Grammatical aspect

Much of the information extraction community early focus on in tasks like named entity recognition, co-reference and relation extraction, but recently due to the high demand of temporal information in different NLP application, scholars are focusing on event, temporal and event and temporal information extraction and the extraction of event and temporal information became a hot research area. Different scholars involved in event and temporal information extraction researches. Currently there are

In this essay, I will be discussing my experiences with modals in English and Russian. The purpose of my project is to investigate the differences in the usage and meanings of modals between the two languages. My focus will be on the modal, “must,” and what contexts it is mainly used for. I will start by discussing what was particularly challenging about this project. Modals are a highly complex area of grammar both in English and Russian. Several of the texts I have consulted for my project remark

Then, of course, there is Lot’s offering of his daughters to these “gay” men. “6But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, 7and said, "Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. 8Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof." (Genesis 19:6-8) Go to seminary and you may hear a bunch of song-and-dance

“Let you fear nothing! Another judgement waits us all!” This profound exclamation is made by the immensely wise and reputable Rebecca Nurse. Rebecca is a well known elderly woman in Salem, Massachusetts. Rebecca Nurse and I closely resemble one another in that we are both exceptionally nurturing with children, devout in our beliefs, and humble towards our accomplishments. Firstly, Rebecca Nurse and I are similar because of our nurturing capabilities towards infants and children. In the play The

this, or my), not applying this rule could be confusing to an L2 learner expecting an article. 2. perfective: In English, there are two aspects (see next entry for a definition of “aspect”)—perfect (also called perfective) and continuous (also termed progressive). The perfect aspect establishes a connection between two periods of time while the continuous aspect typically connotes that an activity still is occurring, is seen from a specific juncture in time, and the verbs employed are those typically

this, or my), not applying this rule could be confusing to an L2 learner expecting an article. 2. perfective: In English, there are two aspects (see next entry for a definition of “aspect”)—perfect (also called perfective) and continuous (also termed progressive). The perfect aspect establishes a connection between two periods of time while the continuous aspect typically connotes that an activity still is occurring, is seen from a specific juncture in time, and the verbs employed are those typically

408 12.7.2014 Final Exam Part 1 Discuss briefly any four of the following topics (about 100-300 words each). Provide examples to illustrate your discussion. a. Aspect: Aspect grammatical category of verbs denotes the flow of time related to the event they express. Unlike tense that is semantically rather related to the event in time, aspect is about time moving through the event (Riemer 314). The difference between, for example, “I walked” and “I was walking” is in our view of the two events, the

The concept of fate and destiny continues to prevail mankind and it is usually associated with the kind of romance that is ‘meant to be’. At a certain point in our lives, we encounter an individual whom we feel an immediate connection to. There is a belief that if two hearts are meant for each other, fate will bring the two individuals together. Until now, this idea continues to bewilder people and it makes them think whether fate and destiny truly exists or are important encounters just a coincidence

grammars, and figure out once and for all how to use them like a native Chinese person. It was this search that raised the questions that I will attempt to answer in this paper. The part of Chinese I chose to examine for this paper is the perfective aspect (PRV) -le particle. I will analyze and compare how various grammars, textbooks, and studies describe and explain this particle. Because most of the descriptions and explanations of this particle seem to be based mainly on the theories and ideas

First Aid for Adults For my listening piece I decided to do a talk on first aid for adults. I identified the main characteristics of scripted speech and tried to emulate them in my piece. The key characteristics of instructional speech are that it uses very short, concise sentences to give directions. Long complex sentences can lead to ambiguity and confusion. Instructional speech uses simple, easy to understand vocabulary as complicated wording, jargon and terminology