7. syntactic functions of adverbial clauses
... 8.4.5. Concessive clauses Concessive clauses are introduced chiefly by although or its more informal variant though. Other subordinators include while, whereas (formal), and even if: Although he had just joined, he was treated exactly like all the others. No goals were scored, though it was an excit ...
... 8.4.5. Concessive clauses Concessive clauses are introduced chiefly by although or its more informal variant though. Other subordinators include while, whereas (formal), and even if: Although he had just joined, he was treated exactly like all the others. No goals were scored, though it was an excit ...
Empty categories in the Hindi-Urdu binaa participle clause.
... construction in other languages. These other languages, like English, have obligatory movement to the left which is a condition on a parasitic gap, as in wh- question sentences. But in Hindi-Urdu, questions do not require leftward movement, allowing the question word to stay in situ. In addition, th ...
... construction in other languages. These other languages, like English, have obligatory movement to the left which is a condition on a parasitic gap, as in wh- question sentences. But in Hindi-Urdu, questions do not require leftward movement, allowing the question word to stay in situ. In addition, th ...
The Morphology of Adverbial Clauses in Sheko
... 3MS-father on 3MS-cover-REL-REAS a-eeb-us-ta a-woom-k 3MS-bless-CAUS-CVB 3MS-bless-REAL ‘Because the Amhara boy had covered his father, he blessed him.’ ...
... 3MS-father on 3MS-cover-REL-REAS a-eeb-us-ta a-woom-k 3MS-bless-CAUS-CVB 3MS-bless-REAL ‘Because the Amhara boy had covered his father, he blessed him.’ ...
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... construction in other languages. These other languages, like English, have obligatory movement to the left which is a condition on a parasitic gap, as in wh- question sentences. But in Hindi-Urdu, questions do not require leftward movement, allowing the question word to stay in situ. In addition, th ...
... construction in other languages. These other languages, like English, have obligatory movement to the left which is a condition on a parasitic gap, as in wh- question sentences. But in Hindi-Urdu, questions do not require leftward movement, allowing the question word to stay in situ. In addition, th ...
The Simpson`s Teach Complex Sentences
... Homer is messed up when he is on his own. Without Marge by his side, things go wrong. He is ...
... Homer is messed up when he is on his own. Without Marge by his side, things go wrong. He is ...
English - RCCM Indore
... may be linked together to form a compound sentence, as in, I like to write letters, and she sure likes to tango. In the compound sentence, two individual sentences, I like to write letters. and She sure likes to tango. are connected via a coordinating conjunction, and. Complex sentence. For example, ...
... may be linked together to form a compound sentence, as in, I like to write letters, and she sure likes to tango. In the compound sentence, two individual sentences, I like to write letters. and She sure likes to tango. are connected via a coordinating conjunction, and. Complex sentence. For example, ...
CEA Grammar Exercises - Telemachos Publishing
... modifiers allows for creativity on the part of the student as numerous analysis modifiers are possible and often more than one key word exists that can be used as the repeat modifier. Pay close attention to the student’s ability to make an appropriate combination that includes most of the necessary ...
... modifiers allows for creativity on the part of the student as numerous analysis modifiers are possible and often more than one key word exists that can be used as the repeat modifier. Pay close attention to the student’s ability to make an appropriate combination that includes most of the necessary ...
The Simpson`s Teach Complex Sentences
... survive by itself. It does not express a complete thought, but it does contain a verb. IT IS NOT A SENTENCE. ...
... survive by itself. It does not express a complete thought, but it does contain a verb. IT IS NOT A SENTENCE. ...
22 Fragments
... Landlord A never finished a thought, so I have no idea what he means. His answers are vague, and he doesn’t seem to care about being understood. Maybe he thinks I should just know what he means. In contrast, Landlord B spoke clearly using complete sentences. I know exactly what is expected. Landlord ...
... Landlord A never finished a thought, so I have no idea what he means. His answers are vague, and he doesn’t seem to care about being understood. Maybe he thinks I should just know what he means. In contrast, Landlord B spoke clearly using complete sentences. I know exactly what is expected. Landlord ...
the distribution and role of relative clauses in different text types
... The vast majority (98%) of head nouns postmodified by non-finite clauses are nonhuman, but this is especially the case with –ed participles and to-infinitives. The most commonly used verbs in ed-clauses are: called, caused, characterized, divided, involved, and performed. The heads postmodified by - ...
... The vast majority (98%) of head nouns postmodified by non-finite clauses are nonhuman, but this is especially the case with –ed participles and to-infinitives. The most commonly used verbs in ed-clauses are: called, caused, characterized, divided, involved, and performed. The heads postmodified by - ...
painless english – lesson 002 – pronouns
... Here, use the possessive pronoun its to show possession of the noun name. Do not confuse the possessive pronoun its with it’s, which is the contraction of it is. ...
... Here, use the possessive pronoun its to show possession of the noun name. Do not confuse the possessive pronoun its with it’s, which is the contraction of it is. ...
Chapter 1
... A sentence is a unit of expression that is composed of at least a subject and verb. It can also be defined as a sequence of words presenting a complete thought. A sentence is usually followed by a period (or a full stop as it is called in British and Australian English). Think about the following gr ...
... A sentence is a unit of expression that is composed of at least a subject and verb. It can also be defined as a sequence of words presenting a complete thought. A sentence is usually followed by a period (or a full stop as it is called in British and Australian English). Think about the following gr ...
Phrases - Maria English Society
... 2. Defeated by the greedy society they lived in, the Joads struggled simply for survival. ...
... 2. Defeated by the greedy society they lived in, the Joads struggled simply for survival. ...
Sentence II Sentence Structure
... clauses. A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject, verb and possible complement with modifiers of these principal parts. A dependent clause cannot stand alone, because it is subordinate to or dependent on the idea presented in the main clause or independent clause. There are three ty ...
... clauses. A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject, verb and possible complement with modifiers of these principal parts. A dependent clause cannot stand alone, because it is subordinate to or dependent on the idea presented in the main clause or independent clause. There are three ty ...
Adverbial Participial Clauses in Koiné Greek
... may follow it. However, their grounding status vis-à-vis the nuclear clause is usually different in the two positions.7 The information conveyed in a pre-nuclear participial clause is typically backgrounded visà-vis the information in the nuclear clause (Healey & Healey 1990). In (1) (above), ‘they ...
... may follow it. However, their grounding status vis-à-vis the nuclear clause is usually different in the two positions.7 The information conveyed in a pre-nuclear participial clause is typically backgrounded visà-vis the information in the nuclear clause (Healey & Healey 1990). In (1) (above), ‘they ...
An equivalent of the standard of comparison relativization in Ainu
... corresponding main clause with zero anaphora which is possible in both verb and noun (possessive) phrases. Relative clauses may involve as their heads not only common nouns, but also a few so-called bound nouns with generic semantics, which are peculiar in that they cannot occur on their own and mus ...
... corresponding main clause with zero anaphora which is possible in both verb and noun (possessive) phrases. Relative clauses may involve as their heads not only common nouns, but also a few so-called bound nouns with generic semantics, which are peculiar in that they cannot occur on their own and mus ...
Elena Mihas - Italian Journal of Linguistics
... Perené paratactic subordinate clauses, which cover a range of complement, relative, and adverbial relations, are syntactically adjoined and grammatically independent, as in they inject us with medicine, we die [when/if/after/ because they inject us with medicine, we die]. Such examples are identifie ...
... Perené paratactic subordinate clauses, which cover a range of complement, relative, and adverbial relations, are syntactically adjoined and grammatically independent, as in they inject us with medicine, we die [when/if/after/ because they inject us with medicine, we die]. Such examples are identifie ...
Presentation Plus!
... 1. Pearl fisheries are on the gulf’s western shore;the beds are on the eastern shore. 2. The formation of a pearl inside an oyster is actually an act of self-protection. 3. Oysters are a type of mollusk ,and they have a shell like that of other mollusks. 4. A foreign substance may enter the oyster’s ...
... 1. Pearl fisheries are on the gulf’s western shore;the beds are on the eastern shore. 2. The formation of a pearl inside an oyster is actually an act of self-protection. 3. Oysters are a type of mollusk ,and they have a shell like that of other mollusks. 4. A foreign substance may enter the oyster’s ...
Chapter 6 Syntax: Words in Combination
... SIDEBAR 6.1 In several places throughout the chapter, you will be directed to apply what you learn to short data sets. Answers are available on the companion website, and indicated by the website icon: :. Completing these data sets as you work through the chapter is highly recommended, as it will i ...
... SIDEBAR 6.1 In several places throughout the chapter, you will be directed to apply what you learn to short data sets. Answers are available on the companion website, and indicated by the website icon: :. Completing these data sets as you work through the chapter is highly recommended, as it will i ...
Producing Biographical Summaries: Combining
... descriptions. Obviously, the merging of descriptions should take temporal information into account; this very challenging issue is also not addressed here. To give a clearer idea of the system’s output, here are some examples of biographies produced by our system (the descriptions themselves are und ...
... descriptions. Obviously, the merging of descriptions should take temporal information into account; this very challenging issue is also not addressed here. To give a clearer idea of the system’s output, here are some examples of biographies produced by our system (the descriptions themselves are und ...
Version 1 - Rutgers Optimality Archive
... (1a) contains a so-called “free relative clause” (FR) which serves as the grammatical subject of the whole sentence. In (1b), this FR is accompanied by a resumptive pronoun. Here, the FR is preposed out of the core sentence – so-called “left dislocation” – and we have a corefering resumptive pronoun ...
... (1a) contains a so-called “free relative clause” (FR) which serves as the grammatical subject of the whole sentence. In (1b), this FR is accompanied by a resumptive pronoun. Here, the FR is preposed out of the core sentence – so-called “left dislocation” – and we have a corefering resumptive pronoun ...
NEGATIVE POLARITY EXPRESSIONS IN NAVAJO Ken Hale and
... ‘My father does not want to go anywhere.’ In these versions of the Navajo polarity construction, the indefinite portion is missing from its expected post-negative position. Instead, an as yet unidentified element appears following the verb—specifically, between the verb and the enclitic -da, the ne ...
... ‘My father does not want to go anywhere.’ In these versions of the Navajo polarity construction, the indefinite portion is missing from its expected post-negative position. Instead, an as yet unidentified element appears following the verb—specifically, between the verb and the enclitic -da, the ne ...
Reflexive pronouns
... (Who or Whom) is your best friend? Answer: Who is your best friend? Reason: If you restate the question, you would respond something like, She is my best friend. She is a subjective pronoun, therefore, use the subject pronoun ...
... (Who or Whom) is your best friend? Answer: Who is your best friend? Reason: If you restate the question, you would respond something like, She is my best friend. She is a subjective pronoun, therefore, use the subject pronoun ...
The Bisecting CP Hypothesis
... From the point of Rosenbaum’s (1967) monograph that introduced the concept of complementizers to linguistics, the makeup of the Complementizer Phrase (CP) layer has been an issue of recurring debate. In this thesis, I will argue that the CP layer is not split in the way that Rizzi (1997) hypothesize ...
... From the point of Rosenbaum’s (1967) monograph that introduced the concept of complementizers to linguistics, the makeup of the Complementizer Phrase (CP) layer has been an issue of recurring debate. In this thesis, I will argue that the CP layer is not split in the way that Rizzi (1997) hypothesize ...