Speech Act By: Janice Widjajakusuma – 2013008114 Speech acts is an utterance that has formative function in language and communication. As what I have learned earlier in class‚ there are apologize and complaint as example for speech acts. Below I will give some other verb of speech acts that people often use together with the definition and example so we can see the difference between each verb. |Speech Acts Verb |Definition
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FIGURES OF SPEECH Idioms or figures of speech are combinations of words whose meaning cannot be determined by examination of the meanings of the words that make it up. Or‚ to put it another way‚ an idiom uses a number of words to represent a single object‚ person or concept. Unless you recognise when an idiom is being used you can easily misunderstand the meaning of a text. An idiom is a figure of speech that is used to help express a situation with ease‚ but by using expressions that are usually
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Information Sciences 173 (2005) 115–139 www.elsevier.com/locate/ins Investigating spoken Arabic digits in speech recognition setting Yousef Ajami Alotaibi Computer Engineering Department‚ College of Computer and Information Sciences‚ King Saud University‚ P.O. Box 57168‚ Riyadh 11574‚ Saudi Arabia Received 3 October 2003; received in revised form 18 May 2004; accepted 14 July 2004 Abstract Arabic language is a Semitic language that has many differences when compared to European languages such
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Salutatorian Speech: GoodEvening ladies and gentlemen‚ I’d like to begin with some thought provoking words. Today is the day that us seniors are standing in alphabetical order in caps and gowns with the people we have watched grow up and made memories with. Congratulations‚ Seniors. We did it. We went the distance to sit here tonight in maroon caps and gowns under the beautiful day to continue forward. All of our dedication and hard work throughout high school has prepared us for what is to come
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Salutatorian Speech Good evening class of 2017! Administration‚ teachers‚ family and friends‚ thank you for being here to celebrate special occasion. Before I start‚ I would like to take a moment to thank Ms. Kavanaugh for allowing me to speak. This is really amazing. I would like to thank my teachers and friends. I would also like to thank my family who is here tonight...especially my grandmother‚ Elaine Carr‚ who has shown me a lot of patience and compassion... especially when I haven’t been
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different English parts of speech‚ but before we continue any further...What is a Part of Speech?A part of speech is a group of words that are used in a certain way. For example‚ "run‚" "jump‚" and "be" are all used to describe actions/states. Therefore they belong to the VERBS group. In other words‚ all words in the English language are divided into eight different categories. Each category has a different role/function in the sentence. The English parts of speech are: Nouns‚ pronouns‚ adjectives
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Jessica Marie S. Borromeo IV-E Prof. Perlita M. Angeles Journal No. 2 November 23‚ 2011 The Listening Process The Listening Process Listening is a skill where we can interpret what the speaker wants to tell and it recognizes the information from the spoken words and sound pattern and interpret the message easily. Through the communication process‚ listening skill is the main factors which is used to receive an information from the speaker. After they received the information‚ the listener
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Aayush Shah 8-C The Giver(Speech) FREEDOM OF THOUGHT… FREEDOM OF SPEECH… FREEDOM OF ACTION… All these necessities for the mental freedom of a human being were manipulated in the society in the book ‘the Giver’. Lowry narrates The Giver in third person using a limited omniscient viewpoint in which only Jonas’ thoughts and feelings are revealed. Through Jonas’ eyes‚ his community appears to be a utopia — a perfect place — that is self-contained and isolated from Elsewhere‚ every other place
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Parts of Speech All words in the English language fall into eight groups. The eight parts of speech [Eight classes of words that have a particular form‚ function‚ and meaning; that is‚ verbs‚ nouns‚ adjectives‚ adverbs] are listed here. The function of a word determines its part of speech in that sentence. 1. Nouns (Person‚ thing‚ quality‚ place‚ idea) 2. Pronouns (I‚ you‚ he‚ she‚ it‚ we‚ they) 3. Verbs (think/thought/ had thought‚ change/changed/had changed‚ jump/jumped/had jumped
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Graduation Speech Welcome everyone. I will like to thank everyone for coming to join the class of 2013 at our graduation and commencement ceremony. Thanks to our family‚ relatives‚ faculty‚ and professors for being here on our special day. Today is the day of entering or facing the "real world" that so many of us have been talking about for four years. In some cases it may had taken more than that but that doesn’t matter‚ what matters now is how we are going to use it to benefit us. We are here
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