Value of a Language Words and language are a major aspect in a person’s life. Language is how information is communicated and transferred‚ and it has a major impact on how things are perceived. A common issue with language is that it is easily misused. Propaganda‚ errors and tricks are seen everyday‚ but they go unnoticed. Language is sometimes falsified in order to entice society. Often times the subject at hand is not what it seems. The abuse of the English language is most often seen in politics
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Asia Country Official and national Languages Other spoken Languages Afghanistan Pashto (Pashtu‚ Pushtu) an Eastern Iranian language‚ it is the native language of the Pashtun people. Dari Persian (Fārsī-ye Darī) also known as Afghan Persian. other Turkic and minor languages. Armenia Armenian (Hayeren) is an independent‚ one-language subgroup within the Indo-European language family. The unique Armenian alphabet‚ which consists of 39 characters‚ was created in 405 AD by a monk named
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Often described as the expression of culture‚ language is essential for communication. At present‚ one of the most common primary languages in the world is French. While there are certainly many more varieties of French‚ Quebec French and France French are among the leading examples. This paper is meant to highlight the differences between these two French dialects. The major difference between Quebec French and French in France lies in the vocabulary. First‚ there is a presence of words in each
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commonly uttered by foreign language learners and are too familiar to the foreign language learners this stamen indicate an important problem that the majority of students face in learning and particularly speaking a second or foreigner language. Many learners express their inability and sometimes even acknowledge their failure in learning to speak a second foreign language. These learners may be good at learning other skills but‚ when it comes to learning to speak another language‚ they claim to have a
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Language and Knowledge about Disability Language is useful for the humankind to communicate with each other. In Malaysia with a multi-ethnic group and a diversity of language use by the society to communicate especially each ethnic group also have their own mother tongue. Consequences‚ using a specific language to reflect the disability according to their indigenous knowledge will have make sense. Supported by Hosking (2008) review that a community will use a local language to reflect the concept
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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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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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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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Language Attitude Language attitudes are the feelings people have about their own language or the language of others. Attitude towards a language can determine whether the language continues or whether it is eliminated. If a language has political and financial backing it has a good chance of surviving. If people perceive that the language can improve their social status and economic prosperity those are usually strong motivators for people to maintain or make a language shift – sometimes
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Language and the Internet By No Name Presented for Dr. English Department of English June 6th 2013 English 105 College Language and the Internet The internet is one of the most controversial yet revolutionary inventions in the world. It has spawned new media and industry but perhaps the greatest contribution the internet has given is the ability to connect to the world twenty four hours a day and seven days a week. However‚ this amazing technological feat is also regarded
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