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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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What does the dominance approach suggest about male and female talk?

The dominance approach focuses on the ways in which men were seen as controlling and dominating in mixed-sex interactions. Zimmerman and West (1975) found that 96% of all interruptions in mixed-sex conver...

Answered by Kieran K. English Language tutor
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How are verbs inflected for aspect in English?

There are four different types of aspect in English: simple, perfect, progressive and perfect progressive. The perfect aspect is used for actions that have been completed, while the progressive shows that...

Answered by Heather M. English Language tutor
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