Running head: NOUN PHRASES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF NOUN PHRASES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE Le Thi Hong Phuong University of Education English – Vietnamese Comparative Linguistics 2011 Instructor: Nguyen Ngoc Vu Class: 4A08 December 30‚ 2011 Abstract: Language is a complicated category. Only human beings can use language to express their ideas‚ concepts and feelings. The use of this tool is for the communication between the addresser and the addressee. There
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In grammar‚ a preposition is a part of speech that introduces a prepositional phrase or combines with a noun to form a phrase. For example‚ in the sentence "The cat sleeps on the sofa"‚ the word "on" is a preposition‚ introducing the prepositional phrase "on the sofa". In English‚ the most used prepositions are "of"‚ "to"‚ "in"‚ "for"‚ "with" and "on". Simply put‚ a preposition indicates a relation between things mentioned in a sentence. Another simpler term‚ a preposition is a prior explanation
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WORD ORDER IN NP AND ENGLISH ANAPHORS Tereza Štifnerová The purpose of this essay is firstly to show the word order of a noun phrase (NP) and how the head noun of the NP can be post- and pre-modified‚ and secondly to focus on meaning of some examples of English anaphors and the distinctions between them and their Czech translations. The first part is going to aim on the internal structure of NPs. Complex nominal phrase consists of the pre-modifying elements‚ the head noun and the post-modifying
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4. SYNTAX OF THE PHRASE. (ПОНЯТИЕ СЛОВОСОЧЕТАНИЯ) Словосочетание как полиноминативная языковая единица. Соотношение словосочетания и слова‚ словосочетания и предложения. Синтаксис словосочетания как "малый синтаксис" в соотношении с синтаксисом предложения как "большим синтаксисом". Проблема определения словосочетания. Знаменательные‚ формативные и служебные словосочетания. Свободные и устойчивые словосочетания.Эквипотентные и доминационные (подчинительные) связи слов. Последовательная (непосредственно-сочинительная)
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ELSEVIER Journal of Pragmatics 29 (1998) 155-171 The noun phrase in advertising English* Susan Rush Fonds Gustave Guillaume‚ Ddpartement de langues et linguistique‚ Facult~ des Lettres‚ Pavillon Charles-de Koni.~ck‚ Universit~ Laval‚ Quebec G1K 7P4‚ Canada Received 17 August 1995; revised version 7 April 1997 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to give a formal description of two unusual features of the noun phrase in English print advertising: its ability to operate as an independent
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Noun Phrases Making a comparison of Noun Phrases between the Chapter 6.2 from ’’ English Sentence Analysis: An Introductory Course’’ by M. & K. Sauter and Chapter 7 from ’’ Analysing Sentences: An Introduction to English Syntax’’ by Noel Burton - Roberts‚ I can highlight several similarities and differences of the Noun Phrases. In both chapters the authors look into more detail at the internal structure of the Noun Phrase and the elements that can be found within the Noun Phrase. In
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Phrases Miss Costantini English 1 and 3 Phrases – 2 Remember A phrase is a group of words that acts as a unit A phrase DOES NOT have a subject and a verb Phrases - 2 These are the four categories of phrases that we are studying: Prepositional phrases Appositive phrases Verbal phrases Absolute phrases Phrases – 2 We have already looked at prepositional phrases. Now we are going to look at the second type of phrases - appositives Appositive Phrases
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________________ they will approach people and even help themselves to their picnics. 8. Take care when walking behind a young horse: a ________________ kick could actually cause a serious injury. c. Replace the verb idioms in italics with a phrase. 1. I wish you would stop butting in on the conversation! It’s really annoying! 2. I’m sorry‚ no matter how many times you explain it to me‚ it just doesn’t add up. 3. Have I completely missed the point or do you really mean you’re happy
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University of Banja Luka Banja Luka Faculty of Philology January 2013 English Language and Literature Seminar paper Topic: Noun phrase premodification by participles Student: Mentor: Jelena Galić Dejan Milinović
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What is difference among Proverb‚ Idiom and Phrase. IDIOM An "idiom" is a phrase that has a specific meaning‚ different than you would expect based on the individual words. Idiom is more subtle. It can be informal or merely non-literal‚ and either a phrase or a complete sentence. Here are two examples of idioms that are also phrases: * brick and mortar (a traditional business‚ in contrast to e-commerce) * town and gown (when a school or university is in close proximity with a surrounding
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