Dialect Variation in Tamil Tamil is one of the ancient languages of the world with records inthe language dating back over two millennia. Its origins are notprecisely known‚ but it developed and flourished in India as a language with a rich literature. With an estimated 30‚000inscriptions‚ Tamil has the largest number of inscriptions in South Asia. Tamil belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian languages‚a family of around twenty-six languages native to the Indian subcontinent. It is
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131 Toward a Dialect Theory: Cultural Differences in the Expression and Recognition of Posed Facial Expressions Hillary Anger Elfenbein University of California‚ Berkeley Martin Beaupre ´ University of Quebec at Montreal Manon Levesque ´ Omar Bongo University Ursula Hess University of Quebec at Montreal Two studies provided direct support for a recently proposed dialect theory of communicating emotion‚ positing that expressive displays show cultural variations similar to linguistic
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Sociolinguistics Language Variation What is Sociolinguistics? What Factors Enter into Language Variation? • Language does not exist in a vacuum. • Since language is a social phenomenon it is natural to assume that the structure of a society has some impact on the language of the speakers of that society. • The study of this relationship and of other extralinguistic factors is the subfield of sociolinguistics. • We will look in this section at the ways in which languages vary internally
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LANGUAGE VARIATION By Dr SHAMIM ALI ABSTRACT We must realize that language as a "thing" to be studied is necessarily
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Sociolinguistics? Is the field which studies the relationship between language and society‚ including cultural norms‚ expectations and context on the way language is used. What is Language? Language is a means of communication‚ it is used to communicate meaning‚ as it is also used to maintain and establish social relationships. What do Sociolinguistics study? Sociolinguistics study the following: 1- They study the relationship between language and society. 2- They are interested in explaining why we
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0063) Roll no.: 1308014090 Q.1 In a group of 50 people‚ 35 speak Hindi‚ 25 speak both English and Hindi and all the people speak at least one of the two languages. How many people only speak English and not Hindi? How many people speak English? Solution: Here‚ Let people speaking English language be ‘’E’’ and people speaking Hindi language be “H” respectively. E H 15 25 10
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Language and Dialect 学生 ： 学院 ： 高级翻译学院 年级 ： 2007级 研究方向 ： 商务翻译研究 课程名称 ： 语言学理论 任课老师 ：莫爱屏教授 论文提交日期 ： 2008/01/08 Abstract: This paper aims to probe into the study of language and dialect in the field of sociolinguistics. Part 1 is a general introduction to the issues being covered in the paper. Part 2 centers on the analysis of certain criteria that probably could be applied as
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ESHER COLLEGE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT. FISH AND CHIPS TASK There are many interesting features of speech‚ vocabulary and grammar used in these accounts such as the use of verbs‚ nouns‚ adjectives‚ pronouns and also the structure of the speech‚ for example whether the speech is fluid or hesitant‚ whether the lexis is stressed to create emphasis or whether synonyms are repeated or not. All of these different features on a lexical level can completely change the perception
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Mr. Ringo English 11-12 E 21 September 2013 Nature and its Value In the Three Readings Nature has a life of its own‚ yet we don’t realize it; in fact we are surrounded by it. Nevertheless we human beings give a blind eye to nature in which we live in‚ deforestation‚ pollution‚ global warming‚ all of these factors are affecting the nature in which we live in‚ yet we don’t care‚ and continue in wrecking it. What is life without nature? Nature is a resort where people of all ages flee to in
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friend‚ who shall remain nameless‚ about nature. This particular person was upset about how mankind was destroying the habitats of various animals. After all‚ he said‚ we are just as much a part of nature as any other animal‚ and we have a responsibility to it. Now‚ I am a big lover of nature. There’s nothing more beautiful than a nice mountain scene or a nice‚ pristine lake surrounded by greenery and trees. But the question is why do I value it? Well‚ I value it because I subjectively like those
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