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 linguists that on
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This will guide their use of the language. In addition‚ various techniques can be applied in using this method to tea Since the day human beings began to learn foreign languages they have to confront the problem of how to learn it effectively. They have thought for centuries to look for a best way to teach and learn foreign languages‚ and there actually emerged lots of methods of language teaching. Today I¡¯d like to introduce one of them‚ which may not be as famous as grammar translation but is
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Regional accents show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This reading provided an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation‚ deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect‚ of the local variety of Standard English between various populations of native English speakers. Local accents are part of local dialects. Dialects of English have unique features in pronunciation‚ vocabulary‚ and grammar. I have learned that the term "accent"
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CYP Core unit 3.1 Assessment Criteria 2.3: Theories and Theorists Please write down three key points for each theorist and give an example of how it is put into practice in your setting. SKINNER – Operant Conditioning 1. Skinners theory is based on the idea that learning is a function of change in overt behaviour. 2. Changes in behaviuor are the result of an individual’s response to events that occur in the environment. 3. Reinforcement is the key to Skinners theory. A reinforcer is anything
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of what is known as the Critical Period Hypothesis‚ the disturbing case of Genie Wiley is used as an example. The critical exposure period describes that children from ages between four months and five years old have the best ability to understand phonemes and morphemes‚ as well as incorporating these into their own proper speech; however‚ from any age beyond six years old‚ comprehension becomes further difficult. Genie had helped many psychologists prove their theory‚ but enduring horrible child abuse
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THE PHONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MALAYSIAN ENGLISH SPEAKING CHINESE CHILDREN: A NORMATIVE STUDY Phoon Hooi San Bachelor of Speech Sciences (Hons) A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānaga o Waitaha Christchurch‚ New Zealand May‚ 2010 i The material presented in this thesis is the original work of the candidate except as acknowledged in the text‚ and has not been previously submitted‚ either in part or
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IFL A4.2 (2011-2012) Chapter 1: What is Language? - - .b lo gs po t.c om - Language can be viewed as a social fact‚ as a psychological state (mental dictionary)‚ as a set of structures (a grammatical system: a system to what orders the words have to come in if they are to make sense)‚ or as a collection of outputs (utterances/sentences: spoken or written). Language can be viewed as a set of choices (different ways of saying a sentence)‚ a set of contrasts (an inversion
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EDT101G EXAM Oct/Nov 2011 QUESTION 1 a) – All intake organisms follow the same series of phases‚ or stages‚ in their development (eg: all physically normal children manifest the three phases of sitting‚ walking and running in their development) Each phase is qualitatively (or structurally) unique and different from the other phases. (walking differs qualitatively from sitting‚ and running differs qualitatively from walking) The phases represent a logical progression in development in that each
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are not working properly‚ weak‚ damaged‚ malformed‚ or out of sync with the rest‚ then a speech disorder may be classified as an articulation disorder. Articulation impairment: inability to produce a perceptually acceptable version of particular phonemes‚ either in isolation or in any phonetic context. Children may consistently produce a specific distortion (e.g. lateral lisp) or
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1. Lexicology as a branch of linguistics. Subject matter. Links with other branches. Problems. Lexicology is a science about words. It studies the vocabulary of the language which consists of words and word combinations. The subject matter of lexicology is separate words‚ their morphological and semantic structure‚ and the vocabulary of the language‚ which includes words‚ word combinations‚ their origin‚ development and current use. Lexicology has lots of connections with other branches which also
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