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Language is a complex phonomenon meaning language can mean i different thing depend on how, where and when we use it.
Langauge also has a ver strong power of it own meaning like names, credibility, status,sexism and racism.
Langauge with status - A person with high status wont be cursing and speaking in a loud tone of voice, he/she would be speaking in a proper manner and that would actually show a status of that person.
language with names - have you ever heard of a person being famous for his name like romeo. the name romeo actually gives the meaning romans, gentle, kind. people normally associate the name romeo with those characteristics.
language with sexism and racism - language also plays a role with sexism such as a boy would normally be given a boys name like andrew, sean or aaron and a girl would be given names like shana, jovita, jessie or kim. It would be weird for a boy to be name shana. langauge gives a person an identity if we hear the name sean, we would straight know its a guy. Language with racism is like with names. an indian child would normally be name reshan or siva. a chinese child would be named lim cin cau or teh soo seean. this would give an identity that they come from an indian family or chinese family.
So this is what i have to say on language. will continue soon
ANDREW JAMES
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