punctuationn
the use of graphic marks such as commas, semicolons, dashes and periods
to clarify meaning in written sentences or to represent spoken sentences in
writing.
pure voweln
another term for monophthong
pushed outputn
see output hypothesis
p-valuen
see statistical significance
pyramid discussionn
a speaking activity in language teaching in which learners form pro-
gressively larger groups as they carry out a speaking task, which normally
requires each group to reach agreement before joining another group.
of all the past tense verbs used, on average only 23% were marked for past
tense when the verbs were used non-punctually, but 56% were marked for
past tense when used punctually.
Marking verbs for past tensepunctuation