British English/American English Vocabulary Here are some of the main differences in vocabulary between British and American English. This page is intended as a guide only. Bear in mind that there can be differences in the choice of specific terms depending on dialect and region within both the USA and the UK. |British English |American English | |anti-clockwise |counter-clockwise
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Carina Llewelyn Professor Wallace English 102 13 June 2015 Transitioning to a New School Have you ever felt out of place from those around you? In “Theme for English B”‚ Langston Hughes discusses how the speaker goes about this paper assignment. He questions the definition of simple. He wonders if the truth is the same between him‚ his classmates and his professor. Will the papers be the same between himself and all the other white students in class? This paper assignment has the speaker realize
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Lecture Intonation in English Outline 1. Intonation: definition‚ approaches‚ functions. 2. Components of intonation and the structure of English tone-group. 3. Sentence stress. 4. Rhythm. 1. Intonation: definition‚ approaches‚ functions. Intonation is a language universal. There are no languages which are spoken without any change of prosodic parameters but intonation functions in various languages in a different way. What is the role intonation plays in the language? Intonation
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Mary Shelley makes us question who really the “monster” is. Is it the creature or Victor? While the creature does commit murder‚ he does not understand the consequences of his actions. He is like an infant who is unfortunately left to learn about the workings of society‚ and his place in it‚ on his own. He has no companions and feels a great sense of loneliness and abandonment. The creature voices his frustration and anger and seems to try to project his feelings of guilt onto Victor‚ as if to show
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In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream (1963)” speech‚ he addresses the idea that in order to fulfill the premise that “all men were created equal‚” the people of the nation must work together to move past the injustices inflicted on African Americans in order to ultimately grant them their civil rights. King’s claim is supported by first repeatedly alluding to historically renowned milestones in the fight against oppression and illustrating numerous metaphors to create an emotional connection
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GENERAL ENGLISH POETRY RICHARD CORY -BY EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON “Richard Cory‚” which first appeared in the Children of the Night and remains one of Robinson’s most popular poems‚ recalls the economic depression of 1893. At that time‚ people could not afford meat and had a diet mainly of bread‚ often day-old bread selling for less than freshly baked goods. This hard-times experience made the townspeople even more aware of Richard’s difference from them‚ so much so that they
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Lection N 1 The formation of the English Nation and the English Language. 1. Celtic invasion and its influence. 2. Roman invasion and its influence. 3. Anglo-Saxon invasion and its influence. 4. The spread of Christianity. 5. Danish invasion and its influence. 6. Norman invasion and its influence. 7. The formation of the English language. Different borrowings. 1. During the period from the 6th to the 3rd century B.C. a people called the Celts spread across Europe from the
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folklore‚ prose and poetry‚ myths‚ fairy tales‚ fables‚ songs‚ slang and other sources. Quite a few proverbs with proper names are familiar to people of different nationalities‚ and it’s natural that a student of English wants to know how to say those colorful expressions in English. It should be pointed out‚ though‚ that proverbs with proper names are not often used in speech or writing. Here is a list of proverbs which contain proper names people’s names‚ e.g.: 1) Bacchus has drowned
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The Urdu-English Controversy in Pakistan Author(s): Tariq Rahman Source: Modern Asian Studies‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 1997)‚ pp. 177-207 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/312861 . Accessed: 02/03/2011 04:06 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you have obtained
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American English The three original American dialects — New England‚ Mid-Atlantic and Southern — all had their origins in different areas of England and reproduce many of the characteristics of those areas. The varieties of Southern English‚ as well as the Midwestern twang‚ evolved in consequence of these dialects’ rubbing together. Non-English dialects have had relatively little influence‚ except in semantics and several structures which are clearly marked as non-English in origin (for example
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