1 Title: ERRORS IN THE TRANSLATION OF TOPIC
... This paper is based on the claim that Rosen (1998) has proved in her PhD thesis, that topic-comment constructions and empty elements are basic constructions in the Vietnamese language. According to Rosen’s (1998) classification, there are five types of relations that may exist between a Noun Phrase ...
... This paper is based on the claim that Rosen (1998) has proved in her PhD thesis, that topic-comment constructions and empty elements are basic constructions in the Vietnamese language. According to Rosen’s (1998) classification, there are five types of relations that may exist between a Noun Phrase ...
A Study of the Verbs of Verb-copying Construction in Mandarin
... Under the theoretical framework of Minimalist Program by Chomsky (1995), linguistics is intended to be empirical with the aim of describing and formulating the theory of the nature of the language within a universalistic view. Following this line, the present study is designed to combine the theoret ...
... Under the theoretical framework of Minimalist Program by Chomsky (1995), linguistics is intended to be empirical with the aim of describing and formulating the theory of the nature of the language within a universalistic view. Following this line, the present study is designed to combine the theoret ...
The Great Scope Inversion Conspiracy
... That much is quite standard. However, reconstruction is not an obligatory process. Even for this sentence it is not, as seen in (17). The question we have to cope with then is what blocks a derivation in which all politicians remains in its surface position, yielding an LF corresponding to the unava ...
... That much is quite standard. However, reconstruction is not an obligatory process. Even for this sentence it is not, as seen in (17). The question we have to cope with then is what blocks a derivation in which all politicians remains in its surface position, yielding an LF corresponding to the unava ...
Adverbial Participial Clauses in Koiné Greek
... 2. Grounding and pre-nuclear versus post-nuclear participial clauses All the adverbial participial clauses in examples (1)-(7) preceded the nuclear clause, though they may follow it. However, their grounding status vis-à-vis the nuclear clause is usually different in the two positions.7 The informat ...
... 2. Grounding and pre-nuclear versus post-nuclear participial clauses All the adverbial participial clauses in examples (1)-(7) preceded the nuclear clause, though they may follow it. However, their grounding status vis-à-vis the nuclear clause is usually different in the two positions.7 The informat ...
Reflections on English personal pronouns
... The pronoun you originally referred to a group of people including the hearer. In this capacity it may now be replaced by you all or youse in certain dialects. Today it replaces the obsolete thou (surviving only in the Quaker thee) in referring to a single hearer, although it still requires the plur ...
... The pronoun you originally referred to a group of people including the hearer. In this capacity it may now be replaced by you all or youse in certain dialects. Today it replaces the obsolete thou (surviving only in the Quaker thee) in referring to a single hearer, although it still requires the plur ...
Deep properties of surface pronouns: pronominal predicate
... (11) Guro skriver aldri med penn. Jens gjør alltid det. Den er grønn. Guro writes never with penM Jens does always itN itM is green ‘Guro never writes with a pen. Jens always does. It’s green.’ VPE and do it also differ in whether they permit inverse quantifier scope readings. In English, quantifica ...
... (11) Guro skriver aldri med penn. Jens gjør alltid det. Den er grønn. Guro writes never with penM Jens does always itN itM is green ‘Guro never writes with a pen. Jens always does. It’s green.’ VPE and do it also differ in whether they permit inverse quantifier scope readings. In English, quantifica ...
Rule 3 - The English Spelling Society
... endngs that lose final E, such as TO purchase, CS purchas (se Rule 1, E.1.1.13). TO ofrs no modl for simplifyng -ESS in mattress, etc. A mor radicl reform than CS might usefully apply final SS mor widely. It cud for instnce be used to simplify th endng of words like TO effervesce (givng *efrvess—se ...
... endngs that lose final E, such as TO purchase, CS purchas (se Rule 1, E.1.1.13). TO ofrs no modl for simplifyng -ESS in mattress, etc. A mor radicl reform than CS might usefully apply final SS mor widely. It cud for instnce be used to simplify th endng of words like TO effervesce (givng *efrvess—se ...
The role of discourse context in the processing of a flexible word
... It has often been noted in the literature that scrambling is not random or arbitrary. Rather, scrambling appears to be driven by discourse-based factors, such as whether a certain entity has already been mentioned or whether an entity is in a set relation with something else in the discourse (e.g. B ...
... It has often been noted in the literature that scrambling is not random or arbitrary. Rather, scrambling appears to be driven by discourse-based factors, such as whether a certain entity has already been mentioned or whether an entity is in a set relation with something else in the discourse (e.g. B ...
finding clauses in unrestricted text by finitary and stochastic methods
... 2.4 Output of Regular Expression for Clauses The regular expression in Appendix 1 was automatically expanded into a deterministic fsa for clause recognition by Church's program. This rule compilation will not be described here. An excerpt from the result of applying it to the 60 files mentioned in t ...
... 2.4 Output of Regular Expression for Clauses The regular expression in Appendix 1 was automatically expanded into a deterministic fsa for clause recognition by Church's program. This rule compilation will not be described here. An excerpt from the result of applying it to the 60 files mentioned in t ...
PP #8—Complex Sentences - Romeo Community Schools
... fair, good, great. And, if possible, allow time for discussion of why selected student responses fall where they do on the continuum. Just before PP#1 you will find the Coordinating and Subordinating Summary Sheet. Each student should be given one copy of this summary sheet to be kept throughout the ...
... fair, good, great. And, if possible, allow time for discussion of why selected student responses fall where they do on the continuum. Just before PP#1 you will find the Coordinating and Subordinating Summary Sheet. Each student should be given one copy of this summary sheet to be kept throughout the ...
English Writing Handbook - Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools
... One! Kathleen takes a breath and steadies herself for the giant step backwards. She pictures a shining sword sharp at both edges, and sings the scale, pondering all the while who is worse: Sister Saint Monica, or this singing teacher whom she has come to think of as the Kaiser. And before she is hal ...
... One! Kathleen takes a breath and steadies herself for the giant step backwards. She pictures a shining sword sharp at both edges, and sings the scale, pondering all the while who is worse: Sister Saint Monica, or this singing teacher whom she has come to think of as the Kaiser. And before she is hal ...
predication and equation in copular sentences: russian vs. english
... In this paper we will not go into the details of case variation, for various formal proposals see Geist (1999), Matušansky (2000), Pereltsvaig (2002), and classic literature on this topic by Nichols (1981) and Wierzbicka (1980). In both English and Russian predicational sentences, XP1 has a referent ...
... In this paper we will not go into the details of case variation, for various formal proposals see Geist (1999), Matušansky (2000), Pereltsvaig (2002), and classic literature on this topic by Nichols (1981) and Wierzbicka (1980). In both English and Russian predicational sentences, XP1 has a referent ...
Test 1 (19) Writing Answ
... coordination. In this sentence, the phrase “called it” requires parallel phrases joined by a logical conjunction. The phrase “its melodious final movement makes it elegant” is not parallel with “confusing because of its unusual structure” and does not coordinate with the phrase “called it” (“called ...
... coordination. In this sentence, the phrase “called it” requires parallel phrases joined by a logical conjunction. The phrase “its melodious final movement makes it elegant” is not parallel with “confusing because of its unusual structure” and does not coordinate with the phrase “called it” (“called ...
Exercise : Faulty Parallelism
... Lacking parallelism: (unbalanced) The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and down the alley he sprinted. Parallel: The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and sprinted down the alley. ...
... Lacking parallelism: (unbalanced) The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and down the alley he sprinted. Parallel: The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and sprinted down the alley. ...
Present Participial Phrases
... 2. Jersey Helgeson shocked by the sudden success of his one-act play vowed to give the proceeds from the first-week’s run to charity. 3. Overwhelmed by demands for tickets, the theater added two more shows. 4. The janitor Hugo startled by the superintendent dropped the fluorescent bulb from his perc ...
... 2. Jersey Helgeson shocked by the sudden success of his one-act play vowed to give the proceeds from the first-week’s run to charity. 3. Overwhelmed by demands for tickets, the theater added two more shows. 4. The janitor Hugo startled by the superintendent dropped the fluorescent bulb from his perc ...
Sentence variety exercise 4
... 2. Jersey Helgeson shocked by the sudden success of his one-act play vowed to give the proceeds from the first-week’s run to charity. 3. Overwhelmed by demands for tickets, the theater added two more shows. 4. The janitor Hugo startled by the superintendent dropped the fluorescent bulb from his perc ...
... 2. Jersey Helgeson shocked by the sudden success of his one-act play vowed to give the proceeds from the first-week’s run to charity. 3. Overwhelmed by demands for tickets, the theater added two more shows. 4. The janitor Hugo startled by the superintendent dropped the fluorescent bulb from his perc ...
Logophoric pronouns and reported discourse in Finnish and High
... division of direct and indirect speech (cf. Roncador 1988). Since one of the main features distinguishing these two types of reported discourse is the treatment of the reported speaker as either first or third person, it is obvious that with logophoric pronouns, we are dealing with a third type. Fur ...
... division of direct and indirect speech (cf. Roncador 1988). Since one of the main features distinguishing these two types of reported discourse is the treatment of the reported speaker as either first or third person, it is obvious that with logophoric pronouns, we are dealing with a third type. Fur ...
Possessive pronouns as determiners in Japanese-to
... An expression may be based on a verb, as in sentence (3) where the Japanese idiom chie-o shiboru ‘wring knowledge’ is translated into an English idiom rack possessive pronoun brains in which the antecedent of the possessive pronoun is the noun phrase that is the subject of the verbal idiom. ...
... An expression may be based on a verb, as in sentence (3) where the Japanese idiom chie-o shiboru ‘wring knowledge’ is translated into an English idiom rack possessive pronoun brains in which the antecedent of the possessive pronoun is the noun phrase that is the subject of the verbal idiom. ...
The Clause - Haiku Learning
... 3. The class will go on a field trip. 4. My family traveled to my favorite state. 5. A deer and fawn were in the park. 6. Kwame and Joachim built the bookcase. 7. After the game we are going to the mall. 8. Damita won the lOK run. 9. Before the art show, there will be an international meal. 10. The ...
... 3. The class will go on a field trip. 4. My family traveled to my favorite state. 5. A deer and fawn were in the park. 6. Kwame and Joachim built the bookcase. 7. After the game we are going to the mall. 8. Damita won the lOK run. 9. Before the art show, there will be an international meal. 10. The ...
colon – introductions
... COLONS WITH INTRODUCTIONS 188 Place a colon before such expressions as for example, namely, and that is when they introduce words, phrase, or a series of clauses anticipated earlier in the sentence. The company provides a number of benefits not commonly offered in this area; for example, free denta ...
... COLONS WITH INTRODUCTIONS 188 Place a colon before such expressions as for example, namely, and that is when they introduce words, phrase, or a series of clauses anticipated earlier in the sentence. The company provides a number of benefits not commonly offered in this area; for example, free denta ...
Parts of the Sentence
... against the real criminal, no suspicions even (Porfiry Petrovitch fully kept his word)—all this did much to soften the sentence. 30Other circumstances, too, in the prisoner’s favor came out quite unexpectedly. ...
... against the real criminal, no suspicions even (Porfiry Petrovitch fully kept his word)—all this did much to soften the sentence. 30Other circumstances, too, in the prisoner’s favor came out quite unexpectedly. ...
The Land of the Free and The Elements of Style
... he derives any pleasure from this particular form of linguistic martyrdom. But why should he go about seeking to inflict upon others the misery which owes its origin to his own ignorance? As we shall see, Strunk and White seek to inflict a lot more misery on their hapless readers. ...
... he derives any pleasure from this particular form of linguistic martyrdom. But why should he go about seeking to inflict upon others the misery which owes its origin to his own ignorance? As we shall see, Strunk and White seek to inflict a lot more misery on their hapless readers. ...
Document
... they are) in place of their, the personal pronoun. They’re installing our new e-mail software tomorrow. Do not use the contraction there’s (shortened form for there is or there has) in place of theirs, the possessive ...
... they are) in place of their, the personal pronoun. They’re installing our new e-mail software tomorrow. Do not use the contraction there’s (shortened form for there is or there has) in place of theirs, the possessive ...
Year 7 sentence level bank
... following teaching sequence suggests how sentence level objectives can be taught, drawing on reading and then helping pupils to generalise from their reading and apply what they have learnt in their writing. It is important to realise that grammatical choices stem from the context in which they are ...
... following teaching sequence suggests how sentence level objectives can be taught, drawing on reading and then helping pupils to generalise from their reading and apply what they have learnt in their writing. It is important to realise that grammatical choices stem from the context in which they are ...