Katie Royle 17/9/10 What are the main differences between spoken and written English? In English‚ speech is known as a social way of communicating and expressing an opinion. On the other hand writing is known more for recording notes‚ facts and information. Each form of English has different ways of interacting with a specific audience. The lexis for both the written and spoken mode is somewhat different. Informal and colloquial is the language used during speech whereas
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Introduction to Philosophy Week 1: What is Philosophy? Rough Transcript for Lecture 1: What is Philosophy? Hello! Welcome to the course. Idea is to give you a brief intro to some of the main areas of philosophy Aim for this week: to think about what philosophy is Five short parts: Introductory part‚ where we try and get an initial idea of what philosophy is Next 2 parts where we try and assess some common claims made about philosophy: that it’s (somehow) fundamental and that it’s about important
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Word-formation in English by Ingo Plag Universität Siegen in press Cambridge University Press Series ‘Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics’ Draft version of September 27‚ 2002 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 1. Basic concepts 1.1. What is a word? 4 4 1.2. Studying word-formation 12 1.3. Inflection and derivation 18 1.4. Summary 23 Further reading 23 Exercises 24 2. Studying
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Sunday‚ December 8‚ 2013 OLD ENGLISH WORDS art - are bequeath (one of my personal favorites) - To give or leave by will; to hand down. beseech - request‚ ask. besought – asked‚ made request. (past tense of beseech) betwixt – between. canst - can. cometh – comes‚ or coming. Submitted by Queen of Terabithia dearth - (durth) scarcity or scant supply of anything; want or lack. dost - do‚ does. draught or draft – Can mean the act of pulling or drawing loads; a pull or haul; a team of animals
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Roots Ac‚Acr Meaning sharp Words Acrimonious Meaning bitter‚ caustic Acerbity Acidulate bitterness of temper to make somewhat acid or sour Aev‚Ev age‚era Primeval Coeval Medieval or Mediaeval of the first age of the same age or era of the middle ages Agog Leader Demagogue pedagogue false leader of people teacher (leader of children) Agaro to discuss or speak Panegyric formal praise Ali another Alias alienate assumed (another)
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of average difficulty and who would like to gain some information about the vocabulary resources of Modern English (for example‚ about synonyms and antonyms)‚ about the stylistic peculiarities of English vocabulary‚ about the complex nature of the word ’s meaning and the modern methods of its investigation‚ about English idioms‚ about those changes that English vocabulary underwent in its historical development and about some other aspects of English lexicology. One can hardly acquire a perfect command
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The interview I have chosen to analyse is a television interview by Piers Morgan with Cheryl Cole. It took place in a studio in front of a live audience. The interview is to gain knowledge over Cheryl’s personal life‚ and Piers obviously has vivid background knowledge of her life along with some pre-prepared questions to ask. The main topic is a contestant who was in Cheryl’s group during the famous show ‘The X-Factor’ and we can tell this as Piers refers to her directly as the proper noun‚ ‘Gamu
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“Slurring Spanish‚” Luis Rodriguez highlights the difficulties of bilingual speakers‚ specifically Spanish speakers‚ in America. He concentrates on the challenges that Spanish speakers face in school from having English forced as the language to be spoken at all times‚ moreover Rodriguez points out two Spanish-speaking students that experienced the hardships of bilingual speakers in an “English Only” education system. Although Luis Rodriguez could have written his essay in his native language‚ writing
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accede‚ exceed Accede means to agree‚ to allow; exceed means to go beyond‚ to surpass‚ as in “Drivers who exceed the speed limit are asking for hefty fines.” accept‚ except Not commonly seen even from unpublished writers‚ who are probably familiar with the difference because they’re all waiting for an acceptance! “We accept your invitation to your party‚ except for Bill‚ who will be away on that day.” However‚ I recently saw (on a publisher’s web site!) the statement‚ “We are excepting submissions
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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 is termed
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