Grammar

1.1. Background of the Study Speaker recognition is the process of automatically recognizing who is speaking [4][24] on the basis of information obtained from the speech waves[13],[18],[20],[21][22]. It should be noted that this process of recognition is different from speech recognition which is not [5][16] biometrics and it’s defined as the process of recognizing what is being said, e.g., dictation of words by an individual for computer understanding (speech to text recognition). The goal of…

2.1. InterlanguagePragmatics and Pragmatic Competence 2.1.1. Definition of pragmatics and interlanguage pragmatics In his work, Yule (1997) explains that pragmatics is “the study of the relationships between linguistic forms and the users of those forms”. He details that studying pragmatics allows learners to “talk about people’s intended meanings, their assumptions, their purposes or goals, and the kind of actions that they are performing when they speak”. In other words, it’s about how people…

Shakespear's world then, is different from our world now because of 3 different key topics. The first topic is language, the english language has advanced very much since this time. There is a lot of words that are still the same but the way we use the words in a sentence, and the order they are. I've noticed studying this time period they said stuff very differently from the way we do now. For examample, "What do you read, my lord?" (Hamlet,2.2.191). However in todays modern world we would say,…

If one where to take a look at the Franklin, one may assume he has had a comfortable life. Being a landed gentleman whose pockets overflow with gold and whose kitchens overflow with meat and wine, he gives the outward appearance of one impermeable to worry. And this is an appearance he wishes to maintain, for as he trots towards Canterbury with a smile on his face and a whistle upon his lips, he is frightened for the soul of his son. Born to a family of freemen in the countryside of England,…

The point of grammar I still struggle with is the correct placement of the comma. As I read through the chapter discussing commas in Grammar Moves, I realized that it may be more the matter of recognizing what the independent clause actually is in the sentence and then separating it properly from the dependent clause. The text refers to this as essential and nonessentially information. The “Purdue OWL” website has a section on “Extended Rules for Using Commas,” that helped clarify what is…

Good Grammar Is a Predictor of Professional Success In today's extremely competitive and global business world, being able to communicate rapidly, properly, and effectively gives employees and the company an advantage over companies who are less likely to communicate efficiently. In the article “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why” Kyle Wiens argues that language is relentlessly changing, but it doesn’t make grammar insignificant at the workplace. He values grammar so much, he…

their worlds. Writers should first be clear, the goal being understandable, not flashy or verbose. The real rules of grammar further this goal. The social rules of grammar exist only to demonstrate one’s social class or level of education. If Huck Finn had followed the social rules of grammar, the story would lose its heart. The invented rules of grammar are even worse: they produce grammar Nazis, those that would ignore the message in order to condemn the messenger. One interesting example is…

I read the article, “The Short- and Long-Term Effect of Explicit Grammar Instruction on Fifth Grader’s Writing,” by Shoudong Feng and Kathy Powers. Their study had a lot to do with sentence structure, usage, and mechanics. Therefore, the article addressed grammar 1, grammar 2, and mechanics. I will be summarizing Feng and Power’s collaborative research, which I believe is an interesting and effective study that revealed a very useful strategy for one to use when teaching elementary school…

Language is a communicative system of words and symbols that are unique to humans, we develop cognition, language, and communication skills there have been many studies and theories conducted regarding the development of language in the human mind including nature vs. Nurture. Ideas support that language development is natural, while other ideas believe there are external factors. This Essay illustrates and focuses on firstly Phonological (The way sound is stored in the mind, Sound is said),…

Scope and Sequence This activity was designed for a second grade students including focus learner students, these activities sheet focusing on the presentation of the story and news sight words learned by the students. The focus learner students have been mimics the vowels sound and phonics, which had encourage the student to repeats and practice the sounds in order to learn the new sight words, The repetitive practices of these sounds has helped the students to building words and create…