LECTURE 4 Word stress in English 1. Nature of word stress 2. Place of word stress in English. Degrees of stress 3. Functions of the English stress 4. Tendencies of the English stress 5. Typology of accentual structures 1. The sequence of syllables in the word is not pronounced identically. The syllable or syllables which are uttered with more prominence than the other syllables of the word are said to be stressed or accented. Stress in the isolated word
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English Speech: How would you feel if your mother had to clean other people’s houses to make a living? How far would you really go for a friend‚ would you sacrifice a love life‚ your education? Out of all the books I have read‚ I absolutely love Tim Winton’s short stories‚ 2 short stories that I loved are “On Her knees” and “Big World”. I have particularly enjoyed “On her knees” not only because of its intriguing name but because it depicts the issue of dignity throughout the whole story and
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An innovative Teacher I had Mrs. Anderson reputations precede her as one of the most innovative English Language teacher at the Norman Manley High School. I can attest to her innovative skills when I was first introduce to her in fifth form; she exuded English in every manner‚ the suttle tone of her voice in which she spoke‚ with an accent as if she was born in Britain but on the contrary she was a Jamaican. She said to my class on the first day that “She promised she would provide us with the
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I CONGRATULATE the Health Ministry for coming out with a programme to tackle stress in schools ("Plan to tackle stress‚ depression in schools -- NST‚ Jan 19). There are many reasons for students getting stressed. The main reason is their inability to follow lessons in English. They suffer in silence. In the process‚ they lose their self-esteem. A majority of students are weak in English. Most of them can hardly write a 100-word comprehension or read simple materials. If we care to do a random
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SPEAKING SKILLS STRESS AND INTONATION: While speaking a word‚ we use extra force in uttering some syllable or syllables in that word. This extra force is called stress and the syllable is called stressed syllable. In the following words‚ the syllables in bold letters show stress. father | fa-ther | First syllable is stressed | insult | In-sult | Second syllable is stressed | TWO TYPES OF STRESS: There are two types of stress.
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Language laboratories are study rooms equipped with electronic sound-reproduction devices‚ enabling students to hear model pronunciations of foreign languages and to record and hear their own voices as they engage in pattern drills. Most laboratories provide a master control board that permits a teacher to listen to and correct any student... Language lab From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Russian language class in a East German language laboratory (1975)
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WHAT IS STYLE AND STYLISTICS? What is meant by style is debatable because it is highly debatable if human beings are exactly alike. It is very difficult to arrive at a full description of style that is acceptable to all scholars. As such there are many definitions of the word style as there are scholars yet no consensus is reached among them on what style is. Chapman (1973) is of the view that style is the product of social situation i.e. of a common relationship between language users. He further
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INTONATION IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION ENGLISH DEPARTMENT INTONATION IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE ABSTRACT Intonation is very important for English learner because when you talk a sentence without having a correct intonation‚ it may change the intended meaning of the whole sentence. This study will briefly compare Vietnamese intonation and English intonation as well as the differences between these two language intonations and to offer some
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Introduction 1Phonetics as branch of linguistics .The word phonetics is derived from the Greek word phone such means sound and is used in two different meanings: a. to some authors usually non phoneticians phonetics is that part of grammar which deals with special sounds. b. To phoneticians however phonetics is an independent branch of linguistics which is concerned with the phonetic structure of language. On the one hand phonetics is quite independent and develops according to its own laws
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The essay written by Kim called “Facing poverty with a rich girl’s habits” was a very sad but everyday living style. Kim came from a rich family that had everything and in a flash everything had changed. They moved to East Village in New York City and Kim struggled with the new language barrier. She was called names like fresh of the boat and she never understood why she was called that and why those of her nationality looked down upon her has if she bought shame to them. Kim had to watch Reruns
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