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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Parts of Speech A part of speech (also a word class‚ a lexical class‚ or a lexical category) is a linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items)‚ which is generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question. Common linguistic categories include noun and verb‚ among others. There are open word classes‚ which constantly acquire new members‚ and closed word classes‚ which acquire new members infrequently if at all. Verb – is a word (part
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Brief History of the English Language OLD ENGLISH 5th Century ---three Germanic tribes ----the Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes arrived in the British Isles. The Angles were named from ENGLE‚ their land of origin. Their language was called ENGLISC from which the word‚ English is derived. The Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes became known as the Anglo-Saxons. The Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes became known as the Anglo-Saxons. Some words such as church‚ bishop‚ baptism‚ monk‚ eucharis‚ and presbyter came indirectly
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character exemplifies the Germanic and the Anglo-Saxon ideals of the hero: strong‚ fearless‚ bold‚ loyal‚ and stoic in the acceptance of fate. Despite his lack of humility‚ Beowulf was the definition of a hero in his own time by his demonstration of chivalry and his important roles in society. It is a fact that Beowulf’s “superman figure” and warrior character had a strong influence on his efforts over what he was trying to achieve. Beowulf’s biggest concern was to see the Germanic society taken over by
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Language is a dominant part within day to day life and is a building block of our society‚ due to it’s importance in the way humans communicate with one another. Language does not only show one’s ideas‚ emotions‚ but also thoughts. If in today’s society the government eliminated all expressive words and left people with the simplest form of a language‚ the aftermath and whole concept of having language in the first place would be not only philistine‚ but also dangerous. An example of strong manipulation
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fluent in English language for the good conversation of Every employee? [ ] Yes [ ] No 2) If your country has a strong economy‚ is fluency in spoken English important? [ ] Yes [ ] No 3) Do you agree that if one country can speak English fluently‚ it has a weak economy? [ ] Yes [ ] No 4) Is it possible that cooperation/participation of every individual affect the progress of economy? [ ] Yes [ ] No 5) It is important for a leader to learn first the universal language just to converse
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stretches back almost 5‚400 years ago‚ and some speculate that spoken languages have been around for at least 100‚000 years – around 60% of human existence‚ or 15 times as long as civilisation itself. (Derbyshire) Languages are the building blocks of communication – sets of words related to one another so that people understand the world around them and the intents of others. Languages‚ usually‚ are regional – people speak the language that they grew up around. People in Germany speak German‚ and people
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The Evolution of the English Language Did you know an estimated 750 million people speak English in the world today? English comes from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language tree and evolved on the island of Great Britain. From commercial‚ political‚ and military influences‚ it has become an international language. It is the official language of air traffic controllers and the Olympic Games‚ and is the majority of the world’s second language choice. English has changed throughout history
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BENEFITS OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE Language is the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in England and is now the most widely used language in the world. In this 21st century‚ with the help of developing technology‚ English has been playing a major role in many sectors including medicine‚ engineering and education. In Malaysia‚ which
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A common language. There is no doubt that a common language used throughout the world would do much to brings countries closer to each other. Thought it is becoming increasingly easy to move from place to place‚ our inability to communicate with one another‚ gives rise to numerous misunderstandings and makes real contact between people of different nationalities impossible. Many attempts have been made to overcome this problem and they have all failed. The fear of foreign influence and domination
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