Words about Words

Words about Words II

Words about Words II

... German or Austrian form is Wien.” —National Public Radio’s Morning Edition 156 CHAPTER 38 Words about Words II cmp04.qxd 7/21/05 12:27 PM Page 156 The counterpart of exonym is endonym, the name ... some languages, such as German, we often get carried away). In this chapter we feature word words, or meta -words, all of which end with the combining form -onym (name or word). exonym (EK-s...
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Words about Words

Words about Words

... birth is observed as Dictionary Day. In his honor, this chapter explores words about words. 107 CHAPTER 26 Words about Words cmp03.qxd 7/21/05 12:16 PM Page 107 hapax legomenon (HAY-paks li-GOM-uh-non), ... cmp03.qxd 7/21/05 12:16 PM Page 110 Y ou won’t find words like facilitate in many poems. While such Latin words give a touch of formality to diction, words from Old English...
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Words about Books and Writing

Words about Books and Writing

... clef about the author’s com- plicated and boisterous friendship during the 1970s with Ray- mond Carver, when both men were in the San Francisco Bay area.” —Washington Post 28 CHAPTER 7 Words about ... delightful story about Isaac Bashe- vis Singer’s explanation of the word chutzpah. The veracity I cannot vouch for, but it doesn’t detract from the story: Singer was telling an audience...
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Slide and slurp, scratch and burp  more about verbs (words are categorical)

Slide and slurp, scratch and burp more about verbs (words are categorical)

... anywhere. 13 S o a r t o t h e c i r c u s a n d f l o a t t o t h e f a i r . Each sen t ence has a subjec t — i t ’s kind of like t he s t ar. It’s whatthe whole thing’s all about: 15 D a v e ’ s d i s h , M o m ’ s l o o k , T o d d ’ s c a r . Subjects always need a verb— 16 i t ’ s w h a t m a k e s f i s h e s s w i m and
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all about particles a handbook of japanese function words

all about particles a handbook of japanese function words

... KA 2. Indicates an inquiry about someone's feelings or intentions or a suggestion about something: ((howabou t.)) 映画を見に行きませんか。 Eiga 0 mi ni ikimasen ka. How about going to see a movie? ... essentially the sarne as those in 11-4 , above, except 白紙 the second clause isn't stated outright. (Words in brackets show only one of various imaginable contexts.) a...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Predicting Part-of-Speech Information about Unknown Words using Statistical Methods" pptx

Báo cáo khoa học: "Predicting Part-of-Speech Information about Unknown Words using Statistical Methods" pptx

... Predicting Part-of-Speech Information about Unknown Words using Statistical Methods Scott M. Thede Purdue University West Lafayette, IN ... tagger to handle out-of-lexicon words. 1 Introduction Part-of-speech tagging involves selecting the most likely sequence of syntactic categories for the words in a sentence. These syntactic ... "learn" the probabilities for wor...
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Lost for words acre 1

Lost for words acre 1

... Academic Reading Passage 1 - Lost for Words( Source: Cambridge IELTS 4, Cambridge University Press 2005)In the Native American Navajo nation, ... planet's linguistic diversity shrunk at such a pace. 'At the moment, we are heading for about three of four languages dominating the world;' says Mark Pagel, an evolutionary biologist ... speakers, and at least 3,000 have fewer tha...
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Idea into Words 2

Idea into Words 2

... a topic with a story idea. That’s justwhat I did once with a long piece about memory. Whatabout memory? Well, everything about memory. Elise helpedme save it, almost; I wound up saying that an ... just starting out—worked with Elise at themagazine. Most of what I know today about writing, espe-cially writing about science, medicine, and other difficultsubjects, I learned then. Others d...
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1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers Vocabulary

1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers Vocabulary

... Word48an96down1the49each97side2of50she98been3to51which99now4and52do100find5a53their101any6 in 54 time 102 new7is55if103work8it56will104part9you57way105take10that5 8about1 06get11he59many107place12was60then108made13 for 61 them 109 live14on62write110where15are63would111after16with64like112back17as65so113little18I66these114only19his67her115round20 ... man21be69make117year22at70thing118came23one...
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