References: Patrick‚ Peter L - 2004 – Chapter “Jamaican Creole morphology and syntax” from “A handbook of varietes of English‚ Vol.2 morphology and syntax.” Dufreny Chantal and Turral Jessica – 2006 – “Patois.” Power Point presentation for the University of the West Indies Department of Language‚ Linguistics and Philosophy. http://www.ethnologue.com/country/JM
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Chapter I Historical Background of English vocabulary Linguistic Notions: 1. Cognate 2. Etymology 3. Jargon 4. The core vocabulary 5. The learned vocabulary 6. Dialect 7. Inflection 6. Linguistic knowledge 3 Language classification (a) Isolating Each idea expressed in a separate word or morpheme; words tend to be monosyllabic e.g‚ Chinese; (b) Agglutinative Words made of multiple syllables;
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SEMÁNTICA Y PRAGMÁTICA I UNIT 1 What is semantics? Some linguistics link the notion of semantic to meaning‚ others to meaning in language‚ or meaning in communication through language‚ when others link it with other branches‚ like grammatical or literal meaning. What is meaning? The fact we need to have in mind is where to locate meaning‚ or parts of meaning. History of Semantics: Semantics had a central place in linguistic study from the very beginning. American structuralism banned Semantics
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Introduction. The theme of my course-paper is ‘Word-formation. Conversion’. At the first part of the work I’ve wrote some lines about the term ‘word’ as the smallest independent unit of speech. Next‚ there is the definition of the field of word-formation. At the following part you can find some information about the affix word-formation of nouns‚ verbs and adjectives. The next part named ‘conversion’. Where the terms ‘conversion’ and ‘zero-derivation’ are examined which are the synonyms
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Grammar for Teachers Andrea DeCapua Grammar for Teachers A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native Speakers Author Andrea DeCapua‚ Ed.D. College of New Rochelle New Rochelle‚ NY 10805 adecapua@cnr.edu ISBN: 978-0-387-76331-6 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-76332-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937636 c 2008 Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the
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A) 1. What parts of speech are found in this text? Nouns‚ pronouns‚ verbs‚ and prepositions are found in this speech. 2. Identify all the inflectional affixes. What is their function? What kind of affixes are they? In this text‚ I find that gender‚ number‚ and case are marked. Gender is marked as masculine‚ feminine and neuter. For example‚ ‘medi-o-que’ means and in the middle where middle is a masculine word. Number is marked as singular and plural. Latin has case distinction‚ in which
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|1. Lexicology as a branch of |3. Etymological survey of the |4. Types of word meaning. Word |5. Change of meaning in English. |№ 6 Polysemy in English. |№ 7 Homonymy in English. Polysemy vs| |linguistics. Lexical units. |English lexicon. |meaning and motivation. |Word-meaning is liable to change in |1. The semantic structure of the |homonymy | |Lexicology (from Gr lexis ‘word’ and|The term “etymology”
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C H A P T E R I The ways in which new words are formed‚ and the factors which govern their acceptance into the language‚ are generally taken very much for granted by the average speaker. To understand a word‚ it is not necessary to know how it is constructed‚ whether it is simple or complex‚ that is‚ whether or not it can be broken down into two or more constituents. We are able to use a word which is new to us when we find out what object or notion it denotes. Some words‚ of course‚ are more
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------------------------------------------------- Indirect and direct borrowings Since the living Greek and English languages were not in direct contact until modern times‚ borrowings were necessarily indirect‚ coming either through Latin (through texts or various vernaculars)‚ or from Ancient Greek texts‚ not the living language. Some Greek words were borrowed into Latin and its descendants‚ the Romance languages. English often received these words from French. Their phonetic and orthographic form
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Learning Disabilities and Children Learning disabilities are types of learning problems that can cause individuals to have difficulties in using their skills. The skills that are affected are speaking‚ writing‚ listening‚ and reading. Learning disabilities depend on an individual because a person who has disabilities is not necessary that he has the same learning disabilities with others. People who have learning disabilities such as dyslexia‚ dysgraphia‚ and dyscalculia‚ may show challenges
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