简介:AsanewwaytolearnEnglish,lexicalchunkisverysignificant.ThisthesisdiscussesproblemsthatChineseEnglishlearnersmetinlearninglexicalchunks,includingovergeneralization,incorrectanalogies,Chineseexpressionusedintranslationandimproperlearningstrategies.Thisthesisintroducessomenewwaystolearnlexicalchunksinordertostrengthenstudents’senseoflexicalchunk.
简介:ThispaperdiscribesadatarepresentationforWordNet2.1basedonWebOntologyLanguage(OWL).ThemaincomponentsofWordNetdatabasearetransformedasclassesinOWL,andtherelationsbetweensynsetsorlexcialwordsaretransformedasOWLproperties.OurconversionisbasedonthedatafileofWordNetinsteadofthePrologdatabase.ThisworkcanbeusedtoenrichtheworkinprogressofstandardconversionofWordNettotheRDF/OWLrepresentationatW3C.
简介:Thisarticleinvestigateslexicalgenderinspecializedcommunication.Thekeymethodofanalysisisthatofformsofaddress,professionaltitles,and’genericman’inaonemillionwordcorpusofbusinessletters.Thispaperfoundamixedresults:ontheonehand,the’male-as-norm’principlecontributestoreinforcingtypicalgenderstereotypes:forexample,foreachwomanreferredtointhecorpus,therearemorethan3occurrencesforman.Ontheotherhand,advocatesofnon-sexistEnglishhavealsoinfluencedwrittenBusinessEnglish:forexample,MsismorefrequentthanMrs.orMiss,whichsustainstheclaimthatequatesMswithprofessionalsettings.ThisarticleendsbydiscussingthewaysinwhichtheresearchfindingsofthisstudycouldpositivelyimpactupontheteachingofBusinessEnglish.
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简介:UnlikeIndo-Europeanlanguages,Mandarinreliesheavilyonlexicaltonestodistinguishwordidentity.Usingtheintermodalpreferentiallookingparadigm,thisstudyexamined3-year-oldMandarinspeakers'abilitytouseMandarinlexicaltonesinlearningnewwords.ResultsshowedthatwhenchildrenwerepresentedwithTone2(rising)andTone4(falling)pairs,childrensuccessfullylearnedbothwords.However,whenchildrenwerepresentedwithTone2andTone3(dipping)pairs,theylearnedtheTone2wordbutnottheTone3one.ChildrenwerethendividedintotwogroupsbasedontheirlearningperformanceontheTone3word.SuccessfullearningofTone3wordswasobservedinthehighperformersbutnotinthelowperformers,whoconsistentlymisusedTone3asTone2.ThisstudyshowedthatMandarinspeaking3-year-oldscoulduselexicaltonestolearnwordsunderexperimentalconditions,andthatthedifficultyofTone3acquisitionmayberelatedtoitslowerlevelofperceptualdistinctivenesscomparedwithothertones.
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简介:我们这个编写团队,可以说,每个成员都与英语结下了不解之缘。早年主修英语,毕业之后,又一直从事英语教学。但与其说是教,不如说是学。边教边学,主要是再学习,只是学得越来越主动,越来越心虚而已。