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    Adolescent Language

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    the interesting features of adolescent language and the subsequent attitudes towards them, mainly from the realm of adulthood. Adolescent language appears to experience the most change compared to the language use of either younger children or older speakers, and this is likely due to the idea that around the time of puberty, individuals undergo a large and impactful social change, as their environments, attitudes and stimuli change. As a result, teen language comes to be linked to social change…

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    any literary artifact is translated from one language to another, the artifact itself is changed. The myriad of nuanced and connotative meanings that can be employed by a speaker of any language are often impossible to translate literally into another language. Any translator is forced into recognizing this dichotomy. They must separate what the author is saying apart from the ideas his words stand to represent. In rewriting a story in another language, the translator, in order to preserve the…

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    The use of proper language, a skill so difficult to learn, but when mastered, reaps a great deal of power. As hyperbolic as it sounds, incorporating proper language in our writing and speaking can be very influential in advocating ideas towards a community. “As a speaker, [you] have some influence on the extent to which others see you as having authority (Smith 13). To gain authority over an audience, one must write and speak with confidence, to be skilled enough to use proper grammar, complex…

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    Hearing Observation Paper

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    I want to first start off by saying this was a hearing person that talked about the functions of what an audiogram does. I observed a guested speaker who talked about the audiogram. She gave us information about what audiogram and what she does. An audiogram is a graph that shows the audible threshold for standardized frequencies as measured by an audiometer which as a Y and X axis. The Y axis represents intensity measured by decibels and the X represents the frequency by hertz. The threshold of…

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    the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, language and culture influence each other. Benjamin Whorf and Edward Sapir claims that language determines our perceptions of the world (Denham & Lobeck, 2010). Different languages shape up the world in different ways and that could mean that they think of the world in a different way. Language is also maintained to convey culture and without that, both language and culture will die off. Imagine a world where everyone perceives that one language is better than…

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    David Roosevelt's Speech

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    One of Franklin D. Roosevelts most promote quotes state “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. This statement is very true. In chapter two the author focus on conquering the fear of public speaking. “Fear of public speaking is part of an overall social anxiety called communication apprehension. (Burke 10). The chapter mentions ways a speaker can reduce stage fright and become more confidence in one’s public speaking skills. One thing the chapter suggest that in order to build…

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    Stylistics is an approach that is used to analyze the utilization of language in literary texts in order to occupy a better understanding of the text. Stylistic approach enforces the power and penetration of speech by examining the expressive and suggestive devices. The elements of stylistic approach such as the lexical features, the poetic point of view and the construction of characters are used to scrutinize the content of a literary work. The utilization of these elements is reflected in The…

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    We’re all different in one way or another. Often times, being different only means appearance or intelligence wise. But what if all letters and words had a color and texture? Mia Winchell, 13 years old, lives with synesthesia in a book titled A Mango-Shaped Space. Synesthesia is the crossing of two or more senses, and there are many different versions of it. She faces various struggles as she takes on the confusing life of a young girl living with synesthesia, all while juggling school work,…

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    Stylistic Analysis of Allama Iqbal’s Shikwa Back ground: According to Bassnett and Gundy (1993) “Literature is a high pint of language practice; debatable it makes the best skill a language user can express. Anyone who wants to obtain a thoughtful knowledge of language that goes away from the useful will read literary texts in that language.” Usually, literature is look upon to be the privilege of definite people who are capable with certain ability and understanding literature. Literature is…

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    Jhb Architecture Analysis

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    It has all got to do with perception. Oxford dictionary definition of perception: The way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted. Perception plays a big role in design. When you look at JHB it can be said that it is highly densified leading to unpleasant spaces and movement is very limited, on the other hand JHB can be seen as a rich city with many cultures and historical value and the densification enforces that idea. This is where the designer can use perception wisely by…

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