Express our own self: Shape our identity Use different language with different people Language is part of own identity and it can express our own self‚ but also language may have some bad influence‚ for example some family who speaks wrong grammar will limit their future path and may being discriminate. We use different language with different people. In the article ‘Mother Tongue’‚ Amy and her mother used ‘Broken English’ to communicate to each other‚ it is because of her mother tongue. Although
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Cambridge defines identity as‚ ““the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others.” However‚ I believe that the word identity is quite abstract because it can not only mean different things to different people‚ but can also be expressed in different ways. A cultural aspect that has shaped‚ formed and influenced my identity is my religion. From birth‚ I have been brought up as a Catholic and this has played a large role in both my life and forming my identity. This influence
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Jimmie Simmons Professor Neissner Eng 100 Oct 7‚ 2012 How To Get In Shape Many people are struggling with a very serious epidemic in the United States today. That epidemic would be obesity. If we do not start doing something about this 75% of our children will be overweight. Getting in shape definitely takes a lot of will power and determination. The hardest thing about getting in shape is the initial motivation needed to get started. I have been an avid weight lifter for the past 8 years
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How the Visual Media Affect People In modern society‚ media is everywhere‚ and it is almost impossible to avoid. The mass media have become such an ordinary‚ everyday part of society that many people fail to realize the immense impact which the mass media have on all aspects of society – including political‚ economic‚ and ideological aspects. The mass media influence the way we vote‚ the things we buy‚ the way we act‚ the values we hold‚ and the way we perceive reality. The media
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Csécsei Luca 12.IB Does language shape culture? Most questions of whether and how language shapes thought start with the simple observation that languages differ from one another. And a lot! Just look at the way people talk‚ they might say. Certainly‚ speakers of different languages must attend to strikingly different aspects of the world just so they can use their language properly. The word order can be completely different among languages. And also there are tenses in some languages that
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Cognitive Psychology 43‚ 1–22 (2001) doi:10.1006/cogp.2001.0748‚ available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on Does Language Shape Thought?: Mandarin and English Speakers’ Conceptions of Time Lera Boroditsky Stanford University Does the language you speak affect how you think about the world? This question is taken up in three experiments. English and Mandarin talk about time differently— English predominantly talks about time as if it were horizontal‚ while Mandarin also commonly describes
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How does your passion shape your future? In today’s era‚ one could quiet observe that the most famous statement is‚ “The future lies in the hands of the youth”. But‚ had this question not entered into our minds—“How can this be possible?” Living in a seemingly unprogressive nation‚ we‚ the youth‚ could help make it possible by starting to consider first our very own selves instead of blaming it all to the authorities. Take responsibility for your life. Experiment with different things and you’ll
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discover magnetism. 4. What does Robert Walton tell us about himself? He is passionately committed to discovery and adventure. He wishes he had a friend with the same sensibilities and he says he is self-taught. 5. Where is Walton now? What do you think of Walton’s question "What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man"? Walton is out to sea‚ sailing north. The quotation establishes the Romantic idea of the power of emotion over reason. 6. How much time has elapsed between
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How Does the Media Really Portray the Poor? For as long as there have been media‚ there have been incorrect portrayals of different subjects‚ for instance‚ what the perfect body image may look like‚ what beauty truly is‚ what happiness consists of‚ etc. But there is one not so popular subject that is constantly portrayed incorrectly by the media‚ and that subject is the lower or “working” class‚ more commonly known as “the poor.” The different medias that society is exposed to usually show
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Does Your Language Shape How You Think? Seventy years ago‚ in 1940‚ a popular science magazine published a short article that set in motion one of the trendiest intellectual fads of the 20th century. At first glance‚ there seemed little about the article to augur its subsequent celebrity. Neither the title‚ “Science and Linguistics‚” nor the magazine‚ M.I.T.’s Technology Review‚ was most people’s idea of glamour. And the author‚ a chemical engineer who worked for an insurance company and moonlighted
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