Stacy Ochall English 162 Professor Willoh March 13‚ 2015 Civility Each day Americans‚ from the age eighteen to sixty‚ on average‚ spend over three hours on social media‚ according to a study by Ipos Open Thinking Exchange. The internet has given people a way to insult and degrade each other publically while still retaining a sense of safety. 73% of adults admit to witnessing another being harassed online‚ while 40% admit to being personally harassed‚ says Pew Research Center (www.pewinternet.org)
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Influence in politeness - Culture • Politeness id considered a desirable characteristic in most cultures. However‚ cultures are different in how they define the politeness. Example: the English speakers showing consideration for others and presenting the confidence and polish as their politeness; on the other hand‚ the Japanese showing respect and presenting their selves with modesty as their politeness. • Cultures differ in the rules for expressing politeness or impoliteness and also in
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parents‚ teachers‚ elders‚ friends and others. All round development of a child is possible only if he is groomed in good manners. Good mannered people are respected and appreciated everywhere. A man without manners remains savage. Courtesy and politeness are the key to good manners. Good manners demand respect for the feelings and opinions of other people. One should be considerate towards elders‚ the sick and the handicapped.Good manners enrich the overall personality of an individual. Good
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traditional courtesies of our culture. By treating others with respect and demonstrating good manners‚ we show that we expect the same respect in return. It is possible to disagree with someone very strongly‚ but if the argument is conducted with politeness and good manners‚ both sides come out of the situation well. The dispute might not have been settled to the satisfaction of either‚ but an agreement to disagree‚ reached amicably‚ means the relationship is not lost and further work can be done
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The setting: Where? International waters on an ocean-going liner sailing from San Francisco‚ USA‚ to Yokohama‚ Japan‚ on the Pacific ocean. When? Post-World war I (after 1918). "I did not like Mr. Kelada” - Why? Before their first meeting: His name (Max Kelada) – not English‚ indicates middle-eastern origin (“I should have looked upon it with less dismay if my fellow passenger’s name had been Smith or Brown”). The look of his luggage – too many labels on the suitcases‚ the
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Spoken Language Study Lord Sugar’s idiolect stands out in this transcript because it’s completely different to the candidates. His language features are very informal which is surprising considering they are in a boardroom and you would expect everyone to be professional‚ especially Lord Sugar‚ as he is the boss. Alan’s informality is shown with his cockney accent and the fact he uses elision and slang in his dialect‚ such as “dunno”‚ “talkin” and “should’a”. This shows that is so assured with
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an undeniably pleasant person. He gives examples from times throughout his life where kindness has come into play. Ford shares experiences from high school‚ where politeness went unnoticed and‚ for the most part‚ unrewarded. However‚ later in life kindness helped him in the workplace and in social scenes. He also mentions that politeness has helped him look at people in a vulnerable way‚ that each and every one of them has problems that are unknown to others. Ford reveals that being benevolent has
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and languages disorders (According to the study of the play called "Pygmalion" which we are going to talk about further on). Understanding these phenomena of language variation requires familiarity with‚ in particular‚ Sociolinguistics and Leech’s Politeness Theory‚ so this paper also serves as an introduction to those areas. -The focus of much recent research has been the study of social variation in language‚ that is‚ differences between speakers of different ages‚ genders‚ social classes or identities
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Write an article for men? magazine on whether or not men and women? language is different. There are many theorists who debate whether men speak differently to women‚ most have tests and experiments to back these theories up. But let? start from the woman who started all this off‚ her name was Robin Lakoff and she was one of the first linguists to take interest into the difference of men and women? speech. She analysed the links between language and gender in her book ?anguage and women? place
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Good afternoon fellow classmates and Madam/Mr Chairman. The topic for our debate is that young people need to improve their manners. We agree with the definition given by the affirmative team. However‚ we the negative team believe that this statement if false. Today as first speaker‚ I will be talking to you about the evolvement of manners. How life is not as formal as it used to be which has resulted in today’s society to be more laid back. We’ve developed a different idea about how we should
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