LANGUAGE PLANNING AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Language is a typically human phenomenon. In moving from the ’natural being’ of animal existence to the ’cultural being’ of human existence‚ language plays the decisive role. Language gives a sense of identity to an individual as well as a social group and‚ in the process‚ creates multiple identities. The maintenance‚ merger‚ clash and change in identities based on and reflected in the language change has prompted linguists‚ philosophers‚ psychologists
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Incidents’ and Half-Caste’‚ language is shown to be very important. Both Agard and Leonard‚ use a variety of language styles‚ underneath the surface of the poem. Studying it very closely‚ you can see many similarities and differences and you start to see there perspective of life and the dramatic monologue that portrays the importance of language. Cultural and ethnic background is expressed through their language; to show that there culture is very important to them. The language helps to bring out the
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Following the phenomenal success of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal‚ Anthony Hopkins returns as brilliant madman Hannibal Lecter in this thriller based on the novel in which author Thomas Harris introduced the character. Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an FBI agent with a rare gift for tracking serial killers who brought Hannibal Lecter to justice; however‚ his confrontation with Lecter proved to be a bloody‚ near-death experience‚ and afterward Graham retired from the Bureau‚ moving to Florida
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How Winston Churchill uses language to engage with his audience In this essay I will be analysing and discussing how Winston Churchill manipulates features and functions of spoken language to achieve specific outcomes in different situations and how speech and interaction patterns vary with his different contexts. In Churchill’s speeches‚ he uses language to create a sense of unity and motivation while subtly adding some words of wisdom and witty phrases. Churchill’s short quotes have a very contrasting
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Cited: Dickens‚ Charles. Hard Times (Bantam Classics). New York: Bantam Classics‚ 1981. Print. Fabrizio‚ Richard. "Wonderful No-Meaning: Language and the Psychopathology of the Family in Hard Times." Print. Johnson‚ Edgar H. "Critique of Materialism." Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph. Boston: Little Brown and Company‚ 1952. 47-63. Print. Welsh‚ Alexander. "Louisa Gradgrind ’s Role
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imagery‚ and figurative language. The word “painting” as used in the first line of the poem is a type of poetic imagery that means praise or poetic flattery. This accompanied with “painting set” creates a much more elegant image than simply writing the word praising. Imagery and figurative language is more heavy and emphasized in the last two lines of the quatrains. The last line of stanza one for example‚ uses words such as “barren tender” and “poet’s debt”‚ which are excellent uses of word choice that
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chapter because it brings up the issue of how privileged people in America use their power and literally turn people without those privileges into slaves. Another reason is the fact that I honestly wasn’t aware of terrifying working conditions at the slaughter houses‚ which is another issue of keeping it away from media. For companies such as IBP‚ the fast speed of the assembly line is more important than what it consumes. Slaughter house workers make
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speaking a family or a young guy has to face. Besides there are a lot of cost that are tightly linked to the ownership itself as the insurance. In my country it’s mandatory to have the insurance against accident if you own a car‚ even if you never use it. The cost of the insurance itself could be bigger than the vehicle value. In addition there are all costs related to the utilization of it as gasoline‚ regular and extraordinary maintenance. Finally the utilization of the car has a cost that the
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Comparing and Contrasting the Use of Language in 1984 and Brave New World In a dystopian society citizens are stripped of their rights and the land is stricken with chaos. Often times the citizens are ignorant; either they cannot recognize the problem or they cannot express their dislike towards it. The right to freedom of speech is crucial in creating a well-rounded society because it gives the people the chance to form opinions. In comparing the novels‚ 1984 and Brave New World‚ the reader can
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with and studying English as Second Language (ESL) learners in several contexts – online‚ corporate‚ and academic. In the course of interfacing with these different types of students‚ several interesting features arise in the study of the learners’ language‚ most especially errors in writing. In this article‚ I will give a brief background of the errors of the learners. I will also try to encapsulate some of my observations and experiences in dealing with language errors and probably suggest ways
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