How does linguistic variation cue representations of a speaker’s social identity and‚ presumably‚ stereotypes about relevant social groups? Although studies have indicated that phonetic variation in speech may activate social stereotypes (Purnell‚ Idsardi & Baugh‚ 1999)‚ research on the mechanisms of this process has been scant. The term “stereotype” was introduced into the variations of sociolinguistic literature in Labov’s (1973) taxonomy of language forms charged with broad social meaning‚ reprised
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Universal Health Care Amy Hall Southern New Hampshire University Microeconomics Dr. Thirtle Abstract: Universal health care coverage is a highly controversial issue all over the world‚ but of special interest in the United States. The U.S. is considered one of the few truly industrialized nations in the world which does not provide some form of comprehensive health care coverage for its citizens. This paper will examine some of the arguments and data provided both for and against a universal
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Linguistic Battle of the Sexes “American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home” (Tannen). Even though it sounds unreal‚ this is a large problem when it comes to communication between men and women‚ whether it is their cultures‚ or society‚ but they have different impressions of communication‚ which have been created since their childhood. Deborah Tannen‚ in her article “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” compares the styles of conversations on both men and
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parks‚ but my number one place I like so much and never get tired of going there is Universal Studios Hollywood. Many people might think that Universal Studios is not a really good place to call it ‘a favorite place’ for they have only a mammoth of rides and large size of entertainment shows. I do not just like Universal Studios for their rides but also for their shows and their architect around the park. Universal Studios have seven rides at their park and I like all seven of them but if I can pick
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Definition: • Halliday defines a stylistician as someone who can comprehend literary texts through a comprehension of their language structures. literary texts language structures. • Basically‚ this means that Halliday defines stylistics as: “The linguistic analysis of literary texts.” What is involved in stylistic analysis? 1. A literary text is looked at as made of language 2. A literary text is seen to consist of patterns and properties which are part of language 3. Those patterns of language
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controlling of medical health care costs. The idea of universal health care is what America needs. The thought of providing health services such as; health insurance‚ medical insurance and all other health facilities to those who can not afford these health services is beneficial to individual of a social classes. But to achieve this goal of universal health care there will be some things that will have to change. In Cuba they have universal health care but there tax rate is so high that the economy
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14. Historical (diachronic) linguistics 14.1. Reasons of language change All living languages are changing in the course of time. If the evolution of some language stops on some level and doesn’t develop anymore it will become the dead language (e.g. Sanskrit‚ Latin). There are lots of reasons of language change and their difference is in between linguistic levels. For example If we consider vocabulary‚ we will convince ourselves that new things‚ objects‚ activities‚ establishments‚ ideas and
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Response “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics” by James Paul Gee Summary: In “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics‚” James Paul Gee attempts to explain “a way of talking about literacy” and “literacy studies.” He describes how a Discourse is not the same as discourse‚ details the different types of Discourses‚ and introduces several new terms to strengthen his argument. Gee’s overall claims‚ in his own words‚ is “the focus of literacy studies or applied linguistics should not be language‚ or literacy
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will establish universal pre-kindergarten education…so that every four-year-old child in America can attend a government-funded preschool” (Miller‚ 2007‚ p. 48). Although this proclamation may seem somewhat odd given all of the challenges currently facing America’s public education system‚ the reality is that support and momentum for universal preschool programs has increased dramatically in recent years while more political and community leaders pushing for government sponsored universal preschool programs
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Suffrage‚ political franchise‚ or simply franchise‚ distinct from other rights to vote‚ is the right to vote gained through the democratic process. In English‚ suffrage and its synonyms are sometimes also used to mean the right to run for office (to be a candidate)‚ but there are no established qualifying terms to distinguish between these different meanings of the term(s). The right to run for office is sometimes called (candidate) eligibility‚ and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full
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