Our experimental protocol involved 105 children (aged 6 to 11) and 82 adults who were asked to read short texts composed of a context about some characters and a target sentence conveying one of the three implicit contents. After reading, children and adults had to answer a...
My mother emailed me last week to ask if she was using the word “nor” correctly, which brings us to today’s post: the use of either or and neither nor.
Grammar is not a strange term for language teachers and learners. Linguists have been researching it for centuries and made a conclusion that it is an integral part of the language we use to communicate in our daily life. However, grammar teaching is still one of the most controversial and l...
Sometimes an indirect meaning is discerned in the writing or speaking of P, although the author’s assertion of P was sincere; in such a case the implicit message would be inadvertently conveyed, and realised due to the context of P’s being asserted together with facts about the audience’...
to be used by search engines in [insert year]. Here’s an example of a [type] schema I want you to emulate: (Insert examples). Please use the following details to create the schema: (Insert specific details about the person/organization/recipes/etc.).If you need clarification on which ...
That specific time can be implicit or explicit. Here are a couple of examples of sentences using the simple past tense: Phoebe entered a Hula Hoop contest. Phoebe entered a Hula Hoop contest last Saturday. When to use the simple past tense Use the simple past tense whenever you are talking...
This prompt essentially boils down to its last sentence—how has your lived experience shaped you? Now, that is an incredibly open-ended question, which you could use as a road into just about any topic. That freedom, combined with a pretty long word count, means that the brainstorming ...
When you learn something, it results in a memory (knowledge) being stored in your brain. But there are two types of knowledge: Implicit knowledge. Explicit knowledge. These two types of knowledge are completely different. And if you want to master English grammar, you must understand the diffe...
摘要: For a long time, the idea that language might shape thought was considered at best untestable and more often simply wrong. Research in my labs at Stanford University and at MIT has helped reopen this question. We have collected data around the world: from...
Some people prefer wealth, holding that money can not bring everything, but without it, one can do nothing. In order to get more money they can do anything. However, other people regard health as more important. Once health is lost, it is no use having a lot of money. ...