English language

Language dialects of English

01 Апреля 2013 в 16:45, курсовая работа

The actuality of the theme. The study provides invaluable dialects and inexhaustible material not only to penetrate into the deepest roots of language, its historical past but can sensibly, without bias and one-sidedness to evaluate and understand the characteristics of the formation and development of literary norms, different social and professional dialects and language options. Only accounting dialect data provides an opportunity to understand not only the so-called "deviations" from the rules of spelling and grammar, but the rules themselves, and can serve as a solid basis for studying the formation and development of the meanings of words.

History of the English Language

07 Февраля 2013 в 19:24, творческая работа

The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. These tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany.
At that time the inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. But most of the Celtic speakers were pushed west and north by the invaders - mainly into what is now Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The Angles came from Englaland and their language was called Englisc - from which the words England and English are derived.

Development of english language

17 Ноября 2012 в 22:38, контрольная работа

Whenever word frequencies are reported for English, the articles account for almost ten per cent of most texts. It would seem to be hard to make sense of how English works without understanding the role of these common forms. There is distinction between the indefinite article (a or an) and the definite article (the). There is also a high percentage of nouns occurring without any article, or with what is called zero article ( ).
For easier understanding it was “invented” An Article Machine, in which you can insert any noun and, by making a number of choices, create a noun phrase containing the correct article. It looked like this:

Functional Styles of the English Language

25 Марта 2011 в 00:21, реферат

Functional styles (FS) are the subsystems of language, each subsystem having its own peculiar features in what concern vocabulary means, syntactical constructions, and even phonetics. The appearance and existence of FS is connected with the specific conditions of communication in different spheres of human life. FS differ not only by the possibility or impossibility of using some elements but also due to the frequency of their usage.

Theoretical grammar of the English language

20 Ноября 2011 в 20:24, курс лекций

Contents of the course:
1. Grammar in the system of language
2. Grammatical classes of words
3. Noun. General. The categories of gender and number.
4. Noun. The possessive case. The article.
5. The adjective. The adverb.
6. Verb. general.
7. Verb. he category of tense.
8. Verb. the category of aspect.
9. verb. The category of voice.
10. Non-finite forms of the verb.
11. Sentence. General.

Scandinavian Influences on the English Language

02 Ноября 2011 в 19:36, реферат

When considering the Scandinavian loanwords in English one can compare them with those from French. Immediately very obvious differences between the two cases are observed. On the one hand the varieties of Old Norse brought to England were much closer to the English of the time than was Anglo-Norman at the later period. Indeed one can safely assume that the Scandinavian invaders did not have too many difficulties in making themselves understood to their English neighbours.

French borrowings in the modern english language

16 Января 2011 в 18:12, реферат

We live in Belarus and our native language is Belarusian .
Almost all the words are native in our language . But some of them are borrowed from other la
n guages, though they got their meanings, spelling, according to the Belarusian la
n guage .

American English is a form of the English language

30 Марта 2013 в 10:18, курсовая работа

Everyone knows that Americans speak English differently than the British or Australians or even Canadians do, but most of the time we think of these differences in terms of the way we pronounce certain words (i.e., our accents). Most people also know that there are some differences that manifest themselves in written language as well as speech. But beyond calling some things by different names, there are many other peculiarities of American English in its phrasing and syntax that set it apart from other brands of the English language. There are also considerable semantic differences between British and American English. Usage not only differs but can be misleading.

The role of the borrowings in the English language

24 Декабря 2011 в 01:33, реферат

People all around the globe with different mother tongues often have the same opinion regarding loanwords in their languages; they mostly do not like them. They wish that their own native words would be used instead and often fear that too much borrowing could lead to their mother tongue eventually dying out. A lot of this fear has been directed on the English language the last decades. Due to its tremendous rise as a global language many English words have entered other languages in all parts of the world. Babysitter and makeup are just two examples of common English words that are used in many other languages around the globe. Today, many countries are trying to reduce the influence that English has on their native tongues. In France, for example, laws are passed that make it illegal to use an English word in official contexts when there are native words that could be used instead .

The role of the borrowings in the English language

13 Апреля 2011 в 20:05, курсовая работа

Types of phrases in English and Ukrainian languages

16 Февраля 2012 в 14:47, реферат

The lexical meaning of the word groups is the combined lexical meaning of the component words. The meaning of the word groups is motivated by the meanings of the component members and is supported by the structural pattern. But it’s not a mere sum total of all these meanings! Polysemantic words are used in word groups only in 1 of their meanings. These meanings of the component words in such word groups are mutually interdependent and inseparable (blind man – «a human being unable to see», blind type – «the copy isn’t readable).

The role of the English language in the life of people

28 Марта 2013 в 16:48, сочинение

People in Russia study some foreign languages: French, German, Spain, Italian and some others. But the most popular is, of course, English. Why so? I think that there are some reasons for its popularity. First, children learn it at school; they study it further at the universities and institutes because it is easier to learn than any other language. Second, it sounds very pleasant and sweet. Third, English is used in world media.

Testing as a method of motivation of pupils in teaching English language

28 Ноября 2011 в 21:13, курсовая работа

Every teacher wants to give his pupils the best knowledge, which they will use every time, anywhere where it is necessary. But how to achieve this aim? Of course he must be qualified teacher, he must teach them letters, new words, phonetic, grammar, and etc., but also he must rightly evaluate pupils’ knowledge and makes them do it without any fear and with ease. Because pupils should improve their skills and knowledge in foreign language.

Контрольная работа по дисциплине: «English language»

27 Февраля 2013 в 07:49, контрольная работа

1.Заполните пропуски словами: check-in, a reverse charge call, declaration, a time difference, excess, allowance, bad, duty, baggage reclaim, samples.

1. If there is a time difference between two countries, when you fly put your watch back or forward.
2. If you have more duty-free goods than the baggage reclaim, you must pay duty on the excess .