Clause Processing in Complex Sentences
... adverbs was based on the finding that relative clauses behaved more like adverbial phrases than adjectives, as can be seen in the example below (24-26): (24) The man who has money. (25) The man with money. (26) *The man rich. The decision when to apply the clause segmentation rules was a crucial one ...
... adverbs was based on the finding that relative clauses behaved more like adverbial phrases than adjectives, as can be seen in the example below (24-26): (24) The man who has money. (25) The man with money. (26) *The man rich. The decision when to apply the clause segmentation rules was a crucial one ...
phrasal verbs with the particles down and up in english and their
... systems, the reason it is used in the paper as an important starting-point for the indepth analysis of phrasal verbs in English and their Serbian equivalents, becomes rather obvious. The overriding purpose of any translation should be to achieve equivalent effect, i.e. to produce the same effect or ...
... systems, the reason it is used in the paper as an important starting-point for the indepth analysis of phrasal verbs in English and their Serbian equivalents, becomes rather obvious. The overriding purpose of any translation should be to achieve equivalent effect, i.e. to produce the same effect or ...
Syntax I
... Further, similarly puzzling data can be obtained from movement. Consider the topicalization of infinitives in German/Dutch, e.g., “walk has he not” A verb that has two internal arguments can be topicalized either together with the first or together with the second, which in the above terms suggests ...
... Further, similarly puzzling data can be obtained from movement. Consider the topicalization of infinitives in German/Dutch, e.g., “walk has he not” A verb that has two internal arguments can be topicalized either together with the first or together with the second, which in the above terms suggests ...
Distinguishing Two “Synonyms” - Cascadilla Proceedings Project
... coded for the following independent variables: polarity, tense/aspect of verb, (non-)adjacency of adverb and verb, temporal reference of the verb, person/number, dialect, mode, and verb. Polarity was coded as negative if the inflected verb of interest was negated and as affirmative if it was not neg ...
... coded for the following independent variables: polarity, tense/aspect of verb, (non-)adjacency of adverb and verb, temporal reference of the verb, person/number, dialect, mode, and verb. Polarity was coded as negative if the inflected verb of interest was negated and as affirmative if it was not neg ...
gerúndio - CLUL - Universidade de Lisboa
... forming complex sequences of two verbal elements. In modern EP, it tends to fall into disuse after some auxiliary verbs, the uninflected infinitive (preceded by a preposition) emerging instead. This paper identifies and briefly characterises the contexts where this competition «gerúndio»-infinitive ...
... forming complex sequences of two verbal elements. In modern EP, it tends to fall into disuse after some auxiliary verbs, the uninflected infinitive (preceded by a preposition) emerging instead. This paper identifies and briefly characterises the contexts where this competition «gerúndio»-infinitive ...
The Participle Phrase
... Recognize a participle phrase when you see one. A participle phrase will begin with a present or past participle. If the participle is present, it will dependably end in ing. Likewise, a regular past participle will end in a consistent ed. Irregular past participles, unfortunately, conclude in all k ...
... Recognize a participle phrase when you see one. A participle phrase will begin with a present or past participle. If the participle is present, it will dependably end in ing. Likewise, a regular past participle will end in a consistent ed. Irregular past participles, unfortunately, conclude in all k ...
South African discourse analysis in theory and practice
... worse is that the text presented in this way tends to precondition our reading of these documents. Colon analysis not only opens up the compact stretches and relativises the breaks (verses, paragraphs, etc.), it also enables us to get a fresh and more objective perspective on the text, and to arrang ...
... worse is that the text presented in this way tends to precondition our reading of these documents. Colon analysis not only opens up the compact stretches and relativises the breaks (verses, paragraphs, etc.), it also enables us to get a fresh and more objective perspective on the text, and to arrang ...
Document
... seem to deviate in a systematic way from ordinary balanced coordination. There is, therefore, important insight to be gained from studying these constructions. UC and EBC constructions are discussed in Chapter 2. The fact that there is a correlation in word order between the conjunction and the devi ...
... seem to deviate in a systematic way from ordinary balanced coordination. There is, therefore, important insight to be gained from studying these constructions. UC and EBC constructions are discussed in Chapter 2. The fact that there is a correlation in word order between the conjunction and the devi ...
YET ANOTHER APPLICATION OF INFERENCE IN
... team; (5) a substance the whole is made of, like stick of wood. Thus, liability of the inference for this type of semantic similarity requires additional studies. ...
... team; (5) a substance the whole is made of, like stick of wood. Thus, liability of the inference for this type of semantic similarity requires additional studies. ...
Noun Clauses
... the use of mathematics. 2. Early scientists did not know how a strong, steady electrical current could be produced. 3. How Faraday did his experiments without the use of mathematics is not known. 4. In the early 1800s it was unknown what was the electric current. 5. People have known what are the ef ...
... the use of mathematics. 2. Early scientists did not know how a strong, steady electrical current could be produced. 3. How Faraday did his experiments without the use of mathematics is not known. 4. In the early 1800s it was unknown what was the electric current. 5. People have known what are the ef ...
Lexical Semantics and Irregular Inflection The Harvard community
... But in a small family of exceptions—headless or exocentric words—this mechanism is disabled. For example, some words have a different grammatical category from that of their rightmost morpheme. Denominal verbs, in particular, are verbs based on nouns (e.g., to ring the city, based on the noun a ring ...
... But in a small family of exceptions—headless or exocentric words—this mechanism is disabled. For example, some words have a different grammatical category from that of their rightmost morpheme. Denominal verbs, in particular, are verbs based on nouns (e.g., to ring the city, based on the noun a ring ...
Phrases
... 1. Cars have not always been made in factories. 2. At one time, cars were manufactured by hand. ...
... 1. Cars have not always been made in factories. 2. At one time, cars were manufactured by hand. ...
Prepositions: Locators in Time and Place
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
A-Z of Correct English
... (= 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 ...
english 10 - Mona Shores Blogs
... Every sentence in the English language follows certain patterns and has certain elements. You must be able to recognize the elements in order to understand the sentence better. A sentence is a group of words with two main parts: a subject (who/what did it?) and a verb/predicate (what was done?). 1. ...
... Every sentence in the English language follows certain patterns and has certain elements. You must be able to recognize the elements in order to understand the sentence better. A sentence is a group of words with two main parts: a subject (who/what did it?) and a verb/predicate (what was done?). 1. ...
Presentation Plus! - CMS-Grade8-ELA-Reading-2010
... Present and Past Tenses (cont.) • In the present tense, the base form of a verb is used with all subjects except singular nouns and the pronouns he, she, and it. • When the subject is a singular noun or he, she, or it, -s is usually added to the verb. • Remember that a verb in a sentence must a ...
... Present and Past Tenses (cont.) • In the present tense, the base form of a verb is used with all subjects except singular nouns and the pronouns he, she, and it. • When the subject is a singular noun or he, she, or it, -s is usually added to the verb. • Remember that a verb in a sentence must a ...
Huang_Pinker_Lexical_Semantics
... But in a small family of exceptions—headless or exocentric words—this mechanism is disabled. For example, some words have a different grammatical category from that of their rightmost morpheme. Denominal verbs, in particular, are verbs based on nouns (e.g., to ring the city, based on the noun a ring ...
... But in a small family of exceptions—headless or exocentric words—this mechanism is disabled. For example, some words have a different grammatical category from that of their rightmost morpheme. Denominal verbs, in particular, are verbs based on nouns (e.g., to ring the city, based on the noun a ring ...
How to use this book
... Many of us have been taught never to begin a sentence with AND or BUT. Generally speaking this is good advice. Both words are conjunctions and will therefore be busy joining words within the sentence: I should love to come AND I look forward to the party very much. They wanted to come BUT sadly they ...
... Many of us have been taught never to begin a sentence with AND or BUT. Generally speaking this is good advice. Both words are conjunctions and will therefore be busy joining words within the sentence: I should love to come AND I look forward to the party very much. They wanted to come BUT sadly they ...
event orientated adnominals and compositionality
... We refer to this type of arguments as thematic arguments. These arguments differ from expletive arguments (e.g. ‘it rained’), which are syntactic (i.e. morpho-syntactically overt), but not semantic, because they do not saturate a thematic role of the verb. What we referred to as referential argument ...
... We refer to this type of arguments as thematic arguments. These arguments differ from expletive arguments (e.g. ‘it rained’), which are syntactic (i.e. morpho-syntactically overt), but not semantic, because they do not saturate a thematic role of the verb. What we referred to as referential argument ...
Adverbs and adverbial phrases
... derived from other words such as nouns or verbs. There are also adverbialisers that turn a word, phrase or clause into an adverbial. In my data there are several kinds of adverbs. Adverbs of degree often modify verbs, especially stative verbs, or other adverbs. Epistemic adverbs generally express ...
... derived from other words such as nouns or verbs. There are also adverbialisers that turn a word, phrase or clause into an adverbial. In my data there are several kinds of adverbs. Adverbs of degree often modify verbs, especially stative verbs, or other adverbs. Epistemic adverbs generally express ...
is case a functional unit: latin genitive
... or less explicitly. It is in fact only at the diachronic level that it is possible to acknowledge that “once the schema of internominal determination ludus pueri is formed” (adapted from Benveniste, 1966, 147) from the sentence puer ludit, the language created from this pattern “first somnus pueri, ...
... or less explicitly. It is in fact only at the diachronic level that it is possible to acknowledge that “once the schema of internominal determination ludus pueri is formed” (adapted from Benveniste, 1966, 147) from the sentence puer ludit, the language created from this pattern “first somnus pueri, ...
Reanalysis of Verb and Preposition In English
... of those people. Under the reanalysis hypothesis, the verb and preposition in each (b)-sentence above can be reanalyzed to form a complex verb and the prepositional object as the direct object of that complex verb is expected to be able to undergo subdeletion, just like an ordinary verbal object, as ...
... of those people. Under the reanalysis hypothesis, the verb and preposition in each (b)-sentence above can be reanalyzed to form a complex verb and the prepositional object as the direct object of that complex verb is expected to be able to undergo subdeletion, just like an ordinary verbal object, as ...
Nominal Infinitive in English and Arabic: A Contrastive Study (PDF
... This paper studies the nominal uses of the infinitive in English and Arabic. The aim of the study is to highlight the similarities and differences between the two languages in this respect. The procedure which is followed in this paper is that for each nominal function, the infinitives in English an ...
... This paper studies the nominal uses of the infinitive in English and Arabic. The aim of the study is to highlight the similarities and differences between the two languages in this respect. The procedure which is followed in this paper is that for each nominal function, the infinitives in English an ...
The dependency of the subjunctive revisited
... typological split. On the one hand, we have languages where the subjunctive is expressed with a piece of morphology on the verb specific to this category (though it may turn out that verbal mood morphemes are not irreducible to tense or aspect); Romance languages exhibit the subjunctive of this kind ...
... typological split. On the one hand, we have languages where the subjunctive is expressed with a piece of morphology on the verb specific to this category (though it may turn out that verbal mood morphemes are not irreducible to tense or aspect); Romance languages exhibit the subjunctive of this kind ...