Asia Country Official and national Languages Other spoken Languages Afghanistan Pashto (Pashtu‚ Pushtu) an Eastern Iranian language‚ it is the native language of the Pashtun people. Dari Persian (Fārsī-ye Darī) also known as Afghan Persian. other Turkic and minor languages. Armenia Armenian (Hayeren) is an independent‚ one-language subgroup within the Indo-European language family. The unique Armenian alphabet‚ which consists of 39 characters‚ was created in 405 AD by a monk named
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What is language? As North Americans living in the early 21st century‚ we have been educated about language from the time we entered school. But much of what we learn about language in schools belongs more to a folk model than to an analytic model of language. Here are several pervasive aspects of our folk model of language. Language is a communication system. It is true that we use language to communicate with others. However‚ language is much more than a communication system. The most recent
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U.S. Policy for Chinese Immigration The California gold rush of 1849 and new discoveries of gold in Colorado and Nevada in the late 1850s attracted a large number of Asians to the American West. In the 1860s others came to work on the cross-country railroad‚ and some were shipped east to break strikes in the 1870s. Denigrated as the “Yellow Peril‚” Asians became the target of racist attacks. Anti-Chinese riots erupted in San Francisco in 1877‚ leading President Rutherford Hayes to write in
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united ideological front. The behavior of the intellectuals and the Chinese government from the founding of the People’s Republic to just before the Hundred Flowers Bloom era in 1956 were marked by a tendency for the intellectual class to divide‚ rather than unify‚ as a result of the actions of the Communists. In early 1949 the common stance of the intellectuals toward the imminent political change was one of reserved support. The Chinese Communists were making headway in their conquest of the country
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The Beauty of Chinese Poetry Chinese poetry is considered to be some of the most beautiful poetry in the world. In the poem “In Early Summer Lodging in a Temple to Enjoy the Moonlight” by Po Chu-I the author’s use of nature‚ the city of Ch’ang-an‚ and his friendship with the others that join him is truly a symbol of balance from Chinese culture. In this poem Po Chu-I discusses the destruction of beauty and the loss connection with its boundaries. His use of words paints a picture of a beautiful
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CULTURAL ANALYSIS REPORT THE CHINESE CULTURE Alfred Chung 100 682 953 International Communication COMM 2201 Annika Hannan Messages are transcended without much explanation or explicit descriptions because it is assumed that the receiver will understand. This is Edward T. Hall’s High Context theory. This is the Chinese culture. I am an immigrant from Hong Kong. Although I relocated to Toronto before I came to understand most of my teachings‚ I did not forget them. As one of the oldest civilizations
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Language and Knowledge about Disability Language is useful for the humankind to communicate with each other. In Malaysia with a multi-ethnic group and a diversity of language use by the society to communicate especially each ethnic group also have their own mother tongue. Consequences‚ using a specific language to reflect the disability according to their indigenous knowledge will have make sense. Supported by Hosking (2008) review that a community will use a local language to reflect the concept
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The graphic novel American Born Chinese‚ by Gene Yang‚ tells three stories‚ which revolve around a main character who has to overcome the pain of being a social outcast‚ while having a goal to maintain his or her identity. The characters in the novel are too caught up trying to be someone they are not‚ however in doing so they forget their true identities‚ which they should not forget. There is first the monkey king who would like to be in heaven. Throughout the novel‚ the Monkey King is shown just
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LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT Have you ever tried to catch yourself thinking? You can try to think while remaining conscious of your thinking process. Try and see if you are always thinking using language and‚ if yes‚ try to see if your language in the thinking process is very clear‚ grammatical or unclear and messy. Suppose we believe we can’t think clearly without using language‚ what about those deaf and mute people? If they do not have a language‚ do they think without language or they do not think at
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The book American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang is a book that shows that you are who you are; you can’t be liked by everyone. The Monkey King‚ Danny‚ and Jin all had to deal with this problem of trying to act cool or trying to change their self and who they are‚ just to fit in. First story is Jin Wang son of the Chinese‚ who wants to fit in. He wants to date a blond girl‚ so he decides to perm his hair. He wants‚ and how
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