Grammar units 1 and 2 guided notes
... There are three or more clauses in these sentences: 2 independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Examples: o Although he is happy, Pharrell Williams did not know it, so he did not clap ...
... There are three or more clauses in these sentences: 2 independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Examples: o Although he is happy, Pharrell Williams did not know it, so he did not clap ...
The Gloss Trap - Department of Second Language Studies
... held to be a syntactic difference between the two languages. In this chapter, I consider a flaw in this type of analysis, which surfaces with some regularity in studies of comparative syntax and second language acquisition, and point to a solution in terms of fine-grained lexical semantic decomposit ...
... held to be a syntactic difference between the two languages. In this chapter, I consider a flaw in this type of analysis, which surfaces with some regularity in studies of comparative syntax and second language acquisition, and point to a solution in terms of fine-grained lexical semantic decomposit ...
JANNACH`S German for Reading Knowledge Sixth Edition
... When I was a college senior in the early 1970s, Jannach’s German for Reading Knowledge was the required textbook in a course called “Scientific German.” That first edition of “Jannach” was filled with exercises and readings on acids, chemical compounds, and World War II. The step-by-step grammar out ...
... When I was a college senior in the early 1970s, Jannach’s German for Reading Knowledge was the required textbook in a course called “Scientific German.” That first edition of “Jannach” was filled with exercises and readings on acids, chemical compounds, and World War II. The step-by-step grammar out ...
subjects and predicates - Parma City School District
... made up of the preposition, any modifiers and the noun or pronoun which functions as the object of the prepositional phrase) The correct subject of the sentence is One Geschke--English IV Grammar Unit--Subjects and ...
... made up of the preposition, any modifiers and the noun or pronoun which functions as the object of the prepositional phrase) The correct subject of the sentence is One Geschke--English IV Grammar Unit--Subjects and ...
When To Use the Subjunctive Mood
... The above examples all have main clauses, but only the first and the third introduce an element of uncertainty or subjectivity. In learning to use the subjunctive, it is quite helpful if one can first recognize such clauses. The following is a list of clauses commonly associated with the use of the ...
... The above examples all have main clauses, but only the first and the third introduce an element of uncertainty or subjectivity. In learning to use the subjunctive, it is quite helpful if one can first recognize such clauses. The following is a list of clauses commonly associated with the use of the ...
Cause Event Representations for Happiness and Surprise
... Transitivity is traditionally understood to be a property of verbs that determines whether or not a verb can take direct objects. This is often classified as transitive verbs such as kick and beat that take a direct object, and intransitive verbs such as cry and sleep that cannot take a direct ...
... Transitivity is traditionally understood to be a property of verbs that determines whether or not a verb can take direct objects. This is often classified as transitive verbs such as kick and beat that take a direct object, and intransitive verbs such as cry and sleep that cannot take a direct ...
1 Construction Morphology and the Parallel Architecture of grammar
... Each type of structure is subject to the rules or constraints that hold for a particular type of representation. Prosodic structure is governed by phonological rules or constraints such as those for building syllables and higher-level prosodic constituents. Morphological and syntactic structure (mo ...
... Each type of structure is subject to the rules or constraints that hold for a particular type of representation. Prosodic structure is governed by phonological rules or constraints such as those for building syllables and higher-level prosodic constituents. Morphological and syntactic structure (mo ...
The Oceanic Languages John Lynch, Malcolm Ross, Terry Crowley
... singular and plural. It is fairly common for Polynesian languages to distinguish singular and plural forms of a few kinship terms or nouns with human reference by either some form of reduplication, or a root modification pattern involving the lengthening of one or more root vowels. Thus, in Maori, s ...
... singular and plural. It is fairly common for Polynesian languages to distinguish singular and plural forms of a few kinship terms or nouns with human reference by either some form of reduplication, or a root modification pattern involving the lengthening of one or more root vowels. Thus, in Maori, s ...
Interlingua Grammar
... search and research could safely be restricted were Spanish and Portuguese, Italian, French, and English, with German and Russian as possible substitutes. 1 Hence a sound working principle in the elaboration of IALA's system of grammar is that the term "minimum grammar" shall not permit the suppress ...
... search and research could safely be restricted were Spanish and Portuguese, Italian, French, and English, with German and Russian as possible substitutes. 1 Hence a sound working principle in the elaboration of IALA's system of grammar is that the term "minimum grammar" shall not permit the suppress ...
Ellogon Developers Guide
... The Greek Tokenizer Splitter tries to identify all tokens of a Document and annotate them appropriately according to their type. By the type of a token we mean an indication on whether it is, for example, a punctuation mark, an English uppercase word, a Greek lower case word, etc. In other words, th ...
... The Greek Tokenizer Splitter tries to identify all tokens of a Document and annotate them appropriately according to their type. By the type of a token we mean an indication on whether it is, for example, a punctuation mark, an English uppercase word, a Greek lower case word, etc. In other words, th ...
Resulting States in Niuean
... In neither case is a patient promoted, nor is the agent demoted to an oblique status, as would be the case with passive. Ma- can also be prefixed to active intransitives (16) and even to nominals as in (17). This shows that the addition of ma- need not change transitivity or suppress an agent, the t ...
... In neither case is a patient promoted, nor is the agent demoted to an oblique status, as would be the case with passive. Ma- can also be prefixed to active intransitives (16) and even to nominals as in (17). This shows that the addition of ma- need not change transitivity or suppress an agent, the t ...
Fragments - Columbia College
... alone as a sentence because it begins with a subordinating word (look at the list of common subordinators on the back of this handout). If a dependent clause is punctuated as a sentence, it is a fragment because it does not express a complete thought. Look at the example on the back of this ...
... alone as a sentence because it begins with a subordinating word (look at the list of common subordinators on the back of this handout). If a dependent clause is punctuated as a sentence, it is a fragment because it does not express a complete thought. Look at the example on the back of this ...
- D-Scholarship@Pitt
... Unlike many other American Indian languages, there are print materials available in CQ. There are grammars and dictionaries available, and the bible has been translated. There is a comparatively large body of poetry and fiction work in CQ. There are also radio and television programs. However, for t ...
... Unlike many other American Indian languages, there are print materials available in CQ. There are grammars and dictionaries available, and the bible has been translated. There is a comparatively large body of poetry and fiction work in CQ. There are also radio and television programs. However, for t ...
Direct and Indirect Objects Notes
... To find the subject: Ask who/what is the sentence about? NEXT… find the VERB! To find the predicate : Ask what is the subject doing? ( action verb, linking verb, or verb phrase) A sentence may have a DIRECT OBJECT, INDIRECT OBJECT, or BOTH! To find the direct object: Ask [verb] what? To find ...
... To find the subject: Ask who/what is the sentence about? NEXT… find the VERB! To find the predicate : Ask what is the subject doing? ( action verb, linking verb, or verb phrase) A sentence may have a DIRECT OBJECT, INDIRECT OBJECT, or BOTH! To find the direct object: Ask [verb] what? To find ...
Syntactic categories and constituency
... • We’ve replaced his lab coat with the cocktail party in one place, and the cocktail party with the lab in another. • There are lots of other types of replacements we could imagine that won’t yield a good sentence, like swapping Beverly angrily with was inappropriate. • When two (groups of) words ca ...
... • We’ve replaced his lab coat with the cocktail party in one place, and the cocktail party with the lab in another. • There are lots of other types of replacements we could imagine that won’t yield a good sentence, like swapping Beverly angrily with was inappropriate. • When two (groups of) words ca ...
Adding Adjectives and Adverbs From
... Some common words do not express action, but they always function as verbs and therefore should always be underlined twice. The most common of these describe a “state of being.” Most of these verbs are forms of the verb “to be”— “am,” “is,” “are,” “was,” and “were.” When used alone, these verbs stat ...
... Some common words do not express action, but they always function as verbs and therefore should always be underlined twice. The most common of these describe a “state of being.” Most of these verbs are forms of the verb “to be”— “am,” “is,” “are,” “was,” and “were.” When used alone, these verbs stat ...
Peer proofreading form
... 8. Is the essay consistently written in PRESENT TENSE except where past tense is necessary because it refers to something in the author’s life, an event in history, or an event before the plot begins? Yes No 9. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: If the subject ends in “s” (plural), the verb should not. 10. ...
... 8. Is the essay consistently written in PRESENT TENSE except where past tense is necessary because it refers to something in the author’s life, an event in history, or an event before the plot begins? Yes No 9. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: If the subject ends in “s” (plural), the verb should not. 10. ...
Arguments desperately seeking Interpretation: Parsing German
... subject, an object, an adjunct, an empty operator. Scrambhng is a process that modifies the order of clause-internal arguments and adjuncts under some constraints (cf. for instance, Uszkoreit 1987). Extraposition is the occurrence of prepositional or sentential complements or adjuncts after the verb ...
... subject, an object, an adjunct, an empty operator. Scrambhng is a process that modifies the order of clause-internal arguments and adjuncts under some constraints (cf. for instance, Uszkoreit 1987). Extraposition is the occurrence of prepositional or sentential complements or adjuncts after the verb ...
Do INSTRUCTION AND EXPOSURE MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON
... According to the curriculum, in narrations the main events of the story which advance the plot line are expressed in the passe simple while the imparfait 'imperfect' provides background. As with other verb forms, in the passe simple students must learn the root and which inflectional endings it take ...
... According to the curriculum, in narrations the main events of the story which advance the plot line are expressed in the passe simple while the imparfait 'imperfect' provides background. As with other verb forms, in the passe simple students must learn the root and which inflectional endings it take ...
WC6 Unit 10
... 4. Artists made decorative objects of pottery. direct object 5. Archaeologists study the ancient tombs. direct object Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. ...
... 4. Artists made decorative objects of pottery. direct object 5. Archaeologists study the ancient tombs. direct object Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. ...
Effectively Incorporating Quotations
... Psychologist Sidney McMaynerberry offers an argument for his theory: “It’s all in your mind.” Brady answers her critics by asserting, “I did not know that it was made of people.” Use active verbs in signal phrases to indicate the author’s tone and stance. Is your source arguing a point, making an ob ...
... Psychologist Sidney McMaynerberry offers an argument for his theory: “It’s all in your mind.” Brady answers her critics by asserting, “I did not know that it was made of people.” Use active verbs in signal phrases to indicate the author’s tone and stance. Is your source arguing a point, making an ob ...
The Ergative, Absolutive, and Dative in Basque
... the better candidate for the function. One thing was apparent to everybody: the passivity theory introduced a lopsided view of diathesis, where transitive verbs were always passive, intransitive always active. I t would seem that transitivelintransitive would be a basic classification of verb classe ...
... the better candidate for the function. One thing was apparent to everybody: the passivity theory introduced a lopsided view of diathesis, where transitive verbs were always passive, intransitive always active. I t would seem that transitivelintransitive would be a basic classification of verb classe ...
A Collocation Database for German Verbs and Nouns
... The term collocation refers to the habitual co-occurrence of two lexical items within a specific grammatical relationship. The usage of collocations represents a crucial part of the meaning of words, cf. Harris (1968), and therefore constitutes an essential part of lexical dictionary entries. For ex ...
... The term collocation refers to the habitual co-occurrence of two lexical items within a specific grammatical relationship. The usage of collocations represents a crucial part of the meaning of words, cf. Harris (1968), and therefore constitutes an essential part of lexical dictionary entries. For ex ...
The Indo-European Languages Anna Giacalone Ramat, Paolo
... class is composed of substantives (nouns, in the narrow sense of this term), which are characterized by the categories of case and number. These same categories characterize a number of other word classes that are distinguish able, to different degrees, from substantives. Thus, pronouns show the sa ...
... class is composed of substantives (nouns, in the narrow sense of this term), which are characterized by the categories of case and number. These same categories characterize a number of other word classes that are distinguish able, to different degrees, from substantives. Thus, pronouns show the sa ...