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    Diversity Reflection The way‚ in which I define myself‚ is through my hobbies‚ friends‚ personality‚ and attributes. I chose to disclose my past because before I used to be a bad student that would always get into trouble. The main reason why I came to a school so far away from home was so that I could start over and mature before I return home. Based on your personality it determines what type of kid you are‚ and it also helps to determine what type of people your friends are. Since I have

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    culture and language

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    against chaos; it constrains by imposing a structure on nature and by limiting the range of possible meanings created by the individual I quite agree with this oppinion by Claire Kramsch‚ especially after I have read the first 10 pages of his book Language and Culture and gained a basic understanding of his views. Accoridng ot Claire‚ "nature refers to what is born and grows organically"‚ and "culture refers ot what has been grown and groomed" (1998‚ p. 4). He took roses as an example to illusrate

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    LANGUAGE PLANNING AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Language is a typically human phenomenon. In moving from the ’natural being’ of animal existence to the ’cultural being’ of human existence‚ language plays the decisive role. Language gives a sense of identity to an individual as well as a social group and‚ in the process‚ creates multiple identities. The maintenance‚ merger‚ clash and change in identities based on and reflected in the language change has prompted linguists‚ philosophers‚ psychologists

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    Language Communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals‚ such as voice sounds‚ gestures‚ or written symbols. Such a system as used by a nation‚ people‚ or other distinct community; often contrasted with dialect. Global language A world language is a language spoken internationally which is learned by many people as a second language. A world language is not only characterized by the number of its speakers (native or second language speakers)‚ but also by its geographical

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    Pigeons And Language

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    “vrey” or words with additional letters that misspelled them. In cases like this‚ pigeons’ performance is more similar to humans than to baboons’ performance. Ultimately‚ the four pigeons learned to differentiate between 26 and 58 words. Despite the language or culture‚ the Visual Word Form Area of the brain initiates the ability to read. Since the written word was not developed until about 5‚400 years

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    D. Ferguson Professor Eng12 March 22‚ 2013 How has my experiences with language shaped my current identity? I have always defined myself as a West Indian woman‚ an Island girl‚ the way I speak‚ the way I dress‚ to me that is my identity‚ this is who I am. I have never thought of it like this before‚ that my language would determine my cultural identity. Language plays a crucial role in personal identity. My first memories began when I was four‚ I can remember hearing my great grandmothers’

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    Value of a Language Words and language are a major aspect in a person’s life. Language is how information is communicated and transferred‚ and it has a major impact on how things are perceived. A common issue with language is that it is easily misused. Propaganda‚ errors and tricks are seen everyday‚ but they go unnoticed. Language is sometimes falsified in order to entice society. Often times the subject at hand is not what it seems. The abuse of the English language is most often seen in politics

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    Asia Country Official and national Languages Other spoken Languages   Afghanistan Pashto (Pashtu‚ Pushtu) an Eastern Iranian language‚ it is the native language of the Pashtun people. Dari Persian (Fārsī-ye Darī) also known as Afghan Persian. other Turkic and minor languages. Armenia Armenian (Hayeren) is an independent‚ one-language subgroup within the Indo-European language family. The unique Armenian alphabet‚ which consists of 39 characters‚ was created in 405 AD by a monk named

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    Often described as the expression of culture‚ language is essential for communication. At present‚ one of the most common primary languages in the world is French. While there are certainly many more varieties of French‚ Quebec French and France French are among the leading examples. This paper is meant to highlight the differences between these two French dialects. The major difference between Quebec French and French in France lies in the vocabulary. First‚ there is a presence of words in each

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    any language means a contraction‚ reduction and impoverishment of the sum total of the reservoir of human thought and knowledge as expressible through language. To what extent do you agree with this? As globalization takes place‚ languages spoken by the majority became lingua franca of different regions. English for example as its most widely spread across the entire world‚ is spoken by 360 to 400 million as their first language and 470 million to more than 1 billion as their second language. It

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