Communicative Grammar: Analysis of the Words “How Ever" In the Lob Corpus

The present analysis of the word however, as a practical rather than theoretical activity, draws on insights from everyday talk and information from both native speakers of English and EFL students as well as from the invaluable help of mainly “A Communicative Grammar of English”1 , “A Grammar of Co...

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Main Author: Rodríguez R. Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2000-08-01
Series:Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11408
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description The present analysis of the word however, as a practical rather than theoretical activity, draws on insights from everyday talk and information from both native speakers of English and EFL students as well as from the invaluable help of mainly “A Communicative Grammar of English”1 , “A Grammar of Contemporary English”2 and above all, “A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language” .3 The emphasis in this analysis is, therefore, on the meanings and uses of the word however (semantics and pragmatics) rather than on its syntax. Nevertheless, this aspect of the language underlying however is also taken into consideration.
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spelling doaj.art-98a61f1e57bd4f7592026bec4fd05a7c2023-09-02T13:23:08ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902000-08-0111Communicative Grammar: Analysis of the Words “How Ever" In the Lob CorpusRodríguez R. ElizabethThe present analysis of the word however, as a practical rather than theoretical activity, draws on insights from everyday talk and information from both native speakers of English and EFL students as well as from the invaluable help of mainly “A Communicative Grammar of English”1 , “A Grammar of Contemporary English”2 and above all, “A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language” .3 The emphasis in this analysis is, therefore, on the meanings and uses of the word however (semantics and pragmatics) rather than on its syntax. Nevertheless, this aspect of the language underlying however is also taken into consideration.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11408
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Communicative Grammar: Analysis of the Words “How Ever" In the Lob Corpus
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title_short Communicative Grammar: Analysis of the Words “How Ever" In the Lob Corpus
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