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Good day! Hi there! i just would like to know if Lingustics can be used as a tool for everyday's conversations, public speaking and many more; how does it benefit us and what are its effects to us. Thankyou. I just would like to sahre something i've read about linguistics - its history...

As a native English speaker (well perhaps not entirely native, I was born in Russia and immigrated to the U.S. at the tender age of 7) I would have to say that apart from the obviously difficult aspects of the English language such as tenses, an unorthodox phonetic system employed in the language...

To remember words; you rely on mnemonics my friend. Memory is one of the wonders of the world , to understand it you must learn about it . The more one knows about memory the better s/he can take advantage of it. Back in the days we used the old fashioned method's . Simply looking at...

Hi Thorhath,it is interesting to know that 40% of the English vocabulary is from the French language, I could tell some examples: air, age, departement,...But I don't exactly know what you mean with "sound the same"? Do you mean the phonetic? If so, then I'd say, that French and English don't...

I don't think it's necessary to explain what is a voiceless and voiced sound in past simple ( pronunciation of regular verbs). Imitating is the best way to use for teaching Elementary students. Imagine that a ten-year child should memorize a lot of vocabulary,irregular verbs for distinguishing...

CalifJim wrote:I read somewhere that Mario Pei, the linguist, tried to learn a different language every year. He supposedly claimed that Vietnamese was the most difficult. CJ I disagree with the linguist Mario Pei not because I am a Vietnamese. It is because I have seen, in my...

Do you think linguistic theories help foreign language learning? I majored in the English language at university. In my opinion, general linguistic theories, such as phonetics, phonology, syntax and semantics, partly helped me improve my English skills, but I found it more...

Do you think linguistic theories help foreign language learning? I majored in the English language at university. In my opinion, general linguistic theories, such as phonetics, phonology, syntax and semantics, partly helped me improve my English skills, but I found it more important to...

and an ignorant American would look at British and pronounce practise (Br. spelling) like practize.... Highly unlikely.Americans on the other hand, have been butchering it for centuries and should not be consulted when learning this language. It is, after all, English and not American.Rubbish. ...

Hi Mk203, You asked: Everyones! Do you know any dictionary website online? Nef's links are good. However, should you like a very good dictionary, sign up for the on-line edition of the great Oxford English Dictionary (20 volumes in print) at www.oed.com. The OED is great as it includes almost...