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    features are very informal which is surprising considering they are in a boardroom and you would expect everyone to be professional‚ especially Lord Sugar‚ as he is the boss. Alan’s informality is shown with his cockney accent and the fact he uses elision and slang in his dialect‚ such as “dunno”‚ “talkin” and “should’a”. This shows that is so assured with his position of power and authority over the contestants that he doesn’t have to use upwards convergence to bring him closer to the contestants

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    arranged haphazardly. We can see laundry getting dry on the radiators and indoor airers in the front room. Characters in Absolutely Fabulous are the representatives of so called Middle Middle class. They use the Received Pronunciation dialect (a standard accent of Standard English in England) which is traditionally frequently associated with professionals with

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    The Effects of Code-Switching Code-switching could generate ingenuity without even realizing. Most People who code-switch tend to exert their intellect‚ learning more than those who aren’t able to use code switching. In the book Losing My cool‚ there are diverse occasions where we find that Thomas uses code-switching. Despite the fact code-switching is complex to perform‚ people usually implement it naturally without intent. While Thomas was around people who used the hip-hop culture to promote

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    High Academic Literacy Higher levels of literacy can be achieved in many ways. Two factors which play a role in acquiring these levels are the attachments of students to their previous cultures and their previous languages‚ more specifically the dialect‚ that they speak. These factors tend to change one’s personal identity and play a huge role in how one reaches higher literacy levels. In our two readings‚ Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez and Voices of the Self: A Study of Language

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    Study Day 3 – Communication Write a staff information leaflet about effective communication and partnership working. You should include: The reasons why people communicate Body Language – 60% Tone – 30% Talking – 10% Personal development Make friends Teach Learn To know what’s going on Keep up to date Express need To gain knowledge Build confidence Build relationships Health & Safety Everything runs smoothly Sort out issues Problem Solve Information share parents Reassure

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    many words without its vowels and sometimes skipping a small chunk of the word itself. The proper term would be Baltimorese but there are multiple ways many people can call it. I would be lying if I say that I haven’t been told that I have a funny accent or even say many words completely different than others on more than one occasion. I automatically picked up on this form of English just by being from Baltimore and never realized that I talked differently from family or friends that grew up elsewhere

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    Lilies of the Field Introduction A novel named "Lilies of the Field" was written by an American author William Edmund Barrett‚ in the year of 1962. With the assistance of the idea from Barrett ’s novel Ralph Nelson made a tremendous movie in 1963. Discussion A small but excellent novel "Lilies of the Field" made into an excellent and educational movie‚ the main subject of the novel and movie is bless the children and creatures even Charles‚ it is a fact that in the twentieth-century there are

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    The Help The richness and variety of language is part of what makes the book so appealing and intriguing. The main protagonists are presented with the southern accent ’Law have mercy’. Each character has been presented with their own stereotypical dialect which as a reader contributes to the realistic feel of the novel. The Novel is written mainly in first person from each of the 3 protagonists perspective. The story is told by 3 different people as Aibileen‚ Minnie and Skeeter take turns

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    City and Liverpool

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    girls. Inhabitants of Liverpool are referred to as Liverpudlians but are also colloquially known as "Scousers"‚ in reference to the local dish known as "scouse"‚ a form of stew. The word "Scouse" has also become synonymous with the Liverpool accent and dialect.[7] Liverpool’s status as a port city has contributed to its diverse population‚ which‚ historically‚ were drawn from a wide range of peoples‚ cultures‚ and religions‚ particularly those from Ireland. The city is also home to the oldest Black

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    observe the manner and the way the native speakers produce the language‚ which can be studied through learning and observing their spellings and accents as they speak the language. It is necessary to know the differences and/or the similarities for the reason that it would be easier for the non-Cebuano speakers to identify the distinctions of the different dialects of the rich Cebuano language. II. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the differences and the similarities of the words

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