instruction will play as increasingly elitist role in the field of education? Definition: According to David Crystal (2008)‚ “a language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country.” (P.3) English will play an increasingly elitist role in the education field means that small group of people who use English as their language has a lot of power or advantages based on the education system. If English wants achieve the status of elitist role in the
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A)Dialects are a natural ‚ invevitable part of cultural and regional differences in American society. Discuss one or two examples of dialects seen in the video.(Please no more than 2 examples.) Example 1 BOSTON WOMAN: I was engaged for awhile to a “Yalie” who sounded like a Yalie to me‚ although he had a trace of a Southern accent. I thought sort a Bill Faulkner‚ Truman Capote accent‚ you know‚ when you’re twenty you don’t‚ you know‚ make these distinctions and I went home to
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LIN 2602 LANGUAGE IN A CHANGING WORLD SEMESTER 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 QUESTION ONE 3 2 QUESTION TWO 5 SOURCES CONSULTED 6 QUESTION ONE 1. Language continues to adapt to reflect the circumstances and realities of its speakers as they live through changing times. Over time‚ language and the written word changes; therefore languages can be written down and the written forms can
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Causes of Variation. Variation is a result that leads to a difference or deviation (for example‚ structure‚ form‚ function) from the recognised norm or standard. It is a modification in structure‚ form or function in an organism‚ deviating from other organisms of the same species or group. There are two types of variation: interspecific variation and intraspecific variation. Interspecific variation is when one species differs from another like mammals differ from fish. These differences are explained
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Variations of Love There are many ways of finding ideal love. There is love that can be promising with no flaws and there is love that can be impossible to fine. John Donne wrote two poems that show a negative and a positive view on love. The “Song‚” by Donne talks about the struggle of love in the narrator’s life and the view of women. It is a very short poem‚ but has a very powerful meaning towards women‚ that they are dishonest and are very deceiving. It has a very negative tone and he tends
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English as a World Language. The global spread of English over the last 50 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language‚ by its depth of permeation ["pE:mI’eISn] into societies and its range of functions. There is a model consisting of 3 circles proposed by B.B. Kachru in 1982 in order to describe regional varieties of English. The 1st or inner circle includes people who speak English as their vernacular language (200-400 mln speakers)
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Human Variation There are many different types of human variation that are influenced by a population’s geographic location‚ including skin color‚ height‚ and body proportions. Many geographic areas are associated with certain physical characteristics that cause them to be commonly classified as different races‚ which also include hair color‚ eye color‚ and cranial shape. These characteristics are in addition to the physical characteristics listed above that are
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Sounds Rules (Metathesis in Arabic) According to a synchronic study of Metathesis in Eastern Arabic by Shadia Banjar‚ Metathesis exists in Arabic language which is a phonological process of transposition of sounds within a word and it involves redistribution of consonants‚ thus a change of the linear order of the word segments takes place. Also‚ Arabic dialects differ from Standard Arabic in that they have a reduced and restructured consonant system but more complexity in the vowel system. The rules of
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Claudia Arizaga Mrs. Trout English 2(H) 14 May 2013 Christian Existentialism in Native Son Several people wonder‚ what is the purpose of life? Others may accept as true that they make their own choices in life. In reality‚ one’s life is not determined by the individual‚ but by a higher authority. Jean-Paul Sartre lectures about the meaning of life through “Existentialism is Humanism.” He jots down two sides of existentialism: Christian and Atheist side. Christian existentialism is defined with
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1 Variation in English English like any other language‚ like every language‚ is subject to variation. This variation can be complex and at times subtle. This text provides us with information about the principal ways in which British and Irish English speech varies and‚ just as importantly‚ the non-linguistic (social‚ geographical) factors which condition variation. Variation in pronunciation RP Dialect: refers to the varieties distinguished from each other by differences of grammar
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