...For a long time, the question that whether language might mould the way of human thought or not was considered at a scientific angle. through a lot of experiments and researches which was done by the professional experts came from many aspects such as : philosophy , psychology , anthropology , linguist... and a lot of essential information was collected from all over the world included: China, Greece, Aboriginal Australia, Russia... In the end, the experts has found out some reliable evidences to answer this ancient question is whether people who speak different languages do indeed think differently or not and that even fundamentally change how we see the world. First of all, the research of Mrs. Boroditsky figured out that the simple observation that languages differ from one another. For example: “Wilson read the book of Robert Allen”, in English, in order to understand and speak in a right way the speaker has to concentrate on the verb “read”, therefore, in this case the speakers must pronounce something like “red” to emphasize this action happened in the past. In Russian people would have to alter the verb to indicate tense and gender. So if the subject was Blair who did the reading, the verb would be used somehow different from the verb which had the subject was Louis. In Russian the speakers also have to include in the verb information about completion. If Louis read only part of the book, then the verb should be used will have a different form than if Louis had diligently...
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... Communication distribution can be cause by anything such as text messages, noise, or things in the background of the person you are speaking too. Feedback is an important part of communication, the way you use feedback can determine if you helped the person or gave he or she negative feedback which will make them act differently because of what was said. Communication cannot be taken back, what was said can’t be reversed and it will be permanently said and it depends on how the other person takes it, that will either make them very happy or terribly sad. I personally did not know there were different types of communication and that it has a lot of factors. Culture is one of those ways it is affected, culture is a factor because there are words that are said and meant differently in every language they do not always mean the same exact thing. Also, I knew saying things were irreversible but I didn’t think saying something wrong will affect the way the person is talking with you the rest of the conversation. After reading the first chapter I paid a little more close attention to my family and friends and they speak very differently. My family does not speak the same they speak to my sister or me when they speak to my cousins because we are different people and have to watch what we are saying. Also, speaking Spanish to my family...
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...Professor Deare English 101A 09 March 2015 Take Home essay #1 In many different places of the world, many people have different reactions on what literacy is and how it is applied in life. Literacy is referred to a lot of people as “the ability to read and write” like how it is stated in the dictionary . People think that having the knowledge of how to read and write that they know the meaning and don’t have to have any more interest in it. After these few weeks of reading and comprehending the “real” meaning, it has changed the way I look at it and how it has actually affected me in life. Also how it can be referred to as a discourse because of the way many people today think the “English” language or any other language should be used. A discourse also can be referred to as standards a person should follow. It’s like what James Paul Gee tries to explain in his article Social Linguistics and Literacies , “The moral of the above discussion is that at any moment we are using language we must say or write the right thing in the right way while playing the right social role and (appearing) to hold the right values, beliefs and attitudes”(Gee 142).Literacy not only gives you the chance to read and write if not also the ability to communicate and express yourself to other people. I mean a lot of people can know how to write and read, but do they actually know how to speak it? Many people still don’t live up to the standards expected in a ...
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...Intro to Psychology Every day we are developing no matter our age, but it is how we develop children that will tell a tremendous amount an individual. How a child developments is fundamentally important at a young age as it affects all aspect of their lives once the child matures. Throughout the class, we looked at many theorists during the course of the semester. The theorists opened up our minds to a world that we have never seen before and concepts about child development we have never been taught but have seen in the practical work we do every week. What makes humans unique is the ability that we have to interpret the language being used, as Lois Bloom and Margaret Lahey describe in their book Language Development and Language Disorders “language is like a code, it is a means of representation” Although, everyone is able to interpret the use of language some interpret it more than others. This delay in language, we have learned, could be for a variety of reasons. The characteristics of a child will depend on: how they were brought up, who they were brought up by, what kind of condition they were brought up in, what kind of parents the child was brought up by, if was the child brought up in poverty, etc. Language is a key part in anyone’s life as it is a major form of communication. Language is what separates us from other species to be intellectual and to rule society. Language development is important in a child’s life as it will pave the way for successful communication...
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...negations”(Bower) can have an affect on conversation partners. He goes own to explain how language style matching “signifies not how much two people like each other but how much each is paying attention to what the other says”(Bower). After reading the article, I went to the Language Style Matching website and took the test. In this essay I will talk about my score and my thoughts about the Language Style Matching test. When I first read the directions to the Language Style Matching test, I was wondering what kind of results I would be given based on single conversation. I use a conversation between my best friend and I, through via text message and the score we received was 0.72. My best friend and I have been close since we were in the second grade; I believed the way that we used our words affected our score. I do not believe the website score was accurate because of the closeness that we share, and the understanding that we have with each other. There are times we can finish each other’s sentences because we know each other thoughts on certain subjects. I thought that we would get a higher score than what we received. I do not know how they come up with the scoring on this test, the information that they used to compute the scores. I do not believe that language style matching is a thorough way to predict the quality of interpersonal relationships or any kind of relationship. I think test like these are for certain kinds of people given by a certain kind of person. Bower...
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...and figurative language by Nicki Time Looking at the “time” in any kind of literature, is to be viewed at, in two different ways. First there’s the level of events, which describes what happens in the story, as it actually happens. It’s a chronological timeline if you want to say so. Then there’s the level of thoughts, making room for flashbacks, flash forwards in a timeline. In “The Curse” the level of events and level of thoughts follow each other most of the way. So if I put up a timeline, they would be very alike. The timeline for the level of events starts out with our main character Mitchell, is in the bar a late night in august, when a group of young men, probably affected by drugs, enters the bar. After the “last call” a girl enters the bar, asking for some change for the cigarette automat. The men begin to rape this girl, and when Mitchell tries to call the police, he’s being shoved. The next thing that happens is, that the police arrives and start to treat the girl and interrogate Mitchell about what had happened. When the police are gone, Mitchell is in the bar alone with Bob (who’s the manager of the bar). Mitchell gets home, and sits by himself until his wife joins him while he start to tell what had happened. The next day he tells his children about the incident and goes to work, where he talks with Reggie, a customer. To the level of thoughts, Mitchell starts in the bar after the police have left. He relives the nights scenario before we reach the present...
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...when my family and I moved to the United States from Nigeria. * Motivation: According to the Theoretical models of culture shock and adaptation in international students in higher education stated that there are about 10,000 of people who come to the United every month for schooling from different countries and they all have be affected by cultural shock. * Thesis: Today we are going to look at the different areas how cultural shock has affected most people in education, language and lifestyle/culture. And these three main points will help you to understand the areas. BODY I. Education: A. Making adjustment to a new education environment. 1. Most students who come to the United State or go to other countries for schooling had found it hard to adjust when it come to fitting in. 2. Difficulty in making friends. B. According to Kennedy E. in Educational and child psychologists he’s idea was to work to reduce the impact of school culture shock in the. 1. Education system 2. Age Transition: next, let’s look at how cultural shock can affect people when we talk about language. II. Why do people get affected in language when they moved from their comfort zone? A. Majority of people have hard time adjusting to different culture because every country in the world speech differently. 1. Pronunciation of words 2. Communication...
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...any field of biological sciences, but preference is given to the general areas in which Francis Crick himself worked—uh, genetics, molecular biology, and neurobiology. And you’ll see that this, ah, evening’s speaker is imminently well-suited to talk to us. So, the Francis Crick lecturer, ah, for this year is Dr. Simon Fisher. Dr. Fisher is, ah, a Royal Society, ah, research fellow, um, so he’s, ah, a fellow of one of our flagship, ah, schemes for young scientists in the society, and he’s also reader in molecular and neuroscience in Oxford at the Welcomme Trust Centre for Human Genetics. Ah, he’s head there of the molecular neuroscience group. His laboratory carries out research into molecular mechanisms that underlie human speech and language. Simon is also, ah, the Isobel Laing Fellow at Oriel College in Oxford, where he teaches biochemistry and, ah, genetics to undergraduates, ah, studying medicine. So, lucky undergraduates to be getting it straight from the horse’s mouth. The Francis Crick Lecture was...
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...Questions 1. Do you think that all of the safety regulations for children are limiting children’s opportunities to explore the world around them? Why or why not? No, I don't think safety regulations for children are limiting their opportunities to explore the world around them because kids can be really dangerous and they need some safety guidlines to live by. 2. Have you ever tried one of the “5 Dangerous Things”? If yes, which one? What did you learn from it? If not, which one would you like to try and what do you think you would learn? Yes, I have tried one of the "5 Dangerous Things." I have tried driving the car when I was younger while sitting on an adult's lap. I learned how to steer and the basics of driving a car. 3....
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...Language Shapes Our Minds Language is so essential to our existence, so deeply part of what every human has and does, and it’s impossible to picture life without it. As social creatures, we use language as a tool, but this tool is embedded in us. This tool doesn't just help us shape the world around us and create bonds and express things, but this tool also shapes our mind. They can alter the way we see the world and the way we think and the way we live our lives. I’ve always been a firm believer of this and many different persons including lawyers, linguists, and psychologist speculated it, but not until recently were studies actually done to prove these statements. This was mostly done because it was presumed “untestable”, but luckily, Stanford and MIT found ways to reopen the question. “We have collected data around the world: from China, Greece, Chile, Indonesia, Russia, and Aboriginal Australia. What we have learned is that people who speak different languages do indeed think differently and that even flukes of grammar can profoundly affect how we see the world.” (Boroditsky, Lera. "HOW DOES OUR LANGUAGE SHAPE THE WAY WE THINK.) Language is a unique thing that humans have had the ability to create and develop and it is not only a key example to express how humans work, but it allows us to express ourselves in so many ways. To understand how language works, we must first understand what language is. Language is defined as ‘a body of words and the systems for their use...
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...Vasser 10/22/12 The cornerstone of any relationship is the ability to communicate well. Communication is so important in any relationship, whether it be professional, personal, or intimate. It allows us to share our thoughts, interests, and concerns among each other. Strong communication is based on the way we listen and talk. We can all learn how to improve the way we communicate but it takes more than words to form a strong relationship. So many times the signals we are sending are not those that are intended. When this happens we can lose the trust of others and sometimes we can lose those relationships altogether. When we communicate with those around us most of what we say is without speaking. Whether it be our hand gestures, our tone of voice, or our facial motions, they are all means of communication. More times than not when we cannot put our feelings into words it comes out as body language and can easily be misconstrued. Understanding and realizing that we may be sending these non-verbal signals is the beginning to better communication. It is important that we take into consideration the effects that they may have on the people around us and our relationships that we have with them. Self-awareness and an understanding of the cues you may be sending are paired with the cues others send and receive. There are all different types of communication that people will use throughout their life. The most important type of communication is interpersonal communication. Interpersonal...
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...Qianqian Wang Professor Shiflet MUFHL 330 January 22 2015 Homework 1 Chapter 1 1. What do ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? No matter what country we come from, no matter what culture we represent, music exists in everyone’s life. Music can express emotions among different cultures. Therefore, music is universal. However, music needs people to perform and is affected by cultures. Facing with the same music, different people may have different understanding. Also, different cultures may have various interpretations. Therefore, music is not s universal language. 2. What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” “folk,” or “popular”? Usually when people define folk, classical and popular music, they have to consider the background and history information. However, not everyone understands its background information. When people want to classify some new kinds of music, without background information, it may create some problems. For example, the definition of folk music relates to 19th century European culture. If people don’t realize its meaning, the definition may interfere their thinking. 3. How might an ethnomusicologist approach the study of Western classical music differently from a musicologist? Ethnomusicologists focus on the relationship between music and culture. When ethnomusicologists approach the study of Western classical music, they will analyze Western classical...
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...there are many obstacles to overcome to achieve its full potential. One of those obstacles is what I call communication barriers. There are many examples of communication barriers, most of which we do not even know are there. In the following pages, I will be sharing with you the barriers that block effective communication and how to overcome them to communicate effectively. One of the first things people think of when they think of communication barriers is language. This is generally agreed upon that someone who does not speak the language you speak has a harder time understanding. This is a difficult one to overcome. Time Magazine wrote on November, 26 1956, Nikita Khruschev, The Communist leader of the Soviet Union, addressed the United Nations. His words were misinterpreted and translated as “We will bury you!” This was a time when the Cold War was at large and was believed to be a threat of nuclear annihilation, when in reality he was talking about economic superiority. The easiest answer to this is to arm yourself with knowledge of who you are talking to. By immersing yourself in the culture of the people who you are trying to understand, their language becomes simpler as time goes on. But is often not just a difference of language. Many times people share a common language such as English, but have differing accents. For example a person from New York City and a person from Mobile, Alabama have drastically different accents simply because of where they were...
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...Guardian 13. November 2011 We often read articles about how young people turn violent when playing war videogames. Yet, do we ever hear about how the gender roles affects young people, in the same videogames? I have read to articles, one with the focus on bad manners and a homosexual environment, another with focus on body ideals both articles about videogames. In the article, “The trouble with videogames isn’t the violence. It’s that most of the characters are dicks”, written by the 43 year old, English satirist and broadcaster, Charlie Brooker, from The Guadian 13. November 2011, the author tells the reader about his experience while playing the war game “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3”. Brooker expresses how the players in the game is male chauvinists, unmannered and cursing. One of the main claims in the article is that the players are acting violent. Brooker plays the game with another player, mentioned as moustache man. Moustache man kills a guard in a very brutal, harsh way. Brooker writes: “And I thought, “I don’t want to be friends with the man who did that”. However, later on in the game Brooker climbs up a watchtower and has to kill another guard. The game suggest one option “Press X to take out guard”. Brooker kills the guard in the same aggressive way as the moustache man. He wonders why he is not offered mutual choices, why he cannot ask the guard to leave or just beat him unconscious and not slaughter him. Another claim is the harsh language. Here is it also the machismo...
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...who’s always moody, angry and rich. He is 21 years old and was born in the city. He lives alone and rarely has any friends because of his personality. He’s high status towards the poor people but not as much towards characters like Abdi and Sherwin. When improvised the village, the whole of El Pais was destroyed and we improvised very well because everyone stayed in their roles, their facial expressions, body language and voices were excellent. The part that I thought went well was when (Dante Da Silva) Abdi’s character stood out to everyone and he showed more power towards everyone. I disliked it and pushed him off the chair that made him higher status but he never knew who it was. The poor people were very realistic and I liked how (Christopher) Sherwin’s character was being sympathetic to the poor people and making them feel equal to everyone else. When everyone asked me for help I reacted with a frown like if I didn’t care. I thought it was effective as I used negative facial expressions because it shows how moody and angry I am with all of them because my father died of when they had a civil war and accidently killing him. Also I used negative body language to show the poor people whose boss and show them how angry I am with them. 2. I thought it went well in my Mill and Grab scene because I showed most of my facial...
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