Istoria Limbii Engleze
... familiarize the students with the main aspects of the History of the English Language in order to broaden their understanding of modern English and to acquaint them with the fundamentals of its historical development; to identify similarities and divergencies in the evolution of English and other In ...
... familiarize the students with the main aspects of the History of the English Language in order to broaden their understanding of modern English and to acquaint them with the fundamentals of its historical development; to identify similarities and divergencies in the evolution of English and other In ...
Irregular Verbs
... You probably know that every sentence has at least one verb in it. There are two main types of verbs. Action verbs are used to depict activities that are doable, and linking verbs are used to describe conditions. Both action verbs and linking verbs can accompany auxiliary verbs including the three m ...
... You probably know that every sentence has at least one verb in it. There are two main types of verbs. Action verbs are used to depict activities that are doable, and linking verbs are used to describe conditions. Both action verbs and linking verbs can accompany auxiliary verbs including the three m ...
Sentence Fragments
... Usually, they are pieces of sentences that have become disconnected from the main clause. You may notice fragments in the things that you read – novels, newspaper articles, online articles, magazines, etc. Sometimes fragments are used stylistically in writing (to create emphasis) In formal, ac ...
... Usually, they are pieces of sentences that have become disconnected from the main clause. You may notice fragments in the things that you read – novels, newspaper articles, online articles, magazines, etc. Sometimes fragments are used stylistically in writing (to create emphasis) In formal, ac ...
Table of Contents
... President Clinton Hint: Nouns in a sentence are often preceded by such words as “the,” “a” or “an,” which are called articles. ...
... President Clinton Hint: Nouns in a sentence are often preceded by such words as “the,” “a” or “an,” which are called articles. ...
Grammar for Communicators
... President Clinton Hint: Nouns in a sentence are often preceded by such words as “the,” “a” or “an,” which are called articles. ...
... President Clinton Hint: Nouns in a sentence are often preceded by such words as “the,” “a” or “an,” which are called articles. ...
Cognitive Set and Lexicalization Strategy in Dogon Action Verbs
... effort. Such a set is not essentially linguistic in nature, but it does have consequences for the lexicon and phrasing. Australian languages have no way to say ‘turn left’ or ‘turn right’, and Mopan make no distinction between ‘misstatement (erroneous statement)’ and ‘lie’. The other class of cognit ...
... effort. Such a set is not essentially linguistic in nature, but it does have consequences for the lexicon and phrasing. Australian languages have no way to say ‘turn left’ or ‘turn right’, and Mopan make no distinction between ‘misstatement (erroneous statement)’ and ‘lie’. The other class of cognit ...
A Biographical Memoir of Kenneth Hale
... Hale. They only clarified for him the great difficulty of the task, which he hoped would never be abandoned but would be continued by subsequent generations of linguists. An essential part of the research in linguistics consists of the collection of appropriate data. In many cases this involves exte ...
... Hale. They only clarified for him the great difficulty of the task, which he hoped would never be abandoned but would be continued by subsequent generations of linguists. An essential part of the research in linguistics consists of the collection of appropriate data. In many cases this involves exte ...
The Participle Phrase
... 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, unfortunat ...
... 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, unfortunat ...
A concise manual of grammar, usage and style
... An object is a noun or pronoun that follows a transitive verb. Be careful not to give an intransitive verb like 'arrive' or 'cough' an object.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 Overstated language is wordy, vagu ...
... An object is a noun or pronoun that follows a transitive verb. Be careful not to give an intransitive verb like 'arrive' or 'cough' an object.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 Overstated language is wordy, vagu ...
Exercise in Composition 5
... 17. Some modern grammars include determiners among the parts of speech. Determiners are words like a, an, the, this, that, these, those, every, each, some, any, my, his, one, two, etc., which determine or limit the meaning of the nouns that follow. In this book, as in many traditional grammars, all ...
... 17. Some modern grammars include determiners among the parts of speech. Determiners are words like a, an, the, this, that, these, those, every, each, some, any, my, his, one, two, etc., which determine or limit the meaning of the nouns that follow. In this book, as in many traditional grammars, all ...
Using Verb Tenses
... starting ("starts"). They will have written their first exam by the time we get out of bed. Here, the act of getting out of bed occurs sometime after the writing of the exam. ...
... starting ("starts"). They will have written their first exam by the time we get out of bed. Here, the act of getting out of bed occurs sometime after the writing of the exam. ...
SPAN 2311
... students should be able to narrate and describe in present, past, and future time and handle many survival situations. Since the focus is on developing the conversational skills, much listening and reading is needed to help develop speaking. The writing skill will be developed using a process--appro ...
... students should be able to narrate and describe in present, past, and future time and handle many survival situations. Since the focus is on developing the conversational skills, much listening and reading is needed to help develop speaking. The writing skill will be developed using a process--appro ...
Style guide: writing - LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and
... Language tends to change rapidly in this area and you should seek up-to-date advice – and ask people how they would prefer to be described. In general, avoid depersonalising people by turning them into collective nouns (‘the disabled’). Instead say ‘students/people with disabilities’ or ‘disabled st ...
... Language tends to change rapidly in this area and you should seek up-to-date advice – and ask people how they would prefer to be described. In general, avoid depersonalising people by turning them into collective nouns (‘the disabled’). Instead say ‘students/people with disabilities’ or ‘disabled st ...
Verbal morphology in Mawayana
... 2. The Mawayana verb In order to delimit the scope of this thesis, it is necessary to define what constitutes a verb in Mawayana. According to Dixon (2010: 38) verbs can cross-linguistically be said to be the class whose members are always able to be the head of a predicate, and which always includ ...
... 2. The Mawayana verb In order to delimit the scope of this thesis, it is necessary to define what constitutes a verb in Mawayana. According to Dixon (2010: 38) verbs can cross-linguistically be said to be the class whose members are always able to be the head of a predicate, and which always includ ...
Some Differences Between Arabic and English: A Step Towards an
... The normal structure of verbal sentences in Arabic is to have the verb first, the subject next, and the patient afterward. However, there are cases where one of the following sequences must be used: verb - agent - patient (normal) verb - patient - agent patient - verb - agent verb - agent (p ...
... The normal structure of verbal sentences in Arabic is to have the verb first, the subject next, and the patient afterward. However, there are cases where one of the following sequences must be used: verb - agent - patient (normal) verb - patient - agent patient - verb - agent verb - agent (p ...
Bulgarian reference grammar
... column in standard Bulgarian alphabetical order. Both upper and lower case forms are given, in that order, for each letter. The second column gives the name Bulgarians use to refer to each letter. For most vowels the name is simply the sound represented by the vowel letter in stressed syllables, and ...
... column in standard Bulgarian alphabetical order. Both upper and lower case forms are given, in that order, for each letter. The second column gives the name Bulgarians use to refer to each letter. For most vowels the name is simply the sound represented by the vowel letter in stressed syllables, and ...
thematic fit and syntactic ambiguity resolution of intransitive main
... goal has been to make a less frequent and less preferred structure, reduced relative structure, easier to understand by manipulating appropriate constraints (Ferriera & Clifton, 1986; McDonald et al., 1994; Trueswell et al., 1994; McRae et al., 1997; McRae et al., 1998; Spivey & Tanenhaus, 1998). To ...
... goal has been to make a less frequent and less preferred structure, reduced relative structure, easier to understand by manipulating appropriate constraints (Ferriera & Clifton, 1986; McDonald et al., 1994; Trueswell et al., 1994; McRae et al., 1997; McRae et al., 1998; Spivey & Tanenhaus, 1998). To ...
rhetorical grammar
... agent is not specified, although we can infer it is the police.) 3. Use the passive to avoid the informality of using the impersonal you or they. Examples Active: You should not stop innocent people based on their race. Passive: Innocent people should not be stopped based on their race. ...
... agent is not specified, although we can infer it is the police.) 3. Use the passive to avoid the informality of using the impersonal you or they. Examples Active: You should not stop innocent people based on their race. Passive: Innocent people should not be stopped based on their race. ...
The Lexical Syntax and Lexical Semantics of the Verb
... 2. The Figure is sometimes called the ‘locatum,’ the Ground the ‘location.’ See Svenonius 1996b for discussion of den Dikken’s account, Svenonius 2002 for recent discussion of the Figure–Ground distinction in the context of verb-particle constructions. ...
... 2. The Figure is sometimes called the ‘locatum,’ the Ground the ‘location.’ See Svenonius 1996b for discussion of den Dikken’s account, Svenonius 2002 for recent discussion of the Figure–Ground distinction in the context of verb-particle constructions. ...
Verb Tenses
... The Stephens sisters are both very talented; Virginia writes and Vanessa paints. Ross annoys Walter by turning pages too quickly. The simple present is used to express general truths such as scientific fact, as in the following sentences: Rectangles have four sides. Canada Day takes place on July 1, ...
... The Stephens sisters are both very talented; Virginia writes and Vanessa paints. Ross annoys Walter by turning pages too quickly. The simple present is used to express general truths such as scientific fact, as in the following sentences: Rectangles have four sides. Canada Day takes place on July 1, ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... Distinguishing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ...
... Distinguishing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ...
The Lexical Syntax and Lexical Semantics of the Verb
... 2. The Figure is sometimes called the ‘locatum,’ the Ground the ‘location.’ See Svenonius 1996b for discussion of den Dikken’s account, Svenonius 2002 for recent discussion of the Figure–Ground distinction in the context of verb-particle constructions. ...
... 2. The Figure is sometimes called the ‘locatum,’ the Ground the ‘location.’ See Svenonius 1996b for discussion of den Dikken’s account, Svenonius 2002 for recent discussion of the Figure–Ground distinction in the context of verb-particle constructions. ...
The IULA Spanish LSP Treebank
... Spanish clitic pronouns are unstressed object pronouns that appear adjacent to a host verb, either attached to its right, the so-called enclitics, or as independent lexical units in front of it, known as proclitics. Infinitives, gerunds, and non-negated imperatives have enclitic pronouns, verbs in p ...
... Spanish clitic pronouns are unstressed object pronouns that appear adjacent to a host verb, either attached to its right, the so-called enclitics, or as independent lexical units in front of it, known as proclitics. Infinitives, gerunds, and non-negated imperatives have enclitic pronouns, verbs in p ...