Learning tough English words for GRE & CAT
... The cats’ toys were tattered after years of play. The Smiths’ two cats chased the Wilsons’ dog. Plural possessives can be challenging: The Williamses’s dogs chase cats. (Strunk &White style) The Williamses’ dogs chase cats. (AP Stylebook and MLA version) The first version of the last example looks o ...
... The cats’ toys were tattered after years of play. The Smiths’ two cats chased the Wilsons’ dog. Plural possessives can be challenging: The Williamses’s dogs chase cats. (Strunk &White style) The Williamses’ dogs chase cats. (AP Stylebook and MLA version) The first version of the last example looks o ...
Finding the Subject of the Sentence
... a means of discovering some of [the] basic principles [of English] as generally applied—principles which can easily and clearly be discussed and presented in the classroom…It offers the most efficient and economical chance for students and teachers to gain the initial confidence necessary to succeed ...
... a means of discovering some of [the] basic principles [of English] as generally applied—principles which can easily and clearly be discussed and presented in the classroom…It offers the most efficient and economical chance for students and teachers to gain the initial confidence necessary to succeed ...
Grammar Review:
... 6) Find the sentence that is correctly punctuated. A- Teaching is a challenging and rewarding profession; teachers work with many personalities in a day. B- Teaching is a challenging and rewarding profession: teachers work with many personalities in a day. ...
... 6) Find the sentence that is correctly punctuated. A- Teaching is a challenging and rewarding profession; teachers work with many personalities in a day. B- Teaching is a challenging and rewarding profession: teachers work with many personalities in a day. ...
5. The Relationship Between Style, Voice, and Grammar
... state” and “won a nation,” or in the noun phrases, “small step for man” and “giant leap for mankind,” both of which possess adjectives and prepositions in the same positions in each phrase. The device anaphora can be explained as the repetition of words or phrases at the ends of clauses or sentences ...
... state” and “won a nation,” or in the noun phrases, “small step for man” and “giant leap for mankind,” both of which possess adjectives and prepositions in the same positions in each phrase. The device anaphora can be explained as the repetition of words or phrases at the ends of clauses or sentences ...
Semantics Course outline
... and sentences for effective communication. D. Subject Specific Skills 1. be able to use various semantic concepts to identify the meaning of words, phrases and sentences. 2.be able to use componential analysis, and lexical fields and hierarchies to differentiate between the meaning of words. 3. impl ...
... and sentences for effective communication. D. Subject Specific Skills 1. be able to use various semantic concepts to identify the meaning of words, phrases and sentences. 2.be able to use componential analysis, and lexical fields and hierarchies to differentiate between the meaning of words. 3. impl ...
Computational linguistics: a brief introduction
... give a computer a list of names and ask it to sort them in alphabeticai order, "in" will precede "six" not because "i" precedes "S" in the alphabet, but because 137 is a smaller number than 147. The point of the previous example is that computers represent linguistic objects in non-linguistic ways. ...
... give a computer a list of names and ask it to sort them in alphabeticai order, "in" will precede "six" not because "i" precedes "S" in the alphabet, but because 137 is a smaller number than 147. The point of the previous example is that computers represent linguistic objects in non-linguistic ways. ...
Breathing Life into Dead Grammar
... own understandings was disturbing. Over fifty-two percent reported that they felt “somewhat” to “very” unconfident in their knowledge. One student wrote poignantly, I remember that we had grammar instruction but I don’t remember anything about it. We had it and It did not help me. I still don’t get ...
... own understandings was disturbing. Over fifty-two percent reported that they felt “somewhat” to “very” unconfident in their knowledge. One student wrote poignantly, I remember that we had grammar instruction but I don’t remember anything about it. We had it and It did not help me. I still don’t get ...
Linguistic argumentation and logic: an alternative method
... argumentation is a language system which uses the meaning of expressions in a sentence to draw the complete meaning of the sentence that constitutes interdependence between the particular expressions. In fact, this connection between expressions enhances the overall meaning based on the very fundame ...
... argumentation is a language system which uses the meaning of expressions in a sentence to draw the complete meaning of the sentence that constitutes interdependence between the particular expressions. In fact, this connection between expressions enhances the overall meaning based on the very fundame ...
On Forms and Functions: Studies in Ancient Egyptian Grammar
... much interested in synchronic syntactic analysis divorced from other linguistic phenomena. While the contributions deal with several central topics in syntactic analyses — like coordination, raising, gradience or non-expression of participants — they mostly investigate the relationship between synta ...
... much interested in synchronic syntactic analysis divorced from other linguistic phenomena. While the contributions deal with several central topics in syntactic analyses — like coordination, raising, gradience or non-expression of participants — they mostly investigate the relationship between synta ...
Meaning representation, semantic analysis, and lexical semantics
... – It is a specification of a conceptualization of a knowledge domain – It is a controlled vocabulary that describes objects and the relations between them in a formal way, and has strict rules about how to specify terms and relationships. ...
... – It is a specification of a conceptualization of a knowledge domain – It is a controlled vocabulary that describes objects and the relations between them in a formal way, and has strict rules about how to specify terms and relationships. ...
Tailoring a broad coverage grammar for the analysis of dictionary
... 1. Resolution of ambiguous assignment. The default strategy for attachment ambiguity, namely attachment to the closest possible head, should sometimes be changed for dictionary text, bi this way, some attachments which would remain ambiguous in ordinary texts can be disambiguated in the context of d ...
... 1. Resolution of ambiguous assignment. The default strategy for attachment ambiguity, namely attachment to the closest possible head, should sometimes be changed for dictionary text, bi this way, some attachments which would remain ambiguous in ordinary texts can be disambiguated in the context of d ...
Transitivity from a Cognitive Perspective
... This paper will explore the variations in form observed in expressing transitivity in Russian. Given the prototypical transitive construction, it is possible to examine its relationship to many similar constructions, thus deriving a radial category of constructions that express transitivity to a var ...
... This paper will explore the variations in form observed in expressing transitivity in Russian. Given the prototypical transitive construction, it is possible to examine its relationship to many similar constructions, thus deriving a radial category of constructions that express transitivity to a var ...
Internet Based Grammar Teaching
... analysis through the Internet medium. Though the system's internal grammatical tools for the analysis of free running text are - for reasons of robustness, efficiency and correctness based on the Constraint Grammar formalism, users are free to choose from a variety of notational filters, supporting ...
... analysis through the Internet medium. Though the system's internal grammatical tools for the analysis of free running text are - for reasons of robustness, efficiency and correctness based on the Constraint Grammar formalism, users are free to choose from a variety of notational filters, supporting ...
Intro to Natural Language Processing + Syntax
... happily well very the a an these hallelujah! oh! arggh! of in under at beside and or if but he him she it I we us they them you thou thee ye has have had am be is was do does did can could ...
... happily well very the a an these hallelujah! oh! arggh! of in under at beside and or if but he him she it I we us they them you thou thee ye has have had am be is was do does did can could ...
grammar pop grammar pop
... complete a level in Grammar Pop when they are at home as an extension activity. Bridging the divide between home and school learning has become less of a challenge thanks to iPad technology. If you have introduced Grammar Pop into your classroom’s regular routine, students will have no trouble picki ...
... complete a level in Grammar Pop when they are at home as an extension activity. Bridging the divide between home and school learning has become less of a challenge thanks to iPad technology. If you have introduced Grammar Pop into your classroom’s regular routine, students will have no trouble picki ...
Compound and complex sentences
... We create complex sentences by joining two or more clauses with subordinating conjunctions such as because, before, that, which, etc. 12 I couldn’t sleep because I was thinking about all the work that I had to do before I could leave. Note that the same subject is repeated. (NOT I couldn’t sleep bec ...
... We create complex sentences by joining two or more clauses with subordinating conjunctions such as because, before, that, which, etc. 12 I couldn’t sleep because I was thinking about all the work that I had to do before I could leave. Note that the same subject is repeated. (NOT I couldn’t sleep bec ...
Chapter 1 - Innu
... that Sheshatshit Innu-aimun is a homogeneous dialect. Sheshatshit Innu-aimun is hereafter referred to simply as Innuaimun. iii... It should be noted that the orthography of Drapeau and Mailhot (1989) is followed with one exception. Throughout this thesis long vowels are represented with a double let ...
... that Sheshatshit Innu-aimun is a homogeneous dialect. Sheshatshit Innu-aimun is hereafter referred to simply as Innuaimun. iii... It should be noted that the orthography of Drapeau and Mailhot (1989) is followed with one exception. Throughout this thesis long vowels are represented with a double let ...
Toward a balanced formal-functional grammatical description
... grammatical description of a language. How can you even begin to describe a language if you don't have a clear idea of what the building blocks of that language are? Every grammatical description must at least make mention of nouns and verbs, and probably adjectives, adverbs and some kinds of partic ...
... grammatical description of a language. How can you even begin to describe a language if you don't have a clear idea of what the building blocks of that language are? Every grammatical description must at least make mention of nouns and verbs, and probably adjectives, adverbs and some kinds of partic ...
Experiences with the GTU grammar development environment
... and after a grammar modi cation. It is dicult to assess the e ects of a grammar modi cation. Often it is necessary to rerun long series of tests. In these tests one wants to save the parse structure(s) for a given test sentence if a certain level of coverage and correctness has been reached. Should ...
... and after a grammar modi cation. It is dicult to assess the e ects of a grammar modi cation. Often it is necessary to rerun long series of tests. In these tests one wants to save the parse structure(s) for a given test sentence if a certain level of coverage and correctness has been reached. Should ...
形容詞Adjective
... (1) Of quality: (2)Demonstrative: (3) Distributive: (4) Quantitative: (5) Interrogative: (6) Possessive: ...
... (1) Of quality: (2)Demonstrative: (3) Distributive: (4) Quantitative: (5) Interrogative: (6) Possessive: ...
the Persian Complex Predicate Construction
... On the usage-based approach adopted here, more specific knowledge always preempts general knowledge in production, as long as either would satisfy the functional demands of the context equally well. In particular we assume that items lower in the inheritance hierarchy (i.e., the more specific) are p ...
... On the usage-based approach adopted here, more specific knowledge always preempts general knowledge in production, as long as either would satisfy the functional demands of the context equally well. In particular we assume that items lower in the inheritance hierarchy (i.e., the more specific) are p ...
Learnability (mostly)
... Chien and Wexler (1990 Language Acquisition) Methodology: Picture-judgment task Results: First, children ‘appear’ to violate Principle B in sentences like ‘Mama Bear is touching her’, allowing the prohibited meaning, i.e. Mama Bear is touching herself about 50% of the time However, the same children ...
... Chien and Wexler (1990 Language Acquisition) Methodology: Picture-judgment task Results: First, children ‘appear’ to violate Principle B in sentences like ‘Mama Bear is touching her’, allowing the prohibited meaning, i.e. Mama Bear is touching herself about 50% of the time However, the same children ...
Implicit standards for explicit grammar teaching
... language in order to use it in work or study will find themselves at a serious disadvantage if their grammar is so weak that they cannot express themselves clearly and effectively, or if their underdeveloped interlanguage creates an impression of ineptitude or ignorance. However, the question of how ...
... language in order to use it in work or study will find themselves at a serious disadvantage if their grammar is so weak that they cannot express themselves clearly and effectively, or if their underdeveloped interlanguage creates an impression of ineptitude or ignorance. However, the question of how ...
CS3378 FINAL EXAM SPRING 2000 C. HAZLEWOOD 1. Sketch
... string consisting of a single symbol, the start symbol, and following a set of rewrite rules, we repeatedly rewrite the string until it is in the language. The rewrite rules will not let us generate any strings except the ones in the language. We will distinguish between terminal symbols, which appe ...
... string consisting of a single symbol, the start symbol, and following a set of rewrite rules, we repeatedly rewrite the string until it is in the language. The rewrite rules will not let us generate any strings except the ones in the language. We will distinguish between terminal symbols, which appe ...