Reading Worksheet 1: Read the extract Applied Linguistics: An emerging discipline for the twenty-first century in your reading packs and answers the following questions: 1. On the basis of the information provided by Grabe‚ complete the following chart. Which conclusions can you draw regarding the scope of Applied Linguistics? |Decade |Focus of Applied Linguistics | | |Insights
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Marisol Valentin November 10‚ 2012 Period 2 Charlemagne and King Louis IX The Medieval Period was an era between the years of 500 A.D to 1500. During this time the Dark Ages was dominated by the religion of the Christian Church and was politically ruled by the pope. Feudalism was a also a great part in the Medieval Period and some followed the Feudal System. The political organization of this time had a lot of ties between the government and the Catholic church. During this time‚ many people
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Heteroglossia - Langue and linguistic variation Bakhtin developed the notion in contrast with the structuralist account of language‚ which was centered in the notion of langue‚ that is‚ the systematic set of rules determining the well-formedness of an expression or utterance. This concept‚ introduced by Saussure‚ emphasised the notion that the code conformed by the linguistic norms must be common to all speakers for communication to be possible. This was seen as a dangerous simplification by Bakhtin
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“Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and School Failure” Barbara T. Bowman The article called “Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and School Failure” brings attention of readers to the issue of conflicts in modern schools. The text can be divided into two parts. While in the first part Ms. Bowman brings into focus teacher-student conflicts‚ the second part is dedicated to class‚ culture and language related issues. The information given is supported by data and examples and is of interest to specialists
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Systemic functional linguistics is the study of the relationship between language and its functions in social setting. In systemic functional linguistics‚ three strata make up the linguistic system: meaning (semantics)‚ sound (phonology) and wording or lexicogrammar (syntax‚ morphology and lexis). Systemic functional linguistics treats grammar as a meaning-making resource and insists on the interrelation of form and meaning. According to Halliday‚ language has developed in response to three kinds
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of Philadelphian and Mid Atlantic English to portray characteristics of the people of Philadelphia that they believe will help sell the new sandwich and validate the sandwiches’ authenticity. The following are some of the language features‚ with examples‚ and the stereotypical characteristics they are meant to be associated with: Accent Phonological Characteristics of General American English Accent – There is no discernible accent from the three characters in the commercial in the beginning.
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transfer the use of their existing linguistic repertoire to their host country. However‚ what might have been effective at home might be interpreted differently when placed in different socioeconomic contexts. Hence‚ the relative value of linguistic repertoire one possesses and how mobile are one’s language skills in the world determines how a migrant interacts with a new community. Consequently‚ this paper seeks to provide insight on how the relative value of linguistic resources affects one’s mobility
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2.1 Introduction The nature of the comparative approach At a basic level the comparative approach is simply one of making comparisons‚ something we do constantly in our everyday lives. Thinking‚ and learning‚ by making comparisons is a very natural and intuitive process for us. We use comparisons extensively in our daily thinking and interactions with people and various objects. However‚ making comparisons is not necessarily easy or without its pitfalls.
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The theory of comparative advantage is perhaps the most important concept in international trade theory. As the economies that exist in our world our becoming increasingly more intertwined‚ it is becoming even more important. Nearly every country in the world depends on other countries to supply them with goods that they cannot produce in their own country. I believe that comparative in necessary in today’s economy. In this paper I am going to discuss comparative advantage and it’s effect on globalization
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of linguistic study‚ its connection with phonetics‚ grammar‚ stylistics & contrastive linguistics. Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that deals with the lexical component of language. The lexicon holds information about the phonetic‚ phonological‚ syntactic‚ semantic and pragmatic properties of words and consequently has a central role in these levels of analysis. It is also a major area of investigation in other areas of linguistics‚ such as psycholinguistics‚ typological linguistics and
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