Language and Identity Language and identity can be two sides of the same coin in my opinion. A language identifies a certain group or place just like a flag represents a country‚ but this is not always true. If we were to look at the English language for example‚ it is a universal language that most people in the world practice either as their first language or as their second or third. The people who do speak English as their first language have a certain identity related to the language;
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craves freedom from his controlling parents‚ the 18th century presented liberal ideas throughout Europe causing people to question monarchial rule. The American Revolution sought to break ties with England and begin an independent nation-state. The French Revolution‚ alike‚ sought to destroy the traditional authority and explore the liberalities of democracy. The idea of an independence from state spread throughout the world‚ making the common man quench for the taste of freedom. The 19th century began
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The English language English is one of the most important languages in the world. It can even be regarded as the single most important language. Though other languages are important too‚ they are not the same as the English language is. English is important because it is probably the only language that truly links the whole world together. If not for English‚ the whole world may not be as united as it is today. The other languages may be important for their local values and culture.Considering
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VERNACULAR LANGUAGES Your Name Your Institute’s Name Abstract Latin was the main language among people until 12th century. Research and write about the origins of the Vernacular languages and its spread. Concentrate on the rise and dissemination of those languages. Also focus on gradual transition of Vernacular languages. Focus on the details of the types of literature that was written in Vernacular Language. Individual languages are organized in families and then
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The French and Indian War Like the Great Awakening‚ the struggle between England and France for New World empires also helped prepare the colonists for independence. While the English esablished colonies on the Atlantic seaboard‚ the French built a profitable fur trade with the Indians farther inland. As French colonists moving south from Canada met English colonists moving west of the Appalachians‚ the two groups lashed in the Ohio Valley. The conflict stemmed from rivalry over territory‚ fur
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Richard Adames The French and Indian war was a war that embarrassed the French‚ nearly bankrupted the British‚ screwed the Native American‚ and paved way to the American Revolution. The French and Indian war was named after the British opponents‚ the French and Indian even though Native Americans fought on both sides. Other names used for the war include The Seven Year war‚ the Fourth Intercolonial war‚ and the Great War for the Empire. The seven year war was a power struggle between Great Britain
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any language means a contraction‚ reduction and impoverishment of the sum total of the reservoir of human thought and knowledge as expressible through language. To what extent do you agree with this? As globalization takes place‚ languages spoken by the majority became lingua franca of different regions. English for example as its most widely spread across the entire world‚ is spoken by 360 to 400 million as their first language and 470 million to more than 1 billion as their second language. It
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French Social Classes in the Revolution & Empire: 1799-1815 |Social Class |The “Age of Montesquieu” |The “Age of Rousseau” |The “Age of Voltaire” |Post-Napoleon | | |(Constitutional Monarchy) |(Republic) |(Enlightened Despotism?) | | | |1789-1792 | |1799-1815 | | |
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Causes: The Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) lasted from 1756 to 1763‚ forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War. In the early 1750s‚ France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought it into conflict with the claims of the British colonies‚ especially Virginia. Groups involved: France ‚ New France‚Wabanaki Confederacy‚ Abenak ‚iMi’kmaq ‚AlgonquinCaughnawaga Mohawk‚ Lenape ‚Ojibwa
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French New Wave films can be seen as a contrast of Hollywood film which most of the elements apply in the film is opposite. However‚ some elements are still similar to Hollywood films‚ yet‚ has a different style as Hollywood films. Such mise-en-scene expression are most common style uses in both of the period. And Breathless‚ as an example film during the French New Wave‚ which directed by Jean-Luc Godard is one of the most influential film utilizing editing‚ mise-en-scene and cinematography to convey
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