group) • Power in discourse- the ways in which power us manifested in situations through language • Power behind discourse- the focus on social and ideological reasons behind the enactment of power. (Gender‚ class etc.) • You cannot look at how power is communicated through language without looking at the society. • Language is underpinned by strong ideological perspectives. • No example of language used is a completely neutral. Fairclough- Synthetic personalisation- Basically when
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Marquise Long Understanding the importance of language An American author named Oliver Wendell Holmes once stated‚ “Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” This quote‚ itself describes the importance of language as it embraces “growth” as an aspect of it. Language‚ which is a method of communication used by humans‚ allows for innovation and progress within the world. For starters‚ communication is important because
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The World Language—English Can you speak English? English is spoken as a first language by the majority populations of several countries: including the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ New Zealand‚ and some Caribbean countries. Nowadays‚ many people in the world can communicate with others from different countries in English. For example‚ when a Chinese meets a German‚ they can talk very well as long as both of them can speak English. Also‚ there are more and more young
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Language Movement Even before the creation of Pakistan‚ there was a demand to make Bangla the national language. Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah defends Bangla as the state language on 29th July‚ 1947. On September 2‚ 1947 some students of the University of Dhaka formed “Tomaddun Mojlish”‚ a cultural organization. Tamuddun Majlish in a booklet titled State Language of Pakistan: Bengali or Urdu? demands Bengali as one of the state language of Pakistan. In November 1947 Karachi‚ at Pakistan Educational
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by: Date: May 10‚ 2012 Index 1. Presentation Page 2. Index 3. Introduction 4. Origin of English Language 5. Origin of the English Language 6. Origin of the English Language 7. How did the English Language spread around the world? & English as a major business communication around the world. } 8. Conclusion Introduction The English Language has been spoken for many years‚ in this project I will talk about its origin and how it is divided in different periods
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“Imagery intensifies the impact of the poet’s words as he shows us with his words rather than just telling us what he feels. Song lyrics are full of imagery.” (Eliot‚ 2015) You have heard of the term “figurative language?” this would also be an example of imagery. Metaphor is when you describe something with a figure of speech. An example of this would be saying “he is on his high horse.” People use this metaphor when someone thinks their better than others. This said person is not on a horse; the
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Language and Lexicon Paper PSY 360 August 13‚ 2012 Introduction Language as we know it is very hard to define because it is the linguistics of the language‚ but we know it is important for our life. It is very important tool to express my feeling and opinion‚ and we could know what others think about. As a result‚ we could make connection with others. However‚ have you ever thought why we can communicate each other? Do you know why human’s communication is defined as language and other animal’s
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The professional career of Sign Language Interpreting offers several different settings and fields one can interpret in. An interpreter is not obligated to pick one field and interpret only for that field. On the contrary‚ it is wise for an interpreter to gather experience from all of the various settings‚ and then pick one or two areas to specialize in. I have yet to gather a reasonable amount of actual interpreting experience to select my future area of expertise. Nevertheless‚ with the current
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The use of multiple languages in educa- tion may be attributed to‚ or be a reflection of‚ numerous factors such as the lin- guistic heterogeneity of a country or region (e.g.‚ Luxembourg or Singapore); specific social or religious attitudes (e.g.‚ the addition of Sanskrit to mark Hin- duism or Pali to mark Buddhism); or the desire to promote national identity (e.g.‚ in India‚ Nigeria‚ the Philippines). In addition‚ innovative language education programs are often implemented to promote proficiency
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children should have support in their native languages‚ there are surprisingly several theories. With each article and author‚ with each study‚ a new idea is formed. Likewise‚ non-linguists responded the same way. For the interviews‚ I interviewed Isaac‚ Betty‚ and Chantelle. All thought that support came from the family and they had various reasons why they thought so; when it came to potential problems‚ social factors were the answer. Native Language Support Betty believed that there should definitely
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