...Not Just a Language the Beginning of Unity Martha Ferguson AIU Online Not Just a Language the Beginning of Unity What is Vernacular language, today we call it the language of romance. However, it is the language of the people. As the Roman Empire grew the language of the people changed. Latin became a language for everyone to understand, a common language between people. Latin was used by Christians, government, people of status, people of education. As languages became to develop with different regions, Latin became less used, and harder for different regions to understand. The government then began to transform Latin with different dialects. Which became known as Vulgar Latin. Vulgar Latin is not a language of obscenities, but a language that used dialect from different coulters and languages for their people to understand. Latin began to adapted and transform into to the languages of the people from a particular region, becoming less understandable to the people of other regions, eventually turning Latin into a dead language (The End of Europe's Middle Ages) Adaptation is very evident throughout history. As the common people began to drop syllables or terminal letters, beginning what is known today as slang, different languages and dialect began to form. Today even in different states of America we from different languages of our culture, using slang and thick accents, which are hard for some outsiders to understand. Much like soldiers in Roam, who traveled...
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... For very many years it was dominating the western world. The Latin language spread wherever the Roman Empire ruled. Around 1200 A.D. the empire began to fall and the Latin language began to fade. The people farthest away began to undergo the changes first and the ethical renewal began. Many individuals choose to use their vernacular language rather than Latin. In England they returned to old English with great influence from Alfred the Great. While in power he had written many books in old English; including many religious pieces. Beowulf and the Anglo Saxton Chronicles are also examples of literature written in old English. These pieces incorporated Latin characters. The English had many vernaculars during this time period. Your vernacular language depended on you social class. Lower classes tended to speak English. Traveling entertainers and many judicial situations utilized the vernacular in spoken form in France. A large percentage of the vernacular in France was romance; which stemmed from individuals jotting down stories as they were told by musicians that were passing through. Some of the oldest pieces date back to Charlemagne during the twelfth century. Germany used vernacular as early as the eighth century. Many attempts made to convert failed and was not accepted. During the 12th century many of the French stories had been translated in to the German language and the language caught on. By the 14th century the vernacular was being adopted in...
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...talent to this anachronistic human resources system. Nowhere is this more evident than in the intelligence occupational specialities within the Marine Corps, where a lack of technical expertise within its intelligence specialists and counterintelligence/human intelligence fields have made Marine Corps intelligence a well-rounded enterprise, but an enterprise lacking in depth and specialization. To solve this experience shortfall and give commanders the tactical and technical expertise in specific geographic regions, Marines in intelligence military occupational specialities should be exclusively assigned to a geographic region for their career. The Regional Cultural Language and Familiarization (RCLF) program officially stood up in October 2012 through the publication of MARADMIN 619/12 and attempts to build regional and cultural professionals. However, the RCLF is a non-binding training course, meaning a Marine completing the Northeast Asia RCLF block has no guarantee that he/she will be assigned in Northeast Asia or supporting operations in Northeast Asia. Even if a Marine serves in a billet supporting a respective geographic region, the Marine will be...
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...communication is in effect, positive outcomes come about. When patients communicate their needs to the nurses, this initiates the beginning of every test and procedure the patient will have to endure. When information is passed on from the patent to the nurse, the nurse should restate what has been said. “Validation of meanings is essential to achieving any therapeutic goals in helping relationships” (Hood, 2014, p.82). Restating what the patient has said will not only put them at ease for no misunderstandings, but will let the patient recognize that they are being actively heard. When this ease occurs patients become more susceptible to getting test and procedures done because trust is being formed. With effective communication the nurse builds a positive helping relationship between them and the patient. “Helping relationships are those in which nurses communicate with clients to assist them in attaining optimal health or to support them through difficult situations” (Hood, 2014, p.80). This helping relationship does not only occur between the nurse and the patient, but also between the heath care team that will aid the patient with their healing process. Communication also enables the patient to have complete control of their...
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...Multicultural Collaboration | Main Section | Contributed by Tim BrownleeEdited by Jerry Schultz and Phil Rabinowitz | What is "multicultural collaboration"? Why is multicultural collaboration important? When should you commit to multicultural collaboration? What are some guidelines for multicultural collaboration? How do you build a multicultural collaboration? As our society becomes more culturally diverse, organizations are understanding the need to work with other organizations in order to "turn up the sound," so their voices are heard and their issues will be addressed. This means that individuals and institutions can no longer deny the sometimes uncomfortable realities of cultural diversity. Organizers and activists are realizing that we have to come to grips with our multicultural society, or we won't get anything done. But how do we do that? One Wisconsin labor activist says, "We want to include communities of color, but we just don't know where to begin. We hold open meetings, but no people of color even show up." A neighborhood organization member in South Los Angeles, says, "Last year, we decided to move toward organizing in the Latino community for the simple reason that we have a lot of new immigrants from Central America in the neighborhoods. We wanted to make an authentic multicultural organization, but we learned an important lesson -- it doesn't just happen." Many organizers have begun to come to grips with diversity issues, even though they may not...
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...Running head: Seminole People Phenomenological Community Phenomenological Community of the People of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Shannyn Lincoln, Alice Dodoo Raji, Bayo Olaoye, and Andrea Pilkay Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V Concepts in Community and Public Health May 18, 2012 Phenomenological Community of the People of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma The phenomenological community of the people of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is a community rich in culture and tradition that has been passed through teachings from generation to generation. The community is located in eastern Oklahoma and includes the members of the Seminole Nation as well as other tribes that live in the area and members of other races that have married into the families of the community members. The purpose of this assessment is to describe the community and provide an analysis of this community and their needs. Description of Boundaries The People The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the largest of the three federally recognized Seminole organizations. Its members are descendants of the majority of the Seminole in Florida in the 1830s, which were forcibly removed to Oklahoma. Native Americans make up 22% of the population of Seminole County (nso-nsn.gov). According to the Seminole Nation Tribal Enrollment Office the Seminole County service population is 5,315 Tribal citizens. The total...
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...Kenneth Burkes offers “identification” as a key term added to the traditional focus on “persuasion” to distinguish his rhetorical perspectives. Identification is a process that is fundamental to being human and to communicate. The Identification theory examines how communication helps people seek to identify arises of division and overcome separateness. These separateness include biological differences and social class or position differences. It occurs when individuals become aware of their common ground. Communicators develop strategies for messages to create identification or division. One of the strategies is linguistic strategy where people are able to build social cohesion through the use of language. The use of language can be both...
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...big Americanized cities, or you are poor and live in the country. Felly has only been in America for nine years. She moved to California when she married an American. She said, “There are so many differences between the Philippines and America”. Housing The houses are small and are home to many family members. As Felly said, “You live with your whole family. I lived with my parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews. We all lived in the same house”. The houses they have are very different from the houses we see here in America. They are typically made of bamboo and have tin roofs. “They are easy to build and easy to destroy”, said Felly. They use these materials because they are the cheapest compared to anything else. Because the materials the houses are made of are so fragile, the houses are not built directly to the ground. The houses sit up on stilts so there is no water damage to the bamboo walls. Since so many people live in one...
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...Abstract Language is a tool used to interact with others and express ideas, emotions, knowledge, memories and values. Language is also a vital tool for cultural expression it helps define each culture and identify them selves. Before vernacular language, people used Latin to communicate now each country uses a different language. In many places of the world knowing multiple languages is a virtue. “Language is the light of the mind.” (John Stuart Mill) The Impact of Vernacular Languages Latin was the common language used by different people and cultures to communicate. It was the written language of the courts, commerce and the Christian church. Latin had more than one form which changed over time due to the different people using the language, the educational level of the person speaking or writing it and the social status/class it was used around. The development of Latin literacy was greatly promoted in the late 8th century during the Carolingian Renaissance, which was the period of intellectual art, religion, and cultural revival in Europe. Although literacy had been previously introduced to people of the upper class and clergy during the period of the 8th and 9th century was when it became more widely spread. During the 780’s-790’s Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great or in Latin Carolus Magnus, invited Alcuin of York to become a leading scholar, teacher and his own personal tutor at the Carolingian court school. Alcuin was also asked by Charlemagne to be in...
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...his mother, Alexander was in his thinking, one of the gods. And that he became, god-like in his warrior capabilities, taking over most of Asia under his rule, Alexander was able to amass an empire and build his legacy. He unified commerce and trade as well as promulgated the spread of culture between the Macedonians and the Persians, influencing Asia with Hellenic art and culture. And with this empire he has created, he pushed an ideal, named by Aristotle, in which every citizen, regardless of race, culture, religious affiliation, can co-exist within the state. He was revolutionary for his time, a time in which the Greeks couldn't even exist as one Greece, living in separate city-states; he created an empire in which he united the Macedonians and the Persians by pushing for a common language, the koinē , a precursor to the idea of having a common language to unite people of different countries, much like how English functions as the common language for today's times. All of these revolutionary contributions, the creation of a common language, unified commerce and trade, and the spread of cultures are one of the reasons why Alexander the Great is still known today, the reason why his empire is still talked about, and much of it is due to the fact that Alexander did not only build an empire, but he built it with the ideals that stand the test of time. Yes, many would counter that Alexander was brash, impulsive, and that his military victories were all due to sheer dumb luck. Many...
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...1 We are facing a situation where little Sabrine who has been home her all life is now attending an all-white school in Ghana where she is the only coloured child. The school environment is different in terms of culture and language to the one she is used to. She has difficulties in bonding with her peers who mostly ignore her. Her key teachers who are white try to compensate this lack of bonding by giving her a lot of attention but the assistant teachers who are black and who used to spank on her are still very harsh to her and give preferences over the other kids. Her mum and dad are very busy so after school she stays with her nanny and her grandma who has stroke. Sabrine says she is happy in her school but after two terms her mum observed defects in her character. The school claims she does not show that side. Firstly we will find out what has caused the change in Sabrine’s character, secondly find solutions for her mum to help her and finally give recommendations and advices to her mum. Let’s remember that little Sabrine is facing racial discrimination from the part of the assistant teachers who are all black because they make it clearly known to her that the other children have something better than does by giving preferences to the other children and by behaving...
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...the audience with entertainment in the form of themes, language techniques and structural presentation. Alcoholism and violence are prompt and reoccurring themes throughout the novel that the author purposely plays with to amuse the audience. Additionally, the author, with the aid of language techniques such as colloquialism, is able to build a link...
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...our everyday life to light, by showing their explicit and implicit use in different areas of our daily life. Metaphors go beyond literature and transcend to other realms such as storytelling, spoken art, government, and advertisement. Before examining the everyday life of a metaphor, it is important to present its meaning and history to best explain how it became such an important part of our speech. Aristotle was the first to provide a scholarly treatment of metaphors and gives a detailed definition of the term ‘metaphor.’ He reports that a metaphor ”consists in giving the thing a name that belongs to something else; the transference being either from genius to specie, or from species to genus, or from species to species, or on the ground analogy.” (Poetics, 1954 ed., Ch 20). In the 20th Century, the term “metaphor” has expanded its scope and it has often been used as a shorthand term to describe any similarity or analogy. As discourse has become...
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...CASE STUDY - “Daimler and Chrysler: lessons from a merger”. This case study is about the merger occurred in 1998 between two big companies in the auto industry: German company Daimler-Benz and American auto manufacturer Chrysler Group. At the end, this merger appeared to be a failure because of different types of problems. Chrysler benefited from Mercedes while benefits to Daimler were harder to find, so that Daimler decided to sell 80% of its stake in Chrysler for just 7.4 billion dollars. They were two companies from different countries with different languages and different styles that came together although there were no synergies. First of all, these firms operated in the same sector but they had different customers, goals and cultures so there was a lack of common vision and values. Daimler was a luxury brand based on excellence and superior engineering that wanted to enter new markets and develop new products, especially by raising its standing in the North American auto market. On the other hand, Chrysler addressed to “blue collars” purchasers and decided to look for a partner being aware of the overcapacity in the industry. Originally, the plan was for Chrysler to use Daimler parts, components and even vehicle architecture to sharply reduce the cost to produce future vehicles. The operation started with the intention to realize a “merger of equals” but it ended up being more like an acquisition as Daimler strove to impose its own position, even though Chrysler...
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...high on the collectivist scale and both cultures attach the greatest importance to group harmony. Accordingly, we should see similar characteristics in Japanese and Thai speakers during discussions within their respective social groups. However, this is not the case. This paper examines social talk during the task-oriented interaction of Japanese and Thai speakers. The analysis focuses on how the speakers of Japanese and Thai present themselves and construct rapport in casual group talk. Using the concept of consciousness deployed in ‘idea units’ (Chafe, 1980, 1994) and some semantic considerations, I identify three major differences in rapport construction between Japanese and Thai speakers. First, Japanese participants prefer to build common ground through discussion of communal topics and through dealing with the comprehensiveness and the orderliness of the situation, whereas Thai participants incline toward individual-oriented topics and independent styles of talk. Second, the Japanese show a preference for using softening devices and conventionalized expressions in group discussion while the Thais tend to use intensifiers and spontaneous expressions to indicate involvement and create a friendly and fun atmosphere. Third, the Japanese like to demonstrate the minimization of self and the relevancy between the self and the collective whereas the Thais value the capitalization of the self and the strengthening of personal relationships. Japanese and Thai communicative styles can...
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