...Intro:- In this piece of writing I will be analysing the differences of the way informal/formal language is used by myself and the people around me, within our era. I will be focusing my full attention on how I adapt my own terminology to different situations to suit the scenario I am surrounded within. Also the features found in spoken language, and the issues arising from the public attitude to spoken language. First paragraph:- I, myself have grown up in the Aylesbury bucks district. A very small, quiet town, where the youngsters terminology is mainly influenced by other places in the UK. London would be one of the main places in the UK where the youth of Aylesbury pick up their slang words and "ghetto talk" from. Like words such as "enit", "bruv", "wagwarn" etc are the most common words interpurated from East London. Many phrases such as these may not be familiar with the elder generation as their use of slang is very diffrent to the 21st century terminology of slang words. Along the years slang words have become more and more informal and harder to understand for people who are not common with those types of words. Slang is mainly used amongst people of the age group of 25 and younger. Slang is not used all the time in every day life, it is most commonly used amongst friends and other youngsters who are familiar with that fashion of speech. However, I would, (along with many other youngsters), change my idiolect for those who are older than me, or when I'm in a much...
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...What are the similarities and the differences between written and spoken language? In this composition I am going to reflect on the similarities and the differences between the written and spoken language. Let us see first the similarities and after that the differences. Both written and spoken language need to be acquired by individuals. This is the first similarity between the two kinds of language, that we have to develop our writing and speaking skills beginning from babyhood. We use written and spoken language for the same goals: to communicate, to express our thoughts, feelings, ideas, belief, knowledge. Another parallelism is that written language and spoken language can be precise if a person use carefully them. We know, that we need to learn to speak and write. But there is a big difference in time. We begin to learn to speak from the age of two (circa), while we learn to write only at the age of seven or eight. When we use written language, we have more time to think, to correct, to rewrite our thoughts, ideas, we can be more precise and accurate. But when we speak, we do not think too much, this cause that we commit mistakes on vocabulary and grammar level. There is a Latin maxim: "Verba volant, scripta manent." - which means, that writing can lost long, while the spoken word slips away like a bird. Summing up, the biggest similarity between written and spoken language is that both require learning, and the biggest difference is marked by time. ...
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...In our daily life, the role of speaking is very significant to support us in communicating and interacting with others. This is because we produce speech for many purposes from the informal situations such as talking to friends, family and colleagues to formal occasions i.e. presenting a lecture or a seminar. In spoken language, we could observe that people pause during their speech, which can be seen as a natural phenomenon that may be connected to a cognitive process. For instance, someone pauses in order to have time for thinking and planning the following speech. Moreover, pauses could be detected as a trouble in speaking (Levelt, 1989) cited in (Clark and Fox, 2002). These reasons often make a person produce filled or unfilled pauses during...
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...different interviews of J K Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter. Her language varies in each of her interviews; she adapts her speech for different audiences, such as children and adults. In her interview from, âBlue Peterâ she is more animated and lively on the other hand in her interview from,â60 Minutesâ she is very reminiscent and glum. In the â60 Minutesâ interview J K Rowling uses uses many fillers. Fillers occur particularly in the first section of the interview, as well as some false starts and stammers. âErm so you have that but you â you forgotâ¦.â. This suggests that she is reminiscing as she reflects on her youth. The hesitations and false starts also show that she is being slightly self-analytical and mulling over her past, âNot re- no I donât think I was an unhappy child.â JK is quite grim and frank with her language in the first section of â60 Minutesâ. Her face is dark and she doesnât use much body language. She seems to communicate her thoughts across the interviewer mainly just verbally rather than para-linguistically. Instead she emphasises her points. ...read more. Middle Here JKâs tiredness shows as she stammers and repeats herself before struggling for the words âpush-chairâ. In the Blue Peter interview, JK is much cheerier as she is surrounded by quite young children on a TV show for kids. JK seems eager to answer questions and communicate with the children. She adapts her language by using simpler words for them, âmy four year old if you say what does...
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...Study of Spoken Language Jk Rowling In this essay I am going to study the similarities and differences of two different interviews that JK Rowling is in. One of them is JK Rowling being interviewed by an American woman about her childhood; the other is being interviewed on Blue Peter by the presenters and children. In the childhood interview JK Rowling is wearing very dark clothing, her make-up is quite dark as it doesn’t brighten her face up and her hair is looking very dull. She looks rather tired and fed up in this interview. I don’t think JK Rowling feels comfortable in this interview as it makes her reflect on her childhood and this would be very uncomfortable for someone who’s been bullied and someone who hasn’t had an overly happy childhood. She’s not sat up straight and she is looking down for most of the interview and only makes eye contact when she wants to make a point. For example, the interviewer is questioning about her childhood and says “and how cruel the other kids can be.” JK Rowling looks up immediately when she says “They can be vicious...” she makes eye contact when she says this with her eyes wide open and she also puts emphasis on the word vicious. Another time she makes eye contact when she wants to prove a point is when the interviewer assumes that from what JKR been saying that she was an unhappy child and says “You were an unhappy child.” JK replies very strongly and quiet snappy, with eye contact “Not re- no I don’t think I was an unhappy child...
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...The first soap opera broadcast was a radio soap produced in America in the 1930’s. The first soap opera was called ‘Painted Dreams’ which premiered in October 1930. ‘Painted Dreams’ was targeted mainly at a female audience. The word ‘Soap opera’ came from the advertisements of soaps (washing soaps), this appealed to women in particular because they were left at home to do housework, and not long after soaps became more popular more women were listening to Soap operas whilst doing housework. The popularity of soaps has increased since they first broadcast. TV soaps mimic spontaneous speech by using their dialect form the specific region that the soap is aimed at for example: Eastenders is from the East end of England . The actors in Eastenders use a ‘cockney’ dialect; the audience recognise the cockney accent because it is made familiar in films and soap operas including Eastenders. Different soaps use different dialects such as: Coronation Street use a very strong Northern accent Women believed that listening to these soap operas allowed them to escape from their everyday problems by immersing themselves in a more dramatic scene presented in the soap operas. Soap operas emphasised on how other people and cultures lived. Dallas was a famous soap opera in the seventies, the British audience were amazed by the extent of exaggeration that was presented in this soap, and the houses were a particular object that stood out because of their size, at this time Britain was not used to...
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...English? English is the language of globalization-of international business, politics, commerce and communication. It is also the language of computers and the Internet. Obviously, English has achieved some sort of global status. It is a widely spoken language. It is being used by a lot of people with different nationalities. Many people can understand it than any other languages. Because of this, I can say that English is our universal language. We now have a lot of mediums available for communication. There’s the telephone, computer, mobile phones, fax machines, television and etc. The world is becoming more globally oriented. Families, friends, businesses and many other groups are able to transcend geographic boundaries. But despite the very high-tech form of communication nowadays, it is useless if it can’t be processed and understood. So in order to achieve a true and complete globalization, we would have to eliminate language barriers and develop a universal standard according to which everyone could interact at the same level of understanding. In many ways, this is already happening in that English is becoming the universal language of this global era. A very good example is the internet. You see, internet is used by almost all people across the globe. And the Internet is basically English oriented. This alone has been a huge effect on globalization. When people go to other countries and aren’t familiar with the language, what do they use? Isn’t...
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...This can be implemented by observing the traffic flow and increase the time of open signals where the flow of traffic is huge. This can be implemented with if else statements and saves life of people. Spoken language understanding: Our basic concern in this paper is spoken language understanding in the scenario discussed above. For his purpose we will discuss different architectures for understanding spoken language and try to purpose an architecture that is fast as well as more effective. Problem statement: • V.I.P movement • Moving a prisoner from one place to another. The trend of V.I.P movement is very common in our country. The instructions are given to the robot, the robot will understand the situation by the architecture implemented...
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...Explore the ways power and authority shape spoken language how the power of rhetoric helps politicians and public speakers change the perceptions of their audience. Politicians throughout history have used the power of rhetoric to get their views across, whether it was for a political election campaign or a speech for freedom and equality. Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s (MLK) Washington speech was one of the most important in the history of racial equality and sparked the world wide battle for racial equality. During the 2008 election campaign for presidency Barack Obama delivered his ’Yes we can’ speech, addressing all Americans to tell them that change was possible. Both men were black and wanted change and achieved it by delivering effective...
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...Further Teacher Guidance GCSE English Language Studying Spoken Language: Variations, choices, change in spoken language This document has been compiled from the GCSE English Language Specification, material previously published in the Teacher Guide and material distributed at INSET (also available on the secure website). It includes candidate responses in draft form with Principal Examiner commentaries. This document is intended to offer guidance and support to teachers in preparing students for the controlled assessment of Unit 4 S tudying Spoken Language (for first submission Summer 2012). It must be e mphasised that the advice which follows is exactly that: it is not prescriptive and where approaches are mentioned these are not the only possible or recommended choices. As you make your decisions and des ign teaching programmes, please remind yourselves of the most important factors to be taken into account as detailed in the ‘Key Information’ section of this guide and in the ‘Controlled Assessment’ booklet which must be downloaded from the secure website. Contents Key Information Relevant Assessment Objective Advice on Approaches Frequently Asked Questions Controlled Assessment Checklist Using transcriptions, recordings, recollections & terminology Assessment Criteria Candidate responses with Principal Moderator Commentaries Teaching Resources Key Information Candidates will be required to study an aspect of spoken language. The assignment will be a sustained...
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...Learning a foreign language in the country where it spoken in much better than learning it in school. Actually, if someone really want to learn a language he should learn it in the country where it spoken. For example, learning English is the most important thing for the students. So, learning English in school in Saudi Arabia is very week. In addition, the best way to learn a new language is to be around speakers of the particular language you wish to learn. Comparing between learning a foreign language in school or in the country where it spoken has a lot of differences. For example, let say learning English, of course it is much better to learn it in U.S rather than Saudi Arabia because of many reasons, for example, the teaching system in U.S much better than Saudi Arabia. About 90% of the English teachers in schools in Riyadh are Arabs. So, they don’t give you a lot of homework’s, even though the quizzes are very easy so it is impossible to know if you improve you English or no. Being around native speakers is very helpful to learn the language. As learning a new language requires a lot of practice, learning while practicing with native speakers will prove more than in school. Learn a foreign language with native speakers is much better because you will speak the language all the time. In addition, you will never forget the language that you have learned, but if you learn it in the school you will just practice it during the class time. Understand the culture and...
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...GCSE English Study of spoken language essay In this essay I am going to study the similarities and differences of two different interviews that JK Rowling is in. One of them is JK Rowling being interviewed by an American woman about her childhood, the other is being interviewed on Blue Peter by the presenters and children. In the childhood interview JK Rowling is wearing very dark clothing, her make-up is quite dark as it doesn’t brighten her face up and her hair is looking very dull. She looks rather tired and fed up in this interview. I don’t think JK Rowling feels comfortable in this interview as it makes her reflect on her childhood and this would be very uncomfortable for someone who’s been bullied and someone who hasn’t had an overly happy childhood. She’s not sat up straight and she is looking down for most of the interview and only makes eye contact when she wants to make a point. For example, the interviewer is questioning about her childhood and says “and how cruel the other kids can be.” JK Rowling looks up immediately when she says “They can be vicious...” she makes eye contact when she says this with her eyes wide open and she also puts emphasis on the word vicious. Another time she makes eye contact when she wants to prove a point is when the interviewer assumes that from what JK’s been saying that she was an unhappy child and says “You were an unhappy child.” JK replies very strongly and quiet snappy, with eye contact “Not re- no I don’t think I was an unhappy...
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...Morphological Analysis of Gay Language Spoken Among Faculty of Goldenstate College, General Santos City School Year 2015 to 2016 Chapter 1 The Problem and It’s Setting This chapter presents the introduction of the study, statement of the problem, the objectives, and significance of the study, Locale and the operational definition of terms. Introduction Long ago, gays were not accepted in society, more specifically during the times of our forefathers, gays were not treated equally due to their gender. Gays were considered a caused of shamed to Family (Daniels, 2010) and the discrimination was highly rampant to them. However, in Today’s generation which recognizes changes in almost every aspect of man’s life, gays were already accepted in the society. Instead, they receive different treatment letting them realize they are unique and creative. With the acceptance of gays in the society, they established their own language known as gay speak. So time to time, gay language evolve and new words are created and others disappear. They construct their language through simple reversal, syllabic reversal, simple reversal with affixation, clipping with the affixation, straight words with affixation and connotation through images. The words or phrases currently used by gays, particularly in Gay Faculty of Goldenstate College, General Santos City may be short lived. According to Rafael 2010 gay language is the most unstable and malleable of all languages because it is not permanent;...
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...whether text based interactions can be described as a creative form of language use. The text that I will analyse is a conversation between friends: I will identify a number of features of the text, comment on their effect and whether they are creative, then discuss some of the public attitudes towards texting. Many of the techniques used in sample have the purpose of engaging the reader; making the text more eye-catching; making the text sound colloquial (like a spoken conversation); adding to the humorous banter-like tone of the text; and injecting an expression of emotion into the writing. One technique used in the text is including slang or words written as they are said. Some examples of this are ‘wazaap?’ (l.1); ‘Who dis?’ (l.2); ‘nah’ (l.9); ‘Waana’ (l.14); ‘Wat abat’ (l.16). The effect of these features is to make the text read like a very informal, spoken conversation between two people who know each other very well. This makes the person reading the text, feel that they can express their thoughts and feelings in a natural, open way, and creates an intimate link between them. The text also uses non-verbal language such as: ‘whoa whoa whoa’ (l.11); tch .hh – yeh - u::h u::h (l.15); ‘Mmhm’ (l.18). The effect of these techniques is to add in spoken sounds that are never written into formal texts. These are sounds that people make when they are speaking directly to one another and are not part of language, they are known as ‘metacommunication’. They usually tell the reader...
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...Spoken language study: Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow Michael McIntyre is a modern day stand-up comedian, with a wide fan base spreading through various age groups. He’s released three comedy DVDs - Live and Laughing, Hello Wembley and Showtime - as well as judging Britain’s Got Talent, appearing in various episodes of Live at The Apollo and hosting his own TV show on BBC One: Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. In his comedy roadshow Michael is recognised for his use of comedic and relatable anecdotes. One such is his recalling of a visit to the Gym changing rooms, which is the piece that I will be studying. Within the first sentence of the piece, which is the declarative statement “have never towel dried my arse in my entire life”, McIntyre uses taboo language. By using the term “arse” the social distance between himself and the audience is removed. The story seems to become instantly more relatable to those listening as he appears to be on the same social standing as them, since taboo language is widely used in everyday life. Furthermore, the use of “arse” adds to the comedic value of the utterance, as is often the case with the use of taboo language within comedy. But dropping the pronoun “I” at the beginning of the sentence McIntyre also successfully creates a relaxed atmosphere that the audience feel comfortable in, as the utterance seems more colloquial and as a consequence more relatable. This friendly audience relationship is further created through McIntyre’s...
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