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    "...then try and transfer it across” this language is shaped and selected for the sport as “Transfer it across” wouldn’t normally be associated with a football. In addition football comes with its own lexicon‚ like other sports it includes its own unique terminology. For example Gray comments “you don’t usually take out a striker out of the penalty for a free-kick round...” The terminology used is here is “penalty” “striker” and “free-kick” the language is specifically selected for football therefore

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    Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed

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    “A brief history” and “Language families and branches”. English Language is one of the oldest Languages in the world. To become what it is today it has been through a series of changes in the course of history. English is commonly divided into three main periods; Old English‚ middle English and modern. All of these periods have been characterized by different influences which have made English a rich and complex language. Old English was the first period of English in which English started to

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    CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Language is a social-cultural-geographical phenomenon. There is a deep relationship between language‚ culture and society. When we study a language‚ we have to study its dialects‚ register‚ slang‚ taboo‚ idiolects‚ etc. We can find the role of language and culture in The Parent Trap movie. The movie tells us about the differences culture of 2 girls who live in London and California. They were separated when they are baby. It was because their parents divorce. One of the

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    Section One Parts of Speech AL Diagnostic Tests Nouns Lessons and Activities Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs CO PY R IG Review Activities Final Tests HT Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections ED 3 MA TE RI Diagnostic Tests 5 Name Date Period Score % DIAGNOSTIC TEST 1 PARTS OF SPEECH For each underlined word in the following sentences‚ identify and then write the part of speech on the line next to the number. Each part of speech is

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    Kevin roc‚ ESSAY please forgive the for the bad grammar this is a draf . I’m kevin‚ i have no great story to tell‚ but my goals are larger than life itself. i want to go beyond the boundaries of the universe‚ to invent the next big thing‚ primarily to grow as a human being ‚20% of my efforts to help those I can in the process. neither science nor religion on its own has the answers i’m looking for‚ thus i find myself baffle walking between them. i believe that the highest sciences is religion

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    Dreamvillian was a young mage who lived in goldshier with with his two parents and brother James. They lived happily on one of the many farms that where situated in elwin forest. His father was a simple farmer but use to be a mage of stormwind‚ but after a fatel accident while he was practising the arts of the arcane he promised he will never use magic again. From a young age Dreamvillian was fascinated by magic and pleaded with his father to teach him. After being refused Dreamvillian became frustrated

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    Knowing common language is essential for communicating effectively with others. A group of people living in one place or community often speak in one language to ensure that these individuals are able to understand each other. Some countries have become distinct from other countries due to the unique language that is commonly used by its inhabitants. Some nations’ states have declared a national language in their constitution and there are others that did not‚ especially those countries that have

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    History of English

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    ~ History of English ~ Summer term 2010/11 Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 Fridays 11.00-12.30 ~ Introduction ~ - Who speaks English? - 1) inner circle (320-380 million speakers; English as L1) - 2) outer circle (150-300 million speakers; English as L2) - 3) expanding circle (100-1000 million speakers; English as lingua franca = ELF) - possible language shifts: from ELF to L2 - from L2 to L1 - Why is English a world language? - historical

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    English is a Crazy Language (An Opinionated Reflection) English is indeed the most popular and the most used language in the world. There are some countries like in Japan; not sure but Japanese people don’t actually require speaking English. For me‚ it’s the reason for their unreachable success. With their Japanese to Japanese language speaking‚ they can understand each other very clear. I think‚ it is one of the major problems here in the Philippines wherein we are doing Filipino to English

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