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    Spanish and English have a similar alphabet‚ but the phonologies of the two languages have several differences. For this reason‚ some Spanish learners get in trouble in English pronunciation. For example‚ as Gorman and Kester (n.d.) stated‚ Spanish and English share several consonantal phonemes including the stop sounds /p/‚ /t/‚ /k/‚ /b/‚ /d/‚ /g/‚ the nasals /m/‚ /n/‚ the fricatives /s/‚ /f/‚ the liquid /l/‚ the glide /w/‚ /j/‚ and the glottal /h/. Despite these common phonetic symbols‚ it is

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    ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЙ ИНСТИТУТ Реферат на тему: «American English: major dialects and variations» Выполнила: студентка 2 курса Contents Introduction 4 American English 5 Local Dialects in the USA 10 Spelling in American English 11 Conclusion 12 Bibliography 12

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    compare English with another language. I have decided to choose Mandarin as my language of choice. A major elements of languages will be compared in this essay. That being phonology. Phonology is defined as being “the study of the way speech sounds form patterns”.(Victoria Fromkin 2009). As (Hammond 1999) describes‚ every spoken language has a unique system whereby sounds are organised. This unique pattern of pattern can be termed phonology and varies widely in geographical and social differences. English

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    The Differences Between Chinese and English Number 汪洋澎 (11级英语A班 03号) Abstract: Because of the differences in the national psychology‚ religious belief and language habits between east and west‚Expressed by the Numbers in Chinese and English cultural connotation and the extension also exist differences‚ so in the process of the translation should fully consider the popularity and the nationality of itself ‚ and reflected it in the translation faithfully.In the old traditions‚ digital had not only

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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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    Lexical Analyzer

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    Lexical Analysis Made with OpenOffice.org 1 The role of lexical analyzer: analyzer: It is the first phase of a compiler. compiler. Its main task is to read the input characters & produce as output a sequence of tokens that the parser uses for syntax analysis. analysis. Upon receiving a “get next token” command from the parser‚ the lexical analyzer reads input characters until it can identify the next token. token. It may also perform certain secondary tasks at the user interface. interface

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    Lexical Taxonomy

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    LEXICAL TAXONOMY By Dr. K.B. Kiingi This paper purports to lay a firmly principled method of taxonomizing the lexicon of any given human language. It will be recalled that earlier attempts by writers like Roget (1852)‚ Dornseiff (1934)‚ Hallig and Von Wartburg (1952)‚ Wehrle and Eggers (1961) and McArthur (1981) have all provoked a hail of critical discussions as manifested in Ballmer and Brennenstuhl (1986:112-126) and Jackson (1988:216222). The overall verdict of the discussants is that the taxonomies

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    Comparison between the American and the British Judicial Power A project presented to Misses Alexa Hocheime on the 27th of Novembre 2012 Outline Interview with Her Majesty the Queen… I- Introduction II- Body 1- Informative part Description: General overview on the American and British judicial powers 1-1 British judicial power 1-2 American judicial power 2- Analytic part Differences between the two

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    Lexical Ambiguity “What you see is what you believe on the basis of what you have conditioned yourself to accept. Your negative will be someone’s positive.” – Pushkar Shinde I’m always told since time immemorial that I have to speak and express myself because I have something to say but being an English major brought me in a point of realization wherein I learned how hard it is to be entirely understood. As my professor had always told me‚ meanings are in people‚ not in words.

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    Semantic and Lexical Relation By Kifah Talib Tawfiq This seminar consists of the following paragraphs 1-Introduction 2- Definition of the terms (Semantic and lexical) 3- The relation between the two terms 4-Conclusion 1- Introduction What is Semantics and lexical? 1- What is semantics? Semantics is the study of meaning. It is a wide subject within the general study of language. An understanding of semantics is essential to the study of language acquisition (how language

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