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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE :silhouettes: - Coggle Diagram
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE :silhouettes:
Grammar
Grammar is the sound, structure, and meaning system of language. ... People who speak the same language are able to communicate because they intuitively know the grammar system of that language—that is, the rules of making meaning. Students who are native speakers of English already know English grammar.
What are the five elements of grammar?
Word order. Word order is the most important element of what is known as syntax.
Punctuation. Punctuation is another main element of syntax.
3 Tense and aspect.
4 Use of determiners.
5 Use of connectors.
Phrases
The phrases in English, many times are unique to this language, and each one has a different meaning, all can be used in different occasions using the correct intonation and occasion
Common English phrases
Idiom Meaning
There's no such thing as a free lunch: Nothing is entirely free
Throw caution to the wind: Take a risk
You can't have your cake and eat it too: You can't have everything
You can't judge a book by its cover: This person or thing may look bad, but it's good inside
Communication
For both native speakers and ESOL speakers, strong communication in English involves four modes: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Different people have naturally differing aptitudes for these skills.
However, the English Language plays an important role in our life. It is understood by many people around the world, since it is the most spoken language. ... The English Language helps us to communicate with nearly all the people around the world, even through the internet.
Communication in English, in addition to being important, is different, since it has more variety of words, they use shorter words and in cases they say things the other way around, all very different from Spanish.
Accents
Accent is the part of dialect concerning local pronunciation. Vocabulary and grammar are described elsewhere; see List of dialects of the English language. Secondary English speakers tend to carry over the intonation and phonetics of their mother tongue in English speec
Specifically, there are 160 distinct English dialects throughout the world. There are a large array of different accents within primarily English speaking countries, like the US and England, and there are a large array of foreign English accents