The six functions of language The Referential Function corresponds to the factor of Message and describes a situation‚ object or mental state. The descriptive statements of the referential function can consist of both definite descriptions and deictic words‚ e.g. "The autumn leaves have all fallen now." Example: The party is going to start at 8 pm The Expressive (alternatively called "emotive" or "affective") Function relates to the Addresser (sender) and is best exemplified by interjections and
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Assess the contributions of the Dutch to the development of the Caribbean. The incorporation of the Dutch into the Caribbean during the latter half of the 16th century and early 17th century came on the heels of them seeing the prosperous economic opportunities at the time dominated by the Spanish. In the Caribbean‚ the Dutch concentrated on wrestling from Portugal its grip on the sugar and slave trade through attacks on the Spanish treasure fleets on their homeward bound voyages. Though the prime
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any language means a contraction‚ reduction and impoverishment of the sum total of the reservoir of human thought and knowledge as expressible through language. To what extent do you agree with this? As globalization takes place‚ languages spoken by the majority became lingua franca of different regions. English for example as its most widely spread across the entire world‚ is spoken by 360 to 400 million as their first language and 470 million to more than 1 billion as their second language. It
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R | AXEON N.V. | | Case Analysis | R | AXEON N.V. | | Case Analysis | Table of Contents Axeon N.V Overview 2 SITUATION ANALYSIS 2 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 3 EXTERNAL SIZE UP 3 INTERNAL SIZE UP 3 ISSUE DESCRIPTION 3 SWOT ANALYSIS FOR NEW FACTORY 5 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 6 Manufacture product in UK 6 Manufacture product in Netherlands 7 ALTERNATIVE 1: 8 Build the manufacturing plant in U.K. 8 ALTERNATIVE 2: 9 Manufacture more product in Netherland and sale it to cost to Hollandsworth 9 RECOMMENDATION
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A KILLER LANGUAGE It is undeniable that English language is a powerful language. It is spoken in most part of the world especially in developed countries for instance the United States‚ Great Britain‚ and Canada. This is an inescapable process of globalization‚ the process of extending social relations across world-space. Globalization leads to the commonness of English in several fields such as science‚ technology‚ economy‚ politic etc. The result of this is English dominating the world and disregarding
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Imagine a place where bright lights currently glow the streets‚ a city that become depended on trade to grow its riches. Known today as Amsterdam‚ the city is known for its international trade and transport. Today Amsterdam holds the must see Museum of Van Gogh. And to mention Amsterdam’s social life is well known. Here in Amsterdam‚ reefer is legal‚ prostitutes are common‚ and religion is free to be expressed. This lively city has rich history‚ but began with humble origins. Amsterdam originated
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Intercultural Communication Studies XIV: 2 2005 Hoffer - Language Borrowing Language Borrowing and the Indices of Adaptability and Receptivity Bates L. Hoffer Trinity University Introduction One of the most easily observable results of intercultural contact and communication is the set of loanwords that is imported into the vocabulary of each language involved. The field of cultures and languages in contact (Weinreich 1953) has grown a great deal over the past fifty years. From the early studies
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Language problem in india .... ITS DIVERSE EFFECTS ON OUR COUNTRYS ECONOMY India is one the greatest or well you can also say one of the weirdest countries in the world…. it’s a country u could never have thought would come over 50 years living together…. Our country on its way had to deal with many great problems… and the one I am going to speak about is the language problem that the Indians faced… According to the linguistic survey of India‚ there are 179 languages and 544 dialects… That’s
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if thought corrupts language ‚ language can also corrupt thought"-how is this statement relevant to our everyday use of language? In our everyday language we put into words many emotions like love‚ wanting‚ caring but also those bad emotions like hate and anger‚ that everyday distinction in the way we use language everyday changes not only our knowledge and thus our minds‚ but also makes us see thing in the world in different sometimes unhealthy ways. Language is a primary system of complicated
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