Effective Writing
... opening examples of a complete sentence I wrote, (1) “John is a bear.” And then I wrote (2) “John kicks a bear.” The first sentence says that “John” exists as a bear. In the second sentence, “John” does something: he kicks a bear. Believe it or not, when you make any statement about our world, all t ...
... opening examples of a complete sentence I wrote, (1) “John is a bear.” And then I wrote (2) “John kicks a bear.” The first sentence says that “John” exists as a bear. In the second sentence, “John” does something: he kicks a bear. Believe it or not, when you make any statement about our world, all t ...
Singulars and Plurals in Dutch: Evidence for a Parallel Dual
... frequency effects play a role at the access level: Words with the same cumulative stem frequency become available to the central system in the same amount of time. Schreuder and Baayen (1995) outline a race model with fully parallel routes. Their model is based on a spreading activation network with ...
... frequency effects play a role at the access level: Words with the same cumulative stem frequency become available to the central system in the same amount of time. Schreuder and Baayen (1995) outline a race model with fully parallel routes. Their model is based on a spreading activation network with ...
Introducing probabilistic information in Constraint Grammar
... The latter provides a derived frequency percentage for each of a wordform's possible readings relative to the sum of all frequencies for this particular wordform. For wordforms with one reading only, will be 100%, for non-inflecting words (e.g. Conjunctions, adverbs,
prepositions), and
... The latter provides a derived frequency percentage for each of a wordform's possible readings relative to the sum of all frequencies for this particular wordform. For wordforms with one reading only,
PDF (Publication Article) - Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
... belongs to Damayanti (2012) in Journal Language and Literature, Vol 7, No 1 entitled Theme Shift and Theme Equivalence found in Indonesian-English Translation of Thesis Abstract. Second comes from Wijanarko (UMS, 2013) entitled A Translation Shift of Verbs and Verb Phrases in Subtitling The Adventur ...
... belongs to Damayanti (2012) in Journal Language and Literature, Vol 7, No 1 entitled Theme Shift and Theme Equivalence found in Indonesian-English Translation of Thesis Abstract. Second comes from Wijanarko (UMS, 2013) entitled A Translation Shift of Verbs and Verb Phrases in Subtitling The Adventur ...
An analysis of the Yoruba language with english
... Yoruba is a tone language whose many varieties are spoken across West Africa with about 20 million native speakers. It is spoken natively in Nigeria as well as the neighboring countries of the Republic of Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone and Ghana (Campbell 1991:1471). Yoruba is considered to be one of the ...
... Yoruba is a tone language whose many varieties are spoken across West Africa with about 20 million native speakers. It is spoken natively in Nigeria as well as the neighboring countries of the Republic of Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone and Ghana (Campbell 1991:1471). Yoruba is considered to be one of the ...
Nominalization – Lexical and Syntactic Aspects
... providing building blocks for such configurations, must on the one hand fix certain conceptual conditions as their constant contribution to conceptual configurations, and on the other hand provide variable positions for entities and situations to which these conditions apply. Hence SF must be assume ...
... providing building blocks for such configurations, must on the one hand fix certain conceptual conditions as their constant contribution to conceptual configurations, and on the other hand provide variable positions for entities and situations to which these conditions apply. Hence SF must be assume ...
Reteach Workbook
... Plums grow on trees dried plums are called prunes. • Correct a run-on sentence by rewriting it as two sentences or as a compound sentence. Plums grow on trees. Dried plums are called prunes. Read each group of words. Write F if it is a fragment. Write R if it is a run-on sentence. Write S if it is a ...
... Plums grow on trees dried plums are called prunes. • Correct a run-on sentence by rewriting it as two sentences or as a compound sentence. Plums grow on trees. Dried plums are called prunes. Read each group of words. Write F if it is a fragment. Write R if it is a run-on sentence. Write S if it is a ...
The agent suffixes as a window into Vedic grammar
... second insight is that most deverbal (krt) suffixes share a subset of the inflectional tense endings’ modal and temporal features. Pān.ini’s ˚ ingeniously captures that relationship by a parallel treatment of these inflectional and derivational suffixes within an integrated morphological subsystem ...
... second insight is that most deverbal (krt) suffixes share a subset of the inflectional tense endings’ modal and temporal features. Pān.ini’s ˚ ingeniously captures that relationship by a parallel treatment of these inflectional and derivational suffixes within an integrated morphological subsystem ...
Subject Complements
... A subject complement is a word or word group in the predicate that identifies or describes the subject. A subject complement is connected to the subject by a linking verb. It is the Predicate Nominative or Predicate Adjective. EXAMPLES The world’s oldest surviving religion is Judaism. [Judaism is a ...
... A subject complement is a word or word group in the predicate that identifies or describes the subject. A subject complement is connected to the subject by a linking verb. It is the Predicate Nominative or Predicate Adjective. EXAMPLES The world’s oldest surviving religion is Judaism. [Judaism is a ...
Syntax - English sentence structure
... Run-on sentences: These are two sentences that the writer has not separated with an end punctuation mark, or has not joined with a conjunction. (Click the following run-ons to see where they should be separated into two sentences.) o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I h ...
... Run-on sentences: These are two sentences that the writer has not separated with an end punctuation mark, or has not joined with a conjunction. (Click the following run-ons to see where they should be separated into two sentences.) o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I h ...
4 adjectives and adverbs
... She found the lost ring under the sofa. (= the ring which had been lost) Participle forms after a noun can be part of a reduced relative clause: I feel sorry for the people left behind. (= the people that are left behind) More on the use of participles in clauses ➤ Unit 55 ...
... She found the lost ring under the sofa. (= the ring which had been lost) Participle forms after a noun can be part of a reduced relative clause: I feel sorry for the people left behind. (= the people that are left behind) More on the use of participles in clauses ➤ Unit 55 ...
The syntax of preverbal ge- in Old English
... Some of these are relatively easy to understand: • That row of speech verbs e.g., makes sense if these are essentially activities. • The two ‘go’ verbs are plausibly also activities, though it will depend here quite a bit on the details of individual contexts. Initially unexpected are sendan, drinca ...
... Some of these are relatively easy to understand: • That row of speech verbs e.g., makes sense if these are essentially activities. • The two ‘go’ verbs are plausibly also activities, though it will depend here quite a bit on the details of individual contexts. Initially unexpected are sendan, drinca ...
painless english – lesson 002 – pronouns
... Here, use the possessive pronoun its to show possession of the noun name. Do not confuse the possessive pronoun its with it’s, which is the contraction of it is. ...
... Here, use the possessive pronoun its to show possession of the noun name. Do not confuse the possessive pronoun its with it’s, which is the contraction of it is. ...
questions to the differentiational test in theoretical grammar
... fundamental assumptions about the relationship between language and logic. It became apparent that there was not such a thing as the most natural way to express a thought, and therefore logic could no longer be relied upon as a basis for studying the structure of language. As Otto Jespersen said, “I ...
... fundamental assumptions about the relationship between language and logic. It became apparent that there was not such a thing as the most natural way to express a thought, and therefore logic could no longer be relied upon as a basis for studying the structure of language. As Otto Jespersen said, “I ...
PDF file - University of Cambridge
... particular, there is no plausible way in which reanalysis can have played a role, and there is no suggestion that any current or past instance of the form down is potentially ambiguous between a prepositional and a verbal analysis.4 Therefore, lexicalization of grammatical items is not ‘grammatical ...
... particular, there is no plausible way in which reanalysis can have played a role, and there is no suggestion that any current or past instance of the form down is potentially ambiguous between a prepositional and a verbal analysis.4 Therefore, lexicalization of grammatical items is not ‘grammatical ...
Word-class-changing inflection and morphological theory
... all-or-nothing features. Some linguists (e.g. Dressler 1989, Luraghi 1994) have discussed inflection and derivation in terms of prototypicality, pointing out that some types of affixes are prototypically inflectional (e.g. case affixes and person/number agreement affixes), whereas others are prototy ...
... all-or-nothing features. Some linguists (e.g. Dressler 1989, Luraghi 1994) have discussed inflection and derivation in terms of prototypicality, pointing out that some types of affixes are prototypically inflectional (e.g. case affixes and person/number agreement affixes), whereas others are prototy ...
north of phonology a dissertation submitted to the
... have learned a lot. Will Leben, whose knowledge of tone systems and melody-based proposals left a greater impression on me than he suspects, and I only wish I had had more time to integrate similar analyses in this dissertation. Ivan Sag, who helped me shape the formal aspects of my dissertation, ei ...
... have learned a lot. Will Leben, whose knowledge of tone systems and melody-based proposals left a greater impression on me than he suspects, and I only wish I had had more time to integrate similar analyses in this dissertation. Ivan Sag, who helped me shape the formal aspects of my dissertation, ei ...
Relativization versus nominalization strategies in
... cannot form clauses by themselves. In Chimariko verbs can form clauses by themselves. They are verb-like in that (a) they occur with pronominal marking and (b) they can take arguments. In clausal nominalization the verb retains some of its verbal properties. The Chimariko verb retains some of its ve ...
... cannot form clauses by themselves. In Chimariko verbs can form clauses by themselves. They are verb-like in that (a) they occur with pronominal marking and (b) they can take arguments. In clausal nominalization the verb retains some of its verbal properties. The Chimariko verb retains some of its ve ...
R-impersonals in Atlantic and Mande languages
... 2. R-impersonals as the non-compositional expression of vague reference3 Before applying a term such as R-impersonal to languages that do not have relatively ancient and well-established descriptive traditions, it is important to discuss its definition in order to ensure the comparability of the phe ...
... 2. R-impersonals as the non-compositional expression of vague reference3 Before applying a term such as R-impersonal to languages that do not have relatively ancient and well-established descriptive traditions, it is important to discuss its definition in order to ensure the comparability of the phe ...
The polysemy of -ize derivatives and the ModGreek
... Jackendoff’s LCSs schema of the -ize derivatives. Instead, the second productive verbal suffix (equivalent to -ize) -`ono (e.g. spitono ‘put into a house’ in the sense of hospitalize is used. Finally, it will also be shown, in this study, that -pi`o derivatives are always transitive whereas the MG - ...
... Jackendoff’s LCSs schema of the -ize derivatives. Instead, the second productive verbal suffix (equivalent to -ize) -`ono (e.g. spitono ‘put into a house’ in the sense of hospitalize is used. Finally, it will also be shown, in this study, that -pi`o derivatives are always transitive whereas the MG - ...
Grammar and Composition Guide
... as "dude," "cool," "awesome") or clichés (overused and unoriginal expressions, such as "busy as a bee," "few and far between," "last but not least," etc.). 19. Never use second-person pronouns ("you," "your") in a formal essay except in a quotation or to address a specific reader. 20. The most dange ...
... as "dude," "cool," "awesome") or clichés (overused and unoriginal expressions, such as "busy as a bee," "few and far between," "last but not least," etc.). 19. Never use second-person pronouns ("you," "your") in a formal essay except in a quotation or to address a specific reader. 20. The most dange ...
The message in the navel: (ir)realisness in Swahili
... In this paper I will use the expression “Tense-Aspect-Modality” (TAM) to refer to a set of prefixes and suffixes that are attached to verb stems in Swahili, even though some of these affixes signal information that falls outside the scope of traditional definitions of tense, aspect, and modality (se ...
... In this paper I will use the expression “Tense-Aspect-Modality” (TAM) to refer to a set of prefixes and suffixes that are attached to verb stems in Swahili, even though some of these affixes signal information that falls outside the scope of traditional definitions of tense, aspect, and modality (se ...
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 ...
Gros Ventre Student Grammar
... AI and II Verbs (Intransitive Verbs) As you have already gathered from the examples, the different people involved in activities and descriptions, as well as how many of them there are [singular or plural] is indicated by prefixes and suffxes attached directly to the verb, and they become a part of ...
... AI and II Verbs (Intransitive Verbs) As you have already gathered from the examples, the different people involved in activities and descriptions, as well as how many of them there are [singular or plural] is indicated by prefixes and suffxes attached directly to the verb, and they become a part of ...