(5.5 million in the GTA -‐ Greater Toronto Area) is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities in the world. Over 140 languages and dialects are spoken here‚ and just over 30 per cent of Toronto residents speak a language other than English or French at home. Toronto’s rich
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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“Alienated by Accent” The manner in which a person speaks is more than just a complex order of certain intonations and slang words‚ it is a representation of the historical‚ cultural‚ and ethnic background of an individual. Infants learn language from their parents who learned it from their parents who learned it from their parents on and on all the way to the ancient ancestors of those infants; meaning that each person carries with their words a cultural identity that is unique to them but also
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different situations and how the attitudes of other people influenced these adaptions Over the years as time passes by our language progresses and develops. People all around the world will have their own form of how they speak different dialects‚ languages or accents. Today I’m going to be exploring and evaluating the factors that affect the way my own spoken language can adapt in different situations and how the attitudes of other people influence these adaptions. In everyday life I adapt our spoken
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Some meaningless words include “romantic‚ plastic‚ values‚ human‚ dead‚ sentimental‚ natural‚ and vitality” (Paragraph 4). Some of these words are jargon words‚ meaning it might be difficult for the readers to understand‚ or they might have an abundance of meanings. Orwell presumes that political writing and speech is are much like “the defense of the indefensible” (Paragraph 8). Politics try to defend
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with: Accent Phonological Characteristics of General American English Accent – There is no discernible accent from the three characters in the commercial in the beginning. They are utilizing the standard newscaster accent that is widely accepted as the television standard of speech. Intended effect – enhances the effect of the business office setting and dress code of all three characters as professional and efficient. Phonological characteristics of Mid Atlantic/Philadelphia Accent – “How
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Literacy Tutor” Beckford- Wassink‚ A Hughes‚ G. (2006) “An Encyclopedia of Swearing: the social history of oaths‚ profanity‚ foul language and ethnic slurs in the English-speaking world” Lewis‚ A Partridge‚ (2008) “ The new Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English” Sebba‚ Mark (1997): Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles Williams‚ J. (2010) “Euro- Caribbean English Varieties: The Rutledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics around the World” Youssef‚ V [1] See Youssef (2010:52) [2] Available
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Language is a social-cultural-geographical phenomenon. There is a deep relationship between language‚ culture and society. When we study a language‚ we have to study its dialects‚ register‚ slang‚ taboo‚ idiolects‚ etc. We can find the role of language and culture in The Parent Trap movie. The movie tells us about the differences culture of 2 girls who live in London and California. They were separated when they are baby. It was because their parents divorce. One of the
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constantly and suggesting that a ‘standard’ form of English will not remain standard for long. Past experiences of oppression have allowed for society nowadays to value the freedom of speech and identity‚ which are heavily expressed through language. Dialects reflect cultural identity; sociolects reflect socioeconomic identity; idiolect reflects an individual. Groups mould English into one that is specific to themselves for a sense of belonging and exclusivity. Caucasian background English speakers‚ commonly
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Communication is a process that involves exchange of information‚ thoughts‚ ideas and emotions. Communication is a process that involves a sender who encodes and sends the message‚ which is then carried via the communication channel to the receiver where the receiver decodes the message‚ processes the information and sends an appropriate reply via the same communication channel. There are many types of communication and interpersonal communication within health and social care setting. This is interaction
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