Sociolinguistics Language Variation What is Sociolinguistics? What Factors Enter into Language Variation? • Language does not exist in a vacuum. • Since language is a social phenomenon it is natural to assume that the structure of a society has some impact on the language of the speakers of that society. • The study of this relationship and of other extralinguistic factors is the subfield of sociolinguistics. • We will look in this section at the ways in which languages vary internally
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Within any speech community ‚ there are degrees of language variation. The geographical location of an individual; their socio-economic background; their education and even their gender are all significant factors in language variation. Individuals differ in the manner in which they speak their native tongue‚ although usually not markedly within a small area. These variations in language constitutes its dialects. All languages are continuously
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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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Classification and variation. There are 5 kingdoms of living things:- Animal kingdom Plant kingdom‚ Fungi kingdom Monera kingdom and Protactista. Animal kingdom is divided into groups: vertebrates‚
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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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Rubber Ducks Race to Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands Columbia‚ S.C. (June 16‚ 2009) — Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands will host the sixth annual Rubber Duck Race on Sunday‚ July 19‚ from 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Hundreds will take part in the event to support Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands‚ which operates 29 before and afterschool Clubs and serves thousands of children in the area. Festivities will begin at 1:00 p.m. at Saluda Shoals Park on Bush River Road‚ and a rubber duck is the
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Duck Hunting North Dakota BOOM! Then‚ dead silence. The water ripples as the smell of gun powder fills the air. The victim is seen helpless by the hunter. Now if this is what sounds like a thrill to you‚ duck hunting is the way to go. If someone were to ask me what my favorite hobby is‚ I would have to say duck hunting in North Dakota. Some may not consider it a hobby because I only duck hunt four days a year‚ but I still do. I also duck hunt behind our house on Trident Lake another three
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The primary reason that motivated Andy Wilson to start Boston Duck Tours is that he got bored from working in an investment banking firm for seven long miserable years and was looking for pleasure‚ personal satisfaction‚ independence and freedom from the suit-and-tie environment of the corporate America that did not motivate him anymore. The routine life that he was living as an employee in investment banking was slowly sucking life out of him. In the end there are no needs to talk about Money
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Coefficient of variation Sample-> CY=s/x 1. A relative measure of dispersion 2. Adjusts for differences in magnitudes of the means. 3. Does not have units of measure 4. Allows for direct comparisons of mean-adjusted dispersion across different data sets. Percentiles and quartiles Coefficient of determination The proportion of variation in the dependent variable ”explained” by the independent variable. 因變量的變化的比例“解釋”的獨立變量。 (Correlation coefficient)^2=r^2 R=0.90 (0
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should join DU because waterfowl are a key contributor to the environment to keep fish levels at a good level. Ducks Unlimited‚ an organization that conserves wetlands to help waterfowl thrive‚ this helps the waterfowl live and stay out of endangerment‚ and waterfowl are beautiful creatures and their ecosystem provides for the environment and that contributes to the ecosystem. Ducks Unlimited began in nineteen thirty seven. Their main goal is to preserve and increase the levels of wetlands and
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