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    Language is an important aspect in human life. It is a means of communication the person to the others. The people need language to looking for and give people benefit information. People need language as a communication to express their feeling‚ though and desire. Language has two major purposes for us that are as an instrument of communication and as a vehicle of thought (Dummett: 2002). Language as instrument of communication means that people use language to gather all of the information that

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    advancements in our efforts to civilize her. Over the duration of the research on the child members of the faculity have played languages common to the area. Upon observation the child does not respond to any of the languages played therefore validating our hypothesis that there has been no exposer to human contact. The child has not been exposed to any human language and therfore is unable to speak or understand even the simplist of terms. It is apparant that the child rejects any form of human

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    context expands between the personal‚ historical‚ social‚ cultural and workplace experiences that a composer participates in during or before their time and affects the way a text is composed. Through close analysis of these texts‚ we are able to determine the beliefs and ideas of the period they were written in. “Prufrock” concerns a man who can see the possible pleasures of life -love‚ joy and companionship - but is unable to act to allow himself these desires. Within this poem‚ Eliot presents a

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    LANGUAGE PLANNING AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Language is a typically human phenomenon. In moving from the ’natural being’ of animal existence to the ’cultural being’ of human existence‚ language plays the decisive role. Language gives a sense of identity to an individual as well as a social group and‚ in the process‚ creates multiple identities. The maintenance‚ merger‚ clash and change in identities based on and reflected in the language change has prompted linguists‚ philosophers‚ psychologists

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    behind it. As civilizations continue to advance and change with time‚ the language also changes as well which is why the phrases and expressions used back then have some different meanings in present day. For example‚ the phrase‚ "Good riddance‚" can be interpreted as an expression to be rid of someone or something. Some expressions from Shakespeare’s plays might have meant something different in the past because language is susceptible to change. After researching this phrase‚ the meaning and origin

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    resources appropriately? Are we getting our moneys worth? Bill Gates says we are not and suggests a new model he calls a digital nervous system as a way to maximize value from technology and information. In his book‚ Business @ the Speed of Thought‚ Gates attempts to make the case that most organizations do not get the maximum out of their technology. He asserts that most organizations have the wrong mind-set about how information should be handled and distributed within an organization. We

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    Rural-Development keeping intact ancient values of Indian heritage Topic of my discussion is Rural-Development keeping intact ancient values of Indian heritage.  Rural development means development of lifestyle of people of village. But there are so many rural people who come to town and spent their day and night at footpaths and slums for the food and money. So while discussing about rural development‚ we must not forget their case also. Recent statistics says that out of 123 crores of Indian population

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    RD3 Figurative Meaning Utilizing concrete detail/imagery as his leading elements‚ as well as some figurative language‚ Kipling communicates the horrific ways in which soldiers died. “A Death-Bed” portrays vivid images of the use of new developments of warfare and weapons created. These advances were unknown and unusual to those who were fortunate enough not to experience the destructive effects of the war. Kipling sought to communicate not only the event itself‚ but what it entailed and meant for

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    Food is a very important part of a Filipino’s life. No gathering would be complete without the lechon and so many other Filipino delicacies that we so enjoy. In my personal observation‚ it can be said that Filipinos seem to live simply for the pleasure of eating. You can’t visit a home without being offered a drink and food from the people there. It seems that food and the Filipino have been deeply rooted together. It may be that through food that brings the Filipino family close together. Indeed

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    The Woman In Black By Susan Hill Before reading the book I already had a general idea of what was bound to happen within the story as I was brave enough to watch it last year starring Daniel Radcliff as Arthur Kipps which ruins the book for me . However reading the book was still interesting and enjoyable because the film is not exactly shown what’s on the book. The movie helped me picture the characters such as Radcliff within the story . Woman in Black starts as Mr Kipps as an elderly tells

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