English grammar: learning the language
... What were you doing at this time yesterday? 5. Past Continuous (action in progress at a specific time in the past) I was watching a film at this time yesterday. What will you be doing at this time tomorrow? 6. Future Continuous (action that will be in progress at a specific time in the near future) ...
... What were you doing at this time yesterday? 5. Past Continuous (action in progress at a specific time in the past) I was watching a film at this time yesterday. What will you be doing at this time tomorrow? 6. Future Continuous (action that will be in progress at a specific time in the near future) ...
3015 FRENCH MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2010 question paper
... As already indicated, five marks are available in any essay question. Specific question communication points are looked at in more detail at the Coordination Meeting, but, in general, the principle to be followed is that a communication point can only be awarded to a statement containing a verb in a ...
... As already indicated, five marks are available in any essay question. Specific question communication points are looked at in more detail at the Coordination Meeting, but, in general, the principle to be followed is that a communication point can only be awarded to a statement containing a verb in a ...
575+ German Verbs - OYR Raiders Ice Hockey
... German has three forms of the word “you”: du, ihr, and Sie. Use informal du with children, family members, and close friends. The pronoun ihr is also informal and is the plural of du. Formal Sie is always capitalized and is used with people with whom you are on a formal basis: adults unfamiliar to y ...
... German has three forms of the word “you”: du, ihr, and Sie. Use informal du with children, family members, and close friends. The pronoun ihr is also informal and is the plural of du. Formal Sie is always capitalized and is used with people with whom you are on a formal basis: adults unfamiliar to y ...
1. I know an old lady who swallowed a fly
... and compares it to: Through winter, rides between Oslo and Hammerfest use thirty hours up in a bus, though why travellers would select to ride there then might be pondered. The explanation is provided by attention to COLLOCATION and COLLIGATION. For example, Hoey’s corpus tells him that: •59% of use ...
... and compares it to: Through winter, rides between Oslo and Hammerfest use thirty hours up in a bus, though why travellers would select to ride there then might be pondered. The explanation is provided by attention to COLLOCATION and COLLIGATION. For example, Hoey’s corpus tells him that: •59% of use ...
Lecture 13 -- May 22: Aspect and Quantification II.
... (1) State-predicates in English resist progressive (perhaps because they already contain the ‘continuity’-content that progressive aspect normally adds): *The towel is being wet; *John is knowing the answer. (*John is loving Mary: OK but only when ‘love’ is coerced to a nonstative meaning.) (OKJohn ...
... (1) State-predicates in English resist progressive (perhaps because they already contain the ‘continuity’-content that progressive aspect normally adds): *The towel is being wet; *John is knowing the answer. (*John is loving Mary: OK but only when ‘love’ is coerced to a nonstative meaning.) (OKJohn ...
Separable Inseparable Phrasal Verbs - e
... They splashed out on new office furniture. NOT They splashed it out. NOTE: All phrasal verbs containing more than one particle are inseparable. Example: I've put up with the situation for more than two years. TIP If you are not sure whether a phrasal verb is separable or inseparable, ALWAYS use a no ...
... They splashed out on new office furniture. NOT They splashed it out. NOTE: All phrasal verbs containing more than one particle are inseparable. Example: I've put up with the situation for more than two years. TIP If you are not sure whether a phrasal verb is separable or inseparable, ALWAYS use a no ...
Gemination of stops in Tamil - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... crucial notions: (1) degree/depth of embedding, (2) directionality of application and (3) a locality restriction. Contrary to popular claims in the literature on the phonologysyntax interface about the existence of intermediary prosodic structures (Selkirk (1984), Nespor and Vogel (1982, 1986)), thi ...
... crucial notions: (1) degree/depth of embedding, (2) directionality of application and (3) a locality restriction. Contrary to popular claims in the literature on the phonologysyntax interface about the existence of intermediary prosodic structures (Selkirk (1984), Nespor and Vogel (1982, 1986)), thi ...
Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns
... raise the book (non-reflexive) raise your arm (reflexive) put the baby to bed (non-reflexive) go to bed (reflexive) wake up your son (non-reflexive) wake up yourself (reflexive) …and so on ...
... raise the book (non-reflexive) raise your arm (reflexive) put the baby to bed (non-reflexive) go to bed (reflexive) wake up your son (non-reflexive) wake up yourself (reflexive) …and so on ...
Pronouns - University of Maryland, Baltimore
... Example: I don’t want mine. I want yours! Note: “Mine” and “yours” are both possessive pronouns functioning as objects in the sentences. ...
... Example: I don’t want mine. I want yours! Note: “Mine” and “yours” are both possessive pronouns functioning as objects in the sentences. ...
The Zero Copula in Russian and Arabic Sentences as
... linguistic data. In morphology, linguists are familiar with zeromorpheme, where a non-existent morpheme is added to convert a word class into another. Since syntax deals with words as the smallest unit, the absence of certain word may mark a linguistic phenomenon. In English, the absence of relative ...
... linguistic data. In morphology, linguists are familiar with zeromorpheme, where a non-existent morpheme is added to convert a word class into another. Since syntax deals with words as the smallest unit, the absence of certain word may mark a linguistic phenomenon. In English, the absence of relative ...
The uses of or
... 4. EXCLAMATIONS are used for expressing the extent to which the speaker is impressed by something. Direct association between syntactic class and semantic class is the norm, but the two do not always match: Isn’t she clever! – interrogative exclamation You gave him a WATCH? – declarative question PR ...
... 4. EXCLAMATIONS are used for expressing the extent to which the speaker is impressed by something. Direct association between syntactic class and semantic class is the norm, but the two do not always match: Isn’t she clever! – interrogative exclamation You gave him a WATCH? – declarative question PR ...
Andrzej Wilanowski Transitiveness of passive forms in Homer
... in some cases when the subject is animate and the sentence is transitive e.g. This cat irritates her. In this case, although it is obvious that the cat is the agent, it is not clear without any contextual information if it acts or if the irritation is only the woman’s reaction to the cat’s existence ...
... in some cases when the subject is animate and the sentence is transitive e.g. This cat irritates her. In this case, although it is obvious that the cat is the agent, it is not clear without any contextual information if it acts or if the irritation is only the woman’s reaction to the cat’s existence ...
Document
... Without directly acquired samples of the Mars surface, the sole use for these instruments would be to analyse wind-blown dust that might accumulate in them over a long time –a very unattractive alternative. Thus, on the second day, when the surface sampler jammed during its initial operation, a team ...
... Without directly acquired samples of the Mars surface, the sole use for these instruments would be to analyse wind-blown dust that might accumulate in them over a long time –a very unattractive alternative. Thus, on the second day, when the surface sampler jammed during its initial operation, a team ...
MOVEMENT TRIGGERS AND THE ETIOLOGY OF
... lines of Rizzi (1997)5. I will show that these temporal structures are sorts of oblique-clefts (along the lines of what has been originally proposed by Benincà, Salvi and Frison, 1988). After a description of comparative and historical data, we will see in which way movement is responsible of the dy ...
... lines of Rizzi (1997)5. I will show that these temporal structures are sorts of oblique-clefts (along the lines of what has been originally proposed by Benincà, Salvi and Frison, 1988). After a description of comparative and historical data, we will see in which way movement is responsible of the dy ...
Behavioral and neuroimaging studies on language processing in
... possible sentences by combining a finite set of words using a finite set of rules (Lieberman, 2006, 2007). Within syntactic processing, the BG switch then from one linguistic subprocess to the next at the right moment in time. In what follows a short overview of verb formation in Dutch is given. ...
... possible sentences by combining a finite set of words using a finite set of rules (Lieberman, 2006, 2007). Within syntactic processing, the BG switch then from one linguistic subprocess to the next at the right moment in time. In what follows a short overview of verb formation in Dutch is given. ...
ECE Guidebook - Services - University of Northwestern St. Paul
... (“Him the cab driver saw hailing him he would pick up” sounds bad, but so does “He the cab driver saw hailing him he would pick up.” Instead, look for the verb (action) of the sentence. “The cab driver saw him” sounds better.) The cafeteria gave the leftover food to whoever was standing outside. (“T ...
... (“Him the cab driver saw hailing him he would pick up” sounds bad, but so does “He the cab driver saw hailing him he would pick up.” Instead, look for the verb (action) of the sentence. “The cab driver saw him” sounds better.) The cafeteria gave the leftover food to whoever was standing outside. (“T ...
Generation of Simple Turkish Sentences with
... 1.Material processes express the notion that some entity \does" something which may be done \to" some other entity. Material processes contain actor as an obligatory participant that represents the one that does the deed, and goal as an optional participant that represents the one that the process i ...
... 1.Material processes express the notion that some entity \does" something which may be done \to" some other entity. Material processes contain actor as an obligatory participant that represents the one that does the deed, and goal as an optional participant that represents the one that the process i ...
16 Subject-Verb Agreement 16.1
... Roberto Clemente, a Baseball Hero 1. The first baseball team to hire Roberto Clemente (was/were) the Santurce Cangrejeros of Puerto Rico. 2. When Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954, fifty thousand dollars (was/were) considered a princely salary. 3. Clemente’s family (was/were) eager to s ...
... Roberto Clemente, a Baseball Hero 1. The first baseball team to hire Roberto Clemente (was/were) the Santurce Cangrejeros of Puerto Rico. 2. When Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954, fifty thousand dollars (was/were) considered a princely salary. 3. Clemente’s family (was/were) eager to s ...
Chapter six - UNT Department of English
... be both largely autonomous from other kinds of knowledge and at some level determined by the genetic endowment (innate). These proposals would plainly have a great impact on the linguists understanding of what comprises the native speakers knowledge of both phonology and morphology. In this final ...
... be both largely autonomous from other kinds of knowledge and at some level determined by the genetic endowment (innate). These proposals would plainly have a great impact on the linguists understanding of what comprises the native speakers knowledge of both phonology and morphology. In this final ...
The middle and passive derivations in Konso
... In (38b) there is a full subject that has the semantic role of non-human undergoer with no control or volition. Obviously such full subjects are not the object of the active verb; they are more patient-like than the possible patient subjects of the equivalent active intransitive verb. In the non pas ...
... In (38b) there is a full subject that has the semantic role of non-human undergoer with no control or volition. Obviously such full subjects are not the object of the active verb; they are more patient-like than the possible patient subjects of the equivalent active intransitive verb. In the non pas ...
Effective Writing
... Now here’s the sentence again: “(4) Nothing matters as much as emotion (matters).” There are two clauses since there are two subjectpredicate combinations. What are the two clauses? Well, the first one is simply “Nothing matters” while the second one is “as much as emotion (matters).” At least one o ...
... Now here’s the sentence again: “(4) Nothing matters as much as emotion (matters).” There are two clauses since there are two subjectpredicate combinations. What are the two clauses? Well, the first one is simply “Nothing matters” while the second one is “as much as emotion (matters).” At least one o ...
Pie Corbett Progression
... Use of the continuous form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress (e.g. she is drumming, he was shouting) ...
... Use of the continuous form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress (e.g. she is drumming, he was shouting) ...