Phonetics

rapid deployment and fulfilled the minimum nutritional requirements. During the development of the ration, the letter “K” was chosen for the name of the ration not because of Dr. Keys, but because it was the most different sounding letter in the phonetic alphabet from existing rations. Dr. Keys went to the nearest supermarket and grabbed what he thought would work best for a ration; Dried beef, compressed cereal bars, dextrose tablets, water purification tablets and a small four-pack of…

Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet, do they sound familiar? Most people have heard of these plays and know them to be part of the greatest body of literature in the English language. The name William Shakespeare graces these imaginative pieces of art yet there is still dispute over the authorship . According to CSI’s Joe Nickell, “anti stratfordians [are] mostly non-academics and…‘pseudo-scholars’”(Nickel 1). With passing trends and fads, it’s clear who the real shakespeare is. Although there…

The Appalachian English (AE) dialect has changed over time. AE developed in the 1700s when Scottish-Irish immigrants settled in the cheap, mountainous territory that makes up the Appalachian Mountains. Isolated from the outside world for centuries, the Appalachian people spoke a distinct dialect that became known as AE. Unique features characterize the speech in Appalachia; the use of these features is fading as the area becomes less isolated. Migration and advances in technology have played…

The life-span perspective posits that development cannot be understood solely in terms of genetics, but must include equal assessment of both nature and nurture. In this regard, three of the most important “nurture” influences are parents (and parenting styles), types of caregivers (including parental caregivers but not exclusive to them), and early educational experiences. In most circumstances, a child’s parent is one of his/her most important influences. As such, the way that the parent acts…

evidence that textisms use does not appear to harm children’s literacy and may even support spelling development” (Wood, Kemp, and Waldron 415). “The reason for this association between spelling and textisms use is partly explained by the highly phonetic nature of the textisms . . . as the phonological and alphabetic awareness that is required for the construction and decoding of these textisms also underpin successful reading development” (Wood et al.…

In an English Rhetoric class, one of my professors once articulated the logic of learning. For a person to authentically take command of his/her knowledge he said, they must be able to teach what they have learned (Lumsden, 2012, in-class). This is an important insight for learners and particularly those learners with Dyslexia. Dyslexia, a specific word reading disability causing a deficit in phonological awareness (PA) fluency and comprehension, affects 72% of the children in Alberta with…

yu mean” when you use the term half-caste. Several times he repeats this certain point to make the poem sound more strong and powerful. It can be seen that through his words, there is anger that makes the poem sound personal. Similarly, the use of phonetic language is encouraged throughout the poem to show the pronunciation of the word from his dialect. This can be noticed through the words he uses “yuself, wha, yu, an, de, dah, dem.” Broken English is purposely contrasted to show that Agard is…

Anzia Yezierska is a polish immigrant who came to America in 1890 when she was just eight years old. The struggles her characters encounter are struggles that Yezierska herself overcame. English is an extremely difficult second language to pick up. Yezierska uses English to distinguish her immigrant characters from natural speakers of English. The more a character has assimilated to American culture in her novels, the more developed their language skills become. At the start of the novel, the…

The most common perception of using loan words is that they make our writing eloquent. They are also regarded as prestigious, grand and even associated with the language of sophisticated people to display their broad range of vocabulary. Yet, George Orwell criticizes and opposes the use of Latinate words with the belief that they are the root of bad habits in written English. This paper delves into Orwell's problem, the diverse responses it provoked, the set of six rules proposed, their…

The Vietnam War was one of the toughest wars that American forces ever fought in. The conflict took place in Southeast Asia, amongst the dense jungles and high mountains of Vietnam, between communist North Vietnam and their allies in China, North Korea, and the Soviet Union, and the democratic nations of South Vietnam and the United States. What made the war tough was the fact that not only were soldiers fighting in an unknown land many thousands of miles away from home, but they were also…