Human beings were created with an ability to learn and use language in their daily living. The scientific study of human language is called Linguistics. Just like a tree with many branches‚ Linguistics has five main branches of analysis‚ namely Phonetics‚ Phonology‚ Morphology‚ Syntax and Semantics. The writer will dwell on the airstream mechanisms involved in Phonetics‚ which is the study of sound and speech production in human language. The word ‘airstream’ refers to a current of air; specifically
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The Independent Learning Centre http://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk Mastering Grammar Articles he zero article English articles (a/an‚ the and zero article) are vital for successful communication. Articles tell you what assumptions people make about their listeners when they speak. For example‚ if a stranger asks you on campus: ‘Where’s the library?’‚ he/she thinks there is only one library on campus and assumes that you think so‚ too. Replacing one article for another‚ or leaving one out‚ can often cause
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sailing vessel. All English speech sounds are pulmonic egressive or come from the movement of lung air through the glottis‚ the pharynx and through either the oral or nasal cavity. In English‚ there are 24 distinct consonant sounds and 20-25 vowel sounds. The consonants are as follows: p peep b book r roof t tent d dim m mom k kiss g girl n Gnostic t choke d George sing f flip v van l left through the h hope s skips z zip w witch shoe
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CONTENTS Introduction 3 1. British English and American English pronunciation 7 2. British English and American English vocabulary 10 3. British English and American English grammar 13 Conclusions 16 References 17 Introduction The object of this work is to study‚ analyse‚ and most importantly compare differences between two major branches of English language: American English (also called General American) and British English (also called UK English
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you. Following list of pros and cons of being a teacher probably will help you to understand better whether you want to be a teacher or not. Among the advantages we can find. Firstly‚consonant communication with people. There is one condition- you should love children and communication with people in general. Secondly‚feeling of fulfillment. What can be better for teacher than to see how your students progress and become wiser. Thirdly
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STYLES OF PRONUNCIATION The pronunciation of one and the same person may be different on different occasions. For instance‚ when the speaker is delivering a lecture‚ speaking over the radio‚ giving a dictation exercise‚ or when he is talking to official people he wants to be clearly understood that’s why he should sound explicit and his pronunciation may be characterized as correct or even super-correct. In informal situations where the speakers are more relaxed less attention is given to the
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-er/-est positive | comparative | superlative | comment | large | larger | largest | leave out the silent -e | big | bigger | biggest | Double the consonant after short vowel | sad | sadder | saddest | | dirty | dirtier | dirtiest | Change -y to -i (consonant before -y) | shy | shyer | shyest | Here -y is not changed to -i. (although consonant before -y) | B - Comparison with more - most positive | comparative | superlative | difficult | more difficult | (the) most difficult | all
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Rhyme Plan introduction 1. Definition and function of rhyme. 2. History. 3. Types of rhyme. 4. Conclusion. 5. Addition. 1. Definition and function of rhyme. Rhyme is the correspondence of two or more words with similar-sounding final syllables placed so as to echo one another. Rhyme is used by poets and occasionally by prose writers to produce sounds appealing to the reader’s senses and to unify and establish a poem’s stanzaic form. Rhyme is the repetition of identical or similar terminal
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• Which could be German? – [frI ] [fstr t ] [kw t ] [kto] [χru t of] [kRil] [ u] [ptero] • Preserved in “jargon” aphasia • Japanese allows only CV(n)‚ i.e.‚ consonsant followed by vowel perhaps followed by [n] – Borrowings with final consonants‚ consonant clusters modified – [besiboru] ‘baseball’ ; [kurIsumasu] ‘Christmas’ 6 Syllables • (onset rime) = (onset (nucleus coda)) • Rime determines what rhymes (in one syll.) – groß‚ los [os]; Rad‚ Tat [at]; Zahl‚ Kanal [al] • Nucleus always
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slightly in phonology and there even exists regional differences inside these countries but in this essay Australian English will be used as the standard. Australian English consists of 24 consonants and 20 vowels‚ 12 being monophthongs and 8 being diphthongs. Below are charts with the list of consonants and vowels. (http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/ipa.htm)
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