the passage of time. We don’t study grammar of our own mother tongue to use it for daily speaking‚ but when we need to polish our own mother tongue‚ we have to study its grammar and we usually do that. When we come to learning a new language like English language‚ we need to study its grammar‚ the importance of grammar cannot be neglected and before we do that we need to understand what grammar is. Grammar is the study of words and the ways words work together. An invisible force that guides us as
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Primary ‘posh’ (due to...)adapt to peers at secondary parental criticism gr + pr. Gr: would of wrote written √ pr: water - wa’er‚ Transcript – fillers‚ false starts‚ sociolect Comparison –formal polite register‚ ‘nicely spoken’ standard English. Less
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WHY ENGLISH? There are in Asia many different languages as well as many different dialects. This is true also of many parts of Africa where in Ghana alone there are many different languages‚ each one again‚ with many dialects. Therefore since it is only by the spoken word that human beings can communicate with one another‚ the necessity for a common language‚ whatever that common language may be is obvious. Common language that has been state up is the English language. English has been choose
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Spoken Discourse Assignment Introduction In this paper‚ the aim is to apply different methods of discourse analysis to a selected extract of transcribed language to establish who holds the power during the interaction. In a normal interview situation‚ the interviewer will control the topic change of the interaction and ask the questions and the interviewee will respond. One of the aims is to establish whether this is the case‚ and to see if this remains constant throughout the extract. The initial
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Greetings in English among Malaysian 1.0 Introduction The English language has been widely spoken and used in Malaysia over the decades. Malaysian English originated from the British English during British colonialism in Malaya far back before the Second World War. In the first half of the 20th century‚ Malaysian English was exactly similar to British English (BrE) (albeit spoken with a Malaysian accent). However‚ after Malaysia gained her independence in1957‚Bahasa Melayu claimed its status
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English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the most widely used language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by the majority populations of several sovereign states‚ including the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ New Zealand and a number of Caribbean nations; and it is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states. It is the third-most-common native language in the world‚ after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish
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------------------------------------------------- Background Scottish English results from language contact between Scots and the Standard English of England after the 17th century. The resulting shifts to English usage by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers‚ often mistaken for mergers by linguists unfamiliar with the history of Scottish English. Furthermore‚ the process was also influenced by interdialectal forms‚ hypercorrections and spelling pronunciations
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Modern English a) Received Pronunciation is an accent‚ which pronunciate words as they are spelled. RP . is conceived as a more formal way of speaking. b) In the 1800’s when a standard English had been established‚ the upper/upper middle class in the north east of England and especially London‚ began speaking RP. It spread‚ and was considered the educated way of speaking‚ so it became the favorable and more official way of speaking in England. c) Cockney pronunciate letters‚ which may
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American English CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………3 Chapter I. Historical background of American English…………………………………..6 Chapter II. Characteristic features of American English………………………………...12 2.1 . Phonology…………………………………………………………………………13 2.2 . Vocabulary…………………………………………………………………………17 2.3 . Grammar…………………………………………………………………………...23 Conclusions……………………………………………………………………………..27 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………30 Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Introduction
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According to The Encyclopedia of Malaysia: Languages & Literature‚ p 61‚ English in Malaysia has been categorized into three levels: the acrolect‚ mesolect and basilect. The acrolect is near-native. Only those educated in core English-speaking countries from early schooling up to university may be found to speak the acrolect variety‚ and only a small percentage of Malaysians are proficient in it. As with other similar situations‚ a continuum exists between these three varieties and speakers may
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