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    Structural Grammar

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    PAPER 6 (DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS) STRUCTURAL GRAMMAR Broadly speaking any grammar in which there is an attempt to describe the structure of grammatical sentences is structural grammar. But the term has come to refer more narrowly to the type of grammar brought to its maximum development in the early 1950’s by such men like C. C. Fries and Zelling Harris. Structural grammar in this sense is characterized by the procedure known as substitution‚ by which word class membership is established and by which

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    Traditional Grammar is the speculative work of the medieval and the prescriptive approach of the 18th Century grammarians basically it refers back to the Aristotelian orientations towards the nature of language as it is shown in the work of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Origin: The very beginning of the twentieth century was typically marked by a new approach to grammar as suggested by linguists such as Ferdinand de Saussure and American linguist like Frantz Boas‚ Bloomfield and Edward Sapir

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    Traditional Grammar

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    If you study the form of traditional grammar‚ the rules of classical languages were followed considering that English did not have grammar of its own. English followed Latin grammar. Let’s start off with: Mechanics: Proper Punctuation Traditional grammar is characterized by proper punctuation. The basic rule of punctuation requires that each sentence conclude with a punctuation mark‚ whether a period‚ a question mark or an exclamation point. Beyond ending punctuation marks‚ sentences should use

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    In linguistics‚ traditional grammar is a theory of the structure of language based on ideas Western societies inherited from ancient Greek and Roman sources. The term is mainly used to distinguish these ideas from those of contemporary linguistics. In the English-speaking world at least‚ traditional grammar is still widely taught in elementary schools. |Contents | |1 History | |2 Key concepts | |3 Controversy | |4

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    Grammar

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    The object of grammar. Two types of grammar: normative‚ theoretical. Two parts of grammar: morphology‚ syntax. Grammar is a branch of Linguistics which studies the grammatical structure of language. The grammatical structure covers the rules of changing words and rules of arranging the forms of words into phrases and sentences. Grammar may study the gr. Structure of a language in different aspects. So? We distinguish: - historical grammar which describes the str. of words‚ phrases‚ sentences in

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    teaching grammar HANDOYO PUJI WIDODO The English Program‚ Politeknik Negeri Jember (State Polytechnic of Jember) East Java‚ Indonesia ABSTRACT: Teaching grammar has been regarded as crucial to the ability to use language. For this reason‚ this article introduces a five-step procedure for teaching grammar. I have developed this procedure‚ which incorporates the notions of practice and consciousness-raising‚ explicit and implicit knowledge‚ and deductive and inductive approaches for teaching grammar. This

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    English Grammar BIL 3013 Semester 1 Session 2012/2013 Associate Professor Doctor Abdul Halim Ibrahim Assignment 1 Ways Of Building Vocabulary Name: Tan Seng Cheng Matric Number: D20121058134 Vocabulary is the knowledge of words and morphemes. There are two kinds of words‚ form class words and structure class words. Form class words are words that independently have meaning even if it stands alone or have lexical meaning. For example‚ words like cat‚ dog and house. This class can be

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    words or structure-class words) are words that have little lexical meaning or have ambiguous meaning‚ but instead serve to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence‚ or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker. They signal the structural relationships that words have to one another and are the glue that holds sentences together. Thus‚ they serve as important elements to the structures of sentences. [1] Consider the following two sentences: 1. The winfy prunkilmonger from the glidgement

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    SGRE3073 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE A) Guides: 1. The assignment should be approximately 5-10 pages.  2. Double spacing 3. Times New Roman 4. Font Size 12 5. Referencing: APA 6. Cover page: Plain White Writing Standards: Students are expected to demonstrate writing skills in describing‚ analyzing and evaluating ideas and experiences. Written material must follow specific standards regarding citations of authors’ work within the text and references at the end of the paper. Grades will be assigned

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    Doing What’s Right Can Be So Hard In John Updike’s “A & P” Sammy‚ the main character of the story encounters three young girls who come into his grocery store. They are dressed for a day at the beach‚ not shopping. “The one that caught my eye first was the one in the plaid green two-piece. She was a chunky kid‚ with a good tan and a sweet broad soft-looking can with those two crescents of white just under it‚ where the sun never seems to hit‚ at the top of the backs of her legs.” (Updike) Sammy

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