a pronoun operates just like a noun in a sentence. It’s important to remember, however, to use pronouns carefully. Often times, writers make the mistake of referring to a noun with a pronoun without first providing and introducing the ac ...
... Pronouns can be used in place of nouns (when appropriate), and a pronoun operates just like a noun in a sentence. It’s important to remember, however, to use pronouns carefully. Often times, writers make the mistake of referring to a noun with a pronoun without first providing and introducing the ac ...
CHAPTER 5 Negation
... The term scope here simply refers to the part of the meaning of a sentence that is negated. In (35a), the scope of the negation is the entire sentence. This is because the not changes the meaning of its corresponding affirmative sentence in (35b). (35) a. Tom did not destroy the evidence. b. Tom des ...
... The term scope here simply refers to the part of the meaning of a sentence that is negated. In (35a), the scope of the negation is the entire sentence. This is because the not changes the meaning of its corresponding affirmative sentence in (35b). (35) a. Tom did not destroy the evidence. b. Tom des ...
Phrases & Clauses
... When twilight had fallen, it was dark under the old oak tree near the house. ...
... When twilight had fallen, it was dark under the old oak tree near the house. ...
Basic Writing Skills for Business Presented by Sue
... • In this example, the subject (employees) is plural, so the verb (eat) must also be plural. If the subject and verb do not agree, the sentence is grammatically incorrect. Basic Writing Skills for Business ...
... • In this example, the subject (employees) is plural, so the verb (eat) must also be plural. If the subject and verb do not agree, the sentence is grammatically incorrect. Basic Writing Skills for Business ...
Reflexivization in Referent Grammar
... rabotaetsja (today not work+refl - 'the work does not go on well today'). The strong variant of the non-possessive reflexive pronoun is sebjalsebelsoboj - case inflected according to the same pattern as personal pronouns (cf. ja - I, genitive/accusative menja, dative/prepositional mne, instrumentali ...
... rabotaetsja (today not work+refl - 'the work does not go on well today'). The strong variant of the non-possessive reflexive pronoun is sebjalsebelsoboj - case inflected according to the same pattern as personal pronouns (cf. ja - I, genitive/accusative menja, dative/prepositional mne, instrumentali ...
the passive - englishdepartmentbaio
... They are followed by a bare infinitive in the active, but take a to-infinitive in the passive Active: Her two sisters made him clean the house Passive: He was made to clean the house by her two sisters. In the passive, let is replaced by allowed and is followed by a to-infinitive. Active: The teache ...
... They are followed by a bare infinitive in the active, but take a to-infinitive in the passive Active: Her two sisters made him clean the house Passive: He was made to clean the house by her two sisters. In the passive, let is replaced by allowed and is followed by a to-infinitive. Active: The teache ...
Infinitive Phrase
... When infinitive phrases have an “actor,” they may be roughly characterized as the “subject” of the action or state expressed in the infinitive. Perhaps the denomination “pseudo-subject” is preferable. It is somewhat misleading to use the word “subject” since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause ...
... When infinitive phrases have an “actor,” they may be roughly characterized as the “subject” of the action or state expressed in the infinitive. Perhaps the denomination “pseudo-subject” is preferable. It is somewhat misleading to use the word “subject” since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause ...
Sentence Sense
... When Ricardo was making flan, he used a couple of the eggs that we had brought from the farm. There is only one left, and we have finished all the other food in the house, so we will have a very small supper. The verbs in the sentences above can be spread out on a time line like this: ...
... When Ricardo was making flan, he used a couple of the eggs that we had brought from the farm. There is only one left, and we have finished all the other food in the house, so we will have a very small supper. The verbs in the sentences above can be spread out on a time line like this: ...
Why begin when you can commence – Aspects of near
... This essay is a corpus study, the aim of which is to investigate the usage of two nearsynonymous verb pairs that descend from Germanic and Romance languages. The four verbs begin, commence, hate, and detest were chosen for the study. The analysis is based on occurrences of the verbs in five subcorpo ...
... This essay is a corpus study, the aim of which is to investigate the usage of two nearsynonymous verb pairs that descend from Germanic and Romance languages. The four verbs begin, commence, hate, and detest were chosen for the study. The analysis is based on occurrences of the verbs in five subcorpo ...
Lecture 9: Grammatical Functions
... marked in accordance to the nominative-accusative pattern while other nouns are marked in accordance with the ergative-absolutive(nominative) pattern. If we maintain that the subject is to be defined in terms of nominative(absolutive) Case, then sentences with a nominal pronoun and an absolutive nou ...
... marked in accordance to the nominative-accusative pattern while other nouns are marked in accordance with the ergative-absolutive(nominative) pattern. If we maintain that the subject is to be defined in terms of nominative(absolutive) Case, then sentences with a nominal pronoun and an absolutive nou ...
The History of the Gerund in English and Its Structural Precursors
... translations of Boethius had to be abandoned and examples from the Bible were used instead. In its final form the corpus is composed of 80% of Biblical material. The New International Version [NIV] and King James Version [KJV] were translated from Hebrew and Greek respectively. In contrast, the Wycl ...
... translations of Boethius had to be abandoned and examples from the Bible were used instead. In its final form the corpus is composed of 80% of Biblical material. The New International Version [NIV] and King James Version [KJV] were translated from Hebrew and Greek respectively. In contrast, the Wycl ...