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  • Talking About Money in American English
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    Talking About Money in American English

    Money is defined as that which is accepted as legal payment for goods, services, and debts. In the United States of America, money comes in two forms: paper bills and metal coins. Checks, credit cards, and debit cards may also be used to transfer money from one person or institution to another. The following ESL […] More

  • English Language Vocabulary: Christmas
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    English Language Vocabulary: Christmas

    Christmas is the annual Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Celebrated on December 25, Christmas is both a religious and a secular holiday in the United States. English language learners who wish to participate fully in American culture must learn the vocabulary to talk about the holiday. The following sections provide the most […] More

  • English Language Vocabulary: Thanksgiving
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    English Language Vocabulary: Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. English language learners who wish to participate fully in American culture must learn the vocabulary to talk about the holiday. The following sections provide the most important vocabulary for talking about Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Dinner Vocabulary Sharing dinner with […] More

  • English Language Vocabulary: Halloween
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    English Language Vocabulary: Halloween

    Halloween is a largely secular holiday celebrated every year on October 31 in the United States. Activities associated with the Halloween holiday include dressing up in costumes, trick or treating, carving pumpkins, visiting haunted houses, telling scary stories, watching horror films, and attending Halloween parties. Although the holiday is celebrated in other parts of the […] More

  • Subfields of Linguistics Defined: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics
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    Subfields of Linguistics Defined: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics

    Linguistics is defined as the scientific study of human language. However, because the study of language encompasses a large number of more specific disciplines, linguistics is often divided into a number of subfields. People who study linguistics are known as linguists. Grammar is the study of the set of structural rules governing the composition of […] More

  • Borrow or Develop?: Enriching the English Vocabulary
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    Borrow or Develop?: Enriching the English Vocabulary

    When William Caxton introduced the printing press to England in 1476, English developed into a physical entity (Smith “Early”). Language no longer disappeared as the sound waves of speech diminished but rather became a social institution that could be held, used, wielded, and owned (Smith “Early”). Although an interest in classical learning existed in England […] More