Defence Services Medical Academy (DSMA), Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
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Making Your Phonetics and Phonology Lessons Interesting
This paper discusses ways to make the learning of phonetics and phonology interesting to ESL stud... more This paper discusses ways to make the learning of phonetics and phonology interesting to ESL students. Using analogies drawn from students’ daily experiences and cracking jokes related to students’ daily encounters are good ways of arousing students’ interests and sustaining their attention. Evoking some laughter in class can enhance teaching effectiveness without stifling the academic value of a phonetics and phonology lesson.
According to Li & Thompson (1981), Chinese serial verb constructions consisting of two verb phras... more According to Li & Thompson (1981), Chinese serial verb constructions consisting of two verb phrases denoting two separate events can be classified into those having alternating, consecutive, purpose or circumstance relations. These classifications may overlap and a serial verb construction may be ambiguous between different interpretations. It has been argued in a recent study (Chan 1996) that there exists an entailment relation between the different interpretations of an ambiguous serial verb construction. In the present study, it is argued that because of the entailment relations between the different interpretations, the truth conditional definition of ambiguity has to be modified if it is to be applied to Chinese serial verb constructions which are ambiguous. In truth-conditional semantics, it is suggested that an ambiguous sentence is true for one interpretation but false for another relative to a certain state of affairs. This definition of ambiguity is not adequate for an amb...
Making Your Phonetics and Phonology Lessons Interesting
This paper discusses ways to make the learning of phonetics and phonology interesting to ESL stud... more This paper discusses ways to make the learning of phonetics and phonology interesting to ESL students. Using analogies drawn from students’ daily experiences and cracking jokes related to students’ daily encounters are good ways of arousing students’ interests and sustaining their attention. Evoking some laughter in class can enhance teaching effectiveness without stifling the academic value of a phonetics and phonology lesson.
According to Li & Thompson (1981), Chinese serial verb constructions consisting of two verb phras... more According to Li & Thompson (1981), Chinese serial verb constructions consisting of two verb phrases denoting two separate events can be classified into those having alternating, consecutive, purpose or circumstance relations. These classifications may overlap and a serial verb construction may be ambiguous between different interpretations. It has been argued in a recent study (Chan 1996) that there exists an entailment relation between the different interpretations of an ambiguous serial verb construction. In the present study, it is argued that because of the entailment relations between the different interpretations, the truth conditional definition of ambiguity has to be modified if it is to be applied to Chinese serial verb constructions which are ambiguous. In truth-conditional semantics, it is suggested that an ambiguous sentence is true for one interpretation but false for another relative to a certain state of affairs. This definition of ambiguity is not adequate for an amb...
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