1. Intonation. Its functions. Much has been said about the importance of paying due attention to intonation when studying a foreign language. The process of communication cannot be performed without intonation as it has its own functions in a sentence. These functions are: 1. The constitutive 2. The distinctive (1) Intonation forms sentences. Each sentence consists of one or more intonation groups. An intonation group is a word or a group of words characterized by a certain intonation pattern
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Information Sciences 173 (2005) 115–139 www.elsevier.com/locate/ins Investigating spoken Arabic digits in speech recognition setting Yousef Ajami Alotaibi Computer Engineering Department‚ College of Computer and Information Sciences‚ King Saud University‚ P.O. Box 57168‚ Riyadh 11574‚ Saudi Arabia Received 3 October 2003; received in revised form 18 May 2004; accepted 14 July 2004 Abstract Arabic language is a Semitic language that has many differences when compared to European languages such
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stroke or hit. The structure of “Mid-term Break” is three-line-stanzas with the exception of the last line which stands out alone. Heaney describes his brother in “a four foot box‚ a foot‚ for every year”. The alliteration‚ the simplexes of the one syllable words and the abrupt ending emphasizes the sadness of the sudden death of a young child. The author uses many enjambments between lines and this gives the reader an impression of a person crying and talking at the same time
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diphthong is a phoneme consisting of two ("di" means two) vowel sounds that are "connected" or "linked" to each other. The diphthong starts out with one vowel sound and "glides" into the other vowel sound. These "vocalic glides" are always within one syllable. The monophthongs have a quite stable tongue position. The monophthongs can be either long or short. Some examples of monophthongs: /i:/‚ /ɪ/‚ /e/‚ /æ/‚ /Ʌ/‚ /ə/‚ /ɑ:/ Some examples of diphthongs: /ɪə/‚ /ʊə/‚ /ɔɪ/‚ /aɪ/‚ /eɪ/‚ /aʊ/
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The Writing System Introduction The Persian alphabet‚ like the alphabets of many Muslim nations‚ is based on the 28letter alphabet of Arabic. It has 32 letters and is written from right to left. Four of these letters are devised exclusively for Persian. We shall see these letters later. The Persian alphabet does not use capital letters. It does‚ however‚ use a modified version of the Western punctuation system. Unlike the alphabet‚ the Persian numbers are written from left to right. Persian uses
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Cambridge CELTA Pre-Interview Task Name ______________________________________________________________________ Complete this task carefully. It is an important factor in considering your application. CELTA is an intensive four-week course of study. Because of this‚ candidates need to be fully prepared for the demands of the course and show that they are able to research language structures‚ a skill required of ESL teachers. Keep in mind that we cover language analysis on the CELTA course‚ so
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T.Y.B.M.M. ADVERTISING Semester V Subject : Advertising in contemporary society Paper-I Objectives To recognize the roles of advertising in modern society To understand the current developments and problems concerning advertising as an economic and social force. Appreciate the increasingly international nature of advertising. To analyze the interdependent nature of advertising and popular culture. Syllabus 1. Advertising in the Indian economy(10 lectures) Role of advertising in the Indian
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the four different extracts are all fairly different. For example ‘Text A’ uses pauses and stressed words. Pausing emphasises words‚ in this case ‘’.fat.’’‚ this emphasis could be used to excite or engage the audience. Speaker A also uses stressed syllable and elongated words for emphasis for example ‘‘light‚ fat‚ straight and boat’’. The emphasis is used to express certain words and in a way these words summarise the text and these words are what the audience will remember after the entire text. This
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As Persian is a stress-accent language‚ a certain syllable in a word is more prominent than other syllables. Considering the AM framework‚ there are three important prosodic studies of Persian. Eslami (2005) believe that in Persian there are four pitch accents (L*‚ H*‚ L*+H‚ L+H*)‚ two phrase accents (L-‚ H-) and also two boundary
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______1. The vibrator part of speech mechanism is responsible for the production of sound waves. ______2. The vocal cords are in ‘closed position’ when voiced sounds are produced. ______3. (Word) stress is the emphasis or force given to a syllable or syllable in a word or phrase as it is pronounced ______4. Semiotics is defined as the study of signs. ______5. Noise is anything that distorts a message by interfering with the communication process. ______6. The sender is the individual‚ group
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