The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence
... Which are the subject and verb in the following sentence? A handsome blue car|stopped in front of our house. The subject car and the verb stopped carry more of the meaning of this sentence than any other two words we could possibly choose. (True, False) ...
... Which are the subject and verb in the following sentence? A handsome blue car|stopped in front of our house. The subject car and the verb stopped carry more of the meaning of this sentence than any other two words we could possibly choose. (True, False) ...
The Uralic languages - Fennia - International Journal of Geography
... a comparative research method. The further one goes back in time, the more difficult it is to recognize linguistic variety. An alternative approach is given in the wave theory, in which the chronological relationships of languages do not have priority. Instead, distribution of various linguistic pro ...
... a comparative research method. The further one goes back in time, the more difficult it is to recognize linguistic variety. An alternative approach is given in the wave theory, in which the chronological relationships of languages do not have priority. Instead, distribution of various linguistic pro ...
- Scholar@UC
... mind, have rej ected every thing wh ic h, in their view, is not ~tr i e t ly subservient to it. The formid able array of definitions and "fine print," which encnmb ers th e pages of many of the treatises on the subj ect, perplex ing the pnpil, and arresting his progress iu the acquisition of kn owl ...
... mind, have rej ected every thing wh ic h, in their view, is not ~tr i e t ly subservient to it. The formid able array of definitions and "fine print," which encnmb ers th e pages of many of the treatises on the subj ect, perplex ing the pnpil, and arresting his progress iu the acquisition of kn owl ...
1. Introduction
... Categories that are phonologically empty need to be legitimated in special ways (cf. Rizzi 1986). One constraint is that their semantic content should be recovered from the part of the structure which is phonologically expressed. For example, a null subject is allowed in Latin or Italian or Spanish ...
... Categories that are phonologically empty need to be legitimated in special ways (cf. Rizzi 1986). One constraint is that their semantic content should be recovered from the part of the structure which is phonologically expressed. For example, a null subject is allowed in Latin or Italian or Spanish ...
simple and complex predicates
... In this chapter, the constructions which involve verbs and/or coverbs in predicative function are discussed. Verbs alone may function as simple predicates (§3.1). The combination of a verb and one or two unmarked coverbs in a single intonation unit will be referred to as ‘canonical complex verb’ (§3 ...
... In this chapter, the constructions which involve verbs and/or coverbs in predicative function are discussed. Verbs alone may function as simple predicates (§3.1). The combination of a verb and one or two unmarked coverbs in a single intonation unit will be referred to as ‘canonical complex verb’ (§3 ...
role shift, anaphora and discourse polyphony in sign language of
... represents a referent (anaphoric locus) (1995:145).8 An example of such verbs in Danish Sign Language (as in LSFB, and probably other signed languages) is SEND. This verb can be modified for two loci – which may both be different from the sender locus (or ‘clocus’) – in directing its movement path f ...
... represents a referent (anaphoric locus) (1995:145).8 An example of such verbs in Danish Sign Language (as in LSFB, and probably other signed languages) is SEND. This verb can be modified for two loci – which may both be different from the sender locus (or ‘clocus’) – in directing its movement path f ...
Grammar Packet #1: The Present Participle
... Any daily grades taken from packets will be based on completion for a portion of the credit and correctness for the major part of the grade. Work on the packets (unless specified otherwise) is individual—not group—work. You will have 6 of these packets, one per six weeks. Sometimes a grade will be t ...
... Any daily grades taken from packets will be based on completion for a portion of the credit and correctness for the major part of the grade. Work on the packets (unless specified otherwise) is individual—not group—work. You will have 6 of these packets, one per six weeks. Sometimes a grade will be t ...
noun phrase
... • more formal interjection Hello (rather than ‘Hi’ or ‘Hey’) • elliptical—brings adverb hard to initial position • detail provided by prepositional phrases (postmodifying hard) • shared knowledge (presupposition): my foundation letter (noun phrase with possessive determiner)—no other first person re ...
... • more formal interjection Hello (rather than ‘Hi’ or ‘Hey’) • elliptical—brings adverb hard to initial position • detail provided by prepositional phrases (postmodifying hard) • shared knowledge (presupposition): my foundation letter (noun phrase with possessive determiner)—no other first person re ...
noun phrase
... • more formal interjection Hello (rather than ‘Hi’ or ‘Hey’) • elliptical—brings adverb hard to initial position • detail provided by prepositional phrases (postmodifying hard) • shared knowledge (presupposition): my foundation letter (noun phrase with possessive determiner)—no other first person re ...
... • more formal interjection Hello (rather than ‘Hi’ or ‘Hey’) • elliptical—brings adverb hard to initial position • detail provided by prepositional phrases (postmodifying hard) • shared knowledge (presupposition): my foundation letter (noun phrase with possessive determiner)—no other first person re ...
10 Basic Clause Patterns
... Until now, we have examined the grammar of English in bits and pieces—phonemes, morphemes, words, and phrases. In this chapter, we put these pieces together into the basic grammatical structure of language—the clause. Clauses are basic for several reasons. First, you need only one of them to make a ...
... Until now, we have examined the grammar of English in bits and pieces—phonemes, morphemes, words, and phrases. In this chapter, we put these pieces together into the basic grammatical structure of language—the clause. Clauses are basic for several reasons. First, you need only one of them to make a ...
Comparative Constructions II
... For example: Only research papers that are handed in by Wednesday will be accepted. Only research papers handed in by Wednesday will be accepted. The languages that are spoken in Switzerland are German, French, and Italian. The languages spoken in Switzerland are German, French, and Italian. The ide ...
... For example: Only research papers that are handed in by Wednesday will be accepted. Only research papers handed in by Wednesday will be accepted. The languages that are spoken in Switzerland are German, French, and Italian. The languages spoken in Switzerland are German, French, and Italian. The ide ...
Agree in the Functional Domain: Evidence from the Morphosyntax of
... imperative forms are actually the imperfective forms minus the second person prefix ta-: Both forms have the same vocalic melody and the same number and gender suffixes. That imperative forms are derived from imperfective forms is further supported by the fact that imperatives appear with the socall ...
... imperative forms are actually the imperfective forms minus the second person prefix ta-: Both forms have the same vocalic melody and the same number and gender suffixes. That imperative forms are derived from imperfective forms is further supported by the fact that imperatives appear with the socall ...
PART I: Toba Batak Phrase Structure
... types of movement is the specifier of a functional projection called the Voice Phrase. Part II contains a broader discussion of passivization across languages. It is argued that passive phrases in German or English exhibit the same kind of movement as Toba Batak, but whereas the Specifier of the Voi ...
... types of movement is the specifier of a functional projection called the Voice Phrase. Part II contains a broader discussion of passivization across languages. It is argued that passive phrases in German or English exhibit the same kind of movement as Toba Batak, but whereas the Specifier of the Voi ...
AspectuAlity in Hindi: tHe two pAirs of Aspects
... marked category and the imperfective is unmarked. Keeping in mind the unmarkedness of simple verbs, Pořízka (1978: 161) reasons: “Simple verbs are neutral, unmarked of verbal aspect. They do not have the perfective or any other aspectual meaning, but at the same time they do not throw it away and ca ...
... marked category and the imperfective is unmarked. Keeping in mind the unmarkedness of simple verbs, Pořízka (1978: 161) reasons: “Simple verbs are neutral, unmarked of verbal aspect. They do not have the perfective or any other aspectual meaning, but at the same time they do not throw it away and ca ...
Prepositions: Locators in Time and Place
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
Resultatives and Depictives in Finnish 1
... with particular focus on their distribution in resultative and depictive predications. These cases are traditionally grouped with the class of Finnish semantic cases because they are associated with specific meanings (Holmberg and Nikanne 1993a), as opposed to the structural cases, nominative, genit ...
... with particular focus on their distribution in resultative and depictive predications. These cases are traditionally grouped with the class of Finnish semantic cases because they are associated with specific meanings (Holmberg and Nikanne 1993a), as opposed to the structural cases, nominative, genit ...
resdep - Semantics Archive
... These cases are traditionally grouped with the class of Finnish semantic cases because they are associated with specific meanings (Holmberg and Nikanne 1993a), as opposed to the structural cases, nominative, genitive, accusative, and partitive (for works on Finnish structural case, see, among others ...
... These cases are traditionally grouped with the class of Finnish semantic cases because they are associated with specific meanings (Holmberg and Nikanne 1993a), as opposed to the structural cases, nominative, genitive, accusative, and partitive (for works on Finnish structural case, see, among others ...
On Resultative Past Participles in Spanish
... (2013), as well as the references therein. This paper is about just one of the possible topics emanating from the distinctions in 1) to 3), namely the way in which lexical and grammatical aspects interact to provide the interpretation of PPrts. I will thus make no attempt to go into the rest of the ...
... (2013), as well as the references therein. This paper is about just one of the possible topics emanating from the distinctions in 1) to 3), namely the way in which lexical and grammatical aspects interact to provide the interpretation of PPrts. I will thus make no attempt to go into the rest of the ...
A Comparative Study of Imperative Sentences in English and
... one, the category of number or person or other is inflectionally distinguished. The inflectional character of Albanian language is recognized by the specific imperative endings for the verbs used in this mood: Meso-o and in plural Meso-ni. These endings mark the category of person and number. This m ...
... one, the category of number or person or other is inflectionally distinguished. The inflectional character of Albanian language is recognized by the specific imperative endings for the verbs used in this mood: Meso-o and in plural Meso-ni. These endings mark the category of person and number. This m ...
1 In Press, Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Discourse
... Now consider the abstract entities expressed by Fact and Proposition complements. They are situation entities introduced by verb constellations in clausal complements of certain predicates. Clausal complements referring to facts and propositions have characteristic distributional and other linguist ...
... Now consider the abstract entities expressed by Fact and Proposition complements. They are situation entities introduced by verb constellations in clausal complements of certain predicates. Clausal complements referring to facts and propositions have characteristic distributional and other linguist ...
6.3 Resource - Prepositions
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
a contrastive analysis of plural forms of noun, pronoun, and article
... grammar if they want to learn the language. Students learn about words and sentences too in grammar. In order to, they can use language correctly. A sentence is traditionally defined as a group of words which expresses a complete thought (Allen, 1972:3). So, the students need to know how words collo ...
... grammar if they want to learn the language. Students learn about words and sentences too in grammar. In order to, they can use language correctly. A sentence is traditionally defined as a group of words which expresses a complete thought (Allen, 1972:3). So, the students need to know how words collo ...
Yamba - MPG.PuRe
... northern part of Cameroon. The tribe we now call Yamba was formerly called ‘kaka’. It is worth mentioning that the name ‘kaka’ may have originated fiom two itlcas; first, it designates a compound of dried stems of tall grass ‘ka’ and we find this same appellation within the neighbouring tribes: Wimb ...
... northern part of Cameroon. The tribe we now call Yamba was formerly called ‘kaka’. It is worth mentioning that the name ‘kaka’ may have originated fiom two itlcas; first, it designates a compound of dried stems of tall grass ‘ka’ and we find this same appellation within the neighbouring tribes: Wimb ...
湖南省第一师范学院外语系备课用纸
... the position of the appositive each: if the appositive occurs before the verb, the following pronoun and corresponding determiner take the plural form; if, on the other hand, the appositive appears after the verb, the pronoun and corresponding determiner take the singular form, eg: They each had the ...
... the position of the appositive each: if the appositive occurs before the verb, the following pronoun and corresponding determiner take the plural form; if, on the other hand, the appositive appears after the verb, the pronoun and corresponding determiner take the singular form, eg: They each had the ...
Inflection
In grammar, inflection or inflexion is the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case. The inflection of verbs is also called conjugation, and the inflection of nouns, adjectives and pronouns is also called declension.An inflection expresses one or more grammatical categories with a prefix, suffix or infix, or another internal modification such as a vowel change. For example, the Latin verb ducam, meaning ""I will lead"", includes the suffix -am, expressing person (first), number (singular), and tense (future). The use of this suffix is an inflection. In contrast, in the English clause ""I will lead"", the word lead is not inflected for any of person, number, or tense; it is simply the bare form of a verb.The inflected form of a word often contains both a free morpheme (a unit of meaning which can stand by itself as a word), and a bound morpheme (a unit of meaning which cannot stand alone as a word). For example, the English word cars is a noun that is inflected for number, specifically to express the plural; the content morpheme car is unbound because it could stand alone as a word, while the suffix -s is bound because it cannot stand alone as a word. These two morphemes together form the inflected word cars.Words that are never subject to inflection are said to be invariant; for example, the English verb must is an invariant item: it never takes a suffix or changes form to signify a different grammatical category. Its categories can be determined only from its context.Requiring the inflections of more than one word in a sentence to be compatible according to the rules of the language is known as concord or agreement. For example, in ""the choir sings"", ""choir"" is a singular noun, so ""sing"" is constrained in the present tense to use the third person singular suffix ""s"".Languages that have some degree of inflection are synthetic languages. These can be highly inflected, such as Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, or weakly inflected, such as English. Languages that are so inflected that a sentence can consist of a single highly inflected word (such as many American Indian languages) are called polysynthetic languages. Languages in which each inflection conveys only a single grammatical category, such as Finnish, are known as agglutinative languages, while languages in which a single inflection can convey multiple grammatical roles (such as both nominative case and plural, as in Latin and German) are called fusional. Languages such as Mandarin Chinese that never use inflections are called analytic or isolating.