Language and Identity Language and identity can be two sides of the same coin in my opinion. A language identifies a certain group or place just like a flag represents a country‚ but this is not always true. If we were to look at the English language for example‚ it is a universal language that most people in the world practice either as their first language or as their second or third. The people who do speak English as their first language have a certain identity related to the language;
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Recently a short blog was writen about language inflation that ultimately creates devaluation in meaning. Today‚ popular expressions like epic and brilliant are used to express a more modest meaning than their traditional uses. Brilliant actually means clever‚ and epic actually means surprising. The author explains‚ “Such is our need to imbue our words with force and significance‚ that we use hyperbole to entice people to pay attention – and the hyperbolic terms gradually normalise.” The same
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In our society‚ words and what order those words fall in contribute to their meaning. That’s why it is very important to use words in the correct grammatical order‚ correct context and exact language. The power of words affects our senses‚ thinking‚ feelings creativity and the way we think. It is imperative that we must understand the phrases and meanings of words before they can properly be used. When language is shaped properly‚ it will assimilate into a culture. Since the English language is rich
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Language and Thought No one would disagree with the claim that language and thought interact in many significant ways. There is great disagreement‚ however‚ about the proposition that each specific language has its own influence on the thought and action of its speakers. On the one hand‚ anyone who has learned more than one language is struck by the many ways in which languages differ from one another. But on the other hand‚ we expect human beings everywhere to have similar ways of experiencing
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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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LANGUAGE USE IN THAILAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO THE CASE OF BHUTAN Namgay Thinley March 2002 CONTENTS ABSTRACT iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ____________________________________________________________ ________ 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the problem Purpose of the study 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2 Introduction Background information on language use in Thailand Language situation Standard Thai The present status of Thai Background information on language use in Bhutan Language situation
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could turn to are dying off of the face of the earth. Thus the global trend of language loss is an issue incredibly worthy of long overdue attention; it may in fact be our last meaningful alternative to rescue the plight of humanity’s survival. As a repository of knowledge‚ an expression of culture‚ and a symbolic embodiment of a way of life‚ the loss of a language speaks for itself. Although some Aboriginal languages are on the brink of extinction in Canada‚ regrettably‚ not many people are listening
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What should she do? Ignore the bad language? Give Tommy a warning? Put Tommy in timeout? On a more philosophical level‚ Ms. Smith wonders if calling another child a "poop head" is really all that bad. After all‚ there are much worse words that Tommy could have used.Language values clearly vary from one community to another. Language values are also influenced by social and economic forces. Parents in religious communities may want more restriction on profane language than parents from non-religious
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example) tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society." For most who live in first-world countries‚ it is impossible to go through a given day without being inundated with messages through media. Marshall McLuhan argued in his seminal research that "The medium is the message‚" and examining the values that are propagated through media is an important one with implications for how societal values are formed. Does media create or reflect the values of a society? My thoughts are that it does
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Indian life and thought. Some see India’s caste system as the defining feature of Indian culture and some have dismissed it as a colonial artefact. Since the days of the British rule‚ both historians and anthropologists referred to India as a ‘caste society’. Obviously this is an overstatement of the importance of caste. But for many leading personalities‚ caste was‚ and is‚ a real force in Indian life. As explained by experts in the field such as Dr Susan Bayly‚ caste is not the essence of Indian culture
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