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    Concrete Language

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    was written in 1940. Langston uses a lot of concrete and descriptive language in his work. Langston Hughes’s essay “Salvation” uses detailed descriptions to impact the reader. Description is “a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species” (“description”). Authors use concrete language to influence readers. Concrete language is “based off the five senses which are hearing taste‚ sight‚ touch

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    Linguistics and Language

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    The Benefits and Downsides of Intermingling Languages While bilingualism has always been an object of interest and thorough research for scientists of various fields‚ mixing languages had been‚ until the last few decades‚ cast aside as its defective by-product. However‚ recent linguistic studies show that intermingling languages should not be considered an ill-conceived overlapping tendency that implies carelessness and a improper use of language‚ but a linguistic phenomenon with its own

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    Culture

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    India Power distance This dimension deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are not equal it expresses the attitude of the culture towards these inequalities amongst us. Power distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed in equally. India scores high on this dimension‚ 77‚ indicating an appreciation for hierarchy and a Top – Down Structure in society and Organizations

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    Political Language

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    POLITICAL LANGUAGE Language is the life blood of politics. Political power struggles‚ and the legitimisation of political policies and authorities occurs primarily through discourse and verbal representations. Power can either be exercised through coercion or what US commentator Walter Lippman termed in the 1930s the manufacture of consent. Largely unable‚ and hopefully unwilling‚ to coerce; political authorities in so called democratic polities often need to manufacture consent in order to

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    Tamil Language

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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

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    The Beauty of Language

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    Pedro Ramirez Eng 1000C-529 Prof. Peacock February 15‚ 2013 The beauty of Language The art of communication is really complicated and important to everyone on this world and what’s not better for communication but language. You may think‚ there are so many languages in this world but when you speak a certain language and the other person also speaks it‚ you expect to communicate perfectly with them‚ but this is not completely true. Even if you speak English with someone that speaks English

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    Attitudes to Language

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    COMMUNICATION STUDIES ATTITUDES TO LANGUAGE Language clearly plays a major role in all aspects of society. The most obvious is its social role of allowing people to relate to each other in all facets of their lives: to share information‚ emotions and ways of life. We use language as a means of navigating our daily lives and it plays an integral role in most of our interactions. Perhaps for this reason‚ French is regarded as an elegant and romantic language‚ while German is considered to be

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    Universal Language

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    ABSTRACT: English is a universally speaking language which is accepted as “Global lingua franca” of the people. The largest professional engineering organizations use English as their primary language. The main objective is to encourage students to actively involve in participate learning of English and to acquire Communication Skills. But most of the rural people do not able to communicate freely during Campus Interviews. In order to face those problems‚ we need more practical training

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    Culture

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    Multicultural Concerns The purpose of family therapy is to equip families with the tools needed to overcome difficulties with interpersonal relationships. The many issues the African-American culture face are more unstable and aggressive than those of other cultures. Therefore‚ without acquiring the skills needed; for instance‚ effective communication skills and problem-solving techniques‚ most African-American relationships normally end in divorce. According to a recent article published by

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    Body Language

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    Five Mistakes People Make Reading Body Language – And Five Nonverbal Signals That Send Positive Messages This is one of a series of occasional papers by The Dilenschneider Group to bring clients and friends a different perspective. We hope you find it of interest. FIVE Mistakes People Make Reading Body Language – and FIVE Nonverbal Signals that Send Positive Messages Carol Kinsey Goman‚ Ph.D. B ody language was the basis for our earliest form of communication when the split-second

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