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Grammar learning strategies in Primary School Children
(2022-03-07)
The field of Language Learning Strategies (LLS) is a well-researched topic in
language acquisition. The importance of LLSs is highlighted in Chamot’s (2001)
definition, in which LLSs are defined as the “techniques or ...
Didactic Unit for Students of 1st year of Compulsory Secondary Education: developing oral comprehension and production skills
(2018-12-03)
This project consists in an innovative teaching program comprising eight lesson plans devised for a 1st year of Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE) classroom. Based on an audiolingual and a communicative language teaching ...
Are the times a-changin'? Origin and Evolution of a-Prefix in English
(2018-12-03)
Among the many grammatical phenomena that can be observed in different dialects of the United States, one that has garnered linguistic attention is the so-called a-prefixing, which is a morpheme that appears attached to ...
Amalgam clefts in spoken English
(2018-12-03)
When speakers mark the focus of a sentence they do so because they need to highlight that this constituent conveys the new information of an utterance. That is, they want to bring the interlocutor’s attention to that ...
English as a contact language: Nigerian English as a case study
(2017-11-21)
Throughout the 16th century, the colonial aspirations of the British Empire took the English language to territories where it got in contact with different linguistic realities. These contact situations resulted in new ...
This topic needs researched: special passives in English
(2017-11-24)
This paper is a study of the grammatical construction needs done (formed by need/want/like + past participle) which can currently be attested in a number of English varieties. Despite this relatively widespread distribution, ...
I love me this topic: The Southern English double object construction
On many varieties of English spoken in the United States it is possible to say
something like (1) below:
(1) I sent mei a letter to the President.
(1) exemplifies the so-called Southern Double Object Construction (Southern ...
Positive anymore in American English
Positive anymore in American English (Language of the TFG: English) Abstract: The use of anymore that is more widespread in the English-speaking world is the negative one, that is, an adverb that co-occurs with some negative ...
English as a Contact Language: Singapore English
Singapore English is a perfect variety to analyse in order to stress the importance of linguistic contact in shaping languages.
Expression of authority in academic writing: a comparative study of the usage of first-person pronouns between genders
(2018-12-03)
The expression of authority by means of first-person pronouns in Academic Discourse has long been a controversial issue. Traditionally, impersonality was said to be one of the core characteristics of expert writing; However, ...