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    Love and language

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    that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure. But how does language construct love? How many words exist to express this feeling in different languages? And‚ is it right to call it “feeling”? We may also call it like “outlier of phenethylamines in the brain” and it will be correct. So‚ let’s analyze. The English Word “LOVE”. Origin‚ meanings and idioms. Origin: The word love goes back to the very roots of the English language. Old English lufu is related to Old Frisian luve‚ Old High

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    Body Language

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    Body language is a part of nonverbal language. It includes things such as stance‚ gestures‚ facial expressions‚ and even small things that are barely perceptible like a brief shrug of the shoulder or a nod of the head. It is easily confused sometimes when we speak what we are actually saying‚ because your body language maybe saying something different. This is why it is specifically important in the medical field to have complete control and understanding of what we are saying with our body language

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    Advertising Language

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    success‚ while bad advertising can mean failure. How can we evaluate whether an advertisement is good or not? How can advertisers make advertisements be attractive? There are several important factors in advertisements‚ especially the advertising language‚ and advertising language is different from any other kinds of language. Advertising language is very specific that lots of weasel words are used in advertising language‚ and advertising language are always very simple; these features can be illustrated

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    Power of Language

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    The Impact of Language to Us There is a famous quote that says “no man is an island”. The quote means that everyone needs a neighbour‚ a friend‚ a teacher‚ a society‚ or others that can stay by his side. But how can he stay in that society if he does not know how to communicate with others? Then isn’t it better if that man would just stay on an island alone? With this‚ we can say that it is important to communicate and we use language to communicate. Therefore‚ language can either unite or divide

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    english language

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    1919:’We have room for but one language here‚ and that is the English language‚ for we intend to see that the crucible turns out people as Americans and now as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house’ (Daniels‚8). The question that has been around for hundreds of years: “Should English be declared the official language of the United States?” is still the controversy – refighting the same old sociolinguistic issue of the 1970s. Yes‚ English should be the sole language of the US‚ because of increased

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    Language and Gender

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    Language and Gender Submitted to Mam Rehana Submitted by Maha Sarfraz Roll no 10070602-030 Discipline BS(Hons) English Department English Language Course Title Feminine Linguistics University of Gujrat Contents TOC o 1-3 h z u HYPERLINK l _Toc390269756 1.1 Sexist Language PAGEREF _Toc390269756 h 2 HYPERLINK l _Toc390269757 1.1.1 Symmetry PAGEREF _Toc390269757 h 2 HYPERLINK l _Toc390269758 1.1.2 Use of Vocabulary PAGEREF _Toc390269758 h 3 HYPERLINK l _Toc390269759 1.1.3 Semantic derogation

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    Outline Spoken Language vs. Written Language I. Introduction. But the most common forms of language are spoken and written‚ which are very different and have one similarity. II. Body A. The similarity between spoken and written forms of language is skills. 1. Written language requires skills. 2. Skills are also necessary in spoken language. B. Despite these differences there is one similarity between these two languages. C. One important difference in written and spoken

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    body language

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    Home ROZEE.PK Body Language: The Most Important Aspect of Communication Communication plays a very important role in professional life and we all need to make sure that we have learned all the aspects of proper communication so that we can progress in our careers. When it comes to communication‚ we put a lot of emphasis on speech and written communication but we often fail to realize that body language is one of the most important means of communication which tells more about us than the way we

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    Language and Thought

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    Relating Thoughts to Language Language is defined to be words that are used in a structured way so that it could be used as a way of communication between people. It can be spoken‚ written or even understood through body gestures. Thoughts on the other hand‚ are the things that runs in a person’s mind. Our thoughts and ideas are shared with other people through language. People often use language to express what they are thinking of. Thoughts are not necessarily need to be spoken‚ they can also

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    Body Language

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    article‚ then‚ from statements a-k‚ choose five which reflect the content of the text. (a) We rarely think about how to behave in an interview. b People going for interviews are generally given useful advice. c You could learn to ’sell’ your image by using suitable body language. d Employers take more notice of body language than prepared interview language. e Practise your interview technique by watching others in action. f Learn to smile throughout

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