in 1973 when referring to the language spoken by African slaves and their descendants. Ebonics‚ which is derived from the word ebony‚ which means black‚ and phonetics‚ which means sound‚ was adopted as the new term for Black English and African-American Vernacular English. Mary Rhodes Hoover states‚ "Many who condemn Ebonics refer to it as "bad grammar‚" "lazy pronunciation‚" or "slang." However‚ linguist Dell Hymes notes that‚ viewed sociolinguistically‚ language is much more than characteristics
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Language Communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals‚ such as voice sounds‚ gestures‚ or written symbols. Such a system as used by a nation‚ people‚ or other distinct community; often contrasted with dialect. Global language A world language is a language spoken internationally which is learned by many people as a second language. A world language is not only characterized by the number of its speakers (native or second language speakers)‚ but also by its geographical
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Vernacular Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston‚ the spoken words of the characters are often simple and rough. Hurston uses vernacular dialect in order to preserve the culture of southern blacks in the early twentieth century. The author’s use of dialect in the novel demonstrates the difference between Janie’s relationship with Jody and Janie’s relationship with Tea Cake. When Janie is married to Jody‚ few conversations between
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Mary McAuley sets out to describe the failure of communism in Russia and its sudden collapse in 1989-91. The Russian political experiment failed due to the following reasons‚ Communist theory assumes that all humans are basically good‚ well-motivated‚ and possess equal capabilities and motivation. This simply isn’t so‚ and Communism never found any way to overcome the problems this assumption caused. The failure of communism is due to human nature. Power corrupts. If Stalin was not corrupted by his
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of the Study Computers and the Internet are considered two of the most useful inventions in the 21st century. And as time evolve; improvements were also made to enhance its performance and make the individual’s lives more efficient. This marked the rise of a widely know social networking site in the world‚ Facebook. “It was formally launched on February 4‚ 2004 with more than 800 million active users around the globe. It was through the great minds of Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates and
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European Exploration—Causes and Effects Causes Desire for wealth and power. (Gold and Glory) European explorers hoped to find riches in distant countries and to discover a sea route to Asia. Search for spices (nutmeg‚ ginger‚ cloves‚ cinnamon‚ pepper‚ etc.) and luxury goods (silk‚ gold‚ silver‚ jewels‚ ivory‚ porcelains‚ tea‚ etc.) from Africa and the East. Religious aims (God) Europeans hoped to spread Christianity to people throughout the
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English language is a member of the Indo-European language family which include Latin‚ French‚ Celtic languages‚ Germanic languages‚ Baltic languages‚ Indo-Iranian languages‚ Slavic languages. English is a part of the Germanic languages; there are three groups of the Germanic language and which are: the North Germanic or Norse‚ including Norwegian‚ Swedish‚ Danish and Icelandic‚ the West Germanic‚ including German‚ Dutch and English‚ the East Germanic which is from Gothic. The origin of the English
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Explanation: On 22nd June 1948‚ the Empire Windrush landed at Tilbury‚ Great Britain‚ fetching with her 417 Jamaican immigrants from the West Indies‚ the foremost of many in the grand incursion of Commonwealth migrants to the mother country. Certainly‚ Britain has witnessed immigrants move towards her coast before however‚ this expedition indicated the commencement of a greatly outsized inflow of coloured immigrants than she and her indigenous citizens had ever experienced. As per the Communiqué
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geographical knowledge and technology. It was also a time of European migration to other parts of the world. This Age of Expansion and European exploration from 1450 to 1525‚ greatly promoted by economical‚ technological‚ political‚ and religious factors‚ launched a major turning point in world history. The economy of late fifteenth century played an important role in European conquest. The Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453 caused Europeans to turn to sub-Saharan Africa to supply their demand
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many European countries set out and explored and were looking to start colonies and expand their populations‚ and economies. Each country in different locations treated the Native people there in different ways. The French in New France created a partnership with the Native Americans. The French learned their language and lived among the natives in villages. In Massachusetts many natives were converted to Christianity. They moved to praying towns and attended schools. They helped the Europeans until
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