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event, the media used for communicating content, the manner in which
the media are used, and the areas of content that are communicated.
Other approaches allow researchers to develop separate category systems
for different research sites and research questions.
see also INTERACTION ANALYSIS, HIGH INFERENCE CATEGORY
catenation n catenate v
the linking of sounds together in speech, such as the grouping of
phonemes into SYLLABLES, and the grouping of syllables and words
through ASSIMILATION 1 , ELISION, and JUNCTURE. Languages differ in the
way they combine sounds. Two languages may share many sounds, but
combine them in different ways. Spanish learners of English for example
may pronounce steak as /esteIk/, because although Spanish has the combination
/-st/ after a stressed vowel it does not have it before one.
causative verb n
a verb which shows that someone or something brings about or causes an
action or a state.
For example, in:
Peter killed the rabbit.
killed is a causative verb, but in:
The rabbit died.
died is not.
Some languages often form causative verbs from non-causative verbs by
adding affixes, e.g. in Malay:
Gelas itu jatuh ke lantai
glass the fall to floor
“The glass fell to the floor.”
Dia menjatuhkan gelas itu
He cause to fall glass the
“He dropped the glass.”
Causative verbs are always TRANSITIVE.
see also INCHOATIVE VERB
cause-effect method n
see METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT
CBT n
an abbreviation for COMPUTER-BASED TEST(ING)
CCR n
see CLASSROOM-CENTRED RESEARCH
CCR
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