on eight parts of speech: the verb‚ the noun‚ the pronoun‚ the adjective‚ the adverb‚ the preposition‚ the conjunction‚ and the interjection. Each part of speech explains not what the word is‚ but how the word is used. In fact‚ the same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next. The next few examples show how a word ’s part of speech can change from one sentence to the next‚ and following them is a series of sections on the individual parts of speech‚ followed by an exercise
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The Speech Community Peter L. Patrick Dept. of Language and Linguistics University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ United Kingdom Email: patrickp@essex.ac.uk http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/ This article will appear in JK Chambers‚ P Trudgill & N Schilling-Estes (eds.)‚ Handbook of language variation and change. Oxford: Blackwell. ABSTRACT: empirical linguistics‚ is at the intersection of many principal problems in sociolinguistic theory and method. This paper traces its history
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Free speech is a right that every human on earth should have. Ideas and words should be a free market‚ no one idea should be suppressed‚ no one idea sould be granted special treatment under the law. Let debates decide dominant ideas‚ not by censoring them. I believe every country should operate like that‚ but only 60% of the earth lives with the right to free speech‚ while only 15% has freedom of the press. Why? Because of partisan beliefs on how a government should be run? Because there is a real
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I44 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ACOUSTICS‚ SPEECH‚ AND SIGNAL PROCESSING‚ VOL. ASSP-34‚ NO. 4‚ AUGUST Speech Analysis/Synthesis Based on a Sinusoidal Representation Abstract-A sinusoidal model for the speech waveform used to de- speech compression. The amplitudes and frequencies of is velop a new analysislsynthesis technique that is characterized by the the underlying sine waves are estimated using Kalman filamplitudes‚frequencies‚ andphases of thecomponentsine waves. tering techniques‚ and each
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Speech # 1 Informative Speech SPEECH GOAL: I would like the audience to learn and understand the importance of retirement planning at a young age. THESIS STATEMENT: To create a safe financial retirement we need not to rely only on social security but also have other retirement plans such as a 401K and/or an IRA account. INTRODUCTION: I. How many of you expect to live past the age of 60? II. How many of you would like to one day retire and enjoy the golden days of life? III. Today I want
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COM 219 Section 17 2/4/2013 Get Prepared My Speech Regarding our introduction speech as my first formal one in front of the class‚ I felt so awkward that I forgot every details which we should pay attention to. First is the Eye Contact. There was a kind of hook that I can’t control myself from moving my sights out of the back row‚ where our professor sat. The second Delivery part is Vocal Pause which was my most serious issue during all the speech. Words just went out of my mind since I wrote
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I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention-Getter: 1.What would you do if you came across a dragon? 2. Would you run? or would you stay and try to train it? B. Present the Topic: This was one of the conflicts faced in the movie “ How To Train Your Dragon.” C.Thesis Statement: I liked this movie because it never got boring and had me laughing most of the time. D. Preview of Main Points: I will give you: 1. A description of the movie 2. and also my evaluation of it. II. BODY
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Nama : Safiera Nadya NPM : 1106082312 Jurusan : Ilmu Politik Mata Kuliah : Pembangunan Politik dan Studi Demokratisasi SPEECH BY MR GEORGE YEO‚ MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS‚ AT BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM‚ 10 DECEMBER 2008‚ 12:00 PM AT BALI‚ INDONESIA In this speech Mr.Yeo describes the role of democracy as a means towards good governancy. He starts by saying that international organizations developed after the end of World War II is in need of revision and updates because it can no longer
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Barrett Rogers ANT 1013.005 Dr. Robert J. Hard March 29‚ 2005 Speech Community Contribution There is an infinite amount of chat rooms available on the internet and each one can be defined as its own speech community. I have chosen to analyze a chat room that is devoted to the hit Fox reality show‚ American Idol. The transcript used was from a chat session that occurred at 10:00 PM on March 27‚ 2005. This online chat room seemed to be the source of a continuous flow of opinionated statements
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Persuasive Speech Parts Explained PERSUASIVE OUTLINE Begin with an Attention Step that is an Opening statement of interest: (use one or more of the following) * A rhetorical question * A startling statement * A quotation * An illustration or story * A reference to the subject * A reference to the occasion Motivate audience interest in your subject by alluding to: (use one or more of the following) * The practical value of the information for your audience * A reason
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