Syntax 2
... The man (who(m)/that) you were talking to is my boss Since his accident Peter has never been the man (that) he used to be The lectures (which/that) he gave on Greek philosophy were very good The brackets show that the relative pronoun in restrictive relative clauses can be left out unless it functio ...
... The man (who(m)/that) you were talking to is my boss Since his accident Peter has never been the man (that) he used to be The lectures (which/that) he gave on Greek philosophy were very good The brackets show that the relative pronoun in restrictive relative clauses can be left out unless it functio ...
Literary Analysis and Composition 2014-2015
... • What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson? • I will be able to: • Identify the function of a relative pronoun in a sentence. • Identify sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. ...
... • What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson? • I will be able to: • Identify the function of a relative pronoun in a sentence. • Identify sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. ...
Complete and Correct Sentence Enrichment Packet
... Read the paragraph on page 503. Rewrite the paragraph, connecting each dependent clause to an independent clause that comes before or after it. _____________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ...
... Read the paragraph on page 503. Rewrite the paragraph, connecting each dependent clause to an independent clause that comes before or after it. _____________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ...
Negation in Mauwake, a Papuan language
... North Coast of the Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. Mauwake employs four negative adverbs. Two of them are almost synonymous but used in slightly different syntactic structures. In many environments there is a choice between two or more negators: the use of each is discussed. Negation strategies ...
... North Coast of the Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. Mauwake employs four negative adverbs. Two of them are almost synonymous but used in slightly different syntactic structures. In many environments there is a choice between two or more negators: the use of each is discussed. Negation strategies ...
cumulative - Villa Walsh Academy
... – Before I came to school, I ate breakfast. – When I walked into Villa Walsh, I saw my friends. ...
... – Before I came to school, I ate breakfast. – When I walked into Villa Walsh, I saw my friends. ...
Semantic Roles of Adverbial Participial Clauses
... Having reviewed the main kinds of social-deictic information that are grammaticalized by different languages, we may now consider where in grammatical systems such distinctions are encoded. (J2K,828) ...
... Having reviewed the main kinds of social-deictic information that are grammaticalized by different languages, we may now consider where in grammatical systems such distinctions are encoded. (J2K,828) ...
Some Predictions of Optimality Theory on Sentence Processing
... violability implies that they can be formulated in a very simple and general way. E.g., one could assume that surface order is determined by a constraint such as “Subjects precede objects” for German or English. Since it is violable, the constraint can postulated in spite of the fact that these lang ...
... violability implies that they can be formulated in a very simple and general way. E.g., one could assume that surface order is determined by a constraint such as “Subjects precede objects” for German or English. Since it is violable, the constraint can postulated in spite of the fact that these lang ...
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS` ERRORS IN USING ADJECTIVE
... - There‟s the man who teaches me the guitar. - I don‟t like people who lose their temper easily. - I think you should stay faithful to the person to whom you are married. The students‟ difficulties at school can be various. One of them is the learning attitude in the class that is different so that ...
... - There‟s the man who teaches me the guitar. - I don‟t like people who lose their temper easily. - I think you should stay faithful to the person to whom you are married. The students‟ difficulties at school can be various. One of them is the learning attitude in the class that is different so that ...
The Prepositional Phrase
... have consecrated it far beyond our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly ad ...
... have consecrated it far beyond our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly ad ...
DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR (SYNTAX)–Section 1 Parts of speech 1
... Compound and complex sentence: elements of structure 1. Compound sentence consists of two or more clauses of equal “value”. The clauses are coordinate, e.g. John is reading a newspaper and Mary is watching television. 2. Complex sentence consists of at least two clauses of unequal “value”. The relat ...
... Compound and complex sentence: elements of structure 1. Compound sentence consists of two or more clauses of equal “value”. The clauses are coordinate, e.g. John is reading a newspaper and Mary is watching television. 2. Complex sentence consists of at least two clauses of unequal “value”. The relat ...
van Gelderen 2009
... In this section, I argue that two cyclical phenomena are responsible for changes in how questions are marked. In section 3.1, I show one cycle where the interrogative pronoun is reanalysed as a question marker in specifier position and that subsequently some specifiers become heads over time. The lang ...
... In this section, I argue that two cyclical phenomena are responsible for changes in how questions are marked. In section 3.1, I show one cycle where the interrogative pronoun is reanalysed as a question marker in specifier position and that subsequently some specifiers become heads over time. The lang ...
Chapter 5 NPs and their Functions Review of NPs
... Some of the properties we already know about: we've been talking about subject-verb agreement since chapter two. Agreement: In standard English, a past tense form of be or a present tense form of a non-modal verb agrees in person and number with the subject. So They are helping me is grammatical, bu ...
... Some of the properties we already know about: we've been talking about subject-verb agreement since chapter two. Agreement: In standard English, a past tense form of be or a present tense form of a non-modal verb agrees in person and number with the subject. So They are helping me is grammatical, bu ...
The morphology and syntax of Scottish English
... weighs eight stone, two year old. In Macaulay’s data (1991: 110) forty one out of ninety measure nouns are plural. Minute, day, week, shilling, inch and yard are always plural after numerals greater than 1. The percentage of inflected plurals for other nouns is pound - 89%, month - 86%, year 68%, to ...
... weighs eight stone, two year old. In Macaulay’s data (1991: 110) forty one out of ninety measure nouns are plural. Minute, day, week, shilling, inch and yard are always plural after numerals greater than 1. The percentage of inflected plurals for other nouns is pound - 89%, month - 86%, year 68%, to ...
Chapter 9
... and any modifiers) needed to fill the predicate’s argument slots. The notion of ‘verb phrase’ per se will not be dealt with further since the ‘clause’ includes the verb phrase by definition. Having discussed noun phrases in the last section, this one takes up the topic of basic Ik clauses: unmarked ...
... and any modifiers) needed to fill the predicate’s argument slots. The notion of ‘verb phrase’ per se will not be dealt with further since the ‘clause’ includes the verb phrase by definition. Having discussed noun phrases in the last section, this one takes up the topic of basic Ik clauses: unmarked ...
Comma Power Point
... Essential Phrases and Clauses An essential clause or phrase is used to modify a noun. It also adds information that is critical to the meaning of the sentence. Essential clauses are NOT set off by commas. ...
... Essential Phrases and Clauses An essential clause or phrase is used to modify a noun. It also adds information that is critical to the meaning of the sentence. Essential clauses are NOT set off by commas. ...
LaPolla, Randy J. 2009. “Chinese as a Topic
... English) and “topic-prominent” (e.g. Chinese). Both types have both “subject” and “topic,” but the prominence of “subject” vs. “topic” differs in the two types. This view has been very influential in discussions of Chinese structure. As can be seen from the quote above, what Li and Thompson called “ ...
... English) and “topic-prominent” (e.g. Chinese). Both types have both “subject” and “topic,” but the prominence of “subject” vs. “topic” differs in the two types. This view has been very influential in discussions of Chinese structure. As can be seen from the quote above, what Li and Thompson called “ ...
Navajo Coordination - Swarthmore College
... Notice that the verb in (2) contains a plural marker. This indicates that the singular noun phrases count as a plural when coordinated. In general, the possibilities for coordination depend on the conjunction—the word used to link the clauses or phrases together. Dºº can coordinate clauses, noun phr ...
... Notice that the verb in (2) contains a plural marker. This indicates that the singular noun phrases count as a plural when coordinated. In general, the possibilities for coordination depend on the conjunction—the word used to link the clauses or phrases together. Dºº can coordinate clauses, noun phr ...
studies in basque syntax: relative clauses
... relativizer is not a relative pronoun, in fact, it is not even a noun. As we can see from (l)a, the finite verb need not come at the end of its sentence. In relative clauses, however, the verb is always final. Hence, we may visualize the relative clause constructions as NP[S - n - NP]NP' where the r ...
... relativizer is not a relative pronoun, in fact, it is not even a noun. As we can see from (l)a, the finite verb need not come at the end of its sentence. In relative clauses, however, the verb is always final. Hence, we may visualize the relative clause constructions as NP[S - n - NP]NP' where the r ...
to-infinitive clauses
... -> There is no one-to-one relationship between a particular function and the object used to carry out that function. -> In language too, there is a lack of a one to one relationship between the various forms and the functions. = A particular function may be performed by different forms. ...
... -> There is no one-to-one relationship between a particular function and the object used to carry out that function. -> In language too, there is a lack of a one to one relationship between the various forms and the functions. = A particular function may be performed by different forms. ...
Creating a Dependency Syntactic Treebank: Towards Intuitive
... such a case the most used solution by the answerers is to link the word to the conjunction (55%). The second popular solution is to mark the adjective as the head (20%) and the third popular option for the head is the verb of the main clause (14%). If the final annotation scheme prefers marking cont ...
... such a case the most used solution by the answerers is to link the word to the conjunction (55%). The second popular solution is to mark the adjective as the head (20%) and the third popular option for the head is the verb of the main clause (14%). If the final annotation scheme prefers marking cont ...
here - Łukasz Jędrzejowski
... may give rise to or prohibit (new) embedded complement types. The issues we would like to address include, but are not limited to, the following ones: Possible source constructions and their core properties (i) One well-known pattern refers to clauses like this is what X said that may develop into a ...
... may give rise to or prohibit (new) embedded complement types. The issues we would like to address include, but are not limited to, the following ones: Possible source constructions and their core properties (i) One well-known pattern refers to clauses like this is what X said that may develop into a ...
New Insights into the Syntax and Semantics of
... may give rise to or prohibit (new) embedded complement types. The issues we would like to address include, but are not limited to, the following ones: Possible source constructions and their core properties (i) One well-known pattern refers to clauses like this is what X said that may develop into a ...
... may give rise to or prohibit (new) embedded complement types. The issues we would like to address include, but are not limited to, the following ones: Possible source constructions and their core properties (i) One well-known pattern refers to clauses like this is what X said that may develop into a ...
structure 3
... “Beneficent”, for His Blessings, without which the writer would have never completed this book. This book provides the students with basic understanding of English grammar. It consists of 11 chapters. Each chapter presents theories, examples, and exercises. The theories are systematically presented ...
... “Beneficent”, for His Blessings, without which the writer would have never completed this book. This book provides the students with basic understanding of English grammar. It consists of 11 chapters. Each chapter presents theories, examples, and exercises. The theories are systematically presented ...
AP Language and Composition The Cumulative Sentence Sentence
... The bleachers rocking with towel-waiving students, our opponents sometimes felt as if they were playing on the deck of a storm-tossed ship. The “absolute” in “absolute phrase” means that it can almost exist on its own in content and structure. With regard to content, an absolute phrase doesn’t reall ...
... The bleachers rocking with towel-waiving students, our opponents sometimes felt as if they were playing on the deck of a storm-tossed ship. The “absolute” in “absolute phrase” means that it can almost exist on its own in content and structure. With regard to content, an absolute phrase doesn’t reall ...