On the other hand, English and German are different languages, because even though they are related, an English speaker can't necessarily understand a German speaker. However, sometimes there are borderline cases. For example, Spanish and Italian speakers can often understand each other. And sometimes speakers of two dialects of English can hardly understand each other at all (especially when they're talking quickly!) So although most linguists consider East Cree and Plains Cree to be dialects of the same Cree language, some people believe they should count as two languages because Cree speakers can't always understand each other.
English has also a large number of negative words, like inept, disheveled, ruthless, unkempt, for which the positive counterpart is missing. The long list of all these examples makes us wonder - where do the words come from? According to Bill Bryson and Otto Jespersen there are five sources of new words: words created by error, adopted words, created words, words changed by doing nothing, and words created by adding or subtracting something. Some words created by errors come from dictionaries. Such occurrences are more common that you might suppose.
Jargon, slang and use of acronyms – these forms of language only make sense to people with specialist knowledge. A person who doesn’t have this specialist knowledge won’t understand the message. Dialect – people who speak English using a regional dialect (for example Glaswegian or Liverpudlian) pronounce words in different ways. Distress, emotional difficulties and health problems – some conditions,
Source 8 does not support this view, however the only evidence supporting it being that tensions between Nationalists and Unionists was high and that because of their differences Ireland was preparing for a Civil War, as suggested by source 7. Source 8 is also a relatively modern book and so, like source 7, could be argued to carry more weight. On the other hand source 9 is a speech made by Andrew Bonar Law, a key unionist of the time, and therefore could be considered biased and not as reliable as the other sources.
We did meet with Suzanne Christopher and discussed with her the characteristics of ASL that make it “non-English.” Ms. Christopher provided us with current research concerning ASL’s linguistic identity. After analyzing this research, we concluded that ASL has its own distinct grammar, morphology, modality, structure, syntax, markers, and idioms. It therefore meets the criterion by which CSU defines a language as foreign. (Not all sign languages meet the criterion, though ASL clearly does. For example, Signed Exact English cannot be considered a “non-English” language; it assigns a unique sign to each English word and uses standard English grammar and syntax.)
dysarthria Dysarthric individuals struggle to speak properly and may have hoars, excessively loud/quiet or nasal-sounding speech. As a result, people with this condition may be difficult to understand. They may a be able to form sentences, single words
We have been called “the melting pot”. Because people come here from different countries, they almost always can not speak English. Some people learn it quickly, for some it may take time, and others never learn it at all. This all may depend on a person’s financial ability to pay for an English course or the rate at which people learn. I don’t think the lack of desire to learn is a common reason as to why people never learn to speak English while living in this country.
SEMISTER 2 : ASSIGNMENT 1 ENG 1502 NAME: PETER DENEKE STUDENT NUMBER: 54005221 UNIQUE NUMBER: 844354 DATE: 9SEP2014 Question 1 I Government II Agreement III Particularly IV Prioritized V Pronunciation explain these problems One reason for pronunciation difficulties are because of the way syllables are stressed√. A word is normally stressed on the first syllable. Exception are words with suffixes ( -ity or –ion) or prefixes (like con-dis). The second reason is the way a phoneme in a word is pronounced, when it comes to a vowel or consonant.too vague Some people want to sound every letter in a word, and are not aware that some letters that come in pairs are represented by one sound during pronunciation√ or that some sounds
Illiterate adults cannot read a phone book in order to get a number. For example, an illiterate adult may need to speak with someone who can fix their plumbing. They need a way to get a phone number to a plumbing service but aren’t capable of looking up numbers in a phone directory. In these cases with illiterate adults, the only way to get by in communicating is having someone they trust to help them read text to get
The paper demonstrates throughout an inability to communicate effectively using the written word in English. | Clumsy prose with frequent errors in grammar and mechanics that interfere considerably with the reading experience. Sentence construction is consistently unwieldy. Word choice and tone may be consistently inappropriate.8 | Mostly clear prose with occasional errors in grammar and mechanics that may interfere with the reading experience. Sentence construction is serviceable but frequently lacks concision, precision, or variety.