English Language English is an Anglo-Frisian language brought to Britain in the 5th Century AD by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwest Germany. The original Old English language was subsequently influenced by two successive waves of invasion. The first was by speakers of languages in the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic family‚ who colonised parts of Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries. The second wave was of the Normans in the 11th century‚ who spoke Norman (an oïl language closely
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If everyone spoke one language‚ would it lead to better international relations? There is a strong social division between people who believe that it would be better to have one single language all over the world and other who defend that diversification of languages is not an obstacle to have good international relations. However‚ it is a waste of time to discuss about which option would be the most efficient because the first opinion is very improbable to happen. On the one hand‚ advocates
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How Language Empowers People Language is major transmission medium and information storage in people’s social life. The most important function of a language is the communication function‚ i.e. function of information transfer or thoughts exchange. The ways of expression of information can be various: written‚ oral and even non-verbal as mimicry‚ gestures‚ and etc. The main part of information circulating in society exists in the language form. That’s why the lack of knowledge or disability to
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Reflection Paper “Language Barrier” Communication traditionally plays an extremely important part in the life of people. Nowadays‚ the importance of effective communication has increase consistently due to the progress of technologies and rapid development of international cooperation. The issue of language barriers is particularly critical during intercultural service encounters. Intercultural service encounters‚ where the customer and the service provider are from different cultures‚ is very
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the English Language. [Youth Radio]. Available from: http://www.youthradio.org/news/is-texing-ruining-english-language [accessed 4 June 2010] Author‚ A. N.‚ untitled. [accessed 7 June 2010]. Christopher Dawson‚ 2007. Text messaging and the death of the English language. [Zdnet]. Available from: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/text-messaging-and-the-death-of-the-english-language/1021
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literature review will investigate The Language Death in Australia. Language death is an important issue in global society and a serious problem throughout the world. In recent years‚ this issue is raising more stronger‚ Australia is a nation which is facing language death‚ Australia is the most rapid loss of languages of any country in the world‚ the proof is that most of 300 languages are no longer spoken and are in extinction this is seen as dangerous in languages of Australia (Nettle & Romaine 2000:
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ﻛﺎرﺷﻨﺎﺳﻲ و ﻛﺎرﺷﻨﺎﺳﻲ ارﺷﺪ و ﻛﺎرﺷﻨﺎﺳﻲ ﻧﺎﭘﻴﻮﺳﺘﻪ :( ) : ﺗﺸﺮﻳﺤﻲ : ﺳﺮي ﺳﻮال : زﻣﺎن آزﻣﻮن )دﻗﻴﻘﻪ( : ﺗﺴﺘﻲ : ﺗﺸﺮﻳﺤﻲ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ : ﺗﻌﺪاد ﺳﻮاﻻت : ﺗﺴﺘﻲ : ﻋﻨــﻮان درس : رﺷﺘﻪ ﺗﺤﺼﻴﻠﻲ/ﻛﺪ درس 1- All the following terms show implying something which is not said‚or an additional conveyed meaning‚ Except--------. 1. Direct speech act 2. Indirect speech act 3. Implicature 4. Inference 2- Which of the following is not considered as a cohesive tie? 1. Act of
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Figurative Language versus Literal Language Sharon D. Dove Strayer University October 29‚ 2012 Author Note We use language to communicate with each other regardless of where we live in this world. We can either speak or write literally or figuratively. In literal language we say or write exactly what we mean while in figurative language our meaning is less obvious. In the following pages we will look at some of the figurative language adopted by the English language. For each term I
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LANGUAGE NOTES Language -- how we combine spoken‚ written words as we think and communicate Structure a. Phonemes – smallest distinctive sound unit b. Morphemes – smallest unit that carries meaning c. Grammar – a system of rules that allows us to understand one another i. Semantics – the study of meaning in language ii. Syntax – a set of rules for combining words in a sentence Development d. Babbling stage
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