Southern England: Received Pronunciation (RP) is the standard accent of Standard English in Great Britain‚ with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms. RP is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary as "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England"‚ although it can be heard from native speakers throughout England and Wales. Peter Trudgill estimated in 1974 that 3% of
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Function word Function words (or grammatical words or synsemantic words or structure-class words) are words that have little lexical meaning or have ambiguous meaning‚ but instead serve to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence‚ or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker. They signal the structural relationships that words have to one another and are the glue that holds sentences together. Thus‚ they serve as important elements to the structures of sentences. [1] Consider
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13. non-rhotic accent A non-rhotic accent‚ however‚ does not have the /r/ in final or pre-consonantal positions (this is sometimes known as the post-vocalic /r/‚ although others use the more accurate term‚ the non-prevocalic /r/). What this means is that speakers of non-rhotic accents have this rule: if the in the spelling does not occur before a vowel sound‚ don’t pronounce it. (NOTE: vowel sound‚ not vowel letter.) Here are examples of words and phrases where the won’t be pronounced by
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The student’s data Transcript between my friend (S) and me (E) E: uhhm (3) well (1) I’m looking *forward+ (filler – first of many – um‚well‚ like!) S: *what (.) maybe+ (2) don’t turn away when you’re talking (2) E: Whaju-mean? S: (1) well (.) yeah ‘cause it won’t pick up your voice (.) *so easily+ E: *oh OK (.)+ yeah (2) well it’s just hard to (3) um (.) I’m just gonna put thee (.) um (.) piece of paper over it (write about ‘thee’ – filler) S: Oh I wouldn’t do that (.) cause it
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Regional accents show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This reading provided an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation‚ deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect‚ of the local variety of Standard English between various populations of native English speakers. Local accents are part of local dialects. Dialects of English have unique features in pronunciation‚ vocabulary‚ and grammar. I have learned that the term "accent"
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Philippine Airlines‚ Inc. (abbreviated as PAL and also known historically as Philippine Air Lines) operating as Philippine Airlines‚ is a flag carrier of the Philippines. Headquartered at the Philippine National Bank Financial Center in Pasay City‚[2][3] the airline was founded in 1941 and is the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.[4] Out of its hubs at Ninoy Aquino International Airport of Manila and Mactan-Cebu International Airport of Cebu City‚ Philippine
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the sense of musical pitch and tone relations and the ability to distinguish tone qualities”. On the other hand Improvisation is aimed at developing the capacity of free invention whilst Eurhythmics is set to give students the feeling for musical rhythm through body movement. In the Dalcroze eurhythmic plan is the use of the piano on which the teacher improvises cues for the instant body response‚ in the free expression of the basic music concepts such as dynamics‚ tempo and pitch. The Dalcroze method
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The halls of the palace may have been glamorous and opulent‚ but there wasn’t a word grand enough to describe the throne room. Extraordinary gems gnarled in gold filigrees bedecked Emperor Leroy’s trophies for the world to behold. Amongst the collection‚ Ramesses identified the standard of Elthem‚ the head of a unicorn and the sacred cloak of Zephyr. A perfectly preserved dragon‚ last of its kind‚ stared down at Ramesses with reposeful eyes from atop of the emperor’s metal throne. Between the
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This assignment will discuss the variation in spoken language‚ such as‚ the difference between accents and dialect. In addition‚ it will explain how some people adapt their accent and dialect depending on different situations. Furthermore‚ this paper will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using accent and dialect and highlights how some people are stereotyped and discriminated by the way they use spoken language. There are many ways to speak English‚ ‘Based on how much the English
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Araby: An Outline Commentary ‘The Sisters’ and ‘An Encounter’ are about the same length. ‘Araby’ is roughly a hundred lines shorter than these. There is a progression in the three stories. The boy in ‘The Sisters’ is a passive witness‚ limited in his capacity to act by the weight of the adults about him. The boy of ‘An Encounter’ rebels against this oppression but his reward is the menace of a bizarre and abnormal adult. The boy in ‘Araby’ strives both to act and to realize an actual affective
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