for a new place. A fierce storm had destroyed their houses near the sea. They feared the coming of another storm. "Why do we always move our home?" Banag asked Danas. "I am tired of this kind of life. We cannot even have children because we keep moving." Banag wanted to seperate from the rest of the group and stay behind in a pleasant place. "I want to bear our child there." Danas gave in to his wife’s request. They chose a nice place in the mountains and built a simple house there. Their new home
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Learning a new language In my 16 years old life‚ I have learned three languages so far. I may not be an expert‚ but so far I am working on developing my vocabulary in those languages I can‚ and I even learn more and more for each and every day. I am currently talking German‚ Swedish and English. I’ve studied also Spanish for four years now but I do not think I can speak the language fluently because I have not learned so especially much those years. I would like to learn a fourth language because
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Language Features of News Media Texts Language Features Example Language Features Example Noun groups: Note how word choice may affect meaning‚ particularly the role of strong adjectives. The devastated owners of a local takeaway store were shocked to find their shop totally destroyed after a brazen gang of thieves ram raided their business late last night. How do the adjectives ‘devastated’ and ‘brazen’ affect meaning? Modality Among other things‚ modality expresses degrees of probability or certainty
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Learning New Skills With every culture comes communication‚ language is the most important tool that we can use in our day-to-day lives. People need to communicate with each other since this is how the human race coexists with each other and sets us above the rest. We communicate with each other even if we do not know each other. Speaking is one of the most common ways‚ but nonverbally is the other way we all communicate. The nature of communications are very important in our lives‚ we all need
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In The Shipping News by Annie Proulx‚ readers can imply that the protagonist has lived a treacherous life onto which he wishes to set change upon‚ but cannot see the dear light of opportunity. Quoyle is an aging man‚ who is still learning to separate his feelings from his personal life. He wallows in misery‚ as day by day passes; however‚ he cannot help but wonder why nothing can seem to make sense to him. Annie Proulx uses characterization‚ figurative language and imagery to contribute to the overall
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Annie Proulx’s language and diction in the story is interesting. Instead of writing in complete sentences shes writes small phrases. Although the phrases and random words may sound confusing and out of place I think that they give a much more clear representation of the setting and the story. Instead of using long word sentences Proulx uses specific words that stand out in the reader’s mind. It helps the reader picture everything easily and she really gets the point across with one concise and powerful
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” Many of us associate Hawaiian language as being an oral language. Today‚ I’m going to inform you about the lesser known aspect‚ the development of written Hawaiian language and literacy in the 1800s. As all of us currently live in Hawaii‚ it is relevant to learn one of the historical achievements of Hawaiian language that leaves its traces in place names‚ conversations‚ and as one of the two official languages of Hawaii in the present-day. As a Hawaiian language major‚ I have done a lot of research
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Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed
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Internet as a good tool to learn new languages Nowadays‚ it is essential to master at least two languages‚ both for career development and to communicate within the globalized world in which we live. Presently‚ because of the arising of technological resources‚ the amount of social network users is on the rise‚ and lots of sites have been using this interactivity to provide people with different ways to learn new languages. Among these sites we have Livemocha and Bussu; these are two highly recommended
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What is language? We as humans are used to communicate with other people everyday‚ but do we really know what is exactly the language and what it implies? We are constantly communicating among us as a necessity without knowing what we are exactly doing. This is why language has been the topic of too many investigations by a lot of scientists. Language has different characteristics that differentiate us from the rest of the living beings. Here we will mention the most important facts of it‚ in order
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