Questions tagged [grammar]
The grammar of a language defines the way in which its sentences are constructed by establishing its structure, syntax, and morphology
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How does the existence of a separate present progressive tense affect the learnability of a foreign language?
In English, the present progressive tense has its own distinguished syntax.
For example, the present progressive I am writing differs from the simple present tense I write.
On the other hand, in ...
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How does the existence of a case system affect the learnability of a foreign language?
Case is a grammatical category that can be found in Slavic languages, Finnic languages, Greek, Japanese, Tamil, etc. (The Finnic language Veps apparently has 23 grammatical cases, and tops even ...
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Is there any research on the effectiveness of learning verb tables?
I own books with verb tables for French, German and Spanish, i.e. for several languages with rather elaborate verb conjugations. At school, I was made to learn such conjugations for French verbs and ...
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What resources are there for learning Toki Pona?
I recently started using Memrise to learn Toki Pona, because I find that language to be very interesting. Memrise is indeed useful regarding vocabulary, but I think it is not enough.
Are there other ...
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Is there an online resource to exchange grammar corrections in one's native and target languages?
I have a text written in English (scientific). I want to ask somebody to give me some advice in writing and grammar. I have time to do the same for other persons in Spanish, my native language. Is ...
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What resources can I use to master German word order?
There are a number of tricky parts to learning German, but for this question I'm particularly concerned about word order. I'm using Duolingo and I often miss questions where this is the only thing I ...
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Slightly Incomplete Sequential Acquisition, Possible to Fix?
I have had my first exposure to English at about six years of age (and have used it ever since), and I generally consider myself a native speaker since I use it a lot (even if this is probably ...
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Explain contemporary high-school language teaching to me [closed]
I do appreciate the answer to this question varies on where you are in the world but I'm happy to hear of different approaches from different countries. I'd be particularly interested in responses ...
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What strategies can students use to learn grammar when studying independently? [closed]
I would never advise students to focus mostly on grammar, but spending some time focused on grammar can be useful (Paul Nation recommends spending 25% of time focused on language, including grammar ...
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What are the advantages of tables with declension endings to study a declension system?
Update: What I'm asking is if there's any evidence in the field of language learning stating if a mere table with declensions is useful for learning those declensions.
This is opposed to the usual ...
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Is there evidence that supports the idea that vocabulary is more important than grammar in conversation? [duplicate]
"Focus on your vocabulary first, then fix your grammar."
This is a maxim that has been drilled into my head over several years of my Spanish teachers saying this, but is there really any truth to ...
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Strategies to deal with declensions
Languages like German or Russian have declensions. However my native language does not have those declensions, and thus I have a hard time understanding their “point”, that is their added meaning and ...
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Is doing a huge amount of grammar exercises helpful for learning English?
Some books that teach English come with pages and pages of grammar exercises. Are these helpful?
I see that a few exercises are helpful to help you understanding the grammar. However, after that, ...
