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• TIL English Grammar index
A compilation by
U Kyaw Tun
(M.S., I.P.S.T., USA)
and staff of TIL (Tun Institute of Learning,
http://www.tuninst.net ).
• Essays by Nguyen Thi Van Lam, Vinh University (Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam), Vietnam, writing for TIL .
¤ Lexical ambiguity in the English language 070712 -
Lam-Lexical-ambiguity.htm
Lexical ambiguity is thought to be one of the linguistic phenomena that may give
rise to misunderstanding or failure in communication. Aware of this fact, the
author makes efforts to study words, the phenomenon of lexical ambiguity in the
English language with a view to clarifying this phenomenon; its different
sources including homonymy, polysemy, obscure reference, intension and extension; and
some ways of disambiguating. The study is expected to bring in good results to
learners or communicators of English in their communication.
¤ Word-meaning in the English language July 2004 -
MaLam05.htm
Semantically, English words
are interesting, but complicated, to study. This article discusses
word-meaning in English including grammatical and lexical meaning of the word
(lexeme). Categorial meaning of a lexeme is part of its grammatical meaning
while its lexical meaning is made up of denotation and sense as descriptive
meaning, connotation as non-descriptive meaning. The author also deals with
polysemy of English words in the article.
¤ English Words,
Word-classes and Word-formation June 2004 -
MaLam03.htm
The importance of English
vocabulary in communication and language teaching and learning has stimulated
the author in the study on English words. In this article, the author discusses
different definitions of words first and then the two classes of words: closed-
and open-classes. The syntactic functions of English words belonging to the
open-classes are also dealt with. In addition, the study is concerned with
morphemes, types of morphemes and the formation of words.
¤ Structure of English Noun phrases May 2004 -
MaLam04.htm
Noun phrases play an important role in the construction of a sentence. Without knowledge
of noun phrases in English, learners could not produce comprehensible sentences. This article,
therefore, aims to discuss the structure of noun phrases, both basic and complex. Basic
noun phrases can be pronouns, numerals or head nouns with different determiners
while complex ones include pre-modification, head noun and post-modification.
¤ Grammatical and semantic
features of the word denoting happiness 'happy' May 2004 -
MaLam01.htm
Happiness is a popular daily topic and may be expressed in different ways
of which no less important than others is utilizing linguistics items. In
English, there are a lot of words and idioms denoting happiness which draw the
author's attention. In this article, she discusses the most widely used
English word denoting happiness - 'happy' in terms of grammar first and
semantics later. Its grammatical features include syntactic functions and
morphological features, and the semantics includes lexical meaning, synonyms,
antonyms, collocations and idioms of which ‘happy’ is a component. Some
suggestions in teaching and learning the word are finally provided in the
article.
¤ Grammatical and semantic features of some adjectives
denoting happiness – the feeling of pleasure May 2004 -
MaLam02.htm
The topic of happiness draws a lot of attention from
different types of people. The question is how to express our happiness. In
fact, there are so many ways, one of which is employing words and idioms
denoting happiness. In English, apart from 'happy', many words and idioms can
be used. In this article, the author discusses five adjectives denoting
happiness – the feeling of pleasure: ‘cheerful’, ‘gay’, ‘glad’, ‘merry’ and
‘pleased’ in terms of grammar and semantics. Their grammatical features
include syntactic functions and morphological features, and the semantics
includes lexical meaning, synonyms, antonyms, collocations and idioms of which
these words are a component. The author finally provides some suggestions in
the teaching and learning of as well as in the translation concerned with the
words.
Nguyen Thi Van Lam is an English teacher (Giao vien Anh van), at Foreign Languages Department (Khoa Ngoai Ngu), Vinh University (Truong Dai Hoc Vinh), 182 Le Duan Road (Duong Le Duan), Vinh City (Thanh pho Vinh ), Nghe An Province (Tinh Nghe An), Vietnam
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