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Linguistic rules governing sounds (or gestures in sign languages), meanings, and syntax of a language
What is Grammar?
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When there is not a direct translation
What is Lack of Vocabulary Equivalence?
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What is the main argument?
What is Is English actually a global language?
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Difference between language is not what can be said but what is relatively easy to say
What is Linguistic Relativism?
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One-fifth to one-fourth of the world is familiar with the English language
What is The Spread of English?
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An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its words
What is Idiom?
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Expressions whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of its words
What is Idiomatic Equivalence:?
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This test is now administered regularly in many metropolises for non native English speakers
What is TOEFL?
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Reality is embedded in culture’s language and that language then controls thought and cultural norms
What is Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
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One group penetrating the culture of another group to impose its own view of the world
What is Cultural Invasion?
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Grammatical rules governing the way that words combine to form sentences.
What is Syntax?
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Languages don’t necessarily have the same grammar - you need to understand a language’s grammar to understand the meaning of words.
What is Grammatical-Syntactical Equivalence?
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True or False: English is spreading everywhere
What is false?
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When cultures speak the same language yet there are vocabulary differences
What is Translation Problems?
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A set of symbols shared by a community to communicate meaning and experience
What is Language?
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A variety of speech differing from the standard
What is Dialect?
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If an object or experience does not exist in your culture, it’s difficult to translate words referring to that object or experience into that language when no words exist for them.
What is Experiential Equivalence?
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Name one of the main findings
What is TOEFL, actual speakers of English remains very small in the “Outer Circle”, opportunities for practicing English remain urban and associated with white collar jobs, Can we count on getting by in a country just because we have met certain professionals and students who are proficient in English?
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"A nation is the totality of people who speak the same language"
What is Nationalism?
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Translation Problem: Abstract ideas that may not exist in the same fashion in different languages
What is Conceptual Equivalence?