:CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS Introduction: Contrastive Linguistics‚ roughly defined as a subdiscipline of linguistics which is concerned with the comparison of two or more (subsystems of) languages‚ has long been associated primarily with language teaching. Apart from this applied aspect‚ however‚ it also has a strong theoretical purpose‚ contributing to our understanding of language typology and language universals. The study of two languages in contrast‚ here called contrastive analysis‚ has been
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Heruela‚ Christine Mae O. BSMA-4 13 Muslim Ethno Linguistic Groups 1. Maguindanao Maguindanao originally means "people of flooded plain." The name Maguindanao was also named after the Sultanate or dynasty that ruled the area for several years. People living in the Pulangi area‚ located in what are now North Cotabato‚ Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao Provinces. Cultural communities within this region also include the Tituray‚ T’boli and the Manobos. 2. Maranao Maranao means
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differences in interpretation exist for Eliot’s complex poetry. In this discussion I shall be examining Eliot ’s use of a range of linguistic devices. The discussion will focus on how T. S. Eliot employs the medium of language to parallel and reflect his observation of the recurring and repetitive patterns of the life and death process. This paper evaluates the complex linguistic structure of The Waste Land‚ The Hallow Man‚ and The Four Quartets. Introduction The controversy whether or not
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FINAL ESSAY FOR APLIED LINGUISTICS COMMENT ON THIS VIEWPOINT “Applied linguistics is not a discipline which exists on its own. It is influenced by other disciplines and influences them as well. It is a two-way process. For this reason‚ applied linguistics examines theories from all sorts of different areas (semantics‚ syntax‚ pragmatics‚ sociolinguistics‚…) and from all sorts of perspectives so that it help find out effective solutions for language -related issues such as teaching methodology
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The Birth of Linguistics as an Autonomous Discipline – Q1 The term linguistics was first used in the middle of the 19th century. The earliest Greek linguistic notions are from 5th – 4th century b.c. And grammatical description became a profession in the 17th c. Plato’s dialogue “Cratilus” is the first Western document of linguistic analysis‚ hiss notion of language is that each word has an underlying form which express the meaning of that word in a transparent way. Additionally‚ words are
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Linguistic diversity in society and a society’s system of social stratification goes in hands in hands. The more ethnic or diverse language‚ the less that it is valued by society. The less Europeans sounding language the less “civilized” the group is perceived by society. This occur even within a culture‚ for example in Haiti the standard language is French even though the majority of the country speak creole. In Haiti‚ French is viewed as if you are educated and if you are fluent in French then
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Describe immediate causes of the revolt of 1857. Although the revolt began as a military rising and it appears to be a great sequel in the long series of a number of mutinies‚ its causes were deeply rooted in the changing conditions of the times. It drew its strength from several elements of discontent against British rule. After the battle of Plassey in 1757‚ the British captured Bengal and using it as a base they captured the entire business installations of the area and imposed their trade
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APPLIED LINGUISTICS A Paper “APPLIED LINGUISTIC AND LANGUAGE LEARNING” Submitted as Final Assignment Diki Atmarizon 2013/1304071 ENGLISH EDUCATION SECTION GRADUATE PROGRAM STATE UNIVERSITY OF PADANG 2013 I. INTRODUCTION Today‚ linguistics is developed rapidly. Another aspect related to the fields of language study is also growing. Studies on language not only covers one aspect only‚ but has extended to areas or aspects outside the language associated with the use
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Question #19: What is meant by Inflection? Illustrate. Assuming my definition does not define inflections found in one particular language‚ and instead be defined in general terms (associated within all languages affected)‚ the word inflection in linguistics is an adjustment made to stem (in the form of a prefix‚ suffix‚ infix‚ etc.) to clarify: how many‚ to which gender an object belongs‚ when an event has taken place‚ in which tense the 3rd person (singular) has acted‚ mood‚ voice‚ and also in the
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Reading Worksheet 1: Read the extract Applied Linguistics: An emerging discipline for the twenty-first century in your reading packs and answers the following questions: 1. On the basis of the information provided by Grabe‚ complete the following chart. Which conclusions can you draw regarding the scope of Applied Linguistics? |Decade |Focus of Applied Linguistics | | |Insights
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