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Sociolinguistics Fundamental Concepts  Fundamental Concepts . While the study of sociolinguistics  is very broad, there are a few fundamental  concepts  on which many sociolinguistic inquiries  depend.  More...

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION What is cross-cultural communication? The phrase cross-cultural communication describes the ability to successfully form, foster, and improve relationships with members of a culture different from one's own. It is based on knowledge of many factors, such as the other culture's values, perceptions, manners, social structure, and decision-making practices, and an understanding of how members of the group communicate--verbally, non-verbally, in person, in writing, and in various business and social contexts, to name but a few. More  

Relationship between language and culture

Ethnic Conflicts An ethnic conflict is a conflict between two or more contending ethnic groups. While the source of the conflict may be political, social, economic or religious, the individuals in conflict must expressly fight for their ethnic group's position within society. This final criterion differentiates ethnic conflict from other forms of struggle. More

Ethnic Conflicts An ethnic conflict is a conflict between two or more contending ethnic groups. While the source of the conflict may be political, social, economic or religious, the individuals in conflict must expressly fight for their ethnic group's position within society. This final criterion differentiates ethnic conflict from other forms of struggle. MOre

Issuesof Identity in a Multicultural Society Definition of a Multicultural Society: Multicultural society is a vision of a society , where people with different nationalities, languages, religions and ethnicities living together. People with different cultures can have different traditions, lifestyles or imagine of values and ethics. More

Linguistic imperialism  Linguistic imperialism , or language imperialism, is defined as "the transfer of a dominant  language  to other people". The transfer is considered demonstration of  power —traditionally,  military power  but also, in the modern world,  economic power —and aspects of the dominant  culture  are usually transferred along with the language. More

Theproblems of Linguistic inequality “Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of a system of voluntarily produced symbols. Human creates language to fulfil their social needs. It is a systematic media of communication. Language and society are More

IdentityCrisis What is identity? “Identity is the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks and/or expressions that make a person (self-identity) or group (particular social category or social group). The process of identity can be creative or destructive.” James, Paul (2015). More

TYPES OF IDENTITY Religious Identity: It is a specific type of identity formation. It is the sense of group membership to a religion and the importance of this group membership as it pertains to one's  self-concept . Religious identity is not necessarily the same as religiousness or  religiosity . Although these three terms share a commonality, religiousness and religiosity refer to both the value of religious group membership as well as participation More  

Role Of Language And Culture InFormation of Identity “How people understand their relationship to the outside world, how that relationship is constructed across time and space, and how people understand their possibilities for future.” More

Language Attitudes DOCS Language attitudes are actually the feelings people have about their own language or the languages of others, and further defined, as an individual’s psychological construction regarding their own language and/or the languages of others More

Language Attitudes PPT Language attitudes are actually the feelings people have about their own language or the languages of others, and further defined, as an individual’s psychological construction regarding their own language and/or the languages of others More

Linguistic conflict: Conflict   plays a role in many social sciences. Linguistically, conflict between different ethnic groups often results from language contact. Problems viewed as political, economic or sociological in nature are often actually rooted in linguistic conflict. Conflict plays a role in many social sciences. Linguistically, conflict between different ethnic groups often results from language contact. Problems viewed as political, economic or sociological in nature are often actually rooted in linguistic conflict. In the literature, however, contact has overshadowed conflict. In addition, the emphasis in contact research has traditionally focused on closed, homogeneous groups rather than on urban industrial societies in which social and linguistic conflict are important factors. Language contact and conflict are seen as interdependently related elements applicable both to individuals and to language communities, yet these phenomena occur only between  speaker

Issues of Identity in a Multicultural Society Multicultural society is a vision of a society, where people with different nationalities, languages, religions and ethnicities living together. People with different cultures can have different traditions, lifestyles or imagine of values and ethics. More