Etymological survey of the English word-stock Learning objects: After you have studied the material you should be able: a) To speak on: -The term "native (word-stock)‚ sources of borrowing‚ “origin of borrowing”. -To give characteristic of the words of "native origin" b) Borrowings in English language (causes‚ ways‚ their assimilation‚ etc.) c) To speak on the interrelation between native and borrowed elements in the English language. Literature to be studied: 1. A course
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2. Types of translation. Types of translation classification. Administrative translation The translation of administrative texts. Although administrative has a very broad meaning‚ in terms of translation it refers to common texts used within businesses and organisations that are used in day to day management. It can also be stretched to cover texts with similar functions in government. Commercial translation Commercial translation or business translation covers any sort of document used in
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION Anthropology * derived from the Greek words anthropus meaning “man”‚ “human” and logus‚ meaning study * the study of mankind * the science that treats of the origin‚ development (physical‚ intellectual‚ moral‚ etc.) and especially the cultural development‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ etc‚ of man. * the science of man and his work (Herskovitz) * the scientific study of physical‚ social‚ and cultural development and behavior of human beings since
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Similarities and differences between 1st and 2nd language acquisition Introduction Various theories are put forward to describe first language (L1) acquisition and second language (L2) acquisition. In order to understand the nature of L1 and L2 language acquisition‚ various aspects were examined‚ compared‚ and contrasted. Interlanguages have some common characteristics with L1 acquisition‚ because both share similar developmental sequences. Some of the characteristics of L2 acquisition show
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PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY Reader for First Year English Linguistics Claire-A. Forel & Genoveva Puskás University of Geneva (chapters 1 and 2 based on Vikner 1986) Updated by Cornelia Hamann and Carmen Schmitz University of Oldenburg March 2005 2 PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 3 1. Introduction..................................................................................................... 3 2. Phonetics ..............................................................................................
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Significant language development and academic growth of the English Learner Kathy Gallivan ELL 497‚ Capstone Class Prof. Louise Framan November 5‚ 2012 The ultimate goal of teaching content and language to English language learners involves many theories of pedagogy and language acquisition. One language development theory is discussed within an introduction of Stephen Krashen at a language seminar‚ Mr. Shoebottom summarized his theory of language acquisition as having “no fundamental
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Sarah Nadiah Rashidi (2011). An analysis of the plural inflections of English language among Malay students. Marine Frontier‚ Vol 2 (2)‚ 67-7. 1.0 Introduction The study was conducted to analyse the plural inflections of English language among Malay students. Generally‚ the duration of exposure towards English language in classroom setting would be approximately 11 years among Malaysian students. Although English language has been given much respect and attention‚ there are still learners being
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semantics [Gr.‚=significant] in general‚ the study of the relationship between words and meanings. The empirical study of word meanings and sentence meanings in existing languages is a branch of linguistics; the abstract study of meaning in relation to language or symbolic logic systems is a branch of philosophy. Both are called semantics. The field of semantics has three basic concerns: the relations of words to the objects denoted by them‚ the relations of words to the interpreters of them‚ and
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Infantile Amnesia- Lack of memory for experiences that occurred before 3 yrs. Language: systemic‚ meaningful arrangement of symbolic and provides the basis for communication Phoneme- to the basic sounds of language; produce words and sentences Morpheme- smallest language unit that communicates meaning Semantics- the rules that govern the meaning of words and sentences Linguistic comprehension- the understanding of speech Linguistic production- use of language to communicate Babbling- speech-like
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Error Analysis Khalid Shamkhi 1.Definition Crystal (2003:165)defines error analysis(henceforth EA) as ‘a technique for identifying‚ classifying and systematically interpreting the unacceptable forms produced by someone learning a foreign language ‚using any of the principles and procedures provided by linguistics.’ EA was established in the 1960s by Stephen Pit Corder and colleagues as an alternative to contrastive analysis. It showed
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