CEA Grammar Exercises - Telemachos Publishing
... contrasting relationship between the two clauses of the sentence; three are used to indicate a cause and effect relationship. for contrast although even though while for cause and effect because since as ...
... contrasting relationship between the two clauses of the sentence; three are used to indicate a cause and effect relationship. for contrast although even though while for cause and effect because since as ...
Independent Clauses
... to another element (the independent clause) and depends on that other element for its meaning. The subordinate clause is created by a subordinating conjunction or dependent word. An independent clause, "She is older than her brother" (which could be its own sentence), can be turned into a dependent ...
... to another element (the independent clause) and depends on that other element for its meaning. The subordinate clause is created by a subordinating conjunction or dependent word. An independent clause, "She is older than her brother" (which could be its own sentence), can be turned into a dependent ...
Stems and Inflectional Classes - international association of african
... phonological form of the verb’ (127). From outline of the binyanim system presented, the qal binyan though numerically the largest, plays no active role in the formation of new verbs in Hebrew, it is passive; so is nif’al. Both are identified as problem cases of the binyanim, and unlike the other bi ...
... phonological form of the verb’ (127). From outline of the binyanim system presented, the qal binyan though numerically the largest, plays no active role in the formation of new verbs in Hebrew, it is passive; so is nif’al. Both are identified as problem cases of the binyanim, and unlike the other bi ...
small clauses and participial constructions - E
... many instances of adjunct clauses controlled by the DO. Sentence (17a) may be continued as in (17b) or in (17c). The interpretation felicitous in context (17b) requires control of the subject of the adjunct clause by the Direct Object. ...
... many instances of adjunct clauses controlled by the DO. Sentence (17a) may be continued as in (17b) or in (17c). The interpretation felicitous in context (17b) requires control of the subject of the adjunct clause by the Direct Object. ...
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... constituent question can be indefinite under almost the same conditions which allow the subject of a declarative to be indefinite. To explain the distribution of indefinite subjects in certain copular constituent questions, we will examine some aspects of the information structure of questions. We w ...
... constituent question can be indefinite under almost the same conditions which allow the subject of a declarative to be indefinite. To explain the distribution of indefinite subjects in certain copular constituent questions, we will examine some aspects of the information structure of questions. We w ...
This chapter makes theoretical contributions to construction grammar
... include categorization in terms of radial categories, the abstraction of embodied experience as image schemas, metaphor, and metonymy (Feldman 2006). Turner (1996: 9) demonstrates how embodied experience makes it possible for us to recognize “small stories as involving objects and events” and to “fo ...
... include categorization in terms of radial categories, the abstraction of embodied experience as image schemas, metaphor, and metonymy (Feldman 2006). Turner (1996: 9) demonstrates how embodied experience makes it possible for us to recognize “small stories as involving objects and events” and to “fo ...
Year 8 to 12 moderated evidence - Department for Education and
... Words and word groups • Adverbs, adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrasesto express the circumstances surrounding happenings and states o place o time o accompaniment o manner(quality and means) ...
... Words and word groups • Adverbs, adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrasesto express the circumstances surrounding happenings and states o place o time o accompaniment o manner(quality and means) ...
Chapter 6 Verb stems and incorporation
... ‘root’ position.2 The term ‘root’ refers to the component of the stem which makes the primary contribution to the meaning of the stem, and which is obligatory. In Algonquian verb stems, however, it is difficult to single out any one of the three stem components as consistently functioning as the roo ...
... ‘root’ position.2 The term ‘root’ refers to the component of the stem which makes the primary contribution to the meaning of the stem, and which is obligatory. In Algonquian verb stems, however, it is difficult to single out any one of the three stem components as consistently functioning as the roo ...
Abstract Aglab Khazad: The Secret Language ofTolkien`s Dwarves
... Tolkien's world of Middle-Earth has gone through several attempts at adaptation in various kinds of media, but by far the most famous and successful adaptation to date is the trilogy of movies directed by Peter Jackson, based on LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, released in 2001; The Two Towers, rel ...
... Tolkien's world of Middle-Earth has gone through several attempts at adaptation in various kinds of media, but by far the most famous and successful adaptation to date is the trilogy of movies directed by Peter Jackson, based on LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, released in 2001; The Two Towers, rel ...
Tense and Aspect in Urdu
... These unusual features of the Urdu future follow directly once its historical development is considered. The future marker -g- is derived from a Sanskrit participle of the verb gā ‘go’ (Kellogg, 1893, Beg, 1988, McGregor, 1968). This historical development is not unusual, since many languages innov ...
... These unusual features of the Urdu future follow directly once its historical development is considered. The future marker -g- is derived from a Sanskrit participle of the verb gā ‘go’ (Kellogg, 1893, Beg, 1988, McGregor, 1968). This historical development is not unusual, since many languages innov ...
Locative Invenion, Definiteness, and Free Word Order in Russian
... participles and adjectives are restricted to be but inversions of prepositional phrases are not. However, this claim is falsified, in particular, by the example Bresnan adopts from Birner (1992:58) repeated here as (5a) (75): (5) a. Coiled on the floor lay a one-hundred-and-fifty-foot length of brai ...
... participles and adjectives are restricted to be but inversions of prepositional phrases are not. However, this claim is falsified, in particular, by the example Bresnan adopts from Birner (1992:58) repeated here as (5a) (75): (5) a. Coiled on the floor lay a one-hundred-and-fifty-foot length of brai ...
Chapter 23: Participles Chapter 23 covers the following: the
... also voice and expectation, for instance, “Giving Latin their full attention, most students get A’s.” Here, “giving” is active — the students are doing the giving; they’re not being given — and by being active, “giving” naturally expects what most active-voice verb forms take: a direct object, in th ...
... also voice and expectation, for instance, “Giving Latin their full attention, most students get A’s.” Here, “giving” is active — the students are doing the giving; they’re not being given — and by being active, “giving” naturally expects what most active-voice verb forms take: a direct object, in th ...
08 Grammar Past Participles
... BBC Learning English - Quiznet Grammar Past Participles For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. Did you know over 200 people have successfully ______ solo across the channel from England to France? a. swimmed b. swim c. swam d. swum 2. Hmmm, I love the smell of freshly _____ ...
... BBC Learning English - Quiznet Grammar Past Participles For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. Did you know over 200 people have successfully ______ solo across the channel from England to France? a. swimmed b. swim c. swam d. swum 2. Hmmm, I love the smell of freshly _____ ...
Evidence of optional infinitive verbs in the spontaneous speech of
... forms where a different person, number or tense was called for. Both the controls and the SLI children produced this kind of error, though the SLI children produced more. This is very strong evidence that a kind of bare stem form was being used when children could not produce the finite target, cons ...
... forms where a different person, number or tense was called for. Both the controls and the SLI children produced this kind of error, though the SLI children produced more. This is very strong evidence that a kind of bare stem form was being used when children could not produce the finite target, cons ...
Punctuation Patterns
... Use a comma to separate more than two verbs. • Iguanas make nice pets, take up little space, and are tidy. • Polo spent a great deal of time at the Great Khan’s palace, closely observed its structure, and wrote detailed descriptions of the main rooms. A style note: A string of simple sentences is ch ...
... Use a comma to separate more than two verbs. • Iguanas make nice pets, take up little space, and are tidy. • Polo spent a great deal of time at the Great Khan’s palace, closely observed its structure, and wrote detailed descriptions of the main rooms. A style note: A string of simple sentences is ch ...
B ARE ADJECTIVES AS SYNCRETIC FORMS Avel·lina Suñer
... describe the properties of these unagreed adjectives and of the syntactic environments that house them, specifically focusing on bare adjectives that are within the SV domain. Moreover, we will explain the syncretic and epiphenomenal character of these forms, which appear in many different construct ...
... describe the properties of these unagreed adjectives and of the syntactic environments that house them, specifically focusing on bare adjectives that are within the SV domain. Moreover, we will explain the syncretic and epiphenomenal character of these forms, which appear in many different construct ...
the analysis of indonesian sentence error in printed/electronic mass
... Such sentences do not have objects because objects are usually in forms of noun or noun phrase. If noun or noun phrase is preceeded by preposition, the constituent will be prepositional phrase, not noun phrase. Prepositional phrase, almost in all languages, functions as adverb in sentence. Thus, the ...
... Such sentences do not have objects because objects are usually in forms of noun or noun phrase. If noun or noun phrase is preceeded by preposition, the constituent will be prepositional phrase, not noun phrase. Prepositional phrase, almost in all languages, functions as adverb in sentence. Thus, the ...
Aspects of the syntax of psychological verbs in Spanish A lexical
... follows: how can it be explained that apparently equivalent thematic relations can be realized as three syntactically different constructions? One of the oldest and most popular solutions to this puzzle was formulated within the transformational framework, and takes this unifying thematic factor as ...
... follows: how can it be explained that apparently equivalent thematic relations can be realized as three syntactically different constructions? One of the oldest and most popular solutions to this puzzle was formulated within the transformational framework, and takes this unifying thematic factor as ...
full text
... meaning is not elicited until the verb read is combined with -able. In this way the suffix does not only mean the possibility something is done but also contains adverbial information like easiness, interest and worthiness, which could be paraphrased into a prepositional phrase such as with ease or ...
... meaning is not elicited until the verb read is combined with -able. In this way the suffix does not only mean the possibility something is done but also contains adverbial information like easiness, interest and worthiness, which could be paraphrased into a prepositional phrase such as with ease or ...
Aspects of the syntax of psychological verbs in Spanish A lexical
... follows: how can it be explained that apparently equivalent thematic relations can be realized as three syntactically different constructions? One of the oldest and most popular solutions to this puzzle was formulated within the transformational framework, and takes this unifying thematic factor as ...
... follows: how can it be explained that apparently equivalent thematic relations can be realized as three syntactically different constructions? One of the oldest and most popular solutions to this puzzle was formulated within the transformational framework, and takes this unifying thematic factor as ...
The Past Perfect in German, English, and Old Russian (Comparative
... The Modern Russian language has only three basic tenses: present, past and future. However due to such simplicity we need to introduce the concept of aspects. There are two aspects in Russian: the imperfective aspect and the perfective aspect. Aspects are only used in the past and future tense. Aspe ...
... The Modern Russian language has only three basic tenses: present, past and future. However due to such simplicity we need to introduce the concept of aspects. There are two aspects in Russian: the imperfective aspect and the perfective aspect. Aspects are only used in the past and future tense. Aspe ...
Conjunction reduction and gapping in clause-level
... Before entering the empirical arena 1 wish t o point out that the remainder of this paper will be based on evidence from Dutch rather than English. Dutch, my native language, features considerable word order variation, in particular between main clauses (SVO, VSO) and subordinate clauses (SOV). This ...
... Before entering the empirical arena 1 wish t o point out that the remainder of this paper will be based on evidence from Dutch rather than English. Dutch, my native language, features considerable word order variation, in particular between main clauses (SVO, VSO) and subordinate clauses (SOV). This ...
Attributive clauses in Modern English
... (LINKLATER) Non-defining attributive clauses pose the question of boundary line between subordination and co-ordination, which in this case becomes somewhat blurred. This is especially evident in the so-called continuative clauses, which are used to carry the narrative a step further, namely in sent ...
... (LINKLATER) Non-defining attributive clauses pose the question of boundary line between subordination and co-ordination, which in this case becomes somewhat blurred. This is especially evident in the so-called continuative clauses, which are used to carry the narrative a step further, namely in sent ...
6 Adverb Phrase - E
... The single adverbs may be intensifiers, or adverbs of manner, time, location, quality, etc., filling the modifier slot at phrase level structure. The head-modifier adverb phrase has an adverb as the head, and the modifiers being a closed set of intensifiers that modify the adverbs. The coordinate ad ...
... The single adverbs may be intensifiers, or adverbs of manner, time, location, quality, etc., filling the modifier slot at phrase level structure. The head-modifier adverb phrase has an adverb as the head, and the modifiers being a closed set of intensifiers that modify the adverbs. The coordinate ad ...