A Critical Review of Lexical Collocations: a Contrastive View By Jens Bahns Introduction Lexical Collocations is a paper written by Jens Bahns‚ the subtitle of which is a contrastive view. The paper was published in ELT journal in 1993. It mainly tells us that lexical collocations are an essential part in the field of EFL teaching‚ and showed us a more effective way to teach the students---- by using contrastive analysis of lexical collocations. The paper aimed to reduce the burdens for
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Revolutions English‚ American‚ and French The three most prominent revolutions in recent western history are The English ’Glorious’ Revolution‚ The American Revolution‚ and The French Revolution. The despite these events being separated by nearly a century‚ several thousand miles‚ or both‚ all three of the revolutions share the same causes‚ were brought forth by the same idealism‚ and had similar outcomes in which a document was produced to secure the rights and freedoms for the future
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the English we learnt in school are supposed to be British English. But nowadays‚ more and more Hong Kong people start to use American English in their daily conversions. Some people think that using both British and American English may prove bad influences to English learning. Another group of people claim that it is good to familiar with the usage of both British and American English. Noah Webster Before we investigate on this case‚ we should first know what actually American English is and
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questions about Vietnamese culture: Vietnamese Lunar New Year. Hà Nội: Thế Giới Publishers‚ 2003. 116 pp. Culture is the aspect I’m especially interested in. And I find it amazing to read a cultural book in bilingual. It helps me to improve not only my knowledge‚ but also my new English vocabularies. Recently I have been impressed greatly by “Frequently asked questions about Vietnamese culture: Vietnamese Lunar New Year” - a book written by a cultural scholar Hữu Ngọc and an American writer Lady Borton
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The Vietnamese culture is a truly complex culture. In traditional interpersonal relationships‚ Vietnamese people list their family name first‚ then their middle name‚ and their first name listed last. First names are not passed down and names usually have meaning. Most names are able to be used for either gender. Each family member has a designated kinship term‚ which are used when family members address one another. The Vietnamese culture is more concerned with status‚ obtained with age and educational
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Evidently‚ our author is establishing a contrastive parallel between Maritornes and her young mistress: if the latter stands out for her beauty‚ the former excels in her unloveliness. The analogy continues shortly hereafter: we are first informed that Maritornes has agreed to an amorous rendezvous with a muledriver for that night (pp. 425-26)‚ and then we learn that Don Quijote —who is sharing accommodations with the muleteer in the loft— has become infatuated with the daughter and lies awake in
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between Vietnamese Teenagers and American Teenagers The three differences between Vietnamese teenagers and American teenagers are freedom‚ living style‚ and education. The first difference between Vietnamese teenagers and American teenagers are freedom. For Vietnamese teenagers‚ their freedom is limited. Most of Vietnamese teenagers do not have permit to hang out with their friends at night‚ or they have to come home before 9 pm. They are not allowed to have boyfriend or girlfriend. Vietnamese teenagers
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How is Vietnamese culture any different from American culture? Some people wonder how Vietnamese and Americans are different besides their race. Well‚ Vietnamese culture is different by their ways of showing affection/greeting‚ celebrating different holidays‚ clothing‚ food‚ and housing. Ways that Vietnamese and American are different are their ways of showing affection and greeting. When showing endearment in America‚ it is acceptable to touch your lady in public‚ as in holding hands or kissing
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countries have their own mythology. The Vietnamese are no different. When people think of Vietnamese‚ they usually think of the war. Believe it or not‚ they do have a history that goes way back. Around 333 BC‚ when the Chinese invaded the area south of the Yang-tse-kiang river‚ the Lac Viet clan migrated to the South and settled in the area where the Melanesians were living and built up their nation‚ which has become Vietnam (Introduction to Vietnam). The Vietnamese were believed to belong to a group
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Word classes and phrases There are eight word classes‚ or parts of speech‚ that are distinguished in English: nouns‚ determiners‚ pronouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives‚ adverbs‚ prepositions‚ and conjunctions. (Determiners‚ traditionally classified along with adjectives‚ have not always been regarded as a separate part of speech.) Interjections are another word class‚ but these are not described here as they do not form part of the clause and sentence structure of the language.[1] Nouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives
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