Reality: Factive verb‚ that requires what is known to be true Unit 2: First part of Pinker Chapter 2 How children learn a language: Chomsky’s Universal Grammar - If children just imitate their parents they should not be able to say things that they have never heard. Children imitate but they also generalize‚ however children never overgeneralize - Noam Chomsky: Children are born with some type of genetically coded grammar Locative Verbs: Container vs. Content-locative verbs - Verbs: Intransitive:
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many different medications that treat diabetes. Most people who are diagnosed with Type II diabetes are given medication instead of insulin. In most cases‚ a combination of drugs are used. These drugs work with the body to increase insulin production and make it easier for the body to eliminate glucose. Sulfonylureas are one of the most popular drugs used to treat diabetes. There are several different types of this drug on the market‚ the most popular being Glucotrol. These drugs work by increasing
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Lesson Plan in Reading I.OBJECTIVE: Determine the senses use in the selection . Identify the action verb use in the selection. II.SUBJECT MATTER: Determining the senses use in the selection . Identifying the action verb use in the selection. III.LEARNING ACTIVITIES TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT RESPONSE |
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Identify the verb phrase constructions in the following sentences (phrasal verb‚ prepositional verb‚ phrasal-prepositional verb‚ lexical verb on its own‚ auxiliary + verb). Term definition: 1. A Phrasal verb: is a two –word verb where the second element is an adverbial particle. These phrasal verbs can be transitive or intransitive. The particle in a phrasal verb generally has a non-literal meaning‚ whereas the particles often functions as adverbials. Transitive phrasal verbs differs from
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... -In winters.... OR -Always‚ Frequently‚ Often‚ Usually‚ Regularly‚ Generally‚ Sometimes‚ Seldom‚ Rarely‚ Never. * Time Expressions that are one word‚ we put before the main verb. e.g. I always do my homework. e.g. We don’t usually spend so much money. * If the main verb is BE (am‚ is‚ are)‚ we put the Time Expression after it. e.g. I am never late. * When we have a sentence that is a general fact‚ we don’t use any time expression and we have to know
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testimony of an event. The independent variable is the verb in the critical question‚ such as ‘smashed‚’ or ‘hit‚’ and the dependent variable is the participants speed estimate of the cars. The study was done by asking 30 students to watch seven short car crash videos‚ and then asking them to fill out a questionnaire‚ with the critical question being: “about how fast were the cars going when they hit each other?” The verb ‘hit’ was changed to other verbs such as ‘smashed‚’ ‘collided‚’ ‘contacted‚’ and
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Section 2. Verb Tenses There are three pairs of sentences below. Only ONE of each pair is correct. Tick the correct sentence‚ name both tenses (in bold) and answer the follow-up question – as in the example. Example (a) She’s been eating five bananas. (b) She’s eaten five bananas. Tenses (a) present perfect continuous (b) present perfect simple (c) Which of these verb forms refers to a completed action? Ans: Present
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volcanic eruptions are divided in to four basic groups. They are commonly known as Hawaiian‚ Strombolian‚ Vulcanian‚ and Peleean. The term of Hawaiian eruptions are named after the volcanoes in Hawaii. These volcanic eruptions are the least violent type. They produce highly fluid lava which flows quietly. This gradually builds up a shield volcano. Strombolian eruptions are named after Stromboli. These result from the constant release of gas from the magma. As the gas escapes‚ it produces tephra that
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lectures given in class. Chapter Five Immediate Constituent and Phrase Structure Rule What is the meaning of Immediate Constituent? Up to this point we have scrutinized the four types of morpheme--- bases‚ prefixes‚ infixes‚ and suffixes --- of which words are composed. Now we shall see how these are put together to build the structure that we call a word. A word of one morpheme‚ like blaze‚ has‚ of course‚ just one unitary
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personal pronouns 나‚ 너 and 저 are followed by 의‚ they become 내‚ 네 and 제 respectively. 나+가→내가 너+가→네가 저+가→제가 누구+가→누가 (예)은정 씨의 시계‚ 선생님의 가방‚ 내 신발‚ 제 우산‚‚‚‚ 3과 V습니다/ㅂ니다 (Affirmative Verb Ending) This is the affirmative verb ending for the polite formal style. Verb stems ending with a 받침+습니다 (예) 먹다→먹습니다‚ 듣다→듣습니다 Verb stems ending without a 받침+ㅂ니다 (예) 마시다→마십니다‚
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