Chapter 3: The Sounds of English. Consonants and Vowels. An Articu-latory Classification and Description. Acoustic Correlates 3.1. Consonants and Vowels. Traditional distinctions. Chomsky and Halle’s SPE definition 3.2. Criteria for consonant classification. Vocal cord vibration. Sonority 3.3. Manner of articulation. Plosives. Fricatives. Affricates 3.4. Sonorants. The Approximants: glides and liquids 3.5. Oral and nasal articulation 3.6. Force of articulation 3.7. Place of articulation 3.8. The
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Today I will talk about Facebook; it’s a very topical subject particularly since Facebook submit paperwork to regulators for an IPO‚ 1 month ago. But let’s start with a little part of history Histoire «From Harvard dorm room to all Canadian and US University : Mark Zuckerberg‚ 28‚ founded Facebook while studying psychology at Harvard University. Zuckerberg had already developed a number of social-networking websites for fellow students‚ including Facemash‚ where you could rate people’s attractiveness
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Expository Writing 1213 Conference draft Mauricio Cuevas Due Wednesday‚ September 05‚ 2012 The sound of silence “A horrid stillness first invades the ear‚ and in that silence we the tempest fear”(Dryden‚ 7). Silence inevitably starts with a sound‚ which either goes off very slowly‚ or ends in a Swift movement; and it ends the same way it started‚ with noise. Noise‚ sound‚ our perception of both has changed since they were recognized and “categorized” as such. People see this soundscape
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Main effects of sound pollution • Deafness‚ temporary or permanent‚ is one of the most prevalent effects of noise pollution. Mechanics‚ locomotive drivers‚ telephone operators etc all have their hearing impairment. • The first and foremost effect of noise is a decrease in the efficiency in working. Research has proved the fact that human efficiency increases with noise reduction. • Too much of noise disturbs the rhythms of working‚ thereby affecting the concentration required for doing a
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Increasingly Chinese students study abroad As we know‚ a lot of cities have China town in the western countries‚ and I can find so many Chinese people go abroad and immigrate into western countries. Every Chinese citizen loves own country‚ but they still want immigrate into other countries for their kids. Increasingly Chinese students study abroad even they have to pay great number of money tuition fee and cost of living because Chinese exam-oriented and monopolistic education give students too
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Not Being Themselves In Kate Beal’s essay “Faceless on Facebook” she argues that the “profile” section is less about the real you and more about what you want people to think about you”. She has a point because that is true about me‚ and I know a lot of other people who do not act themselves on Facebook. The profile section is where people post a status and where people can see what others have written on our wall. I have a Facebook account and I have some of my family added. I don’t want
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sound waves Sound is a series of compression waves that moves through air or other materials. These sound waves are created by the vibration of an object‚ like a radio loudspeaker. The waves are detected when they cause a detector to vibrate. Your eardrum vibrates from sound waves to allow you to sense them. Sound has the standard characteristics of any waveform. Sound is a waveform that travels through matter. Although it is commonly in air‚ sound will rapidly travel
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blocker”) or purposely delete them‚ unopened. 2. (a) On a Facebook brand page‚ what are the “engagement” and “likes” really measuring? On a Facebook page‚ the “engagements” and “likes” measure the size of the brand’s consumers and audience and how active its audience with the actual page and/or product being advertised. (b) For Camex‚ which is more and why? Carmex drives “engagement” with their consumers as an opportunity to their Facebook community. The benefits of this strategy is to narrow the
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Facebook Games Facebook is a worldwide social network in which people all around the world socialize with one another. Not only do people log on to Facebook to tell all of their business they also log on to play the free online social games and playing games on Facebook can be addictive. In other words‚ people sit up all night playing these games and those that have no jobs sit up all day playing them. They somehow forget that there is a real world and that they are a part of the real world. One
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different ways of how sound particles react in many different situations. Some are able to have high chances of interaction such as reverberation and echoes‚ while other venues forced the sound to distribute or even be absorbed. Many areas the class had been taken through also had large capabilities of reflecting sound completely. The class was taken through two studio rooms; Studio A and Studio B. Also‚ the class had the opportunity to witness the mechanics of sound as it traveled
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