This is a collection of 60 PowerPoint slides presenting selected useful sayings in English. At first the Saying appears in the screen then explanation of its Meaning and at last the Example of its use.Very Attractive and effective for classroom presentation.
Ellipsis is the non-expression of one or more sentence elements whose meaning can be reconstructed either from the context or from a person's knowledge of the world. In speech and writing, ellipsis is pervasive, contributing in various ways to the economy, speed, and style of communication. Resolving ellipsis is a particularly challenging issue in natural language processing, since not only must meaning be gleaned from missing elements but the fact that something meaningful is missing must be detected in the first place.
The way we interpret language depends on where the words we are reading are placed in the world. Discourses in Place explores how the physical and material characteristics of language in the world give meaning to communication. In the book Ron and Suzanne Scollon argue that we can only interpret the meaning of public texts like road signs, notices and brand logos by considering the world and culture that surrounds them. Drawing on a wide range of real examples, from signs in the Chinese mountains to urban centers in Europe, Asia and America, the book equips students with the methodology and models they need to undertake their own research in "geosemiotics," this key interface between semiotics and intercultural communication.
Stewart Shapiro's ambition in Vagueness in Context is to develop a comprehensive account of the meaning, function, and logic of vague terms in an idealized version of a natural language like English. It is a commonplace that the extensions of vague terms vary according to their context: a person can be tall with respect to male accountants and not tall (even short) with respect to professional basketball players. The key feature of Shapiro's account is that the extensions of vague terms also vary in the course of conversations and that, in some cases, a competent speaker can go either way without sinning against the meaning of the words or the non-linguistic facts. As Shapiro sees it, vagueness is a linguistic phenomenon, due to the kinds of languages that humans speak; but vagueness is also due to the world we find ourselves in, as we try to communicate features of it to each other.
Understanding the terms used in science is important in order to
succeed in science - students at all levels need to quickly recognize
terminology in order to do well in the lab, on tests, and in the real
world of the working scientist. But this terminology can be confusing
because so much of it consists of combinations of roots, prefixes, and
suffixes from other languages, primarily Latin and Greek, and students
are often required to waste precious class time in rote memorization. Science Terms Made Easy is a dictionary of several thousand common
science terms that are broken down into their component parts. Students
using the work will soon learn the meaning of common suffixes, prefixes
and roots, and they will begin to quickly understand the meaning of
scientific terminology without resorting to memorization or frequently
referring to standard dictionaries. Instead of being overly concerned
with precise definitions, Science Terms Made Easy offers simple working
definitions that enables students to quickly construct the meanings of
these terms. Each entry includes:
- The language of origin of the word
- The meaning of the prefixes and suffixes in the word
- The definition of the root of the word and a working definition of
the term, in some cases including a sample sentence.
Science Terms Made
Easy both saves time by avoiding rote memorization and encourages
students to use their analytical skills to figure out meanings.
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