ISSN 1923-0176 [Print] ISSN 1923-0184 [Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org Studies in Sociology of Science Vol. 4‚ No. 4‚ 2013‚ pp. 45-48 DOI:10.3968/j.sss.1923018420130404.C613 Euphemism From Sociolinguistics Perspective CHI Ren[a]‚*; HAO Yu[a] [a] * acknowledged that in every language‚ there are a certain amount of euphemisms. Euphemisms are used in place of some sensitive‚ unpleasant‚ disturbing and taboo topics. Enright stated “A language without euphemisms would
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Observer’s paradox has been regarded as one of the obstacles present in gaining a valid account of variation among the subjects of sociolinguistics studies. It is a condition where informants’ behaviour or speech style is affected by the presence or intervention of the observer conducting the interview. For the first half of the essay‚ I’ll discuss the reasons why Observer’s Paradox might be present during the observation of field works which includes main theories by Labov (1972)‚ Bell (1984) and
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Mass media in Algeria: a historical account - Several problems face the researchers in this domain • Lack of documents. • Absence of archives & materials. According to a researcher “the first difficulty that we encountered in our research was the documents and the newspapers collections. The complaints about this problem by the interested researchers are unanimous. The newspaper collections are dispersed‚ incomplete or do not exist at all‚ most of the time there are no archives
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Vernacular schools in Malaysia can be traced as far back as 55 years. They form an integral part of the historical and cultural identity of this country (Centre for Public Policy Studies‚ 2012). Vernacular schools have a role to play to ensure “cultural heritage is preserved through the generations…the Chinese and Tamil languages in these schools don’t just function as a medium of instruction…and also provide a link to the community’s cultural heritage” (Centre for Public Policy Studies‚ 2012). The
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linguistics: 1. comparative; 2. history of linguistics (historical); 3. etymology. Synchronic linguistics: 1. descriptive (phonetics and phonology; grammar; morphology; syntax; semantics; pragmatics) 2. psycholinguistics; 3. sociolinguistics; 4. stylistics and rhetoric; 5. contrastive linguistics; 6. lexicography … Applied linguistics is an inter- and multi disciplinary science. Interdisciplinary means that it lies b/w 2 science sub-branches. E.g. psychology + linguistics
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Transcending Sociolinguistics: Language‚ Caste and Power in India Sociolinguistics and the Language Problem in India Though there has been a long tradition of studying and interpreting language in India‚ most of these studies are in descriptive‚ technical or structural mode. For long‚ language has been seen as a non-political or apolitical phenomenon and its study has remained restricted to its structure. India also has a long tradition in the study of language
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Another country that was affected by imperialistic and colonialist problems was that of Algeria. “In July 1962‚ the Algerians evicted the French. The FLN came to power‚ and one of its founders‚ Ahmed Ben Bella‚ became the nation’s president.” Prior to the eviction of the French by the Algerians they had endured years of brutal force and massacres. “In 1945‚ meanwhile‚ the French paratroopers and air force used brutal force to disband the anticolonial Algerian Amis du Manifeste et la Liberte (Friends
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INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS VARIATION WITHIN NEW ENGLISHES NINA DIANI WIDOWATI 2250408011 RENI RACMAWATI 2250408018 LILIK ANANTARI 2250408042 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SEMARANG VARIATION WITHIN NEW ENGLISHES Introduction Under colonization‚ large numbers of people were able to neither to maintain their ancestral languages nor to shift to the colonial language. Instead they created new languages (pidgins and creoles)
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Test to Chapter Five and Six of Sociolinguistic 1. What is the stating point or base for Sociolinguistic study? Sociolingustic study is the base for people to use language in a social norm‚ and because of language‚ they (people) can interact and communicate with each other. From this point of view‚ we can see that the starting point for Sociolingustic study are language‚ people‚ social norm‚ interaction and communication. 2. Why it is said that language is both an individual possession
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one or more areas of difference and discuss the evidence provided and possible reasons for the differences found. • Discuss the various reasons put forward by sociolinguistics to explain why a child who does not speak the standard language may be less successful at school than one who does. How can an understanding of the sociolinguistics prove useful to a foreign language teacher? • Language determines the way we perceive the world and consequently our behaviour.
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