Tuesday, December 12, 2017

My 1st essay : Optimalisasi Peran Civitas Akademika pada Garda Terdepan dalam Inovasi Diversifikasi Pangan untuk Mewujudkan Nawacita dan SDG 2030

My first critical essay on Indonesian agricultural problems and solutions in achieving sustainability of foods and achieving SDGs 2030 goals with the collaboration of Sofia Ari Murti and Fahma Lailatus.
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Sunday, December 3, 2017

WHAT ARE LEXICAL ITEMS!?


Common types of lexical items/chunks include :

1. Words, e.g. cat, tree
2. Parts of words, e.g. -s in trees, -er in worker, non- in nondescript, -est in loudest
3. Phrasal verbs, e.g. put off or get out
4. Polywords, e.g. by the way, inside out
5. Collocations, e.g. motor vehicle, absolutely convinced.
6. Institutionalized utterances, e.g. I'll get it, We'll see, That'll do, If I were you, Would you like a cup of coffee?
7. Idioms, e.g. break a leg, was one whale of a, a bitter pill to swallow
8. Sayings, e.g. The early bird gets the worm, The devil is in the details
9. Sentence frames and heads, e.g. That is not as...as you think, The problem was
10. Text frames, e.g., In this paper we explore...; Firstly...; Secondly...; Finally ....