A constructional approach to mimetic verbs
... chubby girl, and to successive action. This inevitably leads to the lack of unique definitions of mimetic words. It is interesting to note that despite lack of consensus on what constitutes the meaning of a given mimetic word, mimetics in Japanese are extremely productive and ubiquitous. Speakers ca ...
... chubby girl, and to successive action. This inevitably leads to the lack of unique definitions of mimetic words. It is interesting to note that despite lack of consensus on what constitutes the meaning of a given mimetic word, mimetics in Japanese are extremely productive and ubiquitous. Speakers ca ...
Words that are easy to misuse
... Capital may refer either to financial assets or to the city that hosts the government of a state or a nation. Capitol refers to the buildings in which the state or national ...
... Capital may refer either to financial assets or to the city that hosts the government of a state or a nation. Capitol refers to the buildings in which the state or national ...
The full infinitive consist of two words, to + verb
... Appreciate usually requires a possessive adjective or passive gerund: I appreciate your giving me so much of your time. I appreciate being given this opportunity. Common expressions + gerund: can’t stand, can’t help, it's worthwhile, it's little use, etc. There's no telling what will happen. It's no ...
... Appreciate usually requires a possessive adjective or passive gerund: I appreciate your giving me so much of your time. I appreciate being given this opportunity. Common expressions + gerund: can’t stand, can’t help, it's worthwhile, it's little use, etc. There's no telling what will happen. It's no ...
Relative clausesRules File
... The second piece played by the orchestra was very well received. These are also examples of reduced subject relative clauses, but this time the word immediately following the noun which is being described is not an -ing type finite verb but a past participle; these are in bold. The difference here i ...
... The second piece played by the orchestra was very well received. These are also examples of reduced subject relative clauses, but this time the word immediately following the noun which is being described is not an -ing type finite verb but a past participle; these are in bold. The difference here i ...
Complex Passive Constructions in Norwegian
... For any verb later in the sequence, only the form with –t can be used. This morphological shape in general carries either the passive morpheme function or the active perfect participle function; as a label for the form unspecified as to which of these functions it carries, we use the term pparticipl ...
... For any verb later in the sequence, only the form with –t can be used. This morphological shape in general carries either the passive morpheme function or the active perfect participle function; as a label for the form unspecified as to which of these functions it carries, we use the term pparticipl ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, TENSES Tenses
... We can also use the present continuous tense to talk about the future—if we add a future word!! We must add (or understand from the context) a future word. "Future words" include, for example, tomorrow, next year, in June, at Christmas etc. We only use the present continuous tense to talk about the ...
... We can also use the present continuous tense to talk about the future—if we add a future word!! We must add (or understand from the context) a future word. "Future words" include, for example, tomorrow, next year, in June, at Christmas etc. We only use the present continuous tense to talk about the ...
Bare resultatives - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... If subjects are generated in the projection of V, these representations are identical (abstracting away from linear order): (3) a. [V DP V] b. [V V DP] There is a way in a theory of bare phrase structure to maintain the view that subjects are specifiers of lexical heads. Chomsky (1995b) defines a he ...
... If subjects are generated in the projection of V, these representations are identical (abstracting away from linear order): (3) a. [V DP V] b. [V V DP] There is a way in a theory of bare phrase structure to maintain the view that subjects are specifiers of lexical heads. Chomsky (1995b) defines a he ...
3 syntactic functions of gerund
... The diploma work to be presented here deals with the issue of English gerund, one of the non-finite verb forms. The English gerund represents a complex linguistic issue, because it displays a variety of different morphological, syntactic and functional properties. The gerund as such is a topical phe ...
... The diploma work to be presented here deals with the issue of English gerund, one of the non-finite verb forms. The English gerund represents a complex linguistic issue, because it displays a variety of different morphological, syntactic and functional properties. The gerund as such is a topical phe ...
HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY CONTENTS CHAPTER I REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH
... under consideration, whether by discourse or correspondence. The Persons are First , Second and Third and they represent respectively the speaker, the person addressed and the person or thing mentioned or under consideration. Number is the distinction of one from more than one. There are two numbers ...
... under consideration, whether by discourse or correspondence. The Persons are First , Second and Third and they represent respectively the speaker, the person addressed and the person or thing mentioned or under consideration. Number is the distinction of one from more than one. There are two numbers ...
Types of Sentences
... simple = independent clause 2. Because Mr. Sidler coaches and teaches he is a busy man complex - adverb and independent clause 3. Ms. Sarcone loves to sing even though she has a terrible voice complex – adverb and independent clause 4. Mrs. Heyl is an active runner when she is not teaching her favor ...
... simple = independent clause 2. Because Mr. Sidler coaches and teaches he is a busy man complex - adverb and independent clause 3. Ms. Sarcone loves to sing even though she has a terrible voice complex – adverb and independent clause 4. Mrs. Heyl is an active runner when she is not teaching her favor ...
the error analysis of students` descriptive writing
... Writing English for a foreign learner is difficult because English is different from Indonesian language in its stucture, spelling and lexical meaning. In this case, students who learn English may produce many errors. Such as in structure, there is no tenses in Indonesian language so many students ...
... Writing English for a foreign learner is difficult because English is different from Indonesian language in its stucture, spelling and lexical meaning. In this case, students who learn English may produce many errors. Such as in structure, there is no tenses in Indonesian language so many students ...
Open Access - Biblio UGent
... freely in these structures, it is more appealing to resort to a functional analysis of BE (and HAVE). BE is taken to be the spell-out of certain functional structures encoding types of predication rather than a full lexical verb. Furthermore, the semantic domain of use of BE (originally thought to c ...
... freely in these structures, it is more appealing to resort to a functional analysis of BE (and HAVE). BE is taken to be the spell-out of certain functional structures encoding types of predication rather than a full lexical verb. Furthermore, the semantic domain of use of BE (originally thought to c ...
Electronic Dictionaries viewed from South Africa - Hermes
... 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 on CD-ROM, the MED. When MED is launched it immediately opens up on a random lemma which is automatically pronounced in British English and clic ...
... 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 on CD-ROM, the MED. When MED is launched it immediately opens up on a random lemma which is automatically pronounced in British English and clic ...
Reaching agreement
... Figure 2 caricatures the control and constraint views from a psycholinguistic perspective. In both panels of the figure, the speaker’s message is shown as the origin of notional number, and in the depicted message, the notional number is two. Control, in the right-hand panel, creates verb number thr ...
... Figure 2 caricatures the control and constraint views from a psycholinguistic perspective. In both panels of the figure, the speaker’s message is shown as the origin of notional number, and in the depicted message, the notional number is two. Control, in the right-hand panel, creates verb number thr ...
Malinke - Friends of Guinea
... Expressing "To Think" .....................................................................................20 Verb Tenses ...................................................................................................................21 Present Progressive ........................................ ...
... Expressing "To Think" .....................................................................................20 Verb Tenses ...................................................................................................................21 Present Progressive ........................................ ...
02Story - Faculty Web Sites at the University of Virginia
... agent, or by adoption or ratification. A court will infer such ratification from the acquiescence or the acceptance of the benefits of such contract. It is essential to implied ratification that the acceptance be with knowledge of all pertinent facts. ...
... agent, or by adoption or ratification. A court will infer such ratification from the acquiescence or the acceptance of the benefits of such contract. It is essential to implied ratification that the acceptance be with knowledge of all pertinent facts. ...
Effective Writing
... Now here’s the sentence again: “(4) Nothing matters as much as emotion (matters).” There are two clauses since there are two subjectpredicate combinations. What are the two clauses? Well, the first one is simply “Nothing matters” while the second one is “as much as emotion (matters).” At least one o ...
... Now here’s the sentence again: “(4) Nothing matters as much as emotion (matters).” There are two clauses since there are two subjectpredicate combinations. What are the two clauses? Well, the first one is simply “Nothing matters” while the second one is “as much as emotion (matters).” At least one o ...
higher lessons in english
... thought being the same for all nations, the logical analysis of the sentence is the same for all languages. When a student who has acquired a knowledge of the English sentence comes to the translation of a foreign language, he finds his work greatly simplified. If in a sentence of his own language ...
... thought being the same for all nations, the logical analysis of the sentence is the same for all languages. When a student who has acquired a knowledge of the English sentence comes to the translation of a foreign language, he finds his work greatly simplified. If in a sentence of his own language ...
- SOAS Research Online
... the left, and case- or role-marking morphemes, postpositions, particles and the like to the right. The head verb or noun may itself be a compound with internal structure. Verb complexes, usually last in the sentence, consist of a main verb, which may similarly have attached to it a minor-syllable pr ...
... the left, and case- or role-marking morphemes, postpositions, particles and the like to the right. The head verb or noun may itself be a compound with internal structure. Verb complexes, usually last in the sentence, consist of a main verb, which may similarly have attached to it a minor-syllable pr ...
Iberdrola Style Guide
... The sections of the Guide focus on the areas to which attention must be paid to produce quality writing. A good understanding of the rules of punctuation and grammar, avoidance of common lexical errors, and an awareness of good stylistic practice and how to best construct arguments all constitute in ...
... The sections of the Guide focus on the areas to which attention must be paid to produce quality writing. A good understanding of the rules of punctuation and grammar, avoidance of common lexical errors, and an awareness of good stylistic practice and how to best construct arguments all constitute in ...
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... case (of “no case”); the theory of limited case. Disintegration of the inflexional case in the course of historical development of English and establishing of particle case forms. Formal and functional properties of common and genitive cases of the noun. The correlation of nounal case and pronounal ...
... case (of “no case”); the theory of limited case. Disintegration of the inflexional case in the course of historical development of English and establishing of particle case forms. Formal and functional properties of common and genitive cases of the noun. The correlation of nounal case and pronounal ...
Ovid, Metamorphoses 8
... out (lines 167-8), but, like the god, in control. Students could then be asked to identify discontinuities between the simile and the surrounding narrative. They might notice that Ovid adds a geographical detail (Phrygiīs, line 162) for authenticity and to provide an exotic note. The idea of play (l ...
... out (lines 167-8), but, like the god, in control. Students could then be asked to identify discontinuities between the simile and the surrounding narrative. They might notice that Ovid adds a geographical detail (Phrygiīs, line 162) for authenticity and to provide an exotic note. The idea of play (l ...
A semantic analysis of the verbal prefix o(b)- in Croatian
... for some meanings of o(b)-verbs. We first look at the semantic profile of the prefix o(b)-in verbs expressing spatial motion, and then at the profile of verbs with a less obvious spatial profile, or abstract or metaphorical meanings: significantly, in most cases, the same verbs have a concrete and a ...
... for some meanings of o(b)-verbs. We first look at the semantic profile of the prefix o(b)-in verbs expressing spatial motion, and then at the profile of verbs with a less obvious spatial profile, or abstract or metaphorical meanings: significantly, in most cases, the same verbs have a concrete and a ...