Linguistic discourse analysis 1.1Defining discourse Discourse is the creation and organization of the segments of a language above as well as below the sentence. It is segments of language which may be bigger or smaller than a single sentence but the adduced meaning is always beyond the sentence. The term discourse applies to both spoken and written language‚ in fact to any sample of language used for any purpose. Any series of speech events or any combination of sentences in written form wherein
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1. Communication is a two-way process. Communication is successful only when the receiver understands the message intended by the sender. Effective workplace communication is very essential for smooth and efficient functioning of an organization. The manager should have proper communication with his subordinates‚ else it will lead to absenteeism amongst workers‚ lower productivity‚ development of grapevine networks in an organization. There should be two-way communication in an organization. Manager
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and pragmatic sub-competences. Morphology and syntax form part of the Linguistic competence‚ which comprises the knowledge and skills related to lexis‚ phonology and syntax and other features of language systems‚ considered independently of the sociolinguistic impact of variations in use and of the pragmatic functions of the utterances produced. Royal and Autonomic decrees for Secondary Education highlights the importance of morphology and syntax in goal number 5‚ which reads “To use correctly the
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contrasted‚ focusing on a specific sound. This specific sound is the English /r/. According to Gerard Van Herk‚ rhotic is a term used to describe English dialects in which the /r/ following a vowel is pronounced. Also known as r-ful‚ (What is Sociolinguistics? 2012). Final consonant “r-fulness” will be examined in the speech of the research subjects. Is there really noticeable geographical variation in relation to pronunciation? If so‚ do these geographical variations in pronunciation have an
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Reaction Paper 1 Icelandic Language Loyalty and the National Identity The purpose of this paper is to show the cause of Iceland’s intense language maintenance and its effects on their language policy. Icelanders treat their mother tongue with the same amount of care as a fellow Icelander. It is thought the island’s language loyalty reciprocates and enhances their monolingual language policy at both the government and grassroots level. Perhaps because‚ Iceland’s geneolgy insists that it
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“Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously” is a sentence created by Noam Chomsky who is an American linguist‚ philosopher‚ cognitive scientist‚ historian‚ logician‚ social critic‚ political activist‚ and sometimes described as ‘’ the father of modern linguistics”‚ Chomsky is also an important figure in analytic philosophy. “Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously” is a significant sentence related to syntactic structure which is grammatically correct‚ however‚ semantically nonsensical. It demonstrates
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identity practices in a community of nerd girls.” Bucholtz first described what both speech community‚ and community of practice were? According to her definition‚ Speech community was a language-based unit of social analysis used in traditional sociolinguistics research. The community of practice‚ on the other hand‚ was an ethnographic‚ activity-based approach. In her research paper‚ she strongly agreed with the theory of community of practice. The reason why she strongly supported with the method was
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When examining sociolinguistics views relating to whether or not children should have support in their native languages‚ there are surprisingly several theories. With each article and author‚ with each study‚ a new idea is formed. Likewise‚ non-linguists responded the same way. For the interviews‚ I interviewed Isaac‚ Betty‚ and Chantelle. All thought that support came from the family and they had various reasons why they thought so; when it came to potential problems‚ social factors were the answer
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the rule of Willam. Would his English peasants ever expect the world where their "vulgar" language became lingua franca? such an interesting phenomenon is called bilingualism. it simply means the act of using two languages‚ but in terms of sociolinguistics‚ bilingualism is often reffered to a society where different classes of people use different lanagues. Causes and representations of bilingualism may vary in a great degree; for example‚ colonists in the imperial era spread their languages all
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LING 160 Guidelines for Exam 2 Exam Date‚ Time‚ and Room # Exam 2 is on Thursday‚ March 28‚ 2012‚ room #3310‚ at 2:30 p.m. It will be about one hour long. Exam Format Mostly multiple-choice questions and a few open-ended‚ short-answer questions‚ like exam 1. We’ll have between 45 and 50 questions total. Unless stated otherwise‚ provide short‚ bullet-like‚ answers to the open-ended questions including only the relevant information and skipping unnecessary parts. For example‚ do not write “I
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