A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to‚ i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her. These two characterisations do not exhaust the possible definitions‚ however‚ and the label is occasionally applied in ways that are variously misleading or factually inaccurate. Some children learn more than one language from birth or from a very young
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1. Figurative Language: I-) Metaphors: *The storm of grief: If someone has a storm of grief‚ they cry loudly‚ uncontrollably and for a long time. *Physical exhaustion that haunted her body: Here the writer is trying to say that the exhaustion was all over her body. *Breath of the rain: It means that you can feel the rain. *Monstrous joy: Here it is meant that the joy was so strong that it seized her body. (The qualities of a monster) ıı-) there aren’t any idioms in this text. ııı-) Symbols:
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Language Identity Are the people who become fluent in a second or third language at risk of losing their own identity? Language has been a way of communicating with each other for thousands of years‚ maybe even more. Since the day we were born we started to learn to speak the language of our fatherland and we’re all still learning. I don’t believe that you can necessarily lose your identity because you speak two or three languages. Identity is a very big word to use and is influenced by many
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inflation is when there is too much currency so its value is lowered. The more rare something is the more it is worth. That is a very simple concept that can apply to so much more than economy. Inflation has infiltrated school‚ society‚ and even language. Ever since I was a little child‚ I have been showered with words like terrific‚ fantastic‚ and incredible‚ and I bet I am not the only kid who can say that. Everyone is treated like the best because when we are kids and our being raised by are
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Globalization and Language Globalization is the process of something becoming global‚ being transformed from a local or regional phenomena into a global one. With globalization‚ there is a movement of people coming together‚ unifying into a single society and functioning together. This process is not only an economic one‚ but also affects the technologies‚ politics‚ and cultures of the entire world. It is facilitated by the media of communications. Through radio and satellite information‚ we
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A History of the English Language Before the Germanic tribes arrived‚ the Celts were the original inhabitants of Britain. When the Germanic tribes invaded England‚ they pushed the Celt-speaking inhabitants out of England into what is now Scotland‚ Wales‚ Cornwall‚ and Ireland. The Celtic language survives today in the Gaelic languages‚ and some scholars speculate that the Celtic tongue might have influenced the grammatical development of English‚ though the influence would have been minimal
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Outline Spoken Language vs. Written Language I. Introduction. But the most common forms of language are spoken and written‚ which are very different and have one similarity. II. Body A. The similarity between spoken and written forms of language is skills. 1. Written language requires skills. 2. Skills are also necessary in spoken language. B. Despite these differences there is one similarity between these two languages. C. One important difference in written and spoken
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Language is a great power which forms a huge part of people culture and identity‚ it’s also enabling them to express themselves and keep their history. In colonized regions the issue of colonial and native language became the subject of discussion between critics. In relation Chinua Achebe "The African writer and the English Language" and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o "The Language of the African Literature" essays; I will discuss what do these two writers have in common and in what way they are different.
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HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS Abstract The Latin language went through many changes during the 10th – 14th centuries. Many changes were attempted and failed in the pursuit of one common language that could be read‚ written and understood by all. Latin was all but forgotten by the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th centuries. Historical Foundations: 3 Running head: HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS Up until the twelfth century‚ Latin was the language used primarily by the well-educated and
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Language and Society 1. The relatedness between language and Society 1) While language is principally used to communicate meaning‚ it is also used to establish and maintain social relationships. 2) Users of the same language in a sense all speak differently. The kind of language each of them chooses to use is in part determined by his social background. Language‚ in its turn‚ reveals information about its speaker. 3) To some extent‚ language‚ especially the structure of its
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