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    The Role of Language

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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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    Language Lab

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    A room designed for learning foreign languages and equipped with tape recorders‚ videocassette recorders‚ or computers connected to monitoring devices enabling the instructor to listen and speak to the students individually or as a group is called a language laboratory. It is an audio or audio-visual installation used as an aid in modern language teaching. They can be found‚ amongst other places‚ in schools‚ universities and academics. The language laboratory is very useful for assessing students’

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    Language and Lexicon

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    What is language? What is lexicon? Language can be fundamental defined by most of the general public today‚ but lexicon may not easily be explained. In ones general opinion‚ language is a form of communicating ideas‚ emotions‚ and opinions. It varies according to the culture and generation of the individuals using it. This paper provides a definition of language and lexicon‚ the features of language‚ the levels of language‚ and the role of language in cognitive psychology. (Willingham‚ 2007)What

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    English Language

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    Language is a system for communicating. Written languages use symbols (that is‚ characters) to build words. The entire set of words is the language’s vocabulary. The ways in which the words can be meaningfully combined is defined by the language’s syntax and grammar. The actual meaning of words and combinations of words is defined by the language’s semantics English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the most widely used language in the world

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    Language Use

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    LANGUAGE USE IN THAILAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO THE CASE OF BHUTAN Namgay Thinley March 2002 CONTENTS ABSTRACT iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ____________________________________________________________ ________ 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the problem Purpose of the study 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2 Introduction Background information on language use in Thailand Language situation Standard Thai The present status of Thai Background information on language use in Bhutan Language situation

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    Baldwin On Language

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    In 1979‚ an African-American writer by the name of James Baldwin wrote that “language is also a political instrument‚ means‚ and proof of power. It is the most vivid and crucial key to identity.” Baldwin claims that language is a crucial component in the attainment of power. It is also what identifies a person in regards to character and placement in society. This view on how language affects humanity is just. Language greatly impacts society by determining the power one has as well as revealing

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    Language in America

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    Yogi Patel ENGL 1301.032 Professor Blakemore November 27‚ 2012 American Language The universal country of America is the globe’s salad bowl. America is known for its diversity. The country should not be restricted to only English and Spanish when there are thousands of other languages being used all around the world. People in America are expected to speak English‚ but by having multiple languages‚ such as English and Spanish‚ forces those Americans to involuntarily have to learn Spanish. It

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    Venarcular Language

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    Vernacular Language HUMA215-1205B-09 Unit 2 Individual Project 1/20/13 LaToya Marible Abstract Vernacular language is somewhat of a unique language that has seems to have such a wide spread throughout the 11th-14th century. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of the impacts of vernacular language. After reading this paper you will understand what vernacular language is. Vernacular Language The spread for vernacular language was an

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    Language Barriers

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    Languages When I read the article about languages then it put me thinking. How many languages I can speak myself. And it hit me‚ not much. I can speak Estonian as my native language and English only as my foreign language. It is great that I have French in my university’s studying program because like Louise said in the text- lots of businesses say they want people who can speak European languages‚ but young people do not seem to realize that speaking another language can imrpove their job prospects

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    Language Identity

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    Language Identity Are the people who become fluent in a second or third language at risk of losing their own identity? Language has been a way of communicating with each other for thousands of years‚ maybe even more. Since the day we were born we started to learn to speak the language of our fatherland and we’re all still learning. I don’t believe that you can necessarily lose your identity because you speak two or three languages. Identity is a very big word to use and is influenced by many

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