EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kenya Vision 2030 is the country’s new development blueprint covering the period 2008 to 2030. It aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing‚ “core-income country providing a high quality life to all its citizens by the year 2030”. The Vision has been developed through an all inclusive and participatory stakeholder counseling process‚ involving Kenyans from every parts of the country. It has also benefited from suggestions by some of the leading local and international
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How Do Humans Acquire Language? Humans live in a world full of communication. Humans possess a native language that separates them from other animals. Language is developed within the first few years of a person ’s life. By the time one is a child; he can speak and understand almost as well as an adult. Children world-wide exhibit similar patterns of language acquisition even though they may be learning different languages. How humans learn even the most complicated languages has perplexed
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What is language and linguistics? It has been said that language is the very essence of what makes us human. If we are to fully understand what it means to be human‚ then‚ we must understand what language is‚ how it works‚ and how we use it. Linguistics‚ often defined as ’the scientific study of language’‚ is a broad term covering a wide range of different disciplines. The traditional ’core’ areas of the subject deal with the structure of human languages in terms of how speech sounds combine to
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verbally in particular. Language is an evolving concept for sure‚ because without the great vocabulary‚ humans would not be any different than monkeys. The ability to exchange information is shared by every communication systems‚ and a number of non-human systems share several features of human language. The primary difference between human and non-human communication is that animals are believed to act in response impulsively‚ in a stereotyped and expected way. Mostly‚ human behaviour is under
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How do humans acquire language? In 1966‚ Allen and Beatrice Gardner undertook an experiment to find out whether humans’ ability to acquire language is innate or whether it is learnt; the ‘Nature vs. Nurture’ debate. To help them understand whether it is innate or not‚ they chose an animal known for not only being intelligent‚ but also for being sociable and able to form strong bonds with human beings: the chimpanzee. They made sure to emphasise the importance of sociability when they chose their
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claim that language is uniquely human Language is one of the most important aspect in the life of all beings. We use language as a way to express are feelings and emotions‚ to communicate with each other‚ to make rules in the society and maintain the human culture. Language is not all about “speech” or “talking”‚ we cannot exclude symbols‚ gestures‚ and motions. Otherwise we would be discouraging the fact that the deaf community have a language. The idea that language is uniquely human can be supported
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Language is what makes us as humans unique; it differentiates us from primates. Generally it is acquired in childhood and is developed throughout our lives. Yet what would happen if language was not acquired in childhood? Lennberg (1967: as cited in Grimshaw‚ Adelstein‚ Bryden & MacKinnon‚ 1998).) claims that there is a critical period for when language must develop‚ (after infancy and before puberty) otherwise it will never reach its potential. Using this as a basis for the question can language
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Marine Policy 25 (2001) 71}81 China ’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf: developments‚ problems‚ and prospects Zou Keyuan* East Asian Institute‚ National University of Singapore‚ 7 Arts Link‚ Singapore 117571‚ Singapore Received 1 October 2000; accepted 29 November 2000 Abstract China promulgated its Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf in 1998 after it had rati"ed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1996. By so doing‚ China has formally
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would then be‚ not to formulate a newfound policy‚ but rather to state the newfound grounds that have been formed by the amalgamation of the multiple levels in the societal structure of each country‚ ranging from cultural bases to the implemented Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). It is thus important to state the status quo of the current island dispute and the stand of each involved country‚ this would prove to be an important reference throughout the essay‚ for the policies of the each country would
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Language is very important and diverse. Communication is necessary for every living thing‚ yet we all communicate in very different ways. The human language is by far the most complex form of communication. We are the only living thing able to speak words and understand a wide range of vocabulary. The human language has a large advantage over that of parrots and primates because of our wide vocal range and complex written language. While parrots have the ability to mimic human words ‚they have no
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