The grammar knowledge of a language, also known as linguistic competence, is an unconscious process when learning one’s own language, while rather conscious in a second language acquisition. Therefore, from the very first stages...
Throughout this topic I am going to deal with grammar. I am going to divide my presentation into three different sections. In the first one, I will present a definition of grammar, and will establish a division between prescriptive and descriptive grammar. Then I will...
This view began to change with the development of pragmatics, a branch of linguistics which studies the meaning of the sentences beyond its semantic meaning, having into account the intentions, context, and other relevant extralinguistic factors conditioning...
Unit 12 is intended as an introductory survey on the concept of grammar and its relationship with the use of language, as well as with language learning. Moreover, since the development of English grammar systems has a long and continuing history, the aim of...