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    of Language." (Jakobson’s terms honored over Yaguello’s) Sue Smith‚ snsmith@u.arizona.edu Yaguello‚ Marina. Language through the Looking Glass: Exploring Language and Linguistics. Trans. Marina Yaguello and Trevor Harris. Oxford: Oxford UP‚ 1998. The speech event‚ an act of verbal communication‚ brings into play 6 features‚ closely interdependent. An utterance does not necessarily/usually have only one function. CONSTITUATIVE FACTORS of a SPEECH EVENT Addresser THE FUNCTIONS of LANGUAGE PURPOSE

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    Essay on Montessori Language Language lies at the root of that transformation of the environment that we call ‘civilization’. The child’s language developments during his or her early years are freely remarkable. Describe how does the Montessori environment aid the child’s language development? What is civilization? “Civilization is a term used to describe a certain kind of development of a human society”(2). In ancient Egypt‚ writing was first discovered in the form of paintings

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    French Language

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    Opéra de Paris Université Lyon 3 21st century Buildings Viaduct de Millau (2004) Centre Pompidou - Metz (2010) Literature 16th century Francois Rabelais Gargantua et Pantagruel Ronsard Written in Anglo-Norman (old French language) ANNE FAVIER-TOWNSEND INTRODUCTION THO THE ARTS IN FRANCE 2 SELF ORIENTATION PROGRAMME JANUARY 2013 FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILISATION Literature 17th century Cyrano de Bergerac Literature 17th Century Molière Literature

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    SHAKESPEARE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Multiliteracies‚ Technologies and the Bard 1 My experience as a drama teacher in public schools and my observations on prac is that high school students in English or Drama classes find Shakespeare frustrating and alienating. And for many non-English speaking and Indigenous students‚ Shakespeare requires a cognitive leap made doubly problematic by cultural distance. In many ways‚ it’s like learning another language‚ hence the title of my investigation. I intend

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    Gender in Orlando (1992)

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    Mabel O. “Between Rooms 307: Spaces of Memory and the National Civil Rights Museum.” Sites of Memory: Perspectives on Architecture and Race. Ed. Craig Evan Barton. New York: Princeton Architectural Press‚ 2001. 13-26. Woolf‚ Virginia. Orlando: A Biography. 1928. London: The Hogarth Press‚ 1960.

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    Artifact 4 Is Language

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    Is it Language? In artifact number four my group was presented an image of “asemic art”. The image shows several variations of strokes. The image seems to be composed of circular or rounded strokes. There weren’t any strokes that seemed particularly sharp. In this image; there seems to be an element of creativity‚ which is a characteristic of language. I consider artifact four as a language because it’s creative‚ complex and redundant. However‚ there are some that would disagree because the writing

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    4 Stylistic Features of Language Speech communication employs a host of expressive means ranging from linguistic to paralinguistic and extralinguistic features. It is the natural language‚ however‚ whose systematic variation on all levels of its structure (phonology‚ morphology‚ lexicology and syntax) offers the widest possibilities of suiting its use to fit communicative functions of discourses in various contexts. Thus linguistic expressive means‚ which are systematically identified and cetegorized

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    English language analysis

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    disturbed by the argument of the couple‚ as John couldn’t understand what Allison’s actual intentions were. The author tells an anecdote in order to explain features of women’s spoken language‚ such as indirect speech‚ in more entertaining way that would capture the reader’s attention. He implements spoken language features‚ for example non standard structuring of questions “everything OK darling?” and punctuation marks “… “ which indentifies the pause of the speaker‚ so the story would be easy to

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    Halo Figurative Language

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    and she built walls to protect herself. Then she meets a guy who breaks the walls and builds her trust. This song uses a variety of figurative languages. One figurative language is “remember those walls I built‚” which is an example of an idiom because what shes saying is not taken literally. Another figurative language is “I can feel your halo‚ halo‚ halo‚” which is an example of an repetition because it repeats in the song. One more figurative

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    The Power of Language

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    The Power of Language In the text “Can English be dethroned?”‚ Roland Breton(2000) points that English is one of the most widespread use of languages in the world. He believes that the growth of economic globalization affects the use of English. In addition‚ he thinks that cultural imperialism has a great impact on “language wars”. Breton also states‚ “the best way to kill off a language is to teach another one”. I partially agree with the writer. I think that the writer makes a relevant point

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