a study of implicit arguments

... Chamchamal Diwaniya Fao Habbaniyah Haditha H-1 Khanaqin Karbalaa Kirkuk AL-Hai Mousl Najaf Nassriyah Nukhaib Rabiah Rutbah Salahaddin Semawa Shaibah Sinjar Sulaimaniyah Zakho AL-Salman Amarah Ana AL-Hillah ... Energy & Environment Foundation. All rights reserved. A study of kinematic vertical motions in the troposphere in Iraq Hassan H.Salman, Sama K. AL-Dabbagh, Hadil J. AL-Shouhani Department of Atmospheric ... weather was clear. The maximum value of the vertical velocity at 00 am was 7.77µPas/sec at 400 HPa. While at 12 pm the maximum value was 8.96 µPas/sec at 550 HPa. International Journal of Energy and

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... U.S. airlines for a five-year period, 2002-2006. Data for the study period relied exclusively on secondary data compiled by the Securities and Exchange EDGAR database and publicly available annual ... Spearman’s rho (p) nonparametric statistic was chosen because three major assumptions of the Pearson’s parametric correlation (r) were violated. The results indicated that there is a statistically ... compensation (salary plus bonus) and the independent variables, return on assets, return on equity and the debt-to-asset ratio, this study applied nonparametric statistics to a sample of publicly traded

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2013, 11:44

... OF ABBREVIATIONS AI : Avian InFluenza Ads : Advertisements BF : Bird Flu HA : Hemagglutinin NIBF : News Items on Bird Flu NA : Neuraminidase WHO : The World Health Organization iv LIST OF TABLES ... vii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. RATIONALE In our world today, the word “health” evokes a major concern for people. Nowadays, people are more and more aware of the impacts of having a healthy ... virus. China has banned live poultry trading in Shanghai and Nanjing. On Monday, the WHO said it was in discussions with China about sending a team of international experts to help investigate the

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 12:41

... features of EMVs 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are the semantic and syntactic features of English CHAPTER matching verbs? What are their Vietnamese translational equivalents? What are the implications ... [13], verbs are classified into seven major semantic translating domains, although many verbs have more than one meaning 1.5 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY Marcella Frank in “Modern English a practice ... Connotation can be Semantic features play a very important part in differentiating defined as a set of association that a word’s use can evoke These the match between word and meaning We need a very large

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:18

... MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG -----    ----- DƯ THỊ TRANG ANH A STUDY OF UNDERSTATEMENTS IN EDITORIALS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE NEWSPAPERS Field: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ... editorials are more and more popular because of the fact that people pay a lot of attention to criticizing one problem from many aspects. That is the reason why many newspapers, for example, ... understanding of implied meanings of this stylistic device. 1.2. Aims and Objectives 1.2.1. Aims of the Study This study aims to investigate the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of understatements

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:19

... Vietnam students. Not many people are aware of the existence of collocation. Instead, they give more importance to grammar and the grammar- translation approach has played a key role in the teaching ... GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL COLLOCATIONS TYPES WERE FOUND IN THE LANGUAGE OF SPORTS In this study, we collected data from corpus in the language of sports to analyze about grammatical and lexical collocations ... is associated with particular patterns of sports behavior of different individuals and groups. We have found that learning to analyze and interpret the collocation of words in the language of

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:19

... linguists, especially by Cao Xuan Hao and Hoang Van Van Cao Xuan Hao [31] offerred an overview of functional approaches and solved the issues of applying Functional Grammar to analysis of Vietnamese Lock ... similarities and The semantic structure of vocabulary of a language can be differences in semantic features and relations of the models verbal verb studied in a precise and systematic way by means ... guest at a formal social occasion, or give information 4.2 SYNTACTIC FEATURES OF SAYING VERBS about transport in a station or airport via a public address system, for 4.2.1 Syntactic Features of

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:19

... Newmark [20]. a. Word-For-Word Translation b. Literal Translation c. Faithful Translation d. Idiomatic Translation e. Free translation f. Semantic translation g. Communicative Translation h. Adaptation ... 2. What are the most appropriate English translational equivalents of EDVs in Kiều’s Story? 3. What are the implications of the study for teaching and learning English as a foreign language in ... learning and teaching English as a foreign language in Vietnam in general and in translating from Vietnamese into English and vice versa as well. 1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.2.1. Aims The aim of

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21

... follows: Table 4.2: Some sub-patterns of Warm and + 16 No Warm in Collocation (Pattern: Warm and +) Warm and A A and Warm A Warm + A English Meaning Vietnamese Meaning 1 warm and pleasant/ cheerful ... Grammartical Structures of the Adjective Warm No Terms Grammartical Structures of the Adjective Warm Warm-hearted 1 CA Warm-blooded Adverb +Warm Warm and + 2 AP As +Warm+ as + Noun Keep +Warm ... The semantic structure of vocabulary of a language can be studied in a precise and systematic way by means of componential analysis of which the theory of semantic field greatly leans. Semantic

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21

... nh, Assoc Prof Dr A STUDY OF SYNTACTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF INDIRECT INTERROGATIVE DIRECTIVES IN ENGLISH AND IN VIETNAMESE Examiner 2: Tr n Quang H i, Ph.D Subject area: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ... English and Vietnamese? pragmatics, use of language, in English and in Vietnamese 1.4 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY [68, p.60] With the aim to making a study on the syntactic and pragmatic In ... Conversational Principles 2.5.3 Negative and positive face Typically there are three participants in any episode of Negative face is threatened when an individual does not avoid language use: the language,

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21

... 6 an analysis of Reagan’s political epideictic rhetoric as a form of propaganda for the conservative ideology, Wenzlawski [2005] had a research on using words at war and pragmatic rhetoric of ... entitled: ? ?A Study 4 of Some Linguistic Features of Barack Obama’s English Speeches”. 1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.2.1. Aims This study aims at analyzing the stylistic features of Barack Obama’s English ... it also creates negative impacts on many places in the world. However, at a higher level of association, a war of choice here can also be interpreted as a debate with many contrasting ideas about

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21

... threaten their negative face, whereas acts that appear as disapproving of their wants threaten their positive face. They further state that, under normal circumstances, all individuals are motivated ... 13 strategies appear in both American and Vietnamese data. • Both American and Vietnamese informants use mitigating strategies at the highest rate. • The most favorable strategies used at the ... may master English in terms of its grammar and vocabulary but have problems in communication, in other words, they may be unable to produce a language that is socially and culturally appropriate.

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21

... syntactic and pragmatic features of PAs in English and Vietnamese? 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY The study tries to clarify the similarities and differences of syntactic and pragmatic features of ... QUESTIONS 1. What are the syntactic features of the PAs in English and Vietnamese? 2. What are the pragmatic features of PAs in English and Vietnamese? 3. What are the similarities and differences ... THE STUDY The research is aimed at paying attention to the analysis of the way of using PAs in English and Vietnamese. These linguistic features will be examined and categorized syntactically and

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:22

... In many cases, non- native speakers and native speakers fail to understand each other that cause unpleasant, offensive problems although they have good wills. There are variety of ways that the ... especially Vietnamese may often use pre-sequence as a polite strategy as well as a safe strategy. We can take this example as a proof: A: Are you busy right now? (pre-sequences) B: No, why? A: I’m ... ENGLISH LANGUAGE (A SUMMARY) Supervisor: TRAN QUANG HAI, Ph.D. DANANG – 2010 - 2 - The study has been completed at College of Foreign Languages, University of Danang Supervisor: TRAN QUANG HAI, Ph.D.

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:22

... Translation by cultural substitution - Translation by using a loan word or loan word plus explanation - Translation by paraphrase using a related word - Translation by paraphrase using unrelated ... MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG LƯƠNG VĂN NHÂN A STUDY OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATIONAL VERSIONS OF TRINH CONG SON’S SONGS IN TERMS OF SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC FEATURES Subject Area ... that. He refers to the following methods of translation: - Word-for-word translation - Literal translation - Faithful translation - Semantic translation - Adaptation - Free translation - Idiomatic

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:23

... that add more information about manner, time, place, circumstances and so on to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb Basing on the data analysis, we found that adverbs of 4.1.2.1 Cardinal ... that they are compliment, invitation, promise, or request” not out -of- date - According to Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and 3.3 DATA ANALYSIS Applied Linguistics, “speech act is an ... Warning Warning is an essential part in all instructional labels and it often occurs in special warning and storage parts about some bad and unsafe signs or unexpected situations for the readers/

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:23

... Quang Ban [31] stated that verbs are lexical words, which have process meaning (including active meaning, dynamic state) and stative state, understood as direct characteristics of things and nature. ... English and in Vietnamese. Hopefully, the practical information of the paper may raise the language users’ awareness of the specific features of this group of verbs and how to translate them ... METHODOLOGY Qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis and description are used as main research methods throughout the study. A contrastive analysis will be conducted to discover the similarities and

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:23

... advertisement normally contains at least a sentence or a phrase acting as a slogan to attract readers. A real estate advertisement is maybe long or short, but in the limitation of my study, I only ... indispensable and justifiable. 1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.2.1. Aims of the Study Advertising language is various. It varies from this field to another field. Semantics, pragmatics and syntax are basic ... methods to analyze an advertisement as well as a language. In order to attract people’s attention, an advertisement has to be correct in syntax and be simple in meaning. However, Vietnamese advertising

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:23

... attribution and its characteristics in syntax, semantics and pragmatics are still inaccessible to many of us 2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.2.1 Overview of Appraisal Theory The Appraisal framework is an extension ... extension of the linguistic theories of Halliday and his colleagues The Appraisal framework, an approach to exploring, describing and explaining the way language is used to evaluate, to adopt stances, ... meaning at the level of discourse semantics The framework of appraisal theory accommodates analysis of stance as positioning in relation to values and voices in the text The model of Appraisal includes

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:24

... pragmatic features in NCs in English and Vietnamese. Because the syntactic features of the negotiation are very complicated and varied and the limitation of time and the ability of the researcher ... syntactic and pragmatic features of NCs in English and Vietnamese? 1.5. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY With the aim to make a study on the syntactic and functional features of NCs in English and Vietnamese, ... the teaching and learning of speech acts in general and NCs in English and Vietnamese in particular as foreign languages. 1.6. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY The study is organized into five chapters:

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