linguistics concerned with the linguistic theory and methodology for describing lexical information‚ often focussing specifically on issues of meaning. Traditionally‚ lexicology has been mainly concerned with `lexis’‚ i.e. lexical collocations and idioms‚ and lexical semantics‚ the structure of word fields and meaning components and relations. Until recently‚ lexical semantics was conducted separately from study of the syntactic‚ morphological and phonological properties of words‚ but linguistic theory
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American English I. Introduction American English‚ variety of the English language spoken in the United States. Although all Americans do not speak the same way‚ their speech has enough in common that American English can be recognized as a variety of English distinct from British English‚ Australian English‚ and other national varieties. American English has grown up with the country. It began to diverge from British English during its colonial beginnings and acquired regional differences and
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change the way you speak to adults and friends. Every black American is bilingual‚ in a sense of being able to effectively use our “street slang” and “professional vernacular”‚ or what linguist call Standard American English. If you ask a linguist they will say black English is correct English‚ but many business owners believe that their a substandard dialect. Historically‚ when Africans were enslaved and brought to America they were forced to learn a new
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English is the language spoken by the majority of people in America‚ those language barriers are still present. These barriers can be seen in the obvious matter‚ different types of languages spoken‚ and also in a less noticeable matter‚ different dialects with in a language. Even with these barriers‚ man has overcome these differences and created a bridge for the gaps in language. In the days of the first settlers‚ there was a critical language barrier that not only the Europeans had to endure‚
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cross country to Richmond‚ Virginia. The southerners of Virginia had a very different vernacular than me. Sooner or later‚ it was very noticeable how the two places differed in dialect. Being from another part of the United States‚ I sort of expected the “Oooh’s & Aaahh”s of my slang. They would sometimes mock my accent or look at me sideways because the things that I would say. One day‚ on the way home from school walking with a group of friends having casual conversation; this guy walked past
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DICTION Adjectives‚ nouns‚ verbs‚ adverbs‚ negative words‚ positive words‚ synonyms‚ contrast. Look at the words that jump out at you - Evaluate only those words to find tone Also look at: Colloquial (Slang) Old-Fashioned Informal (Conversational) Formal (Literary) Connotative (Suggestive meaning) Denotative (Exact meaning) Concrete (Specific) Abstract (General or Conceptual) Euphonious (Pleasant Sounding) Cacophonous (Harsh sounding) Monosyllabic (One syllable) Polysyllabic (More
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México and Puerto Rico is basically the same but the difference is the accents and expressions.in the essay‚ I will focus in the history and contribution of the Spanish in Puerto Rican and Mexican society. For many people who don’t know much about the history they can get inform about the culture of the Puerto Rico and Mexico people. It will provide an ethnic background by giving us the opportunity to explores the regional dialect accent comparison. Puerto Rican Spanish also called (Espanol Puertorriqueno)
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ENGLISH STYLISTICS G. Misikova – Linguistic stylistics I. R. Galperin- Stylistics Crystal D. and Davy D. – Investigating English Style / for non-literary styles STYLISTICS Style and Styleme Štylistika je náuka o výbere a spôsobe využívania jazykových a mimojazykových alebo umeleckých prostriedkov a postupov uplatňovaných v procese použitia komunikácie. Jazykový štýl je spôsob prejavu‚ ktorý vzniká cieľavedomým výberom‚ zákonitým usporiadaním a využitím jazykových a mimojazykových
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the vocabulary resources of Modern English (for example‚ about synonyms and antonyms)‚ about the stylistic peculiarities of English vocabulary‚ about the complex nature of the word’s meaning and the modern methods of its investigation‚ about English idioms‚ about those changes that English vocabulary underwent in its historical development and about some other aspects of English lexicology. One can hardly acquire a perfect command of English without having knowledge of all these things‚ for a perfect
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Comments: Question 2. Question : ________________ is the specialized or technical language of a specific group or profession that may not be understood by outsiders. Student Answer: Formal language Informal language CORRECT Jargon Cliché Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Section 4.4 of Making Connections. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 3. Question : The meaning you interpret from a message is never personal and is
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