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    Language Attitudes

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    THE PROBLEM Introduction Today‚ English language is widely used not only in the Philippines but throughout the world. It is mostly consider as a second language of non- English speaking countries and the world’s international language. It is widely used as a medium of instruction and communication in many fields such as in education‚ business‚ and sciences and even in the day to day activities of man. It unites the whole world Fluency in English language is important and the key that brings success

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    Programming Language

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    ENGENERRING: ITS EVOLUTION‚ DEVELOPMENT‚ SUCCESS AND FAILURES. TOPIC: COMPUTER LANGUAGES NAME: MUHAMMAD ALI RAFIQUE GROUP ID: 17440350/ 7E3B2245 TUTOR: CARRIE HO Table of Contents 1. INDRODDUCTION 1 2. HISTORY 2 3. SCOPE: 4 4 Success of Computer Languages 4 5 EVOLUTION OF ALGOL-60 4 5.1 DESIGIN: STRUCTURE ORGANIZATION 5.2ALGOL-60 PROGRAM ARE HIERARCHICALLY STURCTURED …………….

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    Language and Globalisation

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    circumstance that invites oral or symbolic means to impart the desired messages; and we use discourse for this purpose. Discourse refers to very specific patterns of language that tell us something about the person speaking the language‚ the culture that person is part of‚ the network of social institutions that the person caught up in‚ and even frequently the most basic assumptions that the person holds (Lois 5). Thus‚ the idea of discourse includes the overall scenario of a fixed setting of a society

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    Importance of Language

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    Importance of Language In the story‚ “From a Native Daughter”‚ by Haunani-Kay Trask talks about herself‚ and how the history of the people and their culture of Hawaii means to her. She has learned stories over time from her parents and ancestors of how things were before her‚ so she has a lot of knowledge about the history and culture of the people before her. She is very vocal in her voice and wants people who aren’t native from Hawaii to learn the truth about the history of the culture of Hawaii

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    Personal Language

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    During this language study I learnt a lot about my idiolect‚ sociolect and the criticisms & stereotypes on teenager languages. In order to find out I recorded a survey and made a transcript of a conversation of mine with my friends. My mum would always remind me that I am still a Filipino. And to always respect other people especially the ones who are older than you. And that she don’t want me to adopt British teenagers attitudes-rude‚ impolite‚ arrogant bunch. She was just being stereotypical-

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    They are many factors which may affect a writer’s choice of language in a narrative piece‚ these include: context‚ tone and register. In Oliver Senior’s “Do Angels Wear Brassieres?” the choice of language was creole in the basilect and mesolect variation. In this narrative‚ language choices were made based on the context and audience. Context is defined as the circumstances that form the setting for an event; in this piece the context or setting was a church. In churches communication amongst members

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    Gay Language on the English Proficiency of Freshmen Students Angela Paula Quiboloy BSEd – English Student University of the Immaculate Conception‚ Davao City INTRODUCTION Language is the most important aspect in the life of all beings. We use language to express inner thoughts and emotions‚ make sense of complex and abstract thought‚ to learn to communicate with others‚ to fulfil our wants and needs‚ as well to establish rules and maintain our culture. Language can

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    Hawaii Language

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    ” Many of us associate Hawaiian language as being an oral language. Today‚ I’m going to inform you about the lesser known aspect‚ the development of written Hawaiian language and literacy in the 1800s. As all of us currently live in Hawaii‚ it is relevant to learn one of the historical achievements of Hawaiian language that leaves its traces in place names‚ conversations‚ and as one of the two official languages of Hawaii in the present-day. As a Hawaiian language major‚ I have done a lot of research

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    Language In The Giver

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    In the novel The Giver the people in the community believe that precision of language is a vital part of life and in The Giver‚ language is often distorted and twisted. They distort language as a way to control the community in a way that is discrete and clever. The community proposes different terms to conceal the real meaning and what is actually happening. Thee elders make disturbing and mournful situations‚ seem less meaningful and less disturbing‚ and more normal. The community also has different

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    Language Techniques

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    1. Abstract LanguageLanguage describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things‚ people‚ or places. 2. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds‚ such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." 3. Allusion: A reference contained in a work 4. Ambiguity: an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. 5. Analogy: a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation

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