repeated morphs in munduruku
... A fourth type consists of a Base manifested by a bound non-classifier stem plus one classifier from a list of possible classifiers, e.g. a²ko³- banana species occurs with the following classifiers: ...
... A fourth type consists of a Base manifested by a bound non-classifier stem plus one classifier from a list of possible classifiers, e.g. a²ko³- banana species occurs with the following classifiers: ...
A concise manual of grammar, usage and style
... An object is a noun or pronoun that follows a transitive verb. Be careful not to give an intransitive verb like 'arrive' or 'cough' an object.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 Overstated language is wordy, vagu ...
... An object is a noun or pronoun that follows a transitive verb. Be careful not to give an intransitive verb like 'arrive' or 'cough' an object.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 Overstated language is wordy, vagu ...
English as a Formal Specification Language
... Pre-nominal Modifier. A pre-nominal modifier can only consist of one single adjective in the positive form. Adjectives can be used to give additional information about a person or an object, such as their appearance, color, size and other properties. Nominal Head. The nominal head must be realized b ...
... Pre-nominal Modifier. A pre-nominal modifier can only consist of one single adjective in the positive form. Adjectives can be used to give additional information about a person or an object, such as their appearance, color, size and other properties. Nominal Head. The nominal head must be realized b ...
Examples
... Charlie always ate big meals. He got terribly hungry. They could have been connected by a conjunction. Charlie always ate big meals, but he got terribly hungry. If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means ...
... Charlie always ate big meals. He got terribly hungry. They could have been connected by a conjunction. Charlie always ate big meals, but he got terribly hungry. If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means ...
The Simple Present Tense
... It is often used to indicate that an action was going on at a time when something else more important happened. The new action is expressed by the simple past tense. While we were playing, the school bell rang. As I was having breakfast, the postman knocked at the door. The referee blew the whistle ...
... It is often used to indicate that an action was going on at a time when something else more important happened. The new action is expressed by the simple past tense. While we were playing, the school bell rang. As I was having breakfast, the postman knocked at the door. The referee blew the whistle ...
Introduction
... Teach this pattern for #4’s: -ing word/phrase + comma + person/thing doing the -inging + main verb. Check that #4 openers have these four elements. Although you do not have to use the grammatical terms, this is a present participial phrase that functions as an adjective describing the person or thin ...
... Teach this pattern for #4’s: -ing word/phrase + comma + person/thing doing the -inging + main verb. Check that #4 openers have these four elements. Although you do not have to use the grammatical terms, this is a present participial phrase that functions as an adjective describing the person or thin ...
Animacy Constraints on Prepositional Objects in Medumba, a
... contour appeared with both animate and inanimate pronouns, this would be parallel with DOM cases where discourse-old inanimate entities may rank as high as discourse-new or non-specific animates. It would also be concordant with special possessive constructions in Slavic, Romance and Germanic langua ...
... contour appeared with both animate and inanimate pronouns, this would be parallel with DOM cases where discourse-old inanimate entities may rank as high as discourse-new or non-specific animates. It would also be concordant with special possessive constructions in Slavic, Romance and Germanic langua ...
Conceptual Analysis of Garden-Path Sentences
... because "plane" does not meet the selectional restrictions of "stuff'. This request also checks to see if "stuff" could be passive, but fails at this time (see condition 3 of Figure 3b). A request from "stuff" then finds that "plane" is in the default position to be the subject, but its action is no ...
... because "plane" does not meet the selectional restrictions of "stuff'. This request also checks to see if "stuff" could be passive, but fails at this time (see condition 3 of Figure 3b). A request from "stuff" then finds that "plane" is in the default position to be the subject, but its action is no ...
Tips`n`Tricks Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Luston Primary
... Charlie always ate big meals. He got terribly hungry. They could have been connected by a conjunction. Charlie always ate big meals, but he got terribly hungry. If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means ...
... Charlie always ate big meals. He got terribly hungry. They could have been connected by a conjunction. Charlie always ate big meals, but he got terribly hungry. If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means ...
Everyday Grammar and Punctuation.
... Charlie always ate big meals. He got terribly hungry. They could have been connected by a conjunction. Charlie always ate big meals, but he got terribly hungry. If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means ...
... Charlie always ate big meals. He got terribly hungry. They could have been connected by a conjunction. Charlie always ate big meals, but he got terribly hungry. If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means ...
Everyday Grammar and Punctuation.
... Charlie always ate big meals. He got terribly hungry. They could have been connected by a conjunction. Charlie always ate big meals, but he got terribly hungry. If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means ...
... Charlie always ate big meals. He got terribly hungry. They could have been connected by a conjunction. Charlie always ate big meals, but he got terribly hungry. If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means ...
UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA FACULTAD DE
... Be engaged in writing activities, like journal writing, to combine writing strategies with and adequate use of correct grammar. Be engaged in reading activities which focus on the correct treatment of grammar structures. Encourage students to cooperate on written activities as well as speaking activ ...
... Be engaged in writing activities, like journal writing, to combine writing strategies with and adequate use of correct grammar. Be engaged in reading activities which focus on the correct treatment of grammar structures. Encourage students to cooperate on written activities as well as speaking activ ...
Exercise 3 - Amazon Web Services
... 2. After that there were no more disturbances. (indicative) 3. Heaven forbid that we should interfere in the dispute. (mandative subjunctive) 4. If it’s not raining, take the dog for a walk. (imperative) 5. I asked that references be sent to the manager. (mandative subjunctive) 6. No warships were i ...
... 2. After that there were no more disturbances. (indicative) 3. Heaven forbid that we should interfere in the dispute. (mandative subjunctive) 4. If it’s not raining, take the dog for a walk. (imperative) 5. I asked that references be sent to the manager. (mandative subjunctive) 6. No warships were i ...
6.3 Resource - Prepositions
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
Note on rating - EWAVE
... also covered by the feature description but are not illustrated by an example in our questionnaire. In such cases – and generally, of course – we would be grateful if you could give us authentic examples from 'your' variety or pidgin/creole language which illustrate the relevant feature better than ...
... also covered by the feature description but are not illustrated by an example in our questionnaire. In such cases – and generally, of course – we would be grateful if you could give us authentic examples from 'your' variety or pidgin/creole language which illustrate the relevant feature better than ...
Person Singular Plural 3rd
... "Sukhaŋ sayati" = sleeps comfortably. "Sādhukaŋ karoti" = does (it) well. This applies to ordinal numerical adverbs e.g. Paṭhamaŋ = at first; for the first time. Dutiyaŋ = for the second time. Cardinals form their adverbs by adding suffixes -kkhattuŋ and -dhā e.g. Catukkhattuŋ = four times. Catudhā ...
... "Sukhaŋ sayati" = sleeps comfortably. "Sādhukaŋ karoti" = does (it) well. This applies to ordinal numerical adverbs e.g. Paṭhamaŋ = at first; for the first time. Dutiyaŋ = for the second time. Cardinals form their adverbs by adding suffixes -kkhattuŋ and -dhā e.g. Catukkhattuŋ = four times. Catudhā ...
Lecture 5
... words 可变类与不变类 • Before we talk about variable and invariable words, we first have to introduce two terms: inflection ( 屈 折 变 化 ) and inflective endings ( 屈 折 结 尾 ). Inflection is the manifestation of grammatical relationships by adding affixes. For example, English is an inflectional language. We ha ...
... words 可变类与不变类 • Before we talk about variable and invariable words, we first have to introduce two terms: inflection ( 屈 折 变 化 ) and inflective endings ( 屈 折 结 尾 ). Inflection is the manifestation of grammatical relationships by adding affixes. For example, English is an inflectional language. We ha ...
Subject-agreeing Complementizers and Their Functions in Chokwe
... would expect Lunda to have the same prefix just like the other three languages. Second, Fleisch (2000: 101) observes that the ideophones in Luchazi differ very much from the Luvale ones. Yet, the two languages have an identical complementizer prefix. This is clearly in contradiction with Horton’s as ...
... would expect Lunda to have the same prefix just like the other three languages. Second, Fleisch (2000: 101) observes that the ideophones in Luchazi differ very much from the Luvale ones. Yet, the two languages have an identical complementizer prefix. This is clearly in contradiction with Horton’s as ...
conventions - Indo-European Genesis: Before Babel
... Ambiguous vowels: The colored vowel A is identified on the basis of classical evidence, unless Greek and Latin disagree. In the absence of other evidence, a colored vowel may be suspected from the absence of telltale E/O gradation. Vowels of variable or uncertain grade are written Ë/Ö. CAC roots (e. ...
... Ambiguous vowels: The colored vowel A is identified on the basis of classical evidence, unless Greek and Latin disagree. In the absence of other evidence, a colored vowel may be suspected from the absence of telltale E/O gradation. Vowels of variable or uncertain grade are written Ë/Ö. CAC roots (e. ...
Sentence Patterns
... Pattern #9: Open with an adverb clause. 1. An adverb (adverbial) clause has a subject and a predicate but cannot stand alone as its own sentence. 2. Common adverb clause beginners: after, although, as, because, before, if, in order that, since, so, though, unless, until, when, where, while. 3. Use a ...
... Pattern #9: Open with an adverb clause. 1. An adverb (adverbial) clause has a subject and a predicate but cannot stand alone as its own sentence. 2. Common adverb clause beginners: after, although, as, because, before, if, in order that, since, so, though, unless, until, when, where, while. 3. Use a ...
Some Properties of Preposition and Subordinate Conjunction
... of a question (and not acting as a subordinate conjunction). In 7x9x, 67.7% of attachments are to the adjacent group on the I-group's immediate left. Our system uses as a starting point the guess that all attachments are to the adjacent group. The second most likely attachment point is the nearest v ...
... of a question (and not acting as a subordinate conjunction). In 7x9x, 67.7% of attachments are to the adjacent group on the I-group's immediate left. Our system uses as a starting point the guess that all attachments are to the adjacent group. The second most likely attachment point is the nearest v ...
Chapter 1 - Bad Request
... tend to be found more in the fields of education and publishing. In the eyes of some descriptivists, perhaps prescriptivists are seen to proscribe — to condemn or outlaw, rather than just prescribe. In this book, we will try and steer a middle course between the two schools of thought (see online cha ...
... tend to be found more in the fields of education and publishing. In the eyes of some descriptivists, perhaps prescriptivists are seen to proscribe — to condemn or outlaw, rather than just prescribe. In this book, we will try and steer a middle course between the two schools of thought (see online cha ...
Kashmiri: A Grammatical Sketch - Kashmiri Overseas Association
... morphological and syntactic features. For example, Kashmiri has a set of central vowels /I, I:, A, A:/ which are not found in other Indo-Aryan languages. In a similar way, in Kashmiri the finite verb always occurs in the second position with the exception in relative clause construc tions. The word ...
... morphological and syntactic features. For example, Kashmiri has a set of central vowels /I, I:, A, A:/ which are not found in other Indo-Aryan languages. In a similar way, in Kashmiri the finite verb always occurs in the second position with the exception in relative clause construc tions. The word ...
Gerunds - Humble ISD
... Tom nervously watched the woman, alarmed by her silence. (The phrase modifies Tom, not woman.) ...
... Tom nervously watched the woman, alarmed by her silence. (The phrase modifies Tom, not woman.) ...