Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Phonology

Definition Phonology is the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of speechsounds with reference to their distribution and patterning. Adjective:phonological. A linguist who specializes in phonology is known as aphonologist. In Fundamental Concepts...

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Characteristics and Features of Language

Characteristics and Features of Language Language is, today, an inseparable part of human society. Human civilization has been possible only through language. It is through language only that humanity has come out of the stone age and has developed science,...

Saturday, 20 June 2015

Narrative

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Narrative We are told about fantasy worlds in stories, poems, and myths. These are often narrative stories with beginning (orientation), middle (compilation) and ending (resolution). The following text is the example...

Monday, 15 June 2015

Punctuation

Punctuation Capital letters Capital letters are very important. They are used to begin sentences. They are also used to begin the proper names of people, places, commercial products, films, books, days, months, festivals and television programs. Here are some examples: people: Roald...

Writing and Speaking

Writing and Speaking Life stories Writing is a special craft and it takes hard work- very few professional writers comment on it being easy. One of the best ways of improving your writing is to look closely at what other writers have written. Famous writers try to learn from...

Sunday, 14 June 2015

Going Crabbing

Going Crabbing One day dad decided it was time to go look for mud-crabs once more. So that night mother set the alarm-clock for three the next morning, as she always did when we were going crabbing.before sunrise next day we girls were ordered to show a leg almost before...

Tweedie and the Matron

Tweedie and the Matron There was a boy in our dormitory during my first term called Tweedie, who one night started snoring soon after he had gone to sleep. ‘Who’s that talking?’ cried the Matron, bursting in. My own bed was close to the door, and I remember looking...