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Direct linkWhite, Benjamin J. – Modern Language Journal, 2012
Phrasal verbs present numerous challenges to second language learners of English, who often view verb + particle combinations as random (Side, 1990). This article proposes a pedagogical approach that focuses on particles as a means of spotlighting systematicity within this traditionally problematic area of English vocabulary. Informed by cognitive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Creativity, Vocabulary, Verbs
Download full textWolfram, Walt – 1992
A construction occurring in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is examined: NPi "call" NPi V"-ing", as in "the woman call herself working." First, a number of reasons that such a form might be overlooked or dismissed as an AAVE dialect form are outlined. Then the sociolinguistic method is applied to the…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialects, Grammar, Language Patterns
