and social groups in their use of language‚ such as socialisation‚ the production and reception of meaning‚ critical discourse analysis and literary criticism. Other features of stylistics include the use of dialogue‚ including regional accents and people’s dialects‚ descriptive language‚ the use of grammar‚ such as the active voice or passive voice‚ the distribution of sentence lengths‚ the use of particular language registers‚ etc. In addition‚ stylistics is a distinctive term that may be used to
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Diversity Affects Communication Paper Jermaine Smith Introduction to Communication / COM/100 Ms. Kristine O’Hare University of Phoenix Cultural diversity is having a group made up of people from various ethnicities‚ backgrounds‚ religions‚ etc. Having an appreciation of diversity is extremely important and essential for effective communication. For example‚ if you
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Cognitive Dissonance theory Core Assumptions and Statements Cognitive dissonance is a communication theory adopted from social psychology. The title gives the concept: cognitive is thinking or the mind; and dissonance is inconsistency or conflict. Cognitive dissonance is the psychological conflict from holding two or more incompatible beliefs simultaneously. Cognitive dissonance is a relatively straightforward social psychology theory that has enjoyed wide acceptance in a variety of disciplines
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How Stereotypical . . . In Frank Norris’ novel‚ McTeague‚ Norris uses ethnic stereotypes of immigrant characters to convey the naturalistic theme of uncertainty about whether anything can be gained and to show the recoil of immigrants in the United States in the nineteenth century. Norris recreates a lifelike setting of late nineteenth century San Francisco‚ which at the time was a place where it was difficult for immigrants to succeed because of prejudice against them from Americans. Norris uses
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------------------------------------------------- Background Scottish English results from language contact between Scots and the Standard English of England after the 17th century. The resulting shifts to English usage by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers‚ often mistaken for mergers by linguists unfamiliar with the history of Scottish English. Furthermore‚ the process was also influenced by interdialectal forms‚ hypercorrections and spelling pronunciations
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LANGUAGE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SPEECH Edward Sapir The noted linguist and anthropologist Edward Sapir wrote this work to show language in “relation to other fundamental interests—the problem of thought‚ the nature of the historical process‚ race‚ culture‚ art.” Language is not only a study of language and culture‚ but ultimately on the world of relations and influence. NEW YORK: HARCOURT‚ BRACE‚ 1921 1. INTRODUCTORY: LANGUAGE DEFINED Language a cultural‚ not a biologically inherited
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are also many different ones. If someone can’t find them or notice them at first‚ just sit back and listen to the people around and then go somewhere else with different people and listen to them. Try and distinguish the differences in wording and dialect. Do they use different slangs? It is that easy to notice how people speak. Just go out and step into the world of speech communities. The one I’ll be talking about in this paper is‚ one specific side of my family‚ the household of dad’s brother’s
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mixture of Spanish and English flowing through my ears. Learning the two languages simultaneously has allowed me to see all the different colors of the dialect. Spanish and English were my ways of creating a beautiful picture. My mother‚ on the other hand‚ could only supply the brush. The colors would simply not stick in her eyes. Her thick accent was like a warm blanket‚ enveloping me in its familiarity and comfort. To others‚ the sound was that of a song slightly off key. It was understandable but
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know that Rita is situated in the working class as she works in the hairdresser. This can also be understood by the way she introduced herself to Frank in scene one. “ It’s that stupid bleeding handle on the door. Y’ wanna get it fixed!”. Rita dialect and accent‚ using inappropriate lexical choices “stupid bleeding handle” and a large use of contractions “y’‚ comin’‚etc.”‚ are not appropriate for the academic environment of the university and can highlight even more the different social class‚ compared
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Pygmalion) [pic] *Introduction: -The aim of this paper is to introduce the ways in which language can vary‚ including change over time and variation within linguistic communities‚ the effects of contact between speakers of different languages and dialects‚ the development of language as it is being acquired and learned‚ the sporadic errors which can occur in normal language production‚ and the nature of speech and languages disorders (According to the study of the play called "Pygmalion" which we
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