Three Agreement Alternations in Dutch and their Interactions
... (Note that it is not possible to apply (15b) and delete [PAR] while leaving [ADD] unaffected, as this would result in an ill-formed feature geometry.) Thus, (16) can block the application of impoverishment rules.1 The principle in (16) also illuminates an apparent complication with the agreement fo ...
... (Note that it is not possible to apply (15b) and delete [PAR] while leaving [ADD] unaffected, as this would result in an ill-formed feature geometry.) Thus, (16) can block the application of impoverishment rules.1 The principle in (16) also illuminates an apparent complication with the agreement fo ...
Translations of the Caribbean: at words’ end? STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY Department of English
... A rather obvious, but common, strategy to handle representations of non-standard speech is to simply replace the SL dialect with the standard variety of the TL (Azavedo 1998: 28). In doing so, however, the representation of the characters, as well as “their relationships, not only with each other bu ...
... A rather obvious, but common, strategy to handle representations of non-standard speech is to simply replace the SL dialect with the standard variety of the TL (Azavedo 1998: 28). In doing so, however, the representation of the characters, as well as “their relationships, not only with each other bu ...
Adjective Classes : a Cross-linguistic Typology
... Long form adjectives are predictable: each adjective has all the forms, and the native speaker has no problem in producing them. They have fixed stress, typically on the stem, as with novyj 'new', less commonly on the ending. Adjectives are inflectionally considerably more regular than nouns or verb ...
... Long form adjectives are predictable: each adjective has all the forms, and the native speaker has no problem in producing them. They have fixed stress, typically on the stem, as with novyj 'new', less commonly on the ending. Adjectives are inflectionally considerably more regular than nouns or verb ...
1 MODAL VERBS There are 12 modal verbs in English. They are
... There are 12 modal verbs in English. They are: can, may, must, should, ought to, shall, will, would, need, dare, to be, to have to. The latter two are modal only in one of their meanings. Ten of them (that is all but "to be to" and "to have to) are also called defective verbs as they lack some featu ...
... There are 12 modal verbs in English. They are: can, may, must, should, ought to, shall, will, would, need, dare, to be, to have to. The latter two are modal only in one of their meanings. Ten of them (that is all but "to be to" and "to have to) are also called defective verbs as they lack some featu ...
role shift, anaphora and discourse polyphony in sign language of
... with the signer’s chest, signifying ‘you said to me’.9 In both these examples, the initial referential value is redundantly marked both in the verb itself and by one or two PS(s). With the 3-REFUND-1 example, the hand moves towards the signer locus, but follows a path (from forward right to the sign ...
... with the signer’s chest, signifying ‘you said to me’.9 In both these examples, the initial referential value is redundantly marked both in the verb itself and by one or two PS(s). With the 3-REFUND-1 example, the hand moves towards the signer locus, but follows a path (from forward right to the sign ...
chapters 4 and 5
... In chapter 3, groups of words that go together were called phrases and labelled as NP, VP, AdjP, AdvP, and PP depending on what headed them. Phrases (and pronouns since they replace phrases) have functions in the sentence, e.g. subject, direct object, indirect object, and subject and object predicat ...
... In chapter 3, groups of words that go together were called phrases and labelled as NP, VP, AdjP, AdvP, and PP depending on what headed them. Phrases (and pronouns since they replace phrases) have functions in the sentence, e.g. subject, direct object, indirect object, and subject and object predicat ...
A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more
... Rule #5: Use commas to set off clauses that start with which (a nonessential subordinate clause). Rule #6: Don’t use commas to set off clauses that start with that (an essential subordinate clause). On page 95, sentences #17 - #24, underline the subordinate clause in each sentence. Then, circle ...
... Rule #5: Use commas to set off clauses that start with which (a nonessential subordinate clause). Rule #6: Don’t use commas to set off clauses that start with that (an essential subordinate clause). On page 95, sentences #17 - #24, underline the subordinate clause in each sentence. Then, circle ...
present perfect
... 12 tenses in English Sometimes, for convenience, it is helpful to say that there are 12 tenses in English 1: Simple Present 2: Present Perfect 3: Present Continuous 4: Present Perfect Continuous 5: Simple Past 6: Past Perfect 7: Past Continuous 8: Past Perfect Continuous ...
... 12 tenses in English Sometimes, for convenience, it is helpful to say that there are 12 tenses in English 1: Simple Present 2: Present Perfect 3: Present Continuous 4: Present Perfect Continuous 5: Simple Past 6: Past Perfect 7: Past Continuous 8: Past Perfect Continuous ...
Cognate objects in Chinese
... CO NP, in the framework of the Government and Binding theory. The examination will provide a better understanding of cognate objects in Chinese as well as the idea of cognate objects in general. Besides, it will also provide evidence for the status of pronouns as clitics in Chinese and additional ev ...
... CO NP, in the framework of the Government and Binding theory. The examination will provide a better understanding of cognate objects in Chinese as well as the idea of cognate objects in general. Besides, it will also provide evidence for the status of pronouns as clitics in Chinese and additional ev ...
On Phrases and Clauses
... All the highlighted examples in the first two of these three sets clearly have many more things in common with the finite subordinate clauses in the third set than with any kind of phrase. Consequently, there is no denying that they are clauses, even though they do not contain both a subject and a t ...
... All the highlighted examples in the first two of these three sets clearly have many more things in common with the finite subordinate clauses in the third set than with any kind of phrase. Consequently, there is no denying that they are clauses, even though they do not contain both a subject and a t ...
Data Exploration of Sentence Structures and Embellishments in
... less 50% of their sentences of type V2. Children write a larger number of coordinate clauses (V2-V2, V2-V1, other 2 coordinates and other 3 coordinates) when compared to books. Inspecting the data, it can be seen that children create their own grammar rules and forget to split sentences. As children ...
... less 50% of their sentences of type V2. Children write a larger number of coordinate clauses (V2-V2, V2-V1, other 2 coordinates and other 3 coordinates) when compared to books. Inspecting the data, it can be seen that children create their own grammar rules and forget to split sentences. As children ...
Syntactic category information and the semantics of
... It is generally assumed that word-formation rules contain, among other things, information on the semantics of the suffix and the syntactic category (or word-class)1 of possible bases. This is true for both generative approaches to word-formation (à la Aronoff 1976) and traditional work (such as Mar ...
... It is generally assumed that word-formation rules contain, among other things, information on the semantics of the suffix and the syntactic category (or word-class)1 of possible bases. This is true for both generative approaches to word-formation (à la Aronoff 1976) and traditional work (such as Mar ...
Phrases and Clauses - Manhasset Public Schools
... clause (subject and predicate) that DOES NOT MAKE SENSE on its ownit depends on an independent clause to complete a thought. Begins with EITHER a relative pronoun, such as that, which or who, OR a subordinating conjunction, such as: if, after, when, because, although, since, where, even tho ...
... clause (subject and predicate) that DOES NOT MAKE SENSE on its ownit depends on an independent clause to complete a thought. Begins with EITHER a relative pronoun, such as that, which or who, OR a subordinating conjunction, such as: if, after, when, because, although, since, where, even tho ...
Full Paper
... continuants usually mutate to the closest prenasalized non-continuant: roso >serve= = mandroso, /ma.ndru.su/, etc. See K&P and Paul (1996). Many voice affixes are determined by functions whose domains overlap but are not identical. That is, the affixes select their roots, no two select exactly the s ...
... continuants usually mutate to the closest prenasalized non-continuant: roso >serve= = mandroso, /ma.ndru.su/, etc. See K&P and Paul (1996). Many voice affixes are determined by functions whose domains overlap but are not identical. That is, the affixes select their roots, no two select exactly the s ...
Dependent clause
... example, He is the boy I saw is equivalent to He is the boy whom I saw, and I saw the boy you are talking about is equivalent to the more formal I saw the boy about whom you are talking. 3. The relative clause will function as an adjective, answering questions such as "what kind?", "how many?" or " ...
... example, He is the boy I saw is equivalent to He is the boy whom I saw, and I saw the boy you are talking about is equivalent to the more formal I saw the boy about whom you are talking. 3. The relative clause will function as an adjective, answering questions such as "what kind?", "how many?" or " ...
Grammar Practice Workbook Grade 12 Grammar and Composition
... On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite the exercise below. Complete your paragraph by using an appropriate adjective from the words given below the exercise. The (1) _________________ Chinese philosopher Confucius lived from about 551 to about 497 B.C. This period was an (2) _________________ time in ...
... On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite the exercise below. Complete your paragraph by using an appropriate adjective from the words given below the exercise. The (1) _________________ Chinese philosopher Confucius lived from about 551 to about 497 B.C. This period was an (2) _________________ time in ...
Temporal Anteriority of the Arabic Perfect in Relative Clauses
... relative pronoun or a connective particle.‖ (1898 II:4D) It is not clear what is meant by ‗connective particle‘. Of the six examples he gives, one is a relative clause, one a adverbial with ḥaytu ‗ where‘, and four are adverbial clauses with lamma ‗when‘. Also, the examples are form Classic and Qura ...
... relative pronoun or a connective particle.‖ (1898 II:4D) It is not clear what is meant by ‗connective particle‘. Of the six examples he gives, one is a relative clause, one a adverbial with ḥaytu ‗ where‘, and four are adverbial clauses with lamma ‗when‘. Also, the examples are form Classic and Qura ...
8.0 Diagramming Adverb Clauses
... Directions: Diagram the following sentences. Since these clauses are noun clauses, they can do anything that a noun can do. That means that the whole clause will be acting as a subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, or predicate noun. Before you start your diagram, decid ...
... Directions: Diagram the following sentences. Since these clauses are noun clauses, they can do anything that a noun can do. That means that the whole clause will be acting as a subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, or predicate noun. Before you start your diagram, decid ...
A semi-automatic resolution of anaphora and ellipsis in a large
... Hundreds of sentences have already been tectogrammatically tagged as for the main points, including the restoration of most of the deleted items. A more detailed annotation has been achieved, up to now, for about 100 sentences (see below on the difference between the 'large corpus', LC, and the 'mod ...
... Hundreds of sentences have already been tectogrammatically tagged as for the main points, including the restoration of most of the deleted items. A more detailed annotation has been achieved, up to now, for about 100 sentences (see below on the difference between the 'large corpus', LC, and the 'mod ...
4. Modelling Lexical Resources for Slavic Languages in KPML
... when the clause it is part of is in active voice and its OBJECT is realized as a nominal group, that nominal group should be in the dative case rather than the accusative case (which would be the default case for realizing an OBJECT as nominal group with a clause in active voice). Thus, we need to o ...
... when the clause it is part of is in active voice and its OBJECT is realized as a nominal group, that nominal group should be in the dative case rather than the accusative case (which would be the default case for realizing an OBJECT as nominal group with a clause in active voice). Thus, we need to o ...
Pronouns - OpenWriting.Org Home
... 6. They must have said to themselves, “We can do this!” (the “saying” is directed to “they”) ...
... 6. They must have said to themselves, “We can do this!” (the “saying” is directed to “they”) ...
Pronouns - OpenWriting.Org
... Pronouns must always agree in person, number and gender with their antecedents. Here are some examples: 1. If a person wants to write an essay, he or she should start with a pre-writing technique. (the antecedent is singular, so the pronouns are singular as well) 2. If people want to write essays, t ...
... Pronouns must always agree in person, number and gender with their antecedents. Here are some examples: 1. If a person wants to write an essay, he or she should start with a pre-writing technique. (the antecedent is singular, so the pronouns are singular as well) 2. If people want to write essays, t ...
Slide 1
... Lincoln, speaking from notes on an old __ the famous Gettysburg Address in only two minutes time. (A) (B) ...
... Lincoln, speaking from notes on an old __ the famous Gettysburg Address in only two minutes time. (A) (B) ...
Conversation level : intermediate (l1)
... adjective. The first elements always in the singular, even if it has a plural sense , except if it exists only in the plural form or if there is ask of ambiguity Example. Sky boots, a clothes factory , a goods-train (ask of ambiguity of “good” was in the singular) Note: The same compound noun can ...
... adjective. The first elements always in the singular, even if it has a plural sense , except if it exists only in the plural form or if there is ask of ambiguity Example. Sky boots, a clothes factory , a goods-train (ask of ambiguity of “good” was in the singular) Note: The same compound noun can ...
Towards a structural typology of verb classes
... nominal arguments. (Verbs with zero valency are extremely rare – one possible semantic class of this kind are weather verbs, such as Latin pluit ‘it rains’, however, note that English uses here an expletive pronoun, which masks the verb to be intransitive.) Besides that, verbs are subclassified of w ...
... nominal arguments. (Verbs with zero valency are extremely rare – one possible semantic class of this kind are weather verbs, such as Latin pluit ‘it rains’, however, note that English uses here an expletive pronoun, which masks the verb to be intransitive.) Besides that, verbs are subclassified of w ...