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A study on polysemy of antonymous words in English Some related problems facing learners of English and suggested solutions

A study on polysemy of antonymous words in English Some related problems facing learners of English and suggested solutions

Ngày tải lên : 21/03/2014, 09:17
... in the following examples. In the first example: The improvement in his health is being maintained. (English- English-Vietnamese Dictionary- nxb Van Hoa Thong Tin) The sense of maintain ... verbs in this part. In the study, we analyse the cases of maintain, melt and take. 2.1. Antonyms of maintain Maintain is a polysemantic word, because, it has related senses and one of sense ... are pairs of antonyms. They indicate the words of the same part of speech, which have contrasting or opposite meanings. Besides, there is another simple defininion of antonym claiming that:...
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Borrowed words  a history of loanwords in English

Borrowed words a history of loanwords in English

Ngày tải lên : 20/07/2014, 17:19
... same Latin verb. 323 14.7 Words ending in -or probably borrowed from a Latin word ending in -or. 324 14.8 Words ending in -ory and -ary borrowed directly from Latin. 325 14.9 The proportion of words ... also take into consideration all of the words formed within English from borrowed words. The inherited portion of the vocabulary of English that 28 introducing the data PART IV SCANDINAVIAN INFLUENCE Introduction ... of Latin and French origin in English word formation 327 14.5 Test cases: selected word families in English 332 14.6 Continued semantic borrowin g shown by earlier loanwords 335 14.7 Increasing...
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1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers Vocabulary

1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers Vocabulary

Ngày tải lên : 05/10/2012, 08:20
... tall 1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers 501 - 725 - Vocabulary for ESL EFL TEFL TOEFL TESL English Learners t Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word 751 gentle 797 thick 842 print 752 woman 798 soldier 843 dead 753 captain 799 process 844 spot 754 practice 800 operate 845 desert 755 separate 801 guess 846 suit 756 difficult 802 necessary 847 current 757 ... 296 watch 342 piece 388 person Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word 389 money 440 free 491 snow 390 serve 441 minute 492 tire 391 appear 442 strong 493 bring 392 road 443 special 494 yes 393 map 444 mind 495 distant 394 rain 445 behind 496 fill 395 rule 446 clear 497 east 396 govern 447 tail 498 paint 397 pull 448 produce 499 language 398 cold 449 fact 500 among 399 notice 450 street 400 voice 451 inch 401 unit 452 multiply 402 power 453 nothing 403 town 454 course 404 fine 455 stay 405 certain 456 wheel 406 fly 457 full 407 ... yellow 884 shine 794 danger 840 gun 885 property 795 fruit 841 allow 886 column 1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers 726 - 1000 - Vocabulary for ESL EFL TEFL TOEFL TESL English Learners ...
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An Overview into the Semantic of Questions in English and Vietnamese

An Overview into the Semantic of Questions in English and Vietnamese

Ngày tải lên : 22/01/2013, 09:28
... question words like vì sao, tại sao, lý do gì, vì lý do gì – Why are employed. Noticeably, in English and Vietnamese, there are a variety of equivalent question words or groups of words for forming ... for seeking information. However, there are some sentences in the form of questions but they don’t require an answer. We often use those sentences for greeting purposes. In terms of speaking purposes, ... above, most interrogative pronouns functions as subjects or objects. Interrogative words carry most meaning of the whole question and this is a distinctive feature of this kind of questions...
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