course reader
... The structure associated with NPs differs from what has been proposed by e.g. Radford and what has generally been accepted, still, Jackendoff (1977) carries the seeds of what later is to develop into two separate nominal projections, the Noun Phrase and a Determiner Phrase. It is assumed that instea ...
... The structure associated with NPs differs from what has been proposed by e.g. Radford and what has generally been accepted, still, Jackendoff (1977) carries the seeds of what later is to develop into two separate nominal projections, the Noun Phrase and a Determiner Phrase. It is assumed that instea ...
The fuzzy boundaries of operator verb and support verb
... however, changing their semantic roles. In these constructions, the sentence with AGENT subject is called the standard construction, while its equivalent sentence with the reversed argument order is called the converse construction. Usually, the support verbs of the standard and the converse constru ...
... however, changing their semantic roles. In these constructions, the sentence with AGENT subject is called the standard construction, while its equivalent sentence with the reversed argument order is called the converse construction. Usually, the support verbs of the standard and the converse constru ...
unit 2 – understanding structure
... → introduced by words like “specifically” or “for example”. → introduced by words like “but”, “however” and “if”. ...
... → introduced by words like “specifically” or “for example”. → introduced by words like “but”, “however” and “if”. ...
Unifying Semantic Relations Across Syntactic Levels
... assuming weak relatedness between the results of the transformation stages. In his view, a causal relation that held between propositions now holds between speci c parts of the propositions: ...
... assuming weak relatedness between the results of the transformation stages. In his view, a causal relation that held between propositions now holds between speci c parts of the propositions: ...
gradable and ungradable adjectives
... The man was carrying a small black plastic bag. 2. You usually put comparative and superlative adjectives in front of other adjectives. Some of the better English actors have gone to live in Hollywood. These are the highest monthly figures on record. ...
... The man was carrying a small black plastic bag. 2. You usually put comparative and superlative adjectives in front of other adjectives. Some of the better English actors have gone to live in Hollywood. These are the highest monthly figures on record. ...
Predicted errors in children’s early sentence comprehension
... (1) The boy is gorping the girl. However, this account also predicts telltale errors. Not all two-noun sentences are transitive. Sentence (2) shows an invented verb in an intransitive sentence with two nouns conjoined in subject position. Before learning much about English syntax and morphology, chi ...
... (1) The boy is gorping the girl. However, this account also predicts telltale errors. Not all two-noun sentences are transitive. Sentence (2) shows an invented verb in an intransitive sentence with two nouns conjoined in subject position. Before learning much about English syntax and morphology, chi ...
MLG 1001: Grammar Lectures
... • Most irregular / strong verbs do not add -te to the imperfect stem. These must be learned separately! Note the vowel changes: • -ei -ie/-i: bleiben blieb, beißen biss • -i -a : singen sang, sinken sank ...
... • Most irregular / strong verbs do not add -te to the imperfect stem. These must be learned separately! Note the vowel changes: • -ei -ie/-i: bleiben blieb, beißen biss • -i -a : singen sang, sinken sank ...
Some of the sentences below have subject-verb
... its feet is large and webbed for swimming. The beaver’s tail which is wide and flat like a paddle also helps it to swim. Thick underfur keep the beaver warm and dry, even in very cold water. In fact, beavers have been known to stay under water in icy ponds for as long as fifteen minutes. Beavers als ...
... its feet is large and webbed for swimming. The beaver’s tail which is wide and flat like a paddle also helps it to swim. Thick underfur keep the beaver warm and dry, even in very cold water. In fact, beavers have been known to stay under water in icy ponds for as long as fifteen minutes. Beavers als ...
Tick the sentence that must end with a question mark. Tick one
... 26. Circle all the words in the sentences below that should start with a capital letter. henry tudor married his first wife, catherine, in june 1509. they married in london. 27. Which sentence is written in the active voice? Tick one. The book was returned to the library yesterday. The assembly was ...
... 26. Circle all the words in the sentences below that should start with a capital letter. henry tudor married his first wife, catherine, in june 1509. they married in london. 27. Which sentence is written in the active voice? Tick one. The book was returned to the library yesterday. The assembly was ...
dependent clauses File
... Relative Adverb Examples: The university where my sister goes to school is in Chicago. ( Where my sister goes to school is a relative clause. It contains the relative adverb where, the subject sister, and the verb goes. The clause modifies the noun university.) My family is taking a trip during the ...
... Relative Adverb Examples: The university where my sister goes to school is in Chicago. ( Where my sister goes to school is a relative clause. It contains the relative adverb where, the subject sister, and the verb goes. The clause modifies the noun university.) My family is taking a trip during the ...
Time and tense
... address the Browns live at.) Not only can Present Tense be lexicalised but also grammaticalised (Comrie 1993:10), i. e. the verb forms of walk and walks are grammatical ones of Present Tense in contrast with walked as that of Past Tense. While Present Tense forms are unmarked from the point of view ...
... address the Browns live at.) Not only can Present Tense be lexicalised but also grammaticalised (Comrie 1993:10), i. e. the verb forms of walk and walks are grammatical ones of Present Tense in contrast with walked as that of Past Tense. While Present Tense forms are unmarked from the point of view ...
File
... This is a classic I,ccI compound sentence; we use a compound structure when there is a compound truth: two equally important ideas that are related to each other in a tacit way mysteriously indicated by the comma and the coordinating conjunction. The fact that we join the ideas into a compound sente ...
... This is a classic I,ccI compound sentence; we use a compound structure when there is a compound truth: two equally important ideas that are related to each other in a tacit way mysteriously indicated by the comma and the coordinating conjunction. The fact that we join the ideas into a compound sente ...
Sentence Types: Lesson 1 There are four different sentence types: 1
... a. and makes the independent clauses equal in importance; both have the same value. b. but and yet show contrast between two independent clauses: the two clauses show difference, or an unexpected or unwanted outcome. c. or indicates a choice between the two clauses; nor indicates a negative choice: ...
... a. and makes the independent clauses equal in importance; both have the same value. b. but and yet show contrast between two independent clauses: the two clauses show difference, or an unexpected or unwanted outcome. c. or indicates a choice between the two clauses; nor indicates a negative choice: ...
Check - BgLOG.net
... We make an active sentence passive when we want to put information at the beginning of the sentence because it is more important. active sentence: ...
... We make an active sentence passive when we want to put information at the beginning of the sentence because it is more important. active sentence: ...
Creating a Dependency Syntactic Treebank: Towards Intuitive
... the questionnaire merely indicative of the answerers intuitive language modeling. Even though a part of the answers to the control question are not predictable, see example sentence 6 in Appendix A.2, we take all answers into account and do not consider any answers counterintuitive. Still, further r ...
... the questionnaire merely indicative of the answerers intuitive language modeling. Even though a part of the answers to the control question are not predictable, see example sentence 6 in Appendix A.2, we take all answers into account and do not consider any answers counterintuitive. Still, further r ...
5 - progress publishers
... The crow is a very common bird. It is a noisy bird that keeps cawing all the time. It has two legs, many feathers and a sharp beak. Both wings of this cunning bird are very strong. It can feed on any food that it can get. Its claws are very strong, and it can fly long distances at a stretch. Most cr ...
... The crow is a very common bird. It is a noisy bird that keeps cawing all the time. It has two legs, many feathers and a sharp beak. Both wings of this cunning bird are very strong. It can feed on any food that it can get. Its claws are very strong, and it can fly long distances at a stretch. Most cr ...
Practical Guide to English Usage
... 1.3.1. Quality partitives .............................................................................................. 1.3.2. Quantity partitives .......................................................................................... 1.4. Collective nouns ....................................... ...
... 1.3.1. Quality partitives .............................................................................................. 1.3.2. Quantity partitives .......................................................................................... 1.4. Collective nouns ....................................... ...
Participial Phrases
... Ex: The girl with green eyes is my sister. A prepositional phrase can function as an adverb when it modifies a verb. Ex: The car raced down the street. ...
... Ex: The girl with green eyes is my sister. A prepositional phrase can function as an adverb when it modifies a verb. Ex: The car raced down the street. ...
On Indefinite Subject NPs in Chinese
... e.* 一個人找到了打狗棒。 f. * 人找到了打狗棒。 g. 人終究是會死。 Sentence (1a) contains a proper noun ‘黃蓉’ as its subject and the sentence is grammatical. Sentence (1b) uses a definite NP ‘那個人’ as its subject and the sentence is also acceptable. Sentence (1c) has an indefinite NP ‘一個 人’ preceded by a marker ‘有’ and sentence ...
... e.* 一個人找到了打狗棒。 f. * 人找到了打狗棒。 g. 人終究是會死。 Sentence (1a) contains a proper noun ‘黃蓉’ as its subject and the sentence is grammatical. Sentence (1b) uses a definite NP ‘那個人’ as its subject and the sentence is also acceptable. Sentence (1c) has an indefinite NP ‘一個 人’ preceded by a marker ‘有’ and sentence ...
File
... My brother is not popular with the neighbours. My brother scares the postman away. My brother, who scares the postman away, is not popular with the neighbours. ...
... My brother is not popular with the neighbours. My brother scares the postman away. My brother, who scares the postman away, is not popular with the neighbours. ...
17 Revisiting the Noun-Verb Debate
... and Mandarin Chinese Comparing children learning English, Japanese, and Chinese is extremely interesting because the three languages are different from one another along the dimensions that have been assumed to affect the relative ease or difficulty of verb learning by children. Argument dropping is ...
... and Mandarin Chinese Comparing children learning English, Japanese, and Chinese is extremely interesting because the three languages are different from one another along the dimensions that have been assumed to affect the relative ease or difficulty of verb learning by children. Argument dropping is ...
Psycholinguistics --
... accounts for certain difficulties that arise from syntactic sources ( selfembedding, missing relative pronouns ..etc) Problems Listeners are assumed to make heavy use of function words. But to be used these must be identified from their sounds alone. ...
... accounts for certain difficulties that arise from syntactic sources ( selfembedding, missing relative pronouns ..etc) Problems Listeners are assumed to make heavy use of function words. But to be used these must be identified from their sounds alone. ...
Correcting Misuse of Verb Forms
... Subject-Verb Agreement The verb is not correctly inflected in number and person with respect to the subject. A common error is the confusion between the base form and the third person singular form, e.g., He *have been living there since June. ...
... Subject-Verb Agreement The verb is not correctly inflected in number and person with respect to the subject. A common error is the confusion between the base form and the third person singular form, e.g., He *have been living there since June. ...
nouns and proper nouns - Crescent Heights High School
... PRONOUNS take the place of one or more nouns or a group of words in a sentence. As with nouns, they can be used to refer to people, places or things. e.g.: The conductor described the songs we would play. She wanted us to memorize them. (Both “she” and “them” are pronouns—“she” refers to conductor a ...
... PRONOUNS take the place of one or more nouns or a group of words in a sentence. As with nouns, they can be used to refer to people, places or things. e.g.: The conductor described the songs we would play. She wanted us to memorize them. (Both “she” and “them” are pronouns—“she” refers to conductor a ...
C14-1101 - ACL Anthology
... Verbal adverbs may be active, as in (3), or passive, as in (7): (7) Buduči sorvannym, muxomor prodolžaet rasti ‘being plucked, the amanita continues to grow’. It is to be noted that the implicit subject of the passive verbal adverb buduči sorvannym ‘being plucked’ is the second argument of the activ ...
... Verbal adverbs may be active, as in (3), or passive, as in (7): (7) Buduči sorvannym, muxomor prodolžaet rasti ‘being plucked, the amanita continues to grow’. It is to be noted that the implicit subject of the passive verbal adverb buduči sorvannym ‘being plucked’ is the second argument of the activ ...