The structure of the do/make construction in
... This paper analyzes a structure found in Chichewa for adapting English verbs. This structure, in which an English verb or adjectival predicate complements a Chichewa light verb meaning ‘do’ or ‘make’, appears to be employed during code-switching. Code-Switching (CS) is found quite frequently among p ...
... This paper analyzes a structure found in Chichewa for adapting English verbs. This structure, in which an English verb or adjectival predicate complements a Chichewa light verb meaning ‘do’ or ‘make’, appears to be employed during code-switching. Code-Switching (CS) is found quite frequently among p ...
The Regular, Irregular, and Pronominal Commands
... Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such Use the tu command when speaking to one person with whom you’re familiar. You use the vous command when speaking to one person with whom you aren’t familiar, a superior (like your boss or your professor), or someone older than you; an ...
... Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such Use the tu command when speaking to one person with whom you’re familiar. You use the vous command when speaking to one person with whom you aren’t familiar, a superior (like your boss or your professor), or someone older than you; an ...
doc - KISS Grammar
... you know—and no one can tell you that you are wrong about them. For example, you know that “am,” “is,” “are,” “was,” and “were” are always verbs. You will always be correct if you underline them twice in analysis exercises. You also know how to find the subjects and complements of verbs, and you can ...
... you know—and no one can tell you that you are wrong about them. For example, you know that “am,” “is,” “are,” “was,” and “were” are always verbs. You will always be correct if you underline them twice in analysis exercises. You also know how to find the subjects and complements of verbs, and you can ...
The Parts Of Speech
... direct object, while for copular verbs this additional element is a subject complement. With transitive verbs, the "action" goes from the subject to the direct object; further, the subject and the object are usually different entities.1 Direct objects and subject complements. If you have already lea ...
... direct object, while for copular verbs this additional element is a subject complement. With transitive verbs, the "action" goes from the subject to the direct object; further, the subject and the object are usually different entities.1 Direct objects and subject complements. If you have already lea ...
French 1: Core Targets – Knowledge and Skill Chapitre Préliminaire
... I can ask someone how they are and respond appropriately. 6. I can communicate my thoughts and ask questions related to being in French class. I can ask to go to the bathroom, the nurse, or my locker. I can ask for permission to speak in English. I can ask ‘Comment dit-on?’, ‘Comment ça s’éc ...
... I can ask someone how they are and respond appropriately. 6. I can communicate my thoughts and ask questions related to being in French class. I can ask to go to the bathroom, the nurse, or my locker. I can ask for permission to speak in English. I can ask ‘Comment dit-on?’, ‘Comment ça s’éc ...
Grammar Workshop Series- Unit 1: Sentence Structure
... • Earlier in this lesson, we described a clause as a group of words with a subject and predicate. We’ve been talking a lot about independent clauses, ones that can be complete sentences in themselves. But there are also dependent clauses, and they come in two varieties. ...
... • Earlier in this lesson, we described a clause as a group of words with a subject and predicate. We’ve been talking a lot about independent clauses, ones that can be complete sentences in themselves. But there are also dependent clauses, and they come in two varieties. ...
A constructional approach to English verbal gerunds
... combines a head with a genitive NP specifier. Since the subject and specifier are identified with each other, no verbal gerund will be able to combine with both a subject and a specifier. Genitive subject VGerPs will inherit all the constraints that apply to possessive constructions in general, for ...
... combines a head with a genitive NP specifier. Since the subject and specifier are identified with each other, no verbal gerund will be able to combine with both a subject and a specifier. Genitive subject VGerPs will inherit all the constraints that apply to possessive constructions in general, for ...
writing an effective technical report
... needs of the reader. Marketing build effective sales around specific user needs using a top-down approach. The goal of writing a report is to have it read and its recommendations carried out. A report written for any other reason has little value. Achieving this goal needs change in the mind of the ...
... needs of the reader. Marketing build effective sales around specific user needs using a top-down approach. The goal of writing a report is to have it read and its recommendations carried out. A report written for any other reason has little value. Achieving this goal needs change in the mind of the ...
null object constructions in standard spanish revisited* 111
... objects as variables accounts for the empty category in (7). Following Chomsky (1982:35) the empty category is a variable since "it is in an A-position and it is locally A-bar bound by an operator". In this case the OP is overt: "que" and it has moved in a cyclic fashion from the argument position o ...
... objects as variables accounts for the empty category in (7). Following Chomsky (1982:35) the empty category is a variable since "it is in an A-position and it is locally A-bar bound by an operator". In this case the OP is overt: "que" and it has moved in a cyclic fashion from the argument position o ...
(I) Word Classes and Phrases
... Everyone thought him an idiot. The accusation made me livid. The whole town wanted the outlaw dead. Almost always comes after the Predicator. Her voice sounds lovely. The tea tastes foul. The first thing I did was open all the windows. A = ADVERBIAL ...
... Everyone thought him an idiot. The accusation made me livid. The whole town wanted the outlaw dead. Almost always comes after the Predicator. Her voice sounds lovely. The tea tastes foul. The first thing I did was open all the windows. A = ADVERBIAL ...
Shurley Grammar Unit 4
... • Jamie loved popcorn. He ate popcorn all day long. He even told his mom to buy popcorn in large sacks. He finally invented a popcorn machine. This machine popped lots of popcorn at one time. While all his friends watched, Jimmie started his popping machine. Soon everyone had plenty of popcorn. In f ...
... • Jamie loved popcorn. He ate popcorn all day long. He even told his mom to buy popcorn in large sacks. He finally invented a popcorn machine. This machine popped lots of popcorn at one time. While all his friends watched, Jimmie started his popping machine. Soon everyone had plenty of popcorn. In f ...
Progression in Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Yr 1
... Opening factual statement Middle section(s) Simple factual sentences around a them Bullet points for instructions Labelled diagrams Ending Concluding sentence ...
... Opening factual statement Middle section(s) Simple factual sentences around a them Bullet points for instructions Labelled diagrams Ending Concluding sentence ...
The Verb aNd Verbals iN eNGlish
... The verb is a word class, which includes all words that refer to actions understood as processes (go, read, speak, do) or states (be, can, stay). All verbs fall into certain groups according to different criteria such as semantics (meaning), structure, aspect, and historical and syntactical peculiar ...
... The verb is a word class, which includes all words that refer to actions understood as processes (go, read, speak, do) or states (be, can, stay). All verbs fall into certain groups according to different criteria such as semantics (meaning), structure, aspect, and historical and syntactical peculiar ...
Verbs in spoken sentence processing Goede, Dieuwke de
... associations between the extracted element (argument) and its subcategorizer (verb). Thus, it involves identifying a verb and associating the filler directly with an unsaturated position in the argument structure of the verb. So in example (10) the DAH predicts activation of the boy after the verb a ...
... associations between the extracted element (argument) and its subcategorizer (verb). Thus, it involves identifying a verb and associating the filler directly with an unsaturated position in the argument structure of the verb. So in example (10) the DAH predicts activation of the boy after the verb a ...
Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Experienced writers
... Complex Sentences Using Relative Clauses - Quick Review Complex sentences also use relative clauses using relative pronouns (who, which, that, etc.) as the independent clause to modify a noun or noun phrase. Relative clauses are also known as dependent adjective clauses. I would like to read the boo ...
... Complex Sentences Using Relative Clauses - Quick Review Complex sentences also use relative clauses using relative pronouns (who, which, that, etc.) as the independent clause to modify a noun or noun phrase. Relative clauses are also known as dependent adjective clauses. I would like to read the boo ...
Existential there and catenative concord. Evidence from the British
... complicated.6 As noted by Huddleston & Pullum (2002:242), the noun phrase in question is not located inside the clause with the finite verb, so it is difficult to argue that it governs the choice of form (singular/plural) there. Instead, in their view, there can be seen as ―inheriting‖ the number of ...
... complicated.6 As noted by Huddleston & Pullum (2002:242), the noun phrase in question is not located inside the clause with the finite verb, so it is difficult to argue that it governs the choice of form (singular/plural) there. Instead, in their view, there can be seen as ―inheriting‖ the number of ...
this PDF file - Ejournal Universitas Warmadewa
... This study discusses the syntactic marker {-nya} in Indonesian, and aims at finding the answers to the three research questions; (i) what hosts can be appended by {-nya},(ii)what syntactic functions can be filled by {-nya}, and (iii) what is the meaning of {-nya}contextually. The data to support the ...
... This study discusses the syntactic marker {-nya} in Indonesian, and aims at finding the answers to the three research questions; (i) what hosts can be appended by {-nya},(ii)what syntactic functions can be filled by {-nya}, and (iii) what is the meaning of {-nya}contextually. The data to support the ...
File - Mrs. Helenius English!!!!
... Another Friday night and all of Odessa has assumed their seats in the stadium stands. Boobie Miles, the ultimate athlete, is geared up and glowing in his suit of invincible glory, as college recruiters and his fans await him. Boobie and the Odessa Panthers are up against Palo Duro, yet Boobie is sta ...
... Another Friday night and all of Odessa has assumed their seats in the stadium stands. Boobie Miles, the ultimate athlete, is geared up and glowing in his suit of invincible glory, as college recruiters and his fans await him. Boobie and the Odessa Panthers are up against Palo Duro, yet Boobie is sta ...
The Reduced Relative Clause: A Misnomer?
... participles convey an uncompleted action and so are interpreted as occurring simultaneously with the time referred to by the matrix verb. Unreduced relatives can only be interpreted „deictically‟. This is why sentences such as (9b) and (9d) are perfectly acceptable. Relative to the moment of speakin ...
... participles convey an uncompleted action and so are interpreted as occurring simultaneously with the time referred to by the matrix verb. Unreduced relatives can only be interpreted „deictically‟. This is why sentences such as (9b) and (9d) are perfectly acceptable. Relative to the moment of speakin ...
Legal Writing - Comedian of Law
... • Commas are used before coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) if the coordinating conjunction is used to connect two independent sentences. A comma follows an introductory word, phrase, or clause. • A comma splice results when two independent clauses (two separate sentences) a ...
... • Commas are used before coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) if the coordinating conjunction is used to connect two independent sentences. A comma follows an introductory word, phrase, or clause. • A comma splice results when two independent clauses (two separate sentences) a ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
... The Plural of Abbreviations, Numbers and Letters of the Alphabet These categories act like nouns in some cases and they form plurals in a specific way: 1.1.9. abbreviations: bro.(brother)/bros.(brothers 1.1.10. numbers : the 1980's or the 1980s 1.1.11. letters: i's ...
... The Plural of Abbreviations, Numbers and Letters of the Alphabet These categories act like nouns in some cases and they form plurals in a specific way: 1.1.9. abbreviations: bro.(brother)/bros.(brothers 1.1.10. numbers : the 1980's or the 1980s 1.1.11. letters: i's ...
the analysis of indonesian sentence error in printed/electronic mass
... Such sentences do not have objects because objects are usually in forms of noun or noun phrase. If noun or noun phrase is preceeded by preposition, the constituent will be prepositional phrase, not noun phrase. Prepositional phrase, almost in all languages, functions as adverb in sentence. Thus, the ...
... Such sentences do not have objects because objects are usually in forms of noun or noun phrase. If noun or noun phrase is preceeded by preposition, the constituent will be prepositional phrase, not noun phrase. Prepositional phrase, almost in all languages, functions as adverb in sentence. Thus, the ...
A Left-Branching Grammar Design for Incremental Parsing
... The notion of incremental parsing/processing is well established in the psycholinguistic literature, and refers to the notion of words being added to an overall syntactic structure one by one. This is evidenced by studies showing that sentences in head-final languages do not require a higher process ...
... The notion of incremental parsing/processing is well established in the psycholinguistic literature, and refers to the notion of words being added to an overall syntactic structure one by one. This is evidenced by studies showing that sentences in head-final languages do not require a higher process ...
Chapter 5 Prepositional phrases
... phrase they head, although, their function can be extended to other uses as well. Some of the prepositions have clearly developed from verbs and still co-exist with their verbal counterparts, which occasionally may lead to semantic ambiguity, notably when they are used with another verb in a serial ...
... phrase they head, although, their function can be extended to other uses as well. Some of the prepositions have clearly developed from verbs and still co-exist with their verbal counterparts, which occasionally may lead to semantic ambiguity, notably when they are used with another verb in a serial ...