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    There are five parts of language that were used to analyze Jacob and Rachel in the video. The five parts of language are semantics, pragmatics, morphology, phonology, and syntax. All of these are different types of spoken language. Let’s take a closer look at each part of language. Semantics deals with the content and meaning of expressions (Thomason, 1996). The book states that semantics is a part of language that is concerned with rules governing the meaning and the content of words or units…

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    continually expose and develop their knowledge and lexicon regarding various subjects. This experiment exposes the importance of language and education. For any message to make an impact, we as a people must continue to grow and develop our understanding of language. Translators have the responsibility to not only semantically interpret information from one language to another accurately, but translate the emotion, message and power behind a text. Whether this translation is from English to…

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    A person with a “normal” sense of perception will accurately interpret various stimuli. Words will simply look like words. Sounds will only trigger emotional responses. Scents will merely give someone a pleasant fragrance or a horrid odor. In a synesthete’s world—that is, someone diagnosed with synesthesia—these interpretations tend to skew. The first notable case was published by Georg Sachs in 1812, based on the elucidation of himself (Jewanski, Jay, & Ward, 2009). SYMPTOMS As mentioned…

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    Linguistic anthropology usually requires an understanding of the physical anthropology aspects in order decipher some of the ancient writings. This is the foundation for most to understand the linguistics of today as there are approximately 6,900 languages (Anderson,…

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    economics. It is amazing how we use it without thinking of it. When I first found out the definition of code-switching, I thought to myself and said I cannot deny that at all. Code-switching is the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation. Since finding out more about this topic, I have examined myself as I used it. There are plenty of ways that it can be utilized. Code-switching is associated with social media applications such as Twitter,…

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    different strategies for different texts depending on, not only their view of translation but also what they deemed to be important when translating. There are two specific theorists who firstly worked on their own but later on collaborated ideas in order to eliminate criticisms and achieve a better theory of translation. These two theorists moved away from the linguistic turn where it is essential to make sure the target text contains the exact meaning portrayed in the source text and instead,…

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    Comparing and contrasting is a way to comprehend information. When comparing examples of information, you can make connections between multiple things, whether it’s in text, real life, or something that you’ve learned. For example, “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson and “First They Came”, by Martin Niemoller have a lot of things in common but they have a whole different plot. Certainly, “The Lottery” is about following a crowd for example “The Lottery” is about a small country town pursuing a…

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    The mini-lesson will focus on decoding strategy and structural analysis for word endings: ed and ing (inflectional suffixes). TS needs to learn about context clues and the meaning clues the word itself might contain. He must understand that inflectional endings (-ed and -ing) reflect the time at which events occurred and they change the meaning of the word in a sentence. Lesson Steps: 1. Introduce the concept that is going to be taught by reading some parts of the picture book Dooby Dooby Moo…

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    Stylistic texture as part of the implicit characterization process is established as a characteristic of the literary text. First, the reader/audience is faced with the question of the way individual sentences of a speech relate to one another. Whether they are connected in a strictly logical way, whether they form a more associative series, they always emphasize the structure of a character’s level of awareness. All significant deviations from the normal frequencies in the areas of syntactic…

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    The word ‘Reflection’ can mean many things, among these are sending back i.e. the return of light, heat, sound or energy from a surface; a sign or result of something; and serious or careful thought. I have explored many of these different meanings in my visual diary. The Greek philosopher Plato saw all of life as a reflection - we are all in a cave with our back to the fire and the life we live is actually just a shadow of reality dancing on the walls. (https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/academic…

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