According to the new atlas of UNESCO‚ among the 6‚000 languages existing in the world 2‚500 of them are about to disappear or have already stopped their existence. About 3‚000 languages irrevocably lose their carriers every year. Thus‚ out of 97 percent of the population of the planet only 4 percent are carriers of the languages. Most likely‚ by the end of the 21st century dominating languages will supersede 90 percent of all the existing ones. All these figures testify to globalization‚ strengthening
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This essay will explore the social attitudes and contexts that influence the way my spoken language adapts depending on the audience and situation. Idiolect is the unique and distinctive way an individual speaks. It is influence by a diverse range of factors that shape the way we speak throughout our lives. Context is one such factor that plays a key role in how I adapt the way I speak. When talking to my friends or siblings‚ I generally speak informally and use more non-standard English or slang
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LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TRANSLATION The use of translation as an inherent part of FLT was prevalent until early in the present century. The Grammar-Translation method‚ dominant during the first half of the century‚ stressed translation and grammatical analysis‚ and put greater emphasis on accuracy than on fluency‚ preferring academic erudition to communicative competence (Titone& Danesi 1985). At the turn of the century‚ the Grammar-Translation method gradually gave way to the Direct Method
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Vernacular Language Bradlee Melton American InterContinental University Abstract Until the sixteenth century Latin was known as the official language during the Middle Ages. Latin became less used as it was hard to read and to understand but through Latin the Vernacular language was created. Before the sixteenth century all textbooks and even the Bible were written in Latin creating a great diversity between the upper crust of society and the common people. When the Vernacular language was adapted
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According to Singular’s Pocket Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology “stuttering is an articulatory or phonatory problem that typically presents in childhood and is characterized by anxiety about the efficacy of spoken communication‚ along with forced‚ involuntary hesitation‚ duplication‚ and protraction of sounds and syllables.” Stuttering can be witnessed in the rate‚ pitch‚ inflection‚ and even facial expressions of a speaker. The cause of this problem is not set in stone‚ which leads to countless
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Figurative Language Review (50 pts.) Directions: Copy and paste the following terms in a separate document. Find two examples of each of the following terms located in Romeo & Juliet. Copy the examples from the text and include an explanation how those examples relate to the term. Aside: Short lines spoken by a character to the audience that other characters are not supposed to hear. Chorus: A narrator role in a play. Comic Relief: A funny scene that follows a very serious scene. Couplet:
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deliberate increase in the tone of the utterance. By intensifying the tone of our speech when we insult means an attempt to let clear the seriousness of our intimidation or threaten. To affirm that insulting has turned out to be a habit in the use of language in modern society might represent a risky statement‚ but it is clear that is not unusual or strange to hear these sorts of words in any situation because all in all they are
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Olivia Sung-eun Nam Art Ed 367.01 Cultural Identity Narrative 09-18-2012 < Fried Kim-chi> There are some images associated with Korean food‚ but the most well- known Korean food is absolutely Kim-chi. Kim-chi is a traditional fermented Korean food. According to the Health Magazine‚ Kim-chi is one of the top 5 healthiest foods in the world. It has full of Vitamins A‚ B and C. But since it is a fermented food‚ its biggest benefit is their healthy bacteria which are called lactobacilli
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Uniting America with a Common Language Imagine yourself in a country you have lived for many years‚ and not being able to communicate with the people around you. Your kids are in school‚ and you are unable to help them with homework‚ because you cannot speak English. You work two low paying jobs just to make ends meet‚ and at the end of the month‚ you still come up short. Your children are forced to go without the most basic needs. This is the reality of millions of families. All of this could be
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LANGUAGE USE IN THE CARIBBEAN CLASSROOM Teaching English language and literacy to students is one of the major tasks faced by many teachers in the Caribbean today. When we consider the language varieties that are spoken in our classrooms‚ we can see why we have so many issues when it comes to the teaching of Standard English. It is often said that language is a powerful tool which influences beliefs and views and acts as a complete tool of social control. When we look at our schools in the Caribbean
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