social prestige……………………………..……… 3 4. The department store study……………………………………………………… 4 4.1 New York City department stores represent different social environments. 5 4.2The internal stratification in New York City Department stores………..6 5.Sociolinguistic structure of (r)……………………………………………….8 6.Conclusion……………………………………………………………………...11 7.Bibliography……………………………………………………………………...12 2.Introduction Communication is a very complex process in which a person expresses a lot more than just
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migrant interacts with a new community. Consequently‚ this paper seeks to provide insight on how the relative value of linguistic resources affects one’s mobility and decisions in community interactions. Drawing on Blommaert’s study on the sociolinguistics of globalisation‚ this discussion will focus on how an individual’s linguistic repertoire is being used to one’s advantage within the community. It also highlights the changes which occur when one attempts to transfer the same linguistic repertoire
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Protests spread to Libya There has been a lot of political unrest in the past few weeks. Algeria in 1992 and now Tunisia‚ followed by Egypt and now countries in the Middle East are feeling the effect. Yemen and Bahrain are also experiencing political demonstrations. The protests now include Libya another North African country. All of these countries previously stated above‚ have many things in common‚ this is why they are often grouped together. Islam is the dominant religion‚ Arabic is widely
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Assignment On Communicative Competence Submitted by; Ijaz Hussain M.A. English 3rd Semester (Morning ) Submitted to; Sir Tanveer Ahmad Institute of Southern Punjab Multan COMPETENCE: Ability to satisfy complex demands. COMMUNICATION: Communication is commonly defined as "the interchange
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meaning * Used for daily interpersonal exchanges BICS Context Embedded Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills Canale & Swain Grammatical Competence * Lexical items * Morphology * Syntax * Semantics * Phonology Sociolinguistic Competence Strategic Competence * Sociocultural rules * Understanding social context 4 Verbal/nonverbal strategies to compensate for breakdowns due to performance variables or insufficient competence * Ability of connecting sentences
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Language policy and planning in South Africa must be seen within the context of the country ’s sociolinguistic complexity and the relationship between language and a number of serious problems in the country. South Africa ’s sociolinguistic complexity is a function of a number of factors: 1) a multiplicity of languages and cultures; 2) the overlapping demographical and geographical distribution of the country ’s major languages; and 3) the politicization of these languages and cultures due to both
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What is meant by the field of linguistics? This introductory chapter concerns some dimensions of linguistics‚ which give us a general idea of what linguistics is‚ including the history of linguistic‚ grammar‚ and other disciplines of linguistics study. What does grammar consist of and what are the relationship between one and another? How many languages do human beings have the capacity to acquire? What other studies are made in recent centuries? Each of these aspects are clearly described‚ and other
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INTRODUCTION Currently‚ Delta Petroleum is experiencing swift decline in the in its current oil production. Therefore growth and replacements is its top priority‚ with a focus on the rationalization of 5 upstream assets in different countries‚ namely: Algeria‚ Canada‚ Kazakhstan‚ Mozambique and UK North Sea. The different assets are economically analysed and a portfolio developed with an aim to ascertain the best and most profitable asset(s) affordable with the limited budget of $900M/year for five years
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ILE An Analysis of Operation Torch In the study of any operational planning there are many aspects to consider . For the sake of clarity and focus ‚ Operation Torch will be studied with an eye towards assessing its objectives ‚ the enemy ‘s center of gravity ‚ the battle ‘s decisive points ‚ and finally its culmination aspect . The following pages will described the above-cited facets of operational planning in detail .MAJ . Jennifer Marrast Host Objectives The major goals of Operation Torch was
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Camus accurately portrays his life in the novel The Stranger. The book takes place in Algeria slightly before World War II. It is a coincidence that Camus also lived in Algeria pre-World War II before he moved to France to work for the Combat Resistance Network (Ward). Meursault resides near to a coast‚ where he likes to take walks and swim for pleasure‚ similar to the author who grew up on the sunny coast of Algeria (Carey 5). The settings of both the book and the author’s life are similar. In the
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