The Case for Case - UC Berkeley Linguistics
... My paper will plead that the grammatical notion ‘case’ deserves a place in the base component of the grammar of every language. In the past, research on ‘case’ has amounted to an examination of the variety of semantic relationships which can hold between nouns and other portions of sentences; it has ...
... My paper will plead that the grammatical notion ‘case’ deserves a place in the base component of the grammar of every language. In the past, research on ‘case’ has amounted to an examination of the variety of semantic relationships which can hold between nouns and other portions of sentences; it has ...
The Morphology of Adverbial Clauses in Sheko
... general interest, in view of the fact that adverbial clauses are in between complement clauses and relative clauses (Payne 1997:307). A comparison of the different clause types raises some pertinent issues concerning the morphology, and different possible analyses are presented. In the remainder of ...
... general interest, in view of the fact that adverbial clauses are in between complement clauses and relative clauses (Payne 1997:307). A comparison of the different clause types raises some pertinent issues concerning the morphology, and different possible analyses are presented. In the remainder of ...
Semantic Opposition and WORDNET
... technically trivial in the sense it does not involve semantic opposition with respect to an individual verb. 2. W ORD N ET W ORD N ET (version 1.6) organizes verb, nouns and adjectives into fairly distinct networks consisting of synonym set nodes called synsets. Synsets are linked via semantic rela ...
... technically trivial in the sense it does not involve semantic opposition with respect to an individual verb. 2. W ORD N ET W ORD N ET (version 1.6) organizes verb, nouns and adjectives into fairly distinct networks consisting of synonym set nodes called synsets. Synsets are linked via semantic rela ...
write
... Pupils’ writing is often organised, imaginative and clear. The main features of different forms of writing are used appropriately, beginning to be adapted to different readers. Sequences of sentences extend ideas logically and words are chosen for variety and interest. The basic grammatical structur ...
... Pupils’ writing is often organised, imaginative and clear. The main features of different forms of writing are used appropriately, beginning to be adapted to different readers. Sequences of sentences extend ideas logically and words are chosen for variety and interest. The basic grammatical structur ...
Basic English Grammar , Book 1
... Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and ...
... Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and ...
as a PDF
... It is set up according to a set of criteria which concern the autonomy of the language sign. The more freedom with which a sign is used, the more autonomous it is. The grammaticalization of a sign detracts from its autonomy. Consequently, if we want to measure the degree to which a sign is grammatic ...
... It is set up according to a set of criteria which concern the autonomy of the language sign. The more freedom with which a sign is used, the more autonomous it is. The grammaticalization of a sign detracts from its autonomy. Consequently, if we want to measure the degree to which a sign is grammatic ...
Presentation Plus!
... Clauses and Complex Sentences (cont.) • In the excerpt from The Pearl on page 511 of your textbook, Kino and his wife, Juana, are preparing to paddle Kino’s canoe out to the oyster beds. As you read the passage, notice that it has been annotated to show some of the kinds of clauses and sentences co ...
... Clauses and Complex Sentences (cont.) • In the excerpt from The Pearl on page 511 of your textbook, Kino and his wife, Juana, are preparing to paddle Kino’s canoe out to the oyster beds. As you read the passage, notice that it has been annotated to show some of the kinds of clauses and sentences co ...
indian grammatical theory
... epistemological investigations have been the subject of debate and discussion in different civilizations producing a number of grammatical traditions like, OldBabylonian tradition, Ancient Indian or Hindu grammatical tradition, Greek grammatical tradition, Arabic grammatical tradition, etc. Such tra ...
... epistemological investigations have been the subject of debate and discussion in different civilizations producing a number of grammatical traditions like, OldBabylonian tradition, Ancient Indian or Hindu grammatical tradition, Greek grammatical tradition, Arabic grammatical tradition, etc. Such tra ...
Horace & Morris-1Lewis
... Word Ending -est This ending can be added to words to change their meanings. For example, the word quick means “very fast.” Adding the suffix –est to quick to make quickest changes its meaning to the “most fast.” Think of other words you can add the suffix –est. ...
... Word Ending -est This ending can be added to words to change their meanings. For example, the word quick means “very fast.” Adding the suffix –est to quick to make quickest changes its meaning to the “most fast.” Think of other words you can add the suffix –est. ...
This chapter makes theoretical contributions to construction grammar
... grammar has focused on English, where the grammar is dependent on the ordering of elements, rather than being a more straightforward matter of elements and their combinations. It may be that a grammatical system based on word order is inherently harder to handle in the framework of construction gram ...
... grammar has focused on English, where the grammar is dependent on the ordering of elements, rather than being a more straightforward matter of elements and their combinations. It may be that a grammatical system based on word order is inherently harder to handle in the framework of construction gram ...
Horace & Morris
... Word Ending -est This ending can be added to words to change their meanings. For example, the word quick means “very fast.” Adding the suffix –est to quick to make quickest changes its meaning to the “most fast.” Think of other words you can add the suffix –est. ...
... Word Ending -est This ending can be added to words to change their meanings. For example, the word quick means “very fast.” Adding the suffix –est to quick to make quickest changes its meaning to the “most fast.” Think of other words you can add the suffix –est. ...
English Grammar 2
... ٤. The Subject of a sentence usually comes first, but occasionally it is put after the Predicate; as, Here comes the bus. Sweet are the uses of adversity. ٥. In Imperative sentences the Subject is left out; as, Sit down. [Here the Subject You is understood]. Thank him. [Here too the Subject You is u ...
... ٤. The Subject of a sentence usually comes first, but occasionally it is put after the Predicate; as, Here comes the bus. Sweet are the uses of adversity. ٥. In Imperative sentences the Subject is left out; as, Sit down. [Here the Subject You is understood]. Thank him. [Here too the Subject You is u ...
S A T Grammar Packet SAT Grammar Packet
... Worksheet--Simple Subject and Simple Predicate A simple subject is the subject without its modifiers. Most of the students went on vacation over the long weekend. A simple predicate is the verb without its modifiers. Most of the students went on vacation over the long weekend. Underline the simple ...
... Worksheet--Simple Subject and Simple Predicate A simple subject is the subject without its modifiers. Most of the students went on vacation over the long weekend. A simple predicate is the verb without its modifiers. Most of the students went on vacation over the long weekend. Underline the simple ...
ENLP Lecture 11 Part-of-speech tagging and HMMs
... – Someone wants to send us a sequence of tags: P (T ) – During encoding, “noise” converts each tag to a word: P (W |T ) – We try to decode the observed words back to the original tags. • In fact, decoding is a general term in NLP for inferring the hidden variables in a test instance (so, finding cor ...
... – Someone wants to send us a sequence of tags: P (T ) – During encoding, “noise” converts each tag to a word: P (W |T ) – We try to decode the observed words back to the original tags. • In fact, decoding is a general term in NLP for inferring the hidden variables in a test instance (so, finding cor ...
Animating the narrow syntax
... DIR = direct; DUR = durative; EVID = evidential; FUT = future; IN = inanimate; INST = instrumental; INTNS = intensifier; INV = invers; IPFV = imperfective; OBV = obviative; PL = plural; PRN = ...
... DIR = direct; DUR = durative; EVID = evidential; FUT = future; IN = inanimate; INST = instrumental; INTNS = intensifier; INV = invers; IPFV = imperfective; OBV = obviative; PL = plural; PRN = ...
The Past Participle
... generations of television viewers since 1975. (2) The show has took aim at presidents, self-help experts, Olympic athletes, and current issues—as when concerns about the environment inspired a Global Warming Christmas Special. (3) The dream job of every aspiring comedian, SNL is credit with launchin ...
... generations of television viewers since 1975. (2) The show has took aim at presidents, self-help experts, Olympic athletes, and current issues—as when concerns about the environment inspired a Global Warming Christmas Special. (3) The dream job of every aspiring comedian, SNL is credit with launchin ...
Making Use of Infinitives - Spearfish School District
... Change the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase. After changing the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase, insert it in the sentence next to the noun it modifies. 2. Johnny’s ambition was typical of a child. It was to become a firefighter. ...
... Change the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase. After changing the italicized sentence to an infinitive phrase, insert it in the sentence next to the noun it modifies. 2. Johnny’s ambition was typical of a child. It was to become a firefighter. ...
The grammaticalisation of modal auxiliaries in Maltese - Hal-SHS
... Malta, a Western Arabic vernacular in origin, and Moroccan Arabic; (ii) Eastern Arabic: Egyptian and Levantine (i.e. Jordanian, Syrian, Palestinian) Arabic.1 For the first two languages we relied on our own fieldwork data (Vanhove 1993, Caubet 1993), and we made use of Mitchell and al-Hasan (1994), ...
... Malta, a Western Arabic vernacular in origin, and Moroccan Arabic; (ii) Eastern Arabic: Egyptian and Levantine (i.e. Jordanian, Syrian, Palestinian) Arabic.1 For the first two languages we relied on our own fieldwork data (Vanhove 1993, Caubet 1993), and we made use of Mitchell and al-Hasan (1994), ...
3. Moroccan Arabic - Hal-SHS
... Malta, a Western Arabic vernacular in origin, and Moroccan Arabic; (ii) Eastern Arabic: Egyptian and Levantine (i.e. Jordanian, Syrian, Palestinian) Arabic.1 For the first two languages we relied on our own fieldwork data (Vanhove 1993, Caubet 1993), and we made use of Mitchell and al-Hasan (1994), ...
... Malta, a Western Arabic vernacular in origin, and Moroccan Arabic; (ii) Eastern Arabic: Egyptian and Levantine (i.e. Jordanian, Syrian, Palestinian) Arabic.1 For the first two languages we relied on our own fieldwork data (Vanhove 1993, Caubet 1993), and we made use of Mitchell and al-Hasan (1994), ...
A Comparative Analysis of Noun Incorporation Productivity in
... nominal compounding occurs more frequently, and is more productive, in German than in English. Berg et al. remark, "the German system accommodates compounds more easily than the English one because languages favor morphological processes which create syllabic templates which already exist for base ...
... nominal compounding occurs more frequently, and is more productive, in German than in English. Berg et al. remark, "the German system accommodates compounds more easily than the English one because languages favor morphological processes which create syllabic templates which already exist for base ...
english back-formation: recent trends in usage
... century – and show its potential as a source of new words. Back-formation (also called back-derivation, retrograde derivation or deaffixation, hereafter referred to as BF1) is described in many sources as, e.g. “the coining of a new word by taking an existing word and forming from it a morphological ...
... century – and show its potential as a source of new words. Back-formation (also called back-derivation, retrograde derivation or deaffixation, hereafter referred to as BF1) is described in many sources as, e.g. “the coining of a new word by taking an existing word and forming from it a morphological ...
Lec 1
... must have in order to be properly formed. It should state (or entail) all the grammatically relevant properties of all expressions. However, the traditional grammars of English published between 1600 and 2000 are, to a massive extent, incomplete (they don’t cover every kind of expression), inaccurat ...
... must have in order to be properly formed. It should state (or entail) all the grammatically relevant properties of all expressions. However, the traditional grammars of English published between 1600 and 2000 are, to a massive extent, incomplete (they don’t cover every kind of expression), inaccurat ...
Grammar Packet #1: The Present Participle
... Any daily grades taken from packets will be based on completion for a portion of the credit and correctness for the major part of the grade. Work on the packets (unless specified otherwise) is individual—not group—work. You will have 6 of these packets, one per six weeks. Sometimes a grade will be t ...
... Any daily grades taken from packets will be based on completion for a portion of the credit and correctness for the major part of the grade. Work on the packets (unless specified otherwise) is individual—not group—work. You will have 6 of these packets, one per six weeks. Sometimes a grade will be t ...
Beginnings in North Sámi* Marit Julien 1 Introduction Verbs that
... estimate given in Lewis (2009) is 20,700. It is widely used in literature, education, and in written and spoken media. Practically all speakers are bilingual, with Norwegian or Swedish as their second language, or, for a minority of the speakers, with Finnish as their second language. The basic word ...
... estimate given in Lewis (2009) is 20,700. It is widely used in literature, education, and in written and spoken media. Practically all speakers are bilingual, with Norwegian or Swedish as their second language, or, for a minority of the speakers, with Finnish as their second language. The basic word ...