make quick decisions that aren’t well thought out. Poe illustrates this dilemma in “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” “The Masque of Red Death‚” and “The Pit and the Pendulum.” Poe uses symbolism‚ irony‚ and figurative language to show how paranoia affects the characters’ train of thought‚ and its consequences. Poe demonstrates the downside of fear through his use
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Ideology‚ Power‚ and Linguistic Theory∗ Geoffrey K. Pullum University of California‚ Santa Cruz My aim in this paper is to discuss an intensely complex cluster of interlinked concepts involving distinctions between (i) descriptive and prescriptive grammar‚ (ii) constitutive and regulative rules‚ (iii) conservative and liberal attitudes‚ and (iv) standard and non-standard dialects. I cannot hope to be comprehensive‚ but I will try to be clear. Sometimes it seems to me that the issues we are dealing
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Sample Language Analysis VCAA Exam 2011 There are no existing samples of an analysis of this task as VCAA encountered some problems with copyright‚ so here goes … Background information Helen Day is a part-time journalist and blogger. She maintains her blog entitled Street beat on a variety of current social issues. This blog entry‚ The Power of Ink‚ is about tattoos and it has drawn a variety of responses from readers of her blog. In recent years‚ the practice of ‘inking’ your body‚ or having
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Language throughout our culture is extremely powerful. It is used to make connections with other people‚ it is used in business‚ and countless other things. Without language there would be no unity or diversity. Both Anzaldúa and Morrison explore the power of language in their own perspectives. Anzaldúa expresses the power of language when she talks about linguistic terrorism. She mentions that‚ “Repeated attacks on our native tongue diminish our sense of self” (Austin 210). Since she was raised
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The Power of Language in Fahrenheit 451 In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 there are those who defend the cause of language; those who attempt to destroy the value of words and those who are victims of the abuse of power over language and thought‚ wielded by the government. The fireman‚ Montag‚ attempts to use language as weapon against the entrenched ignorance of his dystopian world. Conversely‚ the Fire Chief Beatty‚ uses the power of language as a weapon against those who would free humanity
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Alice’s conversation with Humpty Dumpty‚ another non-human creature‚ further demonstrates the power structure of language. Humpty Dumpty demonstrates the malleability of language when he gives words his own definitions‚ such as when he defines glory as “a nice knock-down argument” (244). Alice says to him that that is not what the word glory means‚ in response to which Humpty Dumpty says‚ “[w]hen I use a word […] it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less” (244-245). A bit
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The English language is very different today than it was in the 1920’s. Drastically changing over the years due to cultural‚ social standards and status. An alcoholic beverage that used to be called “giggle water”‚ or “giggler” due to some of the effects that alcohol can have on a person. But‚ if you were drunk due to too many “gigglers” and become a “splifficated” or “zozzled” they would call you a “boozehead”. After work “drugstore cowboys” which were young bachelors‚ would wait outside of a brothel
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The fragment I will analyse is from John Honey’s book Language is Power: The Story of Standard English and Its Enemies. It is a contemporary text which deals with the controversies around the idea of having a Standard English. Honey is in favour of having a Standard English and that is what he claims in the book‚ along with opinions of other linguistics who are against that‚ as he calls them in the title ‘enemies’. In the fragment‚ Honey exposes the ideas of linguistics who are in favour; one of
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Past and present‚ Offred’s peers play a huge role in how she narrates The Handmaid’s Tale. In the last few chapters of this reading‚ Offred encounters her old friend‚ Moira‚ who is now working as a prostitute at a secret club. In the times before biblical religion was the only form of governance‚ Moira was described as a fiery and rebellious woman‚ who was always there for Offred. While in the center‚ she teaches Offred how to care for the other women and keep her wits about her during this horrific
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novel illiterate and she gets a sudden impulse to learn how to read. As Liesel learns how to read she soon discovers how words could hold a unique power to convince people to commit severe acts of cruelty. She finds out that words can be powerful. The power of language can be both good and bad. However‚ this historical novel shows that the power of language can be used for bad. Max had created many drawings throughout the time he had stayed with the Huberman’s. One of the many drawings was “Not the
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