Linguistics‚ though one of the youngest behavioral sciences‚ has a background extending over several millennia. During this period scholars with various interests have concerned themselves with language. Some of the most readable treatises on language were produced by the Greeks and Romans‚ such as Plato’s Cratylus and Quintilian’s advice to an orator. Much of our terminology was devised in the course of this earlier concern. Any of introductions to linguistic cannot‚ therefore‚ limit itself to one
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Do women talk more than men? “Women talk almost three times as much as men‚ with the average woman chalking up 20‚000 words in a day - 13‚000 more than the average man.” (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-419040/Women-talk-times-men-says-study.html) My boyfriend always tells me that I talk too much‚ and that I talk more than him. This topic got me curios‚ so I decided to find out the truth. Do women really talk more than men? I will base this essay on facts taken from internet
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analysis has emerged as a key technique in modern sociology. It has also gained a significant following in anthropology‚ biology‚ communication studies‚ economics‚ geography‚ information science‚ organizational studies‚ social psychology‚ and sociolinguistics. People have used the idea of "social network" loosely for over a century to connote complex sets of relationships between members of social systems at all scales‚ from interpersonal to international[citation needed]. In 1954‚ J. A. Barnes started
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compliments and compliment responses in the ESL classroom. Macquarie University‚ 24‚ 53-62 Heidari‚ M Holmes‚ J.‚ & Brown‚ D. (1987). Teachers and students learning about compliments. TESOL Quarterly‚ 21(3)‚ 523–546. Holmes‚J.(1992). An introduction to Sociolinguistics. New York‚ NY: Longman. Holmes‚ J (1998). Paying compliments: A sex-preferential politeness strategy. Journal of Pragmatics‚ 12‚ 445-465. Ockenden‚ M‚ Jones‚ T (1982). Around Town (Situational Conversation Practice). New York‚ Longman Inc. Oka
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Discourse in the production of classroom knowledge: Reading lessons. Curriculum Inquiry‚ 15‚ 3‚ 245-279. Heap‚ J. (1988). On task in classroom discourse. Linguistics and Education‚ 1‚ 2‚ 177-198. Hymes‚ D. (1974). The foundations of sociolinguistics: Sociolinguistic ethnography. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Kristeva‚ J. (1986). Word‚ dialogue‚ and novel. In T. Moi (ed.) The Kristeva reader. (pp. 34-61). Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Macbeth‚ Douglas (2003). Hugh Mehan’s “Learning lessons”
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Language – An Expression of Culture It is apparent from the sociolinguistic study and research of past couple of centuries that there is a fascinating and complex relationship between the language spoken by members of a social group and its culture. One commonly held belief is that the culture of a speaker is reflected in his or her speech. The accent‚ vocabulary‚ style of speaking and structure of arguments identify a speaker as a member to a certain cultural group or society. This particular notion
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CELTA – Assignment 3 Learner Profile I interviewed ******** an Iranian 31 year old female student in the Level I class. ****’s native language is Persian (Farsi). **** came to England a year ago to join her Iranian husband who has been living and working in England for the past 5 years. At present they have no children. She has only been attending class at college for a few weeks where she is also taking a class in mathematics in order to learn the correct English terminology. **** is an
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Pam: Earlham College Earlham College was created in the late 1840’s by the Religious Society of Friends‚ who are better known as the Quakers. Today‚ the college accepts students of all religious backgrounds‚ but they still provide an education that is rooted in the essential Quaker values of peace‚ respect‚ integrity and social justice. There are only approximately 1‚000 undergraduates who attend this private college every year. The urban campus of 200 acres is located in Richmond‚ Indiana.
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Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) ENGLISH – SECONDARY 1. Which of the following is NOT associated with Romanticism? a. Emphasis on the collective rather than on the individual b. Belief in the child’s superior insight c. Celebration of the nature d. Emphasis on the power of imagination 2. What feeling is expressed in this line “My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky”? A. Surprise C. Fear B. Happiness D. Anger 3. What is Chekhov’s most recognizable
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