replaces a noun without specifying a name. * He was tired. In this sentence‚ he is the pronoun‚ replacing the name of the person who was tired (Jack was tired) or some other identifier (The boy was tired). * ANTECEDENT: the word to which a pronoun refers. * Because Jack left in a hurry‚ he forgot his lunch. In this sentence‚ Jack is the antecedent and he is the pronoun. Types of pronoun * DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS: the words this‚ these‚ that‚ and those‚ which replace a noun.
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Assignment Part of Speech CONTENTS Sr. No. | Topic | Page | 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13. | Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….Parts of Speech Table ……………………………………………………………..Part of Speech ……………………………………………………………………..Noun ……………………………………………………………………………….Types of Noun …………………………………………………………….Pronouns …………………………………………………………………………..Types of Pronoun ………………………………………………………….Verbs ………………………………………………………………………………Types of Verbs …………………………………………………………….Adjective …………………………………………………………………………..List of
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and syntactic elements (sentences‚ clauses‚ phrases); obligatory and optional synstactic elements 4) Phrases and their composition (phrase elements); premodifiers and postmodifiers in noun phrases and other phrase types; prederminers‚ central determiners‚ posdeterminers in noun phrases 5) Clasification and characteristic features of nouns‚ their morphological categories a) Number‚ differences between English and Slovak‚ plual of English nouns (including foreign plurals)‚ plural
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IT and AN Determiners of Waray and the Application of Role and Reference Grammar Submitted by: Kristel Doone Q. Pedroza 2007-34870 Submitted to: Prof. Louward Zubiri In Partial Fulfillment of the requirement in Linguistics 140 Second Semester AY 2010-2011 Department of Linguistics University of the Philippines Diliman March 31‚2011 INTRODUCTION This study explores the functions of the two determiners of Waray‚ namely ‘IT’ and ‘AN’. While it is observed in Tagalog that the
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declensions of adjectives – strong (definite) and weak (indefinite) – and the inflections of these declensions indicated whether the noun that followed the adjective was definite or indefinite. At the end of the ME Period the declensions of the Adjective disappeared and there was a necessity to find another way to indicate the definiteness/indefinite ness of a noun. Thus the articles appeared.In OE the word-order was free because inflections were employed to show the relations of the words in
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possessive nouns‚ some quantifiers‚ some interrogatives‚ and some numerals. So‚ determiner (or D) is an umbrella term for all of these. Determiners occur with a noun to specify which noun is meant or whose it is. If you are a native speaker‚ you know how to use the indefinite article a and the definite article the. For non-native speakers‚ figuring out their use is very difficult. There are four demonstratives in English: this‚ that‚ these‚ and those‚ with the first two for singular nouns and the
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means one; plural means more than one. CHOOSE BETWEEN SINGULAR AND PLURAL VERBS To decide whether to use a singular or a plural verb‚ first determine whether your subject is singular or plural. Most plural nouns end in –s or –es. Singular: Plural: horse‚ dress horses‚ dresses With singular nouns‚ use verbs that end in –s or –es. Otherwise‚ use the simple form of the verb. Singular: Plural: CAUTION: The horse runs through the field. Horses run through the field. Use verbs that end in –s or –es with
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a preposition (such as in‚ at‚ by‚ for‚ to‚ over‚ etc.)‚ have a noun or pronoun object of the preposition‚ and may also have other modifiers. Prepositional phrases function as adjectives‚ adverbs‚ or nouns. 2.1 The announcement for the play arrived after it was over. (As adjective) 2.2 He walked into the meeting just as the president arrived. (As adverb) 2.3 For you to pass your test is the reason for having a tutor. (As noun; in this case‚ the subject) 2.4 She gave the information to
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word category. (0) (a) man (Noun) - he (Pronoun) ....... as in (0a) (b) oneA (Pronoun) - oneB (Pronoun) ....... as in (0b) (0) (a) The man/he arrived late. (b) At least oneA man took the red oneB. At first I will focus on comparison of the words in (1a). The words are in general considered to be Noun (man) and Pronoun (he). These two categories share some properties. Regarding syntactic criteria‚ both categories generally function as heads of Noun Phrases which can stand as Subject
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(constituents) The parts of sentences belong to a limited range of types. (syntactic categories) The parts have specific roles or functions within the larger parts they belong to. (grammatical functions) Concept 1:Principle of constituency Sentence Clause Phrase Word Morpheme Constituents CONSTITUENT STRUCTURE The bus is coming. Uncle Jim is walking down the steps. I will take his bag. We can put his luggage in the boot. He looks very fit. CHAIN & CHOICE RELATIONSHIPS
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