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He rejects the "discovery procedure" [note 34] (employed in structural linguistics and supposed to automatically and mechanically produce the correct grammar of a language from a corpus [note 35]). He also dismisses the "decision procedure" (supposed to automatically choose the best grammar for a language from a set of competing grammars). [ 74 ]
For example, my very good friend Peter is a phrase that can be used in a sentence as if it were a noun, and is therefore called a noun phrase. Similarly, adjectival phrases and adverbial phrases function as if they were adjectives or adverbs, but with other types of phrases, the terminology has different implications.
A famous example for lexical ambiguity is the following sentence: "Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher.", meaning "When flies fly behind flies, then flies fly in pursuit of flies." [40] [circular reference] It takes advantage of some German nouns and corresponding verbs being homonymous. While not noticeable ...
[3] While targeting "English language students and researchers" (p. 45), an abridged version of the grammar was released in 2002, Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English, together with a workbook entitled Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook, to be used by students on university and teacher-training courses.
For those with an interest in sentence-level grammar, however, Huddleston and Pullum’s work might well prove more appealing than [Q et al]'s and ultimately come to be their grammar of predilection. [22] Bas Aarts wrote: "CaGEL is an awe-inspiring tome which offers a comprehensive descriptive account of the grammar of English. It is based on ...
A staple in English language teaching for more than three decades, the series contains dozens of books and is widely used throughout the globe. [ 1 ] Azar is a proponent of grammar-based teaching in which grammar serves as the starting point and foundation for the development of all language skills — speaking, listening, writing, and reading.
A number of quite basic categories and concepts do not seem to have been thought through with sufficient care; this results in a remarkable amount of unclarity and inconsistency in the analysis, and in the organization of the grammar. [3] Aarts, F. G. A. M. (April 1988). "A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language: The great tradition ...