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    is about the poet presenting himself as a BBC broadcaster with a Glaswegian accent. The poets point is to say that just because someone has regional accent and not a RP accent does

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    the accents‚ vocabulary‚ culture‚ history‚ and the struggles they both had. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are similar and different in immigration because Mexicans immigrated to the southwestern areas such as Texas and California‚ while Puerto Ricans immigrated to the eastern side like to New York and such. (Gonzalez) Between these ethnic groups‚ there are parallels but more variances such as immigration‚ culture‚ accents and struggles. When Puerto Ricans speak Spanish‚ because of their accent‚ you

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    Araby: An Outline Commentary ‘The Sisters’ and ‘An Encounter’ are about the same length. ‘Araby’ is roughly a hundred lines shorter than these. There is a progression in the three stories. The boy in ‘The Sisters’ is a passive witness‚ limited in his capacity to act by the weight of the adults about him. The boy of ‘An Encounter’ rebels against this oppression but his reward is the menace of a bizarre and abnormal adult. The boy in ‘Araby’ strives both to act and to realize an actual affective

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    Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 mov.1 Analysis The Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor‚ for violin‚ cello and piano‚ Op. 67‚ with four movements‚ by Dmitri Shostakovich was written in 1944‚ in the midst of World War II. The work received its premiere in Leningrad on 14 November 1944. After 1936‚ Shostakovich separated his compositions to two parallel sections‚ one for public consumptions‚ the other one for personal expressions. Therefore‚ Shostakovich’s chamber music probably constitutes the most complete

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    gestures‚ facial expressions‚ touch and visual aids e.g. pictures and symbols. Verbal consists of the pitch/tones of your voice and the vocabulary I use. 3 Understand how to reduce barriers to communicate 3.1 The different barriers to communication could be not being able to understand or be aware of the individual’s needs‚ back ground noises‚ whether there hearing aids are working properly‚ strong accents and even if the lighting or temperature. 3.2 To reduce this you should speak nice and clear when

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    LING 105: Language in Daily Life Spring Semester 2015 Lei Pak Nin‚ Will (plei4) Squib #2: Report on the video “American Tongues” Date: 12 February 2015 American Tongues is a 1988 documentary made to illustrate some of the dialects of American English. It features commentaries from several groups of professionals‚ such as sociolinguists Roger Shuy and Walt Wolfram‚ columnists Mike Harden and Molly Ivins‚ therapist Dennis Becker and historian A.C. Greene. The most prominent commentators are Walt Wolfram

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    to an on screen image. Sound in film intensifies the image and in most cases allows the audience to relate to the world of the film and be aware of both space and time within the means of the world of the film. Simple alterations in sounds from the pitch‚ amplitude‚ or volume of the noise can completely change or alter the audience’s perception of what is happening in the film. By the end of Barsam and Monahan’s chapter about sound design‚ the reader can understand most all aspects of sound in film

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    Introduction One’s identities can be various. I am a girl who is 19 years old‚ a Hong Kong people‚ a daughter‚ a university student. We have so many different identities. Some of it will change‚ some of it is stable and unchanging. So‚ before the explanation of the relationships between language and identity‚ the definition of identity have to be define first. According to Abercrombie (2000)‚ ” this is the sense of self‚ of personhood‚ of what kind of person one is. Identities always involve

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    Bibliography: Hansen‚ Klaus‚ Uwe Carls & Peter Lucko 1996. Die Differenzierung des Englischen in nationale Varianten. Berlin: Erich Schmidt. Hughes‚ Arthur & Peter Trudgill 1996. English Accents and Dialects. An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles. London: Arnold. Melchers‚ Gunnel & Philip Shaw 2003. World Englishes. An Introduction. Arnold: London. Svartvik‚ Jan & Geoffrey Leech. English – One Tongue

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