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    Evolution of Letters

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    idea from the Egyptians‚ but used their own simplified pictures to represented consonant sounds.  The Phoenicians and others of the region simplified the pictures further and often rotated them‚ but if you use your imagination‚ you can still make out where most of the 22 letters came from.  If you turn the A with the point down‚ for example‚ you can see a representation of an ox head. All the letters were for consonants‚ which is reasonable for Semitic languages like Phoenician‚ Hebrew‚ Arabic‚ and

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    Phonics

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    and efficient phonics instruction focuses on children’s attention on noticing letter/sound patterns in the major components of syllables: that is‚ on noticing the letter/sound patterns in initial consonants and consonant clusters and in the rime‚ which consists of the vowel of a syllable plus consonants‚ such as –ake‚ -ent‚ -ish‚ -ook. Students should not see the rules as fundamentals but rather as a way to note patterns within words. For example‚ the silent final e is not always consistent‚ but

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    Intro to Linguistics

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    31.10.2011 What is Linguistics? The study of human languages; including the influence of one language on another; how language and words are formed and change within time; the rules of the language- how words are formed‚ the structure of sentences and words; relationship between culture and language; how language is acquired- the process of language acquisition (foreigner verses mother tongue language). There are two approaches/types of linguistics: 1. Traditional Linguistics- the only field

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    Manners

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    concept of manner is mainly used in discussion of consonants‚ although the movement of the articulators will also greatly alter the resonant properties of the vocal tract‚ thereby changing the formant structure of speech sounds that is crucial for the identification of vowels. For consonants‚ the place of articulation and the degree of phonation of voicing are considered separately from manner‚ as being independent parameters. Homorganic consonants‚ which have the same place of articulation‚ may have

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    Syllabic Division

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    1.6. N. I. Zhinkin`s investigations Chapter 2: The peculiarities of English syllable structure 2.1. Features of the syllabic structure 2.2. Initial combination of two vowel with vowel 2.3. The final consonants and their combination in the word 2.4. The syllable division and formation Chapter 3: “The functional of Syllable” 3.1. Constitutive function 3.1.The differentiatory and distinctive functions

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    for Apple‚ B for Bat and C for Cat. This lesson is an short introduction on Hindi alphabets.  let ush shtart!!! Hindi is written in Devanagari script. On a paper‚ it is written from left to right just like English. There are 12 vowels and 36 consonants in Hindi. Fear not‚ all have equivalent English pronunciations. Unlike Germans and Russians‚ who have pronunciation signs as well. Do not try to eat an elephant in 10 mins. Language learning requires patience and practice. Learn 5 letters a day

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    definite shapes and character of sounds as air passes through the mouth or nose. ______10. When articulating unvoiced consonants like /f/ or /s/‚ the vocal cords are closed. II-A. The IPA vowel symbols. ______11. Bag ______12. Lend ______13. Bet ______14. Fun ______15. Cold ______16. Toot ______17. Leek ______18. Hit ______19. Male ______20. Wall II-B. The IPA consonant symbols. ______21. Fact ______22. Phone ______23. Loss ______24. Pass ______25. Back ______26. Hill ______27

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    Literary terms

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    you can analyze stylistic features. Figures of Speech Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound or consonant cluster in consecutive or closely positioned words Anaphora: The repetition of words or groups of words at the beginning of consecutive sentences‚ clauses or phrases Assonance: The repetition of identical or near identical stressed vowel sounds in words whose final consonants differ‚ producing half rhymes. Chiasmus: The inversion of an already established sequence. This

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    Phonology

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    is considered to be structured for conveying linguistic meaning. Phonology also includes the study of equivalent organizational systems in sign languages. Germanic languages With approximately 25 phonemes‚ the German consonant system exhibits an average number of consonants in comparison with other languages. One of the more noteworthy ones is the unusual affricate In the northern varieties‚ [ʔ] occurs before word stems with initial vowel. It is not considered a phoneme‚ but an optional boundary

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    sounds” • Includes consonants‚ vowels and diphthongs • Every language has a specific number of phonemes that are used. • SAE uses about 40-44 phonemes – 25 consonants – 15 vowels & diphthongs • Phonotactics: the rules defining permissible sequences of phonemes to form meaningful words. – Each language has its own set of phonotactic rules. The 3 major categories of phonemes • Vowels • Diphthongs • Consonants – Virgules (slashes)

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