Creole Genesis and Universality: Case, Word Order, and Agreement
... linguistic universality. It has been said in various ways that creoles provide a special, perhaps unique, window on the human language faculty (Veenstra 2008). Derek Bickerton (1981:42) made the following statement in his landmark book, Roots of Language: …if all creoles could be shown to exhibit an ...
... linguistic universality. It has been said in various ways that creoles provide a special, perhaps unique, window on the human language faculty (Veenstra 2008). Derek Bickerton (1981:42) made the following statement in his landmark book, Roots of Language: …if all creoles could be shown to exhibit an ...
TEAM FLY - ielts
... (= have each mood in turn) An ALTERNATIVE plan would be to go by boat. (= another possibility) The ALTERNATIVES are simple: work or go hungry. (= two choices) Strictly speaking, the choice can be between only two alternatives (one choice or the other). However, the word is frequently used more loose ...
... (= have each mood in turn) An ALTERNATIVE plan would be to go by boat. (= another possibility) The ALTERNATIVES are simple: work or go hungry. (= two choices) Strictly speaking, the choice can be between only two alternatives (one choice or the other). However, the word is frequently used more loose ...
Observations on the optionality of modern Catalan participle
... location remains fairly isolated from contact with Spanish and tends to preserve older structures8. In the same article, Cortés shows that in most dialects of Catalan the participle does not agree with preceding direct object clitics for first or second person, only for third person, which coincides ...
... location remains fairly isolated from contact with Spanish and tends to preserve older structures8. In the same article, Cortés shows that in most dialects of Catalan the participle does not agree with preceding direct object clitics for first or second person, only for third person, which coincides ...
Embedded and Coordinated Finite and non-finite Clauses in
... The bare infinitive in (3) occurs only as the object after verbs such as make ,see, hear ,and feel . The to- infinitive is much more frequent . It occurs as object to many verbs ,as subject , subject predicate ,and adverbial . There are two other kinds of non-finite Verb groups , usually referred to ...
... The bare infinitive in (3) occurs only as the object after verbs such as make ,see, hear ,and feel . The to- infinitive is much more frequent . It occurs as object to many verbs ,as subject , subject predicate ,and adverbial . There are two other kinds of non-finite Verb groups , usually referred to ...
Main Clauses and How to Connect them
... Independent Clause: An Independent Clause is a group of words containing at least one subject and one verb and which is not subordinated by a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun. (See page two for a list of these words.) Sentences with only one independent clause and no dependent clauses ...
... Independent Clause: An Independent Clause is a group of words containing at least one subject and one verb and which is not subordinated by a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun. (See page two for a list of these words.) Sentences with only one independent clause and no dependent clauses ...
PPT
... material—words that will not change the meaning, with or without them—you will cause ripples on the water on both sides of your hand; those ripples are the commas. What this means is that you must use the commas IN PAIRS with regard to this rule, on both sides of the ...
... material—words that will not change the meaning, with or without them—you will cause ripples on the water on both sides of your hand; those ripples are the commas. What this means is that you must use the commas IN PAIRS with regard to this rule, on both sides of the ...
Judges Manual
... object of LinguiSHTIK is to make a four to ten letter word using cubes from the game mat. The word must satisfy the demands made in the course of play and must be used in a sentence type, classified by pattern, structure, or purpose, that is designated by the first player. The rules by which the gam ...
... object of LinguiSHTIK is to make a four to ten letter word using cubes from the game mat. The word must satisfy the demands made in the course of play and must be used in a sentence type, classified by pattern, structure, or purpose, that is designated by the first player. The rules by which the gam ...
Krifka 1995 Swahili
... case system. The prefix ji acts as a reflexive pronoun which does not show any person category. In addition to the pronominal prefixes, there are also free forms; they do not distinguish between subject and object forms, and there are no free pronouns for non-animate NPs. In general, free pronouns a ...
... case system. The prefix ji acts as a reflexive pronoun which does not show any person category. In addition to the pronominal prefixes, there are also free forms; they do not distinguish between subject and object forms, and there are no free pronouns for non-animate NPs. In general, free pronouns a ...
Lesson 7 Writing Overview
... passive voice sentence order. What was the subject of the sentence now becomes its object. Thus, a sentence written in the passive voice shows the object as the doer of the action. The subject no longer acts but is acted upon. Example: The ball was thrown by George. A passive sentence may also omit ...
... passive voice sentence order. What was the subject of the sentence now becomes its object. Thus, a sentence written in the passive voice shows the object as the doer of the action. The subject no longer acts but is acted upon. Example: The ball was thrown by George. A passive sentence may also omit ...
THE DISTRIBUTION AND CATEGORY STATUS OF ADJECTIVES
... The first aim of this paper is to show that the complementarity claim as defined in (1) is, for English at least, simply false. There are a number of environments, including the rarely noticed function of post-head modifier of nouns, where both adjectives and adverbs can occur. For the most part, th ...
... The first aim of this paper is to show that the complementarity claim as defined in (1) is, for English at least, simply false. There are a number of environments, including the rarely noticed function of post-head modifier of nouns, where both adjectives and adverbs can occur. For the most part, th ...
NON-FINITE COMPLEMENTS OF PERCEPTION VERBS Mihaela
... Fr. Je l’ai vu claquer la porte. b. Eng. You hear people accuse the government of ruining the country economy. Fr. Vous entendez les gens accuser le gouvernement de ruiner l’économie du pays. “In most Indo-European languages, the direct perception of an event is represented by the construction [perc ...
... Fr. Je l’ai vu claquer la porte. b. Eng. You hear people accuse the government of ruining the country economy. Fr. Vous entendez les gens accuser le gouvernement de ruiner l’économie du pays. “In most Indo-European languages, the direct perception of an event is represented by the construction [perc ...
A Computational Semantic Lexicon of French Verbs of Emotion
... The form of the subject of the French psychological verbs is free; it can be a sentence, an abstract or concrete noun phrase, or an infinitive. The complement (= the experiencer) is always a person, like Marie in the sentence (1) Paul irrite Marie, or some metonymical expressions referring to a pers ...
... The form of the subject of the French psychological verbs is free; it can be a sentence, an abstract or concrete noun phrase, or an infinitive. The complement (= the experiencer) is always a person, like Marie in the sentence (1) Paul irrite Marie, or some metonymical expressions referring to a pers ...
Compound Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences
... Note—These are still simple sentences, but they each have compound subjects. Effective writers can combine two separate related sentences that have different subjects but the ...
... Note—These are still simple sentences, but they each have compound subjects. Effective writers can combine two separate related sentences that have different subjects but the ...
1. Academic writing style There`s no great mystique about an
... It’s best not to refer to the reader as “you”. Don’t write, for example, As you can see in Figure 1. Use one of the ways shown below to avoid this. It’s also best not to refer to yourself as “we”. You will see this in some books, but it is somewhat oldfashioned, and may be regarded as pompous or pre ...
... It’s best not to refer to the reader as “you”. Don’t write, for example, As you can see in Figure 1. Use one of the ways shown below to avoid this. It’s also best not to refer to yourself as “we”. You will see this in some books, but it is somewhat oldfashioned, and may be regarded as pompous or pre ...
Kaplan University Writing Center
... Participles have past and present forms and can be used as adjectives to describe nouns. To form the present participle, add –ing to a root form of a verb: enchant + ing = enchanting. Present participles describe the performer of the action being described by the participle. ...
... Participles have past and present forms and can be used as adjectives to describe nouns. To form the present participle, add –ing to a root form of a verb: enchant + ing = enchanting. Present participles describe the performer of the action being described by the participle. ...
chistes de rubias
... In English A direct object is the person or thing that receives the action of the verb. It answers the questions who(m)? or what? I bought a book. (a book answers the question, What did I buy?) I sent Craig home. (Craig answers the question, Who did I send home?) To avoid repeating nouns that have a ...
... In English A direct object is the person or thing that receives the action of the verb. It answers the questions who(m)? or what? I bought a book. (a book answers the question, What did I buy?) I sent Craig home. (Craig answers the question, Who did I send home?) To avoid repeating nouns that have a ...
On Interpretation of the Verbal form in –(i)te in Bengali
... therefore, it appears necessary to conduct a research on this subject. 1. The infinitive and the adverbial participle: what they are and what they are not Both the infinitive and the adverbial participle belong to the group of the so-called non-finite forms or verbs. Traditionally non-finite forms h ...
... therefore, it appears necessary to conduct a research on this subject. 1. The infinitive and the adverbial participle: what they are and what they are not Both the infinitive and the adverbial participle belong to the group of the so-called non-finite forms or verbs. Traditionally non-finite forms h ...
Fundamentals of Classical Arabic VOLUME ONE
... educational methodologies. In this book, I have combined the notes and resources used by my teachers to present an overview of Arabic verb and noun conjugation. Insha’llah (God willing), future volumes will address other principles of classical Arabic grammar. My fear in compiling this work is that ...
... educational methodologies. In this book, I have combined the notes and resources used by my teachers to present an overview of Arabic verb and noun conjugation. Insha’llah (God willing), future volumes will address other principles of classical Arabic grammar. My fear in compiling this work is that ...
Adding Adjectives and Adverbs From
... A simple sentence is a group of words that names something and then says something about what it has named. Because the thing that is named is what the sentence is about, grammarians call it the “subject.” The most important words that say something about the subject are called “verbs.” In the follo ...
... A simple sentence is a group of words that names something and then says something about what it has named. Because the thing that is named is what the sentence is about, grammarians call it the “subject.” The most important words that say something about the subject are called “verbs.” In the follo ...
The Spanish Nominalized Infinitives: A proposal for a classification
... The inspection of nominalized infinitival constructions in Spanish shows that they are not structurally uniform. We find Prima facie in two categories. The first one: nominal infinitives present c-selection properties of nouns and pattern in structure with noun phrases. The second one: sentential cl ...
... The inspection of nominalized infinitival constructions in Spanish shows that they are not structurally uniform. We find Prima facie in two categories. The first one: nominal infinitives present c-selection properties of nouns and pattern in structure with noun phrases. The second one: sentential cl ...
Passive forms
... A new video store will be opened The Embassy has been attacked Tax cuts have been postponedε The agent is specified only when the speaker/writer needs or wants to make the identity of the semantic actor explicit: The laptop has been taken away by your brother Long passives (those which specify the a ...
... A new video store will be opened The Embassy has been attacked Tax cuts have been postponedε The agent is specified only when the speaker/writer needs or wants to make the identity of the semantic actor explicit: The laptop has been taken away by your brother Long passives (those which specify the a ...
Lesson 5 Verbs--Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles
... A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being. However, since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence t ...
... A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being. However, since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence t ...
Exerceamus 21-30 12-21-08 FINAL
... Directions: Indicate the person and number of the verbs marked in bold in each of the following sentences. Then determine the person and number of the pronoun marked in bold italics. Then translate the pronoun appropriately. Hint: If the person and number of the verb and the pronoun match, then the ...
... Directions: Indicate the person and number of the verbs marked in bold in each of the following sentences. Then determine the person and number of the pronoun marked in bold italics. Then translate the pronoun appropriately. Hint: If the person and number of the verb and the pronoun match, then the ...
Quenya - the Ancient Tongue
... Thus Quenya did survive, even in the dark First Age. In fact, the vocabulary was expanded: The Noldor adopted and adapted some words from other tongues, such as Casar "dwarf" from Dwarvish Khazad and certa "rune" from Sindarin certh (WJ:388, 396). Some words already in use developed new or modified ...
... Thus Quenya did survive, even in the dark First Age. In fact, the vocabulary was expanded: The Noldor adopted and adapted some words from other tongues, such as Casar "dwarf" from Dwarvish Khazad and certa "rune" from Sindarin certh (WJ:388, 396). Some words already in use developed new or modified ...
湖南省第一师范学院外语系备课用纸
... Practice (30 minutes) through questions about meaning changes and sentence pattern variations. IV. Summary (15 minutes) through discussions about usages of English verb forms for different moods. V. Detailed information about English moods and their semantic relations. ...
... Practice (30 minutes) through questions about meaning changes and sentence pattern variations. IV. Summary (15 minutes) through discussions about usages of English verb forms for different moods. V. Detailed information about English moods and their semantic relations. ...