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    In ANE literature, tablets are both a medium for writing, and a symbol of writing itself, but writing gains authority through message or author. Adoption and sale tablets, Suzerainty treaties, and written prayers laid beside idols exemplify authority by a message. In them, the authority emanated from the confines of the writing dictating relationships between parties. Orpheus tablets typify the second condition by the issue of pseudepigraphical authorship (as discussed under the subheading, Germane Scholarship). In apocalyptic work, however, most tablets mentioned are either Heavenly Tablets, or Tablets of the Law that descended from heaven. Use in Apocalyptic Literature A tablet topos occurred thirty-six times in Jubilees, five times in 1 Enoch, and once in the Testament of Levi. In Jubilees, the author referenced four sets of tablets: Tablets of the Division of Years, Tablets of Heaven (or Heavenly Tablets), Tablets of the Law, and Jacob’s Tablets (32:21); the Jubileen author also used Tablets of the Law devoid of authority. Contrary to Jubilees, the author of 1 Enoch stayed consistent, referring only to the Tablets of Heaven. Likewise, the T. Levi author used this authority once with the title, Tablets of the Fathers, which results in a question: is the Jubileen variation then important? Jubilees The Jubileen Author referenced tablets in the opening paragraph. These tablets play a major role in the overall understanding of topoi of tablet authority. The tablet-of-law…

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    Being judged is never fun, especially when you are in public. It is something that I hate looking back to because I was really hurt. I wish it never happened, but it did. I felt dejected at first, but after a while I snapped out of it. Let me tell you the one memory that involved literacy. The one time a man insulted me in a store because I did not speak my second language very well last year. First, let me tell you about my background. I was born here in Dallas, but my parents are from…

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    The Power of Language in Shakespeare 's Othello In Othello, the contamination of linguistic matter (whether through verbal or human associations, through deliberate perversion, or by senseless mouthing of meaninglessness) ultimately destroys the ordered control of normal behaviour patterns, personal or social (Shaw 306). In one of the finest play written by William Shakespeare, language is not only the medium that conveys the drama but also the action. For example, talking about an event will…

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    Communication between International and American students. Nowadays society is very split, especially in big countries such as America. This diversity based on people’s culture, language, religion, ethnic group or race. Colossal number of different cultures represented in the United States. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles are the cities with the biggest population in America and also cities with the biggest cultural diversity. People from Asia to Europe to Africa to Latin America live there.…

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    own dialect. Now after reading about how we form our own dialects by hearing it from the community, family, and friends. When I speak the Navajo language, I am pronouncing words differently. It is due not being a Navajo fluent speaker. So when I hear other people pronounce certain words I automatically think that’s the correct pronunciation. One time I heard the word Thank You from a friend and pronounced the word without the hyphens. It just pronounced it using the English sounds which was not…

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    E) Language Development M. (4 years, 6 months) uses various vocabulary when speaking. Her sentences comprise of at least 4 to 5 words each and combined thought. When retelling a story, she understand sequencing events, but confuses some facts. She understands how to use certain words such as “can” and “will” to ask questions like, “can you come play with me,” or “Will you sit next to me?” If she is curious about something, she begins with “how,” “why,” or “what.” M also understands the…

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    Language has been around for many centuries in human history. Language is the basis for society as it gives human beings a tool to communicate their ideas and beliefs. The sheer effect of a word can implications from declaring a war to a way to profess one’s love; words can alter life. Language is developing social institutions because it provides different people the ability to comprehend the other group, which is crucial for any growth in a country. Without any way to express one’s ideas, one…

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    Inclusive language means speaking in a way that includes and respects everyone, whether that be speaking about their thoughts and feelings, or their experiences. Speaking inclusively is not holding any judgements about a person prior to getting to know them. This is hard to do as many people unconsciously have judgements about people based on their own experiences. It is also easy to unknowingly offend someone by saying something or doing something they do not agree with. The only way…

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    A teacher generally understand how words and sounds are formatted in which it helps plan produce lessons to teach , but more important to help engage students to the lessons. The phonological system of a language includes an inventory of sounds and their features, as well as rules in which specify how sounds interact with each other. Linguistically morphology is the patterns of word formation in a particular language both goes hand in hand in formatting words expression and comprehension.…

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    responsible for a kitchen crew of 6 students who choose culinary work experience for a high school class and most spoke very little to no English. I did not understand why I was given the task of running the student work program class when I was managing other parts of the industry high school kitchen that did not involve a language barrier. At first it was hard for me to be able to instruct students what to do and how to do it with a langue barrier, but hand signals, non verbal code and visual…

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