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you will find lots of valuable, fun and enriching
informations on world's greatly diversed languages.
We will start by looking at the world's "lingua franca" (common universal
language), ENGLISH. We will study and analyse the differences between the original
BRITISH ENGLISH ("Queen's English") and the increasingly popular
AMERICAN ENGLISH. We will also look at other "localized" or "regionalized"
ENGLISH languages, such as Australian English, New Zealand English,
Malaysia English (Manglish), Singapore English (Singlish),
China English (Chinglish), India English (Inglish), etc.
We will also analyse the differences and contrasts between the
beautiful (but complicated) "traditional" ("fanti") Chinese characters
(that are full of hidden meanings) with the "skeleton" bare-essential
"simplified" ("jianti") Chinese characters that are so much simpler
and less aesthetics (and almost completely devoid of all hidden meanings).
We will also look at the differences and contrasts as well as similarities
between the MANDARIN CHINESE language which is the official "common language"
("putonghua") of CHINA (and the Chinese all over the world)
with the most popular and widelt spoken local Chinese Dialects such as
Cantonese ("Guangdonghua" or "Yue"),
Hokkien ("Fujianhua" or "Minnan"),
Hakka or Kek ("Kejiahua"),
Hailam or Hainanese("Hainanhua"),
Teochew ("Chaozhouhua"),
Foochow or Hockchiew ("Fuzhouhua"),
Shanghainese ("Shanghaihua"), etc.
We will also look at the MALAY language ("Bahasa Melayu")
and study its many different versions spoken in Malaysia (Bahasa Malaysia),
Singapore, Indonesia ("Bahasa Indonesia"), Brunei ("Bahasa Brunei"),
etc. Special focus will be on how Malaysia is making an effort to have all
its citizens in the 13 states to speak one standardized Malay language
(known as "Bahasa Melayu Baku" which means "the standardized Malay language")
instead of the different versions of localized Malay languages such as
"Bahasa Kelantan" (of the Kelantan state in Peninsular Malaysia) or
the "Bahasa Sarawak" (of the Sarawak state on East Malaysia - part of Borneo island).
Definitions of "Language"
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary's (7th Edition)
Definition of "Language":
- Language : noun 1 OF A COUNTRY the system of communication
in speech and writing that is used by people of a particular country or area
2 COMMUNICATION the use by humans of a system of sounds and words to
communicate 3 STYLE OF SPEAKING OR WRITING a particular style of speaking
or writing 4 MOVEMENTS / SYMBOLS / SOUND a way of expressing ideas and
feelings using movements, symbols and sound
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary's (New Edition)
Definition of "Communicate" and "Communication":
- Communicate : [1] If you communicate with someone,
you share or exchange information with them, for example by speaking,
writing, or using equipment. [2] If you communicate information,
a feeling, or an idea to someone, you let them know about it.
[3] If one person communicates with another, they successfully
make each other aware of their feelings and ideas.
- Communication/s : [1] Communications are the systems
and processes that are used to communicate or broadcast information, especially
by means of electricity or radio waves
Times-Chambers Essential English Dictionary's (2nd Edition)
Definition of "Communicate":
- Communicate : verb 1 You communicate with someone,
when you contact them in any way, eg. by speaking to them, writing to them
or telephoning them. 2 You communicate something such as
information to someone when you pass it on to them.
Definitions of "Communicate" and "Communication"
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary's (7th Edition)
Definition of "Communicate" and "Communication":
- Communicate : verb 1 EXCHANGE INFORMATION (with somebody) to exchange
information, news, ideas, etc. with somebody 2 SHARE IDEAS / FEELINGS to
make your ideas, feelings, thoughts, etc. known to other people so that they
understand them
- Communication : noun 1 the activity or process of
expressing ideas and feelings or of giving people information
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary's (New Edition)
Definition of "Communicate" and "Communication":
- Communicate : [1] If you communicate with someone,
you share or exchange information with them, for example by speaking,
writing, or using equipment. [2] If you communicate information,
a feeling, or an idea to someone, you let them know about it.
[3] If one person communicates with another, they successfully
make each other aware of their feelings and ideas.
- Communication/s : [1] Communications are the systems
and processes that are used to communicate or broadcast information, especially
by means of electricity or radio waves
Times-Chambers Essential English Dictionary's (2nd Edition)
Definition of "Communicate":
- Communicate : verb 1 You communicate with someone,
when you contact them in any way, eg. by speaking to them, writing to them
or telephoning them. 2 You communicate something such as
information to someone when you pass it on to them.
In simple terms, "communication", "communicating" or
"to communicate" is the process or act to let another person know
informations such as what you know, what you think or what you feel
and to pass on news in general.
"Communication" is crucial towards the co-existence and survival
of human beings and most creatures in general.
The ability to communicate and create understanding between one another members
of small groupings such as a family, community, village, company, organisation, etc.
will ensure the success and strength of the family to survive and thrive.
"Communication" is especially crucial towards the survival and expansion
of sub-species of a creature, for example the different clans and races that
speak the same language or live at the same place.
And of course, "Communication" is most crucial towards building
understanding, tolerance and collaborations
between different races, clans, tribes or families in the same locality,
between different provinces and states in the same nation,
between different nations in the world ... and one day,
even between different worlds and planets in the universe.
Remember: "Proper Communication ensures the understanding and harmony
that strengthen the survival skills
of human beings, animals, birds, insects and other living organisms.
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Basics & Fundamentals of LANGUAGES
Grammar - Definitions of Parts of Proper Grammar & Sentence Structure
The Basics And Fundamentals of Grammar - Definitions taken from the
OXFORD Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary (6th Edition) :
- Noun : noun a word that refers to a person
(such as Ann or doctor),
a place (such as Paris or city) or a thing, a quality or an activity
(such as plant, sorrow or tennis)
- Abstract Noun : noun a noun, for example goodness
or freedom, that refers to an idea or a general quality, not to a
physical object
- Common Noun : noun a word such as table, cat,
or sea, that refers to an object or a thing but is not the name of
a particular person, place or thing
- Proper 'Noun (also Proper 'Name) :
noun a word that is the name of a person, a place, an institution, etc.
and is written with a capital letter, for example Tom, Mrs. Jones,
Rome, Europe, the Rhine, the Houses of Parliament
- Pronoun : noun a word that is used instead of a noun or
noun phrase, for example he, it, hers, me,
them
- Personal Pronoun : noun any of the pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we, they,
me, him, her, us, them
- Demonstrative Pronouns : noun any word used to identify
the person or thing that is being referred to, eg. this, that
,
- Interrogative Pronouns : noun a word used in questions,
eg. who
- Possessive Pronouns : noun showing that something belongs
to somebody / something, eg. yours, his
- Relative Pronouns : noun referring to an earlier noun,
sentence or part of a sentence, eg. who in "the man who came"
- Verb : noun a word or group of words that expresses an action
(such as eat), an event (such as happen), or a state
(such as exist)
- Phrasal Verb : noun a verb combined with an adverb or a
preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning, for example
go in for, win over, see to
- Regular Verbs : adjective changing their form in the same
way as most other verbs and nouns, eg.
the past participle of regular verbs ends in -ed
- Irregular Verbs : adjective
not formed in the normal way
- Transitive Verbs : adjective
used with a DIRECT OBJECT. eg. in "She wrote a letter",
the verb "wrote" is transitive and the word "letter"
is the direct object
- Intransitive Verbs : adjective
used without a DIRECT OBJECT; not TRANSITIVE eg. in
"He died suddenly", the verb "die is intransitive.
- Adverb : noun a word that adds more information
about place, time, manner, cause or degree of a verb, an adjective,
a phrase or another adverb eg. "kindly" in "speak kindly",
"incredibly" in "incredibly deep", "just" in "just in time",
"too" in "too quickly".
- Adverbial Particles : noun
an adverb used specially after a verb to show position, direction of movement,
etc. eg. "back" in "come back", "down" in "break down",
and "off" in "fall off".
- Particle : noun an adverb or a preposition
that can combine with a verb to make a Phrasal Verb, eg.
"up" in "She tore up the letter".
- Adjective : noun a word that describes a person or thing,
for example "reliable" in "a reliable car",
"big" in "a big house",
"red" in "red wine" and
"clever" in "a clever idea"
- Preposition : noun a word or group of words, such as
in, from, to, out of, on behalf of,
used before a noun or pronoun to show place, position, time or method
- Conjunction : noun a word that joins words, phrases,
or sentences, for example "and", "but", "or"
- Determiner : noun a word such as
"the", "some", "my", etc.
that comes before a noun to show how the
noun is being used
- Tense : noun any forms of a verb that may
be used to show the time of the action
or state expressed by the verb, eg. present tense, past tense, future tense
There you are, the fundamentals of language with
the basics of grammar in the English language.
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Related Information & Topics Of Interest:
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Linguistics : the scientific study of language or of particular languages
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Etymology : the study of origins of words
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Psycholinguistics
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Tonology : the study of intonations in speech
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Phonetics : the study of speech sounds and how they are produced
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Lexicology : the study of the significant and application of words
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Applied Linguistics
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Methodology : the study of methods
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Grammar : the rules in a language for changing the form of words and
joining them into sentences
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Grammatology : the study of systems of writing
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Historical Linguistics
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Philology : the study of a language together with its literature
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Language And Culture
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Phonology : the study of linguistic sound systems
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Language Testing
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Pragmatics : the study of the way in which language is used to express
what somebody really means in particular situations, especially when the actual
words used may appear to mean something different
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Second Language Acquisition
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Sociolinguistics
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Stylistics : the sudy of style and the methods used in written language
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Terminology : the usage and study of terms
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Cryptology : studying how to decrypt and encrypt secret messages or codes
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Dialectology : the study of dialects
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Hierographology : the study of scriptures, sacred or holy texts
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Symbology : the study and interpretation of symbols, or a set of symbols
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Phraseology : the way words are put together, therefore the style being used in
a sentence, or the set of phrases or the choice of words used by any particular
group of people, or a type of register that reflects the form of language used
in a certain social situation in which particular subjects are being discussed
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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Philosophy of Language
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Dictionaries, Thesauruses
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Translations, Interpretations
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Written Communication : Read & Write
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Non-Verbal Languages: eg. Sign Languages, Body Languages, etc.
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Programming Languages
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