Language as a social phenomenon. To be able to interpret linguistic phenomena it is important to state‚ that language is a product of society. According to Rossi-Landi‚ human appears when he overcomes the aim of satisfying immediate needs‚ i.e. start producing behavior instead of responding. Human results from the labour of man himself [Rossi-Landi 1983‚ p. 35-37; 1975‚ p. 31-69]. Thus‚ language is a result of human activity. Language vs Speech Saussure also separated language from speech‚ which
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The language is the most important means of communication. It is necessary to be able to communicate not only in your own language but also in a foreign language. That is why people learn languages. The most important language of all is our mother tongue. We learn it from very young and it stay with us until we die. When we want to learn a new language‚ we must know our own very well. There are many different people and everyone learns a foreign language in his own way. For some people to learn
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multicultural people we got used to hear different languages everyday‚ which brings up the questions if a country should be bilingual or have common language to unify. Charles Krauthammer essay “Let’s make it official” claims that we need a common language to be unified culture. A country is diverse in different culture but could be unified in language. It is necessary to understand what nationhood is‚ so that you the reader realize that a national language does not alter a nation. It binds the nation
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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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Accent The ways in which words are pronounced. There will usually be pat terns in the way that consonants are pronounced (or dropped) and t he way vowel sounds are made. Accent can also vary according to the region or social class of a speaker. Context  The situation or circumstances in which speech takes place. This will impact greatly on the speech encounter and the way that speakers will vary their speech according to the recipients and the environment.  Dialect The distinctive grammar
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Relating Thoughts to Language Language is defined to be words that are used in a structured way so that it could be used as a way of communication between people. It can be spoken‚ written or even understood through body gestures. Thoughts on the other hand‚ are the things that runs in a person’s mind. Our thoughts and ideas are shared with other people through language. People often use language to express what they are thinking of. Thoughts are not necessarily need to be spoken‚ they can also
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You are one of the support workers for a ten year old child who has learning disabilities and needs support at school. The child has language and communication needs. Describe the methods and strategies you might use to enable him to communicate with you. How to use specific methods of communication? Some children need particular help in order to communicate and interact. Speech alone may be difficult for them and they may require special methods of communication. There are several of these
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The Garífuna Language Day by day the World becomes more interconnected‚ we talk to people from other countries in languages that usually are not our native tongue‚ multi linguists now outnumber mono linguists and around 25% of the world ’s countries recognise two or languages as official (see Pearson). English has become the Lingua Franca of the world and native languages are starting to disappear. The fewer the number of speakers the quicker. One language that seems to have reversed the trend
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that the role of language in our life is taken for granted. Can you speak English? This question was the first question that asked me to answer that when I wanted to apply to the University of Birmingham. I could not answer this question properly because my English language was very weak and I believed that this is because of my school that could not learn to me foreign language. So I personally agree and I am firm to this statement " children should begin learn foreign language as soon as they start
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Schoolhouse or Home School? What do George Washington and the Hanson brothers have in common? Do you give up? Well‚ the answer is that both of them were educated in their homes. Queen Elizabeth‚ Thomas Edison‚ and Theodore Roosevelt were also educated at home. According to the Home Education Research Institute‚ 1.5 million students are staying home for class today. This number is five times more than ten years ago (Kantrow and Wingert 66). This trend leads to many questions. Does home school education
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