... mnemonics of
the feature-based grammar to the nonterminal labels of
the treebank grammar. For example, our grammar main-
tains a fairly large number of semantic classes of singular
nouns, and it ... fea-
Development and Evaluation
of a Broad-Coverage Probabilistic Grammar of
English- Language Computer Manuals
Ezra Black John Lafferty Salim Roukos
<black I j laff ] roukos>*watson, ... of application domain.
ã Development ofa manually-bracketed corpus (tree-
bank)
of the domain.
ã Creation ofa grammar with a large coverage ofa
blind test set of treebanked text.
Statistical...
... NATIVE LANGUAGE CODES
AFR Afrikaans
AKA Akan
ALB Albanian
AMA Amharic
ARA Arabic
ARM Armenian
ASM Assamese
AZE Azerbaijani
BAM Bambara
BAK Bashkir
BAQ Basque
BEL Belarusian
BEM Bemba
BEN Bengali
BER ... Kinyarwanda
KOK Konkani
KOR Korean
KUR Kurdish
KRU Kurukh
KUS Kusaiean
LAO Lao
LAV Latvian
LIN Lingala
LIT Lithuanian
LUA Luba-Lulua
LUO Luo
MAC Macedonian
MAD Madurese
MLG Malagasy
MAY Malay
MAL ... Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil,
Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana,...
... your career."
"Yes, I _____ that job when Mr. Johnson offered."
1) shall take
2) shall have taken
3) should take
4) should have taken
Test ofEnglish as a Foreign
Language ... knowledge of the grammatical
structure of English. Each question consists ofa short written conversation, part
of which has been omitted. Four words or phrases, labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4, are
given ... at 7:30."
1) arrive
2) arrive at
3) reach
4) reach at
29.
"Believe or not, I have seven brothers and three sisters. We really have
_____."
1) large family
2) a large family...
... Nga K 1 1A
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Graduation paper
2.2.5 Exclamatory adjective sentence
An adjective as head of an adjective phrase or as its sole realization can
be an exclamation:
How good of you!
An exclamation ... C .A is a form of inter -language study
and a central concern of applied linguistic. As a matter of fact, C .A has had
much to offer not only to practical language but also to translation theory, ... Nga K 1 1A
30
Graduation paper
Declaration
Title: A new approach to semantic and syntactic
functions ofEnglish adjectives A contrastive–
analysis with their Vietnamese equivalents
(Graduation...
... safe to
say that easy, transparent and neutral realisations ofalanguage function are
better for students at lower levels whereas difficulty, lack of transparency
and extremes of formality (and ...
etc.
information
Figure 5 Skills and sub-skills (Reading)
In this chapter we have looked at what native speakers ofa language
actually know about the language. We have said that competent users of
alanguage ... recognise what meaning it has and can change the meaning of what
they say through using it in different ways.
If you ask the average speaker ofalanguage what they know about
grammar they may remember...
... native
or home language, are provided as part ofa Canadian fed-
eral multicultural initiative. The grade level at which Her-
itage language classes begin differs across school boards,
and many ... that serves
a large immigrant population; most of the ELLs are immi-
grants to Canada who speak alanguage other than English
to their parents, siblings, and extended families. The main
languages ... memory and syntactic awareness.
Abu-Rabia and Siegel (2002) also examined ELLs with RD.
The authors found that in a sample of Arabic-Canadian ELLs,
Arabic students with reading problems in English...
... California Department of Water Resources
Gary Estrada California Department of General Services, Office of Risk and Insurance
Management
Karen Finn California Department of Finance
Doug Grandy California ... Program
Sam Baldwin US Department of Energy
Panama Bartholomy California Department of General Services, Division of the State
Architect
John Blue California Integrated Waste Management Board
Bob ... renewable energy, such as the installation of over an acre of
photovoltaic panels on the roof of the Franchise Tax Board Building in Rancho Cordova
– which is the largest array on any state office...
... to assess the English
language profi ciency of all California’s Englishlanguage
language profi ciency of all California’s Englishlanguage
language profi ciency of all California’s Englishlanguage ... LISTENING TO TEACHERS OFENGLISHLANGUAGE LEARNERS
is similar to an estimate of 9% based on an analysis of
data from the California Basic Educational Data System
(CBEDS) and the state Language Census ... that they would like to see col-
laboration as a central part of their professional devel-
laboration as a central part of their professional devel-
laboration as a central part of their professional...
... is certainly a good thing for the community, and
Lastly, compulsory work is often necessary to bring out
and train a man’s talents. Many an author who has risen to
fame would never have written ... him eat!”
The necessity of working for a living gives a man the
proud spirit of independence. The beggar who lives upon
alms, the parasite who attaches himself to some rich
patron and earns ... feel it is
a good thing on the whole that God from the first said to
man, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread”; and
recognize the soundness of the apostle’s rule, “If a man
will not...
... individual-based activities
into a community-based workshop with
various interactive activities.
Table 1: Teachers' ideas about advantages and disadvantages of group writing
Advantages Disadvantages ... an
understanding of the need and interest
of each class on the part of the teacher.
Vietnamese classes ofEnglish are often
very big. In regular classes, students
are often of the same age, ... marks of group papers,
individual papers and examination
papers.
IV. Impications for
Vietnamese classrooms
4.1. Class management and
preparation
4.1.1. Class management
This factor...
... nocturnal awakenings (2-3 per night) and
daily use ofa lbuterol as rescue medication (3-4 times/
day) with side effects related to inhaled steroid (oral
candidiasis) and LABA (tachycardia) that had ... [3-5].
Actually, as set by the European Medicine Agency
(EMA) [6] and GINA Guidelines [7], in Europe omalizu-
mab is indicated as an add-on therapy aimed at improv-
ing asthma control in adult and adolescent ... menzella.francesco@asmn.r e.it
Department of Respiratory Diseases, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio,
Emilia, Italy
Menzella et al. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2011, 7:9
http://www.aacijournal.com/content/7/1/9
ALLERGY,...