Existential and Possessive Constructions in English and German
The article examines the semantic and syntactic characteristics of existential (es gibt / there is) and possessive (have / haben) constructions of English and German. The article underlines the effective methods of their teaching for those who study English as a foreign language. The research indica...
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Yerevan State University
2010-10-01
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| description | The article examines the semantic and syntactic characteristics of existential (es gibt / there is) and possessive (have / haben) constructions of English and German. The article underlines the effective methods of their teaching for those who study English as a foreign language. The research indicates that having a number of syntactic and semantic similarities, the aforementioned structures are distinguished with their unique forms of expression, which, in its turn, contributes to the elaboration of typology of the patterns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8985217d9d964c99bb7989e440724efd2022-12-21T21:04:24ZengYerevan State UniversityArmenian Folia Anglistika1829-24292579-30392010-10-0161-2 (7)10.46991/AFA/2010.6.1-2.045Existential and Possessive Constructions in English and GermanSiranush KhandanyanThe article examines the semantic and syntactic characteristics of existential (es gibt / there is) and possessive (have / haben) constructions of English and German. The article underlines the effective methods of their teaching for those who study English as a foreign language. The research indicates that having a number of syntactic and semantic similarities, the aforementioned structures are distinguished with their unique forms of expression, which, in its turn, contributes to the elaboration of typology of the patterns.https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4627 |
| spellingShingle | Siranush Khandanyan Existential and Possessive Constructions in English and German Armenian Folia Anglistika |
| title | Existential and Possessive Constructions in English and German |
| title_full | Existential and Possessive Constructions in English and German |
| title_fullStr | Existential and Possessive Constructions in English and German |
| title_full_unstemmed | Existential and Possessive Constructions in English and German |
| title_short | Existential and Possessive Constructions in English and German |
| title_sort | existential and possessive constructions in english and german |
| url | https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4627 |
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