Essays on English Language

Over time the English language has developed through three main stages; Old English, Middle English and Modern English. Old English is the earliest recorded stage of the English language and is very different to Modern English which we speak today. Native English speakers would find it very difficult trying to understand Old and Middle English….

Questions: 1. Not very particular in (about) nesting sites, house wrens may nest in birdhouses, mailboxes, building crevices – even in the pockets of hanging laundry. (2006. 5. 6. 28) Explanation: 28. A. “particular in” should be “particular about. ” The sentence is suggesting that house wrens are not very particular–not very fussy, selective, fastidious…

Plural semantics, reduplication, and numeral modi? cation in Indonesian Mary Dalrymple and Suriel Mofu Centre for Linguistics and Philology University of Oxford Patterns of plural marking and numeral modi? cation in Indonesian provide an interesting testbed for theories of the semantics of numeral classi? ers and plurality. Crosslinguistically, the presence of numeral classi? rs in…

English is probably the world’s most important language not just because of the people who speak it but also because of its significance in international, professional, social, cultural and political activities. That is why many non-native people want to learn English as a second language. Learning English as a second language or a foreign language…

Over the pass few months, a controversial subject regarding the education of African American students in the Oakland School District has made its way to the top of discussions across America. “Ebonics” or African American Vernacular English (AAVE), or Vernacular Black English (VBE) has been erroneously called “slang,” “broken English,” instead the full-fledged dialect that…

Unit 1 – Phonetics and Phonology 1.1 Introduction Phonetics is an empirical science which studies human speech sounds. It tells us how sound are produced, thus describing the articulatory and acoustic properties of sounds, and furnishes us with methods for this classification. Phonetics is divided into three main branches: – Articulatory phonetics: Studies the nature…

Rizal lived in exile in faraway Dapitan, a remote town in Mindanao which was under the missionary jurisdiction of the Jesuits, from 1892 to 1896. This four – year interregnum in his life was tediously unexciting, but was abundantly fruitful with varied achievements. Beginning of Exile in Dapitan Steamer Cebu – brought Rizal to Dapitan…

The negative form expresses an absence of obligation. It can be used in questions to express annoyance with someone and with Who- questions. Pronunciation fifth/ or ,rev tat’ There is a linking between have and to. Stressed words in sentence marked with have to sleep Anticipated problems and solutions 0 Problem: Students don’t use the…

Sincere gratitude is hereby extended to the following who never ceased in helping until this paper is structured: First of all, to our parents who gave us time, financial support and permission to this project, without them this paper would not be done. To our beloved professor, Ma’am Anarina Nautan for guiding us and giving…

Basinw w w e tr . X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education .c rs om 0500/22 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) Additional Materials: * 6 1 2 9 3 6 9 5 7 9 * October/November 2011 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ…