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    Modern English a) Received Pronunciation is an accent‚ which pronunciate words as they are spelled. RP . is conceived as a more formal way of speaking. b) In the 1800’s when a standard English had been established‚ the upper/upper middle class in the north east of England and especially London‚ began speaking RP. It spread‚ and was considered the educated way of speaking‚ so it became the favorable and more official way of speaking in England. c) Cockney pronunciate letters‚ which may

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    language commonly through education. However‚ as they are not native English speakers‚ they are more likely to be several learning problems faced when they are to learn the sounds of English letters. The problematic areas are usually pronunciation‚ accent‚ grammar‚ and fluency. * Talk about the problems faced mentioned by experts. Give general examples. 3-4 sentences. # Problem areas: - Pronunciation (facts from experts‚ opinions from self for all areas) > Incorrectly learning the pronunciation

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    work with me? AUTHOR: Fiona Smith SOURCE Australian financial review DOP: 14 august 2007 The article talks about our accents‚ and how we are perceived by others. The characteristics of our speech send out lots of signs to the listener on who we are‚ building and creating our identity on just how we speak. The articulation of vowel sounds‚ usage of High rising terminals‚ accents‚ articulation of words‚ or particular usage of non-standard variants can aid the other to determine your education and

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    how he was compelled to substitute his natural accent by Received Pronunciation and describes the process of his later recalling to his language roots. The poem consists of two parts‚ each of which indicated by a Roman numeral and separated into various stanzas. In the first paragraph‚ Harrison merely conveys the emerging of the conflict resulting out of his conspicuous accent. The second paragraph envisions Harrison’s recalling to the northern accent he used to speak‚ coinciding with the recovery

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    North American English Dialects NORTH AMERICAN ACCENTS OF ENGLISH Major dialect groups: General American: Central Eastern Midland Northern Western Northeastern: New York City New England Southern: Inland Lower Canadian: General Canadian Maritime Newfoundland G4 Proseminar Dialectology http://www.ifla.uni-stuttgart.de/~jilka/ North American English Dialects THE SOUTH • the historical South consists of two main dialectal areas: – Coastal or Lower Southern (southern

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    note for a new starter. Below is a summary of information that will be given to the new starter so that they have a chance to gain some understanding of the organisation and what we do and how we operate. • An introduction to the organisation: At Accent we have been providing high quality social housing for rent and sale for over 40 years‚ and we remain firmly committed to providing our residents with the excellent homes and top quality services they have a right to expect. We currently own and manage

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    American Tongues Essay

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    attitudes about dialects and accents that are typically negative toward one another and are seen as sub-standard forms of English. One good point that was made during the film was that depending on someone’s accent‚ people will judge you in the way you speak and how you actually say your words. People might not like someone because of their accent‚ so people are quick to make judgments on you. Those people also pass judgments about that specific area you are from due to their accents. The film gives some

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    suggest that some people deliberately choose a low status accent as a way of invoking prestige‚ although this is less common amongst women than men. The Australian-born children of migrants from Europe‚ Asia and the Pacific Islands are asserting their respective cultural blends each time they open their mouths‚ leading to dozens of different ethnic dialects such as ‘wogspeak’‚ that much-parodied blend of Australian and various Mediterranean accents. (From ‘Strine feels the strain with Austrayan twang

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    The Mozart Effect

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    Have you ever hear the old saying “Mozart makes babies smarter”? Can a mother simply playing Mozart while the infant sleeps actually increase her baby’s brain function? Well there is now evidence that this once perceived ‘old wives tale’ is actually true. The studies done to prove this seemingly bizarre event have deemed it‚ The Mozart Effect. The Mozart Effect is a set of research results that indicate that listening to Mozart’s music may induce a short-term improvement on the performance of certain

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