Tues/Thurs The Indo-European Language Family The Indo-European language family includes about 150 languages and dialects spoken by about three billion people‚ including most of the major language families of Europe and western Asia. This hypothesis was first proposed by Sir William Jones‚ who noticed similarities between four of the oldest languages known in his time‚ Latin‚ Greek‚ and Sanskrit and Persian. Scholars used to call the group "Indo-Germanic languages". However‚ when it became obvious
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created from the inspiration of different film movements since the development of motion picture. In particular‚ there is one film movement that has influenced other film styles such as film noir and horror. Hidden in the shadows of the film industry‚ German Expressionism began from darkness‚ created specific film traits‚ and challenged perspectives of society. Engulfed with chaos in Europe‚ Germany had suffered a humiliating defeat. Author George Huaco‚ in his book‚ The Sociology of Film Art‚ explains
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FOCUS ON GERMAN STUDIES 69 The Poetics of Deniable Plausibility in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Die Turnstunde” DARREN ILETT ie Turnstunde”1 opens abruptly: “In der Militärschule zu Sankt Severin. Turnsaal” (W 435).2 Provided with only these two terse phrases of orientation — which replicate the harsh‚ clipped commands of the military3 — the reader is already located in the space of action. The narrative begins immediately and relates Cadet Karl Gruber’s atypical athletic performance and consequent
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My Language Map Children need language awareness to open their horizons. Exposing children to a large variety of languages is extremely important because languages play a huge part in forming a person’s identity. Children may also encounter a range of languages in everyday life‚ so it would be beneficial for children to have some awareness of other languages in addition to understanding their own mother tongue. ‘The languages and experiences they brought to the classroom were genuinely valued
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beantworte die Fragen auf Deutsch. Read the story and answer the questions in German. Ich heisse Emmanuel Berg. Meine Familie und ich sind gern draussen. Immer wenn Zeit haben‚ gehen wir Zelten in den Bergen oder an einem See. Es ist sehr wichtig‚ dass man alles bringt‚ was man zum Zelten braucht. Wenn man etwas Wichtiges vergisst‚ steht man moglicherweise vor einem grossen Problem. My name is Emmanuel Berg. My family and I like the outside. Whenever we have time‚ we go camping in the mountains
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“Language spoken in the family‚ especially in immigrant families...plays a large role in shaping the language of the child‚” (Tan). Tan uses her own opinions and personal experiences to convey the importance of family language. She explains later how family language shapes her understanding of the world around her. The main language during Amy’s childhood was her mother’s language. She did not have much influence from her peers since she was isolated for being an immigrant. Therefore‚ her mother’s
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How Family has more influence on language skills There are several ways and ideas where a child may learn their langiuage skills from. Some may say through peers or family. According to Amy Tan in ’Mother Tongue’ she talks about how she struggled in English but excelled in Math in Science. Tan believes that living in a family of immigrants with simple language skills effected her ability with English growing up. I agree with Amy Tan that our family has a greater effect in our language skills. Our
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Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje‚ the author uses figurative language in Ceylon where which the story of his family unravels. He uses figurative language to connect Ceylon to the people who live there‚ particularly his family. As the story goes on‚ Ondaatje has the climate and earth of Ceylon form who people are‚ and how they act. At the beginning of the novel‚ Ondaatje is just starting to piece together his family’s past. He starts to realize how stubborn the whole family is‚ and how that
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I won’t say that my family has an ideal relationships. Sometimes we have arguments‚ quarrels and misunderstandings as all families do‚ I think. But still I love each member of my family and happy to have them. I get on well with all the members of my family. I’m an only child in the family. Some people say that an only child in the family grows-up very selfish and spoilt‚ but I don’t at all. I take after my father. But in spite of it I’m much closer to my mother. If I have a personal problem
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I come from a Mexican family. I have four sibling‚ two older sisters‚ one younger sister and one brother. My mother and father were both born and raised in the city across the Calexico border‚ Mexicali‚ Baja California‚ Mexico. They were both raised by deeply engrained Mexican families and followed many of their culture’s traditions. Both of my parents come from very humble families and sadly‚ one of these cultural aspects of having been born into poor Mexican families was that as soon as one
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