Information structure and English article pedagogy

Autor: Peter Master

Publikováno v: System. 30:331-348

This paper describes several reasons for the difficulty non-native speakers of English have in acquiring the English article system and reviews five pedagogical methods for teaching the article system. The notion of information structure, specificall

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0346-251x(02)00018-0

On-line nominal compound formation in an experimental pidgin

Autor: Peter Master

Publikováno v: Journal of Pragmatics. 20:359-375

Data from a pair of experimental pidgins, artificial spoken languages with no a priori established syntactic norms, provide a picture of the mechanism by which nominal compounds may be formed in natural languages. It describes how the discourse press

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https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-2166(93)90057-v

Active verbs with inanimate subjects in scientific prose

Autor: Peter Master

Publikováno v: English for Specific Purposes. 10:15-33

The use of active verbs with inanimate subjects (e.g., A thermometer measures temperature) is a prevalent phenomenon in scientific prose. However, many students, particularly those whose first language is an Asian one, find it difficult if not imposs

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https://doi.org/10.1016/0889-4906(91)90013-m

Acquisition of the Zero and Null Articles in English

Autor: Peter Master

Publikováno v: Master, Peter. (2003). Acquisition of the Zero and Null Articles in English. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 14(1). Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2kb4p9r0

This paper analyzes spoken interlanguage data from 15 non-native speaker (NNS) at three English interlanguage levels representing five native language (L1) backgrounds (Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and German) to describe the acquisition of t

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https://doi.org/10.5070/l4141005068

Grammar in Content-Based Instruction

Autor: Peter Master

Publikováno v: Content-Based College ESL Instruction ISBN: 9781410603081

Content-based instruction (CBI) refers to “the concurrent study of language and subject matter, with the form and sequence of language presentation dictated by content material” (Brinton, Snow, & Wesche, 1989: vii). To this end, CBI uses authenti

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https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410603081-11