Grammar Essenti es (ISBN - 047061837X)
... choose between singular and plural pronouns, and master the use of possessive pronouns • Construct a complete sentence — steer clear of fragments and run-ons, join ideas, and watch out for danglers ...
... choose between singular and plural pronouns, and master the use of possessive pronouns • Construct a complete sentence — steer clear of fragments and run-ons, join ideas, and watch out for danglers ...
as a PDF - Linguistic Society of America
... in testing the Unaccusa tive Hypothes is cross-lin guistical ly, however, such work must be done in order to determine which form of the Unaccusa tive Hypothes is sketched in (17) is to be adopted. It is instructi ve to compare the very inadequat e attempts made here at describin g the semantic diff ...
... in testing the Unaccusa tive Hypothes is cross-lin guistical ly, however, such work must be done in order to determine which form of the Unaccusa tive Hypothes is sketched in (17) is to be adopted. It is instructi ve to compare the very inadequat e attempts made here at describin g the semantic diff ...
The Oxford Guide To English Grammar Pdf
... English words do nor have a lot of different endings for number and gender. Word order is very important in English. The verb phrase can have a complex structure. There are many idioms with prepositions. ...
... English words do nor have a lot of different endings for number and gender. Word order is very important in English. The verb phrase can have a complex structure. There are many idioms with prepositions. ...
doc - KISS Grammar
... reason to have students struggle with ten sentences if they cannot do three or four. And, at the other end, if students have mastered the skills, they can demonstrate that in three or four sentences just as effectively as they can in ten. Thus most of the exercises in this book are very short – thre ...
... reason to have students struggle with ten sentences if they cannot do three or four. And, at the other end, if students have mastered the skills, they can demonstrate that in three or four sentences just as effectively as they can in ten. Thus most of the exercises in this book are very short – thre ...
Adjectives and Argument Structure
... The last decades have seen a growing interest in the study of argument structure. The different θroles assigned by various predicates were identified, the principles governing argument projection to syntactic positions were investigated, and a variety of diathesis alternations were analyzed. However ...
... The last decades have seen a growing interest in the study of argument structure. The different θroles assigned by various predicates were identified, the principles governing argument projection to syntactic positions were investigated, and a variety of diathesis alternations were analyzed. However ...
Kamasau (Wand Tuan) Grammar Morpheme to Sentence
... Because of this functional perspective, the following description will be more functional than structural in its approach. Some structural description will be included, but is not intended to be the primary focus. In giving examples, I try to select brief examples from texts that hopefully will stil ...
... Because of this functional perspective, the following description will be more functional than structural in its approach. Some structural description will be included, but is not intended to be the primary focus. In giving examples, I try to select brief examples from texts that hopefully will stil ...
Hebrew Syntax and Exposition - James D. Price Publications
... AN EXEGETICAL AND EXPOSITORY SYNTAX Of ...
... AN EXEGETICAL AND EXPOSITORY SYNTAX Of ...
og-001, sec05-01 Choice D is best. The phrasing a divorce that
... than the larger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are also imprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people, spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tenses and an error of pronoun reference, people which. 可以追溯到 5000 年的北美埋葬地显示那时候缅因州的居民是说阿尔冈琴语的 ...
... than the larger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are also imprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people, spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tenses and an error of pronoun reference, people which. 可以追溯到 5000 年的北美埋葬地显示那时候缅因州的居民是说阿尔冈琴语的 ...
Chapter 4 Prosody
... 20.4 THE COMPLEMENTATION FUNCTION OF GRAMMATICAL NOMINALISATIONS 20.4.1 NOMINALISATIONS AND COMPLEMENTATION 20.4.2 OTHER COMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES 20.4.2.1 Switch-reference clauses 20.4.2.2 Interrogative clauses 20.5 THE ATTRIBUTIVE FUNCTION OF NOMINALISATIONS 20.6 LEXICAL VS. GRAMMATICAL NOMINALIS ...
... 20.4 THE COMPLEMENTATION FUNCTION OF GRAMMATICAL NOMINALISATIONS 20.4.1 NOMINALISATIONS AND COMPLEMENTATION 20.4.2 OTHER COMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES 20.4.2.1 Switch-reference clauses 20.4.2.2 Interrogative clauses 20.5 THE ATTRIBUTIVE FUNCTION OF NOMINALISATIONS 20.6 LEXICAL VS. GRAMMATICAL NOMINALIS ...
281 A FUNCTIONAL AND FORMAL COMPARISON ON ADJECTIVE
... relative clause as a modifier. It cannot be removed from the noun phrase without changing the meaning of the sentence. In other words, “the omission of the adjective clause robs the sentence of a most essential fact. (Allen, 1995)”. However, when the subordinator which introduces the restrictive rel ...
... relative clause as a modifier. It cannot be removed from the noun phrase without changing the meaning of the sentence. In other words, “the omission of the adjective clause robs the sentence of a most essential fact. (Allen, 1995)”. However, when the subordinator which introduces the restrictive rel ...
Infinitive Clause Syntax in the Gospels
... view of the extensive inflectional system, or were there actually dominant and favorite syntactic patterns employed by native Greek speakers? Did speakers of Greek draw from the obviously finite number of orders for clausal units to correlate with the inflectional signals, or even more, to convey si ...
... view of the extensive inflectional system, or were there actually dominant and favorite syntactic patterns employed by native Greek speakers? Did speakers of Greek draw from the obviously finite number of orders for clausal units to correlate with the inflectional signals, or even more, to convey si ...
Challenging Discrete Approaches to Secondary
... many of the questions raised by secondary-predicate constructions in English and has paved the way for my research into the subtleties and complexities of this intriguing aspect of English grammar. Prof. Schneider's motivating remarks on my Zulassungsarbeit and on two talks given in his research col ...
... many of the questions raised by secondary-predicate constructions in English and has paved the way for my research into the subtleties and complexities of this intriguing aspect of English grammar. Prof. Schneider's motivating remarks on my Zulassungsarbeit and on two talks given in his research col ...
Building the PDT-VALLEX valency lexicon
... (Czech written texts). Instead of “creating” examples for each sense and valency frame based on pure intuition or using limited excerpts, the lexicon drew upon the real texts, upon real corpus data. This not only resulted in examples taken from real language usage (albeit often simplified), but main ...
... (Czech written texts). Instead of “creating” examples for each sense and valency frame based on pure intuition or using limited excerpts, the lexicon drew upon the real texts, upon real corpus data. This not only resulted in examples taken from real language usage (albeit often simplified), but main ...
Building the PDT-Vallex valency lexicon
... (Czech written texts). Instead of “creating” examples for each sense and valency frame based on pure intuition or using limited excerpts, the lexicon drew upon the real texts, upon real corpus data. This not only resulted in examples taken from real language usage (albeit often simplified), but main ...
... (Czech written texts). Instead of “creating” examples for each sense and valency frame based on pure intuition or using limited excerpts, the lexicon drew upon the real texts, upon real corpus data. This not only resulted in examples taken from real language usage (albeit often simplified), but main ...
Understanding the Tlingit Verb
... in this volume. Their dedication and creativity helped them claim the language as their own, and they are great examples of what we need in order to execute language revitalization. Dzéiwshʼs Tlingit Verbal Structure Handbook and Tlingitology Seminar Notes: Background and Morphology were invaluable ...
... in this volume. Their dedication and creativity helped them claim the language as their own, and they are great examples of what we need in order to execute language revitalization. Dzéiwshʼs Tlingit Verbal Structure Handbook and Tlingitology Seminar Notes: Background and Morphology were invaluable ...
- Lancaster EPrints
... Figure 18 Ditransitive Alignment ...................................................................................... 316 ...
... Figure 18 Ditransitive Alignment ...................................................................................... 316 ...
The case of German relatives
... In these examples, the subject NP (9a,b) or the object-NP (9c) is shared by the two clauses. Karg (1927) shows that in the vast majority of apokoinou-constructions, it is a nominative or an accusative NP which is shared, whereas shared genitive or dative NPs are very rare. Among the apokoinou-constr ...
... In these examples, the subject NP (9a,b) or the object-NP (9c) is shared by the two clauses. Karg (1927) shows that in the vast majority of apokoinou-constructions, it is a nominative or an accusative NP which is shared, whereas shared genitive or dative NPs are very rare. Among the apokoinou-constr ...
The Syntax of Cape Verdean Creole
... comparing the Barlavento (windward) and Sotavento (leeward) varieties. Their work included linguistic excerpts from several islands. Brito (1887) is the first bilingual study (Portuguese/CVC) to focus on the morpho-syntax of the variety spoken on the island of Santiago. Fernandes (1920) compiled the ...
... comparing the Barlavento (windward) and Sotavento (leeward) varieties. Their work included linguistic excerpts from several islands. Brito (1887) is the first bilingual study (Portuguese/CVC) to focus on the morpho-syntax of the variety spoken on the island of Santiago. Fernandes (1920) compiled the ...
A Description of Preverb and Particle Usage in Innu - Innu
... The subject of this thesis is the particles and preverbs of Innu-aimûn (Montagnais). Algonquian languages, including Innu-aimûn, encode adverbial information in many different ways: through the use of particles of time and manner; with preverbs; and with verbal suffixes. Preverbs display regular ord ...
... The subject of this thesis is the particles and preverbs of Innu-aimûn (Montagnais). Algonquian languages, including Innu-aimûn, encode adverbial information in many different ways: through the use of particles of time and manner; with preverbs; and with verbal suffixes. Preverbs display regular ord ...
Nathaniel Dorgbetor
... Per the asymmetric relationship between the internal arguments in the DOC; variants of the shell structure, originally proposed by Larson (1988), has been assumed nowadays in the analyses of the structure of the English DOC. The standard view on the English DOC has been that it can only have the V-G ...
... Per the asymmetric relationship between the internal arguments in the DOC; variants of the shell structure, originally proposed by Larson (1988), has been assumed nowadays in the analyses of the structure of the English DOC. The standard view on the English DOC has been that it can only have the V-G ...
AFF - MPG.PuRe
... my research in Atayal. He not only taught me Indonesian, Tagalog, and Austronesian linguistics, but also writing of textbooks and foreign lang~agepedagogy. He always believe6 in me and challeoged me to move forward. Professor Linda Waugh taught me morphology and semiotics. She played a crucial role ...
... my research in Atayal. He not only taught me Indonesian, Tagalog, and Austronesian linguistics, but also writing of textbooks and foreign lang~agepedagogy. He always believe6 in me and challeoged me to move forward. Professor Linda Waugh taught me morphology and semiotics. She played a crucial role ...
Final Assessment
... The original KISS sequence (the “Grade-Level” books) began in third grade. When I was asked to make a book for second-graders, I did, but it was focused primarily on the materials that are now in the First Book of this series. Now working toward an “Ideal” sequence, I’ve been puzzled about what to i ...
... The original KISS sequence (the “Grade-Level” books) began in third grade. When I was asked to make a book for second-graders, I did, but it was focused primarily on the materials that are now in the First Book of this series. Now working toward an “Ideal” sequence, I’ve been puzzled about what to i ...
Passive - University of Hawaii
... assignment to the passive suffix, Roberts (1987) proposes that the passive morpheme such as English -en is an argument that is base-generated as an external argument. Accordingly, the passive morpheme is assigned an external theta-role and (ACC) case by the verb. In the GB approach, it is assumed th ...
... assignment to the passive suffix, Roberts (1987) proposes that the passive morpheme such as English -en is an argument that is base-generated as an external argument. Accordingly, the passive morpheme is assigned an external theta-role and (ACC) case by the verb. In the GB approach, it is assumed th ...
Tense, Aspect, Aktionsart and Related Areas
... might be a little bit too general, though, because the words as such could also refer to all the other markers9 . The names for the categories whose markers are -d and be -n are fairly undisputed: tense and voice. The other names that grammarians have proposed ...
... might be a little bit too general, though, because the words as such could also refer to all the other markers9 . The names for the categories whose markers are -d and be -n are fairly undisputed: tense and voice. The other names that grammarians have proposed ...
Uppsala University
... iconic origin to some or all occurrences of reduplication, i.e. whether or not there is any ‘obvious’ function of it that is conventional in most or all languages that use it. As we will see, the process of reduplication will result in seemingly different semantic modifications when used on differen ...
... iconic origin to some or all occurrences of reduplication, i.e. whether or not there is any ‘obvious’ function of it that is conventional in most or all languages that use it. As we will see, the process of reduplication will result in seemingly different semantic modifications when used on differen ...