1st SW grammar packet 2016
... Directions: On the line provided, write P if the underlined word group is a phrase or NP if it is not a phrase. _____21. In 1845, two Englishmen built an aircraft powered by a lightweight steam engine. _____22. The Englishmen used a steam engine, the only type of engine available at that time. _____ ...
... Directions: On the line provided, write P if the underlined word group is a phrase or NP if it is not a phrase. _____21. In 1845, two Englishmen built an aircraft powered by a lightweight steam engine. _____22. The Englishmen used a steam engine, the only type of engine available at that time. _____ ...
Grammatical form and semantic context in verb
... Pointing game. To begin, toddlers participated in a game designed to encourage them to point to a scene on the screen. Importantly, this game did not introduce any novel words. Our goal was to identify toddlers who would point systematically to the screen when requested. Toddlers were shown two side ...
... Pointing game. To begin, toddlers participated in a game designed to encourage them to point to a scene on the screen. Importantly, this game did not introduce any novel words. Our goal was to identify toddlers who would point systematically to the screen when requested. Toddlers were shown two side ...
Analyzer to Identify Phrases and the Functional Roles in Sentences
... characters). In such texts, the content parts of phrases are likely to be transcribed in Kanji (Chinese characters) or/and Katakana (phonetic characters used for transcribing words of foreign origin). At the same time most parts that indicate the functions of phrases are written in Hiragana (phoneti ...
... characters). In such texts, the content parts of phrases are likely to be transcribed in Kanji (Chinese characters) or/and Katakana (phonetic characters used for transcribing words of foreign origin). At the same time most parts that indicate the functions of phrases are written in Hiragana (phoneti ...
One of the main topics in the grammar acquisition research is matter
... forms in the present tense (wait, waits); most Czech verbs have distinct form for each number/person combination (for the verb čekat “wait”, the forms are čekám, čekáš, čeká, čekáme, čekáte, čekají), sometimes with homophonous 3rd person sg. and pl. forms. In addition to being more complex, the Cze ...
... forms in the present tense (wait, waits); most Czech verbs have distinct form for each number/person combination (for the verb čekat “wait”, the forms are čekám, čekáš, čeká, čekáme, čekáte, čekají), sometimes with homophonous 3rd person sg. and pl. forms. In addition to being more complex, the Cze ...
AP Spanish Study Sheet: The Passive Voice
... could rephrase the meaning as El Congreso estableció las leyes. past participle establecidas agrees in number and gender with the subject leyes. ...
... could rephrase the meaning as El Congreso estableció las leyes. past participle establecidas agrees in number and gender with the subject leyes. ...
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
... a general period of time. From and until are used with a period with a specific beginning and ending. Since is used for a period with a specific beginning but no end. ...
... a general period of time. From and until are used with a period with a specific beginning and ending. Since is used for a period with a specific beginning but no end. ...
Paraphrasing of Synonyms for a Fine
... Paraphrasing is used in many areas of Natural Language Processing – ontology linking, question answering, summarization, machine translation, etc. Paraphrasing between synonyms seems a relatively simple task, but in practice an automatic paraphrasing of synonyms might produce ungrammatical or unnatu ...
... Paraphrasing is used in many areas of Natural Language Processing – ontology linking, question answering, summarization, machine translation, etc. Paraphrasing between synonyms seems a relatively simple task, but in practice an automatic paraphrasing of synonyms might produce ungrammatical or unnatu ...
Syntactic and semantic constraints on the formation and
... to the meanings of the underlying verbs, but there are also many cases where the semantic relation between noun and verb appears idiosyncratic and unpredictable. The task that these data present to the linguist is twopronged: Separate the systematic from the idiosyncratic cases and explain why the s ...
... to the meanings of the underlying verbs, but there are also many cases where the semantic relation between noun and verb appears idiosyncratic and unpredictable. The task that these data present to the linguist is twopronged: Separate the systematic from the idiosyncratic cases and explain why the s ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... A sentence expresses a complete thought. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. A declarative sentence tells or states something. It ends with a period. An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. An exclamatory sentence expresses a st ...
... A sentence expresses a complete thought. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. A declarative sentence tells or states something. It ends with a period. An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. An exclamatory sentence expresses a st ...
Automatic approaches 1: frequency
... What is a Collocation? • A COLLOCATION is an expression consisting of two or more words that correspond to some conventional way of saying things. • The words together can mean more than their sum of parts (The Times of India, disk drive) – Previous examples: hot dog, mother in law ...
... What is a Collocation? • A COLLOCATION is an expression consisting of two or more words that correspond to some conventional way of saying things. • The words together can mean more than their sum of parts (The Times of India, disk drive) – Previous examples: hot dog, mother in law ...
Intro. to Syntax Lecture Notes
... Recall that this string was not considered to be word-salad, but was not as acceptable as (2). It was intermediate in acceptability, and its acceptability hinged upon whether tove was taken to be an irregular plural. It is instructive to consider this intermediate unacceptability further. Obviously, ...
... Recall that this string was not considered to be word-salad, but was not as acceptable as (2). It was intermediate in acceptability, and its acceptability hinged upon whether tove was taken to be an irregular plural. It is instructive to consider this intermediate unacceptability further. Obviously, ...
clean - LAGB Education Committee
... all present-tense verbs (except modal verbs), which have –s when the subject is singular and third person but not otherwise: She likes - they like - I like John does – John and Mary do - I do It also happens with the verb BE in the past tense: she was – they were. Note that in English (unlike many o ...
... all present-tense verbs (except modal verbs), which have –s when the subject is singular and third person but not otherwise: She likes - they like - I like John does – John and Mary do - I do It also happens with the verb BE in the past tense: she was – they were. Note that in English (unlike many o ...
Problems of equivalence in some German and English constructions
... where x stands for specifiers of tense, number, and person and x' stands for the corresponding English morphological specifiers. NP stands for either a noun with its modifiers or a pronoun. Only in regard to pronouns will the case specifiers be needed in English. The above sentences can be successfu ...
... where x stands for specifiers of tense, number, and person and x' stands for the corresponding English morphological specifiers. NP stands for either a noun with its modifiers or a pronoun. Only in regard to pronouns will the case specifiers be needed in English. The above sentences can be successfu ...
a short overview of english syntax
... not a determinative: as far as its class is concerned it's a noun phrase. The above scheme differs from that of traditional grammar in three respects: o We take pronouns to be a subclass of nouns, not a distinct primary class. o Traditional grammars generally take our determinatives to be a subclass ...
... not a determinative: as far as its class is concerned it's a noun phrase. The above scheme differs from that of traditional grammar in three respects: o We take pronouns to be a subclass of nouns, not a distinct primary class. o Traditional grammars generally take our determinatives to be a subclass ...
Gerunds without phrase structure
... multiple nodes are not available. If a theory simply does not permit two-node analyses, then either it is falsified by gerunds, or two-node analyses are not necessary. The analysis to be developed below assumes the theory of Word Grammar7 (WG). The most relevant part of WG theory is that phrase stru ...
... multiple nodes are not available. If a theory simply does not permit two-node analyses, then either it is falsified by gerunds, or two-node analyses are not necessary. The analysis to be developed below assumes the theory of Word Grammar7 (WG). The most relevant part of WG theory is that phrase stru ...
Lexical Rules for Deverbal Adjectives
... (as well as nominal modifiers in English) and the nouns they modify; • the typology of scales for gradables emerges as the dominant issue in adjective semantics and lexicography. Most importantly for this paper, the crucial taxonomic criterion for each adjective is its anchoring in the underlying on ...
... (as well as nominal modifiers in English) and the nouns they modify; • the typology of scales for gradables emerges as the dominant issue in adjective semantics and lexicography. Most importantly for this paper, the crucial taxonomic criterion for each adjective is its anchoring in the underlying on ...
Russian Grammar: Participles (Прича́стия)
... который since it will help you immensely in using and understanding participles. ...
... который since it will help you immensely in using and understanding participles. ...
Writing Correct Sentences
... One way to spot Run-on Sentences is to read your writing aloud. A natural, distinct pause in your speech often means that you need to separate sentences in some way. When you pause, check your paper to be sure you have appropriate punctuation. REMEMBER though—do NOT use a comma to separate two compl ...
... One way to spot Run-on Sentences is to read your writing aloud. A natural, distinct pause in your speech often means that you need to separate sentences in some way. When you pause, check your paper to be sure you have appropriate punctuation. REMEMBER though—do NOT use a comma to separate two compl ...
About Some Peculiarities of Syntactic Relations of the
... connection to which the class-personal indicator j- is omitted. Ⱥɱɭɚɧ ɝɶɚɠɶɵɧ ɚɯɴɚɪɩɚ ɝIɚɧɚɣɚɭɯɬI. “The cauldron rolled ahead and found its lid” (relatively: a little bird is content with a little nest). The sentence predicate (ɣ)ɝIɚ-ɧɚ-ɣɚɭɯɬI "found" is two-personal transitive dynamic finite verb. ...
... connection to which the class-personal indicator j- is omitted. Ⱥɱɭɚɧ ɝɶɚɠɶɵɧ ɚɯɴɚɪɩɚ ɝIɚɧɚɣɚɭɯɬI. “The cauldron rolled ahead and found its lid” (relatively: a little bird is content with a little nest). The sentence predicate (ɣ)ɝIɚ-ɧɚ-ɣɚɭɯɬI "found" is two-personal transitive dynamic finite verb. ...
8th Grade Argumentative Instructional Writing Rubric
... The writer adequately expresses ideas, employing a mix of precise with more general words, phrases and clauses to support the logic of the argument uses domain-specific vocabulary that is generally appropriate for the audience and purpose adequately establishes and maintains a formal style The ...
... The writer adequately expresses ideas, employing a mix of precise with more general words, phrases and clauses to support the logic of the argument uses domain-specific vocabulary that is generally appropriate for the audience and purpose adequately establishes and maintains a formal style The ...
JacobsenLecuter
... (3) [おもしろい]本を 読んだ. ‘I read [an interesting] book.’ [Omoshiroi] hon o yonda. (4) [友達が紹介してくれた]本を 読んだ. ‘I read a book [that a friend introduced to me].’ [Tomodachi ga shookai shite kureta] hon o yonda. ...
... (3) [おもしろい]本を 読んだ. ‘I read [an interesting] book.’ [Omoshiroi] hon o yonda. (4) [友達が紹介してくれた]本を 読んだ. ‘I read a book [that a friend introduced to me].’ [Tomodachi ga shookai shite kureta] hon o yonda. ...
- Common Assessment Initiative
... varied sentence patterns with transitions, coordination, and subordination, including reduced clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. ...
... varied sentence patterns with transitions, coordination, and subordination, including reduced clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. ...
parsing with a small dictionary for applications such as text to speech
... prosody, because pauses often occur immediately before or after a verb group. The system described in this paper recognizes all function words and some content words, and uses syntactic constraints to estimate which words are likely to form phrases. It is compared to similar systems using dictionari ...
... prosody, because pauses often occur immediately before or after a verb group. The system described in this paper recognizes all function words and some content words, and uses syntactic constraints to estimate which words are likely to form phrases. It is compared to similar systems using dictionari ...
Words That Are True Linking Verbs
... Linking verbs are verbs that do not show action; instead, the linking verb renames or describes the subject. In this example sentence, "The kitten looked happy" the verb looked is used as a linking verb. Many times the verb looked is an action verb because someone is looking for something, but in th ...
... Linking verbs are verbs that do not show action; instead, the linking verb renames or describes the subject. In this example sentence, "The kitten looked happy" the verb looked is used as a linking verb. Many times the verb looked is an action verb because someone is looking for something, but in th ...