Paper downloaded from www.wcaanet.org/events/webinar as part of the EASA / ABA / AAA / CASCA webinar 2013 Political Economies of Language: Power‚ Epistemology and the Representation of Research by Alexandra Jaffe Both sets of questions raised in this virtual seminar make the important point that the political economy involved in how we conduct‚ and then represent our ethnographic practice has both linguistic and epistemological dimensions. With this in mind‚ I take a critical look at linguistic
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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 about this topic
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Sign Language 1 [The speaker begins by using Signed English to express the words‚ “You are my friend.”] Do you know what I just told you? The message I communicated probably escaped most of you. Communication through hand motions is something we do all the time without even thinking about it. For most of us‚ it’s a supplement to spoken language. But for many deaf and hearing-impaired people‚ sign language isn’t just a supplement‚ it’s a primary mode of communication. 2 I’m not an expert in
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piece of paper over it (write about ‘thee’ – filler) S: Oh I wouldn’t do that (.) cause it might block the microphone E: (1) oh (2) S: OK just forget [about it] E: [alright OK] erm (1) are we gonna include this in the transcript? (informal) S:No we only need (.) like a tiny bit for the transcript so [we can] E: *so we can+ (.) just (1) just talk about (1) talkin’ about (2) (sigh laugh) the transcript (repetition – false starts) S: Let’s talk about the transcript! E: or we (.)
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problem of religious language Religious language is the communication ideas about God‚ faith‚ belief and practise. The problem with the communication of these ideas is that behind the words used are concepts. Individuals have different understandings of the concepts and this might result in differences of interpretation and meaning. Some philosophers argue that religious language is used in different ways from everyday language. Cognitive: when applied to religious language‚ this communicates knowledge
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1. Language ( what is language ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language Linguistic : http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c661/ling_k.html Knowledge of sound system (phonetic & pholology) ….....................word ( semantics and syntacitc) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics (explaination of linguistic) http://www.speech-therapy-information-and-resources.com/linguistic-knowledge-bases.html ( linguistic based on what? Semantic-syntactic/ phonology/ phonetics ) 2. Brain
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Context Response “Storytelling” Prompt: Words have great power but they can be manipulated. “Words have enormous power. They can make us erupt into laughter or bring tears to our eyes. They can influence‚ inspire‚ manipulate and shock. They can build and destroy.” A quote from Bruna Martinuzzi (an author and educator). When we are able to fully understand and interpret the meaning of our words it can make our country stronger‚ by producing educated powerful leaders. The power of words can unite
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1: What is Language Development? Language is the communication of information through symbols arranged according to systematic rules. Speech and language are tools that humans use to share their feelings. Speech is talking‚ one way that a language can be expressed. In fact‚ language is a particular kind of system for encoding and decoding information.Language may also be expressed through writing or gestures in the case of people who have neurological disorders and may
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The Impact of Language to Us There is a famous quote that says “no man is an island”. The quote means that everyone needs a neighbour‚ a friend‚ a teacher‚ a society‚ or others that can stay by his side. But how can he stay in that society if he does not know how to communicate with others? Then isn’t it better if that man would just stay on an island alone? With this‚ we can say that it is important to communicate and we use language to communicate. Therefore‚ language can either unite or divide
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Professor Adam Fishbein is a linguist and philosopher who has an interest in learning the evolution of the human language and cognition. In the article‚ “Birds Can Tell Us a Lot about Human Language”‚ by Professor Fishbein‚ he discusses unanswered questions about how the linguistic ability in humans evolved and how our ancestor’s brains changed to enable future generations to speak. However‚ since it is hard to study the vocalizations of our human ancestors‚ many researchers looked to another choice
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