Language as a social phenomenon. To be able to interpret linguistic phenomena it is important to state‚ that language is a product of society. According to Rossi-Landi‚ human appears when he overcomes the aim of satisfying immediate needs‚ i.e. start producing behavior instead of responding. Human results from the labour of man himself [Rossi-Landi 1983‚ p. 35-37; 1975‚ p. 31-69]. Thus‚ language is a result of human activity. Language vs Speech Saussure also separated language from speech‚ which
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Accent The ways in which words are pronounced. There will usually be pat terns in the way that consonants are pronounced (or dropped) and t he way vowel sounds are made. Accent can also vary according to the region or social class of a speaker. Context  The situation or circumstances in which speech takes place. This will impact greatly on the speech encounter and the way that speakers will vary their speech according to the recipients and the environment.  Dialect The distinctive grammar
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belonging to one language community. This government engages with the cultural‚ educational and languagerelated issues. This kind of governance has prevented a civil strife between the two different linguistic communities. Power Sharing in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka has a diverse population with 74% Sinhala speakers and 18% Tamil speakers. Among Tamils‚ 13% are called ‘Sri Lankan Tamils’ and the rest ‘Indian Tamils’. Most of the Sinhala-speaking people are Buddhist‚ while most of the Tamils are Hindus
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Introduction In the 1950s and 1960s‚ United States‚ UAE‚ Switzerland were internationally pre-eminent in economy and technology. After 30 years the economic landscape has changed considerably and indeed continues to change with amazing rapidity. Situation of strategic economic equality has come to exist in the triad regions of North America‚ Western Europe and the Pacific Rim (including India and China). India is considered as a developing country having population of more than a billion‚ second
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Agglutinative language Jump to: navigation‚ search Linguistic typology Morphological Isolating Synthetic Polysynthetic Fusional Agglutinative Morphosyntactic Alignment Accusative Ergative Split ergative Philippine Active–stative Tripartite Marked nominative Inverse marking Syntactic pivot Theta role Word order VO languages Subject–verb–object Verb–subject–object Verb–object–subject OV languages Subject–object–verb Object–subject–verb Object–verb–subject V2 word
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Language Attitude Language attitudes are the feelings people have about their own language or the language of others. Attitude towards a language can determine whether the language continues or whether it is eliminated. If a language has political and financial backing it has a good chance of surviving. If people perceive that the language can improve their social status and economic prosperity those are usually strong motivators for people to maintain or make a language shift – sometimes
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Language and the Internet By No Name Presented for Dr. English Department of English June 6th 2013 English 105 College Language and the Internet The internet is one of the most controversial yet revolutionary inventions in the world. It has spawned new media and industry but perhaps the greatest contribution the internet has given is the ability to connect to the world twenty four hours a day and seven days a week. However‚ this amazing technological feat is also regarded
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Honey-Stream Contents Preface 6 PUBLISHERS VIEW 8 READERS’ REVIEW 9 1. Introduction 10 2. Wise Old Woman 11 2.1 General 11 2.2 First Auvaiyar 11 2.3 Second Auvaiyar 12 2.3 Third Auvaiyar 12 2.4 Attribution to Auvaiyar 13 3. TAMIL LANGUAGE 15 4. CHILDREN CHANNEL 17 4.1 General 17 4.2 Arthi Chudhi 18 4.3 Konrai Venthan 19 4.4 Muthurai 19 4.5 Nalvahi 19 5.0 MORAL MANNERS 20 5.1 Blameless Behaviour 20 5.2 Virtuous Vision 26 5.3 Wholesome Wisdom 31 5.4
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Ambiguous Language “Natural vernaculars contain a variety of "logical operators" which interact with each other to give rise to different types of ambiguity” (Hurum 1988). Ambiguous language refers to language that may have conflicting or totally separate meanings that can sometimes be confusing. Ambiguities in language often go unnoticed mainly because of the words that surround them giving them their proper meaning. In the English language there are so many that they cannot even be counted.
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Talking child: Language Observation 2: Language Transcript Child’s Name: Lilli | Child’s Age: 4.7 years | Date: 22/08/2012 | Observers Name: Miranda Day | INFORMATION | INTERPRETATION | Time: 10:25amWe are outside this morning and I notice Lilli playing with “Z” and “A” on the bikes. Lilli spots me sitting with “S” (2.5years) from the toddler room and leads “Z” and “A” over to me. She says “Hello Miss Miranda. What are you doing?” using expressive language whilst making eye contact
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