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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Modern universal grammar is a result of the advancement of evolutionary psychology as portrayed by Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theories. Darwin believed that evolutionary psychology gave the human race it’s “first systematic way of understanding ourselves”. Grammar‚ while varying by language‚ is understood to be a systematic and proper for humans to communicate with each other and its use a result of natural selection given the youtube video‚ “Charles Darwin’s Legacy”. In “Charles Darwin’s
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conversation with the foreigners I meet in the street will enable me to acquire a proper accent. Compared with French‚ English grammar is much easier. However‚ this does not mean that learners meet no difficulties in learning it. It took me a long time to learn how to master the tenses in English grammar‚ to endeavor to do as many grammar exercises as possible and read various grammar books. In writing English‚ English language has its own style. In order to drill writing skills‚ I have tried to read
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generative grammar refers to a particular approach to the study of syntax. A generative grammar of a language attempts to give a set of rules that will correctly predict which combinations of words will form grammatical sentences. In most approaches to generative grammar‚ the rules will also predict the morphology of a sentence.[citation needed] Generative grammar arguably originates in the work of Noam Chomsky‚ beginning in the late 1950s. However‚ Chomsky has said that the first generative grammar in the
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Elbaum‚ Sandra. 2001. Grammar in Context 3rd ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers. Grammar in Context by Sandra N. Elbaum is an interesting approach to teaching grammar. Elbaum encases grammar in a much more useful mantle by using real life examples of U.S. culture and history. Grammar is an important part of language‚ but it is technical‚ abstract‚ and boring. In order for a text to engage a student it must be interesting and relevant to their lives. I think Grammar in Context could be effective
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What are Prepositions? Prepositions are abstract words that have no concrete meaning. They merely show the relationships between groups of words. A good way to test if a word is a preposition is to position it in front of phrases like "the box" or "the sides of the box" and see if the phrase makes sense. For prepositions concerning time‚ try positioning the preposition in front of a phrase like "the movie." (This rule works for about nine out of ten prepositions). Here are some examples: across
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actually learns grammar to learn his/ her own mother tongue. It is a natural phenomenon that we start speaking what everybody speaks around us. We gradually develop a better sense of understanding with the passage of time. We don’t study grammar of our own mother tongue to use it for daily speaking‚ but when we need to polish our own mother tongue‚ we have to study its grammar and we usually do that. When we come to learning a new language like English language‚ we need to study its grammar‚ the importance
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Architecture Many people think about what was the main achievement of many generations was. What about the Mayan tribes greatest achievement. There are many things that the Maya had achieved such as architecture‚ calendars‚ mathematics‚ and trade routes. While living in what is now known as modern day Mexico. People have many different opinions on what the Mayans greatest achievement was‚ but I think the greatest achievement is architecture. I think the Mayans greatest achievement was architecture because
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Transformational grammar – is a linguistic theory also known as transformational-generative grammar. It arose in the 1950’s and considers the most important task of descriptive linguistics to be the construction of a transformational grammar. The theory was founded by the American linguist N. Chomsky; other adherents have included R. Lees‚ C. Fillmore‚ E. Klima‚ E. Bach‚ J. Katz‚ J. Fodor‚ M. Bierwisch‚ and R. Rüzicka. In the late 1960’s the concept of deep structure was reexamined owing to a growing
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America has many challenges in the world today coming from several different settings. There is problems that involve other countries like Iran or North Korea or there is problems at home like The biggest challenge faced by Americans and America is domestic. The greatest challenge being faced by America is not illegal aliens or unfair trade practices‚ it is Americans. A great example of Americans being a threat is that most Americans are killed by fellow Americans rather than by foreigners coming
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