Encyclopedia - English: Encyclopedia - English
English can refer to: anything from England. the English language. the English people. a technique in billiards and related games, also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English English: Encyclopedia Ii - English English - Midlands
English English - West Midlands. The best known accents in the West Midlands area are the Birmingham accents (see "Brummie") and the B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English English: Encyclopedia Ii - English English - Southern England
In general, Southern English accents are distinguished from Northern English accents primarily by the use of broad A (that is, words like...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia - Australian English
Australian English (AuE) is the form of the English language used in Australia. Australian English - Relationship to other varieties of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. English: Encyclopedia - U.s. English
U.S. English, Inc. is an American political advocacy group founded in 1983 by Senator S. I. Hayakawa and Dr. John Tanton to advocate the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian English: Encyclopedia - Canadian English
Canadian English is the form of English language used in Canada, spoken as a first or second language by over 25 million – or 85 percen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia - American English
American English (AmE) is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. It is estimated that approxima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth English: Encyclopedia - Commonwealth English
"Commonwealth English" is intended as a collective term for the perceived standard English language used in the Commonwealth of Nations1,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia - English Language
English is a West Germanic language that is spoken in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World English Bible: Encyclopedia - World English Bible
The World English Bible (also known as WEB) is a public domain translation of the Bible that is currently in draft form. It is based on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British English: Encyclopedia - British English
British English (BrE) is a term used to differentiate the form of the English language used in the United Kingdom from other forms of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basic English: Encyclopedia - Basic English
Basic English is a constructed language with a small number of words created by Charles Kay Ogden and described in his book Basic English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Welsh English: Encyclopedia - Welsh English
Welsh English refers to the dialects of English spoken in Wales by Welsh people. The dialects are significantly modified by Welsh grammar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English English: Encyclopedia Ii - English English - General Features
The British Isles is one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the English-speaking world. Significant changes in dialect (pronunci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English English: Encyclopedia Ii - English English - Northern England
English English - General features. There are several accent features which are common to most of the accents of northern England. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English English: Encyclopedia Ii - English English - Radio And Tv Featuring Regional English Accents
Misrepresentations can also appear in the media. The soap "Emmerdale" is set in Yorkshire, yet some of the actors have Lancashire accents...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International English: Encyclopedia Ii - International English - Non-u.s. English
Sometimes International English is used to refer to a general standard that is based on Commonwealth and British English, rather than U.S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malaysian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Malaysian English - Malaysian English And British English
In the first half of the 20th century, Malaysian English was exactly similar to British English (BrE) (albeit spoken with a Malaysian acc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia Ii - American English - Differences In British English And American English
Main article: American and British English differences American English has both spelling and grammatical differences from British Englis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Varieties Of Australian English
Most linguists consider that there are three main varieties of Australian English: "Broad", "General" and "Cultivated". These three main ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Varieties Of Australian English
Most linguists consider that there are three main varieties of Australian English: "Broad", "General" and "Cultivated". These three main ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Phonology: Encyclopedia Ii - English Phonology - The History Of English Pronunciation
See also History of the English language Around the late 14th century, English began to undergo the Great Vowel Shift, in which the high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Phonology: Encyclopedia Ii - English Phonology - English Phonotactics
Note: This information applies to RP. Other than variations in the possible onsets with or without final /j/, and the presence or absence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Phonology: Encyclopedia Ii - English Phonology - English Phonemes
See International Phonetic Alphabet for English and IPA chart for English for charts of the English phonemes. The number of speech sounds...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Declension: Encyclopedia Ii - English Declension - Evolution Of English Declension
English declension - Interrogative pronouns. 1 - Usually replaced by of which, except where inappropriate English declension - First...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Phonology
Australian English is a non-rhotic variety. It is unique in its remarkable homogeneity over a vast area. Unlike most varieties of English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Electric: Encyclopedia Ii - English Electric - Products
English Electric - Aircraft. Wren 1923 Kingston 1924 Canberra 1949 Lightning 1954 English Electric - Computers. English Electric K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Electric: Encyclopedia Ii - English Electric - Products
English Electric - Aircraft. Wren 1923 Kingston 1924 Canberra 1949 Lightning 1954 English Electric - Computers. English Electric K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian English - Vocabulary
Where Canadian English shares vocabulary with other English dialects, it tends to share most with American English. For instance, automot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Shepherd: Encyclopedia Ii - English Shepherd - Temperament
The English Shepherd temperament is the defining characteristic of the breed, with great intelligence and often a unique type of kindness...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle English: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle English - Pronunciation
Generally, all letters in Middle English words are pronounced. (Silent letters in Modern English come from pronunciation shifts but cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Verbs: Encyclopedia Ii - English Verbs - Tenses Of The English Verb
English verbs, like those in many other western European languages, have more tenses than forms; tenses beyond the ones possible with the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Earliest English Poetry
The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon (fl. 658–680), who was, according to legend,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle English: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle English - Construction
Middle English - Key points. With its simplified case-ending system, Middle English is closer to modern English than its pre-Conquest e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - English Poetry Now
The last three decades of the 20th century saw a number of short-lived poetic groupings such as the Martians. There was a growth in inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian English - Spelling
Canadian spelling of the English language combines British and American rules. Most notably, French-derived words that in American Englis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Setter: Encyclopedia Ii - English Setter - Appearance
The English Setter is a gun dog, bred for a mix of endurance and athleticism. The coat is flat with light feathering of long length. They...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia Ii - American English - Phonology
In many ways, compared to British English, American English is conservative in its phonology. The conservatism of American English is lar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Setter: Encyclopedia Ii - English Setter - History
The English Setter was originally bred to set or point upland game birds. From the best available information, it appears that the Englis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Vocabulary
Australian English - The origins of Australian words. Australian English incorporates many uniquely Australian terms. One of the best-k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnny English: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnny English - Plot
Johnny English is a clumsy spy, who mucks everything up; Sauvage is an evil Frenchman out to become the British King. English reports the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian English - Pronunciation
The primary aspect of the Canadian English accent is a feature called "Canadian raising", where diphthongs are raised before voiceless co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine English: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine English - Industries Based On English
The abundant supply of speakers of English in the Philippines and low labor costs has enabled it to be competitive in the international c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hong Kong English: Encyclopedia Ii - Hong Kong English - Spoken English
Hong Kong English - Accent of spoken English. Main article: phonemic differentiation. British influences Like English English, Hong ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - Reference
Print Hamilton, Ian. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English Online A Time-line of English poetry ... See also:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Shepherd: Encyclopedia Ii - English Shepherd - Appearance
The English Shepherd is a medium sized dog, usually somewhat longer than it is tall. It generally weighs between 40 and 70 pounds (20 to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Sounds
English language - Vowels. Notes: It is the vowels that differ most from region to region. Where symbols appear in pairs, the first cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Intonation
English language - Tone groups. English is an Intonation language. This means that the pitch of the voice is used syntactically, for ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Phonology
Australian English is a non-rhotic variety. It is unique in its remarkable homogeneity over a vast area. Unlike most varieties of English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Indiana: Encyclopedia Ii - English Indiana - Geography
English is located at 38°20'8" North, 86°27'38" West (38.335626, -86.460564)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - History
English originated from the Old Saxon language and related dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hong Kong English: Encyclopedia Ii - Hong Kong English - Written English
British English is taught in primary and secondary schools, but American English spellings (e.g. verbs ending in -ise/-ize, nouns ending ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Vocabulary
Almost without exception, Germanic words (which include all the basics such as pronouns and conjunctions) are shorter and more informal. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newfoundland English: Encyclopedia Ii - Newfoundland English - Newfoundland English Expressions
In recent years, the most commonly noted Newfoundland English expression might be Whadd'ya at? (What are you at?), loosely translated to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Vocabulary
Australian English - The origins of Australian words. Australian English incorporates many uniquely Australian terms. One of the best-k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quebec English: Encyclopedia Ii - Quebec English - Quebec Placenames And English
Before the implementation of the Charter of the French Language, many cities had their street and place names in English (notably Montrea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle English: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle English - History
Middle English - 1000. Syððan wæs geworden þæt he ferde þurh þa ceastre and þæt castel: godes rice prediciende and bodiende. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English People: Encyclopedia Ii - English People - History
The English as an ethnic group can trace their heritage back to the Anglo-Saxons (or Old English), who between the 5th and 7th centuries,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English People: Encyclopedia Ii - English People - Culture
English people - Contribution to humanity. The English have played a significant role in the development of the arts and sciences. Prom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Relationship To Other Varieties Of English
Australian English began to diverge from British English soon after the foundation of the colony of New South Wales (NSW) in 1788. The se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California English: Encyclopedia Ii - California English - Phonology
As a variety of American English, California English is similar to most other forms of American speech in being a rhotic accent, which is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malaysian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Malaysian English - Different Meanings
This is a list of words and phrases that have one meaning in British English and another in Malaysian English Most Malaysians are adept a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jamaican English: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamaican English - Vocabulary
Recent American influence is even more obvious in the lexicon (babies sleep in "cribs" and wear "diapers" [or "pampers"]; some people liv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Grammar: Encyclopedia Ii - English Grammar - Nouns
In English, nouns generally describe persons, places, things, and abstract ideas, and are treated as grammatically distinct from verbs. E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Grammar: Encyclopedia Ii - English Grammar - Verbs
In English, verbs generally describe actions, and can also be used to describe certain states of being. In contrast to the relative simpl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Longbow: Encyclopedia Ii - English Longbow - History
During the Anglo-Norman invasions of Wales, Welsh bowmen took a heavy toll on the invaders by using this extraordinary weapon of war. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Electric: Encyclopedia Ii - English Electric - History
The English Electric Company was formed in 1918 and, during that year and 1919, acquired control of Dick, Kerr & Co. of Preston, Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Indiana: Encyclopedia Ii - English Indiana - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 673 people, 294 households, and 171 families residing in the town. The population density is 85.2/...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine English: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine English - Pronunciation
Educated Philippine English tends to follow American rather than British pronunciation. English is often the language of choice for readi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Longbow: Encyclopedia Ii - English Longbow - Origins
In the British Isles the weapon was first recorded as being used by the Welsh in AD 633, when Offrid, the son of Edwin, king of Northumbr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pittsburgh English: Encyclopedia Ii - Pittsburgh English - Pronunciation
Further information can be found in chapter 19 of Labov et al. (2006). For information on IPA symbols used, see International Phonetic Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Longbow: Encyclopedia Ii - English Longbow - Usage
Longbows were difficult to master because the force required to draw the bow was very high by modern standards. Though the draw weight of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Longbow: Encyclopedia Ii - English Longbow - Tactics
Although bowmen were still deadly at close range, they were light skirmishers unsuited to prolonged hand-to-hand combat and were understa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Reformation: Encyclopedia Ii - English Reformation - Background
Henry was a devout Roman Catholic and in 1521 he had defended the Papacy from Martin Luther's accusations of heresy in a book he wrote ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International English: Encyclopedia Ii - International English - Varying Concepts
International English - Universality and flexibility. International English sometimes refers to English as it is actually being used an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Appalachian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Appalachian English - Appalachia
Appalachia refers to the region of the Appalachian Mountains. Portions of the mountain range are found in the states of Pennsylvania, Mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anarchism In The English Tradition: Encyclopedia Ii - Anarchism In The English Tradition - Early English Anarchism
Like much of the rest of Europe, Medieval England was ruled by a limited monarch in coalition with a parliament of wealthy aristocrats an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Unit: Encyclopedia Ii - English Unit - Historical English Units
English unit - Length. poppyseed  ¼ of a barleycorn barleycorn  Basic Anglo-Saxon unit, the length of a corn of barley. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International English: Encyclopedia Ii - International English - International Organisations
There are three major English varieties used as standards by international organisations: International English - British English with -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern English: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern English - Outline Of Changes In Modern English
The following is an outline of the major changes in Modern English compared to its previous form (Middle English). Note, however, that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anarchism In The English Tradition: Encyclopedia Ii - Anarchism In The English Tradition - English Colonialism
The English established early colonies in North America. English colonies in the Central and Southern areas of English settlement were fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Billiards: Encyclopedia Ii - English Billiards - Rules
English billiards - Beginning the Game. First the players 'string', this is done by both players simultaneously hitting a cue ball up t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International English: Encyclopedia Ii - International English - Historical Context
The modern concept of International English does not exist in isolation, but is the product of centuries of development of the English la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Longbow: Encyclopedia Ii - English Longbow - Description
There are various descriptions of the medieval longbow. There are no surviving longbows prior to the 15th century and more than 130 from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia Ii - American English - English Words Obsolete Outside The U.s.
A number of words that originated in the English of the British Isles are still in everyday use in North America, but are no longer used ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The English Language - Early Modern English
From the late 15th century, the language changed further into what is described as Modern English; the change is often dated from the Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International English: Encyclopedia Ii - International English - Modern Global Language
There is a distinction between English as spoken as a native language around the world (in the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia and so ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Law: Encyclopedia Ii - English Law - Discussion
The United Kingdom is divided into states each with a separate legal system and jurisdiction. For the purposes of Public International La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Relationship To Other Varieties Of English
Australian English began to diverge from British English soon after the foundation of the colony of New South Wales (NSW) in 1788. The se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian English - An Indian English Grammar
Standard English in India is prized and found plentifully in educated circles and higher Indian writing in English. Middle and upper-clas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian English - Regional Variation In Pronunciation
Canadian English - Toronto. The English spoken in Toronto is closely related to the midwestern American accent, but with a more literal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Phonology: Encyclopedia Ii - English Phonology - Some Noteworthy Phonological Processes In English
Stress changes in many English words came about when the word was used as either a noun or a verb. For example, a rebel (stress on the fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The English Language - Middle English
For the 300 years following the Norman Conquest in 1066, the Norman kings and the high nobility spoke only a variety of French called Ang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Modernism
Main Article: History of modern literature The movement known as English literary modernism grew out of a general sense of disillusionmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Law: Encyclopedia Ii - English Law - Discussion
The United Kingdom is divided into states each with a separate legal system and jurisdiction. For the purposes of Public International La...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dream About English: Dream Dictionary - English
  English To dream, if you are a foreigner, of meeting English people, denotes that you will have to suffer through the selfish...   » Read the article

Dictionary - A Dictionary Of The English Language: Encyclopedia - A Dictionary Of The English Language
A Dictionary of the English Language, one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language, was prepared by Sa...   » Read the article