Unit 7: Adjectives & Adverbs
... make a comparison between them. We can see if they are the same or different. We use comparative adjectives to describe the differences. When we compare more than two things, we often use the superlative forms. ...
... make a comparison between them. We can see if they are the same or different. We use comparative adjectives to describe the differences. When we compare more than two things, we often use the superlative forms. ...
he - MPG.PuRe
... was requisite, I had the assistance of an Interpreter; but the absolute neceesity of understanding and being understood by those among whom I was to live, made me diligent in endeavouring to learn their language ; and some knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, acquired before I left England, enab ...
... was requisite, I had the assistance of an Interpreter; but the absolute neceesity of understanding and being understood by those among whom I was to live, made me diligent in endeavouring to learn their language ; and some knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, acquired before I left England, enab ...
Grammar for writing
... words in a variety of grammatical ways. For example, a one-year-old saying ‘Milk’ could mean: Look! There’s some milk; Can I have more milk?; Is that one milk? etc., showing what they mean by tone of voice and/or gesture. Older children often use very complex grammatical constructions in speech whic ...
... words in a variety of grammatical ways. For example, a one-year-old saying ‘Milk’ could mean: Look! There’s some milk; Can I have more milk?; Is that one milk? etc., showing what they mean by tone of voice and/or gesture. Older children often use very complex grammatical constructions in speech whic ...
The East Papuan Languages: A Preliminary Typological Appraisal
... ²ndings). Much later, around 3,500 years ago, Austronesian speakers arrived in the Bismarck Archipelago from where they rapidly colonized the Paci²c islands further to the east and south (Ross 1988; Kirch 1997). Now we ²nd a great number of Austronesian languages of the Oceanic subgroup throughout I ...
... ²ndings). Much later, around 3,500 years ago, Austronesian speakers arrived in the Bismarck Archipelago from where they rapidly colonized the Paci²c islands further to the east and south (Ross 1988; Kirch 1997). Now we ²nd a great number of Austronesian languages of the Oceanic subgroup throughout I ...
The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
... This thesis grew out of a paper I wrote for a graduate seminar on Tense and Aspect Systems taught by Dr. Leora Bar-el, who later, and to my great fortune, agreed to be my thesis supervisor. To her go my deepest gratitude and thanks. I cannot put into words how much I have learned from the discussion ...
... This thesis grew out of a paper I wrote for a graduate seminar on Tense and Aspect Systems taught by Dr. Leora Bar-el, who later, and to my great fortune, agreed to be my thesis supervisor. To her go my deepest gratitude and thanks. I cannot put into words how much I have learned from the discussion ...
Using gerund as object of prepositions
... In that sentence , playing is a gerund used as the object of the verb enjoy c. He’s excited about playing tennis Prep O In that sentence , playing is a gerund used as the object of the preposition about A gerund can be followed by an object or complement and/ or by one or more adverbials . The gerun ...
... In that sentence , playing is a gerund used as the object of the verb enjoy c. He’s excited about playing tennis Prep O In that sentence , playing is a gerund used as the object of the preposition about A gerund can be followed by an object or complement and/ or by one or more adverbials . The gerun ...
Pi-lan
... The interrogative is derived in terms of the ordering; the first is V-raising because the Aux does not dominate a Modal and the verb with the feature specification [+AUX] is raised to Aux to support Tense; the second is Aux-raising that satisfies the [+Q]-Comp. Finally, the surface structure emerge ...
... The interrogative is derived in terms of the ordering; the first is V-raising because the Aux does not dominate a Modal and the verb with the feature specification [+AUX] is raised to Aux to support Tense; the second is Aux-raising that satisfies the [+Q]-Comp. Finally, the surface structure emerge ...
Domains within Words and their meanings: a case study
... been fried e.g. a minute ago and are now ready to be eaten. On the other hand, (12b) simply expresses the fact that the potatoes are cooked in a particular way (“characteristic state” interpretation): they are fried (rather than e.g. cooked). A context bringing out this difference between the two ad ...
... been fried e.g. a minute ago and are now ready to be eaten. On the other hand, (12b) simply expresses the fact that the potatoes are cooked in a particular way (“characteristic state” interpretation): they are fried (rather than e.g. cooked). A context bringing out this difference between the two ad ...
Technical Manual - Asiya
... Asiya.pl -v -eval single,ulc,queen sample.config will compute and print individual metric scores, their normalized arithmetic mean, and Queen scores (all based on a predefined set of metrics, see Section 3.3). Several output formats are available through the ‘-o’ option. Default format is ‘-o mmatri ...
... Asiya.pl -v -eval single,ulc,queen sample.config will compute and print individual metric scores, their normalized arithmetic mean, and Queen scores (all based on a predefined set of metrics, see Section 3.3). Several output formats are available through the ‘-o’ option. Default format is ‘-o mmatri ...
og-001, sec05-01 Choice D is best. The phrasing a divorce that
... Each choice but C contains errors of agreement. In both A and E, the singular subject (each in A, every one in E) does not agree with the plural verb were, while in D, the plural subject women is mismatched with the singular verb was. In B, the subject and verb agree, but the descriptive phrase plac ...
... Each choice but C contains errors of agreement. In both A and E, the singular subject (each in A, every one in E) does not agree with the plural verb were, while in D, the plural subject women is mismatched with the singular verb was. In B, the subject and verb agree, but the descriptive phrase plac ...
... [It implies from your words that you will not come tomorrow.] The principle of shifting of 'cognitive roles' can be interpreted as a 'middle course' between the strictly syntactically based and the strictly semantically based approaches. Verbal complementations can be realized either by single words ...
Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax
... ciation too, then there is no argument against it from parsimony. As with all proposals concerning the architecture of the system, one makes a choice as to where the complexity of that system resides. Under this view, there is only one combinatorial system, and the primitive modes of combination wil ...
... ciation too, then there is no argument against it from parsimony. As with all proposals concerning the architecture of the system, one makes a choice as to where the complexity of that system resides. Under this view, there is only one combinatorial system, and the primitive modes of combination wil ...
Word order and information structure in Makhuwa
... This thesis specifically aims at clarifying what the CJ/DJ alternation encodes, and how it interacts with discourse information and with word order in one language, Makhuwa-Enahara. Makhuwa is one of the southern Bantu languages which has these conjoint and disjoint verb forms. The chapter on Makhuw ...
... This thesis specifically aims at clarifying what the CJ/DJ alternation encodes, and how it interacts with discourse information and with word order in one language, Makhuwa-Enahara. Makhuwa is one of the southern Bantu languages which has these conjoint and disjoint verb forms. The chapter on Makhuw ...
as a PDF
... aspect-perfective:imperfective.” One may ask: “is there any language in which verb form does not reflect a particular viewpoint aspect?” Research on the primitive meaning of verb forms in all languages show that aspect is the primitive meaning of verb forms in all languages (see 3.2.1 to 3.2.3 below ...
... aspect-perfective:imperfective.” One may ask: “is there any language in which verb form does not reflect a particular viewpoint aspect?” Research on the primitive meaning of verb forms in all languages show that aspect is the primitive meaning of verb forms in all languages (see 3.2.1 to 3.2.3 below ...
Idiomatic Root Merge in Modern Hebrew blends
... roots. Section §4 then outlines the crucial problem of this paper: if blends are the results of wordderivations, we expect them to adhere to the semantic Locality Constraints defined by Arad (2003), but we see instead that these semantic constraints are significantly weakened at best, if not totally ...
... roots. Section §4 then outlines the crucial problem of this paper: if blends are the results of wordderivations, we expect them to adhere to the semantic Locality Constraints defined by Arad (2003), but we see instead that these semantic constraints are significantly weakened at best, if not totally ...
Commentary on Historia Apollonii regis Tyri
... exerrauerat: "had been at fault" (intensive form of errauerat). nisi quod: "except (for the fact) that." statuerat: "it had constituted, it had made." 3.Quae: connecting relative. The relative is .the equivale�t of a demonstrative pronoun or adjective plus weak connecuve sense (which can rarely be r ...
... exerrauerat: "had been at fault" (intensive form of errauerat). nisi quod: "except (for the fact) that." statuerat: "it had constituted, it had made." 3.Quae: connecting relative. The relative is .the equivale�t of a demonstrative pronoun or adjective plus weak connecuve sense (which can rarely be r ...
Sentence variety exercise 4
... Subject present participial phrase verb + object. A lady singing an R. Kelly song fixes the computer. Note that “A lady” could be referring to any person; therefore, the participial phrase is essential information that identifies the lady. Thus, commas are not needed. Present participial phrase, sub ...
... Subject present participial phrase verb + object. A lady singing an R. Kelly song fixes the computer. Note that “A lady” could be referring to any person; therefore, the participial phrase is essential information that identifies the lady. Thus, commas are not needed. Present participial phrase, sub ...
here
... This thesis grew out of a paper I wrote for a graduate seminar on Tense and Aspect Systems taught by Dr. Leora Bar-el, who later, and to my great fortune, agreed to be my thesis supervisor. To her go my deepest gratitude and thanks. I cannot put into words how much I have learned from the discussion ...
... This thesis grew out of a paper I wrote for a graduate seminar on Tense and Aspect Systems taught by Dr. Leora Bar-el, who later, and to my great fortune, agreed to be my thesis supervisor. To her go my deepest gratitude and thanks. I cannot put into words how much I have learned from the discussion ...
On the syntax of locative and directional adpositional phrases
... us understand the facts in (4b): when twee meter precedes the R–word, er is in SpecPlaceP, but when it follows the R–word, er has raised up to SpecCP(Place). From this latter position, the R–word is free to escape from PP altogether (cf. (3b)). And since non-R–word complements of P never reach the S ...
... us understand the facts in (4b): when twee meter precedes the R–word, er is in SpecPlaceP, but when it follows the R–word, er has raised up to SpecCP(Place). From this latter position, the R–word is free to escape from PP altogether (cf. (3b)). And since non-R–word complements of P never reach the S ...
View/Open - Minerva Access
... accompanying CD for many of the examples scattered throughout the thesis, as well as for all the texts in the appendices. The most interesting and important grammatical subsystem in Oksapmin is the evidential one, which permeates various areas of the grammar. Without proper knowledge of this system, ...
... accompanying CD for many of the examples scattered throughout the thesis, as well as for all the texts in the appendices. The most interesting and important grammatical subsystem in Oksapmin is the evidential one, which permeates various areas of the grammar. Without proper knowledge of this system, ...
Discourse Analysis - final draft
... twice, the Founding Fathers three times, fellow abolitionists four times and the Bible ten times. These sources are weighty authorities in their respective fields and Douglass takes full advantage of their authority to establish ethos and grant credibility to his speech. Douglass’s appeal to ethos i ...
... twice, the Founding Fathers three times, fellow abolitionists four times and the Bible ten times. These sources are weighty authorities in their respective fields and Douglass takes full advantage of their authority to establish ethos and grant credibility to his speech. Douglass’s appeal to ethos i ...
Conversion in English - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... X>V conversions ........................................................ 211 10.3.1. N>V conversions ........................................................ 211 10.3.1.1. Locatum verbs ............................................................ 212 10.3.1.2. Location and duration verbs ........... ...
... X>V conversions ........................................................ 211 10.3.1. N>V conversions ........................................................ 211 10.3.1.1. Locatum verbs ............................................................ 212 10.3.1.2. Location and duration verbs ........... ...
The Morphology of Adverbial Clauses in Sheko
... Some characteristics of the Sheko language include: a series of retroflex consonants; tone playing an important role in person marking; Subject-Object-Verb word order; next to suffixes the language uses prefixes as well; case marking on NPs (nominative is unmarked); and different verbal morphology f ...
... Some characteristics of the Sheko language include: a series of retroflex consonants; tone playing an important role in person marking; Subject-Object-Verb word order; next to suffixes the language uses prefixes as well; case marking on NPs (nominative is unmarked); and different verbal morphology f ...
Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach
... interactions between theory, analysis and data, and how developments in any one of these areas affects the others. The second way in which the material of the book could be considered ‘core’ is that I have tried to cover a broad range of phenomena which form a (somewhat nebulous) area of empirical i ...
... interactions between theory, analysis and data, and how developments in any one of these areas affects the others. The second way in which the material of the book could be considered ‘core’ is that I have tried to cover a broad range of phenomena which form a (somewhat nebulous) area of empirical i ...
Scottish Gaelic grammar
This article describes the grammar of the Scottish Gaelic language.