BILINGUALS Comparison of Stroop Effect on Turkish and English Bilinguals and the Effect of Proficiency Level on English In partial fulfilment of the requirements for Statistics and Research Methods 5 June 2008 Abstract People identify the color of a word faster if the word color is congruent with the ink color‚ than if the color is incongruent with the ink color. This is called Stroop Effect. In the present study the aim was to find whether language‚ which was used in order to express the
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inflation is when there is too much currency so its value is lowered. The more rare something is the more it is worth. That is a very simple concept that can apply to so much more than economy. Inflation has infiltrated school‚ society‚ and even language. Ever since I was a little child‚ I have been showered with words like terrific‚ fantastic‚ and incredible‚ and I bet I am not the only kid who can say that. Everyone is treated like the best because when we are kids and our being raised by are
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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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Globalization and Language Globalization is the process of something becoming global‚ being transformed from a local or regional phenomena into a global one. With globalization‚ there is a movement of people coming together‚ unifying into a single society and functioning together. This process is not only an economic one‚ but also affects the technologies‚ politics‚ and cultures of the entire world. It is facilitated by the media of communications. Through radio and satellite information‚ we
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Nick Use of Language in Diplomacy USE OF LANGUAGE IN DIPLOMACY Stanko Nick A n old and funny catchphrase says that one should use many languages to be properly understood: speaking to God‚ Latin; to the military‚ German; to the merchants‚ Greek and Arabic; to the musicians‚ Italian; to his cook‚ Chinese; to the sailors and engineers‚ English; to the artists‚ Russian; to friends‚ Spanish; to enemies Dutch or Hungarian; to his girl-friend‚ French; to his wife‚ Japanese... What language should one
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1. Figurative Language: I-) Metaphors: *The storm of grief: If someone has a storm of grief‚ they cry loudly‚ uncontrollably and for a long time. *Physical exhaustion that haunted her body: Here the writer is trying to say that the exhaustion was all over her body. *Breath of the rain: It means that you can feel the rain. *Monstrous joy: Here it is meant that the joy was so strong that it seized her body. (The qualities of a monster) ıı-) there aren’t any idioms in this text. ııı-) Symbols:
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A History of the English Language Before the Germanic tribes arrived‚ the Celts were the original inhabitants of Britain. When the Germanic tribes invaded England‚ they pushed the Celt-speaking inhabitants out of England into what is now Scotland‚ Wales‚ Cornwall‚ and Ireland. The Celtic language survives today in the Gaelic languages‚ and some scholars speculate that the Celtic tongue might have influenced the grammatical development of English‚ though the influence would have been minimal
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Outline Spoken Language vs. Written Language I. Introduction. But the most common forms of language are spoken and written‚ which are very different and have one similarity. II. Body A. The similarity between spoken and written forms of language is skills. 1. Written language requires skills. 2. Skills are also necessary in spoken language. B. Despite these differences there is one similarity between these two languages. C. One important difference in written and spoken
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quickly becomes wrapped into the lies of the White Witch and believes what she tells him. The White Witch feeds him Turkish delights which he quickly eats and allows her to retrieve some information about his siblings that she needs to know. As he finishes the candy‚ the Witch tells him‚ “I want a nice boy whom I could bring up as a Prince… he would wear a gold crown and eat Turkish delights all day long (Lewis‚ 39)...” This is significant because it shows the White Witch is able to bribe him into
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Language is a great power which forms a huge part of people culture and identity‚ it’s also enabling them to express themselves and keep their history. In colonized regions the issue of colonial and native language became the subject of discussion between critics. In relation Chinua Achebe "The African writer and the English Language" and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o "The Language of the African Literature" essays; I will discuss what do these two writers have in common and in what way they are different.
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