Devika Panikar
δάσκαλος (dáskalos) means the teacher in Greek. Devika Panikar has been teaching English Language and Literature since 2006. She is an Assistant Professor with the Directorate of Collegiate Education under the Government of Kerala and now works at the Government College Kasaragod. This website is a collection of lecture notes she prepared by referring to various sources for her students’ perusal.
British and American Expressions
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Use of Adjectives
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Double-based Transformations: Coordination
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Passivisation
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Adjectives
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good
happy
cool
distantKinds of AdjectivesAdjectives of QualityThey des...
Short Response and Emphasis Transformation
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Types of Nouns
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Tag Question Transformation
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