Collocations What is collocation? The definition of a collocation is not a matter of serious controversy. The British Linguist Firth is often quoted as one of the first who dealt with collocations. According to Palmer (1976:94)‚ he argued that "You shall know a word by the company it keeps‚" and he gave the example of the company of the English word "ass‚" which occurred in a limited set of contexts and in the company of a limited set of adjectives silly‚ obstinate‚ stupid‚ and awful. In an
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The extract taken from the novel “A parliamentary affair» is under discourse analysis. It belongs to the genre of fiction prose. The story is told by the third-person narrator from Karen’s point of view. The point of view in the story is elaborated on the cognitive level mostly. With the help of it we may witness her critical thinking. The technique of free-indirect thought is also elaborated in the text and it gives an insight into her inner thoughts. God knows where‚ probably with Roger‚ How odd
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Adjective Lesson Plan: Teaching with PPP It is important that advanced students’ vocabulary continuously progresses. This teaching plan explains how to teach new adjectives. Date: 14 July 2013 Class Level: Level 7 – Advanced Students Length of Lesson: 1 hour 5 minutes Lesson Type & Subject: Vocabulary: adjectives. Materials Needed: Pictures of weather‚ realia (abnormally large fruit/object‚ flower) and worksheet. Lesson Objective: Students
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Focus on the Learners A. The Intermediate level students have different backgrounds‚ learning experiences‚ and learning styles‚ but they find some common ground in the learning styles preferred‚ the parts of speech to be corrected‚ and the skills to be developed. The class is composed of 11 students who fall within the age range of 17 to 43 years. The group diversity also extends to their nationalities: five Thais‚ two Sri Lankans‚ two Pakistanis‚ one Japanese‚ and one Korean. The students with
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Personal Pronouns 1st‚ 2nd‚ 3rd singular Vocabulary and key phrases I I you you he he she she I speak English. I speak English. You speak Spanish. You speak Spanish. He speaks French. He speaks French. She speaks German. She speaks German. Do you speak English? Do you speak English? Does he speak French? Does he speak French? www.busuu.com - All rights reserved 1/4 Personal Pronouns 1st‚ 2nd‚ 3rd singular Does she speak German
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are sentences that have several parts‚ each with a verb‚ and these parts are joined by ‘joining words’ (连词). For example‚ here are two simple sentences: “I know a man. He has five children.” If you join these two sentences by using the relative pronoun (联系代名词) ‘who’‚ it now becomes a complex sentence: “I know a man who has five children.” (By the way‚ ‘who’ is not pronounced with extra word stress here. You only stress this word when it means ‘ 谁?’‚ which is not the case here.) [pic] It is
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do personal‚ possessive‚ reflexive pronouns and reciprocals acquire reference? (Johni and Peterj are top students) Johni thinks that hei‚j is intelligent. Johni thinks him*i‚j intelligent. The studentsk believed each otherk to be the best. This is not only a semantic issue‚ but also a syntactic issue … solved by Binding theory. Binding theory describes the binary relation between the binder (an antecedent) and the bindee ( a personal‚ possessive‚ reflexive pronoun or reciprocal). Binding theory is
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Lesson 4 Let’s play the game! Relative pronouns The following paragraph is the story plot of the famous game “The legend of Zelda.” Fill in the blanks‚ using which or who. (imagen del video juego o algo parecido) A long‚ long time ago‚ the world was in chaos. In the middle of all that chaos‚ there was a little kingdom _______ was very peaceful in the land of Hyrule. This kingdom possessed the "Triforce"‚ ______ was a golden triangle _______ had mystical powers. One day‚ a malevolent army attacked
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REFLEXIVES Reflexive verbs are quite common in French but less so in English. You can recognise them in English‚ when you say ‘myself‚ yourself…’ after the verb or ‘get‚ gets’ before a verb: I wash myself I get washed he gets showered we get ready they ask themselves she blames herself In French they use the equivalent of ‘myself’ but it goes directly before the verb: je me lave (I myself wash) Here’s the full list for se laver (to get washed/to wash oneself): -------------------------------------------------
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RELATIVE CLAUSES These describe the preceding noun in such a way to distinguish it from other nouns of the same class. A clause of this kind is essential to clear understanding of the noun. The boy who was playing is my brother. Defining Relative Pronouns SUBJECT OBJECT POSSESSIVE For people Who Whom/Who Whose That That For things Which Which Whose That That Of which Defining Relative Clauses: people A. Subject: who or that Who is normally used: The man who robbed you has been arrested. The girls
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