Unit 1 Essay The present essay will make some comments about two texts chosen for the owner of this website with the intention of highlight the most important aspects of each piece of writing. The texts are the following: “A brief history” and “Language families and branches”. English Language is one of the oldest Languages in the world. To become what it is today it has been through a series of changes in the course of history. English is commonly divided into three main periods; Old English
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Jordan Kohl Professor Maryann Perna SEC1310.146 Paper Three Rough Draft 10/14/14 Languages define a culture itself and every language in the world expresses the heart and spirit of people who speak it. Languages explain the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication. Everyone has a language that they convey and pursue in everyday activities. Gloria Anzaldua‚ author of “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”‚ is a Mexican American woman who takes great pride in her culture
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Clark Farley AMST 486: Shalom Y’all Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris 08 December‚ 2010 The Relationship of Southern Jews to Blacks and the Civil Rights Movement Since the 1960’s historians and many other scholars have tried to delve into the relationship of blacks and Jews. The experiences of blacks and Jewish people have common histories of dispersion‚ bondage‚ persecution‚ and emancipation. Their relationship can be primarily recognized since the formation of the NAACP in 1909. During the
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transport and communication‚ and technology. One of the biggest reasons why the British Empire was a force for good was the spreading of the English language. In many countries in Africa and Asia‚ such as Kenya‚ Ghana and India‚ people spoke their own dialects. When the British Empire took over‚ the colonizers took this as a chance to teach the local people English. They mostly taught English in missionary schools‚
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Language is a constant. It is a component that will be forever intertwined into the fabrication of our global society. This multi-sensory means of communication‚ consists of not only the verbal and writing‚ but also touch‚ smell‚ sound‚ body‚ and gestural elements. As human beings are social animals‚ people have the instinct to communicate with others‚ to share our feelings and thoughts‚ and as a result‚ language development in each individual becomes an instinct (Pinker‚ 1994). Since language is
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popular music‚ books)‚ in education‚ and on the Internet. The final chapter looks at the future of English as a global language‚ focusing on debates about its status within the United States and the possibility of its fragmentation into regional dialects (Crystal suggests these might end up coexisting with some form of "World Standard Spoken English"). With just 150 pages to cover such a broad topic‚ superficiality is hardly avoidable. (The maps could easily have been improved on‚ however: most
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her mother did not speak perfect English‚ but the points and ideas she was trying to get across are what really were important. Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. A language can be subdivided into any number of dialects which each vary in some way from the parent English language. Mother Tongue‚ is an article based on the power of language; without standard language skills‚ one is identified as an outsider‚ often wrongly perceived and unfairly discriminated against
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Mother Tongue Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. A language can be subdivided into any number of dialects which each vary in some way from the parent English language. “Mother Tongue‚” an article based on the power of language; without standard language skills‚ one is identified as an outsider‚ often wrongly perceived and unfairly discriminated against. In the article Amy Tan describes her observation and thoughts about the use of the English language and the
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other hand‚ some people disregard it. From my prospective‚ every language is important to the human society. It might be true that some languages are not used as widely as English‚ Chinese and other popular languages. For example‚ some local dialects are used by a few hundreds of people in their tribes. Hence‚ some people think that the language itself is not important as even it goes extinct‚ it would only have impact on a minimal amount of users. However‚ it is irrational to judge whether
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Are You Down With Slang? The English language is one of the most diverse if not the most diverse language in the world. It is spoken in many countries and spoken with different dialects within those countries. Ranging from different pronunciations to completely different meanings for words. Flip-flops in America are known as thongs in Australia and tap in Britain is a faucet in America. Each country also has its own form of slang that other English speaking countries may not understand. Slang
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