P age |1 Janine Wiggill( Student No:30147794) Unit 1: Language as a process Assignment 02 Observe & Interview / Exploring language diversity where you live Task 1: Observe your community I live on a farm in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands. I spent three mornings on a building site observing three builders from the local community at work. (please refer to Image 1 below) IMAGE 1 “SPARAK ‚ HAMILTON AND SIMPHIWE ON A BUILDING SITE IN LIDGETTON‚ KZN MIDLANDS Prior to spending time observing the men‚ I
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Organizational Language A human language is a kind of code. It functions on the basis of words which is unique verbal symbols which correspond to all the objects or ideas which the speakers of that language need to communicate to one another. It also has rules‚ followed habitually by its speakers‚ for linking the words of the language together. Languages in the sense in which we understand them have developed as the common means of communication of large groups of people who habitually communicate
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Benefits of Learning a Second Language Nowadays‚ more and more people choose to learn a second language. The reason why many people are learning a second language is that there are many benefits to study a second language. In short‚ learning a second language has many advantages‚ like getting a good job‚ learning the culture of other countries and keeping good health. In fact‚ learning a second language is more likely to get a good job than others. First of all‚ as the economy becomes more and
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Vernacular Language Vernacular language is the native language of a specific population during the Middle Ages. Latin and French were the most commonly used for literature. The general population did not have the ability to read or write. Mainly‚ the only people who learned how to read and write were the wealthy and upper class citizens. Eventually the general population learned to read and write using their own language or in other words vernacular. Origins Most of the vernacular languages branched
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Role of the language Language is innovative. It develops every time. All of us use it in different ways. Language has roles for our primary necessity. The roles can be seen in two areas‚ in social environment and education. First‚ we can use language in social environment. The language is used for communication. We use language as a device to get a good communication. Language make us easy to communicate each other. For example‚ when we want to give some ideas‚ we can use language to show
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informal language learning experiences. Would you consider them effective or ineffective? Learning foreign languages is a real challenge to everyone and a lot of people have their own successful and unsuccessful experiences. As for me‚ I’d like to tell about a negative one because‚ unfortunately‚ I had it more than positive. I’ve been learning English since I was 10 years old. At first‚ it was at school. Those lessons left much to be desired. We had a middle-aged teacher who used to have favourite
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Language Planning: Nature and Goals 1. INTRODUCTION Using the definition of language planning from Coulmas (2005: 186) which reads thus; “Language planning involves making informed choices about language…” as a point of departure‚ this essay will attempt to firstly provide a thorough definition of the notion of language planning‚ as well as explain the relation between language planning and language policy. Secondly‚ this essay will define and discuss ideological language planning and normative
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A Created Language Amy Peche Colorado Technical University Online Abstract African Americans have been forced to change‚ adapt‚ and conform their culture‚ traditions‚ customs‚ and beliefs since the days of slavery. One of the major ways African Americans adapted to the new culture‚ which they were forced into through slave trade‚ was by creating their own language commonly referred to as pidgin. Throughout this paper I will define pidgin‚ what transpired in the African Americans culture
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“Endangered languages should be saved” Many languages are at the danger of disappearance. The reason of their extinction could be the decrease in a number of people speaking that language. A 85% of 6000 languages appear to be spoken in 25 countries (NOW 2000). Language extinction is caused by external and internal factors. Internal forces such as community’s negative behaviour to mother language‚ or simply decrease in the number of speakers are mainly derived from factors such as military‚ economic
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The Power of Language Language is to power as words are to books‚ with one comes the other. The use of language correctly and fluently gives the speaker power over others; this brings about a moral obligation to use the power given correctly‚ as well as an opportunity to help others in many different ways. Malcolm X’s autobiographical essay‚ “Coming to and Awareness of Language”‚ William Lutz’s “Doublespeak”‚ and Gloria Naylor’s “Meanings of a Word” are all on the subject of language and power and
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