American English The three original American dialects — New England‚ Mid-Atlantic and Southern — all had their origins in different areas of England and reproduce many of the characteristics of those areas. The varieties of Southern English‚ as well as the Midwestern twang‚ evolved in consequence of these dialects’ rubbing together. Non-English dialects have had relatively little influence‚ except in semantics and several structures which are clearly marked as non-English in origin (for example
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ENGLISH STYLISTICS G. Misikova – Linguistic stylistics I. R. Galperin- Stylistics Crystal D. and Davy D. – Investigating English Style / for non-literary styles STYLISTICS Style and Styleme Štylistika je náuka o výbere a spôsobe využívania jazykových a mimojazykových alebo umeleckých prostriedkov a postupov uplatňovaných v procese použitia komunikácie. Jazykový štýl je spôsob prejavu‚ ktorý vzniká cieľavedomým výberom‚ zákonitým usporiadaním a využitím jazykových a mimojazykových
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Manfred Jahn Narratology: A Guide to the Theory of Narrative Full reference: Jahn‚ Manfred. 2005. Narratology: A Guide to the Theory of Narrative. English Department‚ University of Cologne. Version: 1.8. New in this version: Some modified definitions in N1; set of analytical question in N1.33; recent narratological literature (N2.1); hypothetical focalization and empty centers (N3.2.5); story grammars (N4.5); revised references and bibliography. Date: 28 May 2005 This page: http://www.uni-koeln
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From "RP" to "Estuary English": The concept ’received ’ and the debate about British pronunciation standards Hamburg 1998 Author: Gudrun Parsons Beckstrasse 8 D-20357 Hamburg e-mail: Parsons@public.uni-hamburg.de Table of Contents Foreword ................................................................................................. i List of Abbreviations ............................................................................... ii 0. 1. Introduction .......................
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Chapter 2 Communication Accommodation Theory A cross-disciplinary discourse-sensitive framework Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate‚ while I still have to speak English or Spanish when I would rather speak Spanglish‚ and as long as I have to accommodate the English speakers rather than having them accommodate me‚ my tongue will be illegitimate. I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing. I will have my voice: Indian‚ Spanish
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Linguistic attitudes among English varieties in South Africa - Do South Africans tolerate English linguistic diversity? Presented at the Faculty for Anglistic University of Potsdam Bachelor thesis In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Frauke Ferber 1 Abstract In the ongoing search for identity‚ the turbulent history of Johannesburg (and South Africa) resulted in a society that is “torn between the extremes of utopian dreamworld
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1 Three Waves of Variation Study: The emergence of meaning in the study of variation Penelope Eckert Stanford University Abstract The treatment of social meaning in variation has come in three waves of analytic practice. The first wave of variation studies established broad correlations between linguistic variables and the macro-sociological categories of socioeconomic class‚ sex class‚ ethnicity and age. The second wave employed ethnographic methods to explore the local categories and configurations
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Team Anthro Anthropology Notes Paper I Arava‚ Uday Table of Contents CSE Anthropology Syllabus 5 Paper - I 5 Notes 9 1 Meaning‚Scope and Development of Anthropology 9 2 Relationship with other disciplines 10 2.1 Anthropology(A) and social science 10 2.2 Anthropology and behavioral science 10 3 Main Branches of Anthropology: 11 3.1 Social cultural anthropology 11 3.2 Biological Anthropology 12 3.3 Archaeological anthropology - 13 3.4 Lingusitic Anthropology 14 4 Biological Factors in Human
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Scheme of work Scheme of work – Cambridge InternationalA Level Cambridge International AS and AS & A Level [subject] (code) English Language 9093 Scheme of work – Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language (9093) Contents Overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University English Dissertations Department of English 12-20-2012 From the ’Hood to the Classroom: A Rhetorical Perspective on Teaching Secondary English to the Urban Student Shae A. Anderson Georgia State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_diss Recommended Citation Anderson‚ Shae A.‚ "From the ’Hood to the Classroom: A Rhetorical Perspective on Teaching Secondary English
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