The Position of Direct and Indirect Objects of Ditransitive Verbs
... In the empirical part, two verbs bring and teach are studied in relation to ditransitive complementation based on examples extracted from the British National Corpus. The data is empirically analyzed and sentences are assorted on the basis of their clause pattern and the formal realization of the ob ...
... In the empirical part, two verbs bring and teach are studied in relation to ditransitive complementation based on examples extracted from the British National Corpus. The data is empirically analyzed and sentences are assorted on the basis of their clause pattern and the formal realization of the ob ...
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... graphical highlighting of corresponding lines in the Latin original. To support this view, we shall pay attention to the fact that exactly on episode onsets, not only full DPs as in (4) but also pronominal subjects inserted against the Latin original (cf. OHG sie ‘they’ in (5 b)) have to follow the ...
... graphical highlighting of corresponding lines in the Latin original. To support this view, we shall pay attention to the fact that exactly on episode onsets, not only full DPs as in (4) but also pronominal subjects inserted against the Latin original (cf. OHG sie ‘they’ in (5 b)) have to follow the ...
Greek 1001 Elementary Greek
... • verbs which modify their subjects using adjective endings (instead of using personal endings to indicate their subject) AND • adjectives which describe a noun as involved in a verbal action ...
... • verbs which modify their subjects using adjective endings (instead of using personal endings to indicate their subject) AND • adjectives which describe a noun as involved in a verbal action ...
The Elements of Style-William Strunk Jr.
... writer has been that once past the essentials, students profit most by individual instruction based on the problems of their own work, and that each instructor has his own body of theory, which he prefers to that offered by any textbook. The writer's colleagues in the Department of English in Cornel ...
... writer has been that once past the essentials, students profit most by individual instruction based on the problems of their own work, and that each instructor has his own body of theory, which he prefers to that offered by any textbook. The writer's colleagues in the Department of English in Cornel ...
Document
... generally called the object (or “direct object”). So, often, is the complement of a preposition (“object of the preposition”). ...
... generally called the object (or “direct object”). So, often, is the complement of a preposition (“object of the preposition”). ...
Case, 20 Years Later* Yen-hui Audrey Li
... and assigns Case to its complement. In contrast, an N is not a Case assigner, which captures the obligtoriness of prepositions such as in and of, when nouns take objects (interest – her, fear –him).3 (9) like him; saw her, about them (10) have interest in her; in fear of him Such a difference in Cas ...
... and assigns Case to its complement. In contrast, an N is not a Case assigner, which captures the obligtoriness of prepositions such as in and of, when nouns take objects (interest – her, fear –him).3 (9) like him; saw her, about them (10) have interest in her; in fear of him Such a difference in Cas ...
The Function and Signification of Certain
... language other than English—much less with Navajo—nor did they have special training in second-language teaching techniques. All languages possess means of one kind or another with which to shade meaning—including the complex intonational system employed by English. The simple statement “this is my ...
... language other than English—much less with Navajo—nor did they have special training in second-language teaching techniques. All languages possess means of one kind or another with which to shade meaning—including the complex intonational system employed by English. The simple statement “this is my ...
THE WRITE WAY TO TEACH GRAMMAR
... • Spend the first six weeks of every school year re-introducing parts of speech, phrases, clauses, types of sentences, punctuation, usage. • Have the students to do sequential exercises in the grammar book. • They need to do this because they didn’t learn grammar last year (or the year before, or th ...
... • Spend the first six weeks of every school year re-introducing parts of speech, phrases, clauses, types of sentences, punctuation, usage. • Have the students to do sequential exercises in the grammar book. • They need to do this because they didn’t learn grammar last year (or the year before, or th ...
WHEN NOUNS SURFACE AS VERBS
... such an object, as in sack, knee, and author-but not climax, function, or question. As Marchand (367) points out, the former comprise the majority of denominal verbs in English. In any case, we wished to found our theory of interpretation on what people know about states, events, and processes assoc ...
... such an object, as in sack, knee, and author-but not climax, function, or question. As Marchand (367) points out, the former comprise the majority of denominal verbs in English. In any case, we wished to found our theory of interpretation on what people know about states, events, and processes assoc ...
1 CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Being a mere
... language is taught and used mainly among family members or group of friends. That is why, the vernacular language identical with informal context. In addition, it is also used under certain circumstances, not in every circumstance, for example people are not expected to use AAVE or other vernacular ...
... language is taught and used mainly among family members or group of friends. That is why, the vernacular language identical with informal context. In addition, it is also used under certain circumstances, not in every circumstance, for example people are not expected to use AAVE or other vernacular ...
Laura A. Michaelis University of Colorado at Boulder Proceedings of
... construals in conjunction with certain verbs, as in examples like I began the book, where the book is construed as an activity prototypically associated with books (Pustejovsky & Bouillon 1995). The second type, which I will refer to as EXOCENTRIC , is that in which a nonhead, say a determiner, does ...
... construals in conjunction with certain verbs, as in examples like I began the book, where the book is construed as an activity prototypically associated with books (Pustejovsky & Bouillon 1995). The second type, which I will refer to as EXOCENTRIC , is that in which a nonhead, say a determiner, does ...
Verb-Particle Constructions*
... proposed a complex [V V0-P0] at deep structure, which took a DP direct object (the analyses of Fraser 1976 and Johnson 1991 are similar in relevant respects). 3 Particle shift was effected by a transformation. Various objections to this analysis can be raised on the grounds that the V0 P0 sequence i ...
... proposed a complex [V V0-P0] at deep structure, which took a DP direct object (the analyses of Fraser 1976 and Johnson 1991 are similar in relevant respects). 3 Particle shift was effected by a transformation. Various objections to this analysis can be raised on the grounds that the V0 P0 sequence i ...
Ovid, Metamorphoses 8
... singular qualifying ambāge. Initially students may assume it qualifies lūmina because of word order. By now, however, they should be growing used to Ovid's tendency to split nouns and adjectives. Metre does not solve the ambiguity, but careful reading aloud by the teacher, stressing the final long ā ...
... singular qualifying ambāge. Initially students may assume it qualifies lūmina because of word order. By now, however, they should be growing used to Ovid's tendency to split nouns and adjectives. Metre does not solve the ambiguity, but careful reading aloud by the teacher, stressing the final long ā ...
Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure
... Pesetsky points out that verbs like please, frighten, and anger are morphologically causative forms in many languages, including Japanese. If this is the correct thematic analysis, the linking patterns are expected: the cause of the event maps onto the subject position in (2), (5b), and (6b), and th ...
... Pesetsky points out that verbs like please, frighten, and anger are morphologically causative forms in many languages, including Japanese. If this is the correct thematic analysis, the linking patterns are expected: the cause of the event maps onto the subject position in (2), (5b), and (6b), and th ...
5th inaugral lecture - Copy - National Open University of Nigeria
... world with his transformational approach to the analysis of language, things have not remained the same in the field. Linguists from various parts of the world have been preoccupied with applying and revising his theory. Some have turned out to be his apostles, while others have become his opponents ...
... world with his transformational approach to the analysis of language, things have not remained the same in the field. Linguists from various parts of the world have been preoccupied with applying and revising his theory. Some have turned out to be his apostles, while others have become his opponents ...
Grammar of the Bórnu or Kanuri language
... c Hausa), Bode, Kareiharei, Gezere on the south by Ptka and Kodna on the south-east and east by BIdndara, Ngdla, Mudzugu, Gdmargu, Mdrgl and Bdb§r. The province of Gdzir is so large, that the saying has ...
... c Hausa), Bode, Kareiharei, Gezere on the south by Ptka and Kodna on the south-east and east by BIdndara, Ngdla, Mudzugu, Gdmargu, Mdrgl and Bdb§r. The province of Gdzir is so large, that the saying has ...
The Technical Writer`s Checklist
... http://www.cmu.edu/styleguide/peeves.html These words and phrases have been "done to death." Here are a few ideas for better ways to get your point across without using redundant, awkward or pretentious wording: Weak ...
... http://www.cmu.edu/styleguide/peeves.html These words and phrases have been "done to death." Here are a few ideas for better ways to get your point across without using redundant, awkward or pretentious wording: Weak ...
ACT English Test Prep
... Possessive and Plural Nouns” below). If you forget the apostrophe altogether, you will render the ...
... Possessive and Plural Nouns” below). If you forget the apostrophe altogether, you will render the ...
Full proceedings volume - Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
... The proposal to organize the workshop on “Grammar and lexicon: interactions and interfaces” was motivated by suggestions made by several participants at previous COLINGs, who expressed their concern that linguistic issues (as a part of the computational linguistics agenda) should be made more visibl ...
... The proposal to organize the workshop on “Grammar and lexicon: interactions and interfaces” was motivated by suggestions made by several participants at previous COLINGs, who expressed their concern that linguistic issues (as a part of the computational linguistics agenda) should be made more visibl ...
Dutch and German verb clusters in Performance
... Within the psycholinguistically motivated syntactic framework of Performance Grammar, we develop a linearization model that we claim captures a broad range of linear order phenomena in Dutch and German clauses, including the verb clustering phenomena focused in this volume. In Section 1, we lay out ...
... Within the psycholinguistically motivated syntactic framework of Performance Grammar, we develop a linearization model that we claim captures a broad range of linear order phenomena in Dutch and German clauses, including the verb clustering phenomena focused in this volume. In Section 1, we lay out ...
Using Modifiers Correctly
... A modifier is a word or word group that makes the meaning of another word or word group more specific. Two parts of speech are used as modifiers: adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. ADJECTIVE ADVERB ...
... A modifier is a word or word group that makes the meaning of another word or word group more specific. Two parts of speech are used as modifiers: adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. ADJECTIVE ADVERB ...
Deriving Behavior Specifications from Textual Use Cases
... lists of operations of conceptual objects and system sequence diagrams from (textual) use cases. In a sentence following the SVDPI pattern (premise 2), subject is the entity performing the action and the verb describes the action. Further, the direct object of the sentence describes the data being p ...
... lists of operations of conceptual objects and system sequence diagrams from (textual) use cases. In a sentence following the SVDPI pattern (premise 2), subject is the entity performing the action and the verb describes the action. Further, the direct object of the sentence describes the data being p ...
Existential Sentences Cross-Linguistically - e
... in descriptions of many languages to refer to a designated construction, it is difficult to identify exactly what these constructions have in common cross-linguistically. Following McNally (2011), the term is used here to refer to sentence types that are “non-canonical,” whether due to some aspect o ...
... in descriptions of many languages to refer to a designated construction, it is difficult to identify exactly what these constructions have in common cross-linguistically. Following McNally (2011), the term is used here to refer to sentence types that are “non-canonical,” whether due to some aspect o ...
IN GOD WE TRUST
... preferred • I found it difficult to accept Dr Smith's contention in chapter 3 that the new agonist has superior pharmacokinetics and is therefore more widely used. ...
... preferred • I found it difficult to accept Dr Smith's contention in chapter 3 that the new agonist has superior pharmacokinetics and is therefore more widely used. ...
Scottish Gaelic grammar
This article describes the grammar of the Scottish Gaelic language.