... reverse the position ofthe tag to the beginning ofthe question (Thiêm, 2004). The tags can be put at the beginning or function as a new sentence to indicate the speaker’s emphasis. In addition, ... thông?On the other hand, in English, a rising intonation is important when using tag questions. In fact, rising intonation is the only feature that makes this type of questions distinct from ... for seeking information. However, there are some sentences inthe form of questions but they don’t require an answer. We often use those sentences for greeting purposes. In terms of speaking purposes,...
... part ofspeech on the basis of the part -of- speech implications ofthe affixes and the length ofthe remaining kernel. An accuracy of 95 per cent is achieved from the point of view of inclusive ... obtain the part -of- speech assignment. There are some complications involved in some of these steps, particularly in separating a word into kernel and affix parts and in assigning partsof speech ... part -of- speech string and the affixes. Thus, in some cases determining the affixes and counting vowel strings lead to an abso- lute identification ofthe part ofspeechof a word, but in other...
... swim” Vs “Out ofthe frying pan and in to the fire” - Very often the meaning of proverbs cannot be decoded from decomposing each of their constituents. This implies that the meaning may be obscure ... and “ there’s a” in “ When there’s a will, there’s a way”). Those two kinds of recurrence are characteristic of nursery rhymes ofthe alliterative and rhyming babble of infants and ofthe repetitive ... Providing the description ofEnglish and Vietnamese idioms and proverbs to realize the differences and similarities between them. - Comparing and contrasting the meaning and usage of some certain...
... stages of a HS, including the opening, the development and the closing (making laugh). Inthe opening, the readers find everything run smoothly and develop normally. Inthe body, they expect the ... books, the samples shall be sorted out in terms ofthe figure of speech as linguistics devices and types ofthe theory of humour. 5. Organization ofthe study There are three main partsinthe ... Overview of HS In this study, the object is the EHS and VHS, in which EHS is the main target of investigation. For some authors, the HS tells the behaviors ofthe character (including the speech...
... collocating with ECONOMIC inthe corpus Table 20: Composite nominal containing ECONOMIC (with modification within the head) Table 21: Composite nominal containing ECONOMIC (with coordination inthe ... distinguished from meaning. The meaning of a word is seen as part ofthe language system whereas sense is the realization of this meaning in speech. According to John Lyons (1995:80), the sense ... at the heart ofthe American political system.) In tradition, according to Nguyen Hoa (2004:113), the following cases of metonymy are often presented. The name of container is used instead of...
... teaching of listening skills - The teaching of speaking skills - The teaching of reading skills - The teaching of writing skills - The teaching of grammar - The teaching of vocabulary - The ... general comprehension. Listening activities give practice in understanding new language in its spoken form, in listening for specific information, in understanding the gist ofthe dialogue. Skill ... role in foreign language teaching. They are not simply the everyday tools ofthe language teachers; they are a representation ofthe aims and methods ofthe particular teaching/learning context....
... involving the movement ofthe tide out to sea. The idiom in (1b) refers to the sailing knowledge ofthe English culture. The word doldrums was used by sailors to refer to the region of sultry ... our experience of carrying heavy loads or observing other people or animals carrying a burden, and of sinking ships or objects. In addition, the mappings of HEAVY and SINKING have an overall ... connotation: they imply an unpleasant experience (emotional inthe case of SADNESS; physiological inthe cases of HEAVINESS and SINKING); and they deprive the experiencers of certain capacities:...
... wake at 6 a.m., but nap for two hours or so inthe early afternoon. Thus the influence on one's sleep pattern is worthy of consideration when choosing an occupation. ...
... and 5 independently showed the pro-tein expression of Cx43 and Cx40 inthe iliac arteries of different groups. Figure 1. Hematoxylin/eosin staining ofthe iliac arteries inthe normal ... and arranged in chaos. Partsof smooth muscle cells arranged in length with the tendency of growing to the intima. The wall of arteries was basically homogeneous in thickness inthe Losartan ... The internal wall of vessels was slick inthe normal group, while lumens were smaller inthe high fat diet group than inthe normal group. Vessel wall is in the condition of rugosity and the...
... distressed financial institutions, in part a reflection ofthe large number of financial institutions in these countries at the start ofthe crisis.Regarding the unconditional probability of closure, ... Asia financial crisis a good event to investigate the role of these connections in causing and resolving financial institutions’ distress. Furthermore, the general causes of the East Asian financial ... identified asone ofthe following: i) the financial institution was closed; ii) the financial institutionwas merged with another financial institution;10 iii) the financial institution wasrecapitalized...
... situa-tion or an embarrassing misunderstanding, the opposite ofthe words listed.38.blasé. Blasé means apathetic due to over indul-gence in something, the opposite ofthe wordslisted.39.vendetta. ... inthe group.32.naïve. Naïve means simple and innocent, the opposite ofthe meaning ofthe words inthe group.33.bourgeois. Bourgeois means characteristics of the middle class and materialistic, ... under-stood the paragraph, explain the context clues thathelped you with the meaning ofthe vocabulary word.Refer to the answer section at the end of this chapter foran explanation ofthe clues.At the...
... expects80. With the ______ of weather, the journey was wonderful. A. except B. exception C. excepting D. excepts81. The food in this restaurant was rather ______. A. disappoint B. disappointing C. ... ________ in medicine is the development of laser in treating cancer.A. achievements B. achievement C. achiever D. achieved12. You have to be aware ofthe damage humans are doing to quicken the ________ ... pollution C. polluting D. pollutant 3. I am very _______ inthe news.A. interested B. interesting C. interest D. interests4. We avoid_______ our environment.A. polluted B. polluting C. pollute...
... large-scale industry has transferred the woman from house to the labourmarket and the factory, and makes her, often enough, the breadwinner of the family, the last remnants of male domination inthe ... within the familyAn important theme inthe sociology of gender is the problem of bargaining power between men and women within households. Parti-cularly in an era in which gender roles are being ... arguedthat male domination within the family was rooted in male control of private property. The pivot of this linkage was the desire by men toinsure that their property was inherited by their children....