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    Language Movement

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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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    Spoken Language

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    The specific reasons for the development of the spoken language of humans is still being disputed at this very point in time. Whether it be an improvement over gestural language which can be seen in the behaviour of primates with the help of humans‚ or by other factors such as social rank or in this specific paper‚ interpersonal relationships‚ it does not change the overall importance of spoken language as an evolutionary marvel. The interpersonal relations of a group-living species prompted the

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    Norwegian Language

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    as it is codified‚ regular‚ and accepted nationally as the official language of Norway. 80-90% of population use Bokmal‚ it is also commonly taught to foreign students & usually more in the Eastern and Southern region of Norway. 12% of population use Nynorsk and more in the Western region. Four out of 19 counties‚ mainly around the West coast‚ use Nynorsk as their official language. In school‚ students are taught both languages. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)‚ owned by the state‚ is

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    Body Language

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    ‘affliative and power cues’ that Janet Mills speaks off in Body Language Speaks Louder Than Words. Although body language can be clearly differentiated between the two sexes‚ whilst conducting the observation‚ I noticed that there is other categories that also have a certain behavioral patterns particular to that category. I conducted my observation at the MTB Coffee Garden from 11:40 to 12:10 on the 18 March 2004. Body language seems to be fairly unconscious behavior yet it does follow some

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    Love and language

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    ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure. But how does language construct love? How many words exist to express this feeling in different languages? And‚ is it right to call it “feeling”? We may also call it like “outlier of phenethylamines in the brain” and it will be correct. So‚ let’s analyze. The English Word “LOVE”. Origin‚ meanings and idioms. Origin: The word love goes back to the very roots of the English language. Old English lufu is related to Old Frisian luve‚ Old High German

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    Body Language

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    they were saying "Yes" yet their heads were shaking "No"? The difference between the words people speak and our understanding of what they are saying comes from non-verbal communication‚ otherwise known as "body language." By developing your awareness of the signs and signals of body language‚ you can more easily understand other people‚ and more effectively communicate with them. There are sometimes subtle – and sometimes not so subtle – movements‚ gestures‚ facial expressions and even shifts in our

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    Language Politeness

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    Analysis on Language Politeness Used by Students in Dangerous Mind Film I. Introduction Communication is one way that people use in order to convey meaning‚ intention‚ and message to others. Communication is also a process of transferring information from one person to another. Communication happens in all over the world. It can happen in public places‚ in houses‚ in many other places. The language used by a person and how a person uses the language when communicating to others is very

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    Death Of The Moth

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    Olivia Rytelewski Mrs. Albuquerque AP Language and Composition In the essay‚ “The Death of the Moth‚” Virginia Woolf illustrates the universal struggle between life and death by comparing the two in one metaphor. She portrays the struggle of life in the face of death‚ and acknowledges it as both valiance and fruitlessness. The diction Woolf uses also helps convey her perspective on this topic. The varied sentence structures as well as other literary elements add to the piece‚ to make it more powerful

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    Language Learning

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    attainment of lesson and unit objectives and ultimately lead students to become the architects of their own learning. Characteristics of effective language teachers When discussing the concept of effective language teachers‚ we cannot ignore the concepts of procedural knowledge and declarative knowledge. According to Nunan (1999)‚ to be effective‚ language teachers need these two kinds of knowledge equally. He further states that declarative knowledge includes all of the things teachers know and

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    Language and Globalisation

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    of communication. These modes rely on a particular circumstance that invites oral or symbolic means to impart the desired messages; and we use discourse for this purpose. Discourse refers to very specific patterns of language that tell us something about the person speaking the language‚ the culture that person is part of‚ the network of social institutions that the person caught up in‚ and even frequently the most basic assumptions that the person holds (Lois 5). Thus‚ the idea of discourse includes

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