(Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics) WARNING 1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE‚ IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”. 2. Course: Language Variation & Stylistics (5665) Level: MA TEFL Semester: Spring‚ 2012 Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40 ASSIGNMENT No. 1 (Units
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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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in majority part of fields performing a symbols pattern. Therefore what are the essential elements conducting the different between male and female? How social statue come from? The phenomenon is associated with human behavior which is including language use‚ gender difference‚ self-identity level and the diversity culture background. Though these days each people around us so much aware of the social statue and judge other by large scale reasons. There are some reason must prove that social statue
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How can people in society be normal? Ordinary is desirable‚ and anyone else is a social misfit (C.M.‚ 2013). Catharine M‚ a journalist for magazine Teen Ink‚ explains normal as “Normality is an impossible and improbable dream that we strive for all our lives. We strive for it‚ because it will give us that ego boost that we need to reassure us we fit in. Normal is perfection. Normal is the exception.” Normality is a universal struggle for society and what is “normal” changes with changing societal
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During this language study I learnt a lot about my idiolect‚ sociolect and the criticisms & stereotypes on teenager languages. In order to find out I recorded a survey and made a transcript of a conversation of mine with my friends. My mum would always remind me that I am still a Filipino. And to always respect other people especially the ones who are older than you. And that she don’t want me to adopt British teenagers attitudes-rude‚ impolite‚ arrogant bunch. She was just being stereotypical-
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Programming Languages Development Programming languages are vocabulary and set of grammatical rules for instructing a computer to perform specific tasks (Online). These languages have developed over a period of time and they were developed for specific purposes which other languages could not full fill. ADA Gasperani (2012:2) postulates that the US Department of Defense was the sponsor of Ada’s design in the 70s and was behind its adoption in the 80s. He further explains that this was developed
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Language and the brain Many people assume the physical basis of language lies in the lips‚ the tongue‚ or the ear. But deaf and mute people can also possess language fully. People who have no capacity to use their vocal cords may still be able to comprehend language and use its written forms. And human sign language‚ which is based on visible gesture rather than the creation of sound waves‚ is an infinitely creative system just like spoken forms of language. But the basis of sign language
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individuals and governments are concerned about language diversity as an increasing number of reports have demonstrated a considerable decrease in the number of languages during the last few centuries (Romaine‚ 2007). Additionally‚ the future of many languages is also dismal. As a consequence‚ whether or not to protect endangered languages is a quite controversial issue at present. This essay will discuss both advantages and disadvantages of preserving languages‚ which are quite essential for governments
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THE LANGUAGE OF HUMOUR – THE HUMOUR OF LANGUAGE IRONY AND HUMOUR IN INTERPERSONAL VERBAL ENCOUNTERS Zsuzsanna Ajtony Abstract: In this paper the problem of verbal humour and irony is approached from a sociolinguistic perspective‚ starting from the Semantic Script Theory of Humour (Raskin 1985)‚ which establishes that all humour involves a semantic-pragmatic process. Humour should be understood and appreciated shared sociocultural knowledge; a common code should exist between speaker and recipient
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Zaira Rios. Ms. A. Engl_114_686 January 31‚ 2014 Home Language In the lecture of Amy Tan‚ “Mother Tongue” is described as the way in which language develops from location in which we are raised‚ and unconsciously we adapt our language with each group we socialize with in our lives. Tan describes herself as someone who is “fascinated by language in daily life. There was a specific moment in the text that Tan realizes that she is using different “Englishes” in different social contexts. Tan
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