data of native English speakers. Although these systems can work very well for native English speakers‚ their performances drop dramatically for nonnative speakers. In general‚ it is difficult to train speech models for each foreign accent due to wide varieties of accent‚ different proficiency levels of English and limited amounts of available data (MacDonald‚ 1989). PRONOUNCITATION PROBLEMS FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH The speech of non-native English speakers
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of what it means to have a Southern accent‚ your mind goes straight to the stereotypical renditions you have heard from media portrayals of the South. Probably‚ the examples you think of are highly exaggerated‚ like Scarlett O’Hara’s Deep South‚ r-less rendition of a Southerner exclaiming Well ah nevah! (Bailey 11) or like those in “Gone with the Wind” or “Dukes of Hazzard County‚” both of which reinforce the negatively stigmatized‚ stereotypical Southern accent (Lippi-Green 218). Southern American
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Communication Communication is a complex process wherein information is shared between individuals through a common system of symbols‚ signs‚ and behaviour expressing feelings‚ ideas‚ views‚ opinions‚ etc. People communicate to satisfy needs. The main purpose of communication is to help people feel good about themselves and about their friends‚ groups‚ and organizations. For the communication to succeed there must be a transmission of thoughts‚ ideas and feelings from one mind to another
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there is variance among the speech patterns and there is no exception in the Spanish language; regional dialects help determine where people are from. Even the word Spanish‚ was derived from one country that is believed to be where the language originated: Spain. But native speakers will agree that Castilian and Catalan‚ the official languages of Spain‚ are drastically different from other dialects spoken throughout the world. Castillian is extremely formal and only spoken in parts of Spain and phonetically
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which means black‚ and phonetics‚ which means sound‚ was adopted as the new term for Black English and African-American Vernacular English. Mary Rhodes Hoover states‚ "Many who condemn Ebonics refer to it as "bad grammar‚" "lazy pronunciation‚" or "slang." However‚ linguist Dell Hymes notes that‚ viewed sociolinguistically‚ language is much more than characteristics such as grammar or pronunciation (phonology). In fact Ebonics/African-American Language has a number of other characteristics‚ including
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of words reflected in our use of the subsystems of language including the lexicology‚ morphology and semantics that have Australian’s priding themselves on being friendly‚ fair and informality; and also phonological features such as the Australian accent which is the one of the main marker of Australian identity that is easily distinguishable among the world. Although Australians have had some foreign influences‚ our language and identity is still as strong as it’s always been. The semantic features
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Performance of an utterance “It’s cold in here.” Illocutionary act: Intended meaning [The windows is open. So I should close it.] Perlocutionary act: Consequences of the utterance (whether intended or not) [Someone closes the window.] * Dialect * Register * Naturalness * Cultural References * Vocabulary * Morphology * Syntax * Phonology * Graphology Sociolinguistic Competence Language Competence Grammatical Competence Organizational Competence Pragmatic
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Tongues is a 1988 documentary made to illustrate some of the dialects of American English. It features commentaries from several groups of professionals‚ such as sociolinguists Roger Shuy and Walt Wolfram‚ columnists Mike Harden and Molly Ivins‚ therapist Dennis Becker and historian A.C. Greene. The most prominent commentators are Walt Wolfram and Molly Ivins‚ who addressed sociolinguistic attitudes and stereotypes about American dialects. Below are the biographical notes of some of the commentators:
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colloquial speech. Complex constructions with non-finite forms are rarely used. Familiar-Colloquial Style and Slang (фамильярно-разговорный стиль‚ жаргоны) The familiar-colloquial style used in very free‚ friendly‚ informal situations of communication (between close friends‚ members of one family‚ etc.). Here we find emotionally coloured words‚ low-colloquial vocabulary (просторечная лексика) and slang words. This style admits also of the use of rude and vulgar vocabulary‚ including expletives /obscene words
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left them to fend for themselves and create their own form of communication. As time has progressed‚ the Black slag‚ known as Ebonics‚ is recognized by many as a less sophisticated form of English. From a linguistics stand point‚ the use of this slang leads to a negative reflection on the people within the African American culture. And it should be noted‚ this can be said for any culture within a society’s norms for language. The use of Ebonics merely handicaps the African American society and
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