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A transitive verb expresses some kind of action. It is any word that a primary school teacher might have taught you as a 'doing word'. examples include kick, read, run. A stative verb expresses something unp...

Semantics refers to meaning, whereas pragmatics refers the deeper inferred meaning. For example, if I were to ask you a simple question such as, “Would you like a cup of coffee?”, the semantic meaning of tha...

It is noteworthy that since the 1970's 'gender' has been a focal point for understanding language usage - particularly the different usages between men and women. A popular view which emerged in folk convers...

F - form A - audience R- representations T - topic P - purpose Read through the whole text. Write a list of possible representations. Pick out quotes to back up each of these representations. Apply relevant ...

Over many years, language has been categorised on the basis of gender suggesting that 'Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus'; a view adopted by John Gray. Difference theorists like Jane Pilkington advo...