patterns when we speak. What do I mean by intonation patterns? Well‚ intonation refers to the pitch patterns we Americans use when we talk. There are many intonation patterns in American English. These patterns are important because they convey meaning. While some tonal languages such as Mandarin‚ Cantonese and Vietnamese use changes in pitch to differentiate between words‚ English uses pitch or intonation patterns over phrases and sentences to convey larger chunks of meaning. The two most
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CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE SPEAKERS? Notes on Examples Reasonable (even accurate) guesses about speaker’s various characteristics e.g. socio-economic or educational background esp. for English accents in Britain • With distinctive regional accent origin even from short utterance Holmes (2008) p. 127 3 Characteristics of Speech • Remember? No two people speak the same! – ∞ sources of variation e.g. even single vowel is pronounced in different ways!
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UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CORINTH CAMPUS Instructor: Mr. Lambert Phillip Submission date: 28th February‚ 2013 Music Education GROUP MEMBERS Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................Pg 3 Membranophones ................................................................................................Pg 4-5 Idiophones ...............................................................
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points of view. Six main types of grammatical process. Word sequence as a method. Compounding of radical elements. Affixing: prefixes and suffixes; infixes. Internal vocalic change; consonantal change. Reduplication. Functional variations of stress; of pitch. 5. FORM IN LANGUAGE: GRAMMATICAL CONCEPTS Analysis of a typical English sentence. Types of concepts illustrated by it.
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compared to the score and the Kalmus part. For example‚ in the Kessler’s edition on mm.3 there is in accent on the note B. On mm. 6 the F-sharp has an accent marked and finally the E doesn’t have an accent marked. The Righini and Belwin Mills Publishing Corp editions also have a slight change of articulation on mm. 11 counting from the 3/8 time signature there are tenuto markings instead of accents on the E and the F-sharp provided in the Kalmus and Kessler edition. Finally‚ it is very important to
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Linguistics and its relation to popular Westernized media has been closely related since the inception of pop culture. The topic of language has not been in question per say‚ but the issue of dialect and how it is incorporated to supplement stock characters in children’s movies and shows‚ has caught the attention of many. How and why do multi-billion industries resort to overly cheesy‚ and sometimes cringe-worthy‚ stereotypes? At a very young age‚ many children are exposed to movies‚ whether
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During a Renaissance fair‚ people can listen to the sounds the instruments made back then‚ and how those sounds became similar to the instruments used today. Invented in Persia 2‚000 years ago‚ the hammered dulcimer has a wide variety of dynamics. Its pitch is very high and it is usually played very fast in tempo‚ making the pace the dulcimer produces quick and hard
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The Importance of Class / History II There are some factors that has contributed to this development: -The increasing influence of the mass media has encouraged the creation of mass society‚ meaning‚ uniform customs and tastes. The British lifestyle has become less varied. -A new concept of social security was created by the foundation of the Welfare state and the extension of social‚ medical services which eased the gap between rich and poor -The preference of the comprehensive school over
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cant stop making fun‚ when someone tries to learn new language‚ its funny to make fun of their ways to learn‚ how they talk‚ or how they write‚ and most important how they sound (their accent of talking). When someone is trying to a learn new language and also make a mistake or talks in their native language accent‚ the people will suddenly start saying bad things for person or start making fun of the person. When people gets made fun by other people‚ their confidence of learning new
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An anonymous author wrote “Our culture‚ our traditions‚ our language are the foundations upon which we build our identity.” This brings out what Tanya Maria Barrientos argues throughout her essay‚ “Se Habla Español.” She struggled to identify herself as Latino and embracing her Spanish heritage. So at a young age‚ she decided to step away from America’s stereotypical view of Latin’s and embrace what she thought was the correct way to live. One main thing she didn’t want was to be able to speak Spanish
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