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  2. Initial dropping - Wikipedia

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    Initial dropping is a sound change whereby the first consonants of words are dropped. Additionally, stress may shift from the first to the second syllable, and the first vowel may be shortened, reduced, or dropped, which can mean the loss of the entire first syllable of a word.

  3. Voiceless postalveolar fricative - Wikipedia

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    A voiceless postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.The International Phonetic Association uses the term voiceless postalveolar fricative only for the sound [ ʃ ], [1] but it also describes the voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative [ɹ̠̊˔], for which there are significant perceptual differences.

  4. Vowel diagram - Wikipedia

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    Only 10% of languages, including English, have a vowel diagram that is quadrilateral. Such a diagram is called a vowel quadrilateral or a vowel trapezium. [2] Different vowels vary in pitch. For example, high vowels, such as [i] and [u], tend to have a higher fundamental frequency than low vowels, such as [a]. Vowels are distinct from one ...

  5. Communication apprehension - Wikipedia

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    The most known example for context anxiety is public speaking; almost 70% of students have a certain level of communication apprehension triggered by public speaking. [6] There are other contexts that can create a similar response such as speaking in front of class, small group discussions, or meetings.

  6. Sentence diagram - Wikipedia

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    A sentence diagram is a pictorial representation of the grammatical structure of a sentence. The term "sentence diagram" is used more when teaching written language, where sentences are diagrammed. The model shows the relations between words and the nature of sentence structure and can be used as a tool to help recognize which potential ...

  7. Immediate constituent analysis - Wikipedia

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    A syntax tree example under immediate constituent analysis The third tree in this section illustrates the same sentence, “The man refused the present.”, but with an ICA correspondence. As theories have developed, it is argued that tree structures and their implications on categories and divisions have gradually moved away from models ...

  8. Foreign language anxiety - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, it has a variety of detrimental effects on foreign language performance, but both the student and the teacher can adopt strategies to minimize the anxiety. [4] The concept of language anxiety (or stress) has also received a particularly recent social and academic coverage in Catalan language.

  9. Social Interaction Anxiety Scale - Wikipedia

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    The SIAS discriminates between social anxiety and general anxiety as it has low associations with trait anxiety (a level of stress associated with an individual personality) and general distress. [8] Beyond identifying those who experience social anxiety of some form, the scale can discriminate within the social anxiety class as well. [1]