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    The fragment I will analyse is from John Honey’s book Language is Power: The Story of Standard English and Its Enemies. It is a contemporary text which deals with the controversies around the idea of having a Standard English. Honey is in favour of having a Standard English and that is what he claims in the book‚ along with opinions of other linguistics who are against that‚ as he calls them in the title ‘enemies’. In the fragment‚ Honey exposes the ideas of linguistics who are in favour; one of

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    The authority of an agent is the act which he is allowed or authorised to do by his principal‚ and which will bind his/her principal. Usually‚ the principal will only be bound by the act of the agent if the agent acts within his/her authority. There are two types of authority which an agent could rely on‚ namely actual authority and apparent or ostensible authority.  Actual authority is the authority given by the principal to the agent and could be in written or oral form. The capacity of an

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    Sociolinguistics: Language‚ Caste and Power in India Sociolinguistics and the Language Problem in India Though there has been a long tradition of studying and interpreting language in India‚ most of these studies are in descriptive‚ technical or structural mode. For long‚ language has been seen as a non-political or apolitical phenomenon and its study has remained restricted to its structure. India also has a long tradition in the study of language. However‚ the linguistic

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    of language that is being analyzed is a conversation between two teenage girls. In a brief discourse many different feature make themselves present‚ I will be talking about four of them. The features noted are abbreviations/contractions‚ letter/number homophones‚ deviant spelling‚ initalism‚ reduplication of letters and phonetic spelling. Gender and age will also be scrutinized to justly evaluate the benefits of web based interactions and texting. We the people are the masters of language‚ we

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    Assignment 1 Outline The best way to learn another language The best way to learn another language is by being around speakers of the particular language you wish to learn. This may not be possible‚ so you could take a course in that language.  There are three following steps of a way to learn another language. A. Each person must take course in that language 1. Going abroad 2. Institution B. Each person must learn how to speak correctly in that language 1. Accent 2. Tone

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    In Amy Cuddy’s “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are”‚ she discusses the way our body language describe the type of person we are‚ and other ways our non verbal communication speaks for us. In this speech‚ Cuddy uses both causes and effects to convey her argument. However‚ I believe she uses more effects than causes to convey her message. Cuddy’s purpose of this speech is to bring awareness to people that their body language tells other a lot‚ and that they should be cautious of it. This is one

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    the shape of design the shape of design frank chimero Copyright © 2012 by Frank Chimero Editor: Mandy Brown http://www.shapeofdesignbook.com Copyeditor: Allen Tan http://www.frankchimero.com Designer: Frank Chimero the shape of design Printed and bound by isbn 978 - 0 - 9854722 - 0 - 7 Shapco Printing‚ Minnesota first edition Written on the road: Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Portland‚ Oregon Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 Unported License Austin‚ Texas New York

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    passion & ambition of characters‚ ultimately leading to their tragic flaw. But in both cases‚ not every character is deserving of his/her fate. Frankenstein and Macbeth‚ both contain elements of the supernatural. In Macbeth there are witches and powers of witchcraft. On the other hand‚ the story of Frankenstein contains a so-called ’devil’ in flesh - the Monster. Both Macbeth and Frankenstein are above-average human beings with exceptional qualities. In both cases‚ the tragic hero is a man of tremendous

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    Signature Tutorial 2 Nolwazi Dlamini Traditional Authority is based on customs and tradition and the long established way of doing things. (Heywood‚ 2007:220). This authority tends to be irrational and inconsistent and perpetuates the status quo. Traditional authority does not change or evolve. Traditional authority helps to shape the political culture by keeping values such as receptivity‚ respect and duty. An example of this type of authority would be a patriarchal structure where “the servants

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    connections have you found between the ways Duffy and Pugh explore the power and limitations of language? In your response you must include detailed critical discussion of at least two of Duffy’s poems.” Duffy explores the “power of words” in being able to translate as well as influence complex emotions and thoughts‚ thus reflecting on the possibilities of language. She addresses the elusive nature of meaning‚ which –although expressed uniformly through language-is also restricted in being unable

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