Body Language Do you know you speak all the time? Even when you are asleep‚ your mind is occupied with thought. When you wake up in the morning‚ you are already thinking. Even your body speaks. It’s called body language. Body speak is very common‚ you hardly notice it‚ but it clues you in subliminally. In a nutshell‚ it’s how you present yourself. Facial expressions are part of body language. A smile‚ a frown‚ a look‚ a question are all part of speaking with your look. These things say if you are
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Figurative language is language that describes something by comparing it to something else. Figurative language goes beyond the literal meaning of words to describe or explain a subject. There are many types of figurative language‚ including similes‚ metaphors‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ imagery‚ personification‚ and hyperbole. Authors use figurative language to help the reader see beyond the written words on the page and to visualize what is going on in the story or poem
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Children’s language development and second language acquisition Sandra Morales Texas Woman’s University Children’s language development and second language acquisition The paper investigates how children develop their cognitive and language skills in a context that is influenced by social and biological factors. The literature review discusses the Cognitive and Social Constructivism theories and their influence on the education field. In addition the author presents how children develop
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2012 Figurative Language versus Literal Language Critical Thinking‚ Dr. Goldstein Dakita Ambush Literal Language is to write or say something in a literary work that means exactly what is said‚ For example: If I say‚ “Sit down please.” Figurative Language is writing or speech‚ for example O mean: Sit in your seat right now please. (Exactly what I said)! When thinking about figurative language versus literal language we often use misuse figurative language and may make it more difficult for other
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Pedro Ramirez Eng 1000C-529 Prof. Peacock February 15‚ 2013 The beauty of Language The art of communication is really complicated and important to everyone on this world and what’s not better for communication but language. You may think‚ there are so many languages in this world but when you speak a certain language and the other person also speaks it‚ you expect to communicate perfectly with them‚ but this is not completely true. Even if you speak English with someone that speaks English
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Reinat First semester 2012-2013 Languages in Ghana Introduction There have been linguistic studies prepared in order to understand the functions of multilingual countries. Ghana‚ being one of these multilingual countries‚ is very complex and complicated with many linguistic intricacies. It is also a highly multilingual country‚ with approximately fifty intelligible languages. Since the country is culturally and linguistically divided into two parts‚ Ghanaian languages are also divided into two subfamilies:
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help us to determine whether a language UP:23/04/2012-09:19:31 WM:23/04/2012-09:19:38 M:LG102-4-FY A:11a5 R:1101631 C:A531A08874E68F858726D2BE7C18B7DAF6AD10B9 is in a dangerous position or not‚ such as acquisition rate by the children‚ attitude of the whole community to the language and effects of other languages that can threaten the language. Moreover‚ being able to have and evaluate such factors is important in order to decide the level of endangerment of a language. Classification of endangerment
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State of Indigenous languages in Australia - 2001 by Patrick McConvell Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Nicholas Thieberger The University of Melbourne November 2001 Australia: State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series No. 2 (Natural and Cultural Heritage) Environment Australia‚ part of the Department of the Environment and Heritage © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in
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Language revitalization‚ language revival or reversing language shift is the attempt by interested parties‚ including individuals‚ cultural or community groups‚ governments‚ or political authorities‚ to reverse the decline of a language. If the decline is severe‚ the language may be endangered‚ moribund‚ or extinct. In these cases‚ the goal of language revitalization is often to recover the spoken use of the language. Although the goals of language revitalization vary by community and situation‚
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Language and Society 1. The relatedness between language and Society 1) While language is principally used to communicate meaning‚ it is also used to establish and maintain social relationships. 2) Users of the same language in a sense all speak differently. The kind of language each of them chooses to use is in part determined by his social background. Language‚ in its turn‚ reveals information about its speaker. 3) To some extent‚ language‚ especially the structure of its
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