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    of geographical linguistics within the United States. A dialect or an accent means the words we use and how we pronounce them‚ and in this case the language is American English. Variations of English that result in local dialects are discussed‚ reasons for dialect differences are given‚ and attitudes about dialects are shown in the video. There are several ways that dialects form from "standard" languages. First there is accent or the way the language is pronounced. Second there is vocabulary and

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    儿童游戏

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    How My Spoken Language

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    though minor‚ is the regional area I live. Although my accent isn’t very broad and I mainly speak using Standard English‚ I have spent my whole life living in derby and use several dialect words including “knackered” (meaning tired) and “mardy” (someone who’s acting childish). My parents don’t have very strong Derby accents; however my uncle’s is particularly broad.

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    Health and Social Care Qcf

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    Unit 4222-301 Promote Communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Outcome 1 Be able to understand why effective communication is important in the work setting 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate To express needs‚ share ideas and information‚ give reassurance‚ express feelings‚ build relationships‚ socialize‚ ask questions and share experiences.  People communicate in order to establish and maintain relationships with others

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    Rhetoric vs Storytelling

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    Obama vs Brown Rhetoric or Stories You don’t have to look far at the moment to see the power of storytelling in a public service context. Sadly‚ it isn’t here in the UK that the best example can be seen‚ but in the US. Barack Obama is a committed and skilful storyteller who is constantly referring to his own family story as well as stories of the people he is representing. Here’s an example of Barack Obama storytelling … Tonight is a particular honor for me because - let’s face it - my presence

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    This project consists of three tasks. The first part of the assignment was graphic organizer. Next was lesson plan and followed by video making and reflection. The best part of this assignment was video making which I have never gone through before. In fact‚ this video making session brought ample of experiences for me and my friends. We were required to create any type of teaching material in the format of children show for example documentary‚ story‚ short film and so on about the topic we chosen

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    Steve Flower Monologue

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    I didn’t get it. I just didn’t. My designer high-heels clicked on the sidewalk as I sprinted away. I didn’t fall‚ but then again‚ I never did. This wasn’t supposed to happen. It had been such a great plan‚ if I do say so myself. I would arrive at the dance at around 8:45‚ when it had just barely started. The love of my life‚ Steve Flower‚ would be there‚ and so would that penniless‚ poor excuse of a young woman‚ Allie Williams. She was ugly and unpopular‚ hardly wore makeup‚ and wore clothes that

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    grammar

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    Function word Function words (or grammatical words or synsemantic words or structure-class words) are words that have little lexical meaning or have ambiguous meaning‚ but instead serve to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence‚ or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker. They signal the structural relationships that words have to one another and are the glue that holds sentences together. Thus‚ they serve as important elements to the structures of sentences. [1] Consider

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    Sothern England

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    Southern England: Received Pronunciation (RP) is the standard accent of Standard English in Great Britain‚ with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms. RP is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary as "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England"‚ although it can be heard from native speakers throughout England and Wales. Peter Trudgill estimated in 1974 that 3% of

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    Rhoticity

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    13. non-rhotic accent A non-rhotic accent‚ however‚ does not have the /r/ in final or pre-consonantal positions (this is sometimes known as the post-vocalic /r/‚ although others use the more accurate term‚ the non-prevocalic /r/). What this means is that speakers of non-rhotic accents have this rule: if the in the spelling does not occur before a vowel sound‚ don’t pronounce it. (NOTE: vowel sound‚ not vowel letter.) Here are examples of words and phrases where the won’t be pronounced by

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