catenation n catenate v
the linking of sounds together in speech, such as the grouping of phonemes into
syllables, and the grouping of syllables and words through assimilation^1 ,
elision, and juncture. Languages differ in the way they combine sounds.
Two languages may share many sounds, but combine them in different ways.
Spanish learners of English for example may pronounce steak as /esteik/,
because although Spanish has the combination /-st/ after a stressed vowel it
does not have it before one.
causative verb n
a class of transitive verbs that show that someone or something makes some-
thing happen. There are several types of causative verbs and constructions:
a One set consists of the verb causeitself and synonyms such as bring
about, lead to, result in, or give rise to.
b In English, there are also some constructions that give causative meaning
to a small number of verbs (let, have, make) that do not always have
causative meaning outside the construction, for example in the sentence
She let (or hador made) him paint the house.
c some verbs can be used both transitively with causative meaning and
intransitively with inchoative meaning, for example break(compare
He broke the vaseand The vase broke), grow(compare She is growing
vegetables in the gardenand The vegetables are growing rapidly), and
melt(compare Climate change is melting the world’s glaciersand The
glaciers are melting).
see also inchoative verb, ergative verb
cause-effect methodn
see methods of development
CBIn
an abbreviation for content-based instruction
CBTn
an abbreviation for computer-based test(ing)
c-commandn
in syntax, a relationship between nodesof a tree in which neither node
is dominated by the other but both are dominated by the same higher
nodes, similar to the idea of siblings and all their descendants in a family
tree.
CCRn
see classroom-centred research
catenation