conversations, speech acts and accents (english)

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Cao Tongyou from China writes: In Chinese culture there are a lot of idioms which express people's feelings or emotions.

Learning English | BBC World Service

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv228.shtml

The 11 Longest Words In The English Language (PHOTOS)

antidisestablishmentarianism n. opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. 28 letters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/08/longest-words-in-english_n_707544.html#s135210&title=methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginylisoleucine

Speech Accent Archive

http://accent.gmu.edu/index.php The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed.
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