We demonstrate that the lexical properties of these nouns determine their external syntactic structures. We then examine three types ... Content may require purchase if you do not have access.) To ...

Working from a written representation of what the student has said helps the student clarify his ideas and improve his language structures, for example the use of verb tense. In formulating ideas ...

Conceptually (see also The Fundamental Relations of Syntax and Conceptual Structure) the head of each sentence is a predicate. The predicate combined with its arguments to form a basic eventuality.

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