English language outside UK
17 Января 2013 в 10:02, реферат
English is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. By year 1000, the English language consisted of approximately 40 000 words. Nowadays, the number has grown to more than 500 000. If we calculate the average of words created per century, this comes to 46 000. A great number of words found in the English vocabulary was borrowed from Latin, French, Low German, and the Scandinavian languages. We also know that some periods were more fertile than others: invasions, contact with other cultures, inventions, technological progress, music, fashion are some of the factors which have helped to enrich the language.
Borrowing in the English Language
21 Декабря 2012 в 19:10, реферат
Where two different languages have contact over a certain period of time they will surely
influence each other. Words might be taken over from one language and are adopted to the
other. This process is called borrowing. Throughout its long history English had contact with
many different languages such as Old Norse, French, and Latin, but also with the colonial
languages.
Intonation of the English language
08 Ноября 2013 в 16:38, реферат
Intonation is a language universal. There are no languages which are spoken as a monotone without any changes of prosodic parameters.
Intonation is a complete unity of non-segmental or prosodic features of speech. They are melody pitch of the voice, sentence stress, temporal characteristics duration, tempo, pausation, timbre, rhythm.
A Brief History of the English Language
24 Мая 2014 в 20:21, контрольная работа
English is a member of the Indo-European family of languages. This broad family includes most of the European languages spoken today. The Indo-European family includes several major branches: Latin and the modern Romance languages (French etc.); the Germanic languages (English, German, Swedish etc.); the Indo-Iranian languages (Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit etc.); the Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, Czech etc.); the Baltic languages of Latvian and Lithuanian; the Celtic languages (Welsh, Irish Gaelic etc.); Greek.
Usage of idioms in the modern English language
10 Марта 2014 в 17:18, курсовая работа
Language study process requires considerable time, attention and hard work. However, this process can be really interesting and fascinating. The discipline comprises of a lot of branches about the language people speak, peculiarities of languages, influence of languages on one another, results of interchanging some grammatical or lexical units between languages, etc. Research on language development is of a great essence while following through the history the development of culture and building relations between people.
Idioms reflect events of different periods of time. Studying idioms many authors call attention to the fact that they can more easily than other language units cumulate and store facts about the past, cultural semantics of a nation, traditions, customs, folklore, etc. because of the so called "cumulative" function of a language.
Phonetic features of english languages in australia
16 Ноября 2013 в 14:28, курсовая работа
This course work is devoted to varieties of the English language, namely its Australian version. The theme is the Australian version of the English language. In the 60 -ies of XX century. the spread of English has become very broad. Some countries initially used it as a means of inter-ethnic communication , then the language is gradually mutated and became a mother for the population. For example, British English started the American version , and then the Australian and South African . In the XX century . developed Nigerian , Indian , Singaporean options and numerous new varieties of English (New Englishes).
Listening comprehension in English language teaching
24 Мая 2012 в 15:06, дипломная работа
Reasons for teaching listening comprehension. The purpose and nature of the listening comprehension programme.
Games activity at the foreign language lesson as one of the basic ways of learning English at primary school
16 Декабря 2013 в 15:31, курсовая работа
At present time the problem of increased psycho-emotional stress on students. Application of game forms of training helps to reduce pressure on the students' information. During the game, the child unconsciously possessed training material.
About training opportunities for games has long been known. Many prominent educators rightly drawn attention to the effectiveness of games in the learning process. And this is understandable. We believe that in the game are especially full of unexpected and sometimes a person's ability, especially a child.