Clause Types
... you you T VP T VP can can lead a horse make him to water drink since there must be a CP in the second clause, for SAI, then there must ALSO be a CP in the first clause. Therefore all ©Andrew Carnie, 2006clauses have a CP, even if the C head is null. ...
... you you T VP T VP can can lead a horse make him to water drink since there must be a CP in the second clause, for SAI, then there must ALSO be a CP in the first clause. Therefore all ©Andrew Carnie, 2006clauses have a CP, even if the C head is null. ...
A Typology of Verbal Borrowings
... The present volume is the revised version of my dissertation which was submitted to the Faculty of Philology of Leipzig University in January 2008 and defended in July 2008. This thesis took shape during the four years of the XXVIIIth Olympiad which I spent at the Department of Linguistics of the M ...
... The present volume is the revised version of my dissertation which was submitted to the Faculty of Philology of Leipzig University in January 2008 and defended in July 2008. This thesis took shape during the four years of the XXVIIIth Olympiad which I spent at the Department of Linguistics of the M ...
Tae Kim`s Japanese guide to learning Japanese grammar
... teach you on the first page how to say, "Hi, my name is Smith," but they don't tell you about all the arbitrary decisions that were made behind your back. They probably decided to use the polite form even though learning the polite form before the dictionary form makes no sense. They also might have ...
... teach you on the first page how to say, "Hi, my name is Smith," but they don't tell you about all the arbitrary decisions that were made behind your back. They probably decided to use the polite form even though learning the polite form before the dictionary form makes no sense. They also might have ...
Master`s Thesis - Nikhil Krishnaswamy
... Simply put, it is the answer to the question ”why am I doing this?” This means that for verbs with intentionality (such as in Tom hit the ball), the telic and formal qualia are the same as the state resulting from the successful action is the same as the purpose for which it was undertaken. If the v ...
... Simply put, it is the answer to the question ”why am I doing this?” This means that for verbs with intentionality (such as in Tom hit the ball), the telic and formal qualia are the same as the state resulting from the successful action is the same as the purpose for which it was undertaken. If the v ...
2014. The Use of Adverb in Article
... necessary to form a clause. Azar (1992, p.346) says a phrase is a group of related words that does not contain a subject and a verb. The kinds of phrases are prepositional phrase, noun phrase, adverb phrase, and adjective phrase. Adverb phrase or adverbial phrase has function as an adverb but does n ...
... necessary to form a clause. Azar (1992, p.346) says a phrase is a group of related words that does not contain a subject and a verb. The kinds of phrases are prepositional phrase, noun phrase, adverb phrase, and adjective phrase. Adverb phrase or adverbial phrase has function as an adverb but does n ...
6 A-movement
... Common nouns have the syntactic property that only (an appropriate kind of) noun can be used to end a sentence such as They have no . . . In place of the dots here we could insert a singular count noun like car, or a plural count noun like friends or a mass noun like money, but not other types of wo ...
... Common nouns have the syntactic property that only (an appropriate kind of) noun can be used to end a sentence such as They have no . . . In place of the dots here we could insert a singular count noun like car, or a plural count noun like friends or a mass noun like money, but not other types of wo ...
English Grammar Learn to
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... Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Control Number: 2009942323 ISBN: 978-0-470-54664-2 Manufactured in the United States of America ...
Different forms, different meanings?
... semantic structure of a language which native speakers themselves might not necessarily be aware of, and thus they make it possible to account for and reliably predict in which contexts given terms are (to be) used. In addition, such studies can be helpful to foreign language learners, who may find ...
... semantic structure of a language which native speakers themselves might not necessarily be aware of, and thus they make it possible to account for and reliably predict in which contexts given terms are (to be) used. In addition, such studies can be helpful to foreign language learners, who may find ...
LEXICAL NEGATION IN ENGLISH: THE CASE OF UN- AND IN-
... Early Modern English Period. There was also a general tendency to use the negative prefix uninstead of the foreign negative prefix in- in he derivational processes of word-formation, especially in the 16th century. ...
... Early Modern English Period. There was also a general tendency to use the negative prefix uninstead of the foreign negative prefix in- in he derivational processes of word-formation, especially in the 16th century. ...
Grammar Practice Book
... Name To complete each compound sentence, fill in the blank either with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or with a semicolon. 1. Gwendolyn Brooks was a poet ...
... Name To complete each compound sentence, fill in the blank either with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or with a semicolon. 1. Gwendolyn Brooks was a poet ...
Egyptian arabic grammar
... The examples in this document are therefore written in both arabic and roman letters. There are two ways of writing arabic using roman letters: the transliterated form tells you exactly how it would be written in arabic, and the pronounced form gives you an indication of how to pronounce it in europ ...
... The examples in this document are therefore written in both arabic and roman letters. There are two ways of writing arabic using roman letters: the transliterated form tells you exactly how it would be written in arabic, and the pronounced form gives you an indication of how to pronounce it in europ ...
Арбекова Т. И. Correct English for Everyday Use документ MS Word
... doesn't seem to be very good — interpreting. 13. Your name –– the end of the letter should be written –– hand, not typed. 14. Call him — this number. 15. What was done was done — mutual consent. 16. The man is a complete stranger — me. 17. Boys are known — their love –– adventure. 18. The ticket is ...
... doesn't seem to be very good — interpreting. 13. Your name –– the end of the letter should be written –– hand, not typed. 14. Call him — this number. 15. What was done was done — mutual consent. 16. The man is a complete stranger — me. 17. Boys are known — their love –– adventure. 18. The ticket is ...
LANGUAGE ARTS 300
... Identify what expressions are poetic in comparison to those that are not Find words which begin with the same letter or which rhyme with other words Write your own rhyming couplet Synonyms and Antonyms Match synonym and antonym pairs of words Identify whether or not words are synonyms Find antonym p ...
... Identify what expressions are poetic in comparison to those that are not Find words which begin with the same letter or which rhyme with other words Write your own rhyming couplet Synonyms and Antonyms Match synonym and antonym pairs of words Identify whether or not words are synonyms Find antonym p ...
Being Colloquial in Esperanto
... that in my experience give native English speakers particular trouble or that we find especially interesting. I have also included a very large number of examples, since in my experience an example often makes more sense than an abstract explanation. All examples are accompanied by more or less coll ...
... that in my experience give native English speakers particular trouble or that we find especially interesting. I have also included a very large number of examples, since in my experience an example often makes more sense than an abstract explanation. All examples are accompanied by more or less coll ...
Minimalist Syntax Revisited
... save space). Nouns (= N) are traditionally said to have the semantic property that they denote entities: so, bottle is a noun (since it denotes a type of object used to contain liquids), water is a noun (since it denotes a type of liquid), and John is a noun (since it denotes a specific person). The ...
... save space). Nouns (= N) are traditionally said to have the semantic property that they denote entities: so, bottle is a noun (since it denotes a type of object used to contain liquids), water is a noun (since it denotes a type of liquid), and John is a noun (since it denotes a specific person). The ...
Nathaniel Dorgbetor
... Per the asymmetric relationship between the internal arguments in the DOC; variants of the shell structure, originally proposed by Larson (1988), has been assumed nowadays in the analyses of the structure of the English DOC. The standard view on the English DOC has been that it can only have the V-G ...
... Per the asymmetric relationship between the internal arguments in the DOC; variants of the shell structure, originally proposed by Larson (1988), has been assumed nowadays in the analyses of the structure of the English DOC. The standard view on the English DOC has been that it can only have the V-G ...
PALAVRAS
... of Brazilian Portuguese, for a research group at the Catholic University of São Paulo. ...
... of Brazilian Portuguese, for a research group at the Catholic University of São Paulo. ...
Extraction from gerunds and the internal syntax of verbs - Munin
... Note also that if the main verb was selecting the gerund as an argument, its optionality would come as a surprise. For these reasons, these gerund constructions have been treated as adjuncts. But then we would not expect extraction from them, counterfactually. In the relevant literature (among many ...
... Note also that if the main verb was selecting the gerund as an argument, its optionality would come as a surprise. For these reasons, these gerund constructions have been treated as adjuncts. But then we would not expect extraction from them, counterfactually. In the relevant literature (among many ...
320 pages - Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori
... supporting children in their text production and grammar emerged from a study on how primary school children write by hand in comparison to when they use a computer. Special thanks to my colleague Torbjörn Lager, who inspired me to do this study and whose children attended the school where I gather ...
... supporting children in their text production and grammar emerged from a study on how primary school children write by hand in comparison to when they use a computer. Special thanks to my colleague Torbjörn Lager, who inspired me to do this study and whose children attended the school where I gather ...
Different by-phrases with adjectival and verbal passives: Evidence
... The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 presents the theoretical point of departure, based on the observation for German that event-related by-phrases with verbal and adjectival passives differ in the type of complements they take. Section 3 introduces the Spanish corpus and the methods used ...
... The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 presents the theoretical point of departure, based on the observation for German that event-related by-phrases with verbal and adjectival passives differ in the type of complements they take. Section 3 introduces the Spanish corpus and the methods used ...
Contribute a Verse
... Kyle’s assignment was to write primarily for discovery rather than to persuade his audience (his instructor, in this case) toward a particular position. His professor wanted him to reflect on his initial goals for the course and, in retrospect, determine whether he had accomplished them and, if so, ...
... Kyle’s assignment was to write primarily for discovery rather than to persuade his audience (his instructor, in this case) toward a particular position. His professor wanted him to reflect on his initial goals for the course and, in retrospect, determine whether he had accomplished them and, if so, ...
1 Rise of the Auxiliaries: a case for auxiliary raising vs. affix
... be able to scope either above or below the negative element, the option must be available of privileging the modal at LF from either its surface position, or from a lower copy that is below the negative element. The only way in which it is possible for such a lower copy to exist is if these modals w ...
... be able to scope either above or below the negative element, the option must be available of privileging the modal at LF from either its surface position, or from a lower copy that is below the negative element. The only way in which it is possible for such a lower copy to exist is if these modals w ...