There are only a handful of words in English without any proper vowels, and they’re mostly loan words from Welsh. They use a rare vowel form of the letter w that is not usually accepted in English. crwth—a Welsh violin-like instrument cwtch—a hiding place cwm—a hollowed-out area ...
"World English has been defined as a phase in thehistory of the English language. This phase has witnessed the transformation of English from themother tongueof a handful of nations to alanguagebeing used by far more speakers in non-mother tongue settings. The changes that have accompanied this...
Each human language possesses a set of distinctive syntactic rules. Here, we show that balanced Welsh-English bilinguals reading in English unconsciously apply a morphosyntactic rule that only exists in Welsh. The Welsh soft mutation rule determines whether the initial consonant of a noun changes ...
"The terms 'native speaker' and 'non-native speaker' suggest a clear-cut distinction that doesn't really exist. Instead it can be seen as a continuum, with someone who has complete control of the language in question at one end, to the beginner at the other, with an infinite range of ...
Anoverstatementis the best literary device of all time. There’s nothing better in the world than an overstatement (which is when you exaggerate your language to make your point in some shape or form). Example:“This is officially the worst day of my life,” one says, upon accidentally dr...
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Quatrains are found in some of the best-known poems in the English language (and in other languages, too). From border ballads to contemporary poems, the quatrain – a four-line unit or stanza – has proved u
Trainspottingby Irvine Welsh (mimicking the lilt of the Scottish accent): “Thing is, as ye git aulder, this character-deficiency gig becomes mair sapping. Thir wis a time ah used tae say tae aw the teachers, bosses, dole punters, poll-tax guys, magistrates, when they telt me ah was ...
The impact of language is often just as much about its sound as its meanings and organization of words. When used with skill and well-aimed subtlety, certain devices in American English can add extra voice and harmony to our writing. Read the following a
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