any language means a contraction‚ reduction and impoverishment of the sum total of the reservoir of human thought and knowledge as expressible through language. To what extent do you agree with this? As globalization takes place‚ languages spoken by the majority became lingua franca of different regions. English for example as its most widely spread across the entire world‚ is spoken by 360 to 400 million as their first language and 470 million to more than 1 billion as their second language. It
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(Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics) WARNING 1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE‚ IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”. 2. Course: Language Variation & Stylistics (5665) Level: MA TEFL Semester: Spring‚ 2012 Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40 ASSIGNMENT No. 1 (Units
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Characteristics of Language Acquisition and Development ECE315: Language Development in Young Children Instructor: Kara Bullock 1-24-11 Language ability starts even before birth and happens in every area of the child’s life. A child absorbs the language that is spoken in their environment with characteristics such as the tonal quality‚ the syntax‚ and the usages of that language. A child can learn languages which are spoken by their parents. The child absorbs the language that is most
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Assembly language can execute the same commands as machine language; however‚ the commands have names instead of numbers. Assembly language‚ unlike machine language‚ is a symbolic representation of operation codes‚ symbolic memory addresses and pseudo codes‚ which makes the virtual environment user friendly. Machine language‚ on the other hand‚ is represented as binary bits consisting of a string of 0s and 1s‚ which makes the virtual world challenging since the lingo is only comprehended primarily
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ASSIGNMENT: SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Name and surname(s): Heber Guerrero Giron Login: PEFPMTFL966476 Group: 31 Date: February 29‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION Second language acquisition is a process by which people learn a second language. It refers to any language learned in addition to the first language and the differences
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Figurative Language versus Literal Language Maurice Mayo Sonja Sheffield Critical Thinking 1/25/13 It is important for one who speaks figuratively to take in consideration the audience might not be able to fully follow or understand them completely. Although figurative language can be entertaining‚ it can be interpreted in a way other that what was intended. Therefore‚ it will need some explanation. The word “idiom” is an expression whose meaning is not literally what’s said‚ but it is
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How did language begin? Words don’t leave artifacts behind—writing began long after language did—so theories of language origins have generally been based on hunches. For centuries there had been so much fruitless speculation over the question of how language began that when the Paris Linguistic Society was founded in 1866‚ its bylaws included a ban on any discussions of it. The early theories are now referred to by the nicknames given to them by language scholars fed up with unsupportable just-so
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Figurative Language versus Literal Language Figurative language‚ which some may refer to as “figure of speech”‚ is a type of language that utilizes description to produce a particular illustration and reveal a person’s emotion. It is‚ also‚ said that figurative language is associated with the human senses. Figurative language contains words that produce an intuition or thought of what the author wants his or her audience to know. At the end of the day figurative language plays an important role
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collocations play an important role in the field of second language acquisition‚ a number of previous studies have reported students‟ lack of collocational competence and the difficulties they encounter in learning and using collocations. The present study examines the productive and receptive knowledge of lexical and grammatical collocations among advanced Arabic-speaking learners of English. Furthermore‚ it investigates whether the language environment (ESL or EFL) has an influence on the acquisition
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their pros and cons. It also is an attempt to ascertain whether MNCs really have the need for them. We start with the definition of expatriates and why they are needed. Furthermore‚ we have described as to why MNCs use expatriates for their international assignments in spite of the exorbitant costs involved. The advantages and disadvantages of expatriation and repatriation in today’s global world have also been pinpointed. We have also discussed whether MNCs should continue using expatriates in their
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