Lexical Representations in Sentence Processing, ed.
... three constructions competed, beginning with the first verb in a sentence with a reduced relative clause: NP V(-ed) PP V. The constructions were: active transitive, active intransitive, and passive in a reduced relative. The full passive was ruled out at the -ed verb form because of the absence of a ...
... three constructions competed, beginning with the first verb in a sentence with a reduced relative clause: NP V(-ed) PP V. The constructions were: active transitive, active intransitive, and passive in a reduced relative. The full passive was ruled out at the -ed verb form because of the absence of a ...
Jeopardy - Level 6
... Answer: The transition should go in the middle. It needs a semicolon and a comma. If the transition were at the beginning or end, then the comma would go right after it or before it. Bao has a degree; however, he has a very ...
... Answer: The transition should go in the middle. It needs a semicolon and a comma. If the transition were at the beginning or end, then the comma would go right after it or before it. Bao has a degree; however, he has a very ...
teaching technical english writing
... process is essential, where it is useful and where it is of marginal advantage. The main features of this book have grown out and taken shape from my class-room experience. Two of these features are worth commenting on. First, TTEW is fairly explicit about language forms and functions, including som ...
... process is essential, where it is useful and where it is of marginal advantage. The main features of this book have grown out and taken shape from my class-room experience. Two of these features are worth commenting on. First, TTEW is fairly explicit about language forms and functions, including som ...
Prototype constructions in early language acquisition
... constructions. Perhaps a case in point is the transitive construction, which in English is so general in function—something like, prototypically, Talmy’s (1988) force-dynamic schema—that no one verb may be considered prototypical (and there is no evidence, to our knowledge, that one transitive verb ...
... constructions. Perhaps a case in point is the transitive construction, which in English is so general in function—something like, prototypically, Talmy’s (1988) force-dynamic schema—that no one verb may be considered prototypical (and there is no evidence, to our knowledge, that one transitive verb ...
Verbal Aspect in French Howard B. Garey Language, Vol. 33, No. 2
... In order to show by a minimal contrast the difference between the imparfait as 'objective association' and the pass6 ind6fini as 'subjective association', he compares Alexandre itait un grand conquirant with Alexandre a i t i u n grand conquirant, saying that the first attributes the quality of conq ...
... In order to show by a minimal contrast the difference between the imparfait as 'objective association' and the pass6 ind6fini as 'subjective association', he compares Alexandre itait un grand conquirant with Alexandre a i t i u n grand conquirant, saying that the first attributes the quality of conq ...
SOCIAL STUDIES 700 (Language Arts)
... Rule 2: “I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh.” This rule applies to many words, but it is just as critical to learn the exceptions as it is to learn the rule itself. The rule will serve as a guide for spelling words you do not know. Remember, the ie digraph usu ...
... Rule 2: “I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh.” This rule applies to many words, but it is just as critical to learn the exceptions as it is to learn the rule itself. The rule will serve as a guide for spelling words you do not know. Remember, the ie digraph usu ...
Contents - David Crystal
... A tag question is a type of 'yes-no question', and shows the same chanl)I' III \ You use the same personal pronoun (she, they etc) and tense of the verh ,1\ III ill statement to which the tag question is joined. In the most common kind III LIU you change from positive to negative, or from negative t ...
... A tag question is a type of 'yes-no question', and shows the same chanl)I' III \ You use the same personal pronoun (she, they etc) and tense of the verh ,1\ III ill statement to which the tag question is joined. In the most common kind III LIU you change from positive to negative, or from negative t ...
View/Open - Khartoum Space
... Use no more than three marks whether the omission occurs in the middle of a sentence or between sentences. Example: Original sentence: The regulation states, “All agencies must document overtime or risk losing federal funds.” Rewritten using ellipses: The regulation states, “All agencies must docume ...
... Use no more than three marks whether the omission occurs in the middle of a sentence or between sentences. Example: Original sentence: The regulation states, “All agencies must document overtime or risk losing federal funds.” Rewritten using ellipses: The regulation states, “All agencies must docume ...
Grammar Module One
... time it reached Lyndes' Hollow, it was a quiet, well-conducted little steam, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, f ...
... time it reached Lyndes' Hollow, it was a quiet, well-conducted little steam, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, f ...
Grammar Module One: Building Sentences
... time it reached Lyndes' Hollow, it was a quiet, well-conducted little steam, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, f ...
... time it reached Lyndes' Hollow, it was a quiet, well-conducted little steam, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, f ...
Complete and Correct Sentence Enrichment Packet
... For each sentence on page 693, write the complete predicate (or predicates for a compound sentence). Circle the simple or compound predicate. 1.___________________________________________________________________________________ 2.______________________________________________________________________ ...
... For each sentence on page 693, write the complete predicate (or predicates for a compound sentence). Circle the simple or compound predicate. 1.___________________________________________________________________________________ 2.______________________________________________________________________ ...
1 - OnCourse
... Her visitor had been talking for hours. He will have been talking all day. Notice that sometimes the main verb changes form when used with helping verbs. For more on these changes, see pages 96–106. Common Helping Verbs Forms of be ...
... Her visitor had been talking for hours. He will have been talking all day. Notice that sometimes the main verb changes form when used with helping verbs. For more on these changes, see pages 96–106. Common Helping Verbs Forms of be ...
External and Internal Possessors with Body Part Nouns: The Case of
... constructions is that they cannot be the object of any verb or preposition. The main rule is that the BIP/BEP constructions can only be used in a ‘physical context’. This concept was introduced in Lødrup (1999) to account for the distribution of simple reflexives. A physical context was understood a ...
... constructions is that they cannot be the object of any verb or preposition. The main rule is that the BIP/BEP constructions can only be used in a ‘physical context’. This concept was introduced in Lødrup (1999) to account for the distribution of simple reflexives. A physical context was understood a ...
8th Grade Argumentative Instructional Writing Rubric
... *This instructional writing rubric is designed as an instructional tool for teachers and students to use as they begin implementation of the Next Generation WV Content Standards and Objectives in the classroom. The existing WV Writing Rubric, aligned to the 21 st Century WV Content Standards and Obj ...
... *This instructional writing rubric is designed as an instructional tool for teachers and students to use as they begin implementation of the Next Generation WV Content Standards and Objectives in the classroom. The existing WV Writing Rubric, aligned to the 21 st Century WV Content Standards and Obj ...
Relational Words - Kathy Hirsh
... world in which we live is fundamentally dynamic, with events defined in terms of the relations that objects have to actions. When we label these events and relations, we use relational words that come in all forms. They can be nouns such as brother, island, and passenger (Hall & Waxman, 1993; Keil & ...
... world in which we live is fundamentally dynamic, with events defined in terms of the relations that objects have to actions. When we label these events and relations, we use relational words that come in all forms. They can be nouns such as brother, island, and passenger (Hall & Waxman, 1993; Keil & ...
The emergence of na as a copula in Nigerian Pidgin
... In 2 and 3 we have intermediate cases where the copular complement is a nondetermined noun phrase. In 2 the constituent “a good student” retains some predicative features because its referential status is low. The copular complement expresses a type that should describe a property about a subject (a ...
... In 2 and 3 we have intermediate cases where the copular complement is a nondetermined noun phrase. In 2 the constituent “a good student” retains some predicative features because its referential status is low. The copular complement expresses a type that should describe a property about a subject (a ...
Placed, Non- Placed and Anaphorically Placed Expressions:
... interrelated with the morphological expression of Person. As stated in Greenberg’s Universal 30 (Greenberg ,1963), for instance, if a language has Person- Number categories, it always has TenseMood categories. On independent grounds, within a tradition stemming from Reichenbach (1947), it has been p ...
... interrelated with the morphological expression of Person. As stated in Greenberg’s Universal 30 (Greenberg ,1963), for instance, if a language has Person- Number categories, it always has TenseMood categories. On independent grounds, within a tradition stemming from Reichenbach (1947), it has been p ...
2- Achieving coherence through grammatical consistency
... On the lines provided, rewrite the following dialogue and correct any error in the use of quotation marks and other punctuation marks . What did Steve give you for your birthday? asked Marcia. A pet frog replied Greg, and I named it after him. A frog named Steve asked Marcia. What does Steve think a ...
... On the lines provided, rewrite the following dialogue and correct any error in the use of quotation marks and other punctuation marks . What did Steve give you for your birthday? asked Marcia. A pet frog replied Greg, and I named it after him. A frog named Steve asked Marcia. What does Steve think a ...
Split Infinitive
... II) He seems to have seen better days. III) They are reported to have done this. Note : Perfect infinitive is used after past tense of verbs wish, desire, hope intend , command etc. ...
... II) He seems to have seen better days. III) They are reported to have done this. Note : Perfect infinitive is used after past tense of verbs wish, desire, hope intend , command etc. ...
The Bamunka Noun Phrase
... Line 2: Morpheme-by-morpheme breakdown Line 3: Morpheme-by-morpheme gloss Line 4: Free translation The second line of each example is based on the most current orthography (Blackwell, 2011) but is broken down into individual morphemes, with some spelling adjustments, as deemed necessary to reflect t ...
... Line 2: Morpheme-by-morpheme breakdown Line 3: Morpheme-by-morpheme gloss Line 4: Free translation The second line of each example is based on the most current orthography (Blackwell, 2011) but is broken down into individual morphemes, with some spelling adjustments, as deemed necessary to reflect t ...
1. the language of mathematics - One Mathematical Cat, Please!
... This simple idea—that numbers have lots of different names—is extremely important in mathematics! English has the same concept: synonyms are words that have the same (or nearly the same) meaning. However, this ‘same object, different name’ idea plays a much more fundamental role in mathematics than ...
... This simple idea—that numbers have lots of different names—is extremely important in mathematics! English has the same concept: synonyms are words that have the same (or nearly the same) meaning. However, this ‘same object, different name’ idea plays a much more fundamental role in mathematics than ...
Grammar Practice-L5.qxp:Grammer Practice-Key
... They / are not fishing (in the pond) (behind their house). D ...
... They / are not fishing (in the pond) (behind their house). D ...
Suppose, for instance, that the writer wants to achieve
... By the way, teachers, years ago the multiple choice section of the English Language and Composition Exam began with a series of questions asking students to manipulate sentence structures in this way. Here’s a portion of the 1987 MC section. While no longer relevant for multiple-choice test prep, th ...
... By the way, teachers, years ago the multiple choice section of the English Language and Composition Exam began with a series of questions asking students to manipulate sentence structures in this way. Here’s a portion of the 1987 MC section. While no longer relevant for multiple-choice test prep, th ...