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Re:(請教) Phrases and Clauses - Syntax [by civicjai_11]

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:42:20 +0800

Linguistics （語言學）:: (請教)Phrases and Clauses - Syntax
hi Tim. after i study two link which u provide for me~
I fully understand how to slove Question B. but for Question A , i still have no idea~ =( Can u give me one example for sentence 1. for Question A~ Many thanks!

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To civicjai_11 :
為了標題的明確性,您的標題做了部份的修正!
kathy

Re: IPA Question!(homonyms and polysemous ) [by Tim Luo]

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:01:10 +0800

Linguistics （語言學）:: IPA Question!(homonyms and polysemous )
You are right as these two meanings are not related to each other.

Tim

Re: Linguist問題( polysemy and homonymy) [by Tim Luo]

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:00:04 +0800

Linguistics （語言學）:: Linguist問題( polysemy and homonymy)
This link should give some clue.

http://blog.hjenglish.com/liyan8589/archive/2007/01/03/574701.aspx

Basically polysemy refers to meanings that evolved or extended from the same source while homonymy refers to meanings from different origins that happen to share the same form now.

Tim

Re: About Second Language Acquisition. [by aidsnoop]

Sun, 8 Apr 2007 20:32:06 +0800

Linguistics （語言學）:: About Second Language Acquisition.
can you speak Chinese?

Re: signage at construction site [by openH2O]

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:35:07 +0800

Linguistics （語言學）:: signage at construction site
all the 4 languages r the offical language of singapore. namely, english, chinese, tamil and malay.

see below for a description of the Tamil and Malay language from Wikipedia.

Tamil (தமிழ் tamiḻ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. Spoken predominantly by Tamils in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore, it has smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. As of 1996, it was the eighteenth most spoken language, with over 74 million speakers worldwide. It is one of the official languages of India, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Malaysia, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay Peninsula, southern Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. It is an official language of Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. It is also used as a working language in East Timor. It is very similar to Indonesian, known locally as Bahasa Indonesia, the official language of Indonesia. The official standard for Malay, as agreed upon by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, is the form spoken in the Riau Islands just south of Singapore, long considered the birthplace of the Malay language

Re: 論聲調 [by Tim Luo]

Wed, 8 Mar 2006 23:12:37 +0800

Linguistics （語言學）:: 論聲調
Quote:

glotynn wrote:
我搜到了「施氏食獅史」的英文版, 特貼上來分享. 不過, 英譯後完全失去了中文原文的聲調樂趣啦!

Some other links about this.

http://www.fa-kuan.muc.de/SHISHI.RXML

http://yellowbridge.com/onlinelit/stonelion.html

http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?p=43149

Re: what is lingustics? [by Tim Luo]

Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:11:50 +0800

Linguistics （語言學）:: what is lingustics?
Quote:

gogogo wrote:
could you give us a short explanation and example about what are phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, grammar? I mean each term's definition and example.

ps:if anyone is interested in this topic. please do say something here.

Phonetics is the systematic study of sounds and how they are produced and how they should be represented in symbols. Like in Taiwan, people are all familiar with "KK". That's what phonetics is about. /fə́nɛtɪks/ is the transcription for phonetics.

Phonology is the study of speech sounds. It also includes the changes through time.

Morphology is the study of the structure word forms. So words like happy, happiness or child, children are what morphology deals with.

Syntax is the study of sentence structures. Things like why you say "I am happy" instead of "I happy am."

Semantics is the study of meanings. This is like why sometimes a sentence can have more than one meaning depending on the context.

As to grammar, I think there's no need to explain it here.

I forgot to mention a part of linguistics that I personally like very much in my previous post. That branch is called etymology. Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Most college editon dictionaries and above include an etymology section that tells you something on the history of words. Like in Chinese we have a book called 說文解字, the first etymology dictionary in China that was published about 2000 years ago.

Tim

A simple thought on Linguistics [by Tim Luo]

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:43:54 +0800

Linguistics （語言學）:: A simple thought on Linguistics
Many people say linguistics is a dry and boring subject. I wish I can find a way to introduce it to the general public. I know it's difficult, but it's worth the try anyway.

Tim