compound sentencen
see complex sentence
compound subjectn
a subject which consists of two or more elements joined by and and
normally taking a plural verb. For example:
Beer and winedo not mix.
compound wordn
a combination of two or more words which functions as a single word. For
example self-made (a compound adjective) as in He was a self-made man
and flower shop (a compound noun) as in They went to the flower shop.
Compound words are written either as a single word (e.g. headache), as
hyphenated words (e.g. self-government), or as two words (e.g. police station).
see also phrasal verb
comprehensible input^1 n
inputlanguage which contains linguistic items that are slightly beyond the
learner’s present linguistic competence
see also input hypothesis
comprehensible input^2 n
spoken language that can be understood by the listener even though some
structures and vocabulary may not be known. According to Krashen’s theory
of language acquisition, comprehensible input is a necessary condition for
second language acquisition.
comprehensible output hypothesisn
another term for output hypothesis
comprehensionn
the identification of the intended meaning of written or spoken com-
munication. Contemporary theories of comprehension emphasize that it is
an active process drawing both on information contained in the message
(bottom-up processing) as well as background knowledge, information
from the context and from the listener’s and speaker’s purposes or intentions
(top-down processing).
see also listening comprehension, reading comprehension
comprehension approachn
(in language teaching) an approachto second and foreign language teaching
which emphasizes that:
compound sentence