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Changing attitudes towards the Welsh English accent: A view from Twitter
No full textThis chapter presents an analysis of tweets containing the terms Welsh and accent. Each tweet was coded with respect to the attitudes found in it and whether they were positive, negative, or other.
Nearly half (49%) the tweets analysed indicated positive attitudes towards the Welsh accent, while only 15% were negative. Overwhelmingly, the positive tweets commented on the attractiveness of the accent (and of its speakers) or on the tweeter’s own desire to have a Welsh accent. The analysis also revealed that the Welsh English accent is particularly associated with the South Wales Valleys in people’s minds and that recent television shows have played a part in the increased appreciation of the accent
An overview of sociolinguistics in Wales
No full textThe aim of the first chapter is to give an overview of sociolinguistics in Wales and introduce the research which appears in the volume. First, we consider the current linguistic situation in Wales and summarise the history of contact between Welsh and English. Second, we present a review of previous sociolinguistic research in Wales. Third, the chapters in the volume are discussed and, to close, we highlight directions for future research
The Family History of Mercedes A. Pankau
No full textMercedes Pankau authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Fall 2019 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: [email protected]
The Family History of Mercedes Dowdy
No full textMercedes L. Dowdy authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Fall 2019 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: [email protected]
Sociolinguistic Variation in Children's Language: Acquiring Community Norms
No full textHow we vary our speech is fundamental in signalling who we are, where we're from and where we're going. How and when does such variation arise? Here, leading experts Jennifer Smith and Mercedes Durham address this question through a sociolinguistic analysis of the speech of preschool children in interaction with their primary caregivers. Bringing together two fields of linguistic research - variationist sociolinguistics and first language acquisition - the study focusses both qualitative and quantitative analysis of a range of variables to show when and how variation is acquired by young children, and the effect the caregiver's interaction has on this process. In doing so, they tackle a fundamental question in language research: when and how do children acquire the highly complex patterns of variation widely attested in adult speech
Also, too, as well: non-native variation of additive adverbials
No full textIf learning stylistically differentiated variation patterns appear to be an inherent
difficulty for non native language learners (Rehner, Mougeon & Nadasi 2003, Regan
1996), what will be the out come of the non native acquisition of features that not
only vary, but do not present a high degree of stylistic or social differences.
Three additive adverbials, also, too, and as well as, have very similar , if not identical,
meanings and can be used fairly interchangeably, and although there is some stylistic
variation in their selection it is not as marked as it is for some other variables
(fjelkestam-Nilsson 1983). The distribution pattern of the three lexical variants,
however are quite different and it is precisely this that may create a difficulty for nonnative
speakers.
This paper looks at how non-native speakers of English in Switzerland use the three
additives adverbial in their out put of English, especially given that their native
language s (French, German or Italian) do not provide the same three ways lexical
distinction of variants, and whether the similarity of the adverbials has affected the
non-native speakers’ variation patterns for the three variants
Eduardo's Mercedes
No full textEduardo's Mercedes took 3rd place in Prose for the Sokol High School Literary Awards 2022. The author is Audrey Cleveland, a 10th grader who is homeschooled.Friends and Foundation of Rochester Public LibraryVoRSUNY BrockportN/
La rebelion de las sirenas Identidad y debate feminista en la narrativa de Adelaida GarcIa Morales
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"Mam, ma troosers is fa'in doon!" Community, caregiver and child in the acquisition of variation in Scottish dialect
No full textRecent work on acquisition in sociolinguistic research suggests that some aspects of the structured variation found in adult speech are evident in children's speech from the very start of language acquisition, and input from the primary caregiver is crucial in this process. In this article we contribute to this research by conducting a cross-sectional analysis of the acquisition of variable forms in a Scottish dialect. Two linguistic variables are targeted in the speech of eleven children (2;10–3;6) and their primary caregivers. Quantitative analysis of over 5000 contexts of use demonstrates that one variable is conditioned by social and linguistic constraints in the speech of the caregiver and these constraints are matched by the children. In contrast, the other variable is influenced by a complex array of linguistic constraints only. We explore the ramifications of these findings for understanding the mechanisms involved in acquisition of variation from the very earliest stages
Computer simulation of a series and parallel hybrid electric vehicle
No full textAlthough the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle is the most popular vehicle type in the world it has serious problems relating to its exhaust emissions and the limitation of petroleum resource. To try to solve these problems many kinds of vehicle have been developed which use alternative energies; electricity, compressed natural gas and solar energy etc. The hybrid vehicle, which combines the advantages of the ICE vehicle and the electric vehicle, is one of the most promising alternative vehicle structures. This thesis describes the modelling and simulation of a Series and a Parallel Hybrid Vehicle using SIMULINK, the graphical user interface for MATLAB. The ICE vehicle and electric vehicle are also modelled and simulated to prove the accuracy of the simulation and to provide a base to compare the results of the hybrid vehicle simulation. This thesis also describes how to optimize the electric motor and IC engine size used in the series and parallel hybrid vehicle and how to minimize the fuel usage and the emissions of the IC engine
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