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frequency frequency^1 n see sound wave frequency^2 n the number of occurrences of a linguistic item in a text or corpus. Differe ...

function In terms of their articulation, frictionless continuants are very like vowels, but they function as consonants. see als ...

e.g. requests, apologies, complaints, offers, compliments. The functional uses of language cannot be determined simply by studyi ...

functional literacy n see literacy functional load n the relative importance of linguistic contrasts in a language. Not all the ...

For example: functional-systemic linguistics Often this term is used to refer to a certain type of notional syllabus. see also c ...

future tense fundamental difference hypothesis n in SLA, the hypothesis that first and second language acquisition are fundament ...

the future tense ending -ai has been added to the verb infinitive partir (=leave). English has no future tense but uses a variet ...

G gain score n the difference between the score obtained in a pre-test and the score obtained in a post-test, where both tests a ...

gatekeeper ngatekeeping n in describing power relations within a society, anything that controls or limits access to something f ...

of the person referred to, for example actor:actress, waiter:waitress, chairman:chairwomanor the gender stereotypically associat ...

generative grammarn a type of grammar that attempts to define and describe by a set of rules or principles all the grammatical s ...

(b) explaining why grammars have the properties they do and how chil- dren come to acquire them in such a short period of time ( ...

genetic epistemology n a term used to describe the theories of developmental psychology of the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1 ...

genre^1 n a type of discourse that occurs in a particular setting, that has distinctive and recognizable patterns and norms of o ...

gerund n alsogerundive a verb form which ends in -ing, but which is used in a sentence like a noun. For example, in the English ...

dominant culture or cultures in a society. Learners are encouraged to appre- ciate differences between cultures and recognize co ...

When a learner remembers something by separating it into parts, this is called an analytic style, orpart learning. For example, ...

goal^2 n (in case grammar) the noun or noun phrase which refers to the place to which someone or something moves or is moved. Fo ...

which consist of certain principles and conditions (parameters) Some of the subtheories are: 1 binding theory: shows the referen ...

gradation n also grading, sequencing the arrangement of the content of a language course or a textbook so that it is presented i ...