A thousand words and million thoughts There is a saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words and a million thoughts". When my mother sent me a picture of my little brother DJ playing football in his first year‚ I had a million positive thoughts running through my head. Many thoughts not just thoughts of him playing football but about everything. That photo represents a lot more to me and my family than what meets the eye. This
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Word Stress and Sentence Stress Normally when we say "I feel stressed" it means "I feel anxious". Stress is a kind of worried feeling about life or work. But there is another kind of stress that actually helps us understand. This other kind of stress is an accent that we make on certain syllables and words when speaking English. When words combine to form sentences not all of them are stressed. Sentence stress is the music of spoken English. Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or
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Word formation From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia In linguistics‚ word formation is the creation of a new word. Word formation is sometimes contrasted with semantic change‚ which is a change in a single word’s meaning. The boundary between word formation and semantic change can be difficult to define: a new use of an old word can be seen as a new word derived from an old one and identical to it in form (see conversion). Word formation can also be contrasted with the formation of idiomatic expressions
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language. Some words have been lost‚ changed‚ and added. This language often coincides with the American culture of the time. As the culture changes‚ so does the language. Offensive language has become common in today’s American culture‚ and stands as a regular part of the English language. The amount of offensive language heard on an everyday basis is astounding. There is no escaping it. Excessive amounts of people have come to embrace most of this language‚ but there are still certain words and phrases
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Over such long periods of time‚ words become manipulated‚ many times to the point where the meaning changes entirely. This is the case with the word “ghetto.” The word ghetto can be traced all the way back into the 1500’s. This word has infiltrated itself into today’s society and culture seamlessly. However the current definition of the word is far from what the original definition was. Perhaps due to the connection that the word ghetto has with urban culture‚ the word has evolved over time to have
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Definition: The process of creating a new word out of one or more old words‚ either by adding a prefix or suffix or by compounding. Adjective:derivational. Examples and Observations: * "Morphology may be divided into derivation--rules that form a new word out of old words‚ like duckfeathers and unkissable--and inflection--rules that modify a word to fit its role in a sentence‚ what language teachers call conjugation and declension." (Steven Pinker‚ Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
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Descriptive Words Smile‚ grin‚ beam‚ smirk . . . Frown‚ scowl‚ glare‚ glower‚ grimace . . . Stare‚ gaze‚ gape‚ watch‚ gawk‚ ogle‚ look‚ examine‚ leer . . . Flinch‚ recoil‚ balk‚ cringe‚ shy away‚ pull back‚ wince‚ cower‚ shrink‚ tremble . . . Incredulous‚ disbelieving‚ skeptical‚ doubtful‚ dubious‚ uncertain‚ suspicious‚ questioning‚ vague . . . Quizzical‚ questioning‚ puzzled‚ surprised‚ perplexed‚ inquiring Interested‚ curious‚ involved‚ attentive‚ concerned‚ attracted‚
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION‚ SCIENCE‚ YOUTH AND SPORTS OF UKRAINE IZMAIL STATE UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITIES THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION DEPARTMENT COURSE PROJECT «The meaning of the word» Course Project in English Year IV Group 431 Ann Nyagu Research Supervisor: L.P. Gulidova Izmail‚ 2011 Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………3-4 1. CHAPTER 1. Theoretical part……………………………………………
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Building Brands For The Connected World A Social Business Blueprint by Facebook based on a commissioned study by Forrester Consulting February 2012 Building Brands For The Connected World Table of Contents Executive Summary...................................................................................................................................................................................................................2 The Connected World Has Rerouted The Customer Journey.
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CeCe Williams English 1010 December 7‚ 2012 The N-Word: From Then to Now Since the times of slavery in America‚ the N-word continues to hold a powerful impact on the way people intentionally and mistakenly use it. Many do not understand the content of the word as it used in several literary works. The N-word creates a setting that conveys the message of how Caucasians have deliberately insulted African-Americans‚ mainly to show that there was no point of respecting them prior or even post-Civil
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