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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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    Sexism in Language

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    Sexism in Language By Alberto García Acosta General Linguistics Ruth Elizabeth Delgado Carrillo Introduction Let’s begin by defining the word sexism: “Prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination‚ typically against women‚ on the basis of sex”. So‚ as we can see from the definition‚ even though sexist attitudes can be directed towards both a male person and a female person‚ they are usually inflicted upon the female gender. Sexist language‚ therefore‚ refers to a certain way of

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    Vernacular Language

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    Vernacular Language Vernacular language is the native language of a specific population during the Middle Ages. Latin and French were the most commonly used for literature. The general population did not have the ability to read or write. Mainly‚ the only people who learned how to read and write were the wealthy and upper class citizens. Eventually the general population learned to read and write using their own language or in other words vernacular. Origins Most of the vernacular languages branched

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    speech and language

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    Unit 14 Support children’s speech‚ language and Communication -T/600/9789 4 credits Outcome 1 Understand the importance of speech‚ language and communication for children’s overall development 1.1 explain each of the terms: e) speech f) language g) communication h) speech‚ language and communication needs 1.2 explain how speech‚ language and communication skills support each of the following areas in children’s development: a) learning b) emotional c) behaviour d) social 1

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    Essay on Language

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    Value of Language I was talking with a friend of mine about a year ago‚ about what humanity has done and is capable of doing. During this discussion‚ we came to the conclusion that language was one of the most impressive feats of humanity. My friend said that language really is just a bunch of sophisticated grunts‚ and I have to say I agree with him. There are thousands of languages in the world‚ and multiple dialects to each language. I have always felt that wasting potential was one of the worst

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    french language

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    honest‚ French is the official‚ social and literary language of the France‚ Monaco and Luxemburg. Actually‚ French is widely used in Europe‚ even in Canada‚ French and English are in the equal status‚ which is distributed in Quebec province. At the same time‚ French has various dialects. Only in this way can the language show its specialties. Well‚ how much do you know about the history of the French language? To tell you the truth‚ the French language was developed from the Latin of the Roman Empire

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    Language Barriers

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    Language Barriers Families tend to move to the United States looking for better job opportunities or simply for a better life for their children. Families want to Americanize and fit into the crowd as soon as possible so they cannot be judged or discriminated. They struggle to make their new home and adopted language their primary language without over thinking all the culture that will be lost in the process. Families adopt a new culture‚ language and state of mind‚ which helps them to be accepted

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    Abusive Language...

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    What should she do? Ignore the bad language? Give Tommy a warning? Put Tommy in timeout? On a more philosophical level‚ Ms. Smith wonders if calling another child a "poop head" is really all that bad. After all‚ there are much worse words that Tommy could have used.Language values clearly vary from one community to another. Language values are also influenced by social and economic forces. Parents in religious communities may want more restriction on profane language than parents from non-religious

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    The Kazakh Language

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    demonstrates an overall language situation in Kazakhstan which reflects on a national building of the presently independent country. At first‚ it analyses a historical background on a foundation of the Kazakh language starting from a the Soviet Union period to the language problem since the time of early independence. The investigation conducted in this paper explains main reasons of weak language community as well as policy-making decisions and directions to the further language development. The examination

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    Body Language

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    Abstract This research examines how men and women communicate using body language and why does it matter. Studies from various psychological and medical centers have shown that your body moves can tell more about someone than the words he or she speaks. People never realize the movements they make and how the people around him or her would interpret those moves. Lately‚ body language has been a topic very important psychologically and how it affects somebody emotionally and in other areas. Through

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