vernacular language on culture in Latin America can date back to the twelfth century where vernacular language was used for means of religious inquiry, social class identification, and formerly, Latin was the most used language wherever a Roman empire had ruled. Previously in Latin America, Catholicism was practiced. Latin America has many influences from other cultures. For example: Latin America adopted European Colonial culture where it used its literature, painting, music, and language. Immigration
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Renowed poet and writer Gloria Anzaldua has her own interpretation of what the “personal is political” means and what she was challenging specifically when she argued using her own experiences such as the loss of culture through the loss of language, and sexism in language as a starting point. “The personal is political” played a very significant role in helping shape the women’s rights movement from its roots all the way to its end in the 1960’s with the advent of the Civil Rights Act. T.V. Reed, an
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gaining discourse from primary discourse (parents, siblings, family), and reinforced by secondary discourse (social goods such as money, prestige, power.) Gee states that "language" can be a term that is misleading because it often suggests that it refers to "grammar" However, language and grammar are two different things. Language is written words whereas grammar is seen as fixing the written words to make the work flow better. The central terms to the text are primary and secondary discourses. Primary
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REPRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS Why we analyse media? To see how texts generate meanings and the critical implications thereof Representations have an uneasy relationship with reality Are we looking for accurate representations of reality? NO Language is a culturally specific system of differentiation How can I convey something that is not culturally informed? REPRESENTATIONS RE-PRESENT REALITY E.g. a drawing of a tree Every representation is the result of a decision-making process Editorial
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COGNITIVE ORGANIZATION AND IDENTITY MAINTENANCE IN MULTICULTURAL TEAMS A Discourse Analysis of Decision-Making Meetings Jolanta Aritz Robyn C. Walker University of Southern California Measuring culture is a central issue in international management research and has been traditionally accomplished using indices of cultural values. Although a number of researchers have attempted to identify measures to account for the core elements of culture, there is no consensus on those measures. This article
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colonized, British rulers gained dominance and the role of the older patrons got diluted with time. Colonial architecture was power centric and showed dominance. Post independence the patrons became the government agencies who wanted a modern national identity for the country. Later, this shifted to the private agencies and the nature of architecture also shifted from public sponsored to private. With the advent of globalization in the 1990’s, rapid socio cultural changes started taking place. With social
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of borders - between nations, cultures, classes, genders, languages. When she writes, "So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language" (par. 27), Anzaldua is arguing for the ways in which identity is intertwined with the way we speak and for the ways in which people can be made to feel ashamed of their own tongues. Keeping hers wild - ignoring the closing of linguistic borders - is Anzaldua's way of asserting her identity. "We're going to have to control your tongue," the dentist
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a major disdain for it. A general sense is that the class structures are rigid and should not be tampered with, so the example of Eliza's class mobility is ironic. Pygmalion centers on the class system in which a society is divided, separated by language, education, and wealth. Discovered by Higgins and Colonel Pickering at Covent Garden, Eliza is caught off guard selling flowers to the Colonel ; meanwhile, the professor realizes Eliza can not speak properly in the ways according to society,
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communities that are impacted by deafness and use sign languages as the leading method of communication. It is a set of social beliefs, behaviors, morals, values, and art. American Sign Language, or ASL, is one of the most widely used languages in the United States. ASL is not universal and is used differently around the world. General languages use voice and lip movement to communicate, signers use their hands and facial expressions, along with body language in order to convey accurate meaning. Members of
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speakers stay on track, giving natives the opportunity to learn other languages, and helping preserve the cultures of non-natives. Bilingual education is the key to increased high school graduation and college success rates. By offering non-natives the opportunity to learn another language while learning in their native language eliminates the pass or fail, sink or swim aspect of English. When students unfamiliar with the language are put into classes without assistance, both the teacher and student
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