A Guided Approach to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs
... assume that students can make great strides in their writing skills based on minimal examples and activities. For example, how many students can truly learn to generate good ideas based on a few examples of clustering, listing, and freewriting and a few activities? And will they really be able to or ...
... assume that students can make great strides in their writing skills based on minimal examples and activities. For example, how many students can truly learn to generate good ideas based on a few examples of clustering, listing, and freewriting and a few activities? And will they really be able to or ...
The Romblomanon Grammar Essentials Sketch
... Indi’ ta kamo pag’abrïhan. ‘I will not open the door for you (pl.).’ ...
... Indi’ ta kamo pag’abrïhan. ‘I will not open the door for you (pl.).’ ...
ISSUES IN THE PLACEMENT OF ENCLITIC PERSONAL
... A close examination of the relevant facts has, however, brought to light, first, that as in prose a considerable number of sentence patterns and arrangements of words are more or less common or favourite, and in the second place that on this point prose and poetry have much more in common than has o ...
... A close examination of the relevant facts has, however, brought to light, first, that as in prose a considerable number of sentence patterns and arrangements of words are more or less common or favourite, and in the second place that on this point prose and poetry have much more in common than has o ...
20_chapter 8
... the structural details of simple sentences holds good in the case of Unit III also as it deals with the structural details of complex and compound sentences, therefore a glance over the matter therein discussed will not be a waste but rather an enlightenment which would help you in studying the matt ...
... the structural details of simple sentences holds good in the case of Unit III also as it deals with the structural details of complex and compound sentences, therefore a glance over the matter therein discussed will not be a waste but rather an enlightenment which would help you in studying the matt ...
Investigations of downward movement
... Glyne Piggott, and Jon Nissenbaum. Collectively, I could not have asked for a better or more balanced group of advisers, in terms of both academic expertise and advising style. Individually, they have pushed, guided, and encouraged me unfailingly throughout my time at McGill. If it were not for each ...
... Glyne Piggott, and Jon Nissenbaum. Collectively, I could not have asked for a better or more balanced group of advisers, in terms of both academic expertise and advising style. Individually, they have pushed, guided, and encouraged me unfailingly throughout my time at McGill. If it were not for each ...
Diachrony in Clause Linkage and Related Issues By Toshio Ohori
... First, notionally at least, there is a difference in orientation between psychological and sociological approaches. Of course, this division is artificial given that language is precisely what mediates between ideation and interaction. Linguists may differ, however, with respect to the ontological i ...
... First, notionally at least, there is a difference in orientation between psychological and sociological approaches. Of course, this division is artificial given that language is precisely what mediates between ideation and interaction. Linguists may differ, however, with respect to the ontological i ...
Verbal breakups - Utrecht University Repository
... I owe thanks to many people. Particularly, I like to express my thanks to the many informants who provided me with the data on which this thesis is grounded. My research could not have been carried out without their help. For that reason, I thank my informants in Flanders and the Netherlands for the ...
... I owe thanks to many people. Particularly, I like to express my thanks to the many informants who provided me with the data on which this thesis is grounded. My research could not have been carried out without their help. For that reason, I thank my informants in Flanders and the Netherlands for the ...
Serial Verb Constructions
... Not all of these parameters are new—but the way in which they are systematically discussed and applied provides an original perspective and presents a comprehensive view of serial verb constructions worldwide. The week of the workshop was an intellectually stimulating and exciting time, full of disc ...
... Not all of these parameters are new—but the way in which they are systematically discussed and applied provides an original perspective and presents a comprehensive view of serial verb constructions worldwide. The week of the workshop was an intellectually stimulating and exciting time, full of disc ...
Anaphora, Inversion, and Focus
... separate from the antecedent conditions on ellipsis. I argue that null operator movement, which is in part responsible for deriving the locality condition, violates an island at PF. The only way to ameliorate this violation, following Kennedy and Merchant (2000), is to elide the vP, explaining why e ...
... separate from the antecedent conditions on ellipsis. I argue that null operator movement, which is in part responsible for deriving the locality condition, violates an island at PF. The only way to ameliorate this violation, following Kennedy and Merchant (2000), is to elide the vP, explaining why e ...
Polysemy of verbal prefixes in Russian: conceptual structure versus
... linked with the event type. The verbs that obligatorily involve change, particularly verbs involving change of location or change of possession, cooccur only with the lexical prefixes and are incompatible with superlexical prefixes. Verbs that are incompatible with a change of state reading, on the ...
... linked with the event type. The verbs that obligatorily involve change, particularly verbs involving change of location or change of possession, cooccur only with the lexical prefixes and are incompatible with superlexical prefixes. Verbs that are incompatible with a change of state reading, on the ...
The Empty Object Construction and Related Phenomena
... indeed a null pronoun. It cannot be considered a standard null pronoun, however, since it cannot occur outside of a non-initial conjunct and is constrained in its reference. The Baule Empty Subject Construction (ESC), elsewhere called a Serial Verb Construction, is shown to be a covert clausal coord ...
... indeed a null pronoun. It cannot be considered a standard null pronoun, however, since it cannot occur outside of a non-initial conjunct and is constrained in its reference. The Baule Empty Subject Construction (ESC), elsewhere called a Serial Verb Construction, is shown to be a covert clausal coord ...
Relative Clauses in Koine Greek
... incorporation, where the head occurs inside of the relative clause (p. 137). A fourth kind, not described by Comrie, but described in Van Valin and LaPolla (1997), is headless relative clauses. Andrews (1985), writing from a transformational-generative perspective, finds the following two facts abou ...
... incorporation, where the head occurs inside of the relative clause (p. 137). A fourth kind, not described by Comrie, but described in Van Valin and LaPolla (1997), is headless relative clauses. Andrews (1985), writing from a transformational-generative perspective, finds the following two facts abou ...
On Sinn and Bedeutung - University of Roehampton
... that in turn a definite Bedeutung, while to a given Bedeutung (an object) there does not belong only a single sign. The same sense has different expressions in different languages or even in the same language. To be sure, exceptions to this regular behaviour occur. To every expression belonging to a ...
... that in turn a definite Bedeutung, while to a given Bedeutung (an object) there does not belong only a single sign. The same sense has different expressions in different languages or even in the same language. To be sure, exceptions to this regular behaviour occur. To every expression belonging to a ...
Reduplication In Kimeru: A Case Study Of Kimeru Parts Of Speech
... even the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight alteration. Stageberg (1981:127) states that a new word is formed by doubling a morpheme, while Spencer & Zwicky (2001:130) claim that reduplication is a morphological phenomenon in which the base, root, stem of a lexeme or a part of it is rep ...
... even the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight alteration. Stageberg (1981:127) states that a new word is formed by doubling a morpheme, while Spencer & Zwicky (2001:130) claim that reduplication is a morphological phenomenon in which the base, root, stem of a lexeme or a part of it is rep ...
PAYA KUNA - SIL International
... 9 BASIC HEALTH/MEDICAL DISCUSSION ............................................................................ 102 ...
... 9 BASIC HEALTH/MEDICAL DISCUSSION ............................................................................ 102 ...
Deixis and anaphora F. Recanati Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS) 1bis
... which the latter is an instance, results is a true statement if we replace the variable by a name for y. Now, how are we to understand the schema itself? To do so we must fix the interpretation of 'his mother'. If we give the pronoun the free interpretation, the schema will be equivalent to 'x loves ...
... which the latter is an instance, results is a true statement if we replace the variable by a name for y. Now, how are we to understand the schema itself? To do so we must fix the interpretation of 'his mother'. If we give the pronoun the free interpretation, the schema will be equivalent to 'x loves ...
On Sinn and Bedeutung
... word, so also one man can associate this sense and another that sense. But there still remains a difference in the mode of connection. They are not prevented from grasping the same sense; I but they cannot have the same idea. Si duo idem faciunt, non est idem. If two persons picture the same thing, ...
... word, so also one man can associate this sense and another that sense. But there still remains a difference in the mode of connection. They are not prevented from grasping the same sense; I but they cannot have the same idea. Si duo idem faciunt, non est idem. If two persons picture the same thing, ...
Gerundive Nominals and The Role of Aspect
... In contrast to gerundive nominals, English also allows, for many verbs, nongerundive nominals to be formed. These nominals are marked with one of several possible suffixes (e.g. -tion, -ment, etc.), are much less productive, and crucially, do not show the exocentric characteristics of gerunds: they ...
... In contrast to gerundive nominals, English also allows, for many verbs, nongerundive nominals to be formed. These nominals are marked with one of several possible suffixes (e.g. -tion, -ment, etc.), are much less productive, and crucially, do not show the exocentric characteristics of gerunds: they ...
Embedded clauses
... obvious to both speaker and hearer that the hearer knows and does not have to be reminded of p.” In other words, it is okay to assert something that the hearer knows if we think that a reminder might be in place. Accordingly, we often state something that we take everybody present to know—and someti ...
... obvious to both speaker and hearer that the hearer knows and does not have to be reminded of p.” In other words, it is okay to assert something that the hearer knows if we think that a reminder might be in place. Accordingly, we often state something that we take everybody present to know—and someti ...
Photos The typology of clause linkage: status quo, challenges
... Comrie 1998). Moreover, even in those languages that appear to do so, many individual instances of clause combining cannot easily be assigned to a single type (cf. Section 5 below). Finally, the question arises to what extent generalizations can be formulated that apply across major types of subordi ...
... Comrie 1998). Moreover, even in those languages that appear to do so, many individual instances of clause combining cannot easily be assigned to a single type (cf. Section 5 below). Finally, the question arises to what extent generalizations can be formulated that apply across major types of subordi ...
Grammar: 1,001 Practice Questions For Dummies
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6 A-movement
... to a specific grammatical category (students being a plural noun and protested a past tense verb) and that each serves a specific grammatical function (students being the subject of the sentence, and protested being the predicate). The overall sentence Students protested has the categorial status of ...
... to a specific grammatical category (students being a plural noun and protested a past tense verb) and that each serves a specific grammatical function (students being the subject of the sentence, and protested being the predicate). The overall sentence Students protested has the categorial status of ...
A GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TSWANA ADVERBIAL by
... elements in general, gravitates toward the end." According to Nilsen (1972) this is another example where traditionalists seem to be compelled to state reasons why the language is as it is. In his opinion, it is at least questionable whether an adverbial element is usually more important than a dire ...
... elements in general, gravitates toward the end." According to Nilsen (1972) this is another example where traditionalists seem to be compelled to state reasons why the language is as it is. In his opinion, it is at least questionable whether an adverbial element is usually more important than a dire ...
Writing Workbook for the New SAT
... in the essay assignment, forming your own individual perspective on the topic. Then you must develop that point of view, supporting your ideas with appropriate evidence. An essay completed in twenty-five minutes is bound to be shorter than most essays required in high school or college courses. It w ...
... in the essay assignment, forming your own individual perspective on the topic. Then you must develop that point of view, supporting your ideas with appropriate evidence. An essay completed in twenty-five minutes is bound to be shorter than most essays required in high school or college courses. It w ...
Conditional sentences in Modern Standard Arabic and the Taif Dialect
... sentences and relative clauses that express conditional meanings in Modern Standard Arabic and the Taif Dialect. It argues that the conditional sentence that is introduced by the conjunction Pin in Modern Standard Arabic is always a real conditional, whereas the conditional sentence that is introduc ...
... sentences and relative clauses that express conditional meanings in Modern Standard Arabic and the Taif Dialect. It argues that the conditional sentence that is introduced by the conjunction Pin in Modern Standard Arabic is always a real conditional, whereas the conditional sentence that is introduc ...