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Al-Rawi, Maather Mohammad; Al-Shurafa, Nuha Suleiman Daoud – English Language Teaching, 2016
The main aim of this paper is to examine the syntactic status of a selected text-corpus focus, with a special focus on the verb within its Verb-Phrase. The major claim is that the power of the verb in its VP is loaded syntactically through which the speaker's desire of the doublespeak within X-Phemism is achieved. In order to fulfill this claim, a…
Descriptors: Syntax, Verbs, Phrase Structure, Language Usage
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Yoke, Soo Kum; Hasan, Nor Haniza – English Language Teaching, 2014
The teaching of English grammar to second language learners is usually a tedious, stressful and time consuming activity and even after all the effort, students have generally found these lessons boring and confusing. As such, innovative language instructors have been trying different approaches to the teaching of grammar in their classrooms. Using…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)