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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English II- H‚ 1st period December 11‚2012 In “Things fall apart” by Chinua Achebe. The main character Okonkwo is portrayed as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a central or main character who is usually of high noble birth and demonstrates a “fatal flaw”. A fatal flaw is a characteristic that prompts him or her to take an action or make a decision that ultimately leads to his downfall or death. Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero has four parts in order to be in order to determine if okonkwo
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Sakib Choudhury Professor-Meredith Benjamin English-2150 13 March 2013 Snow White and Her Victims Growing up reading fairy tales all our lives‚ there was always a protagonist‚ and an antagonist. The moral of these fairy tales were all the same. It was the war between the good and the evil. After reading Anne Sexton poem’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”‚ which was one of the well-known Disney fairy tales‚ the story seemed to be a lot different than the original theme. Anne Sexton’s poem
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Circles of English English has become one of the most important languages around the world through speaking‚ different accents and words. The power of this language has been determined by the important of United States as economic leader and the expansion of British colonial power explained Cristal (59). According to White‚ the language has different categories and barriers that make English different in the world. This author based his research on the classification of English through
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------------------------------------------------- Background Scottish English results from language contact between Scots and the Standard English of England after the 17th century. The resulting shifts to English usage by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers‚ often mistaken for mergers by linguists unfamiliar with the history of Scottish English. Furthermore‚ the process was also influenced by interdialectal forms‚ hypercorrections and spelling pronunciations
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Texture in Text: A Discourse Analysis of a News Article Using Halliday and Hasan’s Model of Cohesion Paul A. CRANE 1. Introduction The study and analysis of actual language in use is the goal of text and discourse analysis. Michael Halliday‚ one of the linguists credited with the development of systemic linguistics and functional grammar‚ defines text as any authentic stretch of written or spoken language. According to Halliday (1994: xiv) the historical study of linguistics first involved
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English can be used as a language in any part of the world. This is because at least a few people in each locality would know the language. Though these people might not have the same accent as others‚ the language at least will be understandable. There are various reasons for the importance of English language. They are listed below. 1. Travel: When a person travels to another part of the world either for the sake of business or even as a tourist‚ the languages may differ. In these conditions
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Compare and Contrast Essay – Final Jennifer Hopes English 121 Mr. Walters March 7‚ 2014 Introduction While Narration follows a logical order‚ typically chronological. Descriptive writing is different from narrative writing because it uses vivid language. Narrative essay are clearly‚ less effective than descriptive essays‚ they narrow down every item and make conclusions for the reader. Descriptive essays are a major component of academic success; an effective writer does not allow the reader
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Gandhi’s family insisted that Gandhi would not wanted the man to be harmed. SECOND SLIDE: Nathuram Godse’s motives of killing Gandhi is because he was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS (National Volunteers’ Organisation in English) that was and is a hardline Hindu nationalist group that believes India only belongs to Hindus and they felt that Gandhi was getting in their way to take over India. THIRD SLIDE: The direct motive for the assassination is usually recognized
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Chandra Khadka English 060 Karen Ryan September 4‚ 2012 One sided love The author idea and my reaction was when I was younger my mother take care of both. After his school his mother drops him at girls home to take care of him. When he is at her home girls start to love him‚ but don’t know about the girl feeling My little is one sided one and author name was Kelly Ruth Winner .The man idea about the restate mean was we have to share our fillings to the person to whom we have feeing
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