Essays on Consonants

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Question #1 The three segments of spectrograms reflect three different sounds, the first one is consonant, the second is a vowel, and the last one is consonant as well. The first consonant is voiceless and the last one is voiced. The main evidence supporting this statement is that in the first case, F1 is below 2000 Hz, which characterizes the voiceless consonants that are formed without the utilization of the voice. Their pronunciation does not characterize with the vibration in the throat. The third consonant is voiced, which can be shown by its characteristics of the F1, which is ...

Introduction

It is customary for the non-native speakers to substitute the correct pronunciation of the words with their versions of vowels and consonants. There are patterns of pronunciation of words in every language and it is believed that the non-native speakers utilize their habitual pronunciation of the new language. These patterns in language may persist at different levels. Some of the non-native speakers tend to learn new language faster, the others retain the traces of native language in their patterns of pronunciation through the years. This may root in different factors, such as the duration of practice in new language, ...

California is the most populated U.S state, located on the West Coast of the United States of America. It ranks as the third largest state after Alaska and Texas and is home to one eighth’s of Americans that is approximately thirty eight million people. California is the home to the country’s most populous census and fifty of the country’s most populated cities, San Diego, San Jose, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Sacramento, Oakland, and Fresno. Sacramento is the capital city. A variety of Native American tribes settled in what is now California (Grant, 54).This was before ...

i) the similarities and differences between L1 and L2 ii) psychological factors iii) social factors.

Then, drawing upon relevant literature, consider implications for language teaching/learning [250 words max].

This question as worded below specifies the student’s age, gender, L1 and country of origin. However, you may vary this question for gender, L1 and country of origin, if this would render it more useful for you. The student’s age, and other details as below, must remain the same. Ahmed is a nine-year old boy of Arabic background who immigrated to Australia through the family reunion scheme one year ago. He is living with his parents and two younger sisters in ...

Introduction

The Arabic non-standard speech created through the first many years within the Arabia within the amount quickly going before the looks of Islam, once it gained the structure within which it is best-known nowadays. Middle indweller artists of the pre-Islamic amount had created a non-standard speech of astonishing lavishness and adaptableness. Their verse was transmitted and saved orally. The Arabic non-standard speech was then, because it is presently, effectively suitable creating new words and phrasing to regulate to the interest of latest searching and masterful disclosures. The Arabic Consonatial System incorporates equivalent amounts of voiced versus voiceless, two nasals, three ...

History

It is generally considered that Cherokees migrated to the region of southeast from the Great Lakes region around three thousand years ago. That’s the reason why there is limited similarity between it and the other Iroquoian languages. They settled in the area what is now known as Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. They started migrating west from pressure from the European settlers. The remainder of them was forced to migrate to Oklahoma in 1838. Though, a few managed to settle in the mountain forest of North Carolina. By one estimate, 70 to 80 percent of Cherokees were literate in ...

Recognizing Arabic letters involves joining letters instead of grouping them together like the method used in English alphabet. However, in order to recognize the letters there is a certain rule that needs to be considered such as the changes on how the letters are written depending on the combinations used. In addition, the most distinct and recognizable characteristic of the Arabic letter is that it never uses capitalization. The cursive nature of Arabic letters essentially makes no difference on how it was written by hand or in print, which encompasses a learning objective of recognition. Recognizing Arabic letters is not as ...

Communication: Oral Language is a Bag of Air (How the Environment is responsible for Speech and Oral Language.)

Oral language is like air is a concept that has been used in linguistics to express the importance of environment in shaping the development of language in society. Man has for instance made inroads to other planets other than the earth. However, under these circumstances man has depended on sign language to communicate because the condition in space do not allow for the creation of sound waves. This is contrary to how the situation is here on earth. The environment of earth allows for the travelling of sound. The thought patterns of human being and the communication process is shaped ...

Introduction

Speech and articulation disorders do not necessarily lead to disability but these disorders definitely affect an individual in a multitude of ways. An individual suffering from the congenital disorder cleft palate for example, would most likely exhibit obvious signs and symptoms of speech and articulation impairments, mainly because of the anatomical distortion of the muscles and other facial structures used in articulation. These individuals’ speech may well be distorted for the rest of their lives if left untreated because there is no natural way of repairing damaged articulation structures. There is a statistically significant portion of the infant population suffering from ...

Earlier generations believed that pidgins and creoles were wrong versions of English. It is only comparatively recently that linguists have realized that pidgins and creoles were rather new languages. Their words were largely taken from an older language during a period of linguistic crisis to fill an urgent need for communication (Holm, 2000, p. 25). This makes them appear to be deformed versions of that older language. If, however, one examines them as linguistic systems, analyzing the structure of their phonology, syntax, and word formation, it becomes evident that these systems are quite different from those of the language from ...

Consonants Chart

Consonant phonemes /m/ is a bilabial nasal consonant, as in /kup/ ‘house‘ (cf /rup/ ‘eye’). /p/ is voiceless bilabial plosive, as in /kyp/ ‘house’ (cf /kyb/ ‘roof’). It is represented by allophones [p] and voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ], the latter pronounced in an intervocalic position: /kypyɾ/ ‘house’ [ky’ɸyɾ] ‘referring to a house’. /b/ is a voiced bilabial plosive, as in /kyb/ ‘roof’ (cf /Byb/ ‘child’). It is represented by allophones [b] and voiced bilabial fricative [β], the latter pronounced in an intervocalic position: /tɔ:b/ ‘water’ [tɔ:b], but /tɔ:byɾ/ ‘wet’ [tɔ: ‘βyɾ]. / B/ is a bilabial ...

As with any second language learners, Koreans face considerable difficulty with learning English, a language very much unrelated to Korean. This is something many of us, particularly at universities with large numbers of Koreans or at companies where there are a large number of Korean employees, face every day. But what specifically causes the difficulties? We will explore this topic and more in this paper. First of all, it is important to note that while English is an SVO language (Subject, Verb, Object), Korean is SOV (Subject, Object, Verb). This grammatical ordering alone can lead to confusion and jumbled order ...

- Introduction Communication has not been possible without the evolution of language. It has been through language that people from all walks of life have been able to hold conversations. Languages have evolved and continue to undergo development as the years progress. These developments and evolvements have received heightened interest according to Behme (867). This interest is augmented by the distinctiveness of languages in their phonetic, morphological, phonological, semantic, and syntactic structures (Evans and Levison 430). These language universals proof responsible for this distinction in languages, which reveals language universals play a significant role in the learning of languages. ...

American English began around 1607 when the first English settlement was established in Virginia. During this period, for scholars to distinguish the English language from the present day English, they referred to the language as the Early Modern English (Wolfram and Schilling-Estes 104). Differences between the Early Modern English and the modern English can be seen in the differences in the dialects within the British English language. In addition, these dialects resulted to different dialects in the States as various people from the different speech regions settled in different parts of America. The colonists who came to Virginia ...

Originally Developed Lesson Plan

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Lesson Title & Subject(s): The Language of Language Arts

Instructional Setting: Classroom, group of 20 students grouped into 2, provided with materials for group activity in relation to learning phonics identifying consonants though the sound of each symbol.

STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES

Lesson Objective(s): To deliver a set of instructions that focuses on phonics. The use of phonics knowledge is essential in ensuring that the children are well versed with what they are reading and make them familiar with the correct sounds of words which put great emphasis on pronunciation. By ...

The writing has played a vital role in the development of the civilization and the invention of writing has been proved to be one of the most valuable inventions for the humanity. Writing has helped the civilizations to carry the tradition, achievements, experience and knowledge which was successfully delivered to the next generation and new generation delivered the same to the next generation after getting the benefits of all the things. This paper discusses the several aspects related to writing, its development during different ages, its importance and its relation to the civilization. Writing is considered as one of ...

One can find many parallels in the origins and evolution of Urdu and Bengali. As two prominent members of the Indo-Iranian language group, both exhibit similarities in phonology, morphology and syntax and share a linguistic ancestry rooted in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian. As such, it is not surprising to find that both emerged at approximately the same time period (circa 1100 A.D.) in the Indian sub-continent. Yet despite some notable technical and historic similarities, Urdu and Bengali managed to grow as distinct and different branches of the Indo-Iranian family tree. In part a linguistic expression of Mughal expansionism and military power, ...

One can find many parallels in the origins and evolution of Urdu and Bengali. As two prominent members of the Indo-Iranian language group, both exhibit similarities in phonology, morphology and syntax and share a linguistic ancestry rooted in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian. As such, it is not surprising to find that both emerged at approximately the same time period (circa 1100 A.D.) in the Indian sub-continent. Yet despite some notable technical and historic similarities, Urdu and Bengali managed to grow as distinct and different branches of the Indo-Iranian family tree. In part a linguistic expression of Mughal expansionism and military power, ...