Applied linguistics is an umbrella term that covers a wide set of numerous areas of study connected by the focus on the language that is actually used. The emphasis in applied linguistics is on language users and the ways in which they use languages‚ contrary to theoretical linguistics which studies the language in the abstract not referring it to any particular context‚ or language‚ like Chomskyan generative grammar for example. Interestingly even among applied linguists there is a difference of
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history has excited more controversy than India ’s history of social relations. Western indologists and Western-influenced Indian intellectuals have seized upon caste divisions‚ untouchability‚ religious obscurantism‚ and practices of dowry and sati as distinctive evidence of India ’s perennial backwardness. For many Indologists‚ these social ills have literally come to define India - and have become almost the exclusive focus of their writings on India. During the colonial period‚ it served the
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The field of linguistics both borrows from and lends its own theories and methods to other disciplines. Linguistic theories and methods are also used in other fields of study. These overlapping interests have led to the creation of several cross-disciplinary fields. I. sociolinguistics: Sociolinguistics is the study of patterns and variations in language within a society or community. In other words‚ it is the study of language in relation to social factors (e.g.‚ social class‚ region‚ age‚ sex
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Text linguistics Module I. Classificationally meaningful characteristics of the text as an integral and independent object of investigation. Lecture 6. Conceptual variability of linguistic interpretations of the text essence and status and their reflections in the models of the text descriptions. Problem for discussion Evolution of the text description approaches. Models of the text descriptions. Grounds for the chosen models and schemes of the text descriptions
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"It is very easy to demonstrate to English speakers that languages change over time". (Holmes‚ 210) Language is always changing just because of the time‚ the people‚ the gender‚ the age‚ the social class‚ etc. It is very normal to see even in a decade that language has change in some ways‚ it always maintain the original background but as it goes changing it may be that you won ’t recognize it that much. Like an example that is mentioned by Holmes‚ it says that the k of knit and knife wasn ’t
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THE BHAR TRIBE Rajbhar or Bhar is one of the oldest Tribes of india.These tribes are also one of the Denotified tribes listed in the Gazette of India. These tribe are facing a huge problem of poverty‚ illetracy‚unemployement and descrimination from society. government is also not Intrested in the welfere if this tribe. Mr. Subhash chandra Rajbhar ‚Lecturer.Jagatpur Degree College.Varanasi has Taken the burden to provied these tribes their Right & Fascilities that Govenment has provided to them
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Dyanna Rajala English 015-35 February 29‚ 2012 The Lost Tribe Do peace‚ unity‚ and equality still exist this day in time among groups of people? Are we influenced by our environment to associate our way of seeing things and create language based on that fact? How we view the environment around us helps shape our understanding by creating language to give it meaning. Based on the linguistic data of the recently discovered tribe‚ we can draw conclusions about the tribe’s climate and terrain
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UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FALCUTY OF POST- GRADUATE [pic] FINAL ASSIGNMENT Subject: APPLIED LINGUISTICS Topic 5: DISCUSS SOME OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNER’S ACHIEVEMENT IN SECOND/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING Lecturer: Dr. Hoàng Văn Vân Learner : Nguyễn Thị Huyên
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The topic of seminar: The main trends of Cognitive Linguistics in works of foreign (American and European) scientists Problem task: What principles of cognitive linguistics did G. Lakoff pay much attention at ? Describe his idea. Describe the study of spatial relationships and types of movement in the conceptualization of language‚ the concept of imaginative schemes and types of schemes. Describe the study of body based consciousness and language of humans. The idea of the concept of embodiment
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loans from private lenders for high interests ) -hence suicide +Unemployment - std of education ‚ not industry ready ‚no skilled labours Jobs are there but less skilled workers.. +Sanitation ----abt the sewage cleaners ‚ +no major city in India is known to have a continuous water supply and an estimated 72% of Indians still lack access to improved sanitation facilities. +Health problems - diseases - malaria‚ TB ‚ aids‚ +Superstitious --- IT IMPACTS THE SCIENTIFIC TEMPER +Female foeticide
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