Vowel

sir when addressing your elders. Oh How I miss those days. I moved up north when I was eighteen and those people spent most of their time correcting my English. They said I mispronounced my vowels. I’d say take it up with my grade school teachers who spoke with thick southern accents and who taught me my vowels. The bottom line - they…

texts to the original song lyrics to examine how closely related the syllable count is in the translations and the original song. In order to further examine the rhythm, I will examine the use of long vowels in the original song compared to the translated text to see whether the use of long vowels in the translations matches with the original song. Also I will look more closely to those songs that have distinctly different syllable count compared to the original, to see whether the translations…

“The world is mud- luscious and puddle - wonderful” (E.E. Cummings). Edward Estlin Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1894. He was a painter and a poet and he studied in the University of Harvard, where he was fascinated by two schools of art Impression and Cubism. How does E.E. Cummings use vision and auditory to create meaning?. E.E. Cummings creates meaning in his poetry by using visual techniques and auditory techniques. To begin with, E.E. Cummings creates meaning in his…

Reading is a complex process that needs to be taught. For beginners, an essential part of learning to read involves an understanding of alphabetic principle that directly links to phonics instruction (Adams, 1990; Brish 2011; NRP, 2000; Snow et al., 1998). It is important to distinguish between phonemic awareness and phonics instruction because they are not the same; phonics instruction requires grapheme-phoneme correspondences, spelling patterns, and applying this knowledge in reading. The NRP…

way vowels are pronounced, between the two, is where the major differences show. For example, when she says the morpheme “crazy” she pronounces it [krezɪ] instead of [krezi]. Once again when she says RVSP she pronounces the phoneme /p/ as [pɪ] instead or [pi]. When comparing it to her own vowel pronunciation in the Ellen interview, such as the morpheme maybe as [ˈmeɪbi]. Her character in SNL would, most likely, pronounce it [ˈmeɪbɪ], just based on the observation of past pronunciation of vowel…

between what is referred to as Middle English and Modern English. Before the shift, the pronunciation of the word geese rhymed with today’s pronunciation of the word face. Today the pronunciation of geese rhymes with both peace and piece. The “Great Vowel Shift” does not account for the differences in regional accents spoken in different part of the United States and the English-speaking world. Regional accents result from the mixing of languages spoken in a particular region and the…

Research has shown that MCT improves vocal quality immediately after treatment and in the short- term, with individuals with MTD. Improvements in vocal quality include: jitter, shimmer, signal to noise ratio, and reduced intensity (Mathieson et al., 2009; Reimann et al., 2016; Roy & Leeper, 1993; Roy et al., 1997; Van Lierde et al., 2004; Van Lierde et al., 2008). Reimann and colleagues (2016), did conclude that MCT does increase roughness in vocal quality due to muscle rebalance in the…

adumbrated Isaiah’s prophecy of peace. Noticeable differences of others can be fun way to start conversations, sharing stories and creating friendships. Elongated vowels and straight to the point messages ensued laughter between former strangers. Buying a shirt can now be turned into a mocking session by a cashier. Those elongated vowels once praised by strangers were turned into mushed, overdramatic faces. Every time my mother would raise a concern she was met with, “Speak more slowly!”, or…

my parents would then point to each one and tell me how to pronounce it and I would look and repeat with them. Later, when I memorized what consonant and vowel alphabets are, I learned how to say the words when consonant and vowels are combined. Before entering elementary school, I was able to read children's’ story books on my own and write simple words. I excelled in writing throughout my elementary school because ever since i could write…

lesson plan, ready to guide Mikel through instructional learning. All he had to do was follow my lead. As I prepared to give Mikel directions for our writing activity, we had a terrific start. Mikel shared that his last name contains an r-controlled vowel. So, it was a joyous moment to hear that he retained the information I taught him during our last session. However, this assignment tugged on my heart in a different way. When I shared my excitement with Mikel’s reading specialist about our…