a study on richer syntactic dependencies

... teachers and students pay much more attention to the vocabulary and grammar of a language than to the making use of grammatical knowledge in order to have effective communication A typical example ... of Danang DANANG – 2010 CHAPTER communication It is true that grammatical competence is a part of INTRODUCTION communicative competence for one cannot learn and speak well a foreign language ... Examiner 1: A STUDY ON THE SYNTACTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE LYRICS ADOPTING THE FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR APPROACH - Examiner 2: CLAUSE AS A MESSAGE Field: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE The thesis was defended

Ngày tải lên: 14/05/2016, 18:38

... general and teaching them for students at Nguyen Du secondary school in particular Numerous examples have been analyzed cautiously by applying qualitative approach and some other ones so as to achieve ... Firth (148-162), London: Longman Halliday M .A. K (2004), An introduction to Functional Grammar, Hodder Arnold 10.Hurford, J R and Heasley B (1983) Semantics: A Course Book London, Cambridge University ... alone and separately but go with each other and depend on each other Words are combined into phrases There are free phrases and fixed phrases The latter often confuse learners because there are

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2018, 22:31

... sign, a grammatical unit that is an arbitrary union of a sound and a meaning and that cannot be further analysed”. From this definition, we can state that elements that have a semantic or grammatical ... investigates the semantic features of the word “heart” and the interpretation into Vietnamese and so on. However, the comparison and contrast on syntactic and semantic features of EWGH and VWGT have ... in syntactic and semantic features of EWGH and VWGT. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data are the supporting methods to help to analyze the data exactly, effectively and reliably.

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:16

... Francis group, London and New York Halliday, M .A. K (1985), Introduction to Functional Grammar, London: Edward Arnold 10 Harris, R & Seldon, A (1962), Advertising and the Public, London: Longman ... two languages However, within the limitation of time as well as reference materials, a full investigation cannot be done such as about pragmatic features, phonological features, lexical cohesion, ... Stott, R and Chapman, P (eds) (2001), Grammar and Writing, Harlow: Longman 21 Thorne, S (2008), Mastering Advanced English Language, Palgrave Macmillan, second edition 22 Ton Nu My Nhat (2005), A Discourse

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2016, 21:32

... syntactic and semantic features of English weather proverbs and idioms and their Vietnamese equivalents Along with the investigation is the qualitative and quantitative analysis of English and Vietnamese ... Hoar-frost and gypsies never stay nine days in a place 82 I hear the asses bray, we shall have some rain today 83 If a cat washes her face over her ear, the weather is sure to be fine and clear ... a fair afternoon 58 125 January and February, fill or empty the granary 126 January blossoms fill no man’s cellar 127 January wet, no wine you get 128 June damp and warm does the farmer no harm

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2018, 22:33

... his ear/ Metaphor The football player is a giant Ronaldo is quick as a cat Beckam runs kike the wind His mind is as sharp as a samurai’s sword MU’s fighting sounded like a car alarm Task II What ... Translation London: Prentica Hall 12 Newmark, P (1995) A Textbook of Translation Library of Congress Catalogingin-Publication Data 13 Paul, N (1995) Content: A re-visioning Production in the electronic ... particular and syntactic and semantic features in general - 55 - CHAPTER CONCLUSION 5.1 Recapitulation This study focuses on syntactic and semantic features of English sports newspaper headlines

Ngày tải lên: 13/01/2019, 23:54

... Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, Longman, London and New York 55 19 Richards, Jack & Platt, John et, al (1987), Longman Dictionary of Applied linguistics, Longman Group UK Limited 20 Rosalind ... Fernando, C., 1998, Idioms and Idiomaticity Oxford: Oxford University Halliday, M A K, 1985, An Introduction to Functional Grammar London: Edward Arnold 10 Heacock, P (2003), Cambridge Dictionary ... work ii ABSTRACT Idioms play an important role in all natural languages including English and Vietnamese They enrich the language They help speakers and writers to emphasise their ideas and make

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2019, 22:47

... (1987) Longman Dictionaryof Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics Pearson Education Limited, Britain Richard A Spears (2002) NTC‟s Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases The McGraw-Hill Companies, ... Douglas et al (2002) Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English Pearson Education Limited, England Crystal, David (2008) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics Blackwell Publisher, UK Dixon, ... line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud,

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2019, 23:22

... (1987) Longman Dictionaryof Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics Pearson Education Limited, Britain Richard A Spears (2002) NTC‟s Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases The McGraw-Hill Companies, ... Douglas et al (2002) Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English Pearson Education Limited, England Crystal, David (2008) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics Blackwell Publisher, UK Dixon, ... line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud,

Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2019, 20:46

... his ear/ Metaphor The football player is a giant Ronaldo is quick as a cat Beckam runs kike the wind His mind is as sharp as a samurai’s sword MU’s fighting sounded like a car alarm Task II What ... Translation London: Prentica Hall 12 Newmark, P (1995) A Textbook of Translation Library of Congress Catalogingin-Publication Data 13 Paul, N (1995) Content: A re-visioning Production in the electronic ... particular and syntactic and semantic features in general - 55 - CHAPTER CONCLUSION 5.1 Recapitulation This study focuses on syntactic and semantic features of English sports newspaper headlines

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2020, 09:21

... Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, Longman, London and New York 55 19 Richards, Jack & Platt, John et, al (1987), Longman Dictionary of Applied linguistics, Longman Group UK Limited 20 Rosalind ... Fernando, C., 1998, Idioms and Idiomaticity Oxford: Oxford University Halliday, M A K, 1985, An Introduction to Functional Grammar London: Edward Arnold 10 Heacock, P (2003), Cambridge Dictionary ... work ii ABSTRACT Idioms play an important role in all natural languages including English and Vietnamese They enrich the language They help speakers and writers to emphasise their ideas and make

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2020, 14:22

... physical appearance adjectives There are syntactic functions and syntactic classification of English physical appearance are found out In terms of semantic features, there are semantic functions/classification ... on the background of the syntactic and semantic features of English adjectives, the author makes a contrast analysis then makes clear the syntactic and semantic features of English and Vietnamese ... to a patch of stubble on the face of a man who hasn’t shaved for at least a day: râu lởm chởm e.g: This man looks untidy He always has a five o’clock shadow 24 Four-eyes: A person who wears glasses:

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2020, 14:47

... whereas They came late because the traffic was bad RESULT S u c h that, s o that PURPOSE So that CONDITIONAL If, unless MANNER As, as if, as though There are so many cars on the road that ... four smaller parts: recapitulation, concluding remarks, limitations of the study and suggestions for further studies 5.1 Recapitulation The focus of this study was on syntactic and semantic features ... second conjunction Lastly, there is a difference between two languages in conditional clauses English conditional clauses may denote three types of conditions: open condition, 70 unreal condition

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2020, 14:48

... last night A few ARRIVE verbs are basically transitive, as in: They won’t reach/ approach the lake tonight We can‟t say: *They won’t reach to/ approach to the lake tonight Because reach to/ approach ... Press Dixon, R.M.W (1970) Syntactic orientation as a semantic property, in Mathematical Linguistics and Automatic Translation, Report NSF – 24 Harvard University Computation Laboratory Dixon,R.M.W ... teaching and learning this verb group because the ARRIVE motion verb group consists of many verbs and occationally make people confused when its syntactic and semantic features are under consideration

Ngày tải lên: 08/02/2021, 21:25

... billions. Every newspaper or magazine has its own features with many articles and column for daily events. In addition, news story always plays an important role and has a remarkable position ... important sentence in the paragraph. It controls and limits the ideas that can be discussed in a paragraph. In grammar, that topic sentence has two parts: the topic and the controlling idea. - ... stalling data By Alex Berenson Published: April 2, 2008 The lead outside investigator on a crucial trial of two widely used heart drugs said in an economic-mail message last July that Merk and...

Ngày tải lên: 02/09/2012, 11:12

... of administration, scoring and interpretation of scores. A test constructor has to take into considerations how long the test will take, what special arrangements have to be made, whether any ... Testing and Assessment. An article on the web of BBC/ Bristish Coucil. 4. Alderson, C., Clapham, C. & Wall, D. (1995). Language Test Construction and Evaluation. Great Britain: Cambridge ... the test appears reasonable or too easy or too difficult. In addition, among various types of validity, content and face validity are considered to be most important for teachers to consider...

Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2012, 16:40

... translation 25 3.1.2 Translation by a calque or loan translation 26 3.1.3 Translation by loan transcription 27 3.1.4 Translation by paraphrase using unrelated word 28 3.1.5 Translation by paraphrase using a related ... technical translation, and translation of Neologisms will be presented one after another. 1.1.1. What is translation? Translation, a phenomenon traditionally considered as an “art”, has been approached ... like constructing a calque, or loan translation; loan transcription or borrowing directly with or without an explanation. a. A calque translation A calque or loan translation is the way that a new...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:12

... encourage the process of change in language teaching. 1 • The Functional-Notional Approach In the 1970s teachers of the Functional-Notional Approach stopped teaching grammar and started teaching ... meetings. Approximately half the teachers surveyed have access to a cassette player at school, one quarter to a DVD/CD player and one-fifth to a computer. Access to materials for preparing visual aids ... Mistakes are not “bad”. • They are natural and unavoidable part of learning a language. • They are useful. They show the teacher what their students have and have not learnt. 32 30-34 years ...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:41

... important in language teaching. In fact, nearly all of the teachers at DL1USS are very young and energetic as well as they have a good background of vocabulary and grammatical structures. They are ... Positions of speaking in language teaching programs, Difficulties in and constraints on learning to speak a foreign language, and Factors affecting students’ participation in speaking activities. Chapter ... has great influence on English teaching and learning, especially on teacher’s management. *Teacher’s preparation Most of the teachers I observed had prepared their speaking lessons comparatively...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:44

... study The study was carried out on the basis of qualitative research method including questionnaires and class observation. 2 PART A: INTRODUCTION I. Rationale In many second or foreign language teaching ... the task in hand. There are many advantages of using visual aids in a reading lesson that the teacher can use. First of all, using visual aids can focus attention on meaning and help to make ... The data analysis from the questionnaires and class observations help the author have an overview of teaching and learning reading at MSA. With more details about students’ and teachers’ attitudes...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:50