Bracketing Guidelines for Treebank II Style Penn Treebank Project 1
... 5.4 *ICH* (\Interpret Constituent Here") 5.4.1 Word order 5.4.2 Further examples 5.4.3 Conjunctive Prepositional Phrases 5.5 *EXP* (\EXPletive") 5.6 Punctuation ...
... 5.4 *ICH* (\Interpret Constituent Here") 5.4.1 Word order 5.4.2 Further examples 5.4.3 Conjunctive Prepositional Phrases 5.5 *EXP* (\EXPletive") 5.6 Punctuation ...
Martina Mašková - Univerzita Karlova
... alternate with other nominal elements and function, for example, as the subject or object of a clause; the participle, on the other hand, usually forms adverbial or postmodifying clauses. The fact that non- finite clauses are often preferred to finite clauses where both could fill the same syntactic ...
... alternate with other nominal elements and function, for example, as the subject or object of a clause; the participle, on the other hand, usually forms adverbial or postmodifying clauses. The fact that non- finite clauses are often preferred to finite clauses where both could fill the same syntactic ...
19. Bed-Books and Night-Lights, By HM Tomlinson
... detailed analysis from samples of the writing of the 33 professional authors included in Modern Essays. Selected by Christopher Morley. These writers averaged only 17.5 words per main clause. ...
... detailed analysis from samples of the writing of the 33 professional authors included in Modern Essays. Selected by Christopher Morley. These writers averaged only 17.5 words per main clause. ...
TWO TIER SEMANTICS FOR RELATIVE CLAUSES
... for 'real' quantifiers like every and most (which is good if those cases are infelicitous) 3. The contextual restriction with restriction with relation C assigns very weak uniqueness requirements to functional readings. Weak enough to account for Groenendijk and Stokhof's observation that the functi ...
... for 'real' quantifiers like every and most (which is good if those cases are infelicitous) 3. The contextual restriction with restriction with relation C assigns very weak uniqueness requirements to functional readings. Weak enough to account for Groenendijk and Stokhof's observation that the functi ...
Chapter 7: Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences
... In this chapter the linking between semantic representations and syntactic representations in complex sentences is explored. An important question to be investigated is the extent to which the linking algorithms proposed in Chapter 5 for simple sentences must be modified to deal with complex sentenc ...
... In this chapter the linking between semantic representations and syntactic representations in complex sentences is explored. An important question to be investigated is the extent to which the linking algorithms proposed in Chapter 5 for simple sentences must be modified to deal with complex sentenc ...
- Scholarworks @ Morehead State
... Unlike in the expletive approach discussed below (15), that Mary saw is not an argument of the copular verb, though John is an argument of the verb be in both approaches. The cleft clause forms a definite NP, which is a discontinuous constituent with the cleft pronoun (see D-structure and Jespersen’ ...
... Unlike in the expletive approach discussed below (15), that Mary saw is not an argument of the copular verb, though John is an argument of the verb be in both approaches. The cleft clause forms a definite NP, which is a discontinuous constituent with the cleft pronoun (see D-structure and Jespersen’ ...
Amis Noun Phrase Structures:
... analysis of the Amis case marking system in decomposing the case-marker (e.g. ku) into a case marker (e.g. k-) plus a noun class marker (e.g. -u) (cf. Huang (1995)), Wu (2001) proposes that the nominative case marker for the personal proper nouns is a zero form (e.g. (5b)) instead of the consonant c ...
... analysis of the Amis case marking system in decomposing the case-marker (e.g. ku) into a case marker (e.g. k-) plus a noun class marker (e.g. -u) (cf. Huang (1995)), Wu (2001) proposes that the nominative case marker for the personal proper nouns is a zero form (e.g. (5b)) instead of the consonant c ...
interrogatives and relatives in some varieties of english
... complementiser layer, as proposed by this line of research, enables us to account for embedded 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 Beni ...
... complementiser layer, as proposed by this line of research, enables us to account for embedded 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 Beni ...
Portuguese Syntax
... material: groups allowing adjectives or pronouns as dependents fit the wider notion of np, while groups allowing adverb dependents will be denoted as ap‟s. Vp‟s are here understood as chains of auxiliaries and a main verb, in Portuguese syntactically headed by the first verb in the chain, semantical ...
... material: groups allowing adjectives or pronouns as dependents fit the wider notion of np, while groups allowing adverb dependents will be denoted as ap‟s. Vp‟s are here understood as chains of auxiliaries and a main verb, in Portuguese syntactically headed by the first verb in the chain, semantical ...
Portuguese Syntax
... material: groups allowing adjectives or pronouns as dependents fit the wider notion of np, while groups allowing adverb dependents will be denoted as ap’s. Vp’s are here understood as chains of auxiliaries and a main verb, in Portuguese syntactically headed by the first verb in the chain, semantical ...
... material: groups allowing adjectives or pronouns as dependents fit the wider notion of np, while groups allowing adverb dependents will be denoted as ap’s. Vp’s are here understood as chains of auxiliaries and a main verb, in Portuguese syntactically headed by the first verb in the chain, semantical ...
portuguese syntax
... material: groups allowing adjectives or pronouns as dependents fit the wider notion of np, while groups allowing adverb dependents will be denoted as ap’s. Vp’s are here understood as chains of auxiliaries and a main verb, in Portuguese syntactically headed by the first verb in the chain, semantical ...
... material: groups allowing adjectives or pronouns as dependents fit the wider notion of np, while groups allowing adverb dependents will be denoted as ap’s. Vp’s are here understood as chains of auxiliaries and a main verb, in Portuguese syntactically headed by the first verb in the chain, semantical ...
Unit 3 - Adverbial Clauses
... 1. Because this “to me” can be put earlier in the sentence (“To me, little bird, ....”) some people will see it as an adverb to “have been.” Alternatively, however, some people may see it as functioning as an adjective to “friend.” 2. The direct object of “helped” would be an infinitive. In context, ...
... 1. Because this “to me” can be put earlier in the sentence (“To me, little bird, ....”) some people will see it as an adverb to “have been.” Alternatively, however, some people may see it as functioning as an adjective to “friend.” 2. The direct object of “helped” would be an infinitive. In context, ...
KISS Level 3. 1. 1 - Compound Main Clauses
... 1. Once they heard a door bang. | Somebody scuttered downstairs. | 2. Once they heard a door bang, | and somebody scuttered downstairs. ...
... 1. Once they heard a door bang. | Somebody scuttered downstairs. | 2. Once they heard a door bang, | and somebody scuttered downstairs. ...
Embedded clauses
... someone else has made (see Andersson 1975, G. Green 1976, Wechsler 1991, Holmberg & Platzack 1995). According to another view, the possibility of having V2 order in an embedded sentence is a consequence of certain properties of the matrix predicate. De Haan & Weerman (1986), Iatridou & Kroch (1992) ...
... someone else has made (see Andersson 1975, G. Green 1976, Wechsler 1991, Holmberg & Platzack 1995). According to another view, the possibility of having V2 order in an embedded sentence is a consequence of certain properties of the matrix predicate. De Haan & Weerman (1986), Iatridou & Kroch (1992) ...
Using Conjunctions
... Coordinating conjunctions or coordinators (and, but, or, nor, so, for, yet) connect ideas of equal structure or function. The instructor was interesting and extremely knowledgeable about the subject. The play was entertaining but disappointing. I am a highly motivated and diligent worker, so I shoul ...
... Coordinating conjunctions or coordinators (and, but, or, nor, so, for, yet) connect ideas of equal structure or function. The instructor was interesting and extremely knowledgeable about the subject. The play was entertaining but disappointing. I am a highly motivated and diligent worker, so I shoul ...
English non-finite participial clauses as seen through their Czech
... Contrasting English and Czech, the first type (i) can be exemplified by have influence – působit (‘to-influence’), feel the need - potřebovat (‘to-need’); the third (iii) by She gave the chair a gentle turn. - Po-otočila křeslo. (‘gently-turned-she the chair’). The second (ii) type of verbonominal w ...
... Contrasting English and Czech, the first type (i) can be exemplified by have influence – působit (‘to-influence’), feel the need - potřebovat (‘to-need’); the third (iii) by She gave the chair a gentle turn. - Po-otočila křeslo. (‘gently-turned-she the chair’). The second (ii) type of verbonominal w ...
Pronouns - MGLVA
... Nominative Case Pronouns— Subjects, PA’s and PN’s are always nominative case pronouns! A predicate nominative is a word in the predicate that renames the subject (follows a linking verb). When a nominative pronoun is used as a predicate nominative, it is called a predicate pronoun. It was they who ...
... Nominative Case Pronouns— Subjects, PA’s and PN’s are always nominative case pronouns! A predicate nominative is a word in the predicate that renames the subject (follows a linking verb). When a nominative pronoun is used as a predicate nominative, it is called a predicate pronoun. It was they who ...
Negation in clause linkages1
... therefore, that the data collected has not been forced into the mold of another language through direct elicitation. Second, because all examples from discourse are necessarily situated in a context, the information structure of the construction is provided by virtue of its situation in a larger tex ...
... therefore, that the data collected has not been forced into the mold of another language through direct elicitation. Second, because all examples from discourse are necessarily situated in a context, the information structure of the construction is provided by virtue of its situation in a larger tex ...
putting up the resultant pdf online
... of the issues. Beatrice Santorini wrote the previous manual, upon which much of our policy is still based. Finally, we would like to thank a set of people too numerous to mention specifically for their helpful criticisms, suggestions, and advice. ...
... of the issues. Beatrice Santorini wrote the previous manual, upon which much of our policy is still based. Finally, we would like to thank a set of people too numerous to mention specifically for their helpful criticisms, suggestions, and advice. ...
COMPLEX SENTENCES AN ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR
... complements. Semantically speaking, we can say that a subject complement names, or refers to, the same thing that the subject names or refers to; and we can say that an object complement refers to the same thing that the object refers to. Grammatically speaking, subject complements have two importan ...
... complements. Semantically speaking, we can say that a subject complement names, or refers to, the same thing that the subject names or refers to; and we can say that an object complement refers to the same thing that the object refers to. Grammatically speaking, subject complements have two importan ...
“Inversion” and focalization
... Note that tutto is higher than bene and lower than completamente in Cinque’s clausal map. The quantifier should then be allowed to raise higher than the latter adverb if the proposed interpretation of the contrast is on the right track (See Rizzi (1996) for a similar conclusion). Movement of tutto s ...
... Note that tutto is higher than bene and lower than completamente in Cinque’s clausal map. The quantifier should then be allowed to raise higher than the latter adverb if the proposed interpretation of the contrast is on the right track (See Rizzi (1996) for a similar conclusion). Movement of tutto s ...
Commentary on Historia Apollonii regis Tyri
... exerrauerat: "had been at fault" (intensive form of errauerat). nisi quod: "except (for the fact) that." statuerat: "it had constituted, it had made." 3.Quae: connecting relative. The relative is .the equivale�t of a demonstrative pronoun or adjective plus weak connecuve sense (which can rarely be r ...
... exerrauerat: "had been at fault" (intensive form of errauerat). nisi quod: "except (for the fact) that." statuerat: "it had constituted, it had made." 3.Quae: connecting relative. The relative is .the equivale�t of a demonstrative pronoun or adjective plus weak connecuve sense (which can rarely be r ...
The Quick Guide to Commas
... 7. Commas in Elliptical Constructions Use a comma to indicate that one or more words have been intentionally withheld from a sentence with the expectation that the reader can fill in the missing word or words. Such a sentence is called an elliptical sentence. ...
... 7. Commas in Elliptical Constructions Use a comma to indicate that one or more words have been intentionally withheld from a sentence with the expectation that the reader can fill in the missing word or words. Such a sentence is called an elliptical sentence. ...