Growing up in a world where people think fashion is everything‚ seeing perfume and clothing advertisements can make young people want to be like the people in those ads. When reading magazines‚ you see a lot of sex. Many name brands think the best way to sell a product is through sex. Dolce & Gabbana is an example of selling sex to make a profit. There are very few ads where they are not selling a product through sex. On the D & G website‚ almost every ad is sexual. They have men and women lying
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Why English-only policy would not work? What would happen to America if immigrants could not speak their native-languages anymore? The use of languages other than English stimulated a movement known as “English Only Movement” in the U.S‚ which has been a subject of great controversy. On one hand‚ the pro English only agree it would encourage immigrants who do not speak English to learn it; therefore‚ it would turn them Americans bringing the U.S together as a whole. On the other
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Sounds of French. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Watkins‚ Justin‚ W.‚ 2001‚ ‘Illustrations of the IPA: Burmese.’ in JIPA‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 2‚ pages 291–295. Wells‚ J.C.‚ 1982‚ Accents of English Vols 1–3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Wells‚ J.C.‚ 2006‚ English Intonation. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Wells‚ J.C.‚ 2008 (3rd edition)‚ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. London: Longman. Westermann‚ D.‚ 1930‚ A Study of the Ewe Language. London:
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ENGLISH IN INDIA In our country English is important for a number of reasons. India is a land of diversity. Different people speak different languages. A person of Tamil Nadu does not speak Hindi. So he can’t understand Hindi of a person from North India. However he can understand in English. So English is a link language. Different people can communicate with one another with the help of English. Secondly‚ all advanced knowledge in science‚ technology and medicine is available in English.
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Chapter 3: The Sounds of English. Consonants and Vowels. An Articu-latory Classification and Description. Acoustic Correlates 3.1. Consonants and Vowels. Traditional distinctions. Chomsky and Halle’s SPE definition 3.2. Criteria for consonant classification. Vocal cord vibration. Sonority 3.3. Manner of articulation. Plosives. Fricatives. Affricates 3.4. Sonorants. The Approximants: glides and liquids 3.5. Oral and nasal articulation 3.6. Force of articulation 3.7. Place of articulation 3.8. The
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LANGUAGE? __________________________________________________ English isn’t managing to sweep all else before it -- and if it ever does become the universal language‚ many of those who speak it won’t understand one another by Barbara Wallraff ECAUSE I am interested in what happens to the English language‚ over the past year or so I’ve been asking people‚ at dinner parties and professional gatherings and so on‚ whether they think that English is well on its way to being the global language. Typically
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Future of English as a global language “A language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country” (Crystal 1997). In the 21st century‚ English is increasingly becoming the dominant language in global communication. However‚ the question of where the future of English lies remains unclear. Will English in the future increase in popularity or should we adopt a better alternative? English is undoubtedly one of the most influential languages
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Tones can be primary and secondary. They convey the attitude of the speaker. Hallyday’s theory is based on the syntactical function of intonation. The founder of the American school of intonation K. Pike in his book «The Intonation of American English» considers «pitch phonemes» and «contours» to be the main units of intonation. He describes different contours and their meanings‚ but the word «meaning» stands apart from communicative function of intonation. There is wide agreement among Russian
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English Room 101 Speech Ladies and Gentlemen‚ Doesn’t everyone just hate snoring? You have to agree with me that when you are awake at night and you are with some one that snores it is the most irritating thing in the world as half the time it is impossible to get back to sleep. Without a doubt if I succeed today snoring is most definitely going into room 101. The one and only major natural thing that really could make you sleep hell has to be stupendous‚ snotty snoring. When you awake the
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