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    1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG PHAN TH THU TH Y AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENGLISH - VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION OF EUPHEMISM Subject Area : The English Language Code : 60.22.15 M.A. THESIS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Supervisor: TR N ĐÌNH NGUYÊN‚ M.A. DANANG - 2011 i DECLARATION Except where reference is made in the text of the thesis‚ this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a thesis by which I have qualified

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    warfare‚ and loss of ethnic identity as unfortunate by-products. The Xicano (Chicano) was able to evolve and retain their cultural identity and ethnicity by creating a border dialect or language (a Patois) which supports the view of the essayist Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” This dialect is viewed as sub-cultured jargon in their homeland (Mexico) where Standard Mexican Spanish is spoken and the Working Class English is demanded by their adopted host north of the border‚ America. Ultimately

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    Military Linguistics is a non-standard form of English because the terminology uses acronyms and idioms only understood by military personnel and not regular civilians. An example of this English can be found from the film Full Metal Jacket with Gunnery Sergeant Hartman waking up the recruits on Sunday morning in Military-Talk: “Reveille! Reveille

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    of the first novels to utilize dialect for the entirety of the piece‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn informs readers of the education level and language in the South during the late 1870s. While some argue that this novel is racist or has an extensive plot that seems to be filling pages‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a piece of American literature that has authentically set the stage for all future writings to come through

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    yet. For those people who are in the criminology field‚ or a cop‚ or even only taken a few courses‚ will soon realize that you have already learned the language in your field. When people who specialize in a certain field start using their “slang” or jargon‚ they find that many people do not understand a word you are saying. How will knowing researchese help someone that is in the criminology field? I think it will help in many ways

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    All Wars Are The Same War evokes many different emotions for some soldiers. Some are drafted and demanded to serve‚ others volunteer their lives for the sake of not being titled as cowards. Some get to fight another day‚ some don’t‚ others get captured and become prisoners or hostages. But one thing is certain‚ for those who have experienced war know first hand that it has the power to change you as a person. In the short stories “Guests of the Nation“ and “The Things They Carried‚” authors Frank

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    Function word Function words (or grammatical words or synsemantic words or structure-class words) are words that have little lexical meaning or have ambiguous meaning‚ but instead serve to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence‚ or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker. They signal the structural relationships that words have to one another and are the glue that holds sentences together. Thus‚ they serve as important elements to the structures of sentences. [1] Consider

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    Unit 1: promoting communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate. As a care assistant effective communication is a vital skill in the workplace‚ on an everyday basis. I use all of these below to help promote and ensure the wellbeing of all service users and my colleagues. People communicate to: ➢ express needs and wishes ➢ Share ideas‚ information and knowledge ➢ reassurance

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    Communication Studies Study Sheet Module 1: Gathering and processing Q: What is Communication? A: The process that involves the transfer of information‚ whether it be facts‚ wishes‚ etc. from the sender‚ through a channel or medium to the receiver in the most effective way possible in order to achieve feedback. Q: What are the elements of Communication? A: Communicator Message Receiver

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    In this essay an analysis will be made to show how both power and authority play an important role in speech. The clip I am using takes place in an English classroom‚ with a battle of power and authority taking place between a student‚ Lauren Cooper‚ and a teacher‚ Mr Logan. In this clip Mr Logan begins with the most authority because he is a teacher‚ but from the first question Lauren asks‚ “Are you English‚ Sir?” it is clear that she is trying to stir him from his position of authority. She asks

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