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    Language is an important aspect in human life. It is a means of communication the person to the others. The people need language to looking for and give people benefit information. People need language as a communication to express their feeling‚ though and desire. Language has two major purposes for us that are as an instrument of communication and as a vehicle of thought (Dummett: 2002). Language as instrument of communication means that people use language to gather all of the information that

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    The main protagonist is Amy Gumm. She is a girl from Kansas and she hates it there. Her mom is never there to take care of her and a girl named Madison always bullies her. Her life was disappointing‚ boring and tough. Amy always managed on her own somehow but she wanted to get away. Far away! One day she was sitting in her trailer like any other day but the suddenly off the ground and floating in mid air. She passed out in the middle but when she woke up‚ she was in the magical land of Oz. She arrived

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    Language is a dominant part within day to day life and is a building block of our society‚ due to it’s importance in the way humans communicate with one another. Language does not only show one’s ideas‚ emotions‚ but also thoughts. If in today’s society the government eliminated all expressive words and left people with the simplest form of a language‚ the aftermath and whole concept of having language in the first place would be not only philistine‚ but also dangerous. An example of strong manipulation

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    Mother Tongue In this passage the author Amy Tan talks about the different ways people speak in America‚ as an example she uses herself and her mother‚ she tells us that one time she was giving a speech in front of a large group and she was using all this big words‚ and phrases like she had learned

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    Mr Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong History Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong (February 28‚ 1918 – October 23‚ 2007) was well-known for wealth as Malaysian Chinese businessman. He was recognized for his vision and courage in converting Genting Highlands from an unfamiliar hilltop to one of the world’s most successful casino resorts. He was once the 3rd richest man in Malaysia with a net worth estimated to be 4.2 billion USD‚ making him the 204th richest person in the billionaire list compiled by Forbes. And

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    Language and Identity First of all‚ Identity is the belief as “who we are and how we are” which we all have as individuals and it is based on many fundamental factors such as Ethnic group‚ Racial‚ National‚ Gendered‚ Social Class‚ Language‚ Sexual and Religious. As it is clear that identity has many essentials and it is not made of just one fact but has something to do with many‚ I will focus on the relationship especially between language and identity in this paper. The

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    Judicial control over administrative discretion in the case of preventive detention. SCOPE The scope of the project relates to analysing the role of judicial control over administrative discretion in the case of preventive detention. OBJECTIVES & AIMS To find out the reason for conferment of discretionary power on administrative authorities. To analyse the grounds where administration discretion can be challenged. To analyse the system of preventive detention in India. HYPOTHESIS

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    This is a speech about the language and the sport. We all know that sports offer a physical and emotional way of knowing and understanding of the world. The sports have also developed their own way to use the language which only fits in sports contexts. But in what ways does the language of sports interact with the author’s purpose? This is what I will address in this speech. The example I found to show in the interaction between language of sports and author’s purpose is a feature article which

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    Knowing common language is essential for communicating effectively with others. A group of people living in one place or community often speak in one language to ensure that these individuals are able to understand each other. Some countries have become distinct from other countries due to the unique language that is commonly used by its inhabitants. Some nations’ states have declared a national language in their constitution and there are others that did not‚ especially those countries that have

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    Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed

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