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by ben_and_bree
Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:56 pm
Forum: Applied Linguistics
Topic: Please help with advanced grammar...
Replies: 4
Views: 2027

Thankyou very much.

Thanks alot for your help. That is great.

Have I got the right number of clauses? I am pretty sure I have.

Cheers,

Ben
by ben_and_bree
Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:55 am
Forum: Applied Linguistics
Topic: Please help with advanced grammar...
Replies: 4
Views: 2027

Workings to date

Hello again, Here are my workings to date. Q8. Finite Clauses i. 'that he didn't have a name' tensed verb: 'didn't' 'that' clause syntactic function: object subject: ????? ii. 'which was made of sticks' tensed verb: 'made' relative clause syntactic function: object complement subject: ????? iii. 'th...
by ben_and_bree
Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:50 am
Forum: Applied Linguistics
Topic: Please help with advanced grammar...
Replies: 4
Views: 2027

Please help with advanced grammar...

Hi, I am undertaking a university course in TESOL at the moment and have come across these questions in an assignment that I am having difficulty answering. I will post them below. First is the passage, and then the questions relating to that passage. This is the story of a magpie. Before I start th...
by ben_and_bree
Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:45 pm
Forum: Applied Linguistics
Topic: Please help with phontactics
Replies: 8
Views: 3796

Thanks

Hey guys, Thanks for getting back to me promptly. I understand the principles of phonotactics. Contrasting distribution means that if you pronounce even one sound in a word incorrectly you change the meaning. Complimentary means that you can change your pronounciation of a particular sound within a ...
by ben_and_bree
Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:35 am
Forum: Applied Linguistics
Topic: Please help with phontactics
Replies: 8
Views: 3796

Correction

Hi,

Oops, I'm so frustrated I can't even copy the names from the pages correctly... The questions are to do with contrasting and complimentary distribution. The overall field is phonotactics.

Thanks,

Ben
by ben_and_bree
Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:14 pm
Forum: Applied Linguistics
Topic: Please help with phontactics
Replies: 8
Views: 3796

Please help with phontactics

Hi there, I am currently studying for an M.Ed(TESOL) and am stuck on two questions. They are to do with contrasting and complementary phontactics. I can't work out how to include a scanned image of the questions and my best attempt at answering them in this post, but if you can message me with an em...