Essays Tagged: "Compound (linguistics)"

Phonology:rules for stress in english

y and -gy deMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogyWords ending in -al CRItical, geoLOGical10. Compound words (words with two parts)Rule exampleFor compound nouns, the stress is on the first part ... two parts)Rule exampleFor compound nouns, the stress is on the first part BLACKbird, GREENhouseFor compound adjectives, the stress is on the second part bad-TEMpered, old-FASHionedFor compound verbs, ...

(3 pages) 58 0 3.9 Oct/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Language in Advertising

real 11. full, sure 12. easy, bright 13. clean 14. extra, safe 15.special 16. richThere are lots of compound words in advertisement mainly because the element of compound words could be any part of sp ... More simple sentences, less complex sentencesIt will get better effect to use simple sentences than compound sentences, because the readers will get bored on reading complex sentences. Another reason ...

(4 pages) 45 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

The variety of approaches and techniques in teaching vocabulary

ir meaning" [9, p.14]. Richard defines vocabulary as every word of a language such as single words, compound words, and the idioms of the language. [12]Generally, it is acknowledged that vocabulary in ...

(37 pages) 2 0 0.0 Jan/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Linguistic

concerning how to break a word into syllables. The main rules are:Divide between the two words for compound words eg: home/workDivide between repeated consonants. Eg: pil/lowWhen a vowel is long divi ... bs have stress on the 2nd word but phrasal nouns have stress on the 1st wordEg: break IN eg: HANDoutCompound noun usually has the 1st word stressedEg: HAIRcut eg: BREAKfastAs a summary, there are some ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Mar/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing