BEHAVIORIST THEORY ON LANGUAGE LEARNING AND ACQUISITION Introduction There are some basic theories advanced to describe how language is acquired‚ learnt and taught. The behaviorist theory‚ Mentalist theory (Innatism)‚ Rationalist theory (otherwise called Cognitive theory)‚ and Interactionism are some of these theories. Of these‚ behaviorist theory and mentalist theory are mainly applicable to the acquisition of languages while the rest can account
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Alliteration 1. Is derived from Latin’s “Latira”. It means “letters of alphabet”. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words‚ having the same first consonant sound‚ occur close together in a series. 2. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. Around the rock the ragged rascal ran. But a better butter makes a batter better. A big bully beats a baby boy. Park Place. Mary marveled at the magnificent monument. Anadiplosis The term anadiplosis
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FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON GROUP DECISION MAKING WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON GROUP DECISION-MAKING Functional Perspective on Group Decision-making is a theory developed by Randy Hirokawa and Dennis Gouran. Miller(2011) stated that both of them have an interest in small group communication‚ so they worked it put and produced this theory. They seek to understand how communication processes contribute to decision making and problem solving in groups. They come to a question‚ “Why do some
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Stuttering has been prevalent in mankind for as long as since spoken communication has been around. The topic of stuttering can be considered confusing‚ terrifying‚ controversial‚ and extremely misunderstood. Stuttering has for long been regarded as a psychological or anxiety related disorder. Many professionals‚ such as speech-language pathologists (SLP)‚ doctors‚ and psychologists are often reluctant to work with or treat individuals who stutter. Research has both shown and contradicted evidence
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1981). However‚ the child’s early phonetic inventory (table 1) suggests that the child has a basic contrastive system and indicates that their phonological system has commenced‚ which will see an increase in new words and the emergence of two-word utterances (Grunwell‚ 1981). m | n | p b | t d | w | | Table 1: A phonetic inventory of a child 1.6-2.0 years (Grunwell‚ 1981). Grunwell (1981) presents a ‘chronology of phonological processes’ (p175) which reflects a child’s phonological
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subconscious process very similar to the process children undergo when they acquire their first language. It requires meaningful interaction in the target language - natural communication - in which speakers are concentrated not in the form of their utterances‚ but in the communicative act. The ’learned system’ or ’learning’ is the product of formal instruction and it comprises a conscious process which results in conscious knowledge ’about’ the language‚ for example knowledge of grammar rules. According
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LEXICOLOGY. Interpreters’ Department Lecture I. Lexical units: their properties and specific features 1. Lexicology; a myth or reality. The object and the subject matter of lexicology. 2. Lexical units: their properties and specific features. 3. The description of the lexicon in generative grammar. 4. The function of lexical units. Nomination (verbalization) processes: causes‚ ways‚ types and results. 5. Motivated versus non-motivated lexical units. 6. The word – why? Why is the
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Communicative Competence as the Aim of Foreign Language Learning Contents 1. Introduction......................................................................................................................2 2. Communicative competence............................................................................................2 3. How to develop communicative competence..................................................................5 4. Conclusion..........................................
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linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investi-gation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontol-ogical features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. The two obiectives of stylistics are clearly discernible as two separate fields of
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Pragmatics is the study of meaning recognition expressed either in oral or in written forms‚ which deals with the use of social context and the ways people produce and comprehend meanings through language (Mey‚ 2011). Language as a tool to express or convey meaning is widely used in communication. Conversely‚ communication‚ as it uses language‚ functions for many different purposes and one of which is persuasion. Persuasion is an act of convincing
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