English grammar has minimal inflection compared with most other Indo-European languages. For example‚ Modern English‚ unlike Modern German or Dutch and the Romance languages‚ lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. Case marking has almost disappeared from the language and mainly survives in pronouns. The patterning of strong (e.g. speak/spoke/spoken) versus weak verbs (e.g. love/loved or kick/kicked) inherited from its Germanic origins has declined in importance in modern English‚ and
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History of the English language From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from History of English Language) Jump to: navigation‚ search English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Initially‚ Old English was a diverse group of dialects‚ reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. One of these dialects‚ Late
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"The English Language" Essay Navigation • Study Pack on English language • Copyright • Order our English language Study Pack [pic] [pic] Get The Standard Deviants - Learn English as a Second Language (ESL) DVD 4-Pack from Amazon.com [pic] Not What You Meant? There are 96 definitions for George. Also try: Barton or Emil or Neville or English. [pic] Student Essay on The English Language [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] About 2 pages (512 words) English language
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“English is critical for countries’ successful participation in the global economy‚ that it provides individuals with access to crucial knowledge‚ skills and employment opportunities and enables organisations to create and sustain international links.” (Council‚ 2011) Recently I was in a well-known hotel for a conference and while I was waiting I heard a guest ask in English until what time was breakfast‚ I was surprised to see that none of the staff members understood the question. After several
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English as a World Language. The global spread of English over the last 50 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language‚ by its depth of permeation ["pE:mI’eISn] into societies and its range of functions. There is a model consisting of 3 circles proposed by B.B. Kachru in 1982 in order to describe regional varieties of English. The 1st or inner circle includes people who speak English as their vernacular language (200-400 mln speakers)
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The dilemma of English language The word processor has changed the way we use English Language because the popularly used word processor from Microsoft and similar other word processors which were from IBM and other open source software are all using the American version of English.Sitting here in Mumbai I am appalled by one thing is the dying European English which is being used lesser because it is limited to literature and books.Also I studied British English in school but my college
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Communicative Approach in English Teaching Outline I. Problems in the present English teaching and causes of these problems II. Introduce the communicative approach 1. The definition of communicative approach 2. Two principles of communicative approach (1) Create a realistic situation (2) The class should be students-centered III. Adopt communicative approach to improve students’ ability to listen and speak‚ and achieve the goal of English teaching 1. Three stages
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“Politics and the English language” George Orwell General questions 1. This piece is written basically just to criticize bad writing and also to criticize the downgrade of the English language. In the essay Orwell argues that “our language is probably curable”. The main point is just to show examples of how the language has deteriorated and also to give some pointers on how it can be fixed. 2. Throughout the essay the author’s tone is that of aggravation because the entire piece
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The Origins of English Language The words from - Arabic origin 1) A part of Lithuanian media tends to portray HIV patients often as big-time debauchers‚ who engage in shameless insatiable sexual activities‚ relished with drugs and alcohol. (3‚ ‘Journalist hooked on making difference in peers’ coverage of HIV’- ‘Superstitions still big.’ Page 16‚ line 6) 2) Many of their experiments seem to involve coffee and IPods‚ and the word “branch” is rarely used. (2‚ ‘Coffee and IPods’ Page
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speak proper English. This story describes how she uses rhetorical strategies to make her argument‚ while also criticizing cultural standards. The story states that the Amy Tan writes of the different Englishes she uses in her life and illustrates the innumerable ways that people express themselves‚ depending on who they are with‚ and their needs. The audience Tan is trying to reach are people that are ignorant of the fact that people like Amy’s mother who speak “broken” English most of the
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