1 Possessive voice in Wolof: A rara type of valency operator 1
... monovalent verb gaaw ‘to be fast’. In (14)b., the same verb gaaw contains an additional morpheme, the suffix –le. The same participant woto bi occurs with the same semantic role of patient. However, a new argument Sàmba is introduced in the sentence. Thus, the derivation –le changes the grammatical ...
... monovalent verb gaaw ‘to be fast’. In (14)b., the same verb gaaw contains an additional morpheme, the suffix –le. The same participant woto bi occurs with the same semantic role of patient. However, a new argument Sàmba is introduced in the sentence. Thus, the derivation –le changes the grammatical ...
Generating Text with Hidden Meaning
... this way the concept of erasure makes it possible for a wider variety of syntactic dependencies to be encoded in the same way on a single chunk, allowing diverse behaviour. It is important to note here that the erasures do not specify a type (such as noun or adjective) but a member of the chunk: wi ...
... this way the concept of erasure makes it possible for a wider variety of syntactic dependencies to be encoded in the same way on a single chunk, allowing diverse behaviour. It is important to note here that the erasures do not specify a type (such as noun or adjective) but a member of the chunk: wi ...
Practical Guide to English Usage
... Proportional comparative constructions .................... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives ............................................... ...
... Proportional comparative constructions .................... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives ............................................... ...
ACT/SAT The Write Approach
... Fischler/NSU, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. • Read the sentences without the clause between the commas to see if the meaning changes. If it does, then you need the clause, but should not use the commas. • Do the “by the way” test. ...
... Fischler/NSU, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. • Read the sentences without the clause between the commas to see if the meaning changes. If it does, then you need the clause, but should not use the commas. • Do the “by the way” test. ...
present perfect
... 12 tenses in English Sometimes, for convenience, it is helpful to say that there are 12 tenses in English 1: Simple Present 2: Present Perfect 3: Present Continuous 4: Present Perfect Continuous 5: Simple Past 6: Past Perfect 7: Past Continuous 8: Past Perfect Continuous ...
... 12 tenses in English Sometimes, for convenience, it is helpful to say that there are 12 tenses in English 1: Simple Present 2: Present Perfect 3: Present Continuous 4: Present Perfect Continuous 5: Simple Past 6: Past Perfect 7: Past Continuous 8: Past Perfect Continuous ...
2013年1月12日托福写作真题回忆
... 31. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak. (A) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the de ...
... 31. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak. (A) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the de ...
A Left-Branching Grammar Design for Incremental Parsing
... grammar design characteristically provides an analysis of long-distance dependencies where it is assumed that the fronted element is realized at the bottom left corner of the tree, rather than as the first daughter of the top node. A grammar fragment for English will be introduced, which on the one ...
... grammar design characteristically provides an analysis of long-distance dependencies where it is assumed that the fronted element is realized at the bottom left corner of the tree, rather than as the first daughter of the top node. A grammar fragment for English will be introduced, which on the one ...
Early comprehension of the Spanish plural.
... Spanish-speaking children show – for novel words – an earlier systematic production of /-s/ in development than /-es/ (Bedore & Leonard, ; Kernan & Blount ; Pérez-Pereira, ). Thus, a child learning Spanish must learn two rather than three cues; in addition the statistical distribution of ...
... Spanish-speaking children show – for novel words – an earlier systematic production of /-s/ in development than /-es/ (Bedore & Leonard, ; Kernan & Blount ; Pérez-Pereira, ). Thus, a child learning Spanish must learn two rather than three cues; in addition the statistical distribution of ...
Year 8 to 12 moderated evidence - Department for Education and
... The Language and Literacy Levels were developed by the South Australian Department for Education and Child Development to replace the SACSA ESL Scales, in line with the move from a state-based curriculum to a national one. The Language and Literacy Levels are intended to be used to: • assess, monito ...
... The Language and Literacy Levels were developed by the South Australian Department for Education and Child Development to replace the SACSA ESL Scales, in line with the move from a state-based curriculum to a national one. The Language and Literacy Levels are intended to be used to: • assess, monito ...
Adjective and Adverbs
... The Swainsona formosa plant Swainsona formosa is one of Australia’s native plants, and is one of the world’s most spectacular flowering plants. The outstanding feature of S. formosa is its brilliant-colored flowers, from white or pink through to dark red standard and keel with or without a distincti ...
... The Swainsona formosa plant Swainsona formosa is one of Australia’s native plants, and is one of the world’s most spectacular flowering plants. The outstanding feature of S. formosa is its brilliant-colored flowers, from white or pink through to dark red standard and keel with or without a distincti ...
1 Sumerian in a Nutshell
... includes setting up correspondences between sequences of graphemes and sequences of morphemes. This interpretation is necessarily subjective to some extent, and reflects the grammatical model of the interpreter; the object of linguistic description, however, must be the reconstructed sequence of mor ...
... includes setting up correspondences between sequences of graphemes and sequences of morphemes. This interpretation is necessarily subjective to some extent, and reflects the grammatical model of the interpreter; the object of linguistic description, however, must be the reconstructed sequence of mor ...
Hablando de gramática
... When the cat’s away, the mice will play. (Literally: When the cat is absent, the mice enjoy themselves.) NOTE: “Estar” is used rather than “ser” to describe a “condition” – the cat’s being away. “Divertirse” (to enjoy oneself) is a reflexive, stem-changing verb. ...
... When the cat’s away, the mice will play. (Literally: When the cat is absent, the mice enjoy themselves.) NOTE: “Estar” is used rather than “ser” to describe a “condition” – the cat’s being away. “Divertirse” (to enjoy oneself) is a reflexive, stem-changing verb. ...
Walenty: Towards a comprehensive valence dictionary of Polish
... The aim of this paper is to present an early version of Walenty, a comprehensive valence dictionary of Polish developed at the Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences (ICS PAS).1 The dictionary is meant to be both human- and machine-readable; in particular, it is being employed by ...
... The aim of this paper is to present an early version of Walenty, a comprehensive valence dictionary of Polish developed at the Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences (ICS PAS).1 The dictionary is meant to be both human- and machine-readable; in particular, it is being employed by ...
Adverb Clauses
... Subordinate clauses have specific names, thus they have specific functions. Basically, a subordinate clause will always be a subordinate clause, but we will be naming the subordinate clause as either adjective clause, adverb clause, or noun clause. Example: People are human beings, just like subordi ...
... Subordinate clauses have specific names, thus they have specific functions. Basically, a subordinate clause will always be a subordinate clause, but we will be naming the subordinate clause as either adjective clause, adverb clause, or noun clause. Example: People are human beings, just like subordi ...
Verbal complementation in early Middle English: How do the
... IPs) and not CPs (see e.g. van Kemenade 1985). When they are VPs, the [-tense] feature is directly selected, i.e. their tense is dependent on the matrix verb. Van Gelderen's proposal entails that one cannot systematically distinguish bare from to-infmitives because bare infinitives can be both the s ...
... IPs) and not CPs (see e.g. van Kemenade 1985). When they are VPs, the [-tense] feature is directly selected, i.e. their tense is dependent on the matrix verb. Van Gelderen's proposal entails that one cannot systematically distinguish bare from to-infmitives because bare infinitives can be both the s ...
Persian Grammar Sketch
... Two prepositions (distinguish genuine compound prepositions of the type on to from sequences resulting from cases where a preposition has as its argument a prepositional phrase, e.g. from behind. In English these can for example be distinguished by means of the modification, e.g. from ten yards behi ...
... Two prepositions (distinguish genuine compound prepositions of the type on to from sequences resulting from cases where a preposition has as its argument a prepositional phrase, e.g. from behind. In English these can for example be distinguished by means of the modification, e.g. from ten yards behi ...
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers PPt I
... Dangling modifiers are often phrases already at the start of the sentence and followed by a comma. They should modify the subject of the sentence which follows the comma. Dangling modifiers can be corrected by adding a word which the phrase can modify or by changing the phrase to a clause.” * ...
... Dangling modifiers are often phrases already at the start of the sentence and followed by a comma. They should modify the subject of the sentence which follows the comma. Dangling modifiers can be corrected by adding a word which the phrase can modify or by changing the phrase to a clause.” * ...
Practical Guide to English Usage
... Proportional comparative constructions .................... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives ............................................... ...
... Proportional comparative constructions .................... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives ............................................... ...
Choice B is the best answer
... NOT PARALLEL: Suzie researched information for her essay quickly, accurately, and with thoroughness. PARALLEL: Suzie researched information for her essay quickly, accurately, and thoroughly. With verbs or verb phrases: NOT PARALLEL: Tom was an excellent journalist because he completed his articles o ...
... NOT PARALLEL: Suzie researched information for her essay quickly, accurately, and with thoroughness. PARALLEL: Suzie researched information for her essay quickly, accurately, and thoroughly. With verbs or verb phrases: NOT PARALLEL: Tom was an excellent journalist because he completed his articles o ...
A Psycholinguistically Motivated Version of TAG
... We also exploit TAG’s extended domain of locality in order to construct lexicon entries such that are more appropriate for modeling psycholinguistic findings. An example is the either . . . or construction. Results by (Staub and Clifton, 2006) show that hearing the word either triggers prediction of ...
... We also exploit TAG’s extended domain of locality in order to construct lexicon entries such that are more appropriate for modeling psycholinguistic findings. An example is the either . . . or construction. Results by (Staub and Clifton, 2006) show that hearing the word either triggers prediction of ...
ling411-08 - Rice University
... • The cardinal node of the functional web of a noun • The cardinal node of the functional web of a verb ...
... • The cardinal node of the functional web of a noun • The cardinal node of the functional web of a verb ...
The Case of Old English HRĒOW
... remains a residue of morphology that seems to have nothing to do with syntax. Baker mentions non-productive derivation and language-specific aspects of inflection. It is my contention in this respect that, although full regularity is an unattainable aim in ...
... remains a residue of morphology that seems to have nothing to do with syntax. Baker mentions non-productive derivation and language-specific aspects of inflection. It is my contention in this respect that, although full regularity is an unattainable aim in ...
Nouns and Pronouns Mastery
... In this sentence, there are five nouns (definition, Generation X, age ranges, members, and culturists) preceding the pronoun they, so it is hard to spot the real antecedent, which is definition. To paraphrase, the sentence states “The definition is hotly debated but they describe a group.” Since def ...
... In this sentence, there are five nouns (definition, Generation X, age ranges, members, and culturists) preceding the pronoun they, so it is hard to spot the real antecedent, which is definition. To paraphrase, the sentence states “The definition is hotly debated but they describe a group.” Since def ...
Scottish Gaelic grammar
This article describes the grammar of the Scottish Gaelic language.