During this language study I learnt a lot about my idiolect‚ sociolect and the criticisms & stereotypes on teenager languages. In order to find out I recorded a survey and made a transcript of a conversation of mine with my friends. My mum would always remind me that I am still a Filipino. And to always respect other people especially the ones who are older than you. And that she don’t want me to adopt British teenagers attitudes-rude‚ impolite‚ arrogant bunch. She was just being stereotypical-
Premium Adolescence Language Social psychology
Apes and Language: A Review of the Literature By Karen Shaw For Professor Dyer ’s Class March 2‚ 2005 Over the past 30 years researchers have demonstrated that the great apes (chimpanzees gorillas and orangutans) resemble humans in language abilities more than had been thought possible. Just how far that resemblance extends however has been a matter of some controversy. Researchers agree that the apes have acquired fairly large vocabularies in American Sign Language and in artificial languages
Premium Chimpanzee Hominidae
by the language he or she uses. In an essay of not more than 400 words‚ discuss with reference to the characteristics and salient features of DIALECT‚ SOCIOLECT and IDIOLECT. Linguists commonly use language variety as a cover term for any of the overlapping subcategories of a language‚ including dialect‚ idiolect and social dialect. The use of the word variety refer to those different forms that avoid the use of the term language‚ which many people associate only with the standard language‚ and the
Free Dialect Language Idiolect
Profes “The effects of language & grammar in the medical field” HS275: Professionalism in Healthcare Prof: Brett Martin Tara Payton November 1‚ 2011 In my essay I will explain how language and grammar can have a big effect on your image in the medical practice you’ll be working in. Language and grammar has a big part of your career because they are used for communication. In the medical field communication is very important because if you can’t communicate effectively then you can’t
Premium Communication Medicine Patient
Apes and Language: A Chicago Style Sample Paper Karen Shaw English 214 Professor Bell March 22‚ 2001 Shaw 2 Apes and Language: A Literature Review Over the past thirty years‚ researchers have demonstrated that the great apes (chimpanzees‚ gorillas‚ and orangutans) resemble humans in language abilities more than had been thought possible. Just how far that resemblance extends‚ however‚ has been a matter of some controversy. Researchers agree that the apes have acquired fairly large vocabularies
Premium Chimpanzee Hominidae Bonobo
BODY LANGUAGE Body language is a form of non-verbal communication consisting of body pose‚ gestures‚ and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals subconsciously. Body language may provide clues as to the attitude or state of mind of a person. For example‚ it may indicate aggression‚ attentiveness‚ boredom‚ relaxed state‚ pleasure‚ amusement and intoxication among many other clues. WHY BODY LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT? Body language; Can effect how people think of you‚ Can reveal
Premium Nonverbal communication Sign language
Albanian language Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people‚ primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an indigenous Albanian population‚ including western Macedonia‚ southern Montenegro‚ southern Serbia and northwestern Greece. Albanian is also spoken in centuries-old Albanian colonies in southern Greece‚ southern Italy‚ Sicily‚ and Ukraine. Additionally‚ speakers of Albanian can be found elsewhere throughout
Premium Kosovo Albanian language Primary education
Language and Identity First of all‚ Identity is the belief as “who we are and how we are” which we all have as individuals and it is based on many fundamental factors such as Ethnic group‚ Racial‚ National‚ Gendered‚ Social Class‚ Language‚ Sexual and Religious. As it is clear that identity has many essentials and it is not made of just one fact but has something to do with many‚ I will focus on the relationship especially between language and identity in this paper. The
Premium English language Second language acquisition Language acquisition
anNadine Abo Laban 900113591 Gap paper 2 (Armenian Language) Introduction The guest speaker who graced us with her presence was Alyssah Depoya‚ who is of Armenian origin. According to Alyssah‚ all pure Armenians last names end with “yan” which acts as an indicator of whether the person is of pure Armenian origin. Armenia is a mountainous country located in the South Caucasus region in Eurasia. It is bordered by Turkey‚ Georgia‚ Azerbaijan and Iran (“Armenia”‚ n.d). Armenian people have a
Premium Iran Georgia Ottoman Empire
there is too much currency so its value is lowered. The more rare something is the more it is worth. That is a very simple concept that can apply to so much more than economy. Inflation has infiltrated school‚ society‚ and even language. Ever since I was a little child‚ I have been showered with words like terrific‚ fantastic‚ and incredible‚ and I bet I am not the only kid who can say that. Everyone is treated like the best because when we are kids and our being raised by are parents they see
Premium Education Language Word