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    factors. This Essay illustrates and focuses on firstly Phonological (The way sound is stored in the mind, Sound is said), Syntactic (How language is used to combine words, sentences). Semantic (Understanding appropriate use of phrases, sentences, definition) and finally pragmatic development (social language including what is said, body language) and how it relates to nature…

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    daddy implies a greater fondness rather than dad or father (p. 110). d. Structural Variations In this category, Edmonds and Hirst (2002) reflect that collocational, syntactic and selectional restrictions are common to be studied within the area of lexical choice in literature. Hence, there is not much to be explained (p.…

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    Dickinson’s poem. In fact, Dickinson never refers to “poetry” by its own name; she refers to the art form as “Possibility” instead (1). The abstract noun “Possibility,” curiously enough, is just that: abstract. It defies definition which, in turn, lends Dickinson’s narrator’s definition of poetry a sense of preeminence. “Possibility” is, after all, as Dickinson’s narrator affirms, a much finer and much “fairer House than Prose” (2). This sentiment is itself noteworthy for several…

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    Linguistics has shown a constant evolution in the way studies, language, and the art of expression is observed throughout centuries. Within this branch of linguistic studies introduces an important sub-part known as Pragmatics. Pragmatics shows the study of meaning of how words string together to create meanings which may be different depending upon context. Pragmatics borrows different types of disciplines such as philosophy, sociology other parts of linguistics and anthropology to approach the…

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    surprising definition of balloon is fool. In Irish English, balloon is “a boast idiot.” Without doubt, language is ambiguous. Balloon is an object that produces happiness and which you can play with; even though, in Ireland, it is an insult. Words have power, their history shows the great changes that a word can have over time. One of the richest words that I found is flow, which later became flower. Flowers are important components in all events; I have used and received flowers innumerable…

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    INTRODUCTION Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. - Noam Chomsky Chomsky’s quote designates language, but it can also be redirected towards the use of Stylistic Devices, otherwise known as figurative language. These “devices”, have some fixed rules or one may say formulae by the means…

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    English and German, or French and English (sometimes it is expected that it includes speaking, listening reading and writing skills). Other people may see bilingualism as having “native like control of two languages”, we can be assured that both definitions are correct. In this review of studies we are going to look at the effects of Bilingualism on the language development of children. (Cambridge University Press, 2015), (Saunders, 1988, p1). Being a bilingual person in the world is a very…

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    Ambiguity

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    Introduction It is predicted that successful language learners have the ability of tolerance and adaptation to unknown factors and vague segments of a new language. One of the most important learning styles is ambiguity tolerance (AT) which is defined as "the degree to which you are cognitively willing to tolerate ideas and propositions that run counter to your own belief system or structure of knowledge" (Brown, 2000: 119). As Ely (1989) states, language learning is full of uncertainty and…

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    Authentic Text Analysis

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    2015). ELLs also take advantage of the added redundancy found in many authentic texts (Johnson, 1982). For instance, if a reader does not know the meaning of one word, he or she can rely on other words or phrases in the passage to determine the definition. Detractors of authentic texts claim that these passages are often seen as “too much, too soon” by the readers and lead to a weakening of confidence and morale. If a student is exposed to a great deal of difficult and authentic texts over time,…

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    PART 1 Irrespective of the educating approaches teachers used and also the contexts associated with educating that they perform, great educators are hoped for to carry out selected characters which can be regarded as crucial in their own profession. Probably the most essential assignments would be to teach. As being teachers, these are generally required to be capable of educate in a way that students are able to comprehend quickly as well as in a fashion which involves students to take part…

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