The Bisecting CP Hypothesis
... nicely with LF movement. However, he points out that nearly any kind of word-string can be focused, so focus “movement” does not seem to behave like a syntactic phenomenon. If focus were somehow mediated by features on constituent heads triggering movement, then focus movement would obey or violate ...
... nicely with LF movement. However, he points out that nearly any kind of word-string can be focused, so focus “movement” does not seem to behave like a syntactic phenomenon. If focus were somehow mediated by features on constituent heads triggering movement, then focus movement would obey or violate ...
PP #8—Complex Sentences - Romeo Community Schools
... simpler the better. As much as possible, STUDENTS SHOULD USE SIMPLE SUBJECTS AND ACTIVE, PAST TENSE VERBS. Ultimately, any student who masters these exercises will be writing sentences at a high level of complexity; but the complexity results not from meddling with the SV core, but by the means of c ...
... simpler the better. As much as possible, STUDENTS SHOULD USE SIMPLE SUBJECTS AND ACTIVE, PAST TENSE VERBS. Ultimately, any student who masters these exercises will be writing sentences at a high level of complexity; but the complexity results not from meddling with the SV core, but by the means of c ...
KISS Level 3. 2. 1 - Ellipsis in Clauses
... The primary objective of KISS is to enable students to intelligently discuss the grammar of anything that they read and especially anything that they write. Those who understand KISS concepts could, theoretically, use the Master Books and then use only the students’ own writing for exercise material ...
... The primary objective of KISS is to enable students to intelligently discuss the grammar of anything that they read and especially anything that they write. Those who understand KISS concepts could, theoretically, use the Master Books and then use only the students’ own writing for exercise material ...
Building the PDT-Vallex valency lexicon
... is thus said to use the notion of valency in its “narrow” sense): optional adjuncts are not listed in the valency frame. As mentioned above, both arguments and adjuncts can be in their relation to a particular word either obligatory (that means obligatorily present at the tectogrammatical level) or ...
... is thus said to use the notion of valency in its “narrow” sense): optional adjuncts are not listed in the valency frame. As mentioned above, both arguments and adjuncts can be in their relation to a particular word either obligatory (that means obligatorily present at the tectogrammatical level) or ...
Building the PDT-VALLEX valency lexicon
... is thus said to use the notion of valency in its “narrow” sense): optional adjuncts are not listed in the valency frame. As mentioned above, both arguments and adjuncts can be in their relation to a particular word either obligatory (that means obligatorily present at the tectogrammatical level) or ...
... is thus said to use the notion of valency in its “narrow” sense): optional adjuncts are not listed in the valency frame. As mentioned above, both arguments and adjuncts can be in their relation to a particular word either obligatory (that means obligatorily present at the tectogrammatical level) or ...
MOVEMENT IN RESTRICTIVE RELATIVE CLAUSES by SUSAN K
... relatives are used to add information to v/hat has already been said about the particular noun. ...
... relatives are used to add information to v/hat has already been said about the particular noun. ...
pronouns and agreement: the information status
... distinguishfour persons(frst, second,third and corefetentialthird), three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and two grammatical roles. (The coreferentialthird-personcatogory,abbreviatedn, is used for participants that are coreferential with the subject of that clauseor a higher one.)There are no ...
... distinguishfour persons(frst, second,third and corefetentialthird), three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and two grammatical roles. (The coreferentialthird-personcatogory,abbreviatedn, is used for participants that are coreferential with the subject of that clauseor a higher one.)There are no ...
interrogatives and relatives in some varieties of english
... inversion in terms of different syntactic projections available in different ―portions‖ of CP layer. The accessability of CP in dependent clauses has already been discussed for Romance languages, (see Benincà (2006) for medieval varieties); we intend to adopt here this proposal and see whether it ma ...
... inversion in terms of different syntactic projections available in different ―portions‖ of CP layer. The accessability of CP in dependent clauses has already been discussed for Romance languages, (see Benincà (2006) for medieval varieties); we intend to adopt here this proposal and see whether it ma ...
Using gerund as object of prepositions
... Example: This was a creative work of my doing b) Sometimes the letter "a" is placed in front of the gerund in the sense of the preposition. Here "a" represents a change or abbreviation of the preposition on: Example: The man has gone a-hunting He has gone a-fishing 10. Which has the form -ing, in ad ...
... Example: This was a creative work of my doing b) Sometimes the letter "a" is placed in front of the gerund in the sense of the preposition. Here "a" represents a change or abbreviation of the preposition on: Example: The man has gone a-hunting He has gone a-fishing 10. Which has the form -ing, in ad ...
281 A FUNCTIONAL AND FORMAL COMPARISON ON ADJECTIVE
... own subject and predicate with a finite verb. A dependent clause (in spite of having a subject and a predicate with a finite verb), on the other hand, cannot stand by itself. It must always be attached to independent clause, so a complex sentence results. Dependent clause is sometimes called subordi ...
... own subject and predicate with a finite verb. A dependent clause (in spite of having a subject and a predicate with a finite verb), on the other hand, cannot stand by itself. It must always be attached to independent clause, so a complex sentence results. Dependent clause is sometimes called subordi ...
PSEUDO-REDUPLICATION, REDUPLICATION AND REPETITION
... d. sukusuku ‘local gin’ (Smith, Ama 1985: 175) Miller (1993: 290) states that “noun reduplication appears to be restricted”, and only expresses a distributive meaning: ...
... d. sukusuku ‘local gin’ (Smith, Ama 1985: 175) Miller (1993: 290) states that “noun reduplication appears to be restricted”, and only expresses a distributive meaning: ...
Ellipsis in Farsi Complex Predicates
... Ellipsis is distinguished from other types of null anaphora by a number of well-established diagnostics that all rely on ellipsis being a type of surface anaphora in Hankamer and Sag’s (1976) terms. Surface anaphors have a fully articulated syntactic structure, constructed in the usual way, that is ...
... Ellipsis is distinguished from other types of null anaphora by a number of well-established diagnostics that all rely on ellipsis being a type of surface anaphora in Hankamer and Sag’s (1976) terms. Surface anaphors have a fully articulated syntactic structure, constructed in the usual way, that is ...
Madalina CERBAN, A Systemic Functional Description of the Simple
... give insight into how the English language is structured. Each method of analysis can be seen as a hypothesis about part of the structure of English. We can see, for example, that the analysis of clause exchange (by splitting it into its constituents) divide the clause up to five kinds of constituen ...
... give insight into how the English language is structured. Each method of analysis can be seen as a hypothesis about part of the structure of English. We can see, for example, that the analysis of clause exchange (by splitting it into its constituents) divide the clause up to five kinds of constituen ...
TOEFL - WordPress.com
... appears on the screen at the beginning of each casual conversation. It shows you who is talking and where they are talking. 3. Focus on the overall meaning of the casual conversation rather than on specific words or expressions. The question following a casual conversation generally test your overal ...
... appears on the screen at the beginning of each casual conversation. It shows you who is talking and where they are talking. 3. Focus on the overall meaning of the casual conversation rather than on specific words or expressions. The question following a casual conversation generally test your overal ...
The Quick Guide to Commas
... • Basketball, not soccer, was her favorite sport in college. • But not all tasks lend themselves to self-serve, and you wonder whether some increases in worker productivity come from the customer’s sweat[,] not the worker’s. (Ann Belser, “Untold Story of Worker Productivity: Let the Consumer Do It ...
... • Basketball, not soccer, was her favorite sport in college. • But not all tasks lend themselves to self-serve, and you wonder whether some increases in worker productivity come from the customer’s sweat[,] not the worker’s. (Ann Belser, “Untold Story of Worker Productivity: Let the Consumer Do It ...
Classification of subordinate clauses
... according to the angle from which they are viewed. It is ten o’clock. I have to go to the airport. If linked by conjunctions, independent sentences become (more or less) independent clauses (in case of coordination, as part of a compound sentence – e.g.: It is ten o’clock and I have to go to the air ...
... according to the angle from which they are viewed. It is ten o’clock. I have to go to the airport. If linked by conjunctions, independent sentences become (more or less) independent clauses (in case of coordination, as part of a compound sentence – e.g.: It is ten o’clock and I have to go to the air ...
Table of Contents - Brevard County Schools
... • For Week 6, the review week, popular chapter books were used, pulling sentences to review the prior five weeks of lessons in that unit. • Regardless of whether you use the reading series or not, the sentences reflect the Common Core State Standards in Language (conventions, vocabulary). • Please n ...
... • For Week 6, the review week, popular chapter books were used, pulling sentences to review the prior five weeks of lessons in that unit. • Regardless of whether you use the reading series or not, the sentences reflect the Common Core State Standards in Language (conventions, vocabulary). • Please n ...
A grammar of Mualang: An Ibanic language of Western Kalimantan
... culture, followed by a section on the genetic affiliation of Mualang (1.3). Dialectal variation and language use are discussed in (1.4). Then section (1.5) will describe previous linguistic studies on Mualang. While section (1.6) touches upon the aim of this study and its general theoretical framewo ...
... culture, followed by a section on the genetic affiliation of Mualang (1.3). Dialectal variation and language use are discussed in (1.4). Then section (1.5) will describe previous linguistic studies on Mualang. While section (1.6) touches upon the aim of this study and its general theoretical framewo ...
Chapter ? Binding by Verbs: Tense, Person and Mood under Attitudes*
... The organisation of the paper is as follows. Section 2 introduces the principle Feature Deletion under Binding. Section 3 lists the data to be analysed. Section 4 presents the theory. Section 4.1.3 gives a detailed account of the morphology/syntax interface of tense. 4.2 introduces the semantics. 4 ...
... The organisation of the paper is as follows. Section 2 introduces the principle Feature Deletion under Binding. Section 3 lists the data to be analysed. Section 4 presents the theory. Section 4.1.3 gives a detailed account of the morphology/syntax interface of tense. 4.2 introduces the semantics. 4 ...
The Characteristics of English Linking Adverbials
... and Jill. The second sort involves a more complex relationship between the units being joined, where one is thought to be dependent on another. ( Finch, 2000: 91). A major difference between coordination and subordination of clauses is that the information in subordinate clauses is not asserted, but ...
... and Jill. The second sort involves a more complex relationship between the units being joined, where one is thought to be dependent on another. ( Finch, 2000: 91). A major difference between coordination and subordination of clauses is that the information in subordinate clauses is not asserted, but ...
Ch 10 - CSU, Chico
... clauses. A third pattern relates to the participial forms in participial phrases, the past, perfect, and progressive participial forms used in certain dependent phrases. Much of the chapter is devoted to recognizing and labeling these three sets of patterns. The final section deals briefly with cases ...
... clauses. A third pattern relates to the participial forms in participial phrases, the past, perfect, and progressive participial forms used in certain dependent phrases. Much of the chapter is devoted to recognizing and labeling these three sets of patterns. The final section deals briefly with cases ...
File - Mrs. Helenius English!!!!
... 2. Embarrassed and emotionally-drained, Ron locked himself in his room. ____ 3. The students worked on their tests while the teacher graded papers. ____ 4. Most of the students, even the ones with failing grades, respected the teacher. ____ 5. Until you learn how to play defense, you will have to si ...
... 2. Embarrassed and emotionally-drained, Ron locked himself in his room. ____ 3. The students worked on their tests while the teacher graded papers. ____ 4. Most of the students, even the ones with failing grades, respected the teacher. ____ 5. Until you learn how to play defense, you will have to si ...
Word order and information structure in Makhuwa
... alternation in the conjugational system. The CJ/DJ alternation has been noted and described by linguists like Meeussen (1959) and Sharman (1956), but only received explicit attention in the last decades (Kosch 1988, Creissels 1996). A relation has been suggested between this alternation and focus (e ...
... alternation in the conjugational system. The CJ/DJ alternation has been noted and described by linguists like Meeussen (1959) and Sharman (1956), but only received explicit attention in the last decades (Kosch 1988, Creissels 1996). A relation has been suggested between this alternation and focus (e ...
Presentation sentences in fiction and academic prose: a syntactico
... person. I have always felt honoured to be allowed to work under her supervision. Prof. Dušková‘s dedication to linguistic studies, vast and versatile erudition, and high standards of work formed an inspiring environment in the Department of English Language and ELT Methodology in which students coul ...
... person. I have always felt honoured to be allowed to work under her supervision. Prof. Dušková‘s dedication to linguistic studies, vast and versatile erudition, and high standards of work formed an inspiring environment in the Department of English Language and ELT Methodology in which students coul ...