Form can’t be empty. You bet. A todas luces.
What is form? One might think about a figure or shape, sometimes human. Well, the Middle Ages are well over in human thinking. Anthropomorphization won’t work in language learning. This is why we might think about using virtual lexical items in our language work.
Some might strongly oppose. ‘Form can’t be empty!’ Right. No doubt about it. Invented words are not totally empty, however. They can have their function for their content.
Psycholinguistic research has showed (Akmajian et al, 1986) that kids can do excellent with invented words. Time and again, they coin words and play with their grammar forms. Invented words help focus on how words work.
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October 25, 2011 -
Posted by teresapelka |
American English, American English as ESL, American English grammar, ESL, grammar | American, ESL, grammar, language, natural language learning
Real nice design and great subject matter, absolutely nothing else we want : D.
I always was interested in this subject and still am, thankyou for putting up.
[...] My project uses virtual lexical items to enhance syntax. Virtual items do not deny sense: Form can’t be empty. You bet. A todas luces. Important: my grammar project is not an experiment. It builds on my experience as a learner, years [...]