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71Generative semantics — is (or perhaps was) a research program within linguistics, initiated by the work of various early students of Noam Chomsky: John R. Ross, Paul Postal and later James McCawley. George Lakoff was also instrumental in developing and advocating the… …
72the passive — UK [ˈpæsɪv] US noun linguistics the passive form of a verb. The passive is also sometimes calle the passive voice . Thesaurus: verb forms and tenseshyponym See also: active …
73Korean grammar — This article is a description of the morphology and semantics of Korean. For phonetics and phonology, see Korean phonology. See also Korean honorifics, which play a large role in the grammar.MorphologyKorean is primarily an agglutinative language …
74Future tense — In grammar, the future tense is a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future (in an absolute tense system), or to happen subsequent to some other event, whether that is… …
75Value engineering — is a systematic method to improve the value of goods and services by using an examination of function. Value, as defined, is the ratio of function to cost. Value can therefore be increased by either improving the function or reducing the cost. It …
76consideration — noun 1 careful thought about sth ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, detailed, full, serious ▪ After careful consideration, I have decided to resign. ▪ What is needed is a full consideration of the dilemma …
77Perfect aspect — The perfect aspect is variously considered either an aspect or tense which calls a listener s attention to the consequences generated by an action, rather than the action itself. This must be distinguished from the perfective aspect, which marks… …
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79Hobble skirt — A hobble skirt [1] is a skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer s stride, thus earning its name. A knee long corset is also used to achieve this effect. A dress consisting of such skirt is called a hobble dress. Contents …
80v.a. — 1. verb active. 2. verbal adjective. * * * va (no periods), volt ampere. v.a., active verb. Va., the state of Virginia. VA (no periods), 1. Veterans Administration (an independent agency of the U.S. government, established July 21, 1930, to… …
