Instructor: Adriana Todea atodea@yahoo.com Office hours: Friday 2-3 p.m.‚ Alpha Centre room Introduction to Generative Grammar Course 9: Binding theory Outline1 WEEK 13 How do personal‚ possessive‚ reflexive pronouns and reciprocals acquire reference? (Johni and Peterj are top students) Johni thinks that hei‚j is intelligent. Johni thinks him*i‚j intelligent. The studentsk believed each otherk to be the best. This is not only a semantic issue‚ but also a syntactic issue … solved by Binding
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GRAMMAR II: GRADED HOMEWORK #1 SET OF QUESTIONS: What is a sentence? How can it be defined? Provide examples. Explain. What is a phrase? Provide examples. Explain. What is a clause? Provide examples. Explain. What is the difference between a clause and a phrase? Provide examples. Explain. What is a compound sentence? How is it defined? What characterizes a compound sentence? Provide examples. Explain. What is a coordinate sentence? Provide examples. Explain. What are coordinators (coordinating
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The Importance of Grammar When recently considering a skill that many do not have but could benefit from mastering‚ my first thought was the “art of communication.” This subject seemed broad‚ so I began to consider what allows people to communicate effectively‚ both written and verbal. When considering the various communications that I have received in the last week‚ solid grammar usage consistently supported effective communication. Whether the goal is to gain respect as a leader‚ achieve a higher
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Elbaum‚ Sandra. 2001. Grammar in Context 3rd ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers. Grammar in Context by Sandra N. Elbaum is an interesting approach to teaching grammar. Elbaum encases grammar in a much more useful mantle by using real life examples of U.S. culture and history. Grammar is an important part of language‚ but it is technical‚ abstract‚ and boring. In order for a text to engage a student it must be interesting and relevant to their lives. I think Grammar in Context could be effective
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conjunction. **Past can also function as a noun or an adjective. ***Since can also function as a subordinate conjunction Should I end a sentence with a preposition? The so-called "rule" about never ending a sentence with a preposition comes from Latin grammar. In Latin‚ the word order of a sentence didn’t matter; subjects and verbs and direct objects could appear in any sequence. However‚ the placement of prepositions was important. Latin sentences could quickly become confusing if the preposition does
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Grammar and Writing Writing Personal Narratives: Tell true stories about event in writers life. Also called autobiography. Realistic Fiction: Portrays invented characters and event in everyday situation that most readers would find familiar. Mystery Stories: Present unexplained or strange events that characters try to solve. Free verse: Poetry that has no regular rhyme‚ rhythm‚ or form. Sonnet: Form of rhyming lyric poetry with set rules. Persuasive speeches: Presented
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actually learns grammar to learn his/ her own mother tongue. It is a natural phenomenon that we start speaking what everybody speaks around us. We gradually develop a better sense of understanding with the passage of time. We don’t study grammar of our own mother tongue to use it for daily speaking‚ but when we need to polish our own mother tongue‚ we have to study its grammar and we usually do that. When we come to learning a new language like English language‚ we need to study its grammar‚ the importance
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Grammatical Sketch of Botolan Sambal by Evan Antworth Grammar Sketch Analysis Botolan Sambal is an indigenous language of the Philippines spoken by 30 000 people in Botolan‚ Zambales. I learned that phonemes are significant phones (makabuluhang tunog). It can be defined by searching for minimal pairs. The consonant phonemes given in the book There are no affricates and dental phonemes. No minimal pair was given in the grammar sketch so I tried to find some. /bá.naʔ/ ‘because’
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fire department cannot chose which buildings that they will respond to in an emergency. Responders may be called to buildings that are under construction‚ under demolition‚ or under renovation. These buildings bring with them their own safety concerns that may not be as common as a building that is under normal use. Buildings that are under construction are usually more hazardous than a completed structure (Brannigan & Corbett‚ 2015). These buildings fire protection features have not yet been
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in euphemism or periphrasis * commiseration: Evoking pity in the audience * correctio: Linguistic device used for correcting one’s mistakes‚ a form of which is epanorthosis * denominatio: Another word for metonymy * double negative: Grammar construction that can be used as an expression and it is the
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