Present Participial Phrases
... Note that “A long-haired boy” could be referring to any person; therefore, the participial phrase is restrictive (essential information) that identifies the boy. Thus, commas are not needed. ...
... Note that “A long-haired boy” could be referring to any person; therefore, the participial phrase is restrictive (essential information) that identifies the boy. Thus, commas are not needed. ...
Sentence variety exercise 4
... Note that “A long-haired boy” could be referring to any person; therefore, the participial phrase is restrictive (essential information) that identifies the boy. Thus, commas are not needed. ...
... Note that “A long-haired boy” could be referring to any person; therefore, the participial phrase is restrictive (essential information) that identifies the boy. Thus, commas are not needed. ...
1 Lexical-Constructional Subsumption in Resultative Constructions
... ble of contributing arguments (observe that sneeze is actually an intransitive verb, and therefore the Y and Z arguments are supplied by the causedmotion construction in this example), but also of creating semantic constraints on the predicates that may fuse (Goldberg 1995: 50) with each particular ...
... ble of contributing arguments (observe that sneeze is actually an intransitive verb, and therefore the Y and Z arguments are supplied by the causedmotion construction in this example), but also of creating semantic constraints on the predicates that may fuse (Goldberg 1995: 50) with each particular ...
A Simple Syntax for Complex Semantics
... The main purpose of this work is to lay a syntactic basis for computational semantics. Despite the complexity of computational semantics, it is assumed that its underlying syntax must be simple. A simple syntax is advocated for complex semantics. The task of computational semantics cannot be but com ...
... The main purpose of this work is to lay a syntactic basis for computational semantics. Despite the complexity of computational semantics, it is assumed that its underlying syntax must be simple. A simple syntax is advocated for complex semantics. The task of computational semantics cannot be but com ...
the nature and classification of idioms
... incorrect structure. The idiom I am good friends with him is irregular or illogical in its grammatical structure. I is singular; why then is the correct form in this case not I am a good friend with him? This form is impossible although it is more logical; one would have to say: I am a good friend o ...
... incorrect structure. The idiom I am good friends with him is irregular or illogical in its grammatical structure. I is singular; why then is the correct form in this case not I am a good friend with him? This form is impossible although it is more logical; one would have to say: I am a good friend o ...
DESIGNING SYNTACTIC REPRESENTATIONS FOR NLP: AN
... been amazing to be part of this university and this community, and I’ve been so unbelievably lucky to have the chance to come here and learn as much as I did. I hope the reader will forgive my overuse of superlatives—they are my attempt to do justice to an experience that was itself superlative. I c ...
... been amazing to be part of this university and this community, and I’ve been so unbelievably lucky to have the chance to come here and learn as much as I did. I hope the reader will forgive my overuse of superlatives—they are my attempt to do justice to an experience that was itself superlative. I c ...
What`s X Doing Y? page 1 Revision of May 26, 1997 Grammatical
... make the case that there is a single independent construction needed for licensing the sentences in (3). There are two steps in building this argument. First, we show that there are specific semantic interpretations associated by convention with just such sentences, interpretations that are neither ...
... make the case that there is a single independent construction needed for licensing the sentences in (3). There are two steps in building this argument. First, we show that there are specific semantic interpretations associated by convention with just such sentences, interpretations that are neither ...
The first section of this book describes skills you will... essay and gives you a thorough understanding of how the... How to Use This Book
... scored. You will learn to create scoring rubrics or charts that define how well you must respond to an essay prompt on the test to score the maximum number of points. You will learn about writing a point of view essay. The SAT assumes that students can perform at a twelfth grade level in their writt ...
... scored. You will learn to create scoring rubrics or charts that define how well you must respond to an essay prompt on the test to score the maximum number of points. You will learn about writing a point of view essay. The SAT assumes that students can perform at a twelfth grade level in their writt ...
Aspects of the Syntactic Problems of Esan Learners
... language became the language of government which many Esan speakers did learn, a number of whom consequently became bilinguals, speaking their native Esan side by side with English. Investigating into its structure reveals that Esan, as a language, has the nuances of a generative grammar in the sens ...
... language became the language of government which many Esan speakers did learn, a number of whom consequently became bilinguals, speaking their native Esan side by side with English. Investigating into its structure reveals that Esan, as a language, has the nuances of a generative grammar in the sens ...
complete paper - Cascadilla Proceedings Project
... general state of consciousness are reported or reflected in the linguistic context in which the pronoun occurs (Clements 1975). A similar definition of logophoric pronouns is given by Sells (1987): (38) In contexts embedded under a logophoric verb, and only in these contexts, a special pronominal fo ...
... general state of consciousness are reported or reflected in the linguistic context in which the pronoun occurs (Clements 1975). A similar definition of logophoric pronouns is given by Sells (1987): (38) In contexts embedded under a logophoric verb, and only in these contexts, a special pronominal fo ...
The Expressive Pause: Punctuation, Rests, and Breathing in
... pause) and the application of pauses in places where, although a stop was not indicated, the sense of a sentence called for one (the rhetorical pause). Accurate pronunciation was considered vital to effective delivery, and writers regularly refer to the important role that pauses play in speaking an ...
... pause) and the application of pauses in places where, although a stop was not indicated, the sense of a sentence called for one (the rhetorical pause). Accurate pronunciation was considered vital to effective delivery, and writers regularly refer to the important role that pauses play in speaking an ...
Do we need summary and sequential scanning in
... posit) the summary vs. sequential scanning distinction. Section 2 shows that the two modes of scanning are important for theoryinternal reasons. The distinction between summary and sequential scanning buys the Cognitive Grammarian considerable theoryinternal explanatory power in that it allows her/h ...
... posit) the summary vs. sequential scanning distinction. Section 2 shows that the two modes of scanning are important for theoryinternal reasons. The distinction between summary and sequential scanning buys the Cognitive Grammarian considerable theoryinternal explanatory power in that it allows her/h ...
Handling Arabic Morphological and Syntactic Ambiguity within the
... morphological and syntactic ambiguities in Arabic. We build an Arabic parser using XLE (Xerox Linguistics Environment) which allows writing grammar rules and notations that follow the LFG formalisms. We also formulate a description of main syntactic structures in Arabic within the LFG framework. Whe ...
... morphological and syntactic ambiguities in Arabic. We build an Arabic parser using XLE (Xerox Linguistics Environment) which allows writing grammar rules and notations that follow the LFG formalisms. We also formulate a description of main syntactic structures in Arabic within the LFG framework. Whe ...
Grammar 6
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View/Open - Kenyatta University Institutional Repository
... framework within which findings of sociolinguistic research may be related to situational communication constraints, and the theory of language as a formal and semantic system. Thearticle presents a systematic analysis and description of Sheng' as a variety of Kiswahili, based on correspondence in t ...
... framework within which findings of sociolinguistic research may be related to situational communication constraints, and the theory of language as a formal and semantic system. Thearticle presents a systematic analysis and description of Sheng' as a variety of Kiswahili, based on correspondence in t ...
A Sentential Stress Parameter? Emma Shaw
... Stress facts such as those in (1) and (2) are not predicted by a system that simply assigns nuclear stress to the last word in a phrase or sentence. However, as Kahnemuyipour (2004) points out, it is interesting to note that these exceptions to Chomsky and Halle's rule occur in constructions where t ...
... Stress facts such as those in (1) and (2) are not predicted by a system that simply assigns nuclear stress to the last word in a phrase or sentence. However, as Kahnemuyipour (2004) points out, it is interesting to note that these exceptions to Chomsky and Halle's rule occur in constructions where t ...
Metaphor and Lexical Semantics
... In appreciating Shakespeare’s lovely use of language, writ and pen are obviously understood metaphorically, and married lineament must be too. (The meanings listed in the Oxford English Dictionary for lineament include diagram, portion of a body, and portion of the face viewed with respect to its ou ...
... In appreciating Shakespeare’s lovely use of language, writ and pen are obviously understood metaphorically, and married lineament must be too. (The meanings listed in the Oxford English Dictionary for lineament include diagram, portion of a body, and portion of the face viewed with respect to its ou ...
Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction
... So, if modern grammarians don’t worry about split infinitives and the like, then what do they study? It turns out that human languages are amazingly complex systems, whose inner workings can be investigated in large part simply by consulting the intuitions of native speakers. We employ this techniqu ...
... So, if modern grammarians don’t worry about split infinitives and the like, then what do they study? It turns out that human languages are amazingly complex systems, whose inner workings can be investigated in large part simply by consulting the intuitions of native speakers. We employ this techniqu ...
deverbal noun complementation rules applied to semantic
... Traditional grammar divides declarative sentences into subject and predicate, the first part being the recipient or subject of the properties, and the second part containing the relational or nominal properties being assigned: the subject is the entity about which a statement is made; the predicate ...
... Traditional grammar divides declarative sentences into subject and predicate, the first part being the recipient or subject of the properties, and the second part containing the relational or nominal properties being assigned: the subject is the entity about which a statement is made; the predicate ...
In this paper we investigate the possibility to insert an additional
... The interest in how the language structures may function “transmitting” different sorts of information was leading for the scholars from Prague School of linguistics. Under the approach to grammar taken by the Prague School three levels are distinguished: grammatical structure of the sentence; sema ...
... The interest in how the language structures may function “transmitting” different sorts of information was leading for the scholars from Prague School of linguistics. Under the approach to grammar taken by the Prague School three levels are distinguished: grammatical structure of the sentence; sema ...
(Popescu), Roxana-Iuliana, Coordination and
... syntactic relations between sentences in language and that there are completions/adjuncts of some nuclei of a sentence which follow the logical structure of subject and predicate (verb). Therefore, the concept of “sentence” is limited to refer to a multiple sentence, either compound (for coordinated ...
... syntactic relations between sentences in language and that there are completions/adjuncts of some nuclei of a sentence which follow the logical structure of subject and predicate (verb). Therefore, the concept of “sentence” is limited to refer to a multiple sentence, either compound (for coordinated ...
CHAPTER 2 THE ORIGIN OF LIGHT VERBS
... discussion. An important point emerges from the da construction in Mandarin Chinese: the formation of the event structure of this construction is syntactically transparent -- there is an action, represented by the light verb da 'hit', and an object affected by such action, the nominal that follows d ...
... discussion. An important point emerges from the da construction in Mandarin Chinese: the formation of the event structure of this construction is syntactically transparent -- there is an action, represented by the light verb da 'hit', and an object affected by such action, the nominal that follows d ...
EVALUATING PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING AND PARSING On the
... of statistical methods for parsing is proposed in Manning and Schütze (2002). A presentation of the various approaches that have been tried for parsing along with the main milestones of the domain is given in Wehrli (1997) and Abeillé and Blache (2000); in Abeillé (1993) we find a description of ...
... of statistical methods for parsing is proposed in Manning and Schütze (2002). A presentation of the various approaches that have been tried for parsing along with the main milestones of the domain is given in Wehrli (1997) and Abeillé and Blache (2000); in Abeillé (1993) we find a description of ...
Part2
... • Dicto-comp / Dictogloss is a combination of dictation and composition. • Pupils listen to the teacher reading a short text at normal speed twice. During the first reading, they try to understand the meaning of the text. During the second reading, they note down the key words. • Then they share the ...
... • Dicto-comp / Dictogloss is a combination of dictation and composition. • Pupils listen to the teacher reading a short text at normal speed twice. During the first reading, they try to understand the meaning of the text. During the second reading, they note down the key words. • Then they share the ...
linguistic features of pun, its typology and classification
... homophony of a word, but also to the context, manner of speech and logic. So he singles out the following types of pun: 1. Homonymic pun (identical sounds and spelling); 2. Lexical meaning pun (polysemantic words); 3. Understanding pun (through the particular context implied meaning of a sentence is ...
... homophony of a word, but also to the context, manner of speech and logic. So he singles out the following types of pun: 1. Homonymic pun (identical sounds and spelling); 2. Lexical meaning pun (polysemantic words); 3. Understanding pun (through the particular context implied meaning of a sentence is ...