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    Language and Identity

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    Language and Self Identity Have you ever considered that language can be more than just a means of communication? With roughly 6‚500 languages being spoken in the world today‚ linguistics is one of the most complex subjects out there. One thing intriguing about linguistics is how we use language to create our own identity and to identify others. Neither language nor identity are fixed ideas; both are dynamic and constantly changing depending on our surroundings. The varying uses of language are

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    First Mover Disadvantage

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    A review of “First-Mover Disadvantage” By William Boulding and Markus Christen What is this article about as a whole? In today’s business environment many believe that in order to be successful and most profitable that they must be the “first mover”. The first mover is the initial firm that paves the road for a new product or market. It is believed that the first movers lock in competition enabling them to squash future entrants. The first mover often has heavy brand recognition or even

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    First Continental Congress

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    The First Continental Congress The American dream is built upon a foundation of struggles and gains‚ along with more struggles. A look back to early American History provides one with a timeline that seems endless and full of surprises. The First Continental Congress serves as one of those timeline markers and is a great example of the American way. Being one of the first meetings ever between the colonists‚ The First Continental Congress laid one of the first bricks into the foundation of America

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    The second example of spoken language is Obama’s contribution to the interview by talk show host Jay leno. I will analyse this piece of spoken language which has been pre-recorded to be broadcasted in America making a huge audience of listeners for Obama to promote himself as president as well as convey his opinions on the closures of the embassies in the Middle east. The tone of the interview is very informal even when discussing difficult‚ serious topics. The atmosphere remains friendly and calm

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    Spoken language assessment In this essay I will be analysing a transcript from a Newsnight show featuring Jeremy Paxman‚ Baroness Amos and Dizzee Rascal. I will be talking about the effects of choices in the use of standard and non-standard forms of spoken language. Often the situation influences the structure and fluency of the conversation. Especially in this situation the location of the debate is a key factor that tests the rule of conversation‚ because each person is in different studios there

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    Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed

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    First Mover Advantage

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    FIRST-MOVER ADVANTAGE TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP Experience curve Patents R+D‚ product development‚ process Ec. Scale production‚ distribution PREEMPTION SCARCE RESOURCES Patents‚ Physical – natural resources‚ products Channel space Lower prices Superior position - geográphical space - technological space - clients perceptual space - attractive niches FIRST – MOVER ADVANTAGE (2) GENERATES SWITCHING COSTS Attract clients Accept suppliers Quality uncertainty Brand loyalty Net effect

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    Discuss the role of language in culture. Language is the most important aspect in the life of all humans. A language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication‚ and a language is any specific example of such a system. (Wikipedia.org) language is a method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. We use language to express or inner thoughts and emotions‚ make sense of abstract thoughts

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    4 Stylistic Features of Language Speech communication employs a host of expressive means ranging from linguistic to paralinguistic and extralinguistic features. It is the natural language‚ however‚ whose systematic variation on all levels of its structure (phonology‚ morphology‚ lexicology and syntax) offers the widest possibilities of suiting its use to fit communicative functions of discourses in various contexts. Thus linguistic expressive means‚ which are systematically identified and cetegorized

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    Vernacular Languages During The Renaissance Pauline Charles American Intercontinental University Online ABSTRACT Vernacular language is a tool we use to communicate both verbally and in writing. People can express their thoughts‚ feelings and emotions through knowledge‚ ideas and memory. Before there was vernacular language‚ people only knew how to communicate in Latin but now‚ there’s many languages in different countries. If a person could speak in more than one

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