Cognitive linguistics offers a novel approach to studying and elucidating language phenomena,with the theory of mental spaces being particularly adept at interpreting many“non-canonical”linguistic occurrences and pr...Cognitive linguistics offers a novel approach to studying and elucidating language phenomena,with the theory of mental spaces being particularly adept at interpreting many“non-canonical”linguistic occurrences and providing a fresh cognitive framework.The subjunctive mood,one of the three primary moods in English,is integral to English grammar.Yet,it remains a contentious topic within the field,with a lack of consensus among different linguistic schools regarding this significant grammatical category.The substantial role of human cognition in the construction and interpretation of the subjunctive mood’s meaning has been infrequently explored.This paper,from a cognitive perspective,employs the theory of mental spaces to discuss the English subjunctive mood,addressing the questions of its theoretical foundation,the reasons for its use,and the methods of its application.展开更多
“Attention”is a very vital cognitive mechanism.Cognitive psychology considers“attention”as the focus of mental activity and consciousness on an object.People engage their senses and memory to actively process the ...“Attention”is a very vital cognitive mechanism.Cognitive psychology considers“attention”as the focus of mental activity and consciousness on an object.People engage their senses and memory to actively process the object in front of them.Theories of second language acquisition suggest that a large amount of input is the basis for language acquisition.At the same time,what is actively noticed by the learner can be effectively internalized.Thus,“attention”is also a non-linguistic factor that plays a significant role in language acquisition.The subjunctive mood is a major challenge in the teaching of English grammar.Generally speaking,the verbs in a sentence are used to distinguish between subjunctive and declarative sentences.In this paper,experimental utterances were written based on previous research by using verbs that are easy to cause ambiguity and confusion,and then set up the reinforced and non-reinforced attention conditions with different levels of“attention”to investigate whether there are different results and effects on subjects’comprehension of sentences under different levels of“attention”conditions.Under the different levels of“attention”,the subjects were examined to see whether there were different results in comprehension of the sentences and the impact of the different levels of“attention”.It was found that subjects in the reinforced“attention”condition comprehended sentences better,answered questions faster,and answered questions more correctly than subjects in the non-reinforced condition.This study also shed some light on English second language grammar teaching.展开更多
The subjunctive mood is one of the most difficult English grammar items for most English learners. In this thesis,the author discusses the usage of the subjunctive mood in English,especially its usage in English subor...The subjunctive mood is one of the most difficult English grammar items for most English learners. In this thesis,the author discusses the usage of the subjunctive mood in English,especially its usage in English subordinate clauses. At the same time,the author provides a lot of examples. In the author's opinion,as long as the English learners find out the rules of it and practice it more,they will definitely grasp the subjunctive mood and use it correctly and skillfully.展开更多
Mood is the kind of contrasts which are often shown by the form of the verb and which express the speaker's or the writer's attitude to what is said or written.There are three kinds of mood of the finite verbs...Mood is the kind of contrasts which are often shown by the form of the verb and which express the speaker's or the writer's attitude to what is said or written.There are three kinds of mood of the finite verbs in English.They are the indicative mood,the imperativemood and the subjunctive mood.The paper mainly deals with the use of the subjunctive mood.展开更多
Mood is the kind of contrasts which are of-ten shown by the form of the verb and which express the speaker’s or the writer’s attitude to what is said or written. There arethree kinds of mood of the finite verbs in E...Mood is the kind of contrasts which are of-ten shown by the form of the verb and which express the speaker’s or the writer’s attitude to what is said or written. There arethree kinds of mood of the finite verbs in English. The papermainly deals with the use of the subjunctive mood.展开更多
Unlike matrix verbs, the verb in subjunctive complements in Standard Arabic lacks tense; nonetheless, it inflects for agreement and mood. The subject of subjunctive verbs is Case-marked accusative if it surfaces in a ...Unlike matrix verbs, the verb in subjunctive complements in Standard Arabic lacks tense; nonetheless, it inflects for agreement and mood. The subject of subjunctive verbs is Case-marked accusative if it surfaces in a preverbal position; and nominative if it appears in a postverbal position. In addition, the subjunctive verb shows agreement asymmetry with its subject, depending on the position of the subject. Subjunctive complements appear in tenseless contexts in this language, i.e. control structures, ECM-like structures, and obviative structures. In this paper, I provide a new analysis for subject-verb agreement asymmetry in these complements and account for the different Case markers that appear on their subject. In particular, I argue that feature-specification on the inflectional head T triggers the verbal agreement asymmetry in subjunctive complements. I also argue that formal features and nominative Case in these complements can be valued by a defective probe. Crucially, I argue that the defective probe can establish agreement and assign nominative Case in-situ, without resorting to A-movement, and the subsequent movement of the embedded subject to a preverbal position is triggered by the EPP feature on the O-complete T. The corollary of this investigation lends support to the assumption that the Case-agreement system in this language is not contingent on tense.展开更多
This study applied both inductive approach and deductive approach with multimedia assistance into an English grammar class on the acquisition of subjunctive mood. It aimed to investigate whether this kind of teaching ...This study applied both inductive approach and deductive approach with multimedia assistance into an English grammar class on the acquisition of subjunctive mood. It aimed to investigate whether this kind of teaching approach, as a general grammar pedagogy, would improve the efficiency of students＇ acquisition of certain grammar points. This study results from comparison and contrast between one same class on the acquisition of subjunctive mood to 70 students in total, employing three different teaching methods： inductive approach with multimedia assistance （method 1）, deductive approach with multimedia assistance （method 2）, and both inductive approach and deductive approach with multimedia assistance （method 3）, based on self-reported reflection on the experiment, observation of students＇ learning process, students＇ pre-test and after-class evaluation test results, and surveys. Two identical experiments were conducted to two groups of students of different levels of language proficiency to increase the generalizability of the results. Findings revealed that the evaluation test score of the grammatical points taught with method 3 is much higher than those taught with the other two methods, and most students felt positive about method 3. Students nevertheless encounter obvious difficulties in inductive approach, indicating certain lack of self-learning skills in Chinese students展开更多
This essay mainly explores the present situation of students＇ drawbacks in learning English grammar, especially the section of subjunctive mood and analyzes the definition and the usage of subjunctive mood as well as...This essay mainly explores the present situation of students＇ drawbacks in learning English grammar, especially the section of subjunctive mood and analyzes the definition and the usage of subjunctive mood as well as the basic causes to the above-mentioned phenomenon. Finally it presents some practical solutions according to the writer＇s years of experience in learning English.展开更多
This study compared the different approaches of introducing the subjunctive mood in Advanced English Grammar and Grammar Dimensions in the hope that it will help ESL teachers to make choice of the proper ways of teach...This study compared the different approaches of introducing the subjunctive mood in Advanced English Grammar and Grammar Dimensions in the hope that it will help ESL teachers to make choice of the proper ways of teaching the subjunctive mood,one of the most serious grammatical problems ever encountered by most ESL learners in China.Also,the main causes of the students’drawbacks in learning subjunctive mood are excavated and some feasible solutions in mastering this difficult item in English grammar are presented in this study.展开更多
This paper makes a contrastive study on the English and Chinese subjunctive categories to find out the dissimilarities between the two.This is of great importance to translation between the two as well as teaching and...This paper makes a contrastive study on the English and Chinese subjunctive categories to find out the dissimilarities between the two.This is of great importance to translation between the two as well as teaching and learning.展开更多
Don DeLillo's Libra is often considered a postmodernist rendition of history,but there exist temporal distortions in his fiction that must be parsed into the subjunctive mood instead of the simple past tense.The f...Don DeLillo's Libra is often considered a postmodernist rendition of history,but there exist temporal distortions in his fiction that must be parsed into the subjunctive mood instead of the simple past tense.The fictive transformation from the temporal tense to the mood of potentiality underlies DeLillo's fictionalization of history that attempts to problematize the ironclad facts.This would to power manifests the point that fiction is a poetic and emotive alternative to actualized reality.What is Real to fiction lies in its virtual reality.展开更多
文摘Cognitive linguistics offers a novel approach to studying and elucidating language phenomena,with the theory of mental spaces being particularly adept at interpreting many“non-canonical”linguistic occurrences and providing a fresh cognitive framework.The subjunctive mood,one of the three primary moods in English,is integral to English grammar.Yet,it remains a contentious topic within the field,with a lack of consensus among different linguistic schools regarding this significant grammatical category.The substantial role of human cognition in the construction and interpretation of the subjunctive mood’s meaning has been infrequently explored.This paper,from a cognitive perspective,employs the theory of mental spaces to discuss the English subjunctive mood,addressing the questions of its theoretical foundation,the reasons for its use,and the methods of its application.
文摘“Attention”is a very vital cognitive mechanism.Cognitive psychology considers“attention”as the focus of mental activity and consciousness on an object.People engage their senses and memory to actively process the object in front of them.Theories of second language acquisition suggest that a large amount of input is the basis for language acquisition.At the same time,what is actively noticed by the learner can be effectively internalized.Thus,“attention”is also a non-linguistic factor that plays a significant role in language acquisition.The subjunctive mood is a major challenge in the teaching of English grammar.Generally speaking,the verbs in a sentence are used to distinguish between subjunctive and declarative sentences.In this paper,experimental utterances were written based on previous research by using verbs that are easy to cause ambiguity and confusion,and then set up the reinforced and non-reinforced attention conditions with different levels of“attention”to investigate whether there are different results and effects on subjects’comprehension of sentences under different levels of“attention”conditions.Under the different levels of“attention”,the subjects were examined to see whether there were different results in comprehension of the sentences and the impact of the different levels of“attention”.It was found that subjects in the reinforced“attention”condition comprehended sentences better,answered questions faster,and answered questions more correctly than subjects in the non-reinforced condition.This study also shed some light on English second language grammar teaching.
文摘The subjunctive mood is one of the most difficult English grammar items for most English learners. In this thesis,the author discusses the usage of the subjunctive mood in English,especially its usage in English subordinate clauses. At the same time,the author provides a lot of examples. In the author's opinion,as long as the English learners find out the rules of it and practice it more,they will definitely grasp the subjunctive mood and use it correctly and skillfully.
文摘Mood is the kind of contrasts which are often shown by the form of the verb and which express the speaker's or the writer's attitude to what is said or written.There are three kinds of mood of the finite verbs in English.They are the indicative mood,the imperativemood and the subjunctive mood.The paper mainly deals with the use of the subjunctive mood.
文摘Mood is the kind of contrasts which are of-ten shown by the form of the verb and which express the speaker’s or the writer’s attitude to what is said or written. There arethree kinds of mood of the finite verbs in English. The papermainly deals with the use of the subjunctive mood.
文摘Unlike matrix verbs, the verb in subjunctive complements in Standard Arabic lacks tense; nonetheless, it inflects for agreement and mood. The subject of subjunctive verbs is Case-marked accusative if it surfaces in a preverbal position; and nominative if it appears in a postverbal position. In addition, the subjunctive verb shows agreement asymmetry with its subject, depending on the position of the subject. Subjunctive complements appear in tenseless contexts in this language, i.e. control structures, ECM-like structures, and obviative structures. In this paper, I provide a new analysis for subject-verb agreement asymmetry in these complements and account for the different Case markers that appear on their subject. In particular, I argue that feature-specification on the inflectional head T triggers the verbal agreement asymmetry in subjunctive complements. I also argue that formal features and nominative Case in these complements can be valued by a defective probe. Crucially, I argue that the defective probe can establish agreement and assign nominative Case in-situ, without resorting to A-movement, and the subsequent movement of the embedded subject to a preverbal position is triggered by the EPP feature on the O-complete T. The corollary of this investigation lends support to the assumption that the Case-agreement system in this language is not contingent on tense.
文摘This study applied both inductive approach and deductive approach with multimedia assistance into an English grammar class on the acquisition of subjunctive mood. It aimed to investigate whether this kind of teaching approach, as a general grammar pedagogy, would improve the efficiency of students＇ acquisition of certain grammar points. This study results from comparison and contrast between one same class on the acquisition of subjunctive mood to 70 students in total, employing three different teaching methods： inductive approach with multimedia assistance （method 1）, deductive approach with multimedia assistance （method 2）, and both inductive approach and deductive approach with multimedia assistance （method 3）, based on self-reported reflection on the experiment, observation of students＇ learning process, students＇ pre-test and after-class evaluation test results, and surveys. Two identical experiments were conducted to two groups of students of different levels of language proficiency to increase the generalizability of the results. Findings revealed that the evaluation test score of the grammatical points taught with method 3 is much higher than those taught with the other two methods, and most students felt positive about method 3. Students nevertheless encounter obvious difficulties in inductive approach, indicating certain lack of self-learning skills in Chinese students
文摘This essay mainly explores the present situation of students＇ drawbacks in learning English grammar, especially the section of subjunctive mood and analyzes the definition and the usage of subjunctive mood as well as the basic causes to the above-mentioned phenomenon. Finally it presents some practical solutions according to the writer＇s years of experience in learning English.
文摘This study compared the different approaches of introducing the subjunctive mood in Advanced English Grammar and Grammar Dimensions in the hope that it will help ESL teachers to make choice of the proper ways of teaching the subjunctive mood,one of the most serious grammatical problems ever encountered by most ESL learners in China.Also,the main causes of the students’drawbacks in learning subjunctive mood are excavated and some feasible solutions in mastering this difficult item in English grammar are presented in this study.
文摘This paper makes a contrastive study on the English and Chinese subjunctive categories to find out the dissimilarities between the two.This is of great importance to translation between the two as well as teaching and learning.
文摘Don DeLillo's Libra is often considered a postmodernist rendition of history,but there exist temporal distortions in his fiction that must be parsed into the subjunctive mood instead of the simple past tense.The fictive transformation from the temporal tense to the mood of potentiality underlies DeLillo's fictionalization of history that attempts to problematize the ironclad facts.This would to power manifests the point that fiction is a poetic and emotive alternative to actualized reality.What is Real to fiction lies in its virtual reality.
