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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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    1) What are the functions of language? (450 – 500 words) All forms of human life communicate with each other and humans are not unique in this capacity. Human forms of communication include verbal forms‚ body language and gestures. However‚ this communication system is learned instead of being biologically inherited. Children for example‚ acquire a language as they develop and grow and this miraculous language ‘instint’ (Pinker 1994) seems‚ at first glance‚ to happen effortlessly. As Romaine

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    How "Araby‚" "The Hunger Artist‚" and popular TV’s "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" relate. The Araby is a short narrative telling the story of a young boy‚ pursuing to get the love of his friend’s sister. The un-named boy lives day by day fantasizing about it. On a daily basis he wakes up to watch the girl as she leaves the house‚ he follows her when going to school and at some point by passes her. This goes on every day without a word to her. He is overly excited when the girl finally speaks to him

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    WORKSHEET MOLE By Sir Shah Murtaza Q1. Potassium reacts with water as shown in the equation. a. Describe what you would see when potassium reacts with water. b. A sample of 0.195 g of potassium was added to 500 cm3 of cold water. When the reaction was finished‚ 100 cm3 of 0.100mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid was added to form solution X. (i) Calculate the number of moles of hydroxide ions formed when the potassium was added to water. (ii) Calculate the

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    new-generation C class‚ which debuted in the United States in 2007. It continued with a new E class and E-class coupe in 2009 and the sleek‚ two-door SLS sports car in May. A redesigned CLS four-door with coupe styling will go on sale next summer. The new cars have been hits in the United States. Sales are up‚ and so are conquest sales and brand loyalty rates. According to R.L. Polk‚ Mercedes loyalty increased from 52 percent in 2008 to 56 percent this year‚ while BMW loyalty fell from just over 51 percent in

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    What Is Language

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    1. What is language? Language is a collection of symbols used to send messages to an individual. 2. Language Rules? Phonological: Govern the way words sound when pronounced Synthetic: Govern the structure of language- way symbols are arranged Semantic: Deal with the meaning of specific words Pragmatic: Govern the way language is used in everyday interaction 3. What is affiliation‚ give an example Affiliation is when you connect or associate with someone or with a group. Communicators tend

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    Language Barriers Linda Williams COM 200 Ticey Hosley April 4‚ 2011 Body Language Body language is communicating by means of facial expressions‚ gestures‚ posture and other wordless signals. Communication is the sharing of information. Individuals communicate using many different modes. For example‚ they may communicate through gestures‚ and facial expressions‚ as well as by speaking and writing. Communication using language requires both a physical component- the central

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    Lucy’s house of memories was burnt to the ground each night Personification Comparing an inanimate object to a person In The Language of Flowers‚ the flowers were vocal about who they were arranged with Hyperbole A statement that is exaggerated Johannes was so hungry he could’ve ate a horse (hyperbole when not starving but literally in this case) Imagery Visually descriptive language The haunting‚ dark clouds were eradicated from Vada’s life when a friend beamed with light rays after Thomas J’s death

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    Pencil Long ago I lived with my family and friends in a beautiful deep dark forest…Oh! what fun we had..The wind would whistle through our branches where birds built their nests.Squirrels hid their nuts in the holes in our barks‚while small animals and snakes wound in and out at the base…But in the name of civilization‚wood cutters came and began clearing the forest…They began at the outskirts..We could hear the screams of our friends and relatives..Soon it was our day..The lumbermen came and hacked

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    1. Language ( what is language ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language Linguistic : http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c661/ling_k.html Knowledge of sound system (phonetic & pholology) ….....................word ( semantics and syntacitc) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics (explaination of linguistic) http://www.speech-therapy-information-and-resources.com/linguistic-knowledge-bases.html ( linguistic based on what? Semantic-syntactic/ phonology/ phonetics ) 2. Brain

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