Phonology Indian accents vary greatly. Some Indians speak English with an accent very close to a Standard British (Received Pronunciation) accent (though not the same); others lean toward a more ’vernacular’‚ native-tinted‚ accent for their English speech. [edit] Vowels In general‚ Indian English has fewer peculiarities in its vowel sounds than the consonants‚ especially as spoken by native speakers of languages like Hindi‚ the vowel phoneme system having some similarities with that of English
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Chicano and had trouble learning English bdue to her native tongue. She faced quandaries as a child because she had trouble grasping English and spoke with a Hispanic accent. She explains that “At Pan American University‚ I and all Chicano students were required to take two speech classes. Their purpose: to get rid of our accents. Attacks on one’s form of expression with the intent to censor are a violation of the First Amendment. El Anglo con cara de inocente nos arrancó la lengua. Wild tongues
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Mary Beth Strickland Professor Boze English 1120 13 February 2012 Lady and the Tramp and Cultural Stereotypes in the 1950’s Cultural Studies is the study of shared patterns of behavior and the evolution of them over a period of time. Cultural studies are important because it plays a huge part in social transformation and informs us on the world’s view of certain topics like race‚ and through race‚ stereotypes are naturally created. The cultural of race has been a huge phenomenon of great importance
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Language can divide us because if a person has an accent or doesn’t know how to speak the same language as the other person they are communicating with then it often seperates them. That’s the problem right now‚ some people are not willing to give a person the chance to communicate because they don’t know the language. And that is why language is dividing people. Entering the country with a brighter future‚ she unknowingly entered an atmosphere where Accent‚ Race‚ and upbringing causes separation between
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semi-vowel sound [j].In the word "we" [wi:]‚ the W represents the semi-vowel sound [w]. Vowel Sounds in the English Language Depending on the accent‚ the English language can have anywhere from 11 to 20 vowel sounds. As evidenced above‚ the English alphabet only has 5 letters that are used exclusively to represent vowels. Using the General American accent as an example‚ these are some of the vowel sounds that exist‚ excluding diphthongs: [ɑ] - the A in father[æ] - the A in cat [ə] - the A in about[ɛ]
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Dialectal relationships are those in which differences set off the vernaculars of local group. In fact in my country there is more than one dialects and that is Because of confluence Emiratis people from the west and south. Particularly‚ on the reason that influenced categorize tone‚ the use of more than one language in daily life such as English and Urdu‚ the understanding with expats and
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proper‚ the USA‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and some provinces of Canada. It is the official language of Wales‚ Scotland‚ in Gibraltar and on the island of Malta. Modern linguistics distinguishes territorial variants of a national language and local dialects. Variants of a language are regional varieties of a standard literary language characterized by some minor peculiarities in the sound system‚ vocabulary and grammar and by their own literary norms. The task of our Diploma paper is to reveal the
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"The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County‚" Simon Wheeler speaks with a strong accent and it is as if he has actually speaking with a type of "southern drawl" such as when he says the name Daniel he says "Dan ’l" ("The Norton Anthology Of American Literature" page 217). His accent and his way of speaking gives the reader the feeling that Simon is a respectable‚ knowing person. Twain uses this type of dialect for Simon to give him character and to give the reader a better view of Simon ’s personality
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affects his work. The poem explores ideas about cultural identity- particularly looking at how ethnic cultures fit into Western (British) society. In ‘Checking out me History’ John Agard uses a Caribbean dialect “lick back”‚ and phonetic spelling “dem… dat” which reflects the Caribbean accent‚ to create a clear character voice. He does this to emphasize that he is a black Caribbean man and therefore the issues he explores are relevant and personal to him. Agard is in fact half Guyanese and so the
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