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    talking about the different aspects of Jamie Oliver’s language and how he adapts and uses these language features in his TED speech.Jamie Oliver successfully uses many language devices in order to help him communicate with his audience. I will be looking at Oliver’s and examining how effective it is and also some features of spontaneous speech‚ which are shown in the speech.Firstly‚ I am going to look at Jamie Oliver’s planned and prepared language that he uses. Oliver has obviously taken time to adapt

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    The Power of Language Language plays an important role in communication by bringing people together and enriching their relationships. Language can also alienate those who do not speak it properly‚ or at all‚ from those who do. The essays‚ Mother Tongue‚ by Amy Tan‚ best known for her book‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ and Se Habla Espanol‚ by Tanya Barrientos‚ delve into the many powers that language holds. These essays reflect how by not speaking a language in proper form and by not speaking a language

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    The Power of Language Bob Jones 11-19-96 period 3 Mrs. Fox Of all possible human qualities‚ the one that wields the most power is the ability to use‚ understand and communicate effectively through language. A proficient use of language allows us to clearly communicate an exact idea from one person to another person or group of people. This precise science of being able to convey exactly what you want equates to the acquisition of power. An important link between

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    self-confidence. Of course this is metaphorical‚ but these metaphors capture in words our physical reactions to what is said‚ and that is the power of language. It can emotionally move and affect us as powerfully as physical actions. Unfortunately‚ however‚ we have yet to recognize and legitimize this great power in the way we should‚ and we are left to deal with language in whatever way we have learned and adopted. Bullies usually escape punishment if they abuse verbally and do not leave physical bruises

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    teacher-directed activities‚ and having snacks and lunch together. According to Janice J. Beaty (2014)‚ “spoken language is one of the important skills” (p. 197) and a child’s language acquisition begins at birth and progress through everyday life: especially‚ “Young children ages 3‚ 4‚ and 5 are just at the age when their speaking develops most rapidly” (p. 215) and they go through the four stages of Preschool Language Production‚ which are Preproduction (just listen) Transition to Production (response

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    The Power of Language Language is to power as words are to books‚ with one comes the other. The use of language correctly and fluently gives the speaker power over others; this brings about a moral obligation to use the power given correctly‚ as well as an opportunity to help others in many different ways. Malcolm X’s autobiographical essay‚ “Coming to and Awareness of Language”‚ William Lutz’s “Doublespeak”‚ and Gloria Naylor’s “Meanings of a Word” are all on the subject of language and power and

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    The Power of Language Although Susanne Langer did a study on humans and animals to show signs vs. symbols in understanding language‚ Helen Keller and Malcolm X took different paths on discovering the power of language. Langer brings up how there is a difference between symbols and signs‚ which most people consider them one in the same. For Keller she was deaf and blind from the age of 19 months‚ where she had difficulty learning how to communicate and understand language. In Malcolm X’s case‚ he

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    that language is a tool for power? How do you think that men in the past arrived to power? This is a really good question involving not also the brightness of these people‚ but also the way they could easily convince people to vote for them or to follow them. From the early ages of human history with the first tribes‚ to the actual campaign for a Presidency all around the world‚ men and woman have used their abilities as good speakers to convince people to join their cause but is language a tool

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    Power of Language "Mother Tongue"‚ written by Amy Tan‚ illustrates the idea that words are more than just words. The author separates English into two categories: English used with her family and English used in public. Through her mother’s language‚ Tan emphasizes that we are categorized by the language we use and the way we speak. Because Tan’s mother expresses her thoughts in "broken" English‚ her thoughts become imperfect. Through examples of the ignorant stockholders and doctor‚ Amy Tan

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    The Impact of Language to Us There is a famous quote that says “no man is an island”. The quote means that everyone needs a neighbour‚ a friend‚ a teacher‚ a society‚ or others that can stay by his side. But how can he stay in that society if he does not know how to communicate with others? Then isn’t it better if that man would just stay on an island alone? With this‚ we can say that it is important to communicate and we use language to communicate. Therefore‚ language can either unite or divide

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