... a history ofthe "liberal movement in English literature"; nor ofthe "renaissance of wonder"; nor ofthe "emancipation ofthe ego." Why not have called the book, then, "A History ofthe Mediaeval ... muster ofthe tenantry ofthe great northern Catholic houses of Percy and Neville; the high mass celebrated by the insurgents in Durham Cathedral; the march ofthe Nortons to Brancepeth; the eleven ... destroy them the other rows of elders and doctors ofthe Church, forming part ofthe array of heaven the uplifted hand of Christ denouncing the wicked at the day of judgment the daring satires...
... interest of each class on the part ofthe teacher Vietnamese classes ofEnglish are often very big In regular classes, students are often ofthe same age, female students are the majority; whereas, ... the majority of Vinh university teachers, about 70%, prefer their students to some remedial work within their groups or with other groups before they make their correction They believe that their ... discussion or exchanging of ideas between groups so that they all can see the right way of writing their final draft Due to the differences between the two systems of grammar in English and Vietnamese,...
... includes the reasons for the study, the aims, the research questions, the scope, the methods and the design ofthe study Secondly, the development consists of three chapters Chapter one is the literature ... starting-point for the description of tonality The clause is the most obvious unit of grammar to handle a typical piece of information: the subject represents the theme- what the message is about, the predicate ... part ofthe message The function ofthe tonic is to form the focus of information: to express what the speaker decides to make the main point or burden ofthe message” Halliday (1970:40)) When the...
... Literature Review 1.2 Theories ofEnglish intonation 1.2.1 Definitions of intonation 1.2.2 Systems ofEnglish intonation 1.2.3 Structure ofEnglish intonation 1.2.4 Basic tune shapes ofEnglish intonation ... Table of content iv List of tables vii PART A - INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale for the study 1.2 Aims ofthe study 1.3 Scope ofthe study 1.4 Methods ofthe study 1.4.1 Research ... 1.2.4.1 The falling tune 10 1.2.4.2 The first rising tune 11 1.2.4.3 The second rising tune 12 1.2.4.4 The falling-rising tune 13 1.2.5 Functions ofEnglish intonation 14 1.2.5.1 The organization of...
... 492 The law merchant, 493 § The Jews, pp 493–501 General idea ofthe Jew’s position, 493 The exchequer ofthe Jews, 495 Relation ofthe Jew to the king, 497 large, 498 Relation ofthe Jew to the ... Enforcement ofThe borough’s income, 698 Tolls, 698 The gild merchant, 699 The formation of a gild, 699 The gild and the government ofthe borough, 700 and the burgesses, 702 Objects ofthe gild, 701 The ... goes on, ofthe general outlines of that part ofEnglish legal history which lies on the other side ofthe accession of Edward I In the Second Book we have tried to set forth at some length the doctrines...
... al.(2006) study the profitability behavior ofthe south eastern European banking industry over the period 1998–02 The empirical results suggest that the enhancement ofbank profitability in those ... banks as they become “too large.” The marginal statistical significance ofthe regression coefficient, on the other hand, adds further evidence to the hypothesis that, thanks to some degree of ... to risk and the performance ofthe domestic economy Public policy to encourage the presence of foreign banks may, therefore, not yield any advantage in terms ofbank profitability There is clear...
... considering the fact that banks through the SHG -Bank Linkage programme and the NBFC-MFIs together cover over 90% ofthe microfinance sector and the fact that the Reserve Bank regulates both the banks ... irrespective ofthe amount ofthe loan However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount ofthe repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment capacity ofthe borrower ... is due There has, therefore, to be a linkage between the amount ofthe loan and the tenure ofthe loan It is, therefore, suggested that for loans not exceeding Rs 15,000, the tenure ofthe loan...
... filtering and sentence tokenizer The “Enhanced Cues” Corpus Main body text of articles The construction ofthe present corpus (referred to as the “Enhanced Cues” Corpus) was similar to previous ... frequencies of each category in the Enhanced Cues corpus, and Table provides examples for each from thecorpus WW was by far the most common label to appear, which is perhaps an artifact ofthe use of ... some indication ofthe reliability and consistency ofthe Enhanced Cues Corpus, three additional expert annotators were recruited to label a subset ofthe candidate instances These additional...
... target noun vs the number ofthe head nouns of conjuncts (e.g dogs and mud = PLURAL,SINGULAR ) N of N constructions:2D the number ofthe target noun (N ) vs the type ofthe N in an N of N construction ... chose this because of its good coverage of different usages of English, and thus of different countabilities The only component ofthe original annotation we make use of is the sentence tokenisation ... agreement:2D the number ofthe target noun in subject position vs number agreement on the governing verb (e.g the dog barks = SINGULAR,SINGULAR ) Coordinate noun number:2D the number ofthe target...
... compared the use of “make” in the International Corpusof Learner English (The ICLE) and a small part ofthe International CorpusofEnglish (ICE) 35 (student writing and exam scripts) to examine the ... construction ofthe Singapore 42 component ofthe ICNALE under the guidance of my supervisor In the remaining part of this section, some basic information ofthe ICNALE and the construction ofthe Singapore ... Although thecorpus size ofthe ICNALE is not as large as some ofthe other learner corpora like the ICLE (Granger et al., 2009), the number of participants 43 involved is still large enough On the...
... two parts: the topic and the controlling idea - The topic sentence is the subject ofthe paragraph Eg: The color yellow is the color of mental activity The topic: the color yellow - The controlling ... newspaper Neither the advent of television nor that of internet could affect the importance ofthe newspaper The reason for it is the width, breadth and the depth of news provided by the newspaper, ... from the beginning ofthe sentence 2.1.4 Sub- title in English news story There is a separated part from the body part ofthe news story discourse, the sub- title It is recognized easily by the...
... for the future development ofEnglish in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of those who speak it as a second language English often plays a special role in their lives and the fate ofEnglish in the ... What have been the heroic failures ofthe past in predicting the number ofEnglish speakers? p 18 q Is the Internet the electronic ‘flagship’ of global English? q Will the growth of global satellite ... valuable English in the 21st century The position ofEnglish in the world today is thus the joint outcome of Britain’s colonial expansion and the more recent activity ofthe US Any substantial...
... for the future development ofEnglish in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of those who speak it as a second language English often plays a special role in their lives and the fate ofEnglish in the ... What have been the heroic failures ofthe past in predicting the number ofEnglish speakers? p 18 q Is the Internet the electronic ‘flagship’ of global English? q Will the growth of global satellite ... valuable English in the 21st century The position ofEnglish in the world today is thus the joint outcome of Britain’s colonial expansion and the more recent activity ofthe US Any substantial...
... understanding of using group work in the speaking lesson at VUC 1.2 Aims ofthe study The purpose of this study is to explore the reality ofthe use of group work in the speaking lesson of 1st- year English ... For the former, 83.3% ofthe teacher often grouped students ofthe same sex while only 20% ofthe students chose it and for the latter, group students of different sexes was the choice of 80% of ... Concerning the factors that caused the difficulties, 85% ofthe students supposed that they were because of their low English proficiency The subject added that when they were at high school, they...
... appropriateness ofthe material to the aims ofthe course, the author has based upon the analysis ofthe syllabus objectives and that ofthe material 3.1.1 Syllabus objectives analysis The course “Basic English ... to the students’ age, knowledge of English, interest and so on - Aims ofthe materials: the evaluator has to check if the materials match the aims and objectives ofthe course - Content ofthe ... Significance ofthe thesis The findings ofthe thesis will be useful not only to the researcher, and the course book designers but also to the teaching staff and the second year non- English major...
... by English informants to their business partner about work in the office at the first encounter From the table, theEnglish informants use PPSs, NPSs and MPSs in the way they ask/ talk with their ... influence in the communication at the first encounter 25 Situation a To business partner of higher status in the office b To their business partner of equal status in the office C To their business ... for the authors aim to get results to design the DCT, also the other part ofthe survey questionnaire The MCQ consists of 20 suggested topics The informants are asked to put a tick (v) in the...
... into the situations, in terms of both theory and practice, the study will improve current situation ofEnglish culture learning of Tourism students at HCC 1.3 Scope ofthe study The focus ofthe ... separate the two without losing the significance of either language or culture Language, then, is the trace ofthe development process of civilization The language is contained in the culture and the ... records all the activities as they are the most reliable data, or to check the reliability ofthe data collected from other sources- the survey questionnaire The author ofthe study observed the C.QDL...
... north ofthe equator From the middle of August till the middle of October (including September), rainy; the sun being then come back to the equator From the middle of October till the middle of ... sometimes of i long, as in either and neither, pronounced with either the sound of e long or i long, the latter being theEnglish usage; ie has the sound of i long, as in lie, and of e long, ... sounds The most important variations are as follows: C and G have each a soft sound and a hard sound The soft sound of c is the same as s, and the hard sound the same as k The soft sound of g is the...