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    Pigeons And Language

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    training‚ the pigeons were able to learn how to recognize shapes and words. It took over eight months of training‚ but four birds were able to distinguish four letter words from non-words‚ such as “very” and “vrey” or words with additional letters that misspelled them. In cases like this‚ pigeons’ performance is more similar to humans than to baboons’ performance. Ultimately‚ the four pigeons learned to differentiate between 26 and 58 words. Despite the language or culture‚ the Visual Word Form Area

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    The Power of Language

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    The Power of Language In the text “Can English be dethroned?”‚ Roland Breton(2000) points that English is one of the most widespread use of languages in the world. He believes that the growth of economic globalization affects the use of English. In addition‚ he thinks that cultural imperialism has a great impact on “language wars”. Breton also states‚ “the best way to kill off a language is to teach another one”. I partially agree with the writer. I think that the writer makes a relevant point

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    Kikkongo Language

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    their own person and pursue their own interest. The Price sisters’ Christian names and the ones obtain in the Congo differ in many ways. The Kikongo language seems to possess solitary words that would require entire

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    Programming Language

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    re Programming Languages Submitted To: Madam Amna Naveed Submitted By: The Programmers COMSATS – Lancaster Dual Degree Programme COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES SUBMITTED TO: Madam Amna Naveed Lecturer Department of Humanities & Social Sciences COMSATS‚ Lahore SUBMITTED BY: Sana Naheed Mohammad Nawal Shaukat Syed Usama Nasir Hafiz Abdul Shakoor ddp-fa12-bse-115 ddp-fa12-bse-103 ddp-fa12-bse-130 ddp-fa12-bse-034 Date: April 18‚ 2013

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    Stroroop Language

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    In a vast majority of the research found‚ three simple tasks were conducted on participants of different languages‚ and age ranges. Participants were occasionally asked to complete more than one of these tasks‚ depending on the goal of the researchers. Almost anyone can complete these tasks‚ however if necessary‚ they should be modified to each group of participants appropriately. For example‚ if the participants only speak English and/or Spanish‚ the words in the Stroop task should only be in one

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    Language in Prison

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    Language is a very diverse aspect of each culture and can differ from state to state‚ city to city‚ and even community to community. A community that has a very unique language is prison. Prison inmates use a language called argot‚ which does not make sense to the average person‚ but is very necessary to inmates and guards. Argot is the more scientific term for criminal jargon or prison slang but it is used mainly to communicate between criminals and to create a barrier to keep others from understanding

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    Language Of Belonging

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    Language is defined as the communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals such as voice sounds‚ gestures and written symbols. Following with its definition shows that it can be the significant feature for every individuals as human beings to determine identity and sense of belonging. So from using the ability of language to communicate with others is one of the elements which allows us the develop our own unique sense of self. We learn about ourself as we interact with

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    Language as a Highway

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    Language as a Highway There are about five thousand languages throughout the world now‚ and that doesn’t even include the hand languages. As a matter of fact‚ Languages are the most powerful inventions ever. Languages are important highways that allow people to communicate within the world of different nations and cultures. Without language we wouldn’t be able to communicate with one another and spread ideas. Languages are highways that connect the past and the present. Without language there

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    Figurative Language

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    Figurative Language and Imagery ENG 340 Creative Writing Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else‚ you are using figurative language. Figurative language is the use of language to describe something by comparing it to something else. It serves many linguistic purposes. It allows people to express abstract thoughts. It creates tone and communicates emotional content. The ability to use figurative language in writing can make a poem or story more enjoyable for the reader

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    culture and language

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    of nature with meaning‚ order‚ and rationality and by providing safeguards against chaos; it constrains by imposing a structure on nature and by limiting the range of possible meanings created by the individual I quite agree with this oppinion by Claire Kramsch‚ especially after I have read the first 10 pages of his book Language and Culture and gained a basic understanding of his views. Accoridng ot Claire‚ "nature refers to what is born and grows organically"‚ and "culture refers ot what has

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