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Phonological Comparison of British and American English
English
It is normally known among English talkers that there are some important differences between British English and American English. In this paper I will compare these two assortments of English and discourse the systematic phonological differences between them. There are many other ways in which British and American English are different ; such as. vocabulary….
Business and Grammar
Employment
Grammar
human communication
Productivity
The main objective for students attending college is to obtain a degree and secure employment. It is essential, therefore, to prioritize the inclusion of grammatical principles in the college curriculum, as poor grammar can hinder job prospects after graduation. However, it is important to consider whether employers truly value applicants’ level of grammatical ability. To…
Rhetorical Analysis “Why I Hate Britney”
Hate
Rhetoric
1. The purpose of this argument is for the writer, Nisey Williams, to state why she does not want to bring a child into a sex filled culture of so called “idols” like Britney Spears. She helps to achieve the argument that parents really need to be more aware of what enters our children’s minds….
6 C’s of Business Writing
Linguistics
The 6 Cs of Business Writing Completeness Provide all necessary information Answer all questions asked (or implied) Add something extra (when appropriate) Concreteness Use facts, figures, statistics, and details Give concrete examples Use precise, active verbs Consideration (and/or Courtesy) Be polite Always have your audience first in mind: ask yourself how the message you’re communicating…
Analysis of “Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Alliteration
Birmingham
Martin Luther King is famous for his daring counter-cultural beliefs and for being a man who truly made a stand in is struggle to gain civil rights for black people. A genius of the art of persuasion, King uses tremendously effective emotional appeal by engaging his audience’s patriotism, love of family, and auditory senses. King…
The communicative style of the second language learning and language teaching styles
Second Language
Teaching
Introduction Communication is always a two-way process. In the case of second language learning, this is between the teacher, imparting the knowledge, and the students, grasping the information. This paper shall discuss the learning styles of second language learners and how teachers must adapt their teaching styles to best utilize the learning style. Learning styles…
Language Investigation on Shampoo Bottles
Grammar
Linguistics
Persuasion
To investigate how the language on Shampoo bottles varies depending on what consumers want to hear and market competition; the more specialised the shampoo, the more restrained and technical the language whereas the more generalised the shampoo, the more persuasive and informal the language. To achieve this aim, I will be focusing on Texts 1,…
An Experiment on Semantic Priming
Experiment
Semantics
Introduction Priming is when exposure to one stimulus affects response to a later stimulus (e.g. seeing a dog triggers buying dog food at the convenience store. Semantic priming is a type of priming where the prime (initial stimulus) is semantically linguistically or logically-_from the same category as the target (later stimulus) (Bonin, 2004). Semantic priming…
A Review of The Logic of Non-Standard English by William Labov
English
Logic
Today I am going to talk about the Logic of nonstandard English written by W. Labov. In older days, with the help of the government, there are a lot of researches about the education problems of the children in the ghetto areas. Ghetto means a city which Jews lived or which members of a minority…
The Theory of Universal Grammar
Education
Learning
Second Language
The Theory of Universal Grammar has been expounded in Lightbown and White (1987, White (1989), and Ellis (1994), among others. It derives from Chomsky’s conceptualization of the nature of the linguistic universals that comprise a child’s innate linguistic knowledge. According to Chomsky (1976), there is a ‘system of principles, conditions, and rules that are elements…