Clauses and Subordinate Clauses
... wonderful blend of unique sights, sounds, and smells. _______ 2. As I walked down the pier one weekend last summer, I noticed a cook dressed all in white tossing pizza dough to lure hungry customers. _______ 3. Near him I saw cooks who were roasting and baking all kinds of seafood. _______ 4. Among ...
... wonderful blend of unique sights, sounds, and smells. _______ 2. As I walked down the pier one weekend last summer, I noticed a cook dressed all in white tossing pizza dough to lure hungry customers. _______ 3. Near him I saw cooks who were roasting and baking all kinds of seafood. _______ 4. Among ...
Bare nominals and incorporating verbs in Spanish and Catalan
... interpretive conditions on the resulting verb phrase (described in detail below) are satisfied. However, we will see shortly that, in contrast, the class of verbs that can take object BNs is heavily constrained by the grammar. In order to motivate our syntactic and semantic analysis, we must first c ...
... interpretive conditions on the resulting verb phrase (described in detail below) are satisfied. However, we will see shortly that, in contrast, the class of verbs that can take object BNs is heavily constrained by the grammar. In order to motivate our syntactic and semantic analysis, we must first c ...
A Linguistic Approach to Translating the English Past Perfect Aspect
... Arabic when translating the English past perfect aspect has always posed challenges to translators. One of the reasons could be that the past tense and its relevant aspects have been poorly elaborated on in the literature. Generally, the Arabic syntax sheds more light on three tenses, the present, t ...
... Arabic when translating the English past perfect aspect has always posed challenges to translators. One of the reasons could be that the past tense and its relevant aspects have been poorly elaborated on in the literature. Generally, the Arabic syntax sheds more light on three tenses, the present, t ...
1 Possessive voice in Wolof: A rara type of valency operator 1
... This system of valency alternations calls for some remarks. First, notice that a passive derivation is missing in this inventory. Second, Wolof includes in its system a derivation –le that I call possessive. This suffix will be detailed in the following sections. Third, even if most of these derivat ...
... This system of valency alternations calls for some remarks. First, notice that a passive derivation is missing in this inventory. Second, Wolof includes in its system a derivation –le that I call possessive. This suffix will be detailed in the following sections. Third, even if most of these derivat ...
The Use of Passive Voice in the Constitution of the United States
... Some examples where a bare passive does have an overt subject: All things considered, we’re lucky not to have been sued for a lot more. (short) My house wrecked by a tornado is something I don’t ever want to see. (long) Because the verb is in the past participle form, such clauses are always nonfini ...
... Some examples where a bare passive does have an overt subject: All things considered, we’re lucky not to have been sued for a lot more. (short) My house wrecked by a tornado is something I don’t ever want to see. (long) Because the verb is in the past participle form, such clauses are always nonfini ...
New Chapter 4 - University of Arizona
... In what follows we can see that in general, verbal coordination could be considered balanced in Yaqui. The concept of verbal balanced coordination as used here refers to a situation where both coordinated verbs are inflected in the ordinary way by tense, aspect and mood, and various agreement featur ...
... In what follows we can see that in general, verbal coordination could be considered balanced in Yaqui. The concept of verbal balanced coordination as used here refers to a situation where both coordinated verbs are inflected in the ordinary way by tense, aspect and mood, and various agreement featur ...
Rules and tools - Excellence Gateway
... Prepositions (e.g. at, up ,in ) are added to verbs (e.g. go, get) to make phrasal verb (e.g. go away, get at) which has a meaning of its own. This meaning is often very different to the meaning of the original verb. Phrasal verbs can take the same range of tenses as other verbs. e.g.They’re putting ...
... Prepositions (e.g. at, up ,in ) are added to verbs (e.g. go, get) to make phrasal verb (e.g. go away, get at) which has a meaning of its own. This meaning is often very different to the meaning of the original verb. Phrasal verbs can take the same range of tenses as other verbs. e.g.They’re putting ...
Clausal Subordination and the Structure of the Verbal Phrase
... In this paper,1 I will present an analysis of clausal subordination that mobilises both direct recursion and a proform-based strategy, each addressing different subspecies of embedding of a clause within a larger clause. The empirical discussion will be based on data from Dutch, German, and Hungaria ...
... In this paper,1 I will present an analysis of clausal subordination that mobilises both direct recursion and a proform-based strategy, each addressing different subspecies of embedding of a clause within a larger clause. The empirical discussion will be based on data from Dutch, German, and Hungaria ...
The Nominative + Infinitive construction and the Accusative +
... Several types of empirical data prove this point. a) There are subjects which are s-selected or even l-selected by particular verbs. All these may appear, not only with the respective verbs, but also across the verbs seem, appear, etc. Such is the case of it, there, of idiomatic subjects, listed in ...
... Several types of empirical data prove this point. a) There are subjects which are s-selected or even l-selected by particular verbs. All these may appear, not only with the respective verbs, but also across the verbs seem, appear, etc. Such is the case of it, there, of idiomatic subjects, listed in ...
6 Adverb Phrase - E
... The adverbial phrases fill only the peripheral slots in clause level constructions, and the modifier slots at phrase level. The adverb phrases may include single adverbs filling modifier slots at phrase level, or they may be of head-modifier, coordinate, or axis-relator types. The single adverbs may ...
... The adverbial phrases fill only the peripheral slots in clause level constructions, and the modifier slots at phrase level. The adverb phrases may include single adverbs filling modifier slots at phrase level, or they may be of head-modifier, coordinate, or axis-relator types. The single adverbs may ...
A Study for Disambiguation of Japanese Compound Verbs
... syntactic roles and semantic relations between each constituent as criteria for classification into a semantic cluster. Each constituent of a JCV has syntactic roles such as dependency to a noun phrase and suffix usage. We refer to any JCV component verb that requires a complement as a main verb, an ...
... syntactic roles and semantic relations between each constituent as criteria for classification into a semantic cluster. Each constituent of a JCV has syntactic roles such as dependency to a noun phrase and suffix usage. We refer to any JCV component verb that requires a complement as a main verb, an ...
THE SYARIAH FINANCIAL STUDIES
... A. Reading for an Overview, or in Detail It is always helpful to start by obtaining an overview of any material. If it is a book, look to the contents list first. Consider how the text (either of the book as a whole or a specific chapter) is broken down. Similarly, many articles are devided into dif ...
... A. Reading for an Overview, or in Detail It is always helpful to start by obtaining an overview of any material. If it is a book, look to the contents list first. Consider how the text (either of the book as a whole or a specific chapter) is broken down. Similarly, many articles are devided into dif ...
english - Ressursmateriell: Introducing English Grammar
... d. 1 I will always love you. (Will is an auxiliary – it occurs just after the subject and means roughly “want to”.) 2 Were you there for the reading of his will? (Will is a noun – it occurs just after a determiner and is not followed by a main verb.) e. 1 It was getting dark. (Dark is an ...
... d. 1 I will always love you. (Will is an auxiliary – it occurs just after the subject and means roughly “want to”.) 2 Were you there for the reading of his will? (Will is a noun – it occurs just after a determiner and is not followed by a main verb.) e. 1 It was getting dark. (Dark is an ...
Interfaces as locus of historical change
... I embed the hypothesis within Harris and Campbell's (1995) approach to historical syntax and adopt their strong proposal that there are only a limited number of mechanisms of syntactic change, namely Reanalysis, Extension, and Borrowing. In addition to these major mechanisms they posit a set of oper ...
... I embed the hypothesis within Harris and Campbell's (1995) approach to historical syntax and adopt their strong proposal that there are only a limited number of mechanisms of syntactic change, namely Reanalysis, Extension, and Borrowing. In addition to these major mechanisms they posit a set of oper ...
infinitive clauses - E
... clauses. While (most) control constructions accept subjunctive paraphrases, (most) raising constructions take indicative paraphrases, as the examples above indicate. ...
... clauses. While (most) control constructions accept subjunctive paraphrases, (most) raising constructions take indicative paraphrases, as the examples above indicate. ...
Towards a structural typology of verb classes
... intransitive verbs have one, transitive verbs have two, and ditransitive verbs have three 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 pro ...
... intransitive verbs have one, transitive verbs have two, and ditransitive verbs have three 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 pro ...
Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1
... 30. Does that seem like a lot of money to you ? 31. When did Americans begin going to Alaska ? 32. Americans began going to Alaska during the 1890s and 1900s . 33. They went there to look for gold . 34. Large amounts of “black gold” were discovered in Alaska in 1968 . 35. What is “black gold” ? 36. ...
... 30. Does that seem like a lot of money to you ? 31. When did Americans begin going to Alaska ? 32. Americans began going to Alaska during the 1890s and 1900s . 33. They went there to look for gold . 34. Large amounts of “black gold” were discovered in Alaska in 1968 . 35. What is “black gold” ? 36. ...
a contrastive study of igbo and english affixation
... criticism and guidance of my supervisor, Dr. Chinyere Ngonebu in all the stages of this study. Dr., may God grant all your heart desires. I am thankful to all my lecturers, whose teaching, encouragements and elation have made me to complete this work. I cannot mention them by name but, to all of you ...
... criticism and guidance of my supervisor, Dr. Chinyere Ngonebu in all the stages of this study. Dr., may God grant all your heart desires. I am thankful to all my lecturers, whose teaching, encouragements and elation have made me to complete this work. I cannot mention them by name but, to all of you ...
COPULAR INVERSION AND NON-SUBJECT AGREEMENT Alex
... In this paper we build on the claim in Alsina (2007) that the agreeing postverbal DP in CI is not the subject, but the complement of the copula. But we depart from Alsina (2007) in claiming that in CI the verb really agrees with the complement and that CI is not an instance of covert subject agreeme ...
... In this paper we build on the claim in Alsina (2007) that the agreeing postverbal DP in CI is not the subject, but the complement of the copula. But we depart from Alsina (2007) in claiming that in CI the verb really agrees with the complement and that CI is not an instance of covert subject agreeme ...
the english tongue. - Cunningham Memorial Library
... familiar with every dialect of Greek, and every variety of classical style, there should be so few who have really made themselves acquainted with the origin, the nlstory, and the gradual developmeut into Its present form of that mother wugue which 18 already spoken over half the world, and which em ...
... familiar with every dialect of Greek, and every variety of classical style, there should be so few who have really made themselves acquainted with the origin, the nlstory, and the gradual developmeut into Its present form of that mother wugue which 18 already spoken over half the world, and which em ...
Lesson 12 | NTGreek In Session
... 12.1 General Introduction to Adjectives Adjectives are an important part of speech in English and Greek. Both languages abound with them and share certain traits. An overview concerning adjectives is first outlined with an emphasis upon how they function in English before comparing and contrasting t ...
... 12.1 General Introduction to Adjectives Adjectives are an important part of speech in English and Greek. Both languages abound with them and share certain traits. An overview concerning adjectives is first outlined with an emphasis upon how they function in English before comparing and contrasting t ...
SAT/PSAT Grammar
... Another way to approach pronouns in comparisons is to realize that comparisons usually omit words. For example, it’s grammatically correct to say, Johanna is stronger than Tom, but that phrase is actually an abbreviated version of what you’re really saying. The long version is, Johanna is stronger t ...
... Another way to approach pronouns in comparisons is to realize that comparisons usually omit words. For example, it’s grammatically correct to say, Johanna is stronger than Tom, but that phrase is actually an abbreviated version of what you’re really saying. The long version is, Johanna is stronger t ...
Moroccan Arabic - Department of Computer Science and Information
... them and yourself with how well you know the language. When that time arrives, your hard work will have been worth it. like you ...
... them and yourself with how well you know the language. When that time arrives, your hard work will have been worth it. like you ...
Lexical aspect in English
... the is important, especially in relation to BEGIN and START in view of: (10) The mechanic started the engine *The mechanic began the engine 3. Initiation, Progressivity and Termination We must now look in more detail at the three types of verbs suggested -- those of inception, progressivity and term ...
... the is important, especially in relation to BEGIN and START in view of: (10) The mechanic started the engine *The mechanic began the engine 3. Initiation, Progressivity and Termination We must now look in more detail at the three types of verbs suggested -- those of inception, progressivity and term ...
A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive
... The aim of this article is to describe the infinitive in Northern Sotho based on corpus data and the respective literature; so far, all share the same view: The infinitive is a noun (of class 15) and a verb at the same time – ‘it manifests both nominal as well as verbal features’ (Poulos & Louwrens, ...
... The aim of this article is to describe the infinitive in Northern Sotho based on corpus data and the respective literature; so far, all share the same view: The infinitive is a noun (of class 15) and a verb at the same time – ‘it manifests both nominal as well as verbal features’ (Poulos & Louwrens, ...