Morphological Aspects of English Adjectival
... for instance »people who deal with special effects in films«. The same can be claimed for other example, with different interpretation and rationale. Thus, the irregularity in the occurrence of grammatical morphemes on noun elements of compounds has a well-founded motivation. Further on, around ten ...
... for instance »people who deal with special effects in films«. The same can be claimed for other example, with different interpretation and rationale. Thus, the irregularity in the occurrence of grammatical morphemes on noun elements of compounds has a well-founded motivation. Further on, around ten ...
grammar and style - The University of Michigan Press
... C. Prepositions Prepositions are best learned in context because they can vary in meaning, depending on which other words they are used with. They are often idiomatic, and, in many cases, they do not have translation equivalents in other languages. The most common prepositions in English are at, by, ...
... C. Prepositions Prepositions are best learned in context because they can vary in meaning, depending on which other words they are used with. They are often idiomatic, and, in many cases, they do not have translation equivalents in other languages. The most common prepositions in English are at, by, ...
Chapter 3 Nouns and noun phrases
... Most nouns have no regular morphological encoding of number. However, there are three classes of nouns referring to humans in which number is expressed by some morphological encoding on the noun as well: first, a few human nouns with irregular plural marking, and second, agent nouns that are derived ...
... Most nouns have no regular morphological encoding of number. However, there are three classes of nouns referring to humans in which number is expressed by some morphological encoding on the noun as well: first, a few human nouns with irregular plural marking, and second, agent nouns that are derived ...
File grammar
... then the verb must also be singular. In order to decide whether or not a verb is singular, simply remember that singular verbs end in s. In the incorrect sentence, the verb are is plural. To make the sentence correct, the verb must be singular (end in s). Are must be changed to is. If you will elimi ...
... then the verb must also be singular. In order to decide whether or not a verb is singular, simply remember that singular verbs end in s. In the incorrect sentence, the verb are is plural. To make the sentence correct, the verb must be singular (end in s). Are must be changed to is. If you will elimi ...
Semantic and syntactic properties of verbs
... an Activity event structure which can then be expanded to yield an Accomplishment event structure. Genuine speech act verbs, with the exception of declaratives and perlocutionary verbs, differ from those verbs which are not specified relative to speaker attitudes in that they cannot be associated wi ...
... an Activity event structure which can then be expanded to yield an Accomplishment event structure. Genuine speech act verbs, with the exception of declaratives and perlocutionary verbs, differ from those verbs which are not specified relative to speaker attitudes in that they cannot be associated wi ...
Verbs in spoken sentence processing Goede, Dieuwke de
... eten in Dutch and eat cookie in English). Only at a later stage, when the verb is inflected, it moves to the second position; in this stage the child still uses root infinitives, it is therefore called the “optional infinitive stage” (Wijnen & Verrips, 1998; Wexler, 1994). Dutchspeaking individuals ...
... eten in Dutch and eat cookie in English). Only at a later stage, when the verb is inflected, it moves to the second position; in this stage the child still uses root infinitives, it is therefore called the “optional infinitive stage” (Wijnen & Verrips, 1998; Wexler, 1994). Dutchspeaking individuals ...
Locality Constraints on the Interpretation of Roots: The Case of
... from one another, and are by no means predictable from the combination of the root and the word-creating head. This property is language specific, occurring in some languages but not in others. 2. The ability to be assigned multiple interpretations is strictly reserved for roots. Once the root has m ...
... from one another, and are by no means predictable from the combination of the root and the word-creating head. This property is language specific, occurring in some languages but not in others. 2. The ability to be assigned multiple interpretations is strictly reserved for roots. Once the root has m ...
Phrasal Conjunction and Symmetric Predicates
... ciated with C:OtVoined X-C-X. If that is so, such occurrences can be treated much like modal verbs, the and being classified as similar to infinitival to. Evidence for the oddity of this use, beyond the difference in intonation contour, is its unsystematic nature: (a) where affixes are required on t ...
... ciated with C:OtVoined X-C-X. If that is so, such occurrences can be treated much like modal verbs, the and being classified as similar to infinitival to. Evidence for the oddity of this use, beyond the difference in intonation contour, is its unsystematic nature: (a) where affixes are required on t ...
The Basics of English Usage
... 3? If we use the traditional terms of grammar, then we can explain things as follows: ‘than’ is a preposition in 2 (it comes before the pronoun ‘me’) but a conjunction in 3 (it links two clauses, each of which has a subject and a verb). A preposition takes the objective case (‘to her’ not ‘to she’) ...
... 3? If we use the traditional terms of grammar, then we can explain things as follows: ‘than’ is a preposition in 2 (it comes before the pronoun ‘me’) but a conjunction in 3 (it links two clauses, each of which has a subject and a verb). A preposition takes the objective case (‘to her’ not ‘to she’) ...
Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses -- Debate
... understood rather than expressed. It, nevertheless, still functions in the sentence. – Ex: The dog sled (that) Ted drove won the race. – Relative adverbs can only act as adverbs within a clause. ...
... understood rather than expressed. It, nevertheless, still functions in the sentence. – Ex: The dog sled (that) Ted drove won the race. – Relative adverbs can only act as adverbs within a clause. ...
C16-1116 - Association for Computational Linguistics
... where in a question they appear. Revisiting the first example in Section 3, the Concept “occupation” is defined by creating a Type that includes the word occupation and all hyponyms of the synset ‘occupation.n.01’. Similarly, the synsets ‘people.n.01’, ‘organization.n.01’, ‘university.n.01’, ‘compan ...
... where in a question they appear. Revisiting the first example in Section 3, the Concept “occupation” is defined by creating a Type that includes the word occupation and all hyponyms of the synset ‘occupation.n.01’. Similarly, the synsets ‘people.n.01’, ‘organization.n.01’, ‘university.n.01’, ‘compan ...
Test 1 (19) Writing Answ
... There is nothing in the sentence to which “what” can refer. In addition, in this context it is not idiomatic for “assume” to be followed by only a noun rather than an entire clause. ...
... There is nothing in the sentence to which “what” can refer. In addition, in this context it is not idiomatic for “assume” to be followed by only a noun rather than an entire clause. ...
Chapter 4. THE NOUN AND NOUN PHRASE
... As seen, vâa ‘bird’ appears to take a special form vâat in contexts where verbs require stem2. In addition, the diminutive postposition tsàa takes the form tsàat in both stem1 and stem2 contexts. As seen, stem1 and stem2 verb forms can function as nouns, and at least some nouns can be used as verbs. ...
... As seen, vâa ‘bird’ appears to take a special form vâat in contexts where verbs require stem2. In addition, the diminutive postposition tsàa takes the form tsàat in both stem1 and stem2 contexts. As seen, stem1 and stem2 verb forms can function as nouns, and at least some nouns can be used as verbs. ...
TRANSFORMATIONAL- GENERATIVE SYNTAX AND THE TEACHING OF SENTENCE MECHANICS
... assign traditional labels to certain syntactic categories, they nevertheless unconsciously know what they are. It is precisely this unconscious knowledge of syntactic categories that writing instructors should exploit in the teaching and correcting of sentence mechanics. Yet, just how can instructo ...
... assign traditional labels to certain syntactic categories, they nevertheless unconsciously know what they are. It is precisely this unconscious knowledge of syntactic categories that writing instructors should exploit in the teaching and correcting of sentence mechanics. Yet, just how can instructo ...
Assignment 1: Manual Direct Translation
... sentence. A simplified method that could be used to solve the problem in the example sentence would be to identify np and vp phrases and then check that the word order is correct by checking that it is not the case that the first vp comes earlier than the first np phrase. If they do, we would need t ...
... sentence. A simplified method that could be used to solve the problem in the example sentence would be to identify np and vp phrases and then check that the word order is correct by checking that it is not the case that the first vp comes earlier than the first np phrase. If they do, we would need t ...
Grammatical Voice in French
... The reason is obvious: these researchers do not have a rigorous definition of voice as an inflectional category of the verb and, consequently, they are in no position to distinguish with certainty a voice from what is not a voice.1 As for the present paper, I will proceed from a definition of voice ...
... The reason is obvious: these researchers do not have a rigorous definition of voice as an inflectional category of the verb and, consequently, they are in no position to distinguish with certainty a voice from what is not a voice.1 As for the present paper, I will proceed from a definition of voice ...
Nom
... First rule : learn vocabulary : There is a set vocabulary of about 500 words for GCSE. You have already come across some 400 of these words. If you learn them thoroughly, you will find the course easy and know every word in your GCSE exam. Second rule: understand the endings : In Latin most word ...
... First rule : learn vocabulary : There is a set vocabulary of about 500 words for GCSE. You have already come across some 400 of these words. If you learn them thoroughly, you will find the course easy and know every word in your GCSE exam. Second rule: understand the endings : In Latin most word ...
Gerunds without phrase structure
... two separate nodes, one verbal and the other nominal. However dependency analyses such as Word Grammar allow only one node per word, so they do not allow analyses of this kind. Two-node analyses are strong evidence against dependency analysis so it is important to be sure that they are needed. The p ...
... two separate nodes, one verbal and the other nominal. However dependency analyses such as Word Grammar allow only one node per word, so they do not allow analyses of this kind. Two-node analyses are strong evidence against dependency analysis so it is important to be sure that they are needed. The p ...
Problems of equivalence in some German and English constructions
... or more syntactic classes has been appended to each word in the dictionary. It is also assumed that the transfer grammar consists of statements of structural transfer in which the constituents of the output language constructions are marked appropriately as members of these same syntactic classes. T ...
... or more syntactic classes has been appended to each word in the dictionary. It is also assumed that the transfer grammar consists of statements of structural transfer in which the constituents of the output language constructions are marked appropriately as members of these same syntactic classes. T ...
Thursday Session_Sentence Level Work
... understanding. In most instances, introducing a part of speech or sentence part to your students should take just a few minutes. Students should create (or you should provide) a vocabulary card with term on front, definition and examples on back; explain the term and its definition; and have them ex ...
... understanding. In most instances, introducing a part of speech or sentence part to your students should take just a few minutes. Students should create (or you should provide) a vocabulary card with term on front, definition and examples on back; explain the term and its definition; and have them ex ...
Commands in Deni (Arawá)
... Turning the discussion to the subclass II verb structure, the slots 1 and 2 are always filled in scheme 2. However, to form the smallest subclass II verbal word, besides slot 1 and 2, at least one of categories assigned to slots 6 and 7 must occur. That is, the smallest subclass II verbal word is co ...
... Turning the discussion to the subclass II verb structure, the slots 1 and 2 are always filled in scheme 2. However, to form the smallest subclass II verbal word, besides slot 1 and 2, at least one of categories assigned to slots 6 and 7 must occur. That is, the smallest subclass II verbal word is co ...
NLPA-Syntax
... • Noun (N). Morphologically, many (but not all) English nouns can form plurals by adding -s. Distributionally, many (but not all) nouns can fill in the blank in the sentence: He has no __. Car, friend and idea fall in the noun category by both these tests: all three can have -s added and all three c ...
... • Noun (N). Morphologically, many (but not all) English nouns can form plurals by adding -s. Distributionally, many (but not all) nouns can fill in the blank in the sentence: He has no __. Car, friend and idea fall in the noun category by both these tests: all three can have -s added and all three c ...
Explaining similarities between main clauses and nominalized
... As a part of the process of becoming conventionalized into new main clause grammar, the biclausal source constructions become monoclausal, with the former main verb losing its independent argument structure (becoming first an auxiliary and later an inflectional morpheme), and the former nominalized ...
... As a part of the process of becoming conventionalized into new main clause grammar, the biclausal source constructions become monoclausal, with the former main verb losing its independent argument structure (becoming first an auxiliary and later an inflectional morpheme), and the former nominalized ...
Comparatives - Sage Middle School
... The absolute superlative is the equivalent to extremely, exceptionally, super, or very before an adjective or adverb. Like all adjectives, they must agree in gender and number. To form the absolute superlative of most adjectives/adverbs, drop the final vowel, if there is one, and add –ísimo/a(s): ma ...
... The absolute superlative is the equivalent to extremely, exceptionally, super, or very before an adjective or adverb. Like all adjectives, they must agree in gender and number. To form the absolute superlative of most adjectives/adverbs, drop the final vowel, if there is one, and add –ísimo/a(s): ma ...