A Global Language As a Untied States citizen‚ English is the first language of any American citizen. If we add another foregin language to the criteria of our nation‚ The United States would not be a mixed diversity of race anymore. The Ethnicity would be the same‚ but our race would be different. For example‚ The United States of America has been a diverse country with many races such as‚ American‚ African American‚ Hispanic‚ Chinese‚ etc. As the generation ages‚ the country should be open to
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The Story of Human Language Part I Professor John McWhorter THE TEACHING COMPANY ® John McWhorter‚ Ph.D. Senior Fellow in Public Policy‚ Manhattan Institute John McWhorter‚ Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute‚ earned his Ph.D. in linguistics from Stanford University in 1993 and became Associate Professor of Linguistics at UC Berkeley after teaching at Cornell University. His academic specialty is language change and language contact. He is the author of The Power of Babel: A
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What is the future of English as a global language? The world is changing so rapidly‚ from national politics to people’s livelihood. Definitely‚ language is one of the most important characteristic among there. English‚ which is considered as the world language at present‚ facing with sophisticated problems. Actually‚ the situation could persist on till the future. In my view‚ the future of English as a global language may be as the concave and convex sides of a nutshell‚ it is hard to foresee that
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LANGUAGE PLANNING AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Language is a typically human phenomenon. In moving from the ’natural being’ of animal existence to the ’cultural being’ of human existence‚ language plays the decisive role. Language gives a sense of identity to an individual as well as a social group and‚ in the process‚ creates multiple identities. The maintenance‚ merger‚ clash and change in identities based on and reflected in the language change has prompted linguists‚ philosophers‚ psychologists
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Sociolinguistics? Is the field which studies the relationship between language and society‚ including cultural norms‚ expectations and context on the way language is used. What is Language? Language is a means of communication‚ it is used to communicate meaning‚ as it is also used to maintain and establish social relationships. What do Sociolinguistics study? Sociolinguistics study the following: 1- They study the relationship between language and society. 2- They are interested in explaining why we
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Language as a social phenomenon. To be able to interpret linguistic phenomena it is important to state‚ that language is a product of society. According to Rossi-Landi‚ human appears when he overcomes the aim of satisfying immediate needs‚ i.e. start producing behavior instead of responding. Human results from the labour of man himself [Rossi-Landi 1983‚ p. 35-37; 1975‚ p. 31-69]. Thus‚ language is a result of human activity. Language vs Speech Saussure also separated language from speech‚ which
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at this time was neutral even though we were sending 1‚000 horses daily to Europe. The Germans did not like this at all. During this time‚ in the United States there was a German newspaper that sold 75‚000 newspapers a day. At this time‚ there was 8 million Germans in the US which equaled 1/10 of the population. Most of them where first generation immigrants. The war in Europe caused several problems. The Germans were allowed to sail into the United States‚ but once here had to stay because the British
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Accent The ways in which words are pronounced. There will usually be pat terns in the way that consonants are pronounced (or dropped) and t he way vowel sounds are made. Accent can also vary according to the region or social class of a speaker. Context  The situation or circumstances in which speech takes place. This will impact greatly on the speech encounter and the way that speakers will vary their speech according to the recipients and the environment.  Dialect The distinctive grammar
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This is the 25 point plan that the Nazi party first announced when it was created; The unity of all German-speaking peoples. The abolition of the Treaty of Versailles. Land and colonies to feed Germany’s population. Only Germans can be citizens. No Jew can be a German citizen. People in Germany who are not citizens must obey special laws for foreigners. Only German citizens can vote‚ be employed or hold public office. Citizens are entitled to a job and a decent standard of living. If
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1. Do an analysis of the German food retail consumer. How do consumers in Germany differ (or do they?) from consumers in the United States? Wal-Mart Believed that the German market was similar to the United States and that the German consumer would desire low prices with excellent customer service. Wal-Mart wanted to take price leadership through cost leadership. By offering free shopping bags in a market where consumers pay for bags and bah packing services. They also allowed credit card acceptance
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