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Wangru, Cao – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Vocabulary is an indispensable part of language and it is of vital importance for second language learners. Wilkins (1972) points out: "without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed." Vocabulary teaching has experienced several stages characterized by grammatical-translation method, audio-lingual…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Semantics, English, Chinese
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Moxey, Linda M. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
This paper reports three experiments that test the Presupposition-Denial account of complement set reference. According to the theory, complement set focus arises when focus is on the difference between the amount conveyed by a natural language quantifier and a large presupposed amount. We call this difference the shortfall. In this paper, what is…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Patterns, Language Research, Effect Size