Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
... I did the planning after he made reservations. When he phoned this morning, he was unable to reach the senator. The examples show that the main idea can come at the beginning or at the end of the sentence. When the dependent idea comes first, it must be separated from the main idea with a comma. ...
... I did the planning after he made reservations. When he phoned this morning, he was unable to reach the senator. The examples show that the main idea can come at the beginning or at the end of the sentence. When the dependent idea comes first, it must be separated from the main idea with a comma. ...
2 X-bar Syntax
... the solution we have sketched with rules ( 5) and ( 7) cannot be said to be „wrong“ in any sense. We can at best find it less convincing and therefore discard it. We had to take a decision as to how the underlying structure of a sentence could look like. While we had good arguments for this decision ...
... the solution we have sketched with rules ( 5) and ( 7) cannot be said to be „wrong“ in any sense. We can at best find it less convincing and therefore discard it. We had to take a decision as to how the underlying structure of a sentence could look like. While we had good arguments for this decision ...
EN - English Grammar for the Utterly Confused
... All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations ...
... All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations ...
The Writing Center
... Objectives: Through computer and other independent work, this activity will familiarize you with and help you create sentences with accurate participial adjectives. Activities (approximately 1 hour): Read the information, then follow the steps below and be prepared to discuss your answers when you m ...
... Objectives: Through computer and other independent work, this activity will familiarize you with and help you create sentences with accurate participial adjectives. Activities (approximately 1 hour): Read the information, then follow the steps below and be prepared to discuss your answers when you m ...
View - Ministry of Education, Guyana
... The initial draft curriculum materials have been subjected to evaluation, by Heads of Departments, from all ten Administration Regions and Georgetown and they have been subsequently revised to reflect the views expressed by teachers. The revised curriculum materials are now published as National Cur ...
... The initial draft curriculum materials have been subjected to evaluation, by Heads of Departments, from all ten Administration Regions and Georgetown and they have been subsequently revised to reflect the views expressed by teachers. The revised curriculum materials are now published as National Cur ...
Nouns as Adjectives and Adjectives as Nouns
... properties). However, such an ideal world is not our world. In practice it is notoriously difficult to differentiate word classes, either in a particular language, or universally. In this paper we ask very general questions about the nature of word classes on the basis of an examination of seldom di ...
... properties). However, such an ideal world is not our world. In practice it is notoriously difficult to differentiate word classes, either in a particular language, or universally. In this paper we ask very general questions about the nature of word classes on the basis of an examination of seldom di ...
Introduction 142 FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR by Martin Kay The term
... (35) describes either sentences or verbs or noun phrases. Nothing is said about the constituency of the verbs or noun phrases described-they are terminal constituents. The sentences have either two or three constituents depending on the choice made in the embedded alternation. All constituents must ...
... (35) describes either sentences or verbs or noun phrases. Nothing is said about the constituency of the verbs or noun phrases described-they are terminal constituents. The sentences have either two or three constituents depending on the choice made in the embedded alternation. All constituents must ...
on finiteness - Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
... the two forms of the Indikativ and only marginally deal with the Konjunktiv, whose functions are hard to determine and subject to much variation. For the following discussion, a brief look at the composition of a finite form such as geht will be useful. This form has two components - the bare verb s ...
... the two forms of the Indikativ and only marginally deal with the Konjunktiv, whose functions are hard to determine and subject to much variation. For the following discussion, a brief look at the composition of a finite form such as geht will be useful. This form has two components - the bare verb s ...
Notes on the formation and usage of subjunctive
... We believe that the subjunctive is something that is learned mechanically. You learn a number of expressions or verbs which always take the subjunctive, learn and practice them, and eventually you will remember to use the subjunctive form after them. Therefore, in this spirit, we are going to offer ...
... We believe that the subjunctive is something that is learned mechanically. You learn a number of expressions or verbs which always take the subjunctive, learn and practice them, and eventually you will remember to use the subjunctive form after them. Therefore, in this spirit, we are going to offer ...
Syntactic overview
... non-canonical clauses. In each case the canonical clause is syntactically more basic or elementary than the non-canonical one. The examples in [1i] differ in polarity, with [a] positive and [b] negative. In this example, the negative differs from the positive not just by virtue of the negative marke ...
... non-canonical clauses. In each case the canonical clause is syntactically more basic or elementary than the non-canonical one. The examples in [1i] differ in polarity, with [a] positive and [b] negative. In this example, the negative differs from the positive not just by virtue of the negative marke ...
Rethinking Subject Agreement in Swahili
... Carstens (1993) proposes that class prefixes are in fact number prefixes, and that class affiliation is determined by a lexical gender feature on the root. In her proposal, vijana is of class 1/2 on the basis of the lexical gender feature of the root jana, explaining the occurrence of the correspond ...
... Carstens (1993) proposes that class prefixes are in fact number prefixes, and that class affiliation is determined by a lexical gender feature on the root. In her proposal, vijana is of class 1/2 on the basis of the lexical gender feature of the root jana, explaining the occurrence of the correspond ...
Explaining similarities between main clauses and nominalized
... and the former nominalized verb becoming the new main verb. As a consequence of this reanalysis, the marking of the core arguments of the former nominalization gains a new status: the possessor marking is reanalyzed as marking a core argument (attested examples include GENITIVE > NOMINATIVE, ACCUSAT ...
... and the former nominalized verb becoming the new main verb. As a consequence of this reanalysis, the marking of the core arguments of the former nominalization gains a new status: the possessor marking is reanalyzed as marking a core argument (attested examples include GENITIVE > NOMINATIVE, ACCUSAT ...
THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD Pattern: The subjunctive mood is used
... The first sentence uses the verb form tiene (present tense indicative form of tener), while the second uses tenga (present tense subjunctive form of tener). This is because the second sentence contradicts reality and expresses doubt by saying yo no creo... (I don't believe...). When to use the subju ...
... The first sentence uses the verb form tiene (present tense indicative form of tener), while the second uses tenga (present tense subjunctive form of tener). This is because the second sentence contradicts reality and expresses doubt by saying yo no creo... (I don't believe...). When to use the subju ...
The Sentence Pattern Built on Linking Verbs
... In both sentences, the noun animals is a subject complement that identifies the subject Otters. In sentence b, we added the adjective playful to describe the noun animals. ...
... In both sentences, the noun animals is a subject complement that identifies the subject Otters. In sentence b, we added the adjective playful to describe the noun animals. ...
Andrzej Wilanowski Transitiveness of passive forms in Homer
... in some cases when the subject is animate and the sentence is transitive e.g. This cat irritates her. In this case, although it is obvious that the cat is the agent, it is not clear without any contextual information if it acts or if the irritation is only the woman’s reaction to the cat’s existence ...
... in some cases when the subject is animate and the sentence is transitive e.g. This cat irritates her. In this case, although it is obvious that the cat is the agent, it is not clear without any contextual information if it acts or if the irritation is only the woman’s reaction to the cat’s existence ...
The Dependency Structure of Coordinate Phrases
... Hudson (1990) offers a proposal for the dependency structure of coordinate phrases. Under this proposal, the words within a conjunct form dependency relations with one another in the normal way. The head of each conjunct then makes connections to words outside the coordinate phrase. (Actually, each ...
... Hudson (1990) offers a proposal for the dependency structure of coordinate phrases. Under this proposal, the words within a conjunct form dependency relations with one another in the normal way. The head of each conjunct then makes connections to words outside the coordinate phrase. (Actually, each ...
paper - Ohlone - University of California, Santa Cruz
... ‘People used to believe in all those old stories long ago.’ ...
... ‘People used to believe in all those old stories long ago.’ ...
writing an effective technical report
... Separate findings in a report may be of greater interest to certain groups. To aid the reader not become bogged down, the report should be laid out suitably. Technical people, adopt a passive attitude about their work. "My business is knowledge, not manipulation." The truth is, it is impossible to a ...
... Separate findings in a report may be of greater interest to certain groups. To aid the reader not become bogged down, the report should be laid out suitably. Technical people, adopt a passive attitude about their work. "My business is knowledge, not manipulation." The truth is, it is impossible to a ...
Emai Separation Verbs and Telicity
... locus of separation in an acted-on object shifted from high to low, with SLICE events being high, CHOP events midway and SMASH events low. Along another, speaker assignment of verbs to video clips appeared to be guided by instrument type: whether separation occurred by a bladed instrument (CUT event ...
... locus of separation in an acted-on object shifted from high to low, with SLICE events being high, CHOP events midway and SMASH events low. Along another, speaker assignment of verbs to video clips appeared to be guided by instrument type: whether separation occurred by a bladed instrument (CUT event ...
Absolute Phrase - jeffrey scott longstaff
... independent clause by adding one verb (for example: “is”, “was”, or “were”). In a few other cases, when the word “being” is used in the absolute phrase, it can be changed into another form of “to be” (such as “is”, “was”, or “were”) to create an independent clause. Sometimes the word “having” is use ...
... independent clause by adding one verb (for example: “is”, “was”, or “were”). In a few other cases, when the word “being” is used in the absolute phrase, it can be changed into another form of “to be” (such as “is”, “was”, or “were”) to create an independent clause. Sometimes the word “having” is use ...
The verb krijgen `to get` as an undative verb
... like de storm ‘the tempest’: De storm brak het raam ‘The storm broke the window’. ...
... like de storm ‘the tempest’: De storm brak het raam ‘The storm broke the window’. ...
Developing language resources for English
... data in multiple languages (multilingual corpus). Multilingual corpora that have been specially formatted for side-by-side comparison are called aligned parallel corpora. In order to make the corpora more useful for doing linguistic research, they are often subjected to a process known as annotation ...
... data in multiple languages (multilingual corpus). Multilingual corpora that have been specially formatted for side-by-side comparison are called aligned parallel corpora. In order to make the corpora more useful for doing linguistic research, they are often subjected to a process known as annotation ...
in Word format
... parser developed for this purpose is described in R. Garside, G. Leech and G. Sampson (eds), The Computational Analysis of English: a Corpus-based Approach, London: Longman, 1987, Chapter 6. In practice, this goal proved too ambitious, and we ran the parser over only the 145 text extracts as listed ...
... parser developed for this purpose is described in R. Garside, G. Leech and G. Sampson (eds), The Computational Analysis of English: a Corpus-based Approach, London: Longman, 1987, Chapter 6. In practice, this goal proved too ambitious, and we ran the parser over only the 145 text extracts as listed ...
Eat it! - Haverford School District
... Ella les escribe a sus padres una carta. Ella les escribe a ustedes una carta. Sometimes a prepositional phrase is added not for clarity, but rather for emphasis. Juan me da a mí el dinero. John gives me the money. (emphasizing that the money is given to me and not to someone else) Juan te da a ti ...
... Ella les escribe a sus padres una carta. Ella les escribe a ustedes una carta. Sometimes a prepositional phrase is added not for clarity, but rather for emphasis. Juan me da a mí el dinero. John gives me the money. (emphasizing that the money is given to me and not to someone else) Juan te da a ti ...
The REQUIRED 6 credit Spanish language course
... Using a variety of styles to produce texts on a wide range of themes Following the rules of gender agreement in written work Listening Listening to oral speech that is not clearly structured Listening to TV programs and films with ease Identifying implied attitudes and relationships between speakers ...
... Using a variety of styles to produce texts on a wide range of themes Following the rules of gender agreement in written work Listening Listening to oral speech that is not clearly structured Listening to TV programs and films with ease Identifying implied attitudes and relationships between speakers ...