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    Language as a social phenomenon. To be able to interpret linguistic phenomena it is important to state‚ that language is a product of society. According to Rossi-Landi‚ human appears when he overcomes the aim of satisfying immediate needs‚ i.e. start producing behavior instead of responding. Human results from the labour of man himself [Rossi-Landi 1983‚ p. 35-37; 1975‚ p. 31-69]. Thus‚ language is a result of human activity. Language vs Speech Saussure also separated language from speech‚ which

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    Figurative Language

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    Figurative and literal language is different methods used in conveying and analyzing language. Literal language refers to words that do not differ from their original definition. Figurative language refers to words or groups of words that exaggerate the meanings of the words. Figurative language is not used literally but instead involves similarities to concepts or other contexts; which results in a figure of speech. For example‚ “it’s raining hard outside” is literal and “it’s raining cats and

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    Death of Language

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    The Death of Language LNG 310 Sounds of Language The Death of Language As time moves past us‚ many things go through change. Language is always changing and taking on new forms. There are more than 7‚000 languages spoken in this world but by 2100 more than half of those languages may vanish (National Geographic‚ n.d.). Many areas around the globe have been labeled as Language Hotspots. In these hotspots‚ languages are near extinction. There are a few Language Hotspots in the United States

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    Importance of Language

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    The Importance of Language The language is very important in any culture. A language does far more than just enable people to communicate with each other. The language of one country is different from the other country and it tells the features of the country which distinguish it from one company to another.  Languages shape the way people perceive the world and it also provides help to define culture of any society. There are countries in which more than one language is spoken; you will find

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    Language Diversity

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    Linguistic Diversity: English Language Learners Janice Watson EDU: 639 Human Relations & Learning in the Multicultural Environment Dr. Jamie Worthington September 20‚ 2010 Linguistic Diversity (English Language Learners) English Language Learners (ELL) refers to students whose first language is not English and encompasses both students who are just beginning to learn English. Because there are so many students who enter the United States who do not speak English well or not at all‚ we

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    the lack of language

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    The Lack of Language We use language in many different ways and for many different purposes. We write‚ speak‚ and sign it. We work with language‚ play with language‚ and earn our living with language. Although using the language is one of the most common ways to establish a communication between humans‚ there might be a confusion in the receiver’s eye considering the usage of the language. Those usages which are called personal usage of language and social usage of language. Personal usage

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    The Language of Argument

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    The Language of Argument I think that there is either a six pack of Molson Golden in the fridge upstairs or a six of Sam Adams in the fridge downstairs. Informed sources tell me that there are no Molsonsleft in the house. So‚ there is a six pack of cold Sam Adams waiting for us there. Put the argument in standard form. There is either a six pack of Molson Golden in the fridge upstairs or a six of Sam Adams in the fridge downstairs. There are no Molsonsin the house. • There

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    Endangered Languages

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    “Endangered languages should be saved” Many languages are at the danger of disappearance. The reason of their extinction could be the decrease in a number of people speaking that language. A 85% of 6000 languages appear to be spoken in 25 countries (NOW 2000). Language extinction is caused by external and internal factors. Internal forces such as community’s negative behaviour to mother language‚ or simply decrease in the number of speakers are mainly derived from factors such as military‚ economic

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    Society and Language

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    ELL204/05 Society and Language (A) Four Dimensions of Sociolinguistic by Holmes (2008) Believe it or not? since the earth start until now‚ people talk ‚ people communicate for transfer their information or convey their feeling to other . Languages play an important role in this process of transfer. Every day we speak‚ but sometime we will say the same thing in different way .What makes us use the different way to speak? In fact‚ these are some factor that will cause us to change

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    CHAPTER I BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The chapter I of this research paper tackles about the introduction of the Jejemon language that covers the definition of the different basic terms related to Jejemon and the historical background of the Jejemon language‚ the significance of the study that states why and to whom this study is beneficial‚ the statement of purpose that identifies the objectives of this research study‚ the statement of the problem that consists of the problems that this study is covering

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