International phonetics Alphabet List of symbols representatives of sound used in English Language : i) Utterance ii) Sound iii) Symbols iv) Syllable v) Word(s)/group of Words vi)Clauses/Phrases vii)Sentences viii)Paragraph ix) Meaning x) Interpretation xi) Theorizing. i) ‚ ii) ‚ iii) Phonology iv)‚ v) Morphology vi)‚vii) Syntax viii) Forms ix)‚ x) Interpretation xi) Hermeneutics Phoneme: A phoneme is the smallest or minimal contrastive unit in the sound system
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English grammar has minimal inflection compared with most other Indo-European languages. For example‚ Modern English‚ unlike Modern German or Dutch and the Romance languages‚ lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. Case marking has almost disappeared from the language and mainly survives in pronouns. The patterning of strong (e.g. speak/spoke/spoken) versus weak verbs (e.g. love/loved or kick/kicked) inherited from its Germanic origins has declined in importance in modern English‚ and
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Swearing in English Swearing in English uses the spoken section of the British National Corpus to establish how swearing is used‚ and to explore the associations between bad language and gender‚ social class and age. The book goes on to consider why bad language is a major locus of variation in English and investigates the historical origins of modern attitudes to bad language. The effects that centuries of censorious attitudes to swearing have had on bad language are examined‚ as are the social
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Do people agree that English is a global language? Do people know why they need a global language? Why do people all over the world learn English? Of course‚ English is a global language‚ but it does not mean everyone can speak English in the world‚ and it does not mean every country uses English as an official language. In 2009‚ English is the native language for one third of all people and on the first ranking that most people have spoken. (Weber‚ 1995‚ The World’s 10 most influential language
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Old English Mythology English folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in England over a number of centuries. Some stories can be traced back to their roots‚ while the origin of others is uncertain or disputed. England abounds with folklore‚ in all forms. English folklore is largely drawn from Germanic‚ Celtic and Christian sources. Hobgoblin is a term typically applied in folktales to describe a friendly but troublesome creature of the Seelie Court. Hobgoblins seem to be small‚ hairy
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Research Paper On Modern English Submit To: Muhammad Zakaria (ZM) Lecturer‚ Department of English East West University Sub: Eng-205 Sec: 1 Submitted By: Tanay Kundu Bappa ID: 2011-2-40-149
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Language is a constant. It is a component that will be forever intertwined into the fabrication of our global society. This multi-sensory means of communication‚ consists of not only the verbal and writing‚ but also touch‚ smell‚ sound‚ body‚ and gestural elements. As human beings are social animals‚ people have the instinct to communicate with others‚ to share our feelings and thoughts‚ and as a result‚ language development in each individual becomes an instinct (Pinker‚ 1994). Since language is
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How do you learn how to speak English very fast? Is it possible to accelerate your English speaking ability? Is it possible to make massive improvements in only 2-3 months? The answer is yes. But of course‚ to make massive improvements requires massive intensity and effort. So‚ how can you do it? How can you improve super-fast? What do I recommend for this kind of goal? 1. Obsession The first and most important thing you need to achieve this goal is incredible passion. You must have tremendous emotional
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. English Social change and technology . Page: 1 2 3 4 Back Face-to-face vs multimodal talk A teenager composes a text message on a mobile phone using abbreviations Multimodal talk is any kind of conversation that is not face-to-face. It means texting on mobiles or smartphones. It also means tweeting‚ emails and all kinds of online chat services. Here are some of the features you will need to consider when you compare multimodal talk with face-to-face talk: Turn-taking
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Copy Middle English played an important role in the history of the English language. Middle English began about 1150-1500. Dialect diversity was major in this period that people from one part of England could not understand people in another part. Although‚ slowly‚ the dialect spoken in London was becoming the standard. Middle English develops out of the late Old English in Norman England. Middle English can be divided into three periods: Early‚ Central‚ and Late. Early Middle English still contained
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