Kaplan argues that the humans are influenced by the diversity of their linguistic and cultural backgrounds. It affects their perceptions and thoughts about the world‚ or what Kaplan refers to as “logic”‚ which is the basis of rhetoric. This logic is believed to be a dynamic and cultural specific phenomenon varying from one culture to another and from time to time within a given culture. Consequently‚ the variations in linguistic and culture will lead ESL students to unconsciously compose rhetoric and
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one society may be completely foreign and unheard of in another. Politeness is usually conveyed through verbal communication; however even the morphological structure of a sentence can often express politeness. This essay will discuss how various linguistic devices and the use of politeness in particular interactions differs across cultures. Politeness exists in every culture but there are different devices amongst these cultures that have been developed in order to portray politeness uniquely
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A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF A SELECTED CAMPAIGN SPEECH OF PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN BALOGUN OLUWAFUNMILAYO DORCAS 07/15CD069 AN ESSAY SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS) IN ENGLISH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH‚ FACULTY OF ARTS‚ UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN‚ ILORIN. MAY 2011. CERTIFICATION THIS ESSAY HAS BEEN READ AND APPROVED AS MEETING PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE (HONS) IN
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used when people interact 3. The one of disciplines with the systematic study of meaning which are interested in how individual classify is… a. Philosophy b. Psychologist c. Psychological d. Linguistics 4. The study of how languages organize and express meanings is… a. Semantics b. Linguistic c. Linguistic semantics d. Philosophy 5. In what age the child can produce two-word utterances? a. 1-2 months b. 6 months c. 18 months d. 24 months 6. “We use the term grammar to mean two things ; the implicit
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Examples and Observations: • "Code-switching performs several functions (Zentella‚ 1985). First‚ people may use code-switching to hide fluency or memory problems in the second language (but this accounts for about only 10 percent of code switches). Second‚ code-switching is used to mark switching from informal situations (using native languages) to formal situations (using second language). Third‚ code-switching is used to exert control‚ especially between parents and children. Fourth‚ code-switching
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SEMANTICS (Concepts‚ and major questions) Prepared by: Mabanag‚ Leomar A. SEMANTICS Sub discipline of linguistics focuses on the study of meanings. It understands what meaning is as an element of language. It is closely linked to pragmatics. PRAGMATICS SEMANTICS Study of meaning Study of meaning More practical subject and is interested in meaning in language in use. highly theoretical research perspective‚ and looks at meaning in language in isolation‚ in the language itself
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Revolution‚ was the Communicative Approach (Ministry of Education 1988; Savignon 1987). Communicative competence "has come to be used in language teaching contexts to refer to the ability to negotiate meaning‚ to successfully combine a knowledge of linguistic and sociolinguistic rules in communicative interactions"(Savignon 1987: 16). At the same time‚ the advance of cognitive psychology‚ which was also influenced by the Chomskian revolution‚ made an impact on ELT (Titone & Danesi 1985). The findings
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Idiolect – language of an individual Idiolect (coined by linguist Bernard Bloch: from Greek idio (personal‚ private) + (dia) lect) is a variant of the language used by one person‚ the distinctive speech of an individual‚ considered as a linguistic pattern unique among speakers of his or her language or dialect [6]. It is expressed in specific principles of word choice and grammatical features‚ as well as in words‚ expressions‚ idioms and pronunciation‚ which is specific to a given person.
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been one of the major issues in the philosophical debate. The issue was first raised in the ancient Greek world‚ and was subsequently tackled by numerous philosophers. In the 19th century‚ meaning also entered the realm of linguistics – first in the context of diachronic linguistics‚ later also as a synchronic study. The main concepts in the theory of meaning‚ apart from meaning itself‚ are synonymy (or sameness of meaning)‚ significance (or possession of meaning)‚ and analyticity (or truth by virtue
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