INTRANSITIVE PREDICATES
... Perlmutter (1978) was the first to distinguish between two types of one-argument verbs, unaccusatives and unergatives. He claimed that these two classes are semantically and syntactically different and that the class to which an intransitive verb belongs is predictable from the semantics of the clau ...
... Perlmutter (1978) was the first to distinguish between two types of one-argument verbs, unaccusatives and unergatives. He claimed that these two classes are semantically and syntactically different and that the class to which an intransitive verb belongs is predictable from the semantics of the clau ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... Underline the linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. The great frigate bird is the most widespread of the five species of frigate birds on earth. 2. Warm islands located in the Pacific and Indian oceans are the nesting spots of these birds. 3. High, rocky cliffs are the homes of frigate birds. 4. ...
... Underline the linking verbs in the sentences below. 1. The great frigate bird is the most widespread of the five species of frigate birds on earth. 2. Warm islands located in the Pacific and Indian oceans are the nesting spots of these birds. 3. High, rocky cliffs are the homes of frigate birds. 4. ...
small clauses and participial constructions - E
... 2.3. The Past Participle clause. The past participle clause also does not possess any clause internal head that might check the case of the subject. The past participle is unable to assign case, since it is a passive participle, likely to have agreement features as well. Moreover, the past participl ...
... 2.3. The Past Participle clause. The past participle clause also does not possess any clause internal head that might check the case of the subject. The past participle is unable to assign case, since it is a passive participle, likely to have agreement features as well. Moreover, the past participl ...
Chapter 7 - Arizona State University
... Movement. Julien’s numbers therefore make (8) into the most likely structure and the one I’ll use. So far, I have reviewed the possible morphological shapes of TMA markers in (1) to (4), their orders in each of the three clausal layers in (5) to (7), and the order of T vis à vis V. The variety of th ...
... Movement. Julien’s numbers therefore make (8) into the most likely structure and the one I’ll use. So far, I have reviewed the possible morphological shapes of TMA markers in (1) to (4), their orders in each of the three clausal layers in (5) to (7), and the order of T vis à vis V. The variety of th ...
61 tomo santraukos - Lietuvių kalbos institutas
... Copular constructions and their grammatical context In an attempt at providing a maximally adequate classification of copular constructions, this article singles out and discusses the syntactic and semantic aspects of these constructions that are relevant to their classification. As has become custo ...
... Copular constructions and their grammatical context In an attempt at providing a maximally adequate classification of copular constructions, this article singles out and discusses the syntactic and semantic aspects of these constructions that are relevant to their classification. As has become custo ...
4) The teacher didn`t leave the shaking building until all his students
... 4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions or adverbs. 1) up; out 2) down; at 3) up 4) aside/away; out of; with 5) On; with. 6) with; off. 7) in; out 8) in; of; on 9) into; around; at 10) out; in 5. Translate the following sentences into English. 1）The government will have to decide when an ...
... 4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions or adverbs. 1) up; out 2) down; at 3) up 4) aside/away; out of; with 5) On; with. 6) with; off. 7) in; out 8) in; of; on 9) into; around; at 10) out; in 5. Translate the following sentences into English. 1）The government will have to decide when an ...
the case of an enlightening, provoking and admirable basque
... possible. If the vowel change in (8) were induced by the noun/adjective itself, we woud expect pairs like aipagarri / aipugarri, contrary to fact. Indeed, the few cases where we find an alternation (e.g. tristegarri / tristagarri "saddening") it is because two forms of the verb (i.e. tristetul trist ...
... possible. If the vowel change in (8) were induced by the noun/adjective itself, we woud expect pairs like aipagarri / aipugarri, contrary to fact. Indeed, the few cases where we find an alternation (e.g. tristegarri / tristagarri "saddening") it is because two forms of the verb (i.e. tristetul trist ...
Eimi and the adjectival participle in Ancient Greek
... 3. 1. Adjectivisation of the present participle? In the second part of this paper, I want to take a closer look at the categorial status of the adjectival participle. In the past, it has been repeatedly suggested that the adjectival present participle not only functions as an adjective but should be ...
... 3. 1. Adjectivisation of the present participle? In the second part of this paper, I want to take a closer look at the categorial status of the adjectival participle. In the past, it has been repeatedly suggested that the adjectival present participle not only functions as an adjective but should be ...
Bilingual Complex Verbs - Linguistic Society of America
... Complex verbs occur frequently in Indian languages (Butt 2003, Abbi and Gopalakrishnan 1991). Butt (2003) talks about complex verbs of monolingual Indian languages such as Urdu, Hindi and Bengali. Monolingual complex verbs have an N+V structure or a V+V structure. In an N+V structure, the noun is fo ...
... Complex verbs occur frequently in Indian languages (Butt 2003, Abbi and Gopalakrishnan 1991). Butt (2003) talks about complex verbs of monolingual Indian languages such as Urdu, Hindi and Bengali. Monolingual complex verbs have an N+V structure or a V+V structure. In an N+V structure, the noun is fo ...
“Confusables”
... Occasionally, Effect is a verb meaning “to bring about” or “to cause.” Example: The President’s speech deeply affected me. The effects of pollution can be deadly. (noun) The Student Council effected many important changes. (verb) 6. All ready/Already The two words All ready are used as an adjective ...
... Occasionally, Effect is a verb meaning “to bring about” or “to cause.” Example: The President’s speech deeply affected me. The effects of pollution can be deadly. (noun) The Student Council effected many important changes. (verb) 6. All ready/Already The two words All ready are used as an adjective ...
Lesson 7 Writing Overview
... passive voice sentence order. What was the subject of the sentence now becomes its object. Thus, a sentence written in the passive voice shows the object as the doer of the action. The subject no longer acts but is acted upon. Example: The ball was thrown by George. A passive sentence may also omit ...
... passive voice sentence order. What was the subject of the sentence now becomes its object. Thus, a sentence written in the passive voice shows the object as the doer of the action. The subject no longer acts but is acted upon. Example: The ball was thrown by George. A passive sentence may also omit ...
March 15 - ELT Council
... (c) The demographic line of the city was faintly visible in the overcast distance. (d) When she put her reading glasses on for the first time, the words on the page were so much more distinct. Sentence ( d ) is different because: In all four utterances an adjective is used. In ‘d’ the meaning is a s ...
... (c) The demographic line of the city was faintly visible in the overcast distance. (d) When she put her reading glasses on for the first time, the words on the page were so much more distinct. Sentence ( d ) is different because: In all four utterances an adjective is used. In ‘d’ the meaning is a s ...
ppt
... The order of acquisition for bound morphemes in English does appear to be similar across different children, however (even if their rates of development are quite different). Brown (1973): three children (Adam, Eve, Sarah) (1) present progressive: laughing /ɪŋ/ (2) plural: cats /s/, dogs /z/, glasse ...
... The order of acquisition for bound morphemes in English does appear to be similar across different children, however (even if their rates of development are quite different). Brown (1973): three children (Adam, Eve, Sarah) (1) present progressive: laughing /ɪŋ/ (2) plural: cats /s/, dogs /z/, glasse ...
3015 FRENCH MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2010 question paper
... NB Reward identical noun and adjective combination each time, subject to justification by sense and use of minus symbols. (g) Adjectives based on the past participle of an –er verb should not be credited if the final acute accent is missing. (h) Comparison: While plus TC will now score (See Adverbs, ...
... NB Reward identical noun and adjective combination each time, subject to justification by sense and use of minus symbols. (g) Adjectives based on the past participle of an –er verb should not be credited if the final acute accent is missing. (h) Comparison: While plus TC will now score (See Adverbs, ...
Style Guide 2016-17 Complete-FINAL
... Many of the birds are singing outside. Some of the students are studying in groups for the test. Some of the pizza is left over from last night. Note how the two last examples both feature the pronoun “Some,” but one is plural while the other is singular, due to the details within the preposition ph ...
... Many of the birds are singing outside. Some of the students are studying in groups for the test. Some of the pizza is left over from last night. Note how the two last examples both feature the pronoun “Some,” but one is plural while the other is singular, due to the details within the preposition ph ...
Year 2 English - Highgate Infant School
... should still draw pupils’ attention to GPCs that do and do not fit in with what has been taught so far. Increasingly, however, pupils also need to understand the role of morphology and etymology. Although particular GPCs in root words simply have to be learnt, teachers can help pupils to understand ...
... should still draw pupils’ attention to GPCs that do and do not fit in with what has been taught so far. Increasingly, however, pupils also need to understand the role of morphology and etymology. Although particular GPCs in root words simply have to be learnt, teachers can help pupils to understand ...
1. Functional Classification of Sentences
... must be borne in mind that the rules of grammar have no value except as statements of facts: whatever is in general use in a language is for that very reason grammatically correct”1. Apart from Sweet’s works, the most elaborate presentations of English grammar have been made by some grammarians in t ...
... must be borne in mind that the rules of grammar have no value except as statements of facts: whatever is in general use in a language is for that very reason grammatically correct”1. Apart from Sweet’s works, the most elaborate presentations of English grammar have been made by some grammarians in t ...
Lesson 23
... Because the adjective selfish completes the meaning of the gerund Being, it is its (direct object, subject compliment). ...
... Because the adjective selfish completes the meaning of the gerund Being, it is its (direct object, subject compliment). ...
Valence change
... pseudopassive, neutral passive, spontaneous (Shibatani 1985), and others. (The term anticausative is due to Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1969.) The anticausative is similar to the passive in that the agent argument loses its subject status and the patient becomes the new subject, but in the passive, the a ...
... pseudopassive, neutral passive, spontaneous (Shibatani 1985), and others. (The term anticausative is due to Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1969.) The anticausative is similar to the passive in that the agent argument loses its subject status and the patient becomes the new subject, but in the passive, the a ...
Microparameters of Cross-Linguistic Variation: Directed Motion and
... the mapping principles we assume. We assume that an agentive activity verb like crow can lexicalize both Init and Proc, hence we represent it as moving from the one position to the other (cf. Larson 1988; Hale & Keyser 2002; Ramchand 2008). We furthermore posit a language-specific null morpheme or m ...
... the mapping principles we assume. We assume that an agentive activity verb like crow can lexicalize both Init and Proc, hence we represent it as moving from the one position to the other (cf. Larson 1988; Hale & Keyser 2002; Ramchand 2008). We furthermore posit a language-specific null morpheme or m ...
REFLEXIVE VERBS
... Some of the reflexive pronouns are also used to indicate a reciprocal action involving two or more persons: Page 1 of 4 ...
... Some of the reflexive pronouns are also used to indicate a reciprocal action involving two or more persons: Page 1 of 4 ...
Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
... • A preposition is a word that links a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence. • Prepositions answer the questions Where? Or When? The boy by the window is French. • The word by in the sentence above is a preposition. By shows the relationship of the word boy to the noun window. ...
... • A preposition is a word that links a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence. • Prepositions answer the questions Where? Or When? The boy by the window is French. • The word by in the sentence above is a preposition. By shows the relationship of the word boy to the noun window. ...
The rise of the periphrastic perfect tense in the continental West
... gradual rise of this prefix in the Old and Middle Dutch period. The Gothic verbal tense system consists of just a past and a present tense, with the latter referring to eventualities occurring at speech time, in the future, or without any time specification; cf. Van der Wal (1986:36) and Van der Hor ...
... gradual rise of this prefix in the Old and Middle Dutch period. The Gothic verbal tense system consists of just a past and a present tense, with the latter referring to eventualities occurring at speech time, in the future, or without any time specification; cf. Van der Wal (1986:36) and Van der Hor ...