To what extent can the language and literature of a nation or a race reflect the history and culture of this nation or race? To what extent can the soul of a nation and the universal values in the innermost recesses of the minds of humanity be revealed in the language and literature of a given country? To those questions‚ only the person who is long engaged in the study of this field can find distinctive answers and develop unique perceptions. I believe that the perception of the historical and cultural
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English should not be the official language of the US The United States is a nation founded by immigrants. Throughout the years the US has struggled with discrimination and close-mindedness. But‚ when we put our differences aside we can achieve the impossible. We are a country united by our differences. We celebrate our diversity‚ independence and individuality. We are a country that believes in choice‚ and one of those choices should be the option to speak the language which we relate to and understand
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Language is a good tool for expressing the speaker’s feelings. But it differs from another one in innumerable ways‚ just because of the ways people talk‚ it does not necessarily mean they think differently. The way you speak says a lot about you. Language can help mould the way we think‚ but just in its own ways. Therefore‚ even we spoke the same language‚ we might not think in the same way. Language is an important tool of communication. People have changed thoughts day by day base on most crucial
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Language and Culture There are many who would say much about language and culture. Some might even say that the two are intertwined. There is ample evidence that language determines a culture. However some would save that language does not determine culture. My personal belief is that the use of the language determines the culture. One such place to find this evidence would be in any branch of the United States’ armed forces. Every day military culture includes a vast variety of ways to make the
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AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE Abstract This paper is intended to raise awareness on the aspects which define English as an international language‚ by examining the characteristics of an international language‚ the number of users‚ how it spread to reach global status‚ what factors may impede its continued spread and what dangers are involved in the development of English as an international language. English’s international status
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does language affect the way we think? There have been many studies done on how language shapes the way people think. I must agree with this‚ because based on past experiences‚ language has affected the way I thought. Language and culture together‚ have changed the way humans think‚ just like it has for me. Language is an amazing gift that we as humans were given. We never really sat and thought of how life would be if there was no language? How would we communicate with each other? Life
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Do language help mould the way we think? If we all spoke the same language‚ would we think in the same way? Discuss the issue using examples‚ details‚ and your personal experiences of English and your native language. Language‚ due to its specific properties‚ is one aspect that makes human beings unique in comparison to other animals and species. Philosophers and linguists’ standard conceive the language as basically a means by which speakers convey the content of their thoughts to others. In
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I live in Texas and I can honestly say that there is a language barrier between non English speaking people and English speaking Americans in Texas in the Hispanic community particularly. From the various articles and surveys that I have found there seems to be a great number of Texans wanting English to be declared the official language. On the other hand there some organizations saying it would be unconstitutional. According to 2007 figures from the U.S. Census‚ more than 3.2 million Texans are
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Does Your Language Shape How You Think? Seventy years ago‚ in 1940‚ a popular science magazine published a short article that set in motion one of the trendiest intellectual fads of the 20th century. At first glance‚ there seemed little about the article to augur its subsequent celebrity. Neither the title‚ “Science and Linguistics‚” nor the magazine‚ M.I.T.’s Technology Review‚ was most people’s idea of glamour. And the author‚ a chemical engineer who worked for an insurance company and moonlighted
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Do language help mould the way we think? If we all spoke the same language‚ would we think in the same way? Discuss the issue using examples‚ details‚ and your personal experiences of English and your native language. Language is the tool for all of people around the world to communicate with each other; it is a product of human’s creativity which we can consider as the first evolution for the human kind. However‚ in different place‚ people use different languages which are differed in many ways:
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