participles - WhippleHill
... E.g. If the original verb means “see,” its participles are: “seeing” (present active) ...
... E.g. If the original verb means “see,” its participles are: “seeing” (present active) ...
Chapter 2 "Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?"
... All complete sentences have at least one independent clause. You can identify an independent clause by reading it on its own and looking for the subject and the verb. ...
... All complete sentences have at least one independent clause. You can identify an independent clause by reading it on its own and looking for the subject and the verb. ...
Phrases - Maria English Society
... (a) means any noun or pronoun can be qualified by such a kind of phrase. This kind of phrase (preposition + noun) is an adjective phrase, because it qualifies a noun. If not, it won’t be called adjective phrase, and is called Adverb Phrase. (we’ll study it later.) Here is an other example for (b): T ...
... (a) means any noun or pronoun can be qualified by such a kind of phrase. This kind of phrase (preposition + noun) is an adjective phrase, because it qualifies a noun. If not, it won’t be called adjective phrase, and is called Adverb Phrase. (we’ll study it later.) Here is an other example for (b): T ...
Irish English Habitual `DO BE`: More on Origins and Use
... this paper we will use aspectual terminology which follows the classification of Bybee, Perkins and Pagliuca (1994: 125–75). Thus we can distinguish between verb phrases that overtly mark an ongoing or habitual internal temporal constituency, i.e. the imperfective, in the verbal category, and those ...
... this paper we will use aspectual terminology which follows the classification of Bybee, Perkins and Pagliuca (1994: 125–75). Thus we can distinguish between verb phrases that overtly mark an ongoing or habitual internal temporal constituency, i.e. the imperfective, in the verbal category, and those ...
WRL3410.tmp - Princeton University
... It might be argued that the semantics is directly reflected in the syntax, and that a direct object is syntactically incorporated into the verb in the examples in 2-7. The Argument Realization principle could thus be claimed to really be a constraint on a level of underlying representation. This typ ...
... It might be argued that the semantics is directly reflected in the syntax, and that a direct object is syntactically incorporated into the verb in the examples in 2-7. The Argument Realization principle could thus be claimed to really be a constraint on a level of underlying representation. This typ ...
New Chapter 4 - University of Arizona
... The third typological possibility; the Extraordinary Balanced Coordination (EBC) was not attested in Yaqui. ...
... The third typological possibility; the Extraordinary Balanced Coordination (EBC) was not attested in Yaqui. ...
NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES
... Seimat speakers are bilingual speakers of Melanesian Pidgin. We have observed that the younger generation of Seimat speakers, particularly on Pihon and Amix islands, are now using more Pidgin than Seimat. This is probably because some have spent time in Lorengau, attending grades 812 of High School, ...
... Seimat speakers are bilingual speakers of Melanesian Pidgin. We have observed that the younger generation of Seimat speakers, particularly on Pihon and Amix islands, are now using more Pidgin than Seimat. This is probably because some have spent time in Lorengau, attending grades 812 of High School, ...
deverbal noun complementation rules applied to semantic
... predication. The main procedure includes two phases: first, the identification of arguments, and second, the classification of arguments. At the identification phase, the prepositional phrases attached to the nominalization are parsed. At the argument classification phase, the predicate information ...
... predication. The main procedure includes two phases: first, the identification of arguments, and second, the classification of arguments. At the identification phase, the prepositional phrases attached to the nominalization are parsed. At the argument classification phase, the predicate information ...
Student packet.
... Aeneas did not know about her demise, having already resumed his journey, and he arrived in Italy. He needed guidance in where to go within Italy, and he had been told to seek the assistance of the Sibyl, a prophetess similar to the Pythia in Delphi, who resided along the Bay of Naples, near the ent ...
... Aeneas did not know about her demise, having already resumed his journey, and he arrived in Italy. He needed guidance in where to go within Italy, and he had been told to seek the assistance of the Sibyl, a prophetess similar to the Pythia in Delphi, who resided along the Bay of Naples, near the ent ...
Weighing semantic distinctions
... During Christian Lehmann’s membership as a researcher in the project on ‘Linguistic universals’ and the research group of the UNITYP project – both led by Hansjakob Seiler – he worked on a number of topics in syntactic typology and general syntactic theory, most notably on the structure, function an ...
... During Christian Lehmann’s membership as a researcher in the project on ‘Linguistic universals’ and the research group of the UNITYP project – both led by Hansjakob Seiler – he worked on a number of topics in syntactic typology and general syntactic theory, most notably on the structure, function an ...
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
... to include it in the study as well. For the orderly survey of these expressions a classification was necessary. ...
... to include it in the study as well. For the orderly survey of these expressions a classification was necessary. ...
Prepositional Phrase Attachment and
... knowledge intensive solution. We have used insights from linguistics, towards solving this problem. We achieved good results based on our strategy of using ‘argument structure information and feature rich lexicon’ for prepositions ‘of ’ and ‘to’. Also, the usefulness of automatic extraction of featu ...
... knowledge intensive solution. We have used insights from linguistics, towards solving this problem. We achieved good results based on our strategy of using ‘argument structure information and feature rich lexicon’ for prepositions ‘of ’ and ‘to’. Also, the usefulness of automatic extraction of featu ...
The Land of the Free and The Elements of Style
... was 25 when it was first staged. Does Strunk really want to claim that this formidable grande dame must be dismissed as 2.5 Split infinitives evincing a “common inaccuracy”? The “split infinitive” construction was never mentioned at all And if so, what would he have had her say instead? On that in S ...
... was 25 when it was first staged. Does Strunk really want to claim that this formidable grande dame must be dismissed as 2.5 Split infinitives evincing a “common inaccuracy”? The “split infinitive” construction was never mentioned at all And if so, what would he have had her say instead? On that in S ...
Electronic Dictionaries viewed from South Africa - Hermes
... to their full capacity in terms of true electronic features such as those given in (1). Whether online or on CD-ROM, such dictionaries present a new world of exciting electronic features. The discussion will be limited to a few outstanding features in a single online dictionary, the CALD and an ED o ...
... to their full capacity in terms of true electronic features such as those given in (1). Whether online or on CD-ROM, such dictionaries present a new world of exciting electronic features. The discussion will be limited to a few outstanding features in a single online dictionary, the CALD and an ED o ...
Lesson 7
... The invention (a) of the automobile has changed American life (b) in many ways. 7. a ___________ phrase 8. b ___________ phrase ...
... The invention (a) of the automobile has changed American life (b) in many ways. 7. a ___________ phrase 8. b ___________ phrase ...
Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Independent Verbal Morphology Independent
... actualized, as having occurred or actually occurring, knowable through direct perception. The irrealis portrays situations as purely within the realm of thought, knowable only through imagination’. In addition to realis status and irrealis status, there is also an in-between status category called ‘ ...
... actualized, as having occurred or actually occurring, knowable through direct perception. The irrealis portrays situations as purely within the realm of thought, knowable only through imagination’. In addition to realis status and irrealis status, there is also an in-between status category called ‘ ...
File - Mrs. Ethington
... 7. She keeps her slippers____ her bed. (place) 8. We always wash our hands ____meals. (time) 9. She ran ____the dog because she was frightened. (direction) ...
... 7. She keeps her slippers____ her bed. (place) 8. We always wash our hands ____meals. (time) 9. She ran ____the dog because she was frightened. (direction) ...
Long adjectival inflection and specificity in Serbo
... adjectives, arguing that long inflection originates in a structural layer above NumP. This analysis thus establishes a link between the structural properties of a noun phrase containing a long adjective and its interpretative properties (specificity). The label NP(s) will be used to denote ‘noun phr ...
... adjectives, arguing that long inflection originates in a structural layer above NumP. This analysis thus establishes a link between the structural properties of a noun phrase containing a long adjective and its interpretative properties (specificity). The label NP(s) will be used to denote ‘noun phr ...
The Position of Direct and Indirect Objects of Ditransitive Verbs
... A specific feature of the English verb is that it has a potential for occurring in various clause structures and for combining with other clause elements. This feature is called valency (Allerton, 1982, p. 2). Regarding the valency of the English verb, Allerton (1982, pp. 5, 36) states that subject ...
... A specific feature of the English verb is that it has a potential for occurring in various clause structures and for combining with other clause elements. This feature is called valency (Allerton, 1982, p. 2). Regarding the valency of the English verb, Allerton (1982, pp. 5, 36) states that subject ...
PPT 03 - McCorduck
... sentence, who “performs” the action signified by the verb and the action of the verb is “acted on” or “performed on” another entity, often called the “patient,” who or that is realized as the direct object of the sentence. For example, in the active (voice) sentence Mrs. Janner the Hammer tames thos ...
... sentence, who “performs” the action signified by the verb and the action of the verb is “acted on” or “performed on” another entity, often called the “patient,” who or that is realized as the direct object of the sentence. For example, in the active (voice) sentence Mrs. Janner the Hammer tames thos ...
A Reanalysis of Nonemphatic Pronouns in Dagbani
... follow mini and ni “and/with”’ (§7). The statement is confusing and incomplete and not supported with examples; but, from its context, we may assume he was referring to forms like m mini ba and m mini ya. Nonetheless, he does not pursue this point and his term ‘after-verb’ pronouns does not account ...
... follow mini and ni “and/with”’ (§7). The statement is confusing and incomplete and not supported with examples; but, from its context, we may assume he was referring to forms like m mini ba and m mini ya. Nonetheless, he does not pursue this point and his term ‘after-verb’ pronouns does not account ...
Verbal Compounding in English - Anglistik
... genuine verbal compounds? The idea that the existence of verbal pseudo-compounds and of a small number of genuine verbal compounds could spark the production of further genuine verbal compounds and eventually turn verbal compounding into a productive pattern was in fact mentioned prior to the emerge ...
... genuine verbal compounds? The idea that the existence of verbal pseudo-compounds and of a small number of genuine verbal compounds could spark the production of further genuine verbal compounds and eventually turn verbal compounding into a productive pattern was in fact mentioned prior to the emerge ...
Morphological and Syntactic Analysis
... money you have); …kolikátý jsi byl (where did you rank; lit. howmany-th you were) ...
... money you have); …kolikátý jsi byl (where did you rank; lit. howmany-th you were) ...
Adding Adjectives and Adverbs From
... [The following are examples of phrases: [Define phrase] around the house ...
... [The following are examples of phrases: [Define phrase] around the house ...