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11The Tree (short story) — The Tree is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1920 and first published in the October 1921.BackgroundThis story came early in Lovecraft s writing career, and is generally considered to be within his… …
12HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …
13Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic …
14German orthography — German orthography, although largely phonemic, shows many instances of spellings that are historic or analogic to other spellings rather than phonemic. Nevertheless, the pronunciation of almost every word can be derived from its spelling, once… …
15Navajo phonology — is the study of how speech sounds pattern and interact with each other in that language. The phonology of Navajo is intimately connected to its morphology. For example, the entire range of contrastive consonants is found only at the beginning of… …
16English as a Foreign or Second Language — ESL (English as a second language), ESOL (English for speakers of other languages), and EFL (English as a foreign language) all refer to the use or study of English by speakers with a different native language. The precise usage, including the… …
17English as a foreign or second language — ESL redirects here. For other uses, see ESL (disambiguation). An immigrant makes an American breakfast, aided by instructional materials from the YMCA, 1918. English as a second language (ESL), English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) and… …
18Vietnamese phonology — This article is a technical description the sound system of the Vietnamese language, including phonetics and phonology. ConsonantsTwo main varieties of Vietnamese, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, are described below.HanoiThe 21 consonants of the… …
19Croatian language — Hrvatski redirects here. For other uses, see Hrvatski (disambiguation). Croatian hrvatski Pronunciation …
20macron — noun /ˈmækɹɒn,ˈmeɪkɹɒn/ A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark placed over a vowel. It usually is used to indicate that the pronunciation of the vowel is long, in Mandarin pinyin (Chinese), it indicates the first tone, e.g. chūzūchē. All… …
