1 Linguistics and sociolinguistics It is difficult to see adequately the functions of language‚ because it is so deeply rooted in the whole of human behaviour that it may be suspected that there is little in the functional side of our conscious behaviour in which language does not play its part. Sapir (1933) Language is a complicated business. In everyday talk‚ we use the word ‘language’ in many different ways. It isn’t clear how ‘language’ should be defined or what the person on the street thinks
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for educational institutions to equip students with the skills to cope in a rapidly changing‚ culturally diverse and globalised 21st century society‚ has led academics‚ such as the New London Group‚ to encourage educators to acknowledge the various literacy forms utilised in the new millennium (The New London Group‚ 1996) and to adopt a pedagogy of multiliteracies. This essay will explore the components of a pedagogy of multiliteracies and identify the transformations needed for the successful implementation
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References: Cook‚ G. (1989). Discourse. New York: Oxford University Press. Fasold‚ R. et al. (2006). An Introduction to Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. McCarthy‚ M. (1991). Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Radfold‚ A. et al. (2008). Linguistics: An Introduction. (2nd ed). Cambridge University Press.
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Slovenski jezik – Slovene Linguistic Studies 7 (2009): 153–168 Biljana Božinovski Ljubljanska borza‚ d. d.‚ Ljubljana The Language of the Stock Exchange – A Contrastive Analysis of the Lexis V članku je podana analiza jezika borze s stališča slovensko-angleške protistave. Izrazje (samostalniške zveze) obeh jezikov smo protistavili tako v strukturnem kot v semantičnem smislu‚ pri čemer se je razkrilo več protistavnih značilnosti‚ med drugim različni načini ubeseditve istega pojma‚ terminološke
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Newsletter! Bottom of Form Discuss in my forum literacy By Richard Nordquist‚ About.com Guide See More About: * english language Literacy: An Introduction to the Ecology of Written Language‚ 2nd ed.‚ by David Barton (WileyBlackwell‚ 2006) Definition: The ability to read and write in at least one language. Adjective: literate. Compare with illiteracy and aliteracy. See also: * Basic Writing * Communication * International Literacy Day * Orality * Phonics * Reading
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IFL A4.2 (2011-2012) Chapter 1: What is Language? - - .b lo gs po t.c om - Language can be viewed as a social fact‚ as a psychological state (mental dictionary)‚ as a set of structures (a grammatical system: a system to what orders the words have to come in if they are to make sense)‚ or as a collection of outputs (utterances/sentences: spoken or written). Language can be viewed as a set of choices (different ways of saying a sentence)‚ a set of contrasts (an inversion
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Spoken Discourse Assignment Introduction In this paper‚ the aim is to apply different methods of discourse analysis to a selected extract of transcribed language to establish who holds the power during the interaction. In a normal interview situation‚ the interviewer will control the topic change of the interaction and ask the questions and the interviewee will respond. One of the aims is to establish whether this is the case‚ and to see if this remains constant throughout the extract. The initial
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What is a discourse? Describe two competing discourses of childhood and suggest the ways that they can have an impact on children’s lives. The concept of discourse is the key to understanding a social constructionist approach to childhood. A discourse is an independent set of interrelated ideas held by a particular ideology or worldview. The social constructionist approach tries to describe the different ways in which knowledge of children and childhoods are constructed. Different discourses of childhood
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linguostylistics‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of special language means which secure the desirable effect of the utterance(stylistics devices and expressive means) b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. (functional styles) Functional styles discusses such general linguistic issues as oral and written varieties
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Title A contrastive discourse analysis of warnings Author(s) Cheung‚ Wai-ling‚ Sonia.; _5ags². Citation Issue Date 2001 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10722/31894 Rights The author retains all proprietary rights‚ (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. Abstract of thesis entitled A contrastive discourse analysis of warnings submitted by Wai Ling Sonia Cheung a dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
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