Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

Presupposition concerns the way in which propositions already presumed in a discourse context are usually not stated or questioned, but enco...

Referring is one of the basic things we do with words, and it would be a good idea to understand what that involves and requires. Speaker re...

Personal deixis Spatial deixis Temporal deixis The term 'Deixis' comes from the Greek deiktikos (=“able to show”). This is related ...

Mey( 2001) gives us a full account of how pragmatics developed from the “waste-basket of semantics” into an independent and important domain...

Introduction to Pragmatics 1) Pragmatics: Pragmatics is a branch of general linguistics like other branches that include: Phonetics, Phonolo...

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns A pronoun that ends in self or selves is either a reflexive or an intensive pronoun. Reflexive Pronouns: A ...

Pronouns : A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or other pronoun. Pronoun Function in the Sentence: Correct pronoun usage is d...

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. Like a noun, a pronoun can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea...

POSSESSIVE NOUNS : When creating possessive form nouns there are 8 simple rules: 1. If a singular noun does not end in s , add 's . The...

Capital letters are used with: 1. Names and titles of people Winston Churchillb. Marilyn Monroec. the Queen of Englandd. the President of t...

Definition: A noun is a name given to an object or idea. Classes of Nouns: 1. A common noun is a name given to any one of a class of obje...

Every clause in English has a subject and a verb, and these must agree in person and number. Rules: A. In simple present tense :When the sub...