Topics in English Syntax
... organization of words into larger structures such as phrases and sentences; the study of sentence structure. • Three basic assumptions: – Sentences have parts which may themselves have parts. – The parts of sentences belong to a limited range of types. – The parts have specific functions within the ...
... organization of words into larger structures such as phrases and sentences; the study of sentence structure. • Three basic assumptions: – Sentences have parts which may themselves have parts. – The parts of sentences belong to a limited range of types. – The parts have specific functions within the ...
a descriptive analysis of argument alternations
... depth each and every alternation we found: for most of them, we also attempt a first and necessarily partial semantic classification of Italian verbs, mainly following Levin’s (1993), but also pro ...
... depth each and every alternation we found: for most of them, we also attempt a first and necessarily partial semantic classification of Italian verbs, mainly following Levin’s (1993), but also pro ...
C:\Mis documentos\Mis textos\Ejercicios C.O.U\GRAMATICA
... 1. Defining relative clauses: persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A) Subject: who or that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B) Object of a verb: whom or who or that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C) ...
... 1. Defining relative clauses: persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A) Subject: who or that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B) Object of a verb: whom or who or that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C) ...
New Observations on Ancient Greek Voice
... deponent verb.” But these verbs are intransitive—it is absurd to say that they carry an “active” sense. The term “deponent” seems to imply that verbs lacking an active form are somehow misbegotten: either they must once have had an active form and lost it, or else they never had an active but really ...
... deponent verb.” But these verbs are intransitive—it is absurd to say that they carry an “active” sense. The term “deponent” seems to imply that verbs lacking an active form are somehow misbegotten: either they must once have had an active form and lost it, or else they never had an active but really ...
Meaning Through Syntax: Language
... this article. It is object reduced relatives that have been the focus of much psycholinguistic research. For the object reduced relative construction, we propose that it is used to denote a discourse entity characterized by a particular function. The function is defined in the following way: partici ...
... this article. It is object reduced relatives that have been the focus of much psycholinguistic research. For the object reduced relative construction, we propose that it is used to denote a discourse entity characterized by a particular function. The function is defined in the following way: partici ...
Industrial Ontologies Group
... adjectives are quite different from ones for nouns. There are no relations like hyponymy or meronymy, only synonymy and antonymy relations. So, topological structure of adjectives as a semantic web is not a tree, but rather a set of parallel hyperplanes. The problem here is that the antonymy relatio ...
... adjectives are quite different from ones for nouns. There are no relations like hyponymy or meronymy, only synonymy and antonymy relations. So, topological structure of adjectives as a semantic web is not a tree, but rather a set of parallel hyperplanes. The problem here is that the antonymy relatio ...
painless english – lesson 002 – pronouns
... Here is a trick to help you choose the correct pronoun case: Drop the subject that is a noun and read the sentence with the pronoun alone. For instance, take the sentence: My mother and me went to the store. Is this sentence written correctly? To find out, read the sentence with the pronoun me alone ...
... Here is a trick to help you choose the correct pronoun case: Drop the subject that is a noun and read the sentence with the pronoun alone. For instance, take the sentence: My mother and me went to the store. Is this sentence written correctly? To find out, read the sentence with the pronoun me alone ...
Grammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic
... core that is the vestige of the parent language. As the languages developed, often diverging from each other typologically, they carried this core with them, and this influenced the types of grammaticalizations that could occur in those languages. We find for example that, except for some languages ...
... core that is the vestige of the parent language. As the languages developed, often diverging from each other typologically, they carried this core with them, and this influenced the types of grammaticalizations that could occur in those languages. We find for example that, except for some languages ...
Working with VERBALS: Participles / infinitives / gerunds
... Merdine waved the torch over her head, making a great ring of white light. For more information about using participles and participial phrases, visit Creating and Arranging Participial Phrases. Gerunds A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions in a sentence as a noun. Although both the ...
... Merdine waved the torch over her head, making a great ring of white light. For more information about using participles and participial phrases, visit Creating and Arranging Participial Phrases. Gerunds A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions in a sentence as a noun. Although both the ...
The role of discourse context in the processing of a flexible word
... the earliest possible point. If one assumes that a scrambled structure is generated via syntactic movement, then a principle such as the MCP predicts a preference for canonical orders over noncanonical orders whenever an ambiguity is present. In terms of processing timing, the MCP has traditionally ...
... the earliest possible point. If one assumes that a scrambled structure is generated via syntactic movement, then a principle such as the MCP predicts a preference for canonical orders over noncanonical orders whenever an ambiguity is present. In terms of processing timing, the MCP has traditionally ...
Morphological contrastive analysis of adverbs in English
... adjective and another adverb. Very seldom, the adverb is connected with the noun or the pronoun. The adverb is closely connected with the adjective because semantically it shows a feature or a class, and grammatically it has the category of degree which is a characteristic only of these two parts of ...
... adjective and another adverb. Very seldom, the adverb is connected with the noun or the pronoun. The adverb is closely connected with the adjective because semantically it shows a feature or a class, and grammatically it has the category of degree which is a characteristic only of these two parts of ...
Lingua - ScienceDirect
... In (2), the dative NP gakusee-ni could either be an argument of the main clause (in which case the professor showed the manuscript to the student) or of the relative clause (in which case the librarian lent the manuscript to the student). Thus, if interpretation is not to be delayed, the processing ...
... In (2), the dative NP gakusee-ni could either be an argument of the main clause (in which case the professor showed the manuscript to the student) or of the relative clause (in which case the librarian lent the manuscript to the student). Thus, if interpretation is not to be delayed, the processing ...
Morpho-syntactic resources for the organization of same
... and Hebrew speakers engage in simple recycling about two-thirds of the time, while German speakers make less frequent use of simple recycling. Second, we found that English speakers frequently recycle back to the subject pronoun of a clause, while Hebrew and German speakers make much less use of sub ...
... and Hebrew speakers engage in simple recycling about two-thirds of the time, while German speakers make less frequent use of simple recycling. Second, we found that English speakers frequently recycle back to the subject pronoun of a clause, while Hebrew and German speakers make much less use of sub ...
free language album
... built in interest for words should be catered to in the home environment and carried on in the primary classroom. Throughout the childs time in the primary class, he will work with nomenclature material as a never ending source of words- even more than he already knows. The language program has to b ...
... built in interest for words should be catered to in the home environment and carried on in the primary classroom. Throughout the childs time in the primary class, he will work with nomenclature material as a never ending source of words- even more than he already knows. The language program has to b ...
MeN
... verbs differ from relative clauses in that they are not preceded by yang. auxiliary verb See modal. base The part of a word which carries the essential meaning and to which affixes are attached, such as jalan in berjalan 'walk' and perjalanan 'journey'. A base cannot be broken down into smaller unit ...
... verbs differ from relative clauses in that they are not preceded by yang. auxiliary verb See modal. base The part of a word which carries the essential meaning and to which affixes are attached, such as jalan in berjalan 'walk' and perjalanan 'journey'. A base cannot be broken down into smaller unit ...
AK - KISS Grammar
... own that “You” is the understood subject of “close.” However, brief instruction and an exercise or two should make this clear for all students. Traditional grammars refer to these sentences as “Imperatives” or the “Imperative Mood.” Some grammars simply use the term “Commands.” ...
... own that “You” is the understood subject of “close.” However, brief instruction and an exercise or two should make this clear for all students. Traditional grammars refer to these sentences as “Imperatives” or the “Imperative Mood.” Some grammars simply use the term “Commands.” ...
Thursday, August 19 (PowerPoint Format)
... • “Nor” is very flexible, too, but rules of English make it a bit less flexible than “and” and “or.” Frequently, it is used with “neither,” which is also classed as a conjunction since it helps “nor” join words. – John doesn’t sing, nor does he dance. – Neither Bill nor Joe likes coffee. ...
... • “Nor” is very flexible, too, but rules of English make it a bit less flexible than “and” and “or.” Frequently, it is used with “neither,” which is also classed as a conjunction since it helps “nor” join words. – John doesn’t sing, nor does he dance. – Neither Bill nor Joe likes coffee. ...
ANTHEM by Ayn Rand – Grammar and Style
... Their philosophy, that grammar and literature are best understood when learned together, led to the formation of Grammardog.com, a means of sharing knowledge about the structure and patterns of language unique to specific authors. These patterns are what make a great book a great book. The arduous t ...
... Their philosophy, that grammar and literature are best understood when learned together, led to the formation of Grammardog.com, a means of sharing knowledge about the structure and patterns of language unique to specific authors. These patterns are what make a great book a great book. The arduous t ...
Object agreement, grammatical relations, and information structure. In
... Honti 1984, and many others). The term “definite,” in its turn, is taken to denote the formal properties of object NPs. According to Honti (1984, 99-100), the definite objects that trigger agreement in Ostyak are: a possessive NP, a personal pronoun, an embedded complement clause, and a null object. ...
... Honti 1984, and many others). The term “definite,” in its turn, is taken to denote the formal properties of object NPs. According to Honti (1984, 99-100), the definite objects that trigger agreement in Ostyak are: a possessive NP, a personal pronoun, an embedded complement clause, and a null object. ...
Latin - Wikimedia Commons
... URI to this license is given in the list of figures on page 287. If this document is a derived work from the contents of one of these projects and the content was still licensed by the project under this license at the time of derivation this document has to be licensed under the same, a similar or ...
... URI to this license is given in the list of figures on page 287. If this document is a derived work from the contents of one of these projects and the content was still licensed by the project under this license at the time of derivation this document has to be licensed under the same, a similar or ...
Arguments, Grammatical Relations, and Diathetic Paradigm
... the a-subject to the d-subject. The obliqueness change, in turn, aims at establishing a d-subject that is different from the a-subject by promoting another argument (typically, the a-object). The second aspect takes into consideration whether all arguments are paired with grammatical relations or a ...
... the a-subject to the d-subject. The obliqueness change, in turn, aims at establishing a d-subject that is different from the a-subject by promoting another argument (typically, the a-object). The second aspect takes into consideration whether all arguments are paired with grammatical relations or a ...
Full Paper
... lexicon) but narrowly language specific definition of Actor Voice (Schachter 1976). Fact 1 A verb (and its Pn=s) is Actor Voice iff it selects a DPnom whose theta role outranks those of any other DP it selects on the partial order in (7): (7) Agent/Cause/Perceiver > Theme/Goal > Instrument/Benefacti ...
... lexicon) but narrowly language specific definition of Actor Voice (Schachter 1976). Fact 1 A verb (and its Pn=s) is Actor Voice iff it selects a DPnom whose theta role outranks those of any other DP it selects on the partial order in (7): (7) Agent/Cause/Perceiver > Theme/Goal > Instrument/Benefacti ...
A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NONCANONICAL WORD ORDER
... The primary belief of functionalists is that any element of the language exists as it has a function to fulfill, or rather a number of functions to fulfil. When in 1950s Daneš and Dokulil came to a combined scheme of form, meaning and use, they succeeded to develop an integrated approach to language ...
... The primary belief of functionalists is that any element of the language exists as it has a function to fulfill, or rather a number of functions to fulfil. When in 1950s Daneš and Dokulil came to a combined scheme of form, meaning and use, they succeeded to develop an integrated approach to language ...
Английская грамматика: базовый теоретический курс
... Language is a means of human communication. Language is also the most basic and marvellously complex instrument of culture. Try to imagine the world without language. In fact, you cannot do so, because language is perhaps the most ancient heritage of the human race. Language exists only when it is l ...
... Language is a means of human communication. Language is also the most basic and marvellously complex instrument of culture. Try to imagine the world without language. In fact, you cannot do so, because language is perhaps the most ancient heritage of the human race. Language exists only when it is l ...