1919:’We have room for but one language here‚ and that is the English language‚ for we intend to see that the crucible turns out people as Americans and now as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house’ (Daniels‚8). The question that has been around for hundreds of years: “Should English be declared the official language of the United States?” is still the controversy – refighting the same old sociolinguistic issue of the 1970s. Yes‚ English should be the sole language of the US‚ because of increased
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Language and Culture One’s culture affects almost all of one’s communication behaviors. I discovered an article written by Margaret Cote‚ “Language Reflects Culture‚” that reveals many of the differences between the Saulteaux language and the English language. Margaret Cote states‚ “Language determines the way a person views the world.” She describes how Indian people view things around them differently then English speaking people do. Margaret Cote says that she views the world around her in
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I am comparing the short stories of ¨Charles¨ to ¨Tuesday of the Other June.¨ They are bullying people physically and verbally. Except at the end they both become nice and kind and stop being mean. This is some of the ways they bullied people. On the first day of school Charles started physically being mean to people. Some examples of what Charles did is hit and kicked the teacher‚ he also told a little girl to swear. The Other June started being mean to June at swimming lessons. She was calling
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Programming Languages Development Programming languages are vocabulary and set of grammatical rules for instructing a computer to perform specific tasks (Online). These languages have developed over a period of time and they were developed for specific purposes which other languages could not full fill. ADA Gasperani (2012:2) postulates that the US Department of Defense was the sponsor of Ada’s design in the 70s and was behind its adoption in the 80s. He further explains that this was developed
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THE LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING *Lakshmanan.M.P “There are four ways‚ and only four ways‚ in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do‚ how we look‚ what we say‚ and how we say it.” -Dale Carnegie Abstract We are living in an era of information explosion in which advertising seems to be an indispensable building block of the media.
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With detailed reference to Text H and to relevant ideas from language study‚ explore how written language is used to assert power Text H is a poster which displays the rules and information to students taking or entering an exam. It also is for the use of the invigilators‚ to inform them of the rules as well as the candidates. This poster will be shown right across the country to students preparing to take an exam. This is done to make sure there is regularity and equality everywhere‚ so that
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The Odyssey While I was reading the Odyssey I noticed a couple moments that relate to real life‚ so I ask myself what elements relate to real life. First I looked at how the monsters relate to life today and I found out that Calypso a sea nymph is a person holding us back from our goals within life. She is misleading and selfish. She cares only about herself. The Cyclops‚ because he has only one eye‚ relates to how people who see through only one perspective. Circe represents wealth and power.
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Language innovation It is well known that time changes everything in this universe; thus; it would be strange if language alone does not alter. As the famous linguist Ferdinand de Saussure noted ‘’time changes all things: there is no reason why language should escape thi suniversal law’’ in (Aitchison (ed)‚ 1981: 16). All living languages are in a constant state of change in the sense that‚ new words and expressions come into existence‚ old words are dropped and new pronunciation takes place
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Candace Lubben Professor Kristen Heine WRA 125 Section 006 October 5‚ 2012 Language & Gender Language is a very powerful element. When we talk about language we refer to it as a body of words and the systems we use to communicate with people who are of the same community or nation‚ the same geographical area‚ or the same cultural traditions. Many factors can affect language such as: age‚ ethnicity‚ social class‚ education‚ and gender. Gender will be the main topic that I analyze in this
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1 India has about a billion people and a dozen major languages of its own. One language‚ and only one‚ is understood-by an elite-across the country: that of the foreigners who ruled it for less than 200 years and left 52 years ago. After 1947‚ English had to share its official status with north India’s Hindi and was due to lose it in 1965. It did not happen: Southern India said no. 2 Today‚ India. Tomorrow‚ unofficially‚ the world. [fhe spread of English] is well under way; at first‚ because the
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