Modal Auxiliary Verbs - KSU Faculty Member websites
... as a semi-modal requiring do (you don't need to come).Had better shows the formal characteristics of modal verbs (no –s, no non-finite form and no chaining with other modals), but the presence of better makes treating it as a modal verb problematic, to say the least (Perkins,1983) . It appeared that ...
... as a semi-modal requiring do (you don't need to come).Had better shows the formal characteristics of modal verbs (no –s, no non-finite form and no chaining with other modals), but the presence of better makes treating it as a modal verb problematic, to say the least (Perkins,1983) . It appeared that ...
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... mistakes in reading passages of English materials. As we know, grammar is the system of structural rules which describes how words combine with each other to form sentences. It is knowledge which enables us to distinguish a well-formed English sentence from one which is clearly ill-formed. Since sen ...
... mistakes in reading passages of English materials. As we know, grammar is the system of structural rules which describes how words combine with each other to form sentences. It is knowledge which enables us to distinguish a well-formed English sentence from one which is clearly ill-formed. Since sen ...
PART I: Toba Batak Phrase Structure
... exclusive’; ta- for ‘first person inclusive’; and di- for ‘non-first person.’ Examples in this paper will be restricted to non-first person subjects, i.e. the forms ma8- in the Active Mode, and di- in the Passive Mode. Just to give a superficial impression of how the inflectional system works, I hav ...
... exclusive’; ta- for ‘first person inclusive’; and di- for ‘non-first person.’ Examples in this paper will be restricted to non-first person subjects, i.e. the forms ma8- in the Active Mode, and di- in the Passive Mode. Just to give a superficial impression of how the inflectional system works, I hav ...
German: An Essential Grammar
... comparison, there is no understanding). The approach to German grammar adopted in this book is strongly contrastive with English. English and German are after all, as languages go, very closely related and have a great deal in common. Look, for example, at the past tenses of irregular verbs (trinken ...
... comparison, there is no understanding). The approach to German grammar adopted in this book is strongly contrastive with English. English and German are after all, as languages go, very closely related and have a great deal in common. Look, for example, at the past tenses of irregular verbs (trinken ...
Grammaticization of reflexive pronoun into a marker of passive
... creation, so to speak. Similarly in (3b), where the use of a relative clause makes it explicit that the focus of interest is the bench and the state it was in as a result of some event. (This “aboutness”, however, is not to be understood in the topic-comment sense necessarily; I will return to this ...
... creation, so to speak. Similarly in (3b), where the use of a relative clause makes it explicit that the focus of interest is the bench and the state it was in as a result of some event. (This “aboutness”, however, is not to be understood in the topic-comment sense necessarily; I will return to this ...
SUBJECT INVERSION IN SPANISH RELATIVE
... sentence, and henceforth I refer to it as such. Observe, however, that the analysis is not dependent on relative clauses being sentence-final (my own intuitions are that the word order facts are the same when relative clauses are not sentence-final). The constraint in (18) does not make reference to ...
... sentence, and henceforth I refer to it as such. Observe, however, that the analysis is not dependent on relative clauses being sentence-final (my own intuitions are that the word order facts are the same when relative clauses are not sentence-final). The constraint in (18) does not make reference to ...
Grammar
... teaching english at our middle school. I was fortunate to have this wonderful teacher last year in sixth grade. His guidance was crucial in encouraging me to read more and right more. He opened up the world of american literature to me. Because of Mr. Tyburn, I am planning on a career as a journalis ...
... teaching english at our middle school. I was fortunate to have this wonderful teacher last year in sixth grade. His guidance was crucial in encouraging me to read more and right more. He opened up the world of american literature to me. Because of Mr. Tyburn, I am planning on a career as a journalis ...
Errors in the Coalface Grammar - Linguistics and English Language
... comparing the Coalface Grammar analyses with those in IFG. The IFG analysis of possessive expressions like Sam's in Sam's folder, for example, is given on p. 314, where John's is listed as a rankshifted nominal group functioning as Deictic in the structure of a larger nominal group. Sam's folder is ...
... comparing the Coalface Grammar analyses with those in IFG. The IFG analysis of possessive expressions like Sam's in Sam's folder, for example, is given on p. 314, where John's is listed as a rankshifted nominal group functioning as Deictic in the structure of a larger nominal group. Sam's folder is ...
Gumbaynggirr Sentences in Colour - Aboriginal Educational Contexts
... case). ‘Absolute’ describes the fact that there is no tag on nyami in either sentence. The only tag you see is the Ergative –u tag on manayngal. That is why Gumbaynggirr, along with most other Aboriginal languages, is called an ErgativeAbsolute language. Absolute (Subject and Object) gets no tag but ...
... case). ‘Absolute’ describes the fact that there is no tag on nyami in either sentence. The only tag you see is the Ergative –u tag on manayngal. That is why Gumbaynggirr, along with most other Aboriginal languages, is called an ErgativeAbsolute language. Absolute (Subject and Object) gets no tag but ...
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 ...
Dutch and German verb clusters in Performance
... two feature matrices proceeds as follows: (A) For each attribute shared by the two matrices, take the value sets, compute their intersection, and delete the members that do not belong to the intersection. (Attributes occurring in one matrix only will not be affected.) (B) If at least one of the inte ...
... two feature matrices proceeds as follows: (A) For each attribute shared by the two matrices, take the value sets, compute their intersection, and delete the members that do not belong to the intersection. (Attributes occurring in one matrix only will not be affected.) (B) If at least one of the inte ...
Complex Feature Values - NTU Computational Linguistics Lab
... A Tree is Well-Formed if . . . ➣ It and each subtree are licensed by a grammar rule or lexical entry ➣ All general principles (like the HFP) are satisfied. ➣ NB: Trees are part of our model of the language, so all their features have values (even though we will often be lazy compact and leave out t ...
... A Tree is Well-Formed if . . . ➣ It and each subtree are licensed by a grammar rule or lexical entry ➣ All general principles (like the HFP) are satisfied. ➣ NB: Trees are part of our model of the language, so all their features have values (even though we will often be lazy compact and leave out t ...
Number Words as Number Names
... The difference between simple number words and explicit number-referring terms with respect to non-mathematical predicates straightforwardly follows if simple number terms stand for quantifiers or plural properties and the Adjectival Strategy applies to mathematical statements. The Adjectival Strate ...
... The difference between simple number words and explicit number-referring terms with respect to non-mathematical predicates straightforwardly follows if simple number terms stand for quantifiers or plural properties and the Adjectival Strategy applies to mathematical statements. The Adjectival Strate ...
Chapter 12
... The symbols that are used in a CFG are divided into two classes. The symbols that correspond to words in the language (“the”, “nightclub”) are called terminal symbols; the lexicon is the set of rules that introduce these terminal symbols. The symbols that express clusters or generalizations of these ...
... The symbols that are used in a CFG are divided into two classes. The symbols that correspond to words in the language (“the”, “nightclub”) are called terminal symbols; the lexicon is the set of rules that introduce these terminal symbols. The symbols that express clusters or generalizations of these ...
Clausal Subordination and the Structure of the Verbal Phrase
... and Hungarian. This last language is particularly informative thanks to the fact that (to recycle the old adage used frequently with reference to Hungarian in other contexts) it wears (1b) on its sleeve. This paper is structured as follows. In Section 2, I begin by looking at the role of presupposit ...
... and Hungarian. This last language is particularly informative thanks to the fact that (to recycle the old adage used frequently with reference to Hungarian in other contexts) it wears (1b) on its sleeve. This paper is structured as follows. In Section 2, I begin by looking at the role of presupposit ...
Resultatives and Depictives in Finnish 1
... As Halliday (1967) observes, resultative and depictive predications are attributive constructions. These two types of secondary predication contribute different semantic interpretations to event structure. The resultative element is an attribute which results from the process depicted by the verb, w ...
... As Halliday (1967) observes, resultative and depictive predications are attributive constructions. These two types of secondary predication contribute different semantic interpretations to event structure. The resultative element is an attribute which results from the process depicted by the verb, w ...
Topics and Participants in Jamamadí Narrative
... Participants may also be introduced by kinship terms. When a kinship term is used the person referred to by the term is never topic. They may become a paragraph topic at a later point in the story but cannot then be referred to by a kinship term. The ego of the kinship term is always the topic of t ...
... Participants may also be introduced by kinship terms. When a kinship term is used the person referred to by the term is never topic. They may become a paragraph topic at a later point in the story but cannot then be referred to by a kinship term. The ego of the kinship term is always the topic of t ...
3.1 Verbs
... Solution: Then, the verb is in the passive voice. Helping Verb Branch - Step 2 a. Delete the to be verb. I could have stung by that bee. b. Move the subject (and modifiers, if any) to a position immediately after the verb. could have stung I by that bee c. Move the noun or pronoun after the verb to ...
... Solution: Then, the verb is in the passive voice. Helping Verb Branch - Step 2 a. Delete the to be verb. I could have stung by that bee. b. Move the subject (and modifiers, if any) to a position immediately after the verb. could have stung I by that bee c. Move the noun or pronoun after the verb to ...
Sentence Combining
... Paired Coordinators (not only. . .but also; both. . .and; either. . .or; neither. . .nor; whether . . .or) ...
... Paired Coordinators (not only. . .but also; both. . .and; either. . .or; neither. . .nor; whether . . .or) ...
resdep - Semantics Archive
... As Halliday (1967) observes, resultative and depictive predications are attributive constructions. These two types of secondary predication contribute different semantic interpretations to event structure. The resultative element is an attribute which results from the process depicted by the verb, w ...
... As Halliday (1967) observes, resultative and depictive predications are attributive constructions. These two types of secondary predication contribute different semantic interpretations to event structure. The resultative element is an attribute which results from the process depicted by the verb, w ...
Students` Workbook
... What to See.—How many sentences do you find in the first three lines? How do you find out? Will the first make sense if we leave out “are”? How is the first separated from the second? What is the use of the period? Can the question mark, as well as the period, help to show where one sentence ends an ...
... What to See.—How many sentences do you find in the first three lines? How do you find out? Will the first make sense if we leave out “are”? How is the first separated from the second? What is the use of the period? Can the question mark, as well as the period, help to show where one sentence ends an ...
1 Introduction
... be eliminated, but for electronically disseminated versions at least the blue and green may be visually helpful and worth keeping. dark red black blue green pink red orange ...
... be eliminated, but for electronically disseminated versions at least the blue and green may be visually helpful and worth keeping. dark red black blue green pink red orange ...
The Printable KISS Grammar Workbooks
... I have encompassed him with every protection. I must see Lorry. 10. "If I should prowl about the streets a long time, don't be uneasy; I shall reappear in the ...
... I have encompassed him with every protection. I must see Lorry. 10. "If I should prowl about the streets a long time, don't be uneasy; I shall reappear in the ...
Grammar Structures
... notions like consonant doubling, omission of final e, words ending in -ge and -ce, the suffix -ful, words ending in y, ie and ei, as well as usage of hyphens, are discussed. Both English grammars (written in Swedish) have added advice for English writing. The same can be said about the Oxford editi ...
... notions like consonant doubling, omission of final e, words ending in -ge and -ce, the suffix -ful, words ending in y, ie and ei, as well as usage of hyphens, are discussed. Both English grammars (written in Swedish) have added advice for English writing. The same can be said about the Oxford editi ...