4 Stylistic Features of Language Speech communication employs a host of expressive means ranging from linguistic to paralinguistic and extralinguistic features. It is the natural language‚ however‚ whose systematic variation on all levels of its structure (phonology‚ morphology‚ lexicology and syntax) offers the widest possibilities of suiting its use to fit communicative functions of discourses in various contexts. Thus linguistic expressive means‚ which are systematically identified and cetegorized
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understand.’ The myths of grammar (Crystal 2004) •The myth of difficulty Mastering grammar requires long time and the acquisition of technical terminology •The myth of distance Grammar is for a restricted number of people‚ the grammarians •The myth of simplicity People identify simplicity of a language with the small number of word-endings Knowing grammar is an unconscious process: recognize errors correct errors put words together Knowing about grammar is a conscious process:
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Focus on the Learner Shahid Adam Esat Word count: 1055 Learner Profile Gaby Kabengue is a 20 year old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has been living in Johannesburg‚ South Africa for just over two months and attends the English language lessons offered at Language Lab. Gaby has a lively persona and a keen interest in learning the language‚ it is for these reason that I chose him for this assignment. Although Gaby holds no formal higher education qualifications he has had some
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of English Language Teaching Methods: COMPARISON Adapted from Richards and Rodgers (2001) and Gültekin Boran‚ http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/web/gboran/eltmethodstogether.doc T: teacher‚ S: Student; SS: students Grammar Translation Method and Direct Method |METHOD |Grammar Translation Method |Direct Method | |Proponents/Advocates |Teachers of classical
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Lectures in Theoretical Grammar by ass. prof. L.M.Volkova‚ National Linguistic University of Kiev List of books: 1. B.Ilyish. The Structure of Modern English. 2. M.Blokh. A Course in Theoretical Grammar. 3. E.Morokhovskaya. Fundamentals of Theoretical Grammar. 4. И.П.Иванова‚ В.В.Бурлакова‚ Г.Г.Почепцов. Теоретическая грамматика современного англ. яз.. 5. Methods Guides. LECTURE 1(2): THE SCOPE OF THEORETICAL GRAMMAR. BASIC LINGUISTIC NOTIONS
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Descriptive Linguistics Thesis Statement: Knowledge on phonology‚ morphology‚ syntax and semantics constitutes our understanding of linguistics. Linguistics is derived from the Latin root “lingua” which means tongue. It is the science of language‚ its origin‚ its structure‚ modification‚ etc. including phonetics‚ phonemics‚ morphology‚ syntax and semantics of language. I. Phonology Phonology is the science of speech sound or the sound system of language. It is also defined as the phonemics
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“Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously” is a sentence created by Noam Chomsky who is an American linguist‚ philosopher‚ cognitive scientist‚ historian‚ logician‚ social critic‚ political activist‚ and sometimes described as ‘’ the father of modern linguistics”‚ Chomsky is also an important figure in analytic philosophy. “Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously” is a significant sentence related to syntactic structure which is grammatically correct‚ however‚ semantically nonsensical. It demonstrates
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DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF METAFUNCTION C O M P I L E D BY: VIVI ANGGRENI 110705080 UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES MEDAN 2013 METAFUNCTION Three meta-functions of language are identified by M. A. K. Halliday in Systemic Functional Linguistics. There are the ideational function‚ the interpersonal function and the textual function. Each of the three metafunctions is about a different aspect of the world. The ideational metafunction is about the natural world in the broadest
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middle ground‚ the area where theory meets practice‚ things become less certain‚ For example‚ what exactly does CLT set out to teach? Is there such a thing as a communicative language syllabus? If so‚ what does it consist of? Is it simply a notional-functional syllabus under a new name? Or does CLT only exist as a methodological approach‚ a way of helping learners to practise the skills needed to put their knowledge of the
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Unit 3: Short Stories 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Portrait – Aldous Huxley My God Betrayed Me – Miss Suparna Mam Two Gentleman of Verona – A.J.Cronin Unit 4: One-act Plays 4.1 4.2 The Never Never Nest – Cedric Mount Refund – Frits Karinthy Unit 5: Functional Grammar 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Subject-verb Agreement Articles Simple Past and Present Perfect Modals: will‚ would‚ shall‚ should Modals: can‚ could‚ may‚ might Active and Passive Voice Direct and Reported Speech Preposition Countable and
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