MORE THAN ONE MEANING
... dry and hard. There are various tests for ambiguity. One possibility is to have two unrelated antonyms, as with hard, which has both soft and easy as opposites. Another is the conjunction reduction test. Consider the sentence The tailor pressed one suit in his shop and one in the municipal court. It ...
... dry and hard. There are various tests for ambiguity. One possibility is to have two unrelated antonyms, as with hard, which has both soft and easy as opposites. Another is the conjunction reduction test. Consider the sentence The tailor pressed one suit in his shop and one in the municipal court. It ...
3 Speech act distinctions in syntax
... imperative restricted to second person logical subjects that indicates the speaker’s wish to inhuence the addressee‘s actions. A second parameter that might distinguish languages involves higherorder affinities among the various basic sentence types. ln Blackfoot, for example, questions and denials ...
... imperative restricted to second person logical subjects that indicates the speaker’s wish to inhuence the addressee‘s actions. A second parameter that might distinguish languages involves higherorder affinities among the various basic sentence types. ln Blackfoot, for example, questions and denials ...
A rhetorical study of emphasis in English with reference to
... more , besides , additionally , in addition , in addition to this , not only that but , These give a definite rhetorical flavor , as in : 58 - My client says he doesn’t know this witness , further , he denies ever having seen her or spoken to her . With the " or " relation , the distinction between ...
... more , besides , additionally , in addition , in addition to this , not only that but , These give a definite rhetorical flavor , as in : 58 - My client says he doesn’t know this witness , further , he denies ever having seen her or spoken to her . With the " or " relation , the distinction between ...
The Land of the Free and The Elements of Style
... years before White was born. Searching for none of us, none of you, and none of them, I found that there are no examples at all of singular agreement with these phrases. Wherever they occur as subjects of present-tense verbs, the agreement is plural: none of us were surprised; none of them were of v ...
... years before White was born. Searching for none of us, none of you, and none of them, I found that there are no examples at all of singular agreement with these phrases. Wherever they occur as subjects of present-tense verbs, the agreement is plural: none of us were surprised; none of them were of v ...
WRITING DETAILS
... Everyone knows that one of the worst places where the ecosystems are being disrupted is where the great whales are being systematically exter minated. Ocean-going refineries are the aspect of the fishing industry that some whalers are exterminating these wonderful mammals. Especially, whalers from J ...
... Everyone knows that one of the worst places where the ecosystems are being disrupted is where the great whales are being systematically exter minated. Ocean-going refineries are the aspect of the fishing industry that some whalers are exterminating these wonderful mammals. Especially, whalers from J ...
Use of Verb Information in Syntactic Parsing
... phrase. In contrast, the verb guessed permits either a direct object or sentence complement; this class will be referred to as the minimal attachment verbs. This term is used because these verbs are more strongly biased for a minimal attachment analysis of the ambiguous noun phrase than is the other ...
... phrase. In contrast, the verb guessed permits either a direct object or sentence complement; this class will be referred to as the minimal attachment verbs. This term is used because these verbs are more strongly biased for a minimal attachment analysis of the ambiguous noun phrase than is the other ...
Participles, gerunds and syntactic categories
... headed by the gerund is mixed, in that the phrase contains elements which are specific to DPs in English (possessive modifier) and elements which are specific to VPs in English (object and adverb modifier); the distribution of the phrase is nominal, since it can function as a subject (as in the exam ...
... headed by the gerund is mixed, in that the phrase contains elements which are specific to DPs in English (possessive modifier) and elements which are specific to VPs in English (object and adverb modifier); the distribution of the phrase is nominal, since it can function as a subject (as in the exam ...
Do sentences have tense?
... Finally, there is the morphological region of the lexicon (Mrph, cf. Mayo 2000: 1999). It contains all kinds of affixes. Among the features encoded in Mrph we find again the agreement and the inflectional class features, which, as other features, thus have competing different origins. Moreover, Mrph ...
... Finally, there is the morphological region of the lexicon (Mrph, cf. Mayo 2000: 1999). It contains all kinds of affixes. Among the features encoded in Mrph we find again the agreement and the inflectional class features, which, as other features, thus have competing different origins. Moreover, Mrph ...
University of Groningen Time reference decoupled from tense
... simple present). Abuom and Bastiaanse (2013) tested agrammatic Swahili-English bilinguals with the TART (Abuom & Bastiaanse, 2010). They showed that the agrammatic speakers were more impaired in reference to the past than to the non-past in production and comprehension in both languages, and overall ...
... simple present). Abuom and Bastiaanse (2013) tested agrammatic Swahili-English bilinguals with the TART (Abuom & Bastiaanse, 2010). They showed that the agrammatic speakers were more impaired in reference to the past than to the non-past in production and comprehension in both languages, and overall ...
Old Nubian Relative Clauses
... to adjectival constructions with a participle,22 such as in English “the singing man,” in the sentence “the singing man walks on the street,” which may alternatively be rendered as “the man that sings walks on the street.” The subject of the participle “singing” corresponds with the subject of the m ...
... to adjectival constructions with a participle,22 such as in English “the singing man,” in the sentence “the singing man walks on the street,” which may alternatively be rendered as “the man that sings walks on the street.” The subject of the participle “singing” corresponds with the subject of the m ...
written ambonese malay, 1895–1992
... Demonstratives often precede the noun. (This has also been noted in other Low Malays.) ...
... Demonstratives often precede the noun. (This has also been noted in other Low Malays.) ...
quirky subjects in old french
... control (i.e. being a controllee); (vi) conjunction reduction; (vii) Subject-to-subject raising (raising contexts); (viii) subject-to-object raising (Exceptional Case Marking configurations). I was able to find conclusive examples for (i)-(vii), but not for the remaining property. Before we proceed, ...
... control (i.e. being a controllee); (vi) conjunction reduction; (vii) Subject-to-subject raising (raising contexts); (viii) subject-to-object raising (Exceptional Case Marking configurations). I was able to find conclusive examples for (i)-(vii), but not for the remaining property. Before we proceed, ...
Errors in the Coalface Grammar - Linguistics and English Language
... Subject, but nevertheless imperatives containing an overt Subject, such as You have a nice day or Don't you worry about it, are commonplace. [51] Prepositions are said to appear as Head in preposition phrases – but on the next page we are told that preposition phrases have no Head. [28] Such express ...
... Subject, but nevertheless imperatives containing an overt Subject, such as You have a nice day or Don't you worry about it, are commonplace. [51] Prepositions are said to appear as Head in preposition phrases – but on the next page we are told that preposition phrases have no Head. [28] Such express ...
Imperfect Aspect in English and Indonesian Verbs
... In general the imperfect aspect serves as the background of another activity in the past, present, or future time. Besides, this aspect contains the idea of progressiveness as long stated by Hairston and Ruskiewicz (1996) that a progressive form is a verb form that shows continuing activity; it take ...
... In general the imperfect aspect serves as the background of another activity in the past, present, or future time. Besides, this aspect contains the idea of progressiveness as long stated by Hairston and Ruskiewicz (1996) that a progressive form is a verb form that shows continuing activity; it take ...
Grammar Tweets - Queen`s University
... March 21, 2013 - Because since when? .................................................................................................................. 26 March 22, 2013 - However… ....................................................................................................................... ...
... March 21, 2013 - Because since when? .................................................................................................................. 26 March 22, 2013 - However… ....................................................................................................................... ...
1-Parts of Speech Parts of Speech Examples
... is inverted with the person (you have becomes have you). ...
... is inverted with the person (you have becomes have you). ...
English Word Order and the Principle of FSP - Žmogus ir žodis
... The OSV(A) pattern was used from 3% to 14% in various Process types. The Objects varied semantically. The said pattern was employed to thematize the Affected Participant, the Recipient, the Source, the Range, the Phenomenon and the Experiencer. Consider the examples below: (1) [Cousin Lymon had a ve ...
... The OSV(A) pattern was used from 3% to 14% in various Process types. The Objects varied semantically. The said pattern was employed to thematize the Affected Participant, the Recipient, the Source, the Range, the Phenomenon and the Experiencer. Consider the examples below: (1) [Cousin Lymon had a ve ...
ENGLISH SYNTAX: THE coMpoSITE SENTENcE. THE Mood
... Syntax is a part of grammar, which deals with ways of combining words into phrases in a language (Biber 2002:460), i.e. combinations of individual lexemes arranged according to certain principles, which determine the length and meaning of the phrase through a proper choice of morphological partners. ...
... Syntax is a part of grammar, which deals with ways of combining words into phrases in a language (Biber 2002:460), i.e. combinations of individual lexemes arranged according to certain principles, which determine the length and meaning of the phrase through a proper choice of morphological partners. ...
Guide to Effective Writing Strategies
... thesis statement. Because writing is a process of learning about your subject, ideas, and opinions, your thesis statement may change from draft to draft. This is normal. Don’t worry if your first draft and thesis statement are entirely different from your final draft and thesis statement. Your thesi ...
... thesis statement. Because writing is a process of learning about your subject, ideas, and opinions, your thesis statement may change from draft to draft. This is normal. Don’t worry if your first draft and thesis statement are entirely different from your final draft and thesis statement. Your thesi ...
Students` Workbook
... 8. At last they reached Whities house. 9. The rabbits could hear Bobbys feet. 10. Bunny put the acorn in front of Sammys door. ...
... 8. At last they reached Whities house. 9. The rabbits could hear Bobbys feet. 10. Bunny put the acorn in front of Sammys door. ...
Complex sentences in Avatime
... • Subject-marking on the verb is obligatory; there is no object agreement. • Aspect, modality and negation are marked with prefixes on the verb, no tense-marking. • When the verb is unmarked for aspect/modality, it has a perfective interpretation (or ongoing state with stative verbs). • Canonical SV ...
... • Subject-marking on the verb is obligatory; there is no object agreement. • Aspect, modality and negation are marked with prefixes on the verb, no tense-marking. • When the verb is unmarked for aspect/modality, it has a perfective interpretation (or ongoing state with stative verbs). • Canonical SV ...
An Automatic Procedure for Topic
... These pairs of sentences, as is known from previous discussions, show that TFA is relevant not only for a possible placement of the sentence in a context, but also for its semantic interpretation, even for its truth conditions. In (1)-(3), the semantic difference concerns the distribution of the sco ...
... These pairs of sentences, as is known from previous discussions, show that TFA is relevant not only for a possible placement of the sentence in a context, but also for its semantic interpretation, even for its truth conditions. In (1)-(3), the semantic difference concerns the distribution of the sco ...
VI - Eng - II - St. Claret School
... 53. Make sentences of your own with the following words: bevy – 54. Make sentences of your own with the following words: mob – 55. Make sentences of your own with the following words: orchard – 56. Make sentences of your own with the following words: team – 57. Make sentences of your own with the fo ...
... 53. Make sentences of your own with the following words: bevy – 54. Make sentences of your own with the following words: mob – 55. Make sentences of your own with the following words: orchard – 56. Make sentences of your own with the following words: team – 57. Make sentences of your own with the fo ...
Studies in African Linguistics Volume 10, Number 2, July 1979 A
... Although there is no certainty that an lndividual author did not have a radically different meaning in mind when he or she used a given term, these definitions should serve to effectively narrow the range of possible interpretations of a given term. ...
... Although there is no certainty that an lndividual author did not have a radically different meaning in mind when he or she used a given term, these definitions should serve to effectively narrow the range of possible interpretations of a given term. ...