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  • How do you think modern communication technologies like cell phones and computers are changing how people communicate? Is the change positive or negative?




  • How is language related to social and economic inequality? Do you think that attitudes about language varieties have affected you and/or your family?




  • How has the use of specific terms in the news helped to shape public opinion? For example, what are the different implications of the terms terrorist versus freedom fighter? Downsizing versus firing staff at a company? Euphemistic terms used in reference to war include friendly fire, pacification, collateral damage? Can you think of other examples?




  • Think about the different styles you use when speaking to your siblings and parents, your friends, your significant other, your professors, your grandparents. What are some of the specific differences among these styles? What do these differences indicate about the power relationships between you and others?










    If there is a key characteristic that distinguishes our species,
    homo


    sapiens

    from others, it is human LANGUAGE and I hope you will find in Great Human Odyssey important references to this very subject. I also hope you will find theimportanceof the symbolic aspect of language that indeed contributed to ourhominizationbyfacilitating cooperationand learning, among many other aspects.



    Here I am with the author of the article, Linda Light, it is a good idea to review the six-points definition of culture.



    Historically, there have been wars fought over language or rather, over the right of a people or ethnic group to speak and communicate with their language, also to educate their children using their language; look at the problems Turkey has had with the Kurds (orviceversa), or thehorrible war between Pakistan andBanglades,or the many conflicts the Spanish state have faced byimposingCastelian(Spanish) to all regions/ethnicgroups that insist in holding into their languages like Catalan,Euskadi,Gallego. In India, the state was challenge by the people from TamilNaduin the south, also over the imposition of Hindi as a national language. I hope you realize that language allows a people/ethnic group to be, to have an IDENTITY.



    I’d like also to call your attention to the fact that in large scale societies like the modern states, like those that I mentioned above, and also in the United States, the way people speak has been codified by those in power –political, economic and social. Therefore, the inequality based on these is also reflected in how the differences in “dialects”, accents, expressions used by different social groups could be translated into discrimination in education, health, political rights, etc. (please, think about COVID pandemic and what happens if people don’t have equal access to information about resources = no translations/no interpreters, just to give you an example.



    NOTE: The fact that humans have achieved that quality of communication systems -human language-doesn't place them above other species, doesn't grant them the power to enact violence against other species.



    I would like you to watch a documentary, "Do You Speak American?" Watch the first of the series (welcome to watch more). This is the link:



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcx7khaN180&t=48s




    Can you see common themes with the matter in the chapter of language? If so, what are they? Please answer these questions after having answer the Discussion Questions at the end of the chapter.



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Rudrakshi answered on Oct 06 2021
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Running Head: EARTH SCIENCE                                1
EARTH SCIENCE                                        6
EARTH SCIENCE
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Modern Communication Technologies    3
Language related to Social and Econ
omic Inequality    3
Specific Terms in News    4
Different Styles of Speaking    5
Conclusion    5
References    6
Introduction
The current report will discuss the modern communication technologies and the way the changes have taken place in connecting the people. In addition to that social and economic inequality regarding the language will be discussed as well as the use of specific terms in the news that helps in shaping the public opinion will also be explained. Finally, the different styles of speaking will be enlightened in this report.
Modern Communication Technologies
Modern communication technology is affecting the communication in a positive manner by making it quicker, efficient as well as easier. It helps in allowing the tracking of conversations and providing the better service to consumers. Technology also make easier to enhance the entire experience of the customer as well as gather the insights from them.
There has been a drastic change in the communication method of people with the use of Smart-phones and social media as and different type of technology. It helps the people to share their opinions from a far wider audience and it even makes it change with no filter on the way other people speak (Tulaev, Daminov, Khakimov & Turdiev, 2020).
Electronic communication is used by the many organizations in day-to-day operations as well as makes individual to use it for the daily task such as socializing, paying bills and banking of communication technology has made the long distance and mass communication convenient and reliable. It has the tremendous impact on the modern communication technology.
Language related to Social and Economic...
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