Suprasegmental or prosodic features are those superimposed on segments and include accentuation, rhythm and intonation...
As first language, English is now spoken by over 300 million people in North America (including Canada), Australia, New Zealand, The Caribbean and South Africa...
There are numerous varieties of English, but we shall recognize five major types of variation. Any use of language necessarily involves variation within all 5 types...
English is often the language in which much of the business is conducted. It is in many areas a top requirement of those looking for a job, the outward sign of dominance in the multi-national companies...
The American system of mass communication has 3 characteristics that distinguish it from systems in other countries...
Many teachers often regard literature as inappropriate to the language classroom. These views reflect the historic separation between the study of language and the study of literature, which has led to the limited role of literature in the language classroom...
One of the more curious anomalies of literary history is why the short story was so late to blossom in Britain. By the 1840s the genre was already established in America, and within two decades...
The modern English novel appears in the inter-war period and it is universalised with writers such as D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Wolf, James Joyce and Aldous Huxley. It is the inter war- group...
George Moore (1852-1933) spent much of his early career in Paris and was one of the first writers to use the techniques of the French realist novelists in English. His novels were often controversial...
Since its debut volume 85 years ago, publication of The Best American Short Stories has been a regular literary event, providing an annual showcase for America's greatest...