what people KNOW when they know a language we know what people know by what they DO sometimes what people DO does not indicate what they KNOW **much of a language is IMPLICIT‚ we are not conscious of what we know communication transferring thoughts from one mind to another indirect means (can’t directly transfer mind-to-mind) speaker: information source‚ transmitter‚ signal listener: receiver & destination knowledge of a language formulate thought find correct words put correct
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offensive to good taste‚ esp. as being excessive; overdone or gross 2.disgusting; sickening; repulsive 3.excessively or insincerely lavish 4.encompassing all aspects; comprehensive 5.abundant or copious Synonym: insincere Antonym: reasonable hankering- (noun) A longing; craving Synonym: urge Antonym: reasonable nonplussed- (verb) to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely Synonym: astonish Antonym: explain punctilious- (adjective) extremely attentive to punctilious; strict or exact in the observance
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bring (a country or people) under control by force: Charles went on a campaign to subdue the Saxons. continuum |kənˈtinyo͞oəm| noun (pl. continua |-yo͞oə| ) [ usu. in sing. ] a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other‚ although the extremes are quite distinct: at the fast end of the fast-slow continuum. spur |spər| noun 1 a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider’s heel and used for urging a horse forward. • a hard
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classes or parts of speech or form classes. The classification is based on meaning‚ form and function. In the English language we have the Open class and Closed class. The Open class is one which new words can be added easily. This class includes nouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives and adverbs. The other is closed class where new words can not be added easily and this includes: determiners‚ enumerators‚ interjection‚ conjunctions and pronouns. The word ‘round’ has deferent meanings depending on the context
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‘tanweenun’: I add a ‘n’ to the ‘harakatun’; ‘hamzatu-l’qaTa`i’: I just write the ‘harakatun’ or a ‘ ‘ ’ when necessary; ‘hamzatu-l’waSli’ (when not pronounced): -x’; (when pronounced): same as ‘hamzatu-l’qaTa’i’. Three Kinds of Words in Arabic: Verb Noun‚ Pronoun‚ Adjective‚ Adverb Letter‚ Particle / / Note: The singular ‘ismun’ has a ‘hamzatu-l’waSli’‚ but not the plural. / Vowels: : / : Moon Letters: Sun Letters: ________________________ _________________________
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Institute of Foreign Languages GRAMMAR OF SPOKEN ENGLISH Term Paper By Maria Esko BBL-2 Supervisor: Ludmilla Podolski Tallinn 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Common Features of Spoken English 4 Grammar Characteristics 7 Clause Combination 7 Position of items 8 Pausing‚ Repeating and Recasting 8 Organising the discourse 9 Ellipsis 9 Response Tokens 10 Vague Expressions 11 Headers and Tails 11 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction In the business
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how odd-it is an elliptical sentence. Free-indirect thought intermingles with the core of the text and makes it more realistic and personified. We might guess that these words could pertain to her mother. Such words as the adjective “practical”‚ the noun “proposition» are not widely used in everyday talks‚ especially by a child. In such a way the author foregrounds the idea‚ that Karen according to her age is still a teenager‚ but according to her rather sophisticated and critical way of thinking deeply
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: a. Prepositions/Prepositional Phrases b. Tenses of Verbs (Simple Past Tense) A. Prepositions/Prepositional Phrase * A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence. Rule : A preposition always introduces a phrase. The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase is the object of the preposition which introduces the phrase. Examples : aboard along behind by about amid below down above among beneath during
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beingfarfromexhaustive.lt should be also borne in mind that the verbs are mostly polysemantic and have other meanings in addition to those indicated. Like other verbs creating a vivid image they often receive a permanent metaphorical meaning. Verbs based on nouns denoting some part of the human body will show a re-gularity of instrumental meaning‚ even though the polyse¬mantic ones among them will render other meanings as well‚ e. g. eye ’to watch carefully’ (with eyes); finger ’to touch with the fingers1;
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Hebron University Faculty of Graduate Studies English Department Cohesion and Coherence in the Essay Writing of Palestinian College Students By Bassem Abusharkh Supervised by Professor Ahmad Atawneh Professor of Applied Linguistics This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics and TESOL‚ College of Graduate Studies & Academic Research‚ Hebron University. 2012 I II Abstract The purpose of
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