JORDAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE A constituent college of st. of Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) FACULTY OF EDUCATION P.O BOX 1878‚ Morogoro-Tanzania. COURSE; ENGLISH STRUCTURE CODE; LL 214 DEPARTMENT; ENGLISH SUBMITTED BY; GERALD‚ RICHARD REGISTRATION NUMBER; 2011/ 0237 SUBMITTED TO; MADAM MARY JIBREA TASK: THE RELEVANCES OF ENGLISH SRUCTURE TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Structure of English We can study the English structure to relate to the English
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UNITY OF THOUGHT •A sentence has unity if it expresses only one main idea. SENTENCE UNITY HOW TO ACHIEVESENT ENCE UNITY? Consistent Use of Tenses • A verb in an adverbial clause generally agrees with the tense of the verb in the main clause. • Avoid unnecessary shifting from first person to third person or vice versa Consistent use of Number • Shifting persons of pronouns will destroy unity. The pronouns must agree with their antecedents Consistent Use of Persons of pronouns • Do
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Introduction Changing of sentences from one form to another is a favorite exercise in public school English. Thus from a sentence like John is writing a letter. May be formed‚ among others‚ the following: John isn’t writing a letter. Is John writing a letter? A letter is being written by John. Very little is ordinarily given by way of clearly formulated rules for these processes‚ yet students seem to learn the technique more or less readily. On the other hand‚ a little examination will show that
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INTRODUCTION English is one of the most important and most spoken languages in the world. It is the native language of more than 350 million people. Undoubtedly‚ the popularity of the language has termed English as the international language of business‚ education‚ science‚ technology‚ banking‚ computing‚ medicine‚ aviation‚ engineering‚ tourism‚ UN & NATO armed forces‚ Hollywood films and the best pop and rock music of the world. So‚ it is seemed to be the only language that truly links the
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fictional. Ambiguity The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage. Analogy Reasoning or arguing from parallel cases. Anaphora The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. Antithesis The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. Aphorism (1) A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion. (2) A brief statement of a principle. Apostrophe A rhetorical term for breaking off discourse to address some absent
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linguistics. One of these concerns the relations between morphology and syntax‚ on the one hand‚ and paradigmatic and syntagmatic phenomena‚ on the other. Recent discussion of this problem has also immediate connection with the treatment of the notion of "sentence". Much attention has accordingly been given to this set of problems in the appropriate places. Some corrections have also been made in various parts of the book. Its main purpose remains unchanged. It is meant to encourage the students to
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place‚ or thing. • The girl went to school. • The nouns in the sentence are girl‚ and school. Preposition • A preposition links nouns‚ pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. • The man standing on the mountain. • The preposition in this sentence would be on. Verbs • a word used to describe an action‚ state‚ or occurrence. • She heard the dog bark. • The verb in the sentence would be heard. Adverbs • a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective‚ verb‚ or other adverb or
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Frasier claims that the longer a sentence‚ the more grammatical rules needed to be applied. With each word added to a simple phrase‚ the structure of the sentence becomes more complicated and more time is spent in trying to understand the meaning of it. The smaller the sentence‚ the easier to comprehend it since the numbers of grammatical rules are limited. The garden path is a metaphor intended to compare the maze in a garden path with how difficult a sentence can be to understand if many word
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reasonable sentence lengths -use active-voice verbs and phrasal verbs ( active-voice verbs show who or what performs an action/ phrasal verbs are simple and informal‚ continuing verbs =>work out instead of devise) -use personal pronouns -use unambiguous language -place the subject as close as possible to the verb Word choice step 1: use familiar words -Avoid words that finish in –ize or –ization. -use words derived from French only times to times -Avoid foreign words or phrases -use only
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Language‚Figures of Speech | Detail | Imagery | Point of View | Narrator‚ Perspective | Organization | Narrative Structure: chronological order‚ cause and effect‚ order of importance‚ flash-forward‚ flashback‚ problem-solution | Syntax | Sentence Structure | Please Note: Diction‚ detail‚ point of view‚ organization and syntax are all devices that the author uses to make the tone of the story evident to the reader. Your commentary should consistently link your evidence to the tone of the
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