Variation and standards: Activity
- How is the way you speak English different from the way your parents speak English?
- How is it different from the way your teachers speak English?
- How is it different from the way the Queen speaks English?
- How is it different from the English of the BBC?
- How is it different from the English of Eastenders, Coronation Street, or Rastamouse?
- How is it different from the English of Hollywood movies?
phonetics: the study of the sounds of language
semantics: the study of the meanings of words
pragmatics: the study of language use in real-world contexts
grammar: the study of word forms and sentence structures
lexis: the study of words (new and old) and their histories
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