emergence of permanent Hispanic communities. This situation offers an ideal opportunity to examine the dynamics of new dialect formation in progress‚ and the extent to which speakers acquire local dialect traits as they learn English as a second language. We focus on the production of the /ai/ diphthong among adolescents in two emerging Hispanic communities‚ one in an urbanand one in a rural context. Though both English and Spanish have the diphthong /ai/‚ the Southern regional variant of the benchmark
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Nikko Mahatyanto ECON 1 Reflection Angela Davis Speech April 23st‚ 2015 On last Thursday‚ I went to the Visual Performance Arts Center (VPAC) for the first time since 1 and half year I’m here in De Anza‚ and listened to a special guest’s speech named Angela Davis. At the first time I heard we’re going to hear her speech‚ I was excited because I know she was one of the most influential activist‚ especially here in California. Angela Davis is an American political activist‚ scholar‚ and author. She
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ecosystem project‚ there are three chambers. The three chambers in our ecosystem are aquatic‚ decomposition and terrestrial. We formed a hypothesis about what would happen to the biotic factors in each chamber of the ecosystem. For the aquatic chamber‚ we stated that the fish would die if the fish did not receive enough oxygen and enough food in the tank. The decomposition chamber did not have a lot of changes much because there is no activity or life in that chamber besides the the potato and the worm
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Essay: Make out a Case against an Elected Second Chamber in the UK. The UK currently has a system of Parliament whereby there are two chambers who can pass or reject (or‚ in the House of Lords just delay) bills. The House of Commons is a fully elected chamber and it is made up of representatives from different areas in the United Kingdom. However‚ the House of Lords is made up of people who have earned the right of being a Lord through merit. They also have a number of hereditary peers (although
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nevertheless‚ it is a delightfully engaging and amusing play containing valuable universal truths. In any good story or play‚ there has to be a sound introduction so the audience has he knowledge to fully appreciate the story. In The Tempest‚ Shakespeare uses Act I and II effectively to provide the audience with this knowledge and comprehension. Shakespeare does this through a variety of different‚ critical forms. Shakespeare
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In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Mark Antony delivers a very strong and persuasive funeral oration in Caesar’s honor. Antony himself was a trusted friend of Caesar and manipulated the conspirators of the play in thinking that he approved of their deed. With his influential tone and methods of verbal communication‚ Antony had his audience in an awe of disgust and hate. Mark Antony’s funeral speech: A soliloquy that changed the play of Julius Caesar. Antony’s vocalizations are a triumph
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THE LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING *Lakshmanan.M.P “There are four ways‚ and only four ways‚ in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do‚ how we look‚ what we say‚ and how we say it.” -Dale Carnegie Abstract We are living in an era of information explosion in which advertising seems to be an indispensable building block of the media.
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1. Differences between First Language and Second Language | First Language | Second Language | Definition | any language other than English that a child was exposed to during early development and continues to be exposed to in the home or community | any language learned after the first language or mother tongue | Basis for learning | universal grammar alone | knowledge of the first language also serves as a basis for learning the second language | Learning Process | children spend
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The Use of Mother Tongue in L2 Classrooms as a Tool of Target Language Acquisition Iasmine Oliveira Since the last century the discussion about the use of the mother tongue (L1) in Second Language Classroom (L2) has taken place. To use or not to use the L1 in L2 classes‚ that is the question. This essay will deal with the idea that the systematic use of L1 is a good practice. Although there are arguments against this idea‚ the benefits are greater than the problems. It will be discussed what
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Figurative Language versus Literal Language Maurice Mayo Sonja Sheffield Critical Thinking 1/25/13 It is important for one who speaks figuratively to take in consideration the audience might not be able to fully follow or understand them completely. Although figurative language can be entertaining‚ it can be interpreted in a way other that what was intended. Therefore‚ it will need some explanation. The word “idiom” is an expression whose meaning is not literally what’s said‚ but it is
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