3rd year THEORY OF PHONETICS (Philology Department) Seminar No 5 (2 hrs) MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK. GENERAL AMERICAN AS THE AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION STANDARD Points for discussion: Major accents in the UK. 1. RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation: 1) Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. 2) Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English. 2. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English. 3. Estuary
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Semiotics for Beginners Daniel Chandler Glossary of Key Terms * Abduction: This is a term used by Peirce to refer to a form of inference (alongside deduction and induction) by which we treat a signifier as an instance of a rule from a familiar code‚ and then infer what it signifies by applying that rule. * Aberrant decoding: Eco’s term referring to decoding a text by means of a different code from that used to encode it. See also: Codes‚ Decoding‚ Encoding and decoding
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THOMAS M. PAIKEDAY THE NATIVE SPEAKER IS DEAD! An informal discussion of a linguistic myth with Noam Chomsky and other linguists‚ philosophers‚ psychologists‚ and lexicographers LEXICOGRAPHY‚ INC. (formerly Paikeday Publishing Inc.) Toronto & New York T. M. Paikeday‚ The Native Speaker Is Dead!‚ Page 3 Published by Lexicography‚ Inc. (formerly Paikeday Publishing Inc.) Lexicographers of The New York Times Everyday Dictionary The Penguin Canadian Dictionary‚ & The User’s® Webster Dictionary
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What is communication? Interactive nature: it is a give and take process‚ conveying and receiving thoughts and ideas (exchange of verbal and nonverbal between speaker and listener) Sociolinguistics: cultural identity‚ setting‚ participants‚ context‚ social‚ and environmental factors (study of social language) Language: “A socially shared code or conventional system for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and a rule governed combination of those symbols” ----Language (ability
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NAME:___________________ Year 12 English Language Revision Pack 1. Complete many practice exams and correct them yourself (exams and suggested answers are on MOODLE). Do them under time constraints 2 hours with 15 mins reading and figure out a way to do them that suits you. Do them at 3pm. You will also be completing one in class during week 1‚ term 4. 2. Create flip cards with all the terms listed (unless you are 100% sure you know them) – give the word on one side‚ then definition
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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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Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies English Language and Literature Dita Polcarová Historical and Political Issues of India as Reflected in Rushdie`s Midnight`s Children Bachelor’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková‚ CSc.‚ M.Litt. 2008 Declaration: I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently‚ using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. …………………………………………….. Dita Polcarová
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Critical Vocabulary Builder A Abjure – To renounce or retract esp formally or under oath‚ or solemnly. Abduration – The act of renouncing. Ablation – The surgical removal of an organ‚ structure‚ or part. Ablate. Ablution - The ritual washing of a priest’s hands. Abnegate (abnegation) – To deny to oneself; renounce privileges‚ pleasure‚ etc. Abstergent – Of cleaning or scouring Abstruse – Not easy to understand; recondite; esoteric. Acalculia – psycol. An inability to make simple
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GLOSSARY Academic style – also scientific style‚ a style of speech used in lectures‚ scientific discussions‚ conferences‚ etc Accent – 1) type of pronunciation‚ that is the way sounds‚ stress‚ rhythm and intonation are used in the given language community. 2) see stress. Accommodation - modifications of consonants under the influence of the neighbouring vowels and vice versa. Acoustic Phonetics – science which deals with the
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Stylistic 1. General Notes on Style and Stylistics. The subject of stylistics has so far not been definitely outlined. This is due to a number of reasons.First of all there is a confusion between the terms style and stylistics. The first concept is so broad that it is hardly possible to regard it as a term. We speak of style in architecture‚ literature‚ behaviour‚ linguistics‚ dress and other fields of human activity Even in linguistics the word style is used so widely that it needs interpretation
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