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    Common language

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    multicultural people we got used to hear different languages everyday‚ which brings up the questions if a country should be bilingual or have common language to unify. Charles Krauthammer essay “Let’s make it official” claims that we need a common language to be unified culture. A country is diverse in different culture but could be unified in language. It is necessary to understand what nationhood is‚ so that you the reader realize that a national language does not alter a nation. It binds the nation

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    Is Language an Instinct

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    Is language an instinct? Before discussing this question‚ the definition or area of language should be considered first. Many introductions to the study of language‚ linguistics‚ avoid giving a definition‚ or consider it to be so obvious that it does not need to be defined (Harley‚ 1995). According to Gleason and Ratner (1998)‚ one of the properties attributed to language is that it is a uniquely human behaviour. Pinker (1994:334) points out that: nonhuman communication systems are based

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    Disappearing Languages

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    3. DISAPPEARING LANGUAGES: Many languages are disappearing every year. Is this is a bad thing or could have fewer languages help bring people together. Globalization and liberalization made the world to shrink into the size of a village. Unfortunately‚ this means that smaller languages are in danger of extinction. Some people fear the loss of cultural identity‚ while others believe that the world with less language is better. In a 4-paragraph essay‚ explain why you feel that we should or should not

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    Language and Identity

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    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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    Mayans and Aztecs

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    Maya culture is defined by the boundaries within which Maya was spoken in pre-Hispanic times. This culture is still alive today with approximately "6 million speakers of nearly 30 extant Maya languages" inhabiting large portions of the Maya Regions. The Classic Period (A.D 300-900) was a time of Maya control over many territories. Among those were Honduras and El Salvador through to Guatemala and Belize and north to Yucatán and southern Mexico. This period was open to new an extraordinary and

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    Organizational Language

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    Organizational Language A human language is a kind of code. It functions on the basis of words which is unique verbal symbols which correspond to all the objects or ideas which the speakers of that language need to communicate to one another. It also has rules‚ followed habitually by its speakers‚ for linking the words of the language together. Languages in the sense in which we understand them have developed as the common means of communication of large groups of people who habitually communicate

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    english language

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    socioeconomic status‚ which in the business industry is crucial. Variations in language therefore cause many social attitudes to arise and be utilised to discriminate others just on the way we speak which is what is occurring in the business world at the moment. Firms tend to hire people who speak in the same expected manner since ‘it is all about hiring ‘people like us’’‚ which further outlines one of the functions of language to separate ‘us’ from ‘them’ COURSE RELEVANCE: #accents #social attitudes

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    Language Development

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    Importance of Knowing Language LaShawnda Henson ECE: 303 Language Development in Young Children Marya Perez January 17‚ 2011 Importance of Knowing Language Language both oral and written is of utmost importance to human kind. Language is how one communicates‚ and understands the world. If children are going to lean and communicate in society their development of a wide range of language competencies are essential to guarantee their success in a mixture of settings in their everyday

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    Language and Thought

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    Relating Thoughts to Language Language is defined to be words that are used in a structured way so that it could be used as a way of communication between people. It can be spoken‚ written or even understood through body gestures. Thoughts on the other hand‚ are the things that runs in a person’s mind. Our thoughts and ideas are shared with other people through language. People often use language to express what they are thinking of. Thoughts are not necessarily need to be spoken‚ they can also

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    Language Change

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    The history of English language has seen many changes due to social and cultural influences with an array of reactions from its users. English has changed due to the ever emerging technologies and the need use them as efficiently as possible. The views and values of its users have a huge impact on the direction language takes in the way it changes and develops. Although there are many people who accept and embrace the changes in language‚ there are just as many people whom believe otherwise. People’s

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