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    Language of the Internet

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    Group Presentation Outline Group Topic: Teen Language Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the culture of teen language‚ the influence of technology as a medium. Introduction Language is a fluid‚ subjective‚ dynamic creature and the never ending evolution of our ability to communicate in unique ways is a privilege of being part of the human race. Options for communication and expanding language‚ particularly for teens have more than doubled in the last 20 years (Gross 75). Instead of

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    Language Planning

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    Language Planning: Nature and Goals 1. INTRODUCTION Using the definition of language planning from Coulmas (2005: 186) which reads thus; “Language planning involves making informed choices about language…” as a point of departure‚ this essay will attempt to firstly provide a thorough definition of the notion of language planning‚ as well as explain the relation between language planning and language policy. Secondly‚ this essay will define and discuss ideological language planning and normative

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    Culture

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    Name: Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Ngân Student’s ID: BABAUN11030 ASSIGNMENT 4 Culture video Culture is a product of human that is created and developed in the relationship between human and society. Culture influences cognition and behavior of each individual. To further clarify this issue‚ Kaiping Peng of the University of California at Berkeley and his colleague Micheal Morris of Stanford University research how people from East Asia and North America interpret behaviors differently. In this study

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    Film Language

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    Film Language The Semiotics of Cinema What is Film Language? Ways in which films tell stories and affect the viewer; the elements of filmmaking employed to tell the story in a particular way Christian Mertz’s theory: film was not a language system but a language. French film theorist Conventions Customary ways of doing things‚ rather than grammatical rules A way in which something is usually done‚ especially within a particular area or activity Example: Canadian tire money‚ where it

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    Body Language

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    they were saying "Yes" yet their heads were shaking "No"? The difference between the words people speak and our understanding of what they are saying comes from non-verbal communication‚ otherwise known as "body language." By developing your awareness of the signs and signals of body language‚ you can more easily understand other people‚ and more effectively communicate with them. There are sometimes subtle – and sometimes not so subtle – movements‚ gestures‚ facial expressions and even shifts in our

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    French Language

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    SELF ORIENTATION PROGRAMME JANUARY 2013 Introduction to the Arts in France FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILISATION A very rich cultural heritage Architecture Literature Music Painting/Sculpture Cinema Architecture From vestiges of Roman Roman amphitheatres still in use today Lyon (Fourvière) Orange buildings e.g. many 2000 years old Roman amphithéâtres still in use today To ultra modern designs such as the Centre Pompidou in Metz Cathedrals Notre Dame de

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    Slang Language

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    ANALYSIS OF THE USING SLANG LANGUAGE (BAD WORDS) IN MAKASSAR SOCIETY BY MOHAMMAD ASLAMMUDDIN (085214015) TRI WULANDARI (085214017) IHRAM CHARLY (105214017) ENGLISH LITERATURE FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STATE UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR 2012 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Language is a tool of communication. We can send information by communicate it. A communication can be a spoken language or written language. In spoken language‚ it might be a conversation. Conversation

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    Endangered Languages

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    Endangered Languages CONOR MCDONOUGH QUINN Languages that are threatened with the loss of natural generational transmission are referred to as endangered languages. Language endangerment generally occurs in the later stages of language shift‚ that is‚ when a speech community moves away from their earlier variety‚ dialect‚ or language to a new one or new set thereof (Fishman‚ 1991). While the processes of endangerment and extinction have likely been constant throughout the history of human language‚ the

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    Language Ideology

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    -249 Pragmatics 2:3.235 InternationalPragmatics Association LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY: ISSUES AND APPROACHES Kathrvn A. Woolard 1. Introduction This special issue of hagmarl ’cs derives from a day-long symposium on "l^anguage Ideology: Practice and Theory" held at the annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association in Chicago‚November 1991.1 The organizing premise of the symposiumwas that languageideologyis a mediating link between social structuresand forms of talk‚ if such static imagery

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    The Language of Publicity

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    purpose of expression. Expressed in different forms‚ the nature of art is everywhere‚ including publicity. Publicity provides culture with images that convey meaning and messages. Images are the strongest‚ most powerful aspect publicity holds. In Ways of Seeing‚ John Berger identifies the relationship between two media images‚ modern day publicity and the language of traditional oil painting. These images intend to demonstrate reality to the spectator but not a reality of the common life‚ a

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