Chapter 11: THE PASSIVE
... sentence is active and names the actors in the subject. 10. Sentence one is active. [There is no passive form of main verb “be.” Be is used in the passive only as an auxiliary.] ...
... sentence is active and names the actors in the subject. 10. Sentence one is active. [There is no passive form of main verb “be.” Be is used in the passive only as an auxiliary.] ...
Passive as an indicator of alignment change
... transfer along a gradient. The transfer can be high, low or even intermediate, i.e. some sentences are more transitive than others, and some ambiguous cases can be found. When it comes to syntactic transitivity, there is less uncertainty since one can tell whether a sentence is transitive or not bec ...
... transfer along a gradient. The transfer can be high, low or even intermediate, i.e. some sentences are more transitive than others, and some ambiguous cases can be found. When it comes to syntactic transitivity, there is less uncertainty since one can tell whether a sentence is transitive or not bec ...
Passive without passive morphology
... antecedent for the enclitic pronoun. It appears that it occupies a clause external position of TOP position within an extended clause structure (see Bresnan 2001:116). To illustrate the point, consider sentence (3a), which can be analysed as having the structure shown in (5). In this structure, the ...
... antecedent for the enclitic pronoun. It appears that it occupies a clause external position of TOP position within an extended clause structure (see Bresnan 2001:116). To illustrate the point, consider sentence (3a), which can be analysed as having the structure shown in (5). In this structure, the ...
Children`s Early Acquisition of the Passive
... result, before generalizing it to less transitive, non-actional verbs such as psychological or experiential verbs at a later age (Maratsos et al. 1985). An alternative argument is that aspects of the passive construction are acquired late and that children use some other strategy at a younger age w ...
... result, before generalizing it to less transitive, non-actional verbs such as psychological or experiential verbs at a later age (Maratsos et al. 1985). An alternative argument is that aspects of the passive construction are acquired late and that children use some other strategy at a younger age w ...
Video Transcript 3
... referred to; in the second, the students are being referred to. How do we know whether to use a past or present participle phrase? You should get a sense of the active or passive nature of each participle phrase. In the first example, we sense that the tutor is actively doing something (in this case ...
... referred to; in the second, the students are being referred to. How do we know whether to use a past or present participle phrase? You should get a sense of the active or passive nature of each participle phrase. In the first example, we sense that the tutor is actively doing something (in this case ...
Andrzej Wilanowski Transitiveness of passive forms in Homer
... not clear without any contextual information if it acts or if the irritation is only the woman’s reaction to the cat’s existence. We shall define the noun cat as the agent because it is an animate noun. However, it seems that we would not assume that the woman is the agent even if we could conclude ...
... not clear without any contextual information if it acts or if the irritation is only the woman’s reaction to the cat’s existence. We shall define the noun cat as the agent because it is an animate noun. However, it seems that we would not assume that the woman is the agent even if we could conclude ...
Grammar Context
... Mouse, added sound and music to his movies, and produced the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Many people think he was a great cartoonist, but he wasn’t. Instead, he was a great ...
... Mouse, added sound and music to his movies, and produced the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Many people think he was a great cartoonist, but he wasn’t. Instead, he was a great ...
Information Structure in Tinrin and Neku: topicalisation, impersonal
... objects (where it normally does not). Secondly, this construction never allows an explicit agent, although the existence of one is always implied. Thirdly, the object NP (of the active clause) can be postposed, with the subject marker nra preceding it, this indicating that the object NP is promoted ...
... objects (where it normally does not). Secondly, this construction never allows an explicit agent, although the existence of one is always implied. Thirdly, the object NP (of the active clause) can be postposed, with the subject marker nra preceding it, this indicating that the object NP is promoted ...
Participle Phrases (as reduced relative clauses?)
... The above mistake arises because the student may have forgotten the fact that if a sentence begins with a participle clause, the two verbs must refer to the same subject. In this sentence, the verb "read" is not performed by the subject "it", and so the sentence is wrong. In this case when the subje ...
... The above mistake arises because the student may have forgotten the fact that if a sentence begins with a participle clause, the two verbs must refer to the same subject. In this sentence, the verb "read" is not performed by the subject "it", and so the sentence is wrong. In this case when the subje ...
(syntactic) relations versus semantic roles within relational framework
... its arguments in a sentence: grammatical relations like subject, direct object, and semantic roles like agent and patient. As there is no agreement regarding the correct set of semantic roles, this paper will discuss only the most common semantic roles. This structure will be referred to as argument ...
... its arguments in a sentence: grammatical relations like subject, direct object, and semantic roles like agent and patient. As there is no agreement regarding the correct set of semantic roles, this paper will discuss only the most common semantic roles. This structure will be referred to as argument ...
Necessitative passive This TV needs fixing. The Department of English
... subject in the monovalent reflexive in German and other Indo-European languages. Although his focus is on the middle-related construction, there are meaningful insights in these six questions which are applicable to our discussion here. As it becomes clear in later sections, some features typically ...
... subject in the monovalent reflexive in German and other Indo-European languages. Although his focus is on the middle-related construction, there are meaningful insights in these six questions which are applicable to our discussion here. As it becomes clear in later sections, some features typically ...
Presentation Exercise: Chapter 23
... “When students _______________ hard, they invariably do well on their tests.” 2. “Finding (_____) the enemy, the soldier went (_____) running to the general.” Final time value: ___________ “When he _______________ the enemy, the soldier went running to the general.” 3. “Having been betrayed (_____) ...
... “When students _______________ hard, they invariably do well on their tests.” 2. “Finding (_____) the enemy, the soldier went (_____) running to the general.” Final time value: ___________ “When he _______________ the enemy, the soldier went running to the general.” 3. “Having been betrayed (_____) ...
1 KEY ENGLISH GRAMMAR WORKSHEET # 4: PRONOUNS A
... nödvändig relativsats). It defines or identifies the subject and gives necessary information which cannot be left out. → There were several test papers, and it was the one that everyone failed which was too difficult. 1b. The test paper, which everyone failed, was far too difficult. The underlined p ...
... nödvändig relativsats). It defines or identifies the subject and gives necessary information which cannot be left out. → There were several test papers, and it was the one that everyone failed which was too difficult. 1b. The test paper, which everyone failed, was far too difficult. The underlined p ...
Chapter 23 - Participles
... Chapter 23 - Participles Future passive participle (gerundive): subsequent action, passive voice. Librös legendös in mënsä posuit. He placed having-to-be-read books on the table. He placed books to be read on the table He placed books which should be read on the table. ...
... Chapter 23 - Participles Future passive participle (gerundive): subsequent action, passive voice. Librös legendös in mënsä posuit. He placed having-to-be-read books on the table. He placed books to be read on the table He placed books which should be read on the table. ...
1 Raising Predicates
... 3 Properties of A-Movement (34) Properties of A-movement: a. Moved element is an NP. b. Movement is obligatory. c. The site from which the NP moves is a position to which no case is assigned. d. The landing sites of the movement are positions to which no -role is assigned. e. The movement terminate ...
... 3 Properties of A-Movement (34) Properties of A-movement: a. Moved element is an NP. b. Movement is obligatory. c. The site from which the NP moves is a position to which no case is assigned. d. The landing sites of the movement are positions to which no -role is assigned. e. The movement terminate ...
QUESTION
... You can recognize passive-voice expressions because the verb phrase will always include a form of be, such as am, is, was, were, are, or been. HOWEVER the presence of a be-verb, however, does not necessarily mean that the sentence is in passive voice. ...
... You can recognize passive-voice expressions because the verb phrase will always include a form of be, such as am, is, was, were, are, or been. HOWEVER the presence of a be-verb, however, does not necessarily mean that the sentence is in passive voice. ...
disjunction without tears - Association for Computational Linguistics
... (1) He provided us with everything we needed. (2) He has provided us with everything we needed. (3) Everything we needed has been provided. We could produce three descriptions of the kind in Figure 1, one for each case. If we did this, however, we would find ourselves repeating all sorts of informat ...
... (1) He provided us with everything we needed. (2) He has provided us with everything we needed. (3) Everything we needed has been provided. We could produce three descriptions of the kind in Figure 1, one for each case. If we did this, however, we would find ourselves repeating all sorts of informat ...
Remarks on the Passive Voice in English and Romanian
... round the garden first, and then they were invited into the house; ● the speaker wants the statement to sound impersonal for some social reasons (tact, delicacy of feeling, embarrassment, etc.): It has been decided that your allowance will be cut down. You have been told so many times not to handle ...
... round the garden first, and then they were invited into the house; ● the speaker wants the statement to sound impersonal for some social reasons (tact, delicacy of feeling, embarrassment, etc.): It has been decided that your allowance will be cut down. You have been told so many times not to handle ...
The Indirect Object
... Recognize an indirect object when you see one. Indirect objects are rare. You can read for pages before you encounter one. For an indirect object to appear, a sentence must first have a direct object. Direct objects follow transitive verbs [a type of action verb]. If you can identify the subject and ...
... Recognize an indirect object when you see one. Indirect objects are rare. You can read for pages before you encounter one. For an indirect object to appear, a sentence must first have a direct object. Direct objects follow transitive verbs [a type of action verb]. If you can identify the subject and ...
The middle and passive derivations in Konso
... sentence. In subject relative clauses the subject clitic is left out and the verb conjugation can be reduced in the sense that the verbal ending in the Fasha dialect is only i and not ay(e) while the plural suffix n of the third person plural marking is not used, put differently, the singular mascul ...
... sentence. In subject relative clauses the subject clitic is left out and the verb conjugation can be reduced in the sense that the verbal ending in the Fasha dialect is only i and not ay(e) while the plural suffix n of the third person plural marking is not used, put differently, the singular mascul ...
On the So-Called “Passive Voice” in Ainu.
... There are, however, other ways to look at passives which take into consideration this idea of anti-universality. Comrie gives one potential definition as: “A process whereby the original subject is deleted or demoted to an agentive phrase while the original object is advanced to subject position; be ...
... There are, however, other ways to look at passives which take into consideration this idea of anti-universality. Comrie gives one potential definition as: “A process whereby the original subject is deleted or demoted to an agentive phrase while the original object is advanced to subject position; be ...
Bell Ringer 26/27
... • The seven coordinating conjunctions used as connecting words at the beginning of an independent clause are for ...
... • The seven coordinating conjunctions used as connecting words at the beginning of an independent clause are for ...
Participle Levelling in American English: impoverishment and
... on impoverishment, following Nevins and Parrott (2010) although we do not adopt their variable rules schema. Patterns of levelling It has long been noticed (at least as far back as Mencken (1923)) that levelling of the participle in these verbs occurs, i.e., the form of the participle becomes identi ...
... on impoverishment, following Nevins and Parrott (2010) although we do not adopt their variable rules schema. Patterns of levelling It has long been noticed (at least as far back as Mencken (1923)) that levelling of the participle in these verbs occurs, i.e., the form of the participle becomes identi ...
Chapter 19: Perfect Passive Verbs
... sentences the way any noun does. In the first sentence, it would be a nominative interrogative pronoun, because in the sentence “You are _____?” the blank is a predicate nominative. In “What did he do?” [meaning “He did what?”], the “what” is the direct object and would therefore be accusative in La ...
... sentences the way any noun does. In the first sentence, it would be a nominative interrogative pronoun, because in the sentence “You are _____?” the blank is a predicate nominative. In “What did he do?” [meaning “He did what?”], the “what” is the direct object and would therefore be accusative in La ...