Definitions for T-unit
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1. T-unitnoun

   shortest grammatically allowable sentence into which a piece of writing can be split

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1. T-unit

   In linguistics, the term T-unit was coined by Kellogg Hunt in 1965. It is defined as the "shortest grammatically allowable sentences into which (writing can be split) or minimally terminable unit." Often, but not always, a T-unit is a sentence. More technically, a T-unit is a dominant clause and its dependent clauses: as Hunt said, it is "one main clause with all subordinate clauses attached to it" (Hunt 1965:20). T-units are often used in the analysis of written and spoken discourse, such as in studies on errors in second language writing. The number of error-free T-units may be counted, as in Robb et al. (1986), or changes in accuracy per T-unit overdrafts of compositions may be measured (Sachs and Polio, 2007). Young (1995) gives some examples of what a T-unit is and is not: "The following elements were counted as one T-unit: a single clause, a matrix plus subordinate clause, two or more phrases in apposition, and fragments of clauses produced by ellipsis. Co-ordinate clauses were counted as two t-units. Elements not counted as t-units include backchannel cues such as mhm and yeah, and discourse boundary markers such as okay, thanks or good. False starts were integrated into the following t-unit." (Young 1995:38)

How to pronounce T-unit?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say T-unit in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of T-unit in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of T-unit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of T-unit in a Sentence

1. John Kerry:

   It is much harder now than when we started for Daesh to assemble forces in strength, to travel in convoys and to launch concerted attacks, no large Daesh unit can move forward aggressively without worrying what will come down on it from the skies.

2. White House:

   As is standard operating procedure for a new president, the White House Medical Unit took possession of the president's medical records.

3. Lorne Fisher:

   I think a lot of people come into franchising and buy a single unit because they want a job, if they get one unit and x amount of income, they’re happy. But enterprise-building franchisees must have the skills to manage multiple units at once and also run a back office. You’re dealing with lots of moving parts, and it’s not for someone just getting into franchising to pay the bills. It requires a radically different mindset than single-unit franchisees’.

4. Ralf Wenzel:

   Over the next couple of months we will turn break-even and then profitable in the first Southeast Asian countries, for us, it has become just a matter of scale as we have positive gross margins in all of our countries and positive unit economics. It only becomes a question of the number of orders before we become profitable.

5. Larry Krasner:

   The DAO Special Investigation Unit responded to todays fatal shooting of a civilian by police shortly after it occurred, and has been on scene with other DAO personnel since that time investigating, as we do jointly with the PPD Officer-Involved Shooting Investigation Unit, in shootings and fatalities by other means involving police.

References

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