Stress By: Noha Wafa’i Moussa Diab Under supervision of: Prof. Afaf Abduel Hamied * Stress definition: In phonetics‚ stress is defined as an intensity given to a syllable of speech by a special effort in utterance‚ resulting in relative loudness. This emphasis in pronunciation may be merely phonetic (i.e. noticeable to the listener but not meaningful). For example‚ stress differentiates the noun from the verb as in ’present’ or ’permit’. * The characteristics of stressed syllables:
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pronunciation and word choices. Higgins then makes a bet with Colonel Pickering that he will pass Eliza off as a lady at a party after 6 months of lessons. Higgins tries to correct Eliza phonetically as she pronounces some vowels‚ diphthong and consonants of the English Language incorrectly. Eliza goes through many forms of speech training in order to get her pronunciation right. Eliza’s /eɪ/ sounds like /æ ɪ/ as she says ‘The rine in spine sties minely in the pline’ instead of ‘The rain in Spain
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Contents Thesis Statement: English listening comprehension is influenced by the listener’s rudimentary knowledge of the language‚ the cultural knowledge‚ and the psychological factor‚ all of which should be well grasped for a clear understanding. 1. Introduction 1 2. English Listening Comprehension 2 2.1 Definition 2 2.2 Listening Process 4 2.3 Importance of Listening Comprehension 6 3. Factors Affecting English Listening Comprehension 7 3.1 Rudimentary Knowledge of English 7 3.1.1 Pronunciation
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~ History of English ~ Summer term 2010/11 Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 Fridays 11.00-12.30 ~ Introduction ~ - Who speaks English? - 1) inner circle (320-380 million speakers; English as L1) - 2) outer circle (150-300 million speakers; English as L2) - 3) expanding circle (100-1000 million speakers; English as lingua franca = ELF) - possible language shifts: from ELF to L2 - from L2 to L1 - Why is English a world language? - historical
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1. Te Germanic language family. General characteristics. Classification of G.lang. & ancient G. tribes. I- Old G. Lang. : 1. East G. L. ( Vindili) : Gothic(4c.AD) Vandalic Burgundian 2. North G. L. (Hilleviones) Old Norse or Old Scandinavian (2-3c. AD) Futhark Old Icelandic (12c.AD) Old Norwegian (13c.AD) Old Danish(13c.AD) Old Swedish (13c.AD) 3. West G.( Ingvaeones‚ Istaevones‚ Herminones): Anglian Frisian Langobardian Jutish Saxon Franconian High German: -Alemanic -Thüringian
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Discover The New Paradigm That Leverages The 80/20 Principle To Give You More Arabic In An Hour Than YEARS Of Study Combined Why ignoring it will cost you hundreds of hours in wasted effort in 2012 and beyond … Why using it will have you understanding and appreciating the miracle of the Qur’an faster than you now believe possible‚ and… How to harness it NOW Title and Graphic to be determined TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword ................................................................
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One of the amazing civilization in the world which is ancient Egypt‚ it was full and rich in culture including government‚ religion‚ arts‚ and writing. Moreover ‚ Egypt become know from the great pyramids of the Old Kingdom ‚ archaeologists ‚ historical buildings and also draws attention about a huge world of litters‚ some writing ‚ mathematical problem by Rosetta stone ‚ by hieroglyphics which is the important and the basic description of ancient Egypt ‚it was discovered by Champollion in 1820s
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when it was dominated by the Spanish. The locals used bamboos and Arecaceae palm leaves to write using knives to engrave a script that was known as Tagalog. This script was limited to symbols of just seventeen for the language‚ with three consonants and vowels were given down to their successors. The language had a different sound and needed to be further worked upon. Literature has been preserved with the help of the Tagalog script that had a “Kudlit” or a diacritical mark which helped
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1. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. For example‚ “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” are both alliterative phrases. In the former‚ all the words start with the “s” sound‚ while in the later‚ the “p’s” take precedence. Aside from tongue twisters‚ alliteration
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used‚ e.g. Jill say she gone to town. * Iz is often used as a topicalizer‚ e.g. Iz gone John gone to the Carnival. * The word does is often used before verbs‚ e.g. Anthony does play at the park. Phonology: * The pronunciation of the consonant cluster [tr] is [č] (which sounds like ch). Consider the example of the words trim and tractor‚ which sound like chim and chactor respectively. * Relatedly‚ [dr] changes to [j]. Consder the examples of drop and drive‚ which sound like jop
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