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Explain BF Skinner's behaviourism

Led by BF Skinner in the 1950s and 1960s, it was the position that children acquire
language just as they acquire other behaviors-through a system of Positive and Negative
Reinforcement. A chi...

Answered by Martin Z. English Language tutor
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(Studying morphology) What exactly is the role of inflection?

Certain lexical word classes can take an inflectional suffix to signal meanings and roles that are important to their word class, such as 'plural' in the case of nouns, and 'past tense' in the case of ver...

Answered by Lizzy D. English Language tutor
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What can pronouns tell us about the meanings and representations in a text?

Pronouns are a useful starting point when structuring an essay, because they provide an immediate focus on the attitudes within a text. Though they may appear insignificant, pronouns provide important clu...

Answered by Hannah B. English Language tutor
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Why does the language we use for professional occupations really matter?

At its most basic level language helps us communicate our thoughts and opinions with one another and in doing so it dictates how we perceive people, objects and general things in the world. If this is the...

Answered by Joe H. English Language tutor
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What is the difference between epistemic and deontic modal auxiliary verbs?

A modal auxillary verb is verb such as 'must', 'will', 'should', 'may', 'might' and so on, that indicate something that may or may not happen in a sentence. Whether or not the verb is epistemic or deontic...

Answered by Emily O. English Language tutor
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