Sociolinguistics Language Variation What is Sociolinguistics? What Factors Enter into Language Variation? • Language does not exist in a vacuum. • Since language is a social phenomenon it is natural to assume that the structure of a society has some impact on the language of the speakers of that society. • The study of this relationship and of other extralinguistic factors is the subfield of sociolinguistics. • We will look in this section at the ways in which languages vary internally
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EDKL102- Assessment Task 1 Essay- What is Language? What is Literacy? How are they different? Teachers must have a sound knowledge and appreciation for language and literacy to be able to make the two concepts a valuable part of a student’s curriculum. This essay will explore the importance of language and literature in a students learning and how they assist in enhancing their development. Most importantly the similarities and differences will be distinguished so that the relationship between
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Language and Identity Language and identity can be two sides of the same coin in my opinion. A language identifies a certain group or place just like a flag represents a country‚ but this is not always true. If we were to look at the English language for example‚ it is a universal language that most people in the world practice either as their first language or as their second or third. The people who do speak English as their first language have a certain identity related to the language;
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Spoken Language Language is an integral part of our society; it uses a series of systems to convey meaning‚ thus setting up a discourse community. The surrounding environment plays a major role in our language as a social practice. Language is a form of communication involving an organized system of symbols whether written‚ spoken or pictures. Language is purposeful‚ built on shared conventions‚ shaped by the context and constitutes texts of various sorts and " language is the source of human
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Grade English Politically Correct Language and Bias-Language Language is the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. It has been proved that some types of language can harm people. Bias-Language occurs with gender but can also offend groups of people based on sexual orientation ethnicity‚ political interest‚ or race. To remedy the harm‚ politically correct language was started. It’s supporting or relating
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Historical Background Of Arabic Language: Arabic language‚ with its rich heritage is considered to be one of the oldest languages in the world with a wealth of knowledge that archeologists to this day are still trying to uncover. Since the middle Ages‚ Arabic has enjoyed a universality that makes it one of the greatest languages in the world‚ along with Greek and Latin. This status shows not only the number of speakers‚ but also the place that the language has held in history‚ and the significant
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LANGUAGE AND STYLE In any language‚ different styles are appropriate in different situations: written x spoken formal - - - informal technical language (jargon) - - - slang Principles of English written style: Choose the suitable completions of the sentence: The more formal the language is‚ 1. the more it will use inanimate nouns as subjects of a sentence. 2. the more it will use verb structures (where choice is possible) 3. the less it will use passive structures 4. the more it is likely
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Research Project- Language input and learning in the Foreign Language Classroom Abstract: This article examines the differences between native and non-native English speaking teachers‚ in an Italian Primary school classroom. It uses recordings of four language classes and analyses the teachers’ lexical input‚ alongside the lexical output of the learners. It examines the types of interaction which take place‚ and the teachers’ use of the L1 comparing it to the second language acquisition theories
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a) the investigation of special language means which secure the desirable effect of the utterance(stylistics devices and expressive means) b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. (functional styles) Functional styles discusses such general linguistic issues as oral and written varieties of language‚ the notion of the literary (standard) language‚ the constituents of texts larger
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the goals are to understand how people acquire language‚ how people use language to speak and understand one another‚ and how language is represented and processed in the brain. Psycholinguistics is primarily a sub-discipline of psychology and linguistics‚ but it is also related to developmental psychology‚ cognitive psychology‚ neurolinguistics‚ and speech science (Fernandez: 2011). Ø Psycholinguistics examines the psychology of language; psycholinguistics is the name given to the study
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