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What are Norman Fairclough's ideas on language and power?

The two main ideas that you can use in an essay are his idea of 'power behind discourse' and 'power in discourse'. He believed that social situations are shaped by power dynamics. His idea of 'power behin...

Answered by Ryan O. English Language tutor
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How do I do close linguistic analysis effectively?

Because the texts that you can be offered in the exam can be quite varied, the golden rule of doing effective linguistic analysis is to start with the words and to not be distracted by any accompanying vi...

Answered by Ben P. English Language tutor
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What is the great vowel shift and how has it changed the phonetic make up of the English Language?

The great vowel shift, GVS, is a change in the vowel inventory of English. Before the GVS, the English vowel system was similar to that of other West Germanic Languages. The shift lead to the raising of t...

Answered by Sarah W. English Language tutor
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"I just don't really understand word classes"

There are 7 main word classes, so let’s focus on those for now. They are: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Prepositions and Determiners. You can work out which class a word belongs to using bo...

Answered by Catherine R. English Language tutor
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'Give some examples of Early Phonological Errors in Child Language Acquisition'

When learning to speak, children frequently make a variety of phonological mistakes, often due to difficulties with the pronunciation of certain words. These mistakes can be identified and placed into cat...

Answered by Annabel W. English Language tutor
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