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... he distinguishes nouns from adjectives and verbs in that only the latter are intrinsically relational [i.e. pred- icative], whereas he distinguishes verbs from adjectives and nouns in that they tend ... and verbalization 159 3.9 Are nouns universal? 169 4Adjectivesasneithernounsnorverbs190 4.1 The essence of having no essence 190 4.2 Attributive modification 192 4.3 Adjectives and degree heads ... Unaccusativity diagnostics 62 2.9 Adjectives in the decomposition of verbs 77 2.10 Are there languages without verbs? 88 3Nounsasbearersofareferentialindex95 3.1 What is special about nouns? 95 3.2 The criterion...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 08:21

... used to be. (thoughtful) 20 I waited than anyone else, (long) 29 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 26 Comparison of adverbs • Most adverbs are used with more and most: slowly —> more slowly, most ... [worried/worrying). 5 The children are [frightening/frightened) by the animals. 26 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 27 Adjectives and adverbs Check Complete these sentences. 1 It was .the.best driving I have ... (stupid) 28 well badly little better worse less best worst least far farther/ further farthest/ furthest Practice Write the correct form of adverbs for these sentences. 1 She works harder than all the others, (hard) Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 6 Why do you look so {bored/boring) at school? 7...

Ngày tải lên: 21/07/2014, 20:20

... dangerous; comfortable —> most comfortable 24 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 20 Comparatives Check Complete these sentences, using the comparative form of the adjectives given. 1 It's hotter here ... [worried/worrying). 5 The children are [frightening/frightened) by the animals. 26 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 4 Peter gets and all the time, (selfish) 5 You seem you were yesterday, (happy) 6 ... are people in big cities, (friendly) 26 Her new job is a lot the last one. (stressful) 22 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 5 Simon's Mark, (old) 6 I think Scotland is England, (beautiful) 7 My brother's...

Ngày tải lên: 21/07/2014, 20:20

... of toothpaste 19 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 14 a, some, any > Exercise 6 for the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. • a is used with singular countable nouns: I'm waiting ... Do you know {someone/anyone) in this street? 16 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 18 Comparatives (tall, taller; comfortable, more comfortable) • Adjectives with one syllable (tall, great, short, ... door. 6 She wants glass of water. 7 They don't have friends in the village. 15 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 5 Simon's Mark, (old) 6 I think Scotland is England, (beautiful) 7 My brother's...

Ngày tải lên: 21/07/2014, 20:20

... at the home. 14 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 14 a, some, any > Exercise 6 for the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. • a is used with singular countable nouns: I'm waiting ... cinema tonight? 3 We visit him in prison about once a month. 4 Can I go home now? 11 Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 13 Summary • a, an + singular noun; We are talking about one thing but it is not ... Nouns, adjectives and adverbs 11 No article or definite article? Words using no article He doesn't like...

Ngày tải lên: 21/07/2014, 20:20

... majority of verbs, which can appear with a manner adverb but do not have to. Nevertheless, the morphology and syntax of the adverbs in (32) is no different from that of other manner adverbs; see, ... classifiers in, 119n. Tzutujil adjectives in, 144, 192 degree heads in, 218 derivation in, 161 linkers in, 193n. Uesaka, Miwako, 74 unaccusative verbs, 63 compared to adjectives and nouns, 8, 13, 69, 72–74, ... subject agreement in, 27 plurality in, 108 restructuring in, 29n. verbs versus adjectives in, 88, 249–50, 264 Mojave adjectives versus verbs in, 10, 255–56 tense and copula in, 47 morphological well-formedness...

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 02:20

... assume that objects are designated by nouns, actions by verbs, and properties by adjectives. They then jump tothe conclusion thatthereare a few nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the language they are ... have verbs but not adjectives. Upon closer examination, the verbs that correspond to adjectives in all of these languages have subtle grammatical properties that distinguish them from true verbs. ... stative verbs on the surface in Vata, these verbs contain roots that have special derivational possibilities that show them to be inherently adjectives. She concludes that a class of adjectives...

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 02:20

... two-category system: a system that has verbs and “substantives,” the latter being usable as either nouns or adjectives. ) 248 Adjectives as neither nouns nor verbs (100) M-kango ndi w-a u-kulu. 3-lion PRED ... X— (verbs) —X———-(Adjs)————X— (nouns) —X (English) b X— (verbs) —X–(A 1 s)—X–(A 2 s)———X– (nouns) —–X (Japanese?) c X— (verbs) —X————————- (nouns) ————–X (Chichewa? Quechua?) d X———— (verbs) ————————–X— (nouns) —X (Mohawk?) Languages ... orthogonal to the main point at hand. 232 Adjectives as neither nouns nor verbs (1999) on clausal syntax. All these facts fall into place if adverbs in –ly really are adjectives. Similar arguments apply...

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 02:20

... categories – Preds that make nouns look more verbal, and pronouns / determiners that make adjectives and verbs look more nominal. In languages in which both Pred and pronouns are systematically null, ... nouns can only combine with other noun projections by way of nonsyntactic root compounding, whereas adjectives can combine with nouns by syntactic merge. 214 Adjectives as neither nouns nor verbs fixing ... forms as nouns in Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit. For this reason, the distinction between nouns and adjectives was usually not noticed before the Middle Ages. 202 Adjectives as neither nouns nor verbs (17) PredP Pred´...

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Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 02:20

... My sister plays the piano ……………………………… ( good/ well) III. Complete the sentences, using adjectives or adverbs: 1. He runs___________ (fast) 2. He answered me ______________ ( cold) 3. My little...

Ngày tải lên: 20/07/2013, 01:28

... types of adverb usually go in mid position: adverbs of indefinite frequency e.g. always, never, usually; degree adverbs e.g. completely, quite, and focus adverbs e.g. just, even: • He always sings ... Madrid. and in journalism, other adverbs of time are often used in mid position: • The government yesterday announced an increase in education spending. In mid position, we put adverbs where we would put ... of adverb can go in front position. In particular: type of adverb function example connecting adverbs e.g. as a result, similarly to make immediately clear the logical relation to the previous...

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Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... work. 252 33. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and midsentence adverbs As we saw in Section 17, adverbs are words that modify verbs. Some adverbs are called midsentence adverbs because they are commonly ... gerund phrasal verbs In Section 10 we looked at gerunds as the objects of phrasal verbs. Now we will look at phrasal verbs as gerunds themselves. Like ordinary verbs, gerund phrasal verbs can be ... Is he X goof ing around? Has she X helped him out? The following are common midsentence adverbs. Adverbs of frequency ever typically normally hardly ever always ordinarily occasionally ...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 12:20