Uptalk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uptalk write by Kimmy Walters. This book was released on 2015-04. Uptalk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Uptalk is Kimmy Walters' first poetry collection. By turns sassy and serious, the poems can seem to sprint in two directions at once, managing to make the reader laugh at the same time they are struck by the emotional strength of the work.
Uptalk
Uptalk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uptalk write by Paul Warren. This book was released on 2016-01-05. Uptalk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Uptalk' is commonly used to refer to rising intonation at the end of declarative sentences, or (to put it more simply) the tendency for people to make statements that sound like questions, a phenomenon that has received wide exposure and commentary in the media. How and where did it originate? Who are the most frequent 'uptalkers'? How much does it vary according to the speaker's age, gender and regional dialect? Is it found in other languages as well as English? These and other questions are the subject of this fascinating book. The first comprehensive analysis of 'uptalk', it examines its historical origins, geographical spread and social influences. Paul Warren also looks at the media's coverage of the phenomenon, including the tension between the public's perception and the views of experts. Uptalk will be welcomed by those working in linguistics, as well as anyone interested in the way we talk today.
Uptalk
Uptalk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uptalk write by Paul Warren. This book was released on 2016-01-07. Uptalk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this first comprehensive analysis of 'uptalk', Paul Warren examines the phenomenon's historical origins, geographical spread and social influences.
English After RP
English After RP - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook English After RP write by Geoff Lindsey. This book was released on 2019-02-26. English After RP available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book concisely describes ways in which today's standard British English speech differs from the upper-class accent of the last century, Received Pronunciation, which many now find old-fashioned or even comic. In doing so it provides a much-needed update to the existing RP-based descriptions by which the sound system of British English is still known to many around the world. The book opens with an account of the rise and fall of RP, before turning to a systematic analysis of the phonetic developments between RP and contemporary Standard Southern British (SSB) in vowels, consonants, stress, connected speech and intonation. Topics covered include the anti-clockwise vowel shift, the use of glottal stops, 'intrusive r', vocal fry and Uptalk. It concludes with a Mini Dictionary of well over 100 words illustrating the changes described throughout the book, and provides a chart of updated IPA vowel symbols. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in British pronunciation and sound change, including academics in phonetics, phonology, applied linguistics and English language; trainers of English teachers; English teachers themselves; teachers of voice and accent coaches; and students in those areas.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Selfish Gene write by Richard Dawkins. This book was released on 1989. The Selfish Gene available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Science need not be dull and bogged down by jargon, as Richard Dawkins proves in this entertaining look at evolution. The themes he takes up are the concepts of altruistic and selfish behaviour; the genetical definition of selfish interest; the evolution of aggressive behaviour; kinshiptheory; sex ratio theory; reciprocal altruism; deceit; and the natural selection of sex differences. 'Should be read, can be read by almost anyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W.D. Hamilton, Science
