LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL CONTEXT – C. Nicora / L. Oholeguy Language varies not only according to social class‚ age and gender but also according to the social context in which we are immersed. Many aspects of the social situation can contribute to decide which linguistic variety is to be employed on a particular occasion. Another way to refer to social contexts is the term‚ used by Miriam Meyerhoff‚ "Social Networks": • Social Networks are groupings based on frequency and quality of members ’ interaction
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My grandfather has a very special place in my life. He is the greatest person I know‚ and I really admire and respect him as a person. Grandfather was tall‚ thin with lots of white hair. He was in his 60’s when I passed away. Although I spent little time with him‚ I have lots of memory of him. My grandfather lived in a small village called Ibi‚ in Imo state‚ Nigeria. I was living with him at the age of four‚ because my parents were in Rome‚ Italy. I spent about six years with him before I joined
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of enjoyment‚ and life itself. But‚ what is it about music that makes it so therapeutic? It’s the fact that no matter what the genre of music is‚ it’s what message that artist is putting out into the world. It’s the beat‚ the tone‚ and the emotion behind the lyrics is what makes listeners feel the way they do because it speaks on a specific aspect of life and what someone can be going through. Mark Edmundson helps explain this feeling in his article‚ Can Music Save Your Life? For Edmundson‚
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A time in your life when something changed (reasons for it‚ your feelings before and after…) A turning point is an event which changed my life and attitude. There were few turning points in my life that are worthy of mention. The first decisive moment in my life was my birth‚ when I have started breathing with my lungs. Psychologists consider the moment of birth the most stressful event in human life as it is a kind of a shock. When I started my school‚ I spent some hours a day without parents
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were not taken seriously‚ it would be followed by immediate punishment. Dr. Christiansen in his HBR article‚ “How Will You Measure Your Life?” explains that these tools shaped a culture with some significant traits. The three traits developed from my home culture is dependability‚ integrity‚ and perseverance. Being dependable is a great trait for my work life culture. It was established through a series of constant responsibility placed on me by my parents. My eldest brother was always at
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The Historical Context of Performance‚ Dance. In this essay I have been researching and will be discussing the different contexts of west side story. This will help me to critically comment on the portrayal of Romeo and Juliet through the use of dance. West Side Story is a modern-day version of Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ west side story however is set in the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between two teenage rival street gangs of different ethnic and
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In the short stories of "The Life You Save is Your Own" and "The Magic Barrel"‚ both of the protagonists share similar and differing characteristics. Both of the protagonists are not reliable narrators‚ and lie to themselves and others. Mr. Shiftlet‚ the protagonist of "The Life Save is Your Own"‚ is a manipulative character‚ When Shilftlet first encountered Lucynell and his mother his only objective was the car. O’Connor‚ that author‚ uses missing body parts in her writing to depict that the character
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Technology is an essential need in everybody’s life. Without technology‚ many things would not be able to materialize. As for me‚ technology has made my life more enjoyable and easy. One of the useful products of technology would be the television. Usually‚ my family would sit together in the living room to watch television programmes together after dinner. During this time‚ we would occasionally talk about the shows that are being broadcasted. This allows my family to interact with each other
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“Bladerunner”‚ Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult classic film have nearly two hundred years separating them‚ yet they raise similar societal concerns.. Both raise the question of what it is to be human and explore the pursuit of eternal life which can be examined using the literary and cinematic techniques prevalent in the texts. The existential question ‘What is it to be human?” despite context‚ continues to be relevant to society. In “Frankenstein” this is explored through Victor Frankenstein and the Creature
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Dear 7th grade math student‚ I am writing this letter to you to explain who Pythagoras was and how his mathematical findings influence your life. Pythagoras was born about 569 B.C. in Samos‚ Ionia to his parents Mnesarches and Phthais (“Pythagoras of Samos”). It is believed that Pythagoras had two brothers‚ however some accounts say he had three (“Pythagoras of Samos”). Pythagoras was a very well educated man. Through his childhood‚ he learned to play the lyre and was taught many things by the three
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