English Philology Department Gender in the English language: a diachronic perspective 8.030502 – the English Language and Literature Course Paper CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………3-5 CHAPTER I. THEORETICAL BASIS FOR THE STUDY OF THE CATEGORY OF GENDER IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1.1. The study of Gender in Modern Linguistics……………………….6-8 1.2. Contradictory Views on Gender in Modern English………………8-10 1.3. The Category of Gender in Germanic
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How does the English language enable us to express ‘politeness’? The definition of politeness is ‘Having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people’(Oxford Dictionary) it is a social construct that has formulated by humans to communicate in society. They are usually taught in the home and in society through our norms and values of socialisation .Linguistically‚ politeness is a form of pragmatic‚ ‘the study of how interlocutors use their own knowledge of a language to
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Is English a ‘Killer Language’? The Globalisation of a Code Tanja Eckert‚ Andrea Johann‚ Anna Känzig‚ Melanie Küng‚ Bianca Müller‚ Cornelia Schwald‚ Laura Walder Abstract: Does English act as a Killer-Language or not? The fact that English has gained the status of a world language goes back to British colonialism. English was imposed on the indigenous populace in order to strengthen the power of the colonists. As the example of Papua New Guinea shows‚ this can have serious consequences for people’s
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English is a Crazy Language (An Opinionated Reflection) English is indeed the most popular and the most used language in the world. There are some countries like in Japan; not sure but Japanese people don’t actually require speaking English. For me‚ it’s the reason for their unreachable success. With their Japanese to Japanese language speaking‚ they can understand each other very clear. I think‚ it is one of the major problems here in the Philippines wherein we are doing Filipino to English
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English is one of the most widely used languages in today’s world and has a great impact on a successful career. Due to rapid modernization and westernization‚ the popularity of the English language has increased. It is internationally used and globally accepted. “English is being recreated every minute of every day‚ in billions of conversations in every country on earth; in countless books‚ films‚ television and radio programs‚ on the internet—recreated organically: that is‚ in ways that grow out
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“English Fortnight” was the second major programme organised by English Language society. It was held from 25th of April‚ 2011 until 6th of May‚ 2011. A series of activities and competitions were planned accordingly. “English Fortnight” was the second major programme organised by English Language society. It was held from 25th of April‚ 2011 until 6th of May‚ 2011. A series of activities and competitions were planned accordingly. “English Fortnight” was the second major programme organised by English
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Discuss the positive and negative impacts of having English as global language Over the last decades English has played an important role around the world as common language for economic‚ education‚ scientific and entertainment exchange between nations and in particular between people. The positive aspect is that English language open doors in terms of global communication and business‚ because this language has become a powerful tool in terms of improving productivity and driving growth
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English as a global language English is spoken in most parts of the world‚ for instance in Great Britain‚ the USA‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and in many more countries. Moreover in African states English serves as main form of communication. English is‚ after the Chinese one‚ the language most people speak and it is the most popular second language and foreign language pupils learn in school. The English language is often named as a “killer language” that wipes out smaller languages
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There are lots of languages in the world and some of them fall into the category of international languages or languages of wider communication‚ such as French‚ English‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Russian‚ Italian and Arabic. All these languages are the official languages of the United Nations. Among all these languages English is rightly considered to be the international language of the world‚ though English has assumed the function of the ‘world language’ quite recently. It was only in the 1930 that the
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The development of English as a global language is one of the most remarkable phenomena of this century. It has developed from the native language of Inner-circle countries to the most widely read‚ spoken and taught language in the world. It has been widely spread through emigration‚ colonization‚ and globalization and has been acquired as a first‚ a second‚ and a foreign language (Karchu‚ 1990). Being the world’s leading language‚ English has become the main vehicle of international communication
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