These previously unpublished articles offer a cross-linguistic perspective on small clauses. They discuss subjects such as the different types of small clauses across languages and lexical items, the internal syntax of small clauses and their structure, and the general topic of the grammar of predication, ranging from a total questioning of the existence of small clauses to claims that they exist in every predication context.
L.E.E. is a computer-based educational program designed primarily for English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction. The main goal of L.E.E. is to help you recognize the structural patterns of the English language and develop your writing skills at the sentence level. LEE consists of 22 units that cover a grammatical concept. Within each unit, you may look at an equivalent lesson in one of five topic areas. This is American English.
In this work, Paul M. Postal supports the universalist theory of language by examining passive clauses. Contrary to a skeptical tradition, Postal argues that passive clauses are cross-linguistically identifiable and characterizable. This study proposes refinements of the analysis of the natural language grammatical category Passive Clause. These refinements include an account of the notion 'dummy nominal,' central to the analysis of impersonal passive clauses; additions permitting a proper typology of the major known subtypes of Passive Clause; a generalization permitting application to clauses whose subjects are not earlier level direct objects; and, construction of precise rule concepts to represent restrictions on passive clauses............
This provides a pioneering and data-oriented investigation of the syntax and semantics of important prepositional complementation patterns dependent on the prepositions in, to, at, on, with, and of in current English. The investigation is based on sample of matrix verbs that governs the pattern of sentential complementation. The data includes the Brown and LOB corpora, English dictionaries and grammars, and the intuitions of native speakers.
The GMAT
sentence correction section is about your ability to
recognize the various elements of a GMAT sentence, elements
such as 'dependent' and 'independenet clauses',
qualifiers, subject and verb in the various clauses, and
to make sure that the elements are logically, correctly,
concisely, effectively, and correctly used to express an
idea or a thought.
