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Chapter 12: Interrogatives An interrogative is a sentence of inquiry which seeks a reply. In the French language, there are four ways to form interrogatives: One way is by using “Est-ce que” (pronounces as /es khe/), which literally translates to “is it that”. You can place it at the start of an affirmative sentence so that you can turn that sentence into a question. Another way to use “est-ce que” is for you to put a question word before it (remember “key question words” from Chapter 6?). To…

concerned with the universal properties of natural language sound systems (Akmajian, Demers and Harnish, 1979). Morphology The word syntax is adopted from the Greek elements syn, which means together, and tax, which means arranging. Syntax is a level of grammar that refers to the arrangement of words and morphemes in the planning of arrangements such as phrases, clauses, and…

Unit 5 Lesson 1 • Concrete versus Abstract Nouns When you think of nouns, you probably think of people, places or objects. While these are all nouns, they are not the only type. Concrete nouns Concrete nouns are perceivable by the senses and name something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch. These include people, animals, places and objects. People: doctor, mother, friend, firefighter. Animals: dog, snake, ape, panda bear. Places: Central Park, peninsula, mount, Mexico Objects:…

unable to find any examples of j at the end of sentences, indicating that contextual neutralization could be occurring at the end of words. As a result, the js at the ends of words could be getting mapped to other consonants in order to satisfy the grammar. One way I could test this hypothesis is by analyzing the adaptation of English lone words that end in y or similar j sounds into Arabic. If the j sound is replaced in the Arabic adaptation, then I would know that contextual neutralization is…

Language is unique. It can be seen or heard, it can be diverse or standard. This has been analysed and researched at great length, because of its importance in human communication. Language plays an important role in everybody’s life from the moment they are born. With particular interest in human’s developmental phases of learning. These are from infancy through to adolescence. This importance can be seen through the many theories that have developed around cognitive development and the many…

Living Between Two Worlds Dayton Kwok Introduction As an American born Chinese, I’ve always had to switch between using English and Chinese. This is especially exacerbated since I lived in San Francisco, a city dominated by immigrants hailing from Southern China and Hong Kong. One moment I’m using English to talk to my friends, and the next moment I’m using Cantonese to talk to my family. My native language was English, but I also learned to speak Cantonese around the same time I learned to…

showed the fear and discomfort the Indians had towards their enemies. This excerpt was somewhat the same, but also different to section 2.2. The first reading, 2.2, was quite challenging and irritating. This part of the excerpt was obvious due to the grammar in this section, which was expressed and written different than today's English. Old English and today’s English are very different. This letter was poorly written due to the run-on sentences that rarely had any periods, but did indeed have…

first, take, win, fun, and many more. However, there are a few places where he is confusing vowel patterns, such as in the word shoot, where there are two o’s that make the /oo/ sound, instead of one. There were also a few places where he made some grammar mistakes. My guess is that there would have been less mistakes if I would have done this activity with him about thirty minutes sooner, when his brain wasn’t focused so much on…

MercyCorps is an humanitarian organisation founded in 1979 to help people struggling to get a better life. This text deals with an unfortunately current event such as the situation of Syrian refugees. Being a sensitive issue, and given that this is addressed to any potential person interested in helping, it is important to be careful with the language used, in order to present the ongoing facts and the urgent character of the help needed. Along the text we can find several words describing the…

the homework from last week and were told to mark the corresponding points in our point chart. From there, Carole talked about grammar and what she looks for in a paper. Run on sentences or fragmented sentences are something to avoid. Effect is usually used as a noun and affect is usually used as a verb. I’ll need to take add a grammar section to my notebook for future grammar notes. Then, we were each handed a value sheet and were asked to pick our top ten values. From those ten values we had…