3rd year THEORY OF PHONETICS (Philology Department) Seminar No 5 (2 hrs) MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK. GENERAL AMERICAN AS THE AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION STANDARD Points for discussion: Major accents in the UK. 1. RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation: 1) Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. 2) Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English. 2. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English. 3. Estuary
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Should there or should there not be Cell Phones at school In my opinion‚ I believe that there should not be cell phones at school. Everybody loves to have them and use them all the time and they could be useful at times. This Means that if everyone brought their cell phones no work would be done. If phones were allowed the students would use them for fun and not for school. The kids would not get a proper education that they need. The kids without phones would be the only kids learning‚ but
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Is there a participation crisis in the UK? Whether there is a participation crisis in the UK or not is one of the major questions surrounding UK politics in the present day. The ever shrinking overall voter turnout in UK general elections suggests we do have a problem. However‚ the recent referendum on Scottish Independence that saw 84% of the Scottish electorate vote including 16 year olds‚ begs to differ. There are many arguments for and against this question. A reason for agreeing that there
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Volume 10‚ Number 2 2006 Allied Academies International Conference Reno‚ Nevada October 19-21‚ 2006 Academy of Legal‚ Ethical and Regulatory Issues PROCEEDINGS Volume 10‚ Number 2 2006 page ii Allied Academies International Conference Reno‚ 2006 Proceedings of the Academy of Legal‚ Ethical and Regulatory Issues‚ Volume 10‚ Number 2 Allied Academies International Conference page iii Table of Contents INVESTIGATING AVIATION PERSONNEL PERCEPTIONS OF AIRLINE
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The independence and neutrality of the judiciary is a vital factor is ensuring that the rule of law is to function effectively‚ particularly in the UK where there is no codified constitution. It could be implied that the decisions of judges are not influenced by pressure from other branches of government‚ and there is no form of partisanship present. It can be argued that judicial independence and neutrality is not entirely upheld in practice‚ however‚ due to the fusion of government branches that
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The UK taxation system relevant to the typical tax paying resident within the UK consists of Income tax‚ Corporation tax and Capital Gains tax. In the past tax payers have tried to ‘evade’ paying tax‚ with some ludicrous plans to keep their own personal taxes to a minimum‚ if not have a tax liability in the negative. This is partly why the UK Government has had to implement tax laws to maintain and clarify the structure of the taxation system within its policies. The system relies on a number of
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UK Banking System - Banking and Finance A Summary Sophisticated commercial‚ financial and professional services developed in the City of London during the 19th century to support Britain ’s position as the world ’s largest trading nation. Today Britain has a wide variety of banking and financial institutions. Many of these offer specialised services to individuals‚ companies and other bodies‚ both in Britain and internationally. Bank of England The Bank of England was established in 1694 by
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2 - Explain the characteristics of the different types of schools in relation to educational stage(s) and school governance In England‚ all children between the ages of 5 and 16 are entitled to a free space at a state school. There are six different types of schools: Community schools - These schools are state funded which means that they are run by the Local Education Authority (LEA). The staff are all employed by the Local Authority and the land and buildings of the school are also owned by the
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In PSHE we were studying death penalties in the world. All of the students had different opinions on why we should have or why we shouldn’t have it like it is now in the UK. In this case my opinion is to keep it how it is and not punish criminals with death penalties. I would like to keep the law with no death penalties in the UK. This is because even though the do horrible crimes to get a death penalty‚ they are still human and there are a lot of things that could go wrong. You could be taking
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Referendums are devices for obtaining extra legitimacy for policy proposals or for reducing internal party disputes over party alternatives. They tend to replace the normal role of parliament and are a form of direct democracy‚ although initiation comes from the government and not the governed. There is an indication of the growing frequency of the use of referendums as a way of legitimising policies or appealing to the public beyond divided party structures. What was seen as non-British‚ inconsistent
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