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The disruptions of the natural conditions that define sociolinguistic elements in a community are not dismissible, and can influence the intimate understanding of a community's sociolinguistic landscape.... Sociolinguistic research tries to make observations about normal use of linguistic tools under systematic observation....
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hellip; Amongst the various varieties of the languages which are in existence, only one of them is deemed good and correct whereas the others are wrong.... This ideology furthered and promoted the study of linguistics in the 18th and 19th century primarily on the study of languages in their classical or canonical types.... Some languages such as Greek, Sanskrit and Spanish have been given greater importance compared to others because of their richness of expression, whereas other languages have been regarded as inferior to them because of their lacking in these elements....
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Critical summaries Language diversity The article by Kim C.... Francis, Robert J.... Kelly and Martha J.... Bell “Language diversity in the university: aspects of remediation, open admissions and multiculturalism”.... A modern world opens a wide horizon for personal development.... hellip; Numerous possibilities are available to contemporaries....
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The importance and influence of both languages has been extensively discussed.... This has brought about variance in different languages.... Since most of the world's inhabitants can converse in only one language, a reasonable minority can exchange a few words in two or more languages.... In situations where two or more speakers of languages gather at a place, a resolution has to be made about which language will be of use in expressing their ideas and thoughts....
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In teaching aid, communication is necessary particularly when teaching people of different native languages.... For effective language teaching, the teacher needs to have the skill to know and speak other languages.... Lingua Francas form the third mode of communication language from the original languages of the communicating sides (Helena, 2011).... Pidgin combines different vocabularies of native languages (Helena, 2011)....
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hellip; This however does not need to foretell the demise of a language or dialect but merely its progression to its next level - or does it In discussing two divergent opinions regarding the decline of languages and their cultural underpinning an evaluation of this debate will be investigated.
... In an attempt to preserve minority languages, linguists in their pursuit are generally ignored according to Fishman.... (Fishman 5) His use here implies that social sciences and sociolinguistics in general are mainstream Western Culture controlled entities with little concern for dying languages....
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The paper "The Mutual Evolution of Gender Roles and languages" states that the length of progression varies, ranging from less than 2 years in some to more than 10 years in others.... On the continent, over nearly the whole extent of the western empire, the modern languages are derived from Latin and were known during the whole period of the middle ages by the name Roman....
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In order to assess the language proficiency and understanding of the non-native speakers of English various tests are prevalent which assess student's ability to use that particular language.... This essay explores the significance of crude distinctions of various language placement tests such as advanced level, intermediate, and beginner in order to gauge the language proficiency of non-native speakers....
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