In 1979‚ an African-American writer by the name of James Baldwin wrote that “language is also a political instrument‚ means‚ and proof of power. It is the most vivid and crucial key to identity.” Baldwin claims that language is a crucial component in the attainment of power. It is also what identifies a person in regards to character and placement in society. This view on how language affects humanity is just. Language greatly impacts society by determining the power one has as well as revealing
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Yogi Patel ENGL 1301.032 Professor Blakemore November 27‚ 2012 American Language The universal country of America is the globe’s salad bowl. America is known for its diversity. The country should not be restricted to only English and Spanish when there are thousands of other languages being used all around the world. People in America are expected to speak English‚ but by having multiple languages‚ such as English and Spanish‚ forces those Americans to involuntarily have to learn Spanish. It
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“Endangered languages should be saved” Many languages are at the danger of disappearance. The reason of their extinction could be the decrease in a number of people speaking that language. A 85% of 6000 languages appear to be spoken in 25 countries (NOW 2000). Language extinction is caused by external and internal factors. Internal forces such as community’s negative behaviour to mother language‚ or simply decrease in the number of speakers are mainly derived from factors such as military‚ economic
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Language Identity Are the people who become fluent in a second or third language at risk of losing their own identity? Language has been a way of communicating with each other for thousands of years‚ maybe even more. Since the day we were born we started to learn to speak the language of our fatherland and we’re all still learning. I don’t believe that you can necessarily lose your identity because you speak two or three languages. Identity is a very big word to use and is influenced by many
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ELL204/05 Society and Language (A) Four Dimensions of Sociolinguistic by Holmes (2008) Believe it or not? since the earth start until now‚ people talk ‚ people communicate for transfer their information or convey their feeling to other . Languages play an important role in this process of transfer. Every day we speak‚ but sometime we will say the same thing in different way .What makes us use the different way to speak? In fact‚ these are some factor that will cause us to change
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1) What are the functions of language? (450 – 500 words) All forms of human life communicate with each other and humans are not unique in this capacity. Human forms of communication include verbal forms‚ body language and gestures. However‚ this communication system is learned instead of being biologically inherited. Children for example‚ acquire a language as they develop and grow and this miraculous language ‘instint’ (Pinker 1994) seems‚ at first glance‚ to happen effortlessly. As Romaine
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Definition of Language Language Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically‚ human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds‚ expressive of thought‚ articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth. The expression of ideas by writing‚ or any other instrumentality. The forms of speech‚ or the methods of expressing ideas‚ peculiar to a particular nation. The characteristic mode of arranging words‚ peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression;
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Profes “The effects of language & grammar in the medical field” HS275: Professionalism in Healthcare Prof: Brett Martin Tara Payton November 1‚ 2011 In my essay I will explain how language and grammar can have a big effect on your image in the medical practice you’ll be working in. Language and grammar has a big part of your career because they are used for communication. In the medical field communication is very important because if you can’t communicate effectively then you can’t
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Introduction Across 294 countries in the world‚ there are about 6‚500 languages are commonly using in the daily life. The domination of English has been proved as an international language all across with the coming of globalization in future‚ English is the language of diplomacy and international communications for the use of business‚ tourism‚ education‚ science‚ computer technology‚ media‚ Internet and etc. Without language‚ all the things couldn’t happen and stay in place like today. People
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Role of the language Language is innovative. It develops every time. All of us use it in different ways. Language has roles for our primary necessity. The roles can be seen in two areas‚ in social environment and education. First‚ we can use language in social environment. The language is used for communication. We use language as a device to get a good communication. Language make us easy to communicate each other. For example‚ when we want to give some ideas‚ we can use language to show
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