Historical background of the English Language I. 1. A short history of the origins and development of English I. 2. Varieties of English I. 3. English as a global language I.4. Writing system Chapter II Peculiarities of British and American variants in the English language II. 1. Peculiarities of American and British English and their differences II. 2. American and British English lexical differences II. 3. Grammatical Peculiarities of American and British English II. 4. Social and cultural
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The use of African American English in primary schools It has always been a subject of debate whether children whose native language is African American Vernacular English (AAVE) should use their own language‚ or Standard American English (SAE) at schools. The stereotypical view of most white Americans is that Black English is something less adequate‚ less precise‚ or less grammatical. They usually do not accept either the pronunciation or the syntax of this language. Nevertheless‚ it is true that
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The Native Americans resentment of the English has been building up since the 1600’s. In 1675-1678 the Native Americans tried to drive out the English settlers for the last time. A sequence of events leads to an outbreak called‚ The King Philips War‚ led by a Pokunoket chief named Metacom. The war lead to a decline in many Native American tribes and suffered more oppression in the hands of the English settlers. Since the founding of Jamestown in 1607 the relationship between the English colonist and
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An Explication of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost constructed this poem with four stanzas in iambic tetrameter. Frost’s rhyme scheme is intriguing; the first‚ second‚ and fourth lines of each stanza rhyme‚ where as the third rhymes with the next set of first‚ second‚ and fourth lines. Although‚ this pattern is broken in the fourth and final stanza‚ where Frost rhymes all the lines with the third line in the third stanza. To finish off the poem‚ the fifteenth line is repeated as
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History | * American English began as the first of Britain’s colonial (and later postcolonial) offspring‚ and it went through the same process of linguistic and cultural appropriation that has shaped other postcolonial varieties * The first English-speaking permanent settlers founded the South Atlantic colonies (beginning with Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ in 1607) and New England (where the Mayflower landed the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620). * the original bridgeheads via urban hearths like Boston‚ Massachusetts
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Punctuation differences between American and British English There are many differences between American and British English as regards to spelling in general‚ but differences in punctuation are minimal. Actually‚ there isn’t an official book of rules in America about spelling: the American style was established for typographical reasons‚ a historical legacy from the use of the handset printing press. It is used by most American newspapers‚ publishing houses and style guides in the United States
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Content American English…………………………………………………2 Lexical difference…………………………………………………4 Grammatical difference…………………………………………..6 Bibliography……………………………………………….8 Grammatical difference between British and American English. American English. In the early part of the seventeenth century English settlers began to bring their language to America‚ and another series of changes began to take place. The settlers borrowed words from Indian languages for
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Introduction English carries the story of its origin as an independent language in its name. The “Engl-“ part of the word goes back to the Angles‚ a Germanic tribe that invaded and colonized much of Britain during the 5th and 6th centuries. The “-ish” part means “belonging to”: in this case‚ the language that belonged to the Angles – the “Angle-ish” language. The English language descended directly from the speech of the Anglo-Saxons. English has developed during the course of the past thousand
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Sandra Emmanuel Dr. Jacobs‚ Rosalyn English 1102-229 April 2nd 2014 An Explication of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” stages the conflict of having to choose between two parts and the fear of the unknown. A part even though portrayed as physical in the poem‚ is more spiritual in real sense. The drama is shown by the speaker characterized as a man dwelling upon a decision that must be made. As a man‚ the speaker attempts to give an insight of his past and
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English 2 The Storm Response Journal Kate Chopin’s “the Storm”‚ is a dark story about a quick love affair between former friends while caught up in a storm‚ while their significant others were stranded elsewhere. The story explores Calixta’s dueling relationship with her husband and her lover‚ Alcee. Chopin uses the storm as a metaphor to portray Calixta’s sexual feelings and struggles in regards to her affair. The ongoing mention of the color white symbolizes Calixta’s internal struggle with
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