Syntax: Manchu phrases are all head-last. This means that the head-word of a phrase (e.g. the noun of a noun phrase‚ or the verb of a verb phrase) always falls at the end of the phrase. Thus‚ adjectives and adjectival phrases always precede the noun they modify‚ and the arguments to the verb always precede the verb. As a result‚ Manchu sentence structure is subject–object–verb (SOV). The grammars of Japanese and Korean bear resemblance[specify] to that of Manchu‚ which would‚ according to the Altaic
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word Translation 1. sealde [ea]-breaking of [a] before l consonant‚[e] – palatal mutation of [a]‚ ll- doubling due to loss of [j] sell sold 2. cwæð [æ] – from Common Germanic‚ ð –[ θ] according to Verner’s law the 3d and 4th form of this verb became voiced [θ]-> [ ð] – “consonant gradation” с –[k] obs. quoth quote 3. swā [ā] – from Comm.Germ. [ai] so so 4. eart [ea] - breaking of [æ] before r consonant. are are 5. hwæt [æ] – from PG [a] a->>æ v->w what what 6. hlāf
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in the future. FORM Examples: * You are watching TV. * Are you watching TV? * You are not watching TV. The structure of the present continuous tense is: subject | + | auxiliary verb | + | main verb | | | be | | base + ing | Look at these examples: | subject | auxiliary verb | | main verb | | + | I | am | | speaking | to you. | + | You | are | | reading | this. | - | She | is | not | staying | in London. | - | We | are | not | playing | football. | ? | Is | he |
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Manual Annotation of Amharic News Items with Part-of-Speech Tags and its Challenges* Abstract Since September 2005‚ the Ethiopian Languages Research Center of Addis Ababa University has been engaged in a project called "The Annotation of Amharic News Documents". The project was meant to tag manually each Amharic word in its context with the most appropriate parts-of-speech. This paper presents the POS tagset developed for annotating the news documents‚ the problems
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student in studying more efficiently. Finally‚ when examination items mirror objectives‚ students can use the objectives to anticipate test items. There are four components of an objective: 1) the action verb‚ 2) conditions‚ 3) standard‚ and 4) the intended audience (always the student). The action verb is the most important element of an objective and can never be
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non- defining Relative Clauses‚ Company culture phrases & phrasal verbs [Vocabulary ] Leaders & Managers : Richard Branson- leader of Virgin [Reading Skill ]‚ Talking about good leaders [Speaking skill ]‚ Getting the most from staff [ Speaking skill ]‚ Producing a more effective workforce [Speaking skill ]‚ As or Like for Grammar Competitive Advantage : How the JJ Group prepares tenders [Reading skill]‚ Phrasal verbs and verb noun colloactions from Elements that give company an advantage [Vocabulary]
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xxxxxxxxxxxxx Adverbials: before‚ while‚ when 5/21/08 LING 580 Methodology: During 1 ½ hours of elicitation‚ my partner and I together elicited adverbials. We elicited for a variety of adverbs‚ including conditionals such as ‘before’ and ‘after’‚ forms for time adverbs such as ‘the first time’‚ ‘the last time’‚ and also single words for times of day‚ week‚ month and year. Results: The words we elicited are below: Table 1: Time adverbials |Time adverbs |
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inanimate nouns as subjects of a sentence. 2. the more it will use verb structures (where choice is possible) 3. the less it will use passive structures 4. the more it is likely to use passive structures 5. the more words of Latin origin it will use 6. the more words of Germanic origin it will use (phrasal verbs) 7. the more it will use humans as subjects of sentences. 8. the more verbal nouns it will use 9. the more it will use contracted verb forms 10. the more noun compounds (noun phrases) it will use
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my course paper sounds as following: «Category of Mood». Before beginning of investigation in our theme‚ I would like to say some words dealt with the theme of my course paper. Mood is the grammatical category of the verb reflecting the relation of the action denoted by the verb to reality from the speaker ’s point of view. In the sentences He listens attentively; Listen attentively; You would have listened attentively if you had been interested‚ we deal with the same action of listening‚ but in
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determine how words are combined to form sentences; but there is an interesting relationship between morphology and syntax. In derivation morphology‚ we saw that certain aspects of morphology have syntactic implications--nouns can be derived from verbs‚ verbs from adjectives‚ adjectives from nouns‚ and so on. Sentences are combinations of morphemes. It is not always possible to assign a meaning to some of these morphemes‚ however. For example‚ what is the meaning of it in the sentence It’s hot
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