Practice - Royal Holloway
... understand it thoroughly, you will remember it better as well. One of the main hurdles you will encounter to begin with is the Latin word order, which can be quite different from English. This course is the first one ever to try to explain Latin word order systematically from the earliest stages. ...
... understand it thoroughly, you will remember it better as well. One of the main hurdles you will encounter to begin with is the Latin word order, which can be quite different from English. This course is the first one ever to try to explain Latin word order systematically from the earliest stages. ...
Sentence Diagraming G L
... A simple subject may have more than one word. For example, it may be a compound noun, such as White House, or a person’s full name, such as President William Henry Harrison. A simple predicate, or verb, may also have more than one word. A main verb with its helping, or auxiliary, verbs is called a v ...
... A simple subject may have more than one word. For example, it may be a compound noun, such as White House, or a person’s full name, such as President William Henry Harrison. A simple predicate, or verb, may also have more than one word. A main verb with its helping, or auxiliary, verbs is called a v ...
Reflexivity and adjustment strategies at the interfaces
... between the valence of the lexical entry of the verb and the requirements of the syntax in order for the derivation to converge at the C-I interface. These clitics are syntactic arguments. Nevertheless, they are not interpreted as semantic arguments since they violate the double chain condition, whi ...
... between the valence of the lexical entry of the verb and the requirements of the syntax in order for the derivation to converge at the C-I interface. These clitics are syntactic arguments. Nevertheless, they are not interpreted as semantic arguments since they violate the double chain condition, whi ...
Auxiliaries in spoken Sinhala
... Auxiliaries have been studied under various aspects in a multitude of theoretical frameworks (Heine 1993). Accordingly, there is more than one definition of the term auxiliary. The present study adopts the framework of grammaticalization theory (Heine and Traugott 1991, Hopper and Traugott 1993) and ...
... Auxiliaries have been studied under various aspects in a multitude of theoretical frameworks (Heine 1993). Accordingly, there is more than one definition of the term auxiliary. The present study adopts the framework of grammaticalization theory (Heine and Traugott 1991, Hopper and Traugott 1993) and ...
Temporal Anteriority of the Arabic Perfect in Relative Clauses
... Having an interest both for literary fiction and grammar, I started to work on this paper with the intention of investigating how Arabic verb forms signal movement in narrative time; to what extent and under which circumstances the Perfect constitute a step forward in time in that it sequences event ...
... Having an interest both for literary fiction and grammar, I started to work on this paper with the intention of investigating how Arabic verb forms signal movement in narrative time; to what extent and under which circumstances the Perfect constitute a step forward in time in that it sequences event ...
how to speak and write correctly
... Vocabulary—Parts of Speech—Requisites It is very easy to learn how to speak and write correctly, as for all purposes of ordinary conversation and communication, only about 2,000 different words are required. The mastery of just twenty hundred words, the knowing where to place them, will make us not ...
... Vocabulary—Parts of Speech—Requisites It is very easy to learn how to speak and write correctly, as for all purposes of ordinary conversation and communication, only about 2,000 different words are required. The mastery of just twenty hundred words, the knowing where to place them, will make us not ...
1 Liliane Haegeman UFR Angellier Introducing some basic
... and (I) wish I had acquired something …(I) drive off east towards my Alma Mater…. (I) recall seminars by coal fires. (I) remember also hot dates. …(I) drive through Barford, Burford, Bletchley and Bedford. (I) deplore (the) failure of (the) Anglo-Saxon imagination when naming towns. … (I) arrive at ...
... and (I) wish I had acquired something …(I) drive off east towards my Alma Mater…. (I) recall seminars by coal fires. (I) remember also hot dates. …(I) drive through Barford, Burford, Bletchley and Bedford. (I) deplore (the) failure of (the) Anglo-Saxon imagination when naming towns. … (I) arrive at ...
Appendix - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... is consulted cannot serve as the subject of the sentence. MIXED-UP SENTENCE ...
... is consulted cannot serve as the subject of the sentence. MIXED-UP SENTENCE ...
The english language - the WAC Clearinghouse
... elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit speakers’ and writers’ discourse purposes. The English Language avoids presenting the language as set of arbitrary facts by grounding its conclusions in the analytic methods that hav ...
... elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit speakers’ and writers’ discourse purposes. The English Language avoids presenting the language as set of arbitrary facts by grounding its conclusions in the analytic methods that hav ...
Suspension Across Domains - Jonathan Bobaljik
... embedded clauses often goes along the following continuum: finite » subjunctive » infinitive » raising. QR in English poses an odd puzzle: it is possible from control and ECM infinitives, as well as subjunctive clauses, but not from finite clauses (at one end of this continuum), nor from raising con ...
... embedded clauses often goes along the following continuum: finite » subjunctive » infinitive » raising. QR in English poses an odd puzzle: it is possible from control and ECM infinitives, as well as subjunctive clauses, but not from finite clauses (at one end of this continuum), nor from raising con ...
Using Modifiers Correctly
... 12. For instance, she taught us to wrap thread behind buttons we sew on, so that they will be more easier to button. 13. We learned how to make skirts, blouses, and all sorts of other things, and now there isn't hardly anything we can't make. 14. I was sad when we left Grandma's house, but I like ou ...
... 12. For instance, she taught us to wrap thread behind buttons we sew on, so that they will be more easier to button. 13. We learned how to make skirts, blouses, and all sorts of other things, and now there isn't hardly anything we can't make. 14. I was sad when we left Grandma's house, but I like ou ...
Towards the Extraction of
... To obtain the terminology of a specific domain, as well as the corresponding definitions of every term, terminologists could either consult specialists, or could consult texts in the area. In order to simplify this last option, computational terminology has developed some tools to facilitate textual ...
... To obtain the terminology of a specific domain, as well as the corresponding definitions of every term, terminologists could either consult specialists, or could consult texts in the area. In order to simplify this last option, computational terminology has developed some tools to facilitate textual ...
Case of Personal Pronouns
... as the goddess of agriculture? 2Hades, (who/whom) ruled the underworld, admired Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and he kidnapped her. 3Persephone, (who/whom) Hades made queen of the underworld, could not escape. 4Demeter, (who/whom) had grown angry at the loss of her daughter, refused to allow ...
... as the goddess of agriculture? 2Hades, (who/whom) ruled the underworld, admired Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and he kidnapped her. 3Persephone, (who/whom) Hades made queen of the underworld, could not escape. 4Demeter, (who/whom) had grown angry at the loss of her daughter, refused to allow ...
Cumulativity and Countability in Karitiana Verbs* Luciana Sanchez
... quantification perspective. It has some singular properties that made it a very good object of investigation in this topic and in related ones. Karitiana doesn't have determiner quantification neither number marking in the nominal domain. Bare nouns occur freely as arguments and they have cumulative ...
... quantification perspective. It has some singular properties that made it a very good object of investigation in this topic and in related ones. Karitiana doesn't have determiner quantification neither number marking in the nominal domain. Bare nouns occur freely as arguments and they have cumulative ...
Report of group II of the GU project in MT research
... units; the latter are those included under the classification "indirectly governed". It is the directly governing noun(s) or noun substitute(s) which determine(s) the possibilities for the remainder of a nominal block and thus serve(s) as the fulcrum (fulcra): thus, for instance, the number and gend ...
... units; the latter are those included under the classification "indirectly governed". It is the directly governing noun(s) or noun substitute(s) which determine(s) the possibilities for the remainder of a nominal block and thus serve(s) as the fulcrum (fulcra): thus, for instance, the number and gend ...
The Prepositional Phrase
... 11.around the house A preposition is a word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction, place, time, cause, manner and amount. In the sentence She went to the store, to is a preposition which shows direction. In the sentence He came by bus, by is ...
... 11.around the house A preposition is a word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction, place, time, cause, manner and amount. In the sentence She went to the store, to is a preposition which shows direction. In the sentence He came by bus, by is ...
Remarks on the Passive Voice in English and Romanian
... And here is the more detailed theoretical presentation of the overall picture of Voice, as its main elements are defined in The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar: “voice. A grammatical category which in English provides two different ways (ACTIVE and PASSIVE) of viewing the action of the verb. Vo ...
... And here is the more detailed theoretical presentation of the overall picture of Voice, as its main elements are defined in The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar: “voice. A grammatical category which in English provides two different ways (ACTIVE and PASSIVE) of viewing the action of the verb. Vo ...
Grammar
... sentence using the correct punctuation and capitalization. 3. bring me a pencil from the desk ...
... sentence using the correct punctuation and capitalization. 3. bring me a pencil from the desk ...
A Text-based Grammar for Expository Writing
... sentences. The final chapter provides students with practice in the grammatical forms that enable them to report and integrate the ideas of others in their own writing. As students practice grammatical forms in all these chapters, they learn and apply the punctuation rules required by the context of ...
... sentences. The final chapter provides students with practice in the grammatical forms that enable them to report and integrate the ideas of others in their own writing. As students practice grammatical forms in all these chapters, they learn and apply the punctuation rules required by the context of ...
gerund clauses - E
... The distribution of the ing suffix is limited by the requirement that it should attach to verbs, i.e. that it must check a verbal [+V] feature. This amounts to saying that ing attaches to either verbs or verbal projections, appearing either as a suffix or as an inflectional head, as discussed in the ...
... The distribution of the ing suffix is limited by the requirement that it should attach to verbs, i.e. that it must check a verbal [+V] feature. This amounts to saying that ing attaches to either verbs or verbal projections, appearing either as a suffix or as an inflectional head, as discussed in the ...
Catenae in Morphology
... theory is characterized by putting valencybearing lexical items at center stage. Assuming that non-lexical material is somehow subsumed by lexical material seems on a logical trajectory. But research in typology, foremost Bybee (1985), has confirmed that affixes as expressions of valency, voice, asp ...
... theory is characterized by putting valencybearing lexical items at center stage. Assuming that non-lexical material is somehow subsumed by lexical material seems on a logical trajectory. But research in typology, foremost Bybee (1985), has confirmed that affixes as expressions of valency, voice, asp ...
to-infinitive clauses
... (5) 〔PP Under the stairs〕 was a safe area to be during the war. (5) Was under the stairs a safe area to be during the war? (6) 〔PP Outside the fridge〕 is a bad place to keep milk. (6) Is outside the fridge a bad place to keep milk? (7) 〔PP After Saturday〕 would be a good time to go away for a few da ...
... (5) 〔PP Under the stairs〕 was a safe area to be during the war. (5) Was under the stairs a safe area to be during the war? (6) 〔PP Outside the fridge〕 is a bad place to keep milk. (6) Is outside the fridge a bad place to keep milk? (7) 〔PP After Saturday〕 would be a good time to go away for a few da ...
Old Irish pronouns: agreement affixes vs. clitic arguments.
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
... The Old Irish verbal complex is made up of a several parts. Mandatory are the verb stem and ending. The former indicates tense and mood, while the latter indicates person and number. In addition, there may also be a conjunct particle, one or more preverbs, and an object marker. Conjunct particles in ...
ra - Stichting Papua Erfgoed
... lexical main accent, precedes accented syllable lexical secondary accent, precedes accented syllable accent in connected speech, precedes accented syllable (grave accent) over a vowel: falling pitch (acute accent) over a vowel: rising pitch (bar) over vowels in a sequence: allegro speech varies with ...
... lexical main accent, precedes accented syllable lexical secondary accent, precedes accented syllable accent in connected speech, precedes accented syllable (grave accent) over a vowel: falling pitch (acute accent) over a vowel: rising pitch (bar) over vowels in a sequence: allegro speech varies with ...
Subjunctives: How much left periphery do you need? Manuela
... The second problem we have detected concerning subjunctive is that little attention has been paid to the information structure of subjunctive sentences. The exceptions have been Kempchinsky (2008) and Baunaz et al. (2013). For the former desiderative verbs are not compatible with contrastive focus i ...
... The second problem we have detected concerning subjunctive is that little attention has been paid to the information structure of subjunctive sentences. The exceptions have been Kempchinsky (2008) and Baunaz et al. (2013). For the former desiderative verbs are not compatible with contrastive focus i ...