1 Sumerian in a Nutshell
... system.6 The first Sumerian texts that use enough phonographic signs to facilitate linguistic analysis date from around the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. Contact between Sumerian and dialects of East Semitic is thought to have begun at least as early as the turn of the 4th to the 3rd millennium B ...
... system.6 The first Sumerian texts that use enough phonographic signs to facilitate linguistic analysis date from around the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. Contact between Sumerian and dialects of East Semitic is thought to have begun at least as early as the turn of the 4th to the 3rd millennium B ...
Verbal stem space and verb to noun conversion in French - Hal-SHS
... verb, which thereby rules out the need for inflection classes. If we endorse Bonami & Boyé’s position, we must then consider that this /i/ (or /is/) is a derivational suffix which forms second conjugation verbs out of nouns or adjectives. However, two arguments used in Bonami & Boyé (2003) are not ...
... verb, which thereby rules out the need for inflection classes. If we endorse Bonami & Boyé’s position, we must then consider that this /i/ (or /is/) is a derivational suffix which forms second conjugation verbs out of nouns or adjectives. However, two arguments used in Bonami & Boyé (2003) are not ...
DeQue: A Lexicon of Complex Prepositions and Conjunctions
... However, accidental co-occurrence, like in example 2, creates ambiguities that are hard to solve at tokenisation time, specially given the simplicity of most automatic tokenisation approaches in French. A simplistic approach such as treating all occurrences of bien que as a single word with spaces i ...
... However, accidental co-occurrence, like in example 2, creates ambiguities that are hard to solve at tokenisation time, specially given the simplicity of most automatic tokenisation approaches in French. A simplistic approach such as treating all occurrences of bien que as a single word with spaces i ...
Appendix A - Center for Sprogteknologi
... 2.1.6 Phrasal verbs - Treatment of particles ..................................................................................................... 54 2.1.7 Treatment of prepositions ................................................................................................................... ...
... 2.1.6 Phrasal verbs - Treatment of particles ..................................................................................................... 54 2.1.7 Treatment of prepositions ................................................................................................................... ...
Manhattan Elite Prep GMAT Verbal Sentence Correction Guide
... The above sentence sets forth a likely condition anticipated by the speaker. The use of the past tense is incorrect. The sentence may be corrected thus: As soon as I hear the dog bark, I will know you are at the door. In the above example, the future tense makes clear that the dog's barking is antic ...
... The above sentence sets forth a likely condition anticipated by the speaker. The use of the past tense is incorrect. The sentence may be corrected thus: As soon as I hear the dog bark, I will know you are at the door. In the above example, the future tense makes clear that the dog's barking is antic ...
Writing Skills: Section 5
... should be replaced with “including,” which functions as a preposition in this context. Choice (C) results in a comma splice. Two independent clauses (“As senior speech writer for President Clinton, Carolyn Curiel crafted many of Clinton‟s major speeches” and “they include some of his most famous”) a ...
... should be replaced with “including,” which functions as a preposition in this context. Choice (C) results in a comma splice. Two independent clauses (“As senior speech writer for President Clinton, Carolyn Curiel crafted many of Clinton‟s major speeches” and “they include some of his most famous”) a ...
PUNCTUATION: End Marks, Commas, Semicolons & Colons
... Essential phrases and clauses tell us which one(s), so they are necessary to the meaning. The man who tells Navajo folk tales is Mr. Platero. The dress that I liked has been sold. A bowl made by Maria Martinez is a collector’s item. ...
... Essential phrases and clauses tell us which one(s), so they are necessary to the meaning. The man who tells Navajo folk tales is Mr. Platero. The dress that I liked has been sold. A bowl made by Maria Martinez is a collector’s item. ...
reference cohesion within the complex sentence
... The observation above may be true with regard to a language like English which has few inflections. However, in agglutinating languages like Kiswahili, morphosyntactic relationships are such that cohesion within a sentence is of paramount importance, as will be seen in the examples below. Morphologi ...
... The observation above may be true with regard to a language like English which has few inflections. However, in agglutinating languages like Kiswahili, morphosyntactic relationships are such that cohesion within a sentence is of paramount importance, as will be seen in the examples below. Morphologi ...
Weeks 1-12 - Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca
... pictures and diagrams. They are very creative but don’t like details. Larry Dawson is a good example of this kind of learner. He is studying graphic design at Warfield Community College in Ohio. ...
... pictures and diagrams. They are very creative but don’t like details. Larry Dawson is a good example of this kind of learner. He is studying graphic design at Warfield Community College in Ohio. ...
Functional and Content Words
... "suffixes"). Of these, prefixes and lexical suffixes have word-building functions, together with the root they form the stem of the word; inflexions (grammatical suffixes) express different morphological categories. The root, according to the positional content of the term (i.e. the border-area betw ...
... "suffixes"). Of these, prefixes and lexical suffixes have word-building functions, together with the root they form the stem of the word; inflexions (grammatical suffixes) express different morphological categories. The root, according to the positional content of the term (i.e. the border-area betw ...
Trique Clause and Sentence - Nahuatl Learning Environment
... instrumental, occurs here in addition to location and time which are found in other clause types. The transitive predicate (Pt) is manifested by transitive verbs or their expansion. Whether minimal or expanded the structure is that of the three verb phrases, Ph1,3,6.A and 0 are manifested as listed ...
... instrumental, occurs here in addition to location and time which are found in other clause types. The transitive predicate (Pt) is manifested by transitive verbs or their expansion. Whether minimal or expanded the structure is that of the three verb phrases, Ph1,3,6.A and 0 are manifested as listed ...
Commentary on Historia Apollonii regis Tyri
... exerrauerat: "had been at fault" (intensive form of errauerat). nisi quod: "except (for the fact) that." statuerat: "it had constituted, it had made." 3.Quae: connecting relative. The relative is .the equivale�t of a demonstrative pronoun or adjective plus weak connecuve sense (which can rarely be r ...
... exerrauerat: "had been at fault" (intensive form of errauerat). nisi quod: "except (for the fact) that." statuerat: "it had constituted, it had made." 3.Quae: connecting relative. The relative is .the equivale�t of a demonstrative pronoun or adjective plus weak connecuve sense (which can rarely be r ...
teaching technical english writing
... school term. In other words, decisions about course priorities should be partly based on an assesment of the circumstances under which teacher intervention in the learning process is essential, where it is useful and where it is of marginal advantage. The main features of this book have grown out an ...
... school term. In other words, decisions about course priorities should be partly based on an assesment of the circumstances under which teacher intervention in the learning process is essential, where it is useful and where it is of marginal advantage. The main features of this book have grown out an ...
SAT Subject Tests - collegereadiness
... In this document, you will find detailed answer explanations to all of the French practice questions from Getting Ready for the SAT Subject Tests. By reviewing these answer explanations, you can familiarize yourself with the types of questions on the test and learn your strengths and weaknesses. The ...
... In this document, you will find detailed answer explanations to all of the French practice questions from Getting Ready for the SAT Subject Tests. By reviewing these answer explanations, you can familiarize yourself with the types of questions on the test and learn your strengths and weaknesses. The ...
1. Introduction - Studies in African Linguistics
... right. In other words, apparent shift by two syllables is decomposed into a special feature of underlying forms plus one tone shift rule. Roberts [1992] posits three separate tone spreading rules, each spreading tone once to the right. Sietsema [1989], in contrast, posits metrical structure which, g ...
... right. In other words, apparent shift by two syllables is decomposed into a special feature of underlying forms plus one tone shift rule. Roberts [1992] posits three separate tone spreading rules, each spreading tone once to the right. Sietsema [1989], in contrast, posits metrical structure which, g ...
The Position of Direct and Indirect Objects of Ditransitive Verbs
... Quirk et al.’s classification of clause patterns with verbs followed by complements ........ 4 Biber et al.’s classification of clause patterns ..................................................................... 5 Types of ditransitive complementation .............................................. ...
... Quirk et al.’s classification of clause patterns with verbs followed by complements ........ 4 Biber et al.’s classification of clause patterns ..................................................................... 5 Types of ditransitive complementation .............................................. ...
On Verb-Initial and Verb-Final Word Orders in Lokaa.
... consistently say ‘Ubi sold a cup’ but ‘Ubi a fish ate.’ But Lokaa is not like this, nor is any other known language. Nor does Lokaa allow sentences like ‘Ubi sold a cup’ and ‘Ubi a cup sold’ in free variation. Rather, which order of verb and object one finds in Lokaa is clearly conditioned by how t ...
... consistently say ‘Ubi sold a cup’ but ‘Ubi a fish ate.’ But Lokaa is not like this, nor is any other known language. Nor does Lokaa allow sentences like ‘Ubi sold a cup’ and ‘Ubi a cup sold’ in free variation. Rather, which order of verb and object one finds in Lokaa is clearly conditioned by how t ...
1 Introduction
... 4.2.2 Verbal Nouns ................................................................................. 43 4.2.3 Deverbal instrument nominals (Sg -ŋgó, Pl stem-final é:) ............ 44 4.2.4 Uncompounded agentives .............................................................. 44 4.2.5 Nominalizing ...
... 4.2.2 Verbal Nouns ................................................................................. 43 4.2.3 Deverbal instrument nominals (Sg -ŋgó, Pl stem-final é:) ............ 44 4.2.4 Uncompounded agentives .............................................................. 44 4.2.5 Nominalizing ...
Reference Manual for Interpreting the New Testament
... extravagant statement to the effect that "one cannot understand a biblical book unless one understands the author's (or audience's) circumstances." The problem with such statements is that they imply that we can have no understanding without access to information, which simply does not always exist. ...
... extravagant statement to the effect that "one cannot understand a biblical book unless one understands the author's (or audience's) circumstances." The problem with such statements is that they imply that we can have no understanding without access to information, which simply does not always exist. ...
Personal pronouns - Vista Higher Learning
... d. In all voseo regions, vos adopted the direct and indirect object pronouns of tú (Te digo a vos. I tell you.) as well as its possessive and reflexive pronouns (Vos te sentás en tu silla. You sit in your chair.). 13.B.3 Vosotros/as - ustedes a. In Spain, there are two plural address forms: the in ...
... d. In all voseo regions, vos adopted the direct and indirect object pronouns of tú (Te digo a vos. I tell you.) as well as its possessive and reflexive pronouns (Vos te sentás en tu silla. You sit in your chair.). 13.B.3 Vosotros/as - ustedes a. In Spain, there are two plural address forms: the in ...
LESSON PLAN Date: Class and Grade Level: Title/Subject of
... Directing the Learning: Mentor Text (Guided Practice): With a partner, look at this passage from Charlotte’s Web, underline the participial phrases. Share with your partner the clues that helped you identify it as a participial phrase. After you are all done, we will talk about this passage as a c ...
... Directing the Learning: Mentor Text (Guided Practice): With a partner, look at this passage from Charlotte’s Web, underline the participial phrases. Share with your partner the clues that helped you identify it as a participial phrase. After you are all done, we will talk about this passage as a c ...
Syntax I
... stress: I will talk to [the Jápanese now] and [the French later]. Further, similarly puzzling data can be obtained from movement. Consider the topicalization of infinitives in German/Dutch, e.g., “walk has he not” A verb that has two internal arguments can be topicalized either together with the fir ...
... stress: I will talk to [the Jápanese now] and [the French later]. Further, similarly puzzling data can be obtained from movement. Consider the topicalization of infinitives in German/Dutch, e.g., “walk has he not” A verb that has two internal arguments can be topicalized either together with the fir ...
The Passive and the Notion of Transitivity
... not « a lot » in « he weighs a lot », which is only a complement of the verb without being an object), (Note 4) they are semantically binary, just as copula clauses are (S + V)) : there is one argument only (the subject) and a property of the subject is given. And this is what makes passivization im ...
... not « a lot » in « he weighs a lot », which is only a complement of the verb without being an object), (Note 4) they are semantically binary, just as copula clauses are (S + V)) : there is one argument only (the subject) and a property of the subject is given. And this is what makes passivization im ...
Clinical coreference annnotation guidelines
... The following is a summary of medical coreference annotation guidelines designed for the medical annotation projects. We acknowledge the ODIE project and OntoNotes coreference annotation guidelines in the creation of these guidelines. Our goals are: o to make the coreference annotation task and guid ...
... The following is a summary of medical coreference annotation guidelines designed for the medical annotation projects. We acknowledge the ODIE project and OntoNotes coreference annotation guidelines in the creation of these guidelines. Our goals are: o to make the coreference annotation task and guid ...
Preparatory Booklet - The Open University
... reviewing grammatical terms, recognizing subjects and objects in sentences, looking at noun and adjective endings and so on, leading up to a translation passage which allows you practice on these basics. You are then taken through various verb forms (such as the perfect tense and deponent verbs), me ...
... reviewing grammatical terms, recognizing subjects and objects in sentences, looking at noun and adjective endings and so on, leading up to a translation passage which allows you practice on these basics. You are then taken through various verb forms (such as the perfect tense and deponent verbs), me ...