Blasius Achiri–Taboh
Biographic Data
| ID | 9282540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blasius Achiri–Taboh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blasius |
| FAMILY NAME | Achiri–Taboh |
| SIGNATURE | TABOH B A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
English spelling
As is well known, English spelling is a major problem even to native speakers. In Achiri-Taboh (2018a), I present arguments for a synchronic base-word-based rule for the spelling of shun -words, given the notoriously troubling variation in the spelling of their ending as underlined here in words like frac tion , dicta tion , equa tion , and persua sion (with a t -form) and exten sion , colli sion , and expres sion (with an s -form). My (2018a) ru…
English spelling
One tricky problem with English spelling is the variation in the nominalization suffix often represented in discourse as ‘shun’, mainly between - tion and - sion . Current ELT textbooks have generally not discussed rules for its spelling. However, following online resources, some basic rules are in current debate, with two main schools of thought, each falling in line with one of two approaches that can be called the ‘ word - based model’ and the…
The ‘ph’ of English orthography; a digraph or a sequence of separate phonemes
The aim of this short article is to offer a belated defense of L. M. Boyd (author of a daily, nationally syndicated column ‘Trivia’ in numerous newspapers throughout the USA) against a critique published in English Today over a decade ago by Alan S. Kaye (2006), and present arguments in support of Boyd's beleaguered claim. Kaye (2006: 54) writes: I do not mean to be picking on Mr. Boyd, but considering his track record, perhaps the time has come …
A generalized question tag in English
In several (colloquial) varieties of English around the world, the tag question is reduced to a single generalized invariant tag ‘ isn't it? ’. This is used irrespective of the general structure and semantic content of the matrix or main, superordinate clause that embeds it. Linguists started debating seriously on the actual use of tag questions in English since the early 1960s and 70s. The debates then were particularly focused on the use of tag…
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A generalized question tag in English
In several (colloquial) varieties of English around the world, the tag question is reduced to a single generalized invariant tag ‘ isn't it? ’. This is used irrespective of the general structure and semantic content of the matrix or main, superordinate clause that embeds it. Linguists started debating seriously on the actual use of tag questions in English since the early 1960s and 70s. The debates then were particularly focused on the use of tag…
The ‘ph’ of English orthography; a digraph or a sequence of separate phonemes
The aim of this short article is to offer a belated defense of L. M. Boyd (author of a daily, nationally syndicated column ‘Trivia’ in numerous newspapers throughout the USA) against a critique published in English Today over a decade ago by Alan S. Kaye (2006), and present arguments in support of Boyd's beleaguered claim. Kaye (2006: 54) writes: I do not mean to be picking on Mr. Boyd, but considering his track record, perhaps the time has come …
English spelling
One tricky problem with English spelling is the variation in the nominalization suffix often represented in discourse as ‘shun’, mainly between - tion and - sion . Current ELT textbooks have generally not discussed rules for its spelling. However, following online resources, some basic rules are in current debate, with two main schools of thought, each falling in line with one of two approaches that can be called the ‘ word - based model’ and the…
English spelling
As is well known, English spelling is a major problem even to native speakers. In Achiri-Taboh (2018a), I present arguments for a synchronic base-word-based rule for the spelling of shun -words, given the notoriously troubling variation in the spelling of their ending as underlined here in words like frac tion , dicta tion , equa tion , and persua sion (with a t -form) and exten sion , colli sion , and expres sion (with an s -form). My (2018a) ru…
Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Spelling (3 works) · History (2 works) · Natural language processing (2 works) · Art (1 work)