vocabulary features. Author of this paper will start with a brief history of the language in Canada‚ next will be described grammatical peculiarities of Canadian English; phonetics and phonology of Canadian English; vocabulary of Canadian English; dialects of Canadian English and at the end author will draw relevant conclusions. History of the Language in Canada Canada has two official languages – English and French. But‚ as was mentioned before‚ Europeans were not the first people who inhabited
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Gangs of New York � PAGE �4� Analysis of _Gangs of New York_ HUM/150: Introduction to Film Studies Workshop 5 Word Count: 2083 Analysis of _Gangs of New York_ In 2002‚ Martin Scorsese teamed up with Miramax Films to direct _Gangs of New York‚_ a film he had dreamed of making since the 1970s. With a $97 million budget‚ the film was a box-office flop‚ grossing only $190 million worldwide. Nevertheless‚ _Gangs of New York_ earned 10 Academy Award nominations‚ and won two Golden Globe Awards for
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Language is a system for communicating. Written languages use symbols (that is‚ characters) to build words. The entire set of words is the language’s vocabulary. The ways in which the words can be meaningfully combined is defined by the language’s syntax and grammar. The actual meaning of words and combinations of words is defined by the language’s semantics English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the most widely used language in the world
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The Globalization of English and the English Language Classroom The term ‘the globalization of English’ can be interpreted in at least three ways. It can refer to the increasing intrusion of the English language into the lives of town and city dwellers all over the world. This is a worrying phenomenon. Not only does it threaten to contaminate or wipe out local languages and cultures‚ but it also skews the socio-economic order in favour of those who are proficient in English. How should the non
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Lord Emsworth relies on his butler to put his hat on and to take the cap off his new telescope. Much of the story’s humour derives from the dialogue‚ with even the butler given choice lines. By contrast‚ the head-gardener is given a comic Scottish accent (‘She’s paying’ me twa poon’ a week’). Students should be encouraged to note dialogue and descriptions they find particularly funny‚ and explain why. The comic figure of Lord Emsworth is central to the story. Students should consider the way in which
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Лекции по теоретической фонетике Примерные вопросы для контроля знаний 1. Phonetics as a branch of linguistics. Phonetics and other disciplines. Applications of phonetics. 2. Branches of phonetics. 3. Aspects of the sound matter of language. 4. Components of the phonetic system of language. 5. National and regional pronunciation variants in English. 6. British and American pronunciation models. 7. Most distinctive features of BBC English and Network English. 8. The articulatory
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to communicate in English. This was to portray their civilization level and also help them catch up with the English ways‚ which they all pursued passionately. For example‚ we are told that some of them like Lola’s daughter‚ Pixie‚ have a British accent‚ which sanitized elegance and‚ therefore‚ worked for the BBC. Her mother tells her never to look back at India and live in Britain for good. This is a demonstration of how some of the Indians failed to appreciate their origin and customs. They chose
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1.0 Introduction Malaysia is a multiracial society that comprises many ethnic groups. In West Malaysia‚ the largest ethnic groups are the Malays‚ Chinese and Indians. In Sabah and Sarawak‚ the number of ethnic group is even bigger including the Kadazan ‚ Bajau ‚ Iban ‚ Murut and Bidayuh. This difference in ethnicity that we have in Malaysia is paralleled by other things such as the way of life‚ languages‚ politics‚ economy‚ place of habitants and where they come from. The earliest ethnic was
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ducating rita How does Willy Russell show change in the main character in Educating Rita? Educating Rita is a drama which was first published as a play in 1983‚ written by Willy Russell; subsequently‚ it was made into a film which quickly became a box-office hit. The play consists of a particular theme (education) and it explores the processes that inflict change upon the main character Rita. The content of the storyline was considered to be quite controversial and diverse for it’s time
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Pakao‚ Senegal. Leiden. Shevoroshkin‚ Vitaly. 1990. The Mother Tongue: How Linguists have Reconstructed The Ancestor of All Living Languages. The Sciences May/June:20-27. Turner‚ Lorenzo. 1973. Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. Ann Arbor. —. 2002. Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. Columbia‚ SC. Turner‚ Richard. 1997. Islam in the African American Experience. Bloomington. Vydrine‚ Valentin. 1998. Sur l’écriture mandingue et mande en caractères arabes (mandinka‚ bambara‚ soussou‚ mogofin). Mandenkan
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