a) the investigation of special language means which secure the desirable effect of the utterance(stylistics devices and expressive means) b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. (functional styles) Functional styles discusses such general linguistic issues as oral and written varieties of language‚ the notion of the literary (standard) language‚ the constituents of texts larger
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The importance of language Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” (385-391) makes us aware of our use of language in daily life. In her essay Amy Tan describes how all of the English’s that she grew up with‚ normal English and "mother tongue" English‚ has molded her first view of life. I strongly agree and can definitely relate to Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” (385-391) inferences to language‚ as I also have smart parent’s who are immigrants and am their main source of communication with people who don’t take
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the goals are to understand how people acquire language‚ how people use language to speak and understand one another‚ and how language is represented and processed in the brain. Psycholinguistics is primarily a sub-discipline of psychology and linguistics‚ but it is also related to developmental psychology‚ cognitive psychology‚ neurolinguistics‚ and speech science (Fernandez: 2011). Ø Psycholinguistics examines the psychology of language; psycholinguistics is the name given to the study
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Sexism in Language By Alberto García Acosta General Linguistics Ruth Elizabeth Delgado Carrillo Introduction Let’s begin by defining the word sexism: “Prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination‚ typically against women‚ on the basis of sex”. So‚ as we can see from the definition‚ even though sexist attitudes can be directed towards both a male person and a female person‚ they are usually inflicted upon the female gender. Sexist language‚ therefore‚ refers to a certain way of
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great deal more frequent‚ without translating or aligning the spelling to traditional norms. The large number of notorious occasion is the insertion of the word email or e-mail for Spanish users instead of the more literal interpretation in the same language and this really is used only in Spain where Anglo words have not been adopted as part of their vocabulary. All of these differences really are evident in recently adopted industry terms. In Latina America they communicate differently‚ using common
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Politics and Language in Vietnam George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language” written in 1946 discusses how language can be used to obscure what one is saying. Orwell states that language can be snow obscuring details (2). He talks of how politicians use this to their advantage when trying to win the public’s opinion. Some twenty years this is exemplified by the US’s involvement in Veitnam. The famous statement “We had to destroy the village in order to save” is what Orwell was describing
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Tamil /ˈtæmɪl/[8] (தமிழ்‚ tamiḻ‚ [t̪ɐmɨɻ] ?) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of South India and North-east Sri Lanka. It has official status in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu‚ Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tamil is also a national language of Sri Lanka[9] and an official language of Singapore[10] It is legalized as one of the languages of medium of education inMalaysia along with English‚ Malay and Mandarin.[7][11] It is also chiefly spoken in the states of Kerala‚ Karnataka‚ Andhra
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Owning a car has several advantages and disadvantages. To be owner of a method of transportation gives you freedom but sometimes it cost too much. On one hand owning a car‚ there is the opportunity to be totally free‚ to have a high degree of flexibility. When I was a freshman I used to go to the College by tube. More than often classes were postponed late in the evening‚ when subway was closed. In these cases I had to sleep to some friends of mine because I have no way to come back home. During
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Reinat First semester 2012-2013 Languages in Ghana Introduction There have been linguistic studies prepared in order to understand the functions of multilingual countries. Ghana‚ being one of these multilingual countries‚ is very complex and complicated with many linguistic intricacies. It is also a highly multilingual country‚ with approximately fifty intelligible languages. Since the country is culturally and linguistically divided into two parts‚ Ghanaian languages are also divided into two subfamilies:
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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 be
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