Penn Treebank Tagset
... As noted above (\IN or RB"), prepositions are generally associated with an immediately following noun phrase. However, they may be \stranded," i.e. their object may occur at the beginning of a clause rather than immediately following the preposition. For instance, in the examples below, the stranded ...
... As noted above (\IN or RB"), prepositions are generally associated with an immediately following noun phrase. However, they may be \stranded," i.e. their object may occur at the beginning of a clause rather than immediately following the preposition. For instance, in the examples below, the stranded ...
PSAT Grammar
... The students (who, which) ride the bus are too noisy. This is the newspaper (who, which) won the award. We saw a dog (who, which) looked dangerous. ...
... The students (who, which) ride the bus are too noisy. This is the newspaper (who, which) won the award. We saw a dog (who, which) looked dangerous. ...
Towards Proto
... Nouns for elder relatives: • “strong” unalterable initial consonants in Southwestern Mande; • special plural marker *-NI in SWM; • no article/noun morpheme added in numerous Western Mande languages. Reconstruction: prefix *Ń-, pl. suffix *-ni (?). ...
... Nouns for elder relatives: • “strong” unalterable initial consonants in Southwestern Mande; • special plural marker *-NI in SWM; • no article/noun morpheme added in numerous Western Mande languages. Reconstruction: prefix *Ń-, pl. suffix *-ni (?). ...
Raoul Zamponi
... (ca. 575,000), Gabon (374,000), and Congo (Brazzaville) (6,000). It belongs to the subgroup A70 (Beti-Fang, Ewondo-Fang) of the “zone” A of Bantu languages together with four languages localized in southern Cameroon: Eton (52,000 speakers), Ewondo (578,000 speakers), BebeleBebil (30,000 speakers) an ...
... (ca. 575,000), Gabon (374,000), and Congo (Brazzaville) (6,000). It belongs to the subgroup A70 (Beti-Fang, Ewondo-Fang) of the “zone” A of Bantu languages together with four languages localized in southern Cameroon: Eton (52,000 speakers), Ewondo (578,000 speakers), BebeleBebil (30,000 speakers) an ...
74. Colloquial Expressions and Idioms 75. Word Formation
... Es is also used as an impersonal pronoun (es regnet, it's raining), but it can also be used as an introductory word for emphasis or stylistic reasons. Es begins the sentence, and the true subject follows the verb. Es ist niemand zu Hause. No one is at home. Es kommen heute drei Kinder. Three childre ...
... Es is also used as an impersonal pronoun (es regnet, it's raining), but it can also be used as an introductory word for emphasis or stylistic reasons. Es begins the sentence, and the true subject follows the verb. Es ist niemand zu Hause. No one is at home. Es kommen heute drei Kinder. Three childre ...
The Oceanic Languages John Lynch, Malcolm Ross, Terry Crowley
... Two pseudo-categorisations also occur, according to the nature of the possessive marker that an indirectly possessed noun co-occurs with (§2.7), and according to the form of the numeral classifier with which a noun co-occurs. These are pseudo-categorisations in the sense that the same noun may occur ...
... Two pseudo-categorisations also occur, according to the nature of the possessive marker that an indirectly possessed noun co-occurs with (§2.7), and according to the form of the numeral classifier with which a noun co-occurs. These are pseudo-categorisations in the sense that the same noun may occur ...
SPAG-Whole-School-New-Curriculum
... To know the vocabulary taught in year 1. Noun, Noun phrase, Statement, Question, Exclamation, Command, Compound, Adjective, Verb, Suffix, Adverb, Tense (past/present), Apostrophe, Comma To express time, place and To express time, place and To express time, place and To express time, place and To int ...
... To know the vocabulary taught in year 1. Noun, Noun phrase, Statement, Question, Exclamation, Command, Compound, Adjective, Verb, Suffix, Adverb, Tense (past/present), Apostrophe, Comma To express time, place and To express time, place and To express time, place and To express time, place and To int ...
PDF file: Spanish reference grammar
... slightly softer and more like an English 'b' sound. So both 'Barcelona' and 'Valencia' will sound as if they start with a 'b'. • 'C' is pronounced as the 'c' in 'cat' except when it is followed by the letters 'e' or 'i' when it is pronounced as the 'th' in 'thing', apart from in Latin America when i ...
... slightly softer and more like an English 'b' sound. So both 'Barcelona' and 'Valencia' will sound as if they start with a 'b'. • 'C' is pronounced as the 'c' in 'cat' except when it is followed by the letters 'e' or 'i' when it is pronounced as the 'th' in 'thing', apart from in Latin America when i ...
Finite and non-finite Verbs
... Actors: In these last two examples the actor of the infinitive phrase could be roughly described as the "subject". It is a bit misleading to use the word subject, however, since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. Also notice that when it is a pronoun, the ac ...
... Actors: In these last two examples the actor of the infinitive phrase could be roughly described as the "subject". It is a bit misleading to use the word subject, however, since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. Also notice that when it is a pronoun, the ac ...
Slide 1
... Other uses of the Gerund (6) The use of the perfect gerund instead of the present when we are referring to a past action: He was accused of having driven under the influence / He was accused of driving under the influence. There are some verbs which can be followed by the infinitive or gerund witho ...
... Other uses of the Gerund (6) The use of the perfect gerund instead of the present when we are referring to a past action: He was accused of having driven under the influence / He was accused of driving under the influence. There are some verbs which can be followed by the infinitive or gerund witho ...
A Grammar of Ts’amakko Graziano Savà
... The crucial moment in the life of a ts’amatakko ‘Ts’amakko man’ or a ts’amatte ‘Ts’amakko woman’ is the rite of passage called gore. Only after a person has passed this stage is he/she considered a full member of the society and receives the right to be treated as an adult and to get married. The go ...
... The crucial moment in the life of a ts’amatakko ‘Ts’amakko man’ or a ts’amatte ‘Ts’amakko woman’ is the rite of passage called gore. Only after a person has passed this stage is he/she considered a full member of the society and receives the right to be treated as an adult and to get married. The go ...
Dependent Clauses
... Ex. My cat lost her ball I don’t know where. My cat lost her ball, but I don’t know where. My cat lost her ball. I don’t know where. ...
... Ex. My cat lost her ball I don’t know where. My cat lost her ball, but I don’t know where. My cat lost her ball. I don’t know where. ...
Caput primum - utdiscamusomnes
... took place before the main verb of the sentence. It is used in indirect statement and can be occasionally found as a complementary ...
... took place before the main verb of the sentence. It is used in indirect statement and can be occasionally found as a complementary ...
English Composition 1 - San Ignacio University
... structure in all sentences • Study the form classes and how they are used according to indicate number, case, tense and decree • Describe how functions deals with how words are used in a sentence, for example as a subject, main verb, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, object complem ...
... structure in all sentences • Study the form classes and how they are used according to indicate number, case, tense and decree • Describe how functions deals with how words are used in a sentence, for example as a subject, main verb, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, object complem ...
The Sentence
... If the verb is an ACTION verb . . . then it might act on a direct object. The direct object is a noun or an object pronoun that receives the action of the action verb. If you have a direct object, you might have an indirect object. An indirect object is a noun or object pronoun that is located betw ...
... If the verb is an ACTION verb . . . then it might act on a direct object. The direct object is a noun or an object pronoun that receives the action of the action verb. If you have a direct object, you might have an indirect object. An indirect object is a noun or object pronoun that is located betw ...
The Sentence
... If the verb is an ACTION verb . . . then it might act on a direct object. The direct object is a noun or an object pronoun that receives the action of the action verb. If you have a direct object, you might have an indirect object. An indirect object is a noun or object pronoun that is located betw ...
... If the verb is an ACTION verb . . . then it might act on a direct object. The direct object is a noun or an object pronoun that receives the action of the action verb. If you have a direct object, you might have an indirect object. An indirect object is a noun or object pronoun that is located betw ...
Workshop on Nominalization
... - What does it mean to be nominal? - Why would this property hold of nominals? 2. What does it mean to be a nominal? Part of theory of syntactic categories: Distributive Morphology (Halle and Marantx 1993, Marantz 1997, etc.): Lexical roots are category neutral, they are assigned a category X by mer ...
... - What does it mean to be nominal? - Why would this property hold of nominals? 2. What does it mean to be a nominal? Part of theory of syntactic categories: Distributive Morphology (Halle and Marantx 1993, Marantz 1997, etc.): Lexical roots are category neutral, they are assigned a category X by mer ...
Learning Dovahzul
... Sentence structure, in a very broad sense, is how these parts are ordered. In English, sentences are structured subject-verb-object. Dovahzul is structured the same way, with some exceptions which we’ll get to below. ...
... Sentence structure, in a very broad sense, is how these parts are ordered. In English, sentences are structured subject-verb-object. Dovahzul is structured the same way, with some exceptions which we’ll get to below. ...
Linguistically enriched corpora for establishing variation in support
... and (e), among modification, we explore prenominal adjectives, past participles, gerunds and other intervening material. In addition, some expressions allow relative clauses and PP post-nominal modifiers. Relative clauses are observed less often than PP postnominal modifiers. So far, we ignore these ...
... and (e), among modification, we explore prenominal adjectives, past participles, gerunds and other intervening material. In addition, some expressions allow relative clauses and PP post-nominal modifiers. Relative clauses are observed less often than PP postnominal modifiers. So far, we ignore these ...
A Practical Framework for Syntactic Transfer of Compound
... In addition, there are many minor differences. For example, English has three genders -masculine, feminine and neuter, whereas Hindi has only two -- masculine and feminine. Hindi has determiners, but not articles such as a, an and the. Apart from structural differences, there are a number of stylist ...
... In addition, there are many minor differences. For example, English has three genders -masculine, feminine and neuter, whereas Hindi has only two -- masculine and feminine. Hindi has determiners, but not articles such as a, an and the. Apart from structural differences, there are a number of stylist ...
Cheyenne Pronouns and Pronominal Functions
... tracking referents in discourse. Affixation is, of course, one of the most common cross-linguistic means for marking pronominal categories, as Schachter (1985:26) points out in the section on pronouns in his survey of parts-oØ-speech systems, "It is quite common for the equivalent of personal pronou ...
... tracking referents in discourse. Affixation is, of course, one of the most common cross-linguistic means for marking pronominal categories, as Schachter (1985:26) points out in the section on pronouns in his survey of parts-oØ-speech systems, "It is quite common for the equivalent of personal pronou ...
The Path to Neutralization: Image Schemas and Prefixed Motion Verbs
... (18) Еще до того, как Юрий Гагарин в космос слетал. [Есеновский] As we have seen, prefixes like в-, which introduce a path, do not yield perfective verbs when combined with a non-completable, nondirectional verb. However, the по- and с- prefixes do not represent paths. The former is quantificational ...
... (18) Еще до того, как Юрий Гагарин в космос слетал. [Есеновский] As we have seen, prefixes like в-, which introduce a path, do not yield perfective verbs when combined with a non-completable, nondirectional verb. However, the по- and с- prefixes do not represent paths. The former is quantificational ...
Ms. Cadden`s Quick Starts
... noun they are modifying or a follow a be or linking verb. Copy the following sentences and underline the adjectives. 1. The ambassador’s daughter was beautiful. 2. Her long dark hair fell in flowing tresses; her brown eyes were bright with lively mischief; her ...
... noun they are modifying or a follow a be or linking verb. Copy the following sentences and underline the adjectives. 1. The ambassador’s daughter was beautiful. 2. Her long dark hair fell in flowing tresses; her brown eyes were bright with lively mischief; her ...