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    Animals and Language

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    communication system. We all share the art of language in one form or another. Some scientists say that language is what sets humans apart from every other species. Other researchers wonder if animals can learn the human language. What sets us apart from animals? What set us apart are the rules and grammars that we human have‚ which makes it not possible for animals to learn the human language. Another factor that contributes to why animals cannot learn human language or why people believe they do is due

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    The Language of Poetry

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    The Language of Poetry This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge INTERTEXT series is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on poetry. Written in a clear‚ user-friendly style by an experienced writer and practising teacher‚ it links practical activities with examples of texts. These are followed by commentaries and suggestions for research. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook‚ Working with Texts:

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    Power of Language

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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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    Programming Language

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    A language translator is a program which translates programs from source language into an equivalent program in an object language. Keywords and phrases:source-language‚ object-language‚ syntax-directed‚ compiler‚ assembler‚ linker‚ loader‚ parser‚ scanner‚ top-down‚ bottom-up‚ context-free grammar‚ regular expressions A computer constructed from actual physical devices is termed an actual computer or hardware computer. From the programming point of view‚ it is the instruction set of the hardware

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    Religious language

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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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    spoken language

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    The student’s data Transcript between my friend (S) and me (E) E: uhhm (3) well (1) I’m looking *forward+ (filler – first of many – um‚well‚ like!) S: *what (.) maybe+ (2) don’t turn away when you’re talking (2) E: Whaju-mean? S: (1) well (.) yeah ‘cause it won’t pick up your voice (.) *so easily+ E: *oh OK (.)+ yeah (2) well it’s just hard to (3) um (.) I’m just gonna put thee (.) um (.) piece of paper over it (write about ‘thee’ – filler) S: Oh I wouldn’t do that (.) cause it

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    Ambiguous Language

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    Ambiguous Language “Natural vernaculars contain a variety of "logical operators" which interact with each other to give rise to different types of ambiguity” (Hurum 1988). Ambiguous language refers to language that may have conflicting or totally separate meanings that can sometimes be confusing. Ambiguities in language often go unnoticed mainly because of the words that surround them giving them their proper meaning. In the English language there are so many that they cannot even be counted.

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    Language and Gender

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    Language and Gender What evidence is there to show that men and women behave very differently in conversation? How do linguists account for these differences? Language is a tool that is believed to be unique to the human species. It is believed that on earth we are the only species to have developed the capacity to utilise language as a tool. It is considered to be the most powerful tool that we as modern humans have in our arsenal as it allows us to pass on our knowledge from one generation

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    With detailed reference to Text H and to relevant ideas from language study‚ explore how written language is used to assert power Text H is a poster which displays the rules and information to students taking or entering an exam. It also is for the use of the invigilators‚ to inform them of the rules as well as the candidates. This poster will be shown right across the country to students preparing to take an exam. This is done to make sure there is regularity and equality everywhere‚ so that

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    Programming Languages

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    Programming Languages Development Programming languages are vocabulary and set of grammatical rules for instructing a computer to perform specific tasks (Online). These languages have developed over a period of time and they were developed for specific purposes which other languages could not full fill. ADA Gasperani (2012:2) postulates that the US Department of Defense was the sponsor of Ada’s design in the 70s and was behind its adoption in the 80s. He further explains that this was developed

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