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    contains. This stereotype is a big one and is abused in the Disney movie. While this opening scene is going on a disturbing song is accompanying it. The song is playing played by traditional Arab instruments the singer is a man with a thick Arab accent. The typical Middle Eastern music is not the main issue with this scene. When you listen to the words you can hear the man singing‚ “Where they cut off your ear if they don’t like your face. It’s barbaric‚ but hey‚ it’s home.” What are the Disney

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    that linguistic profiling has on people‚ specifically on the people with an “undesirable accent or dialect” (2003‚ p.155). Much like racial profiling and its negative effects on people of color‚ linguistic profiling is the practice of imposing certain social characteristics on people who speak with a particular accent or dialect. As with racial profiling‚ linguistic profiling places certain stigmas on accents or dialects. Baugh begins by discussing discriminatory linguistic profiling‚ and the approval

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    you ask yourself‚ am I able to locate my fastball? Is my off-speed pitch effective enough to keep the hitter guessing at the speed? A pitcher must take notice to how the hitter sets up at the plate. Depending on the count (balls and strikes) will determine the type of pitch I must throw and the ones I shouldn’t throw. Most importantly‚ don’t be predicable. Every pitch counts so every pitch must set up the next pitch. Meaning high pitch counts will get you out of the game almost as quick as pitching

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    Lab Title Waves Lab # 8 Name: Joseph Apap Class: PHY101-14995 Date: 07/11/2015 Purpose: To be able to discuss the sound wave properties of frequency‚ pitch‚ amplitude and loudness. To be able to discuss how the length of a sound wave affects pitch. To be able to explain the use of controlled variables in an experiment. Procedures: Required Materials: Meter Stick 2 Cardboard tubes Scissors Rubber bands Wax paper Transparent tape Flashlight Balloon Small Mirror 1. Hold 1 end of a meter stick down

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    of pitch in music is perhaps the most valuable aspect one can obtain when developing aural perception. However‚ one rarely focuses on the scientific aspects related to pitch. It is easy to hear for most musicians when the pitch in music is ascending‚ descending‚ or staying the same. In scientific terms‚ the pitch of a note is determined by its frequency and intensity. Frequency is the most important aspect when determining pitch. The higher the frequency of a sound‚ the higher the pitch‚ and

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    Chicano and had trouble learning English bdue to her native tongue. She faced quandaries as a child because she had trouble grasping English and spoke with a Hispanic accent. She explains that “At Pan American University‚ I and all Chicano students were required to take two speech classes. Their purpose: to get rid of our accents. Attacks on one’s form of expression with the intent to censor are a violation of the First Amendment. El Anglo con cara de inocente nos arrancó la lengua. Wild tongues

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    with: Accent Phonological Characteristics of General American English Accent – There is no discernible accent from the three characters in the commercial in the beginning. They are utilizing the standard newscaster accent that is widely accepted as the television standard of speech. Intended effect – enhances the effect of the business office setting and dress code of all three characters as professional and efficient. Phonological characteristics of Mid Atlantic/Philadelphia Accent – “How

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    or extraordinHARRY but I think they are much more. They have awesome voices and accents‚ they seem to be caring people and last but not least they are very good looking. I love their accents and voices. When they sing they sound American but when they talk they sound British/Irish. Any real fan can tell who they are when they talk since they are all from different parts of The United Kingdom they have different accents. One Direction seems to be caring people unless it is just the media that makes

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    Thomas Wolfe’s play The Mountains reads as though it could be a nationwide hit. In letters written by Thomas to his professor George Pierce Baker “If the audience is depressed over my play‚ I am depressed over my audience (Clark 39).” I feel the same sentiment with Thomas Wolfe when he talks so fondly of his play. When reading The Mountains‚ I had the feeling I was experiencing something of importance. Thomas Wolfe in the early age of his college career was able to write a play that portrayed strong

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    Native speakers of English are a speaker who used English as a first language or mother tongue. Usually native speakers of English are people from English-speaking countries like the USA‚ Great Britain‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ Ireland‚ etc. Anyone may acquire the native speaker status by virtue of being just as proficient as a genetic native speaker of a language. In Singapore‚ where English has been the medium of instruction since 1987 and where‚ by now‚ there are many users of English whose proficiency

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