This paper seeks to examine headedness in affixation processes in Urhobo using a feature percolation approach.Affixation is a rich source of word formation process in the Urhobo language.The specific objectives are to...This paper seeks to examine headedness in affixation processes in Urhobo using a feature percolation approach.Affixation is a rich source of word formation process in the Urhobo language.The specific objectives are to identify affixation processes in Urhobo,investigate how they are used to derive words and determine headedness in the Urhobo language using a feature percolation theory as a framework.This paper reveals three affixation processes in Urhobo,which are prefixes,circumfixes and suffixes.Affixation is a derivational aspect of morphology and it brings about change in the grammatical class of the word or rather,provides additional semantic information to a word.The paper discovers that new words are derived in the language by attaching an affix either at the beginning(prefix),or to the end(suffix)of a word.This process is very productive in the language.The paper reveals that the head of a word using prefix is left-right branching while for suffixes,it is right-left branching.The prefix and suffix attached to a root to form the circumfix project to be the head of a word.The study observes circumfixes to have two heads.Feature percolation theory is also used to determine the head of a word in Urhobo.The paper concludes by recommending further researches on the use of theories especially morphological theories in analysing morphological processes in Urhobo.展开更多
This paper reports a comparative study on the use of affixal negation in the writing of Chinese EFL learners based on data collected from a learner corpus,WECCL and a native-speaker corpus,LOCNESS.The findings reveale...This paper reports a comparative study on the use of affixal negation in the writing of Chinese EFL learners based on data collected from a learner corpus,WECCL and a native-speaker corpus,LOCNESS.The findings revealed that the overall frequency of affixal negation used by Chinese students was nearly the same as that of native speakers.And the top three most frequently used negative affixes of the two groups were the same in terms of their rankings and proportion.However,when it comes to individual negative affixes,some were underused while others overused.The reasons behind were explored in the analysis of un-,dis-and in-,the top three most frequently used negative affixes by Chinese EFL learners and native speakers.Pedagogical implications and suggestions for future research were presented at the end of the paper.展开更多
English and Chinese have their respective word formations,as they are from different language families.A comparison between the two different languages show the similarities in the forms and meanings of their affixes ...English and Chinese have their respective word formations,as they are from different language families.A comparison between the two different languages show the similarities in the forms and meanings of their affixes while their differences are obvious.展开更多
English language study involves the study of speech sounds,grammar and vocabulary,among which the study of vocabulary is the most important and difficult one.A successful English learner should know how to master Engl...English language study involves the study of speech sounds,grammar and vocabulary,among which the study of vocabulary is the most important and difficult one.A successful English learner should know how to master English words quickly and stably.This thesis makes some research in affixation rules and skills in order to help English learners learn English better.展开更多
Affix is an important category in linguistics.Affixation is the word formation of adding an affix.It analyzes English affixes from the following aspects:the category and the functions of affixes,the characteristics of...Affix is an important category in linguistics.Affixation is the word formation of adding an affix.It analyzes English affixes from the following aspects:the category and the functions of affixes,the characteristics of affixes and the functions of affixes in vocabulary learning.And it is also the way to memorize the words with the analysis of affixation,which helps one to enlarge the words logically and systematically.展开更多
文摘This paper seeks to examine headedness in affixation processes in Urhobo using a feature percolation approach.Affixation is a rich source of word formation process in the Urhobo language.The specific objectives are to identify affixation processes in Urhobo,investigate how they are used to derive words and determine headedness in the Urhobo language using a feature percolation theory as a framework.This paper reveals three affixation processes in Urhobo,which are prefixes,circumfixes and suffixes.Affixation is a derivational aspect of morphology and it brings about change in the grammatical class of the word or rather,provides additional semantic information to a word.The paper discovers that new words are derived in the language by attaching an affix either at the beginning(prefix),or to the end(suffix)of a word.This process is very productive in the language.The paper reveals that the head of a word using prefix is left-right branching while for suffixes,it is right-left branching.The prefix and suffix attached to a root to form the circumfix project to be the head of a word.The study observes circumfixes to have two heads.Feature percolation theory is also used to determine the head of a word in Urhobo.The paper concludes by recommending further researches on the use of theories especially morphological theories in analysing morphological processes in Urhobo.
文摘This paper reports a comparative study on the use of affixal negation in the writing of Chinese EFL learners based on data collected from a learner corpus,WECCL and a native-speaker corpus,LOCNESS.The findings revealed that the overall frequency of affixal negation used by Chinese students was nearly the same as that of native speakers.And the top three most frequently used negative affixes of the two groups were the same in terms of their rankings and proportion.However,when it comes to individual negative affixes,some were underused while others overused.The reasons behind were explored in the analysis of un-,dis-and in-,the top three most frequently used negative affixes by Chinese EFL learners and native speakers.Pedagogical implications and suggestions for future research were presented at the end of the paper.
文摘English and Chinese have their respective word formations,as they are from different language families.A comparison between the two different languages show the similarities in the forms and meanings of their affixes while their differences are obvious.
文摘English language study involves the study of speech sounds,grammar and vocabulary,among which the study of vocabulary is the most important and difficult one.A successful English learner should know how to master English words quickly and stably.This thesis makes some research in affixation rules and skills in order to help English learners learn English better.
文摘Affix is an important category in linguistics.Affixation is the word formation of adding an affix.It analyzes English affixes from the following aspects:the category and the functions of affixes,the characteristics of affixes and the functions of affixes in vocabulary learning.And it is also the way to memorize the words with the analysis of affixation,which helps one to enlarge the words logically and systematically.
