Consciousness-Raising Tasks for Grammar Teaching
... and to monitor output. Many L2 learners will compensate for their limited implicit knowledge of English by drawing on their explicit knowledge, especially in writing. ...
... and to monitor output. Many L2 learners will compensate for their limited implicit knowledge of English by drawing on their explicit knowledge, especially in writing. ...
Motivation for studying Italian
... inflection over a wider range of languages. In two studies on Italian child language, for example, Orsolini et al. (1998) and Matcovich (2000) claimed that the dual-mechanism model of inflection does not generalize to Romance languages such as Italian. Orsolini et al. found that in Italian children ...
... inflection over a wider range of languages. In two studies on Italian child language, for example, Orsolini et al. (1998) and Matcovich (2000) claimed that the dual-mechanism model of inflection does not generalize to Romance languages such as Italian. Orsolini et al. found that in Italian children ...
Grammar Goofs
... Happens when a pronoun is not connected to a noun nearby (it, there, they) ◦ Mistake: It is difficult to explain what I mean sometimes. ◦ Correct: Explaining what I mean is sometimes difficult. ◦ Mistake: They say we’ll have rain this weekend. ◦ Correct: The meteorologist says we’ll have rain this ...
... Happens when a pronoun is not connected to a noun nearby (it, there, they) ◦ Mistake: It is difficult to explain what I mean sometimes. ◦ Correct: Explaining what I mean is sometimes difficult. ◦ Mistake: They say we’ll have rain this weekend. ◦ Correct: The meteorologist says we’ll have rain this ...
Conceptual Analysis of Garden-Path Sentences
... type by testing if "plane" could be the subject of "stuff* and fails because "plane" does not meet the selectional restrictions of "stuff'. This request also checks to see if "stuff" could be passive, but fails at this time (see condition 3 of Figure 3b). A request from "stuff" then finds that "plan ...
... type by testing if "plane" could be the subject of "stuff* and fails because "plane" does not meet the selectional restrictions of "stuff'. This request also checks to see if "stuff" could be passive, but fails at this time (see condition 3 of Figure 3b). A request from "stuff" then finds that "plan ...
Chapter 6 Verb stems and incorporation
... In (19), for example, the initial is pem- ‘by’, a simple initial that we saw above in verbs of motion ((7b), (8b), and (9b)). The final of (19) is -atone·hw- ‘look for’ TA, which has been derived from a full TA verb stem, natone·hw- ‘look for’, by deletion of the stem-initial consonant. (20) is a si ...
... In (19), for example, the initial is pem- ‘by’, a simple initial that we saw above in verbs of motion ((7b), (8b), and (9b)). The final of (19) is -atone·hw- ‘look for’ TA, which has been derived from a full TA verb stem, natone·hw- ‘look for’, by deletion of the stem-initial consonant. (20) is a si ...
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... use the pronoun te instead of me. Note: You may use a ti for emphasis, but never the subject pronoun tú. ...
... use the pronoun te instead of me. Note: You may use a ti for emphasis, but never the subject pronoun tú. ...
Imagina: Leccion 3
... started with the first person singular of the present (hablo, como, vivo, digo, conozco), took off the 'o', and then added the 'opposite endings'. Now with the past subjunctive, we're going to go through a similar process, but now, instead of beginning with the first person singular of the present, ...
... started with the first person singular of the present (hablo, como, vivo, digo, conozco), took off the 'o', and then added the 'opposite endings'. Now with the past subjunctive, we're going to go through a similar process, but now, instead of beginning with the first person singular of the present, ...
Contents - Gramcord
... Element), the word(s) must possess the grammatical characteristics the user defines. This command is very useful in situations where two elements should be adjacent except when particular types of words intervene. For example, a Construction definition searching for an Article + a Noun in full gramm ...
... Element), the word(s) must possess the grammatical characteristics the user defines. This command is very useful in situations where two elements should be adjacent except when particular types of words intervene. For example, a Construction definition searching for an Article + a Noun in full gramm ...
Lección 11: Gramática
... Introducción al modo subjuntivo (7) • For verbs ending in -ir, the three singular forms and the third-person plural form undergo the same stem changes in the present subjunctive as in the present indicative. • However, in addition, observe that unstressed e changes to i and unstressed o changes to ...
... Introducción al modo subjuntivo (7) • For verbs ending in -ir, the three singular forms and the third-person plural form undergo the same stem changes in the present subjunctive as in the present indicative. • However, in addition, observe that unstressed e changes to i and unstressed o changes to ...
Time, Tense and Aspect: An Introduction
... In the middle, there are verbs of stance –temporary state or position. Trujillo will not move from its hill, but if my dog is lying in his basket, he may move at any moment. The distinction is relevant to our choice of Aspect: Stative verb meanings exclude the Continuous Aspect, unless it be in the ...
... In the middle, there are verbs of stance –temporary state or position. Trujillo will not move from its hill, but if my dog is lying in his basket, he may move at any moment. The distinction is relevant to our choice of Aspect: Stative verb meanings exclude the Continuous Aspect, unless it be in the ...
Generation of Simple Turkish Sentences with
... complex. More than one agent{like participants may appear between the agent and the actor to explain that someone is causing another causing another and so on to perform the process. For example, an additional participant agent-2 is illustrated in (6). (6) Masa-y Ali araclg ile Veli'ye boya-t-t ...
... complex. More than one agent{like participants may appear between the agent and the actor to explain that someone is causing another causing another and so on to perform the process. For example, an additional participant agent-2 is illustrated in (6). (6) Masa-y Ali araclg ile Veli'ye boya-t-t ...
Adjectives and Adjective Phrases
... ADJECTIVES AND ADJECTIVE PHRASES Adjectives are modifiers. They can be formed into phrases – called adjective phrases – that modify nouns. Remember that the definition of a noun phrase is a noun and its modifiers – so an adjective phrase can definitely be part of a noun phrase! FORM OF ADJECTIVES *M ...
... ADJECTIVES AND ADJECTIVE PHRASES Adjectives are modifiers. They can be formed into phrases – called adjective phrases – that modify nouns. Remember that the definition of a noun phrase is a noun and its modifiers – so an adjective phrase can definitely be part of a noun phrase! FORM OF ADJECTIVES *M ...
MODES OF LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION
... Virtually all languages have contrasts such as singular versus plural, and past versus present. These contrasts are often marked with the help of inflection, the modification of a word’s form to indicate grammatical information of various sorts –information about tense, aspect, number, person, case, ...
... Virtually all languages have contrasts such as singular versus plural, and past versus present. These contrasts are often marked with the help of inflection, the modification of a word’s form to indicate grammatical information of various sorts –information about tense, aspect, number, person, case, ...
Syntax
... Our intuitions tell us that there must be some underlying similarity involving these two superficially different sentences: Charlie broke the window and The window was broken by Charlie. In traditional grammar, the first is called an active sentence, focusing on what Charlie did, and the second is a ...
... Our intuitions tell us that there must be some underlying similarity involving these two superficially different sentences: Charlie broke the window and The window was broken by Charlie. In traditional grammar, the first is called an active sentence, focusing on what Charlie did, and the second is a ...
Document
... English inflection and probably also word formation are word-based: a word form minus the morphological exponent is itself a word (a free morpheme). This base form for morphological operations may be called a “stem” (and often will be in these lecture notes), but such stems are always coextensive wi ...
... English inflection and probably also word formation are word-based: a word form minus the morphological exponent is itself a word (a free morpheme). This base form for morphological operations may be called a “stem” (and often will be in these lecture notes), but such stems are always coextensive wi ...
Year 3 - Fairhouse Primary School
... Adding the suffix –ness (swapping y for i) Words ending in –le Homophones Words ending in -el Words ending in –al The ir sound spelt or after w Adding the suffix -ful Adding the suffix –less Contractions and apostrophes Recap of learning so far Spelling bee ...
... Adding the suffix –ness (swapping y for i) Words ending in –le Homophones Words ending in -el Words ending in –al The ir sound spelt or after w Adding the suffix -ful Adding the suffix –less Contractions and apostrophes Recap of learning so far Spelling bee ...
Phrases, Independent Clauses, and Dependent Clauses
... powerful. A person who is subservient or submissive willingly obeys someone else. •The prefix sub means under, less powerful. ...
... powerful. A person who is subservient or submissive willingly obeys someone else. •The prefix sub means under, less powerful. ...
N Ways of Analyzing Syntactic Variation 2
... there is in Dutch. One of the reasons why variation in the syntax of Dutch was largely neglected until recently is the fact that both analysts and users are mostly oblivious to it. In order to go beyond the handful of syntactic variables hitherto identified, and obtain a more aggregate view of synta ...
... there is in Dutch. One of the reasons why variation in the syntax of Dutch was largely neglected until recently is the fact that both analysts and users are mostly oblivious to it. In order to go beyond the handful of syntactic variables hitherto identified, and obtain a more aggregate view of synta ...
Phrases, Independent Clauses, and Dependent Clauses
... powerful. A person who is subservient or submissive willingly obeys someone else. •The prefix sub means under, less powerful. ...
... powerful. A person who is subservient or submissive willingly obeys someone else. •The prefix sub means under, less powerful. ...
Direct and Indirect Objects Notes
... 1. The teacher gave her students A's. 2. Grandfather will leave the dogs his money. 3. The pirate sold me his boat. ...
... 1. The teacher gave her students A's. 2. Grandfather will leave the dogs his money. 3. The pirate sold me his boat. ...
Angela Ralli
... from an ancient thematic vowel, and synchronically does not belong to any of the compound members. As an illustration, consider the example psarovarka ‘fish boat’ (< psar- ‘fish’ + varka ‘boat’), where the inflected form of the first constituent is psari ‘fish’ and not *psaro. Following Booij (2005) ...
... from an ancient thematic vowel, and synchronically does not belong to any of the compound members. As an illustration, consider the example psarovarka ‘fish boat’ (< psar- ‘fish’ + varka ‘boat’), where the inflected form of the first constituent is psari ‘fish’ and not *psaro. Following Booij (2005) ...
Improving Subcategorization Acquisition using Word Sence
... Manual subcategorization versus automatically one Manual - does not provide the relative frequency of SCFs - predicates change behavior Automatically - no lexical/semantic information is exploited; - reveals only syntactic aspects; - no distinction between predicate senses Korhonen(2002) model : bac ...
... Manual subcategorization versus automatically one Manual - does not provide the relative frequency of SCFs - predicates change behavior Automatically - no lexical/semantic information is exploited; - reveals only syntactic aspects; - no distinction between predicate senses Korhonen(2002) model : bac ...
Words That Are True Linking Verbs
... Areing isn't something that cats can do. Are is connecting the subject, cats, to something said about them, that they enjoy sleeping on the furniture. After drinking the old milk, Bladimiro turned green. Turned connects the subject, Bladimiro, to something said about him, that he was needing Pepto ...
... Areing isn't something that cats can do. Are is connecting the subject, cats, to something said about them, that they enjoy sleeping on the furniture. After drinking the old milk, Bladimiro turned green. Turned connects the subject, Bladimiro, to something said about him, that he was needing Pepto ...