english - Ressursmateriell: Introducing English Grammar
... 2 They saluted the Americans. (Americans is a noun – it occurs after the and is not followed by (another) noun.) c. 1 She didn’t know the correct answer. (Correct is an adjective – it says something about what kind of answer.) 2 She had to correct her mistake. (Correct is a verb – it occu ...
... 2 They saluted the Americans. (Americans is a noun – it occurs after the and is not followed by (another) noun.) c. 1 She didn’t know the correct answer. (Correct is an adjective – it says something about what kind of answer.) 2 She had to correct her mistake. (Correct is a verb – it occu ...
Explaining the (A)telicity Property of English Verb Phrases
... the street) is best seen as a study of lexical aspect, that part of aspect that is determined by the verbal heads (Vendler; Dowty “Word Meaning”; Smith, Rothstein “Derived accomplishments”). It has also been argued that states and activities may be taken as atelic (unbounded) predicates and achievem ...
... the street) is best seen as a study of lexical aspect, that part of aspect that is determined by the verbal heads (Vendler; Dowty “Word Meaning”; Smith, Rothstein “Derived accomplishments”). It has also been argued that states and activities may be taken as atelic (unbounded) predicates and achievem ...
On the aspectual uses of the prefix be- in lithuanian
... In this paper, I attempt to provide a more detailed analysis of just two of the uses of the prefix be-, i. e. those which are most clearly identifiable in terms of both their semantics and their morphosyntax, viz. the aspectual categories I call Avertive (“an action which was potentially imminent b ...
... In this paper, I attempt to provide a more detailed analysis of just two of the uses of the prefix be-, i. e. those which are most clearly identifiable in terms of both their semantics and their morphosyntax, viz. the aspectual categories I call Avertive (“an action which was potentially imminent b ...
A taxonomy of Lushootseed valency
... The author would like to acknowledge Thom Hess, Ronald Langacker, Dianne Massam, Igor Mel’čuk, Keren Rice, and Leslie Saxon for their help and advice with this research as it has evolved through various stages over the years. None of this would have been possible without Thom Hess’s exemplary docume ...
... The author would like to acknowledge Thom Hess, Ronald Langacker, Dianne Massam, Igor Mel’čuk, Keren Rice, and Leslie Saxon for their help and advice with this research as it has evolved through various stages over the years. None of this would have been possible without Thom Hess’s exemplary docume ...
Constructing grammatical meaning
... The example in (2) is based on a transitive verb (změnit ‘change’) but reports a different event type from (1): while (2) expresses the result of an involuntary event for which there is no identifiable trigger, (1) expresses an action carried out by an anonymous human agent. I will argue that a crucia ...
... The example in (2) is based on a transitive verb (změnit ‘change’) but reports a different event type from (1): while (2) expresses the result of an involuntary event for which there is no identifiable trigger, (1) expresses an action carried out by an anonymous human agent. I will argue that a crucia ...
quirky subjects in old french
... control (i.e. being a controllee); (vi) conjunction reduction; (vii) Subject-to-subject raising (raising contexts); (viii) subject-to-object raising (Exceptional Case Marking configurations). I was able to find conclusive examples for (i)-(vii), but not for the remaining property. Before we proceed, ...
... control (i.e. being a controllee); (vi) conjunction reduction; (vii) Subject-to-subject raising (raising contexts); (viii) subject-to-object raising (Exceptional Case Marking configurations). I was able to find conclusive examples for (i)-(vii), but not for the remaining property. Before we proceed, ...
Reflexive - Hints for Translations
... The subject of the sentence is also the direct object. The performer of the action is clearly acting on itself. The true reflexive translates from German into English as: myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves Many transitive verbs can be made reflexive. Reflexive does NOT change ...
... The subject of the sentence is also the direct object. The performer of the action is clearly acting on itself. The true reflexive translates from German into English as: myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves Many transitive verbs can be made reflexive. Reflexive does NOT change ...
WRL3410.tmp - Princeton University
... In many of the acceptable examples 2-7, the verb semantically incorporates the theme argument, in the sense that the theme's existence and motion is entailed by the verb (cf. blow, spit, piss). The examples nonetheless stand as counterexamples to the Argument Realization Principle, since the princi ...
... In many of the acceptable examples 2-7, the verb semantically incorporates the theme argument, in the sense that the theme's existence and motion is entailed by the verb (cf. blow, spit, piss). The examples nonetheless stand as counterexamples to the Argument Realization Principle, since the princi ...
Constraining XP Sequences
... ISG-FUT-COP ISG-CONT-COP with 9book 'I will have (be with) a book.' ...
... ISG-FUT-COP ISG-CONT-COP with 9book 'I will have (be with) a book.' ...
Early Word Learning - Northwestern University
... At first glance, this appears to be rather straightforward. After all, don’t we essentially solve the puzzle for them when we focus an infant’s attention on the object of interest while introducing its name? Certainly, adults may strive to teach words in this way, and they apparently do so more in s ...
... At first glance, this appears to be rather straightforward. After all, don’t we essentially solve the puzzle for them when we focus an infant’s attention on the object of interest while introducing its name? Certainly, adults may strive to teach words in this way, and they apparently do so more in s ...
3 syntactic functions of gerund
... The diploma work to be presented here deals with the issue of English gerund, one of the non-finite verb forms. The English gerund represents a complex linguistic issue, because it displays a variety of different morphological, syntactic and functional properties. The gerund as such is a topical phe ...
... The diploma work to be presented here deals with the issue of English gerund, one of the non-finite verb forms. The English gerund represents a complex linguistic issue, because it displays a variety of different morphological, syntactic and functional properties. The gerund as such is a topical phe ...
EN - English Grammar for the Utterly Confused
... warrant or guarantee that the functions contained in the work will meet your requirements or that its operation will be uninterrupted or error free. Neither McGraw-Hill nor its licensors shall be liable to you or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or ...
... warrant or guarantee that the functions contained in the work will meet your requirements or that its operation will be uninterrupted or error free. Neither McGraw-Hill nor its licensors shall be liable to you or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or ...
View PDF - CiteSeerX
... A word that is very central to this report is the word ’grammar’. It has a long history and a variety of different uses, which we will not go through here. But we will mention and define the ways we understand the term. ’Grammar’ can mean an already existing entity or it can mean a description of an ...
... A word that is very central to this report is the word ’grammar’. It has a long history and a variety of different uses, which we will not go through here. But we will mention and define the ways we understand the term. ’Grammar’ can mean an already existing entity or it can mean a description of an ...
0525 GERMAN (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other linguistic ...
... Subject (=subject noun or pronoun including article or possessive) + any finite verb Disregard adjectives, relative clauses, qualifiers and modifiers when looking at the ‘subject’ Minor spelling errors in the subject will be tolerated Capitalisation of nouns will be considered under Other linguistic ...
modevid_r_7 - Teaching for Effective Learning @ NPS
... time: On Saturda (Saturday);tda (Today) accompaniment: with my dog; with my brother ...
... time: On Saturda (Saturday);tda (Today) accompaniment: with my dog; with my brother ...
5 NOUNS
... There is also a group of nouns sharing a non-singular suffix -bip; this is not associated with a particular singular form but cuts across declensions. A few more patterns deviate from general rules or patterns found in particular declensions; these are also discussed after the declensions have been ...
... There is also a group of nouns sharing a non-singular suffix -bip; this is not associated with a particular singular form but cuts across declensions. A few more patterns deviate from general rules or patterns found in particular declensions; these are also discussed after the declensions have been ...
The Adverb vs. the Splitting of the Infinitive
... limitations of the auxiliary, and that the adverb is better placed between that auxiliaries than next to given. However, the main object is to stress the certain fact that there is no objection whatever to dividing a compound verb by adverbs.1 The separation of copulative verb and complement is one ...
... limitations of the auxiliary, and that the adverb is better placed between that auxiliaries than next to given. However, the main object is to stress the certain fact that there is no objection whatever to dividing a compound verb by adverbs.1 The separation of copulative verb and complement is one ...
The Hunting of the BLARK – SALDO, a Freely
... As a semantic lexicon, SALDO is a kind of lexical-semantic network, superficially similar to WordNet (Fellbaum, 1998), but quite different from it in the principles by which it is structured. The organizational principles of SALDO are quite simple – at least superficially – as there are only two pri ...
... As a semantic lexicon, SALDO is a kind of lexical-semantic network, superficially similar to WordNet (Fellbaum, 1998), but quite different from it in the principles by which it is structured. The organizational principles of SALDO are quite simple – at least superficially – as there are only two pri ...
Stiahnuť prednášku
... 1.) it is always and AdvP, PP, Clause or NP 2.) it is independent of a VP 3.) they are optional - apart from SVA, SVOA - we can add as many we want 4.) they might have a mobile position - initial, middle or end position for example “yesterday” - can be in the beginning or at the end of a sentence 5. ...
... 1.) it is always and AdvP, PP, Clause or NP 2.) it is independent of a VP 3.) they are optional - apart from SVA, SVOA - we can add as many we want 4.) they might have a mobile position - initial, middle or end position for example “yesterday” - can be in the beginning or at the end of a sentence 5. ...
Present continuous tense A visit to zoo
... Present continuous tense • For making present continuous tense remove ‘na’ from infinitive and add ‘raha’, ‘rahey’ for masculine and ‘rahi’ for feminine. Then add various forms of verb ‘hona’ ‘to be’ (helping verbs). Subject Ali ...
... Present continuous tense • For making present continuous tense remove ‘na’ from infinitive and add ‘raha’, ‘rahey’ for masculine and ‘rahi’ for feminine. Then add various forms of verb ‘hona’ ‘to be’ (helping verbs). Subject Ali ...
The ergative features of Papuan and Austronesian languages
... 1 However, a group of Australian languages from south-east Queensland (Galali, Wangkumara…), or Dhalanji (Western Australia) also have distinct marking for S, A and O. ...
... 1 However, a group of Australian languages from south-east Queensland (Galali, Wangkumara…), or Dhalanji (Western Australia) also have distinct marking for S, A and O. ...
Using Unknown Word Techniques to Learn Known Words
... of universal types consists of 611 types and the MEbased classifier has been trained on the same set of 2000 words as in Cholakov and van Noord (2010). Those types predicted by the classifier which account together for less than 5% of probability mass are discarded. In order to increase the number o ...
... of universal types consists of 611 types and the MEbased classifier has been trained on the same set of 2000 words as in Cholakov and van Noord (2010). Those types predicted by the classifier which account together for less than 5% of probability mass are discarded. In order to increase the number o ...
Expository Writing Tutorial
... “Sentences are choppy, incomplete, rambling or awkward. Phrasing does not sound natural—the way someone might speak. . . My verbs do not always capture the precise meaning, or sometimes shift tense. . .It is difficult to sense the writer behind the words. . .” ...
... “Sentences are choppy, incomplete, rambling or awkward. Phrasing does not sound natural—the way someone might speak. . . My verbs do not always capture the precise meaning, or sometimes shift tense. . .It is difficult to sense the writer behind the words. . .” ...
II PRONOUNS APPENDIX B When we speak or write about different
... In sen ten ces (a)# (b) and ( c ) , pronouns, ‘me*, ’u s ’ and ’you* ane used as o b je c ts . The pronouns used a s o b je c ts in sen ten c es (d)» (e)» ( f ) and (g ) a re ...
... In sen ten ces (a)# (b) and ( c ) , pronouns, ‘me*, ’u s ’ and ’you* ane used as o b je c ts . The pronouns used a s o b je c ts in sen ten c es (d)» (e)» ( f ) and (g ) a re ...
Basic English Grammar Book 2
... Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and ...
... Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and ...