Phraseology and linguistic theory
... Note that this definition docs not distinguish between lexical items and grammatical patterns that co-occur with a lexical item. Also, note that the definition does not commit to a particular level ofgranularity regarding the lexical elements involved: both can involve either all forms of a lemma or ...
... Note that this definition docs not distinguish between lexical items and grammatical patterns that co-occur with a lexical item. Also, note that the definition does not commit to a particular level ofgranularity regarding the lexical elements involved: both can involve either all forms of a lemma or ...
Term Definition Examples/Notes Hook The first sentence(s) of your
... This directly addresses the prompt using key words from it, states your opinion, and previews your main ideas. All in one sentence! ...
... This directly addresses the prompt using key words from it, states your opinion, and previews your main ideas. All in one sentence! ...
Teaching Grammar
... the elements of language (e.g., sounds, structures, vocabulary), building toward students' being able to use the elements to communicate. The latter encourage students to use the language from the start, however falteringly, in order to acquire it. Early in the previous century, this distinctive pat ...
... the elements of language (e.g., sounds, structures, vocabulary), building toward students' being able to use the elements to communicate. The latter encourage students to use the language from the start, however falteringly, in order to acquire it. Early in the previous century, this distinctive pat ...
Parallel Structure #1: Lists
... Parallel structure (or parallelism) is the rule that words or phrases in a series should be in the same from. Correct parallel structure is important because it makes a sentence easier to read and understand by allowing thoughts to flow more smoothly for the reader. Specifically, series occur in sen ...
... Parallel structure (or parallelism) is the rule that words or phrases in a series should be in the same from. Correct parallel structure is important because it makes a sentence easier to read and understand by allowing thoughts to flow more smoothly for the reader. Specifically, series occur in sen ...
Working for Two: a Bidirectional Grammar for a Controlled Natural
... 19. [ Mary ]f iller who John Miller supervises [ ]g ap takes COMP249. In the case of a subject relative clause such as in (18), the entire noun phrase in subject position is missing, and in the case of a complement relative clause such as in (19), the entire complement is missing from its normal pos ...
... 19. [ Mary ]f iller who John Miller supervises [ ]g ap takes COMP249. In the case of a subject relative clause such as in (18), the entire noun phrase in subject position is missing, and in the case of a complement relative clause such as in (19), the entire complement is missing from its normal pos ...
Lesson Plan 24 - A Tale Unfolds
... Have the above bullet point check-list from the IWB file on the board. Pupils now re-write a final draft using the edits and their own new ideas to improve their work. Use mini plenaries if appropriate to allow for brain breaks during which you can get pupils to share good writing or allow them to m ...
... Have the above bullet point check-list from the IWB file on the board. Pupils now re-write a final draft using the edits and their own new ideas to improve their work. Use mini plenaries if appropriate to allow for brain breaks during which you can get pupils to share good writing or allow them to m ...
APPOSITIVE AND PARTICIPIAL PHRASE WORKSHEET
... 8. a sentence about Romeo and Juliet using an appositive phrase and a participial phrase, both interrupters somewhere in the middle of the sentence: ...
... 8. a sentence about Romeo and Juliet using an appositive phrase and a participial phrase, both interrupters somewhere in the middle of the sentence: ...
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... 8. a sentence about Romeo and Juliet using an appositive phrase and a participial phrase, both interrupters somewhere in the middle of the sentence: ...
... 8. a sentence about Romeo and Juliet using an appositive phrase and a participial phrase, both interrupters somewhere in the middle of the sentence: ...
1 The origins of language
... 1 What kind of evidence is used to support the idea that language is culturally transmitted? 1 One example of the cultural transmission of language is a child with physical features inherited from its natural parents (e.g. Korean) who, if adopted at birth by English speakers, will grow up speaking E ...
... 1 What kind of evidence is used to support the idea that language is culturally transmitted? 1 One example of the cultural transmission of language is a child with physical features inherited from its natural parents (e.g. Korean) who, if adopted at birth by English speakers, will grow up speaking E ...
File
... • Check it out...If you take the adjective clause out of this sentence, can you still tell me which man is the science teacher? > ESSENTIAL • Mr. Smith, who is wearing the red hat, is my science teacher. • The adjective clause is not needed in order to identify the referent (what we are talking abou ...
... • Check it out...If you take the adjective clause out of this sentence, can you still tell me which man is the science teacher? > ESSENTIAL • Mr. Smith, who is wearing the red hat, is my science teacher. • The adjective clause is not needed in order to identify the referent (what we are talking abou ...
Exercise
... it has two or more possible meanings. There are two types of ambiguity in a sentence : lexical ambiguity and structural ambiguity. Lexical ambiguity occurs when a sentence contains a word or words that has or have more than one meaning. For example, the sentence Jane broke the glasses is ambiguous b ...
... it has two or more possible meanings. There are two types of ambiguity in a sentence : lexical ambiguity and structural ambiguity. Lexical ambiguity occurs when a sentence contains a word or words that has or have more than one meaning. For example, the sentence Jane broke the glasses is ambiguous b ...
AP Language and Composition
... Presents a sophisticated and argument. conclusion. Uses a wide range of supporting Logical evidence from In Cold Blood to sequencing. other sources. Smooth transitions Effectively utilizes multiple appeals in his/her argument. and illustrative Includes a concession. connections made. E ...
... Presents a sophisticated and argument. conclusion. Uses a wide range of supporting Logical evidence from In Cold Blood to sequencing. other sources. Smooth transitions Effectively utilizes multiple appeals in his/her argument. and illustrative Includes a concession. connections made. E ...
DEGREES OF SIMPLICITY IN ADVERTISING SLOGAN GRAMMAR
... d) Complex sentences – introduce the idea of complexity in the sense of diversity, inequality, subordination of the component units and are made of one or more main clauses plus one or more subordinate clauses. One slogan in the Ec comprised a compound sentence whereas two subordinate sentences were ...
... d) Complex sentences – introduce the idea of complexity in the sense of diversity, inequality, subordination of the component units and are made of one or more main clauses plus one or more subordinate clauses. One slogan in the Ec comprised a compound sentence whereas two subordinate sentences were ...
Emergent Functional Grammar for Space
... which mental program is intended. This is where grammar is needed. The role of grammar is to provide clues on what conceptualization strategies the listener should use. It does this in two ways. Each lexical item is assigned a particular word class (for example adjective or adverb) which determines ...
... which mental program is intended. This is where grammar is needed. The role of grammar is to provide clues on what conceptualization strategies the listener should use. It does this in two ways. Each lexical item is assigned a particular word class (for example adjective or adverb) which determines ...
PERSPECTIVES Child language acquisition: Why universal
... a little more noun-like, the other a little more verb-like. Indeed, even the noun/verb distinction has been disputed for languages such as Salish (Kinkade 1983, Jelinek & Demers 1994), Samoan (Rijkhoff 2003), and Makah (Jacobsen 1979, Croft 2001), in which (English) verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adv ...
... a little more noun-like, the other a little more verb-like. Indeed, even the noun/verb distinction has been disputed for languages such as Salish (Kinkade 1983, Jelinek & Demers 1994), Samoan (Rijkhoff 2003), and Makah (Jacobsen 1979, Croft 2001), in which (English) verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adv ...
to view this artifact.
... Participles • A participle is an adjective made out of a verb. • Participles are made out of verbs that end in -ing, -ed, or –en. • Participles always act as adjectives to modify/describe nouns or pronouns. • It might be by itself, or it might be with other words to make a participle phrase. • Exam ...
... Participles • A participle is an adjective made out of a verb. • Participles are made out of verbs that end in -ing, -ed, or –en. • Participles always act as adjectives to modify/describe nouns or pronouns. • It might be by itself, or it might be with other words to make a participle phrase. • Exam ...
VCOP explained - Ways to help your child be a successful writer
... • Talk about and write down interesting (Wow) words in the stories you are reading at home. • Try using the words you have found in a sentence. • Have a mini-quiz: ‘How many words can you think of instead of ‘said’?’ or ‘went’, ‘nice’, ‘good’. Put each one in a sentence. • Give your child a Wow word ...
... • Talk about and write down interesting (Wow) words in the stories you are reading at home. • Try using the words you have found in a sentence. • Have a mini-quiz: ‘How many words can you think of instead of ‘said’?’ or ‘went’, ‘nice’, ‘good’. Put each one in a sentence. • Give your child a Wow word ...
Clauses and Phrases
... (AJ and her sister lived in Spain.) (It is sunny). • It can be one half of a compound sentence. (AJ lived in Spain), and (she lived in Japan). (It is sunny), but (it is not warm). • It can be one part of a complex sentence. (AJ lived in Spain) (when she was 25). (Although it is sunny), (it is not wa ...
... (AJ and her sister lived in Spain.) (It is sunny). • It can be one half of a compound sentence. (AJ lived in Spain), and (she lived in Japan). (It is sunny), but (it is not warm). • It can be one part of a complex sentence. (AJ lived in Spain) (when she was 25). (Although it is sunny), (it is not wa ...
ppt
... if we use not only the one sequence T (our sequence), but also a family of “related sequences” • Search for sequences similar to T, build a multiple alignment of these, and predict secondary structure from the multiple alignment of sequence ...
... if we use not only the one sequence T (our sequence), but also a family of “related sequences” • Search for sequences similar to T, build a multiple alignment of these, and predict secondary structure from the multiple alignment of sequence ...
Generatlon of Simple Turkish Sentences with Systemic
... goal, time, manner, etc. A complex sentence consists of more than one simple sentence that may be structurally or semantically connected to each other. Because the generation of simple sentences must be achieved before the generation of complex sentences, we concentrate on the generation of simple s ...
... goal, time, manner, etc. A complex sentence consists of more than one simple sentence that may be structurally or semantically connected to each other. Because the generation of simple sentences must be achieved before the generation of complex sentences, we concentrate on the generation of simple s ...
COP_simple-sent_III-AP
... At the beginning of every class, look at the board, then immediately begin working on the specified class opener assignment. I will take up this packet for a grade. 1. Simple sentence A sentence with a single independent clause (may have long phrases within it). Though it can contain a compound subj ...
... At the beginning of every class, look at the board, then immediately begin working on the specified class opener assignment. I will take up this packet for a grade. 1. Simple sentence A sentence with a single independent clause (may have long phrases within it). Though it can contain a compound subj ...
INTERPRETING SYNTACTICALLY ILL
... same way independently of the global context where s given word or constituent occurs (this is not true for "local" contexts in the current version of the system: see note i); the consistency with the rules which govern the construction of well-formed sentences will be tested afterwards. This is par ...
... same way independently of the global context where s given word or constituent occurs (this is not true for "local" contexts in the current version of the system: see note i); the consistency with the rules which govern the construction of well-formed sentences will be tested afterwards. This is par ...
using VCOP - Nord Anglia Education
... • Talk about and write down interesting (Wow) words in the stories you are reading at home. • Try using the words you have found in a sentence. • Have a mini-quiz: ‘How many words can you think of instead of ‘said’?’ or ‘went’, ‘nice’, ‘good’. Put each one in a sentence. • Give your child a Wow word ...
... • Talk about and write down interesting (Wow) words in the stories you are reading at home. • Try using the words you have found in a sentence. • Have a mini-quiz: ‘How many words can you think of instead of ‘said’?’ or ‘went’, ‘nice’, ‘good’. Put each one in a sentence. • Give your child a Wow word ...
Syntax
... you can’t test for nouns with them. But in Chinese, only nouns co-occur with classifiers. If a word can come after a classifier, it must be a noun. ...
... you can’t test for nouns with them. But in Chinese, only nouns co-occur with classifiers. If a word can come after a classifier, it must be a noun. ...