------------------------------------------------- Background Scottish English results from language contact between Scots and the Standard English of England after the 17th century. The resulting shifts to English usage by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers‚ often mistaken for mergers by linguists unfamiliar with the history of Scottish English. Furthermore‚ the process was also influenced by interdialectal forms‚ hypercorrections and spelling pronunciations
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Sakib Choudhury Professor-Meredith Benjamin English-2150 13 March 2013 Snow White and Her Victims Growing up reading fairy tales all our lives‚ there was always a protagonist‚ and an antagonist. The moral of these fairy tales were all the same. It was the war between the good and the evil. After reading Anne Sexton poem’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”‚ which was one of the well-known Disney fairy tales‚ the story seemed to be a lot different than the original theme. Anne Sexton’s poem
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know that English is considered as the universal language. But most of the countries use it as their second language. First‚ it is a way of communication in business‚ negotiations & especially in academics. It plays an important role in the basic education‚ particularly to speaking and writing. Indeed English proficiency pertains to the ability to speak‚ read and write in English. To be considered as truly proficient‚ you should have an advanced skill in this. English language
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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM IS IT? For many of us‚ the state of education in a country speaks volumes. Where English is spoken and taught as a second language‚ fluency is deemed a basic requirement for proper communication and propagation of ideas and connotes success. Does this fluency actually translate to a country’s economic success and overall standing in the world of nations? Back when American influence on teachers was still strong in the 1950s‚ I recall instances where
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(Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics) WARNING 1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE‚ IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”. 2. Course: Language Variation & Stylistics (5665) Level: MA TEFL Semester: Spring‚ 2012 Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40 ASSIGNMENT No. 1 (Units
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1. Asmah Hj. Omar. 1983. The Malay Peoples of Malaysia and their languages. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka. 2. Asmah Hj. Omar. 1986. Nahu Mutakhir Melayu. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 3. Azar‚ B. (1989). Understanding and Using English Grammar. Prentice Hall Regents. New Jersey. 4. http://www.ielanguages.com/enghist.html 5. Hazita Azman‚ 2004
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The power of English language in the world. The development of English as a universal language is a fact that we cannot deny‚ as we cannot deny that the language is inextricably tied to the culture of the country that it represents and even though it is true that an international language can give small languages a better chance to survive‚ it is also true that in the case of English‚ the language is been used as a weapon‚ something to control other countries and to have advantage over them in
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Chandra Khadka English 060 Karen Ryan September 4‚ 2012 One sided love The author idea and my reaction was when I was younger my mother take care of both. After his school his mother drops him at girls home to take care of him. When he is at her home girls start to love him‚ but don’t know about the girl feeling My little is one sided one and author name was Kelly Ruth Winner .The man idea about the restate mean was we have to share our fillings to the person to whom we have feeing
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the passage of time. We don’t study grammar of our own mother tongue to use it for daily speaking‚ but when we need to polish our own mother tongue‚ we have to study its grammar and we usually do that. When we come to learning a new language like English language‚ we need to study its grammar‚ the importance of grammar cannot be neglected and before we do that we need to understand what grammar is. Grammar is the study of words and the ways words work together. An invisible force that guides us as
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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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