Syntactic and Semantic Mastery of English Auxiliaries by Kurd Learners at College Level

Paiman Hama Salih Sabir

The Syntax and Semantics of English Auxiliaries by Kurd Learners at College Level is concerned with the syntactic and semantic aspects of English auxiliary verbs (which comprise the primary and the modals) as a problematic area for English foreign language learners.

The study aims at investigating Kurd EFL learners’ ability in recognizing and producing the various forms and meanings of English auxiliary verbs, clarifying the problems that Kurd EFL learners encounter in learning the auxiliary verbs and identifies the sources behind them, and trying to put suitable suggestions to overcome these problems.

Its use of error analysis methodology makes this study unique as there are no other studies within its field to deal with topic in such a systematic and analytical method.

University Press of America

Pages: 134 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-0-7618-6655-8 • Paperback • May 2016 • $33.99 • (£25.00)

978-0-7618-6654-1 • eBook • May 2016 • $32.00 • (£25.00)

Subjects: Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language, Foreign Language Study / Arabic, Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax

Syntactic and Semantic Mastery of English Auxiliaries by Kurd Learners at College Level

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The Syntax and Semantics of English Auxiliaries by Kurd Learners at College Level is concerned with the syntactic and semantic aspects of English auxiliary verbs (which comprise the primary and the modals) as a problematic area for English foreign language learners.

The study aims at investigating Kurd EFL learners’ ability in recognizing and producing the various forms and meanings of English auxiliary verbs, clarifying the problems that Kurd EFL learners encounter in learning the auxiliary verbs and identifies the sources behind them, and trying to put suitable suggestions to overcome these problems.

Its use of error analysis methodology makes this study unique as there are no other studies within its field to deal with topic in such a systematic and analytical method.

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University Press of America

Pages: 134 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-0-7618-6655-8 • Paperback • May 2016 • $33.99 • (£25.00)

978-0-7618-6654-1 • eBook • May 2016 • $32.00 • (£25.00)

Subjects: Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language, Foreign Language Study / Arabic, Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax

Author

Paiman Sabir was born in the city of Hallabja. She finished her secondary school in the city, but later moved to Sulaimani. She received her BA from Mosul University and her MA in Linguistics/Applied Linguistics at the University of Sulaimani. Since 2009 she has been teaching, supervising, and working as a researcher at the College of Basic Education. Since 2013 she has published four studies in the field of Applied Linguistics, and is currently working on two new studies.

Table of Contents

List of Tables & Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Key to the Kurdish Phonemic System
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Central Concepts in Foreign Language Learning
Chapter Three: Auxiliary Verbs in English
Chapter Four: Data Collection
Chapter Five: Data Analysis and Discussion of the Results
Chapter Six: Conclusions, Pedagogical Recommendations and Suggestions for Further Research
Bibliography
Appendix
About the Author

Syntactic and Semantic Mastery of English Auxiliaries by Kurd Learners at College Level

Paiman Hama Salih Sabir

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