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Expression & politeness are important for communication.

 Hello everyone, long time no see!  How are you?  I wish you all good health.  now I am back again to write a little knowledge which hopefully can be useful for everyone who reads my blog.  Let's see..   Why is politeness important in communication?   Being polite means being aware of and appreciating the other person's feelings.  Courtesy can and will improve your relationships with others, help build respect and relationships, increase self-esteem and self-confidence, and improve your communication skills.   How do politeness affect communication?   Politeness gets your message across and responds to the way you want it to.  When you communicate politely and in a posture that seeks positive results, your message is likely to get across without rejection or rejection.   This means that it relates to differences in people in each regional dialect, changes in words over time and changes made by cultural people.   Language c...

Dialect: meaning, examples, and the influence of its variety on the social environment.

  Hi, how are you dear? I hope you are all well.  And back again on my blog. At this time I will explain and give examples related to dialects. So what is a dialect in general definations that you know? A dialect is a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, and/or vocabulary. The study of dialects is known as dialectology or sociolinguistics. The term dialect is often used to characterize any way of speaking that differs from the standard variety of a language which is largely considered to be dialect-free. With that said, few people actually speak the standard variety and most language represents a dialect.  «A dialect is a variety of English which is associated with a particular region and/or social class. » and to find out more about dialect, let us consider the following material. What is Dialect? A dialect refers to a branch of a language. Within this branch, different terms are used for different things. Dialects are usually...

Singaporean language

  Hello everyone.     How are you?     I hope all of you are well. Oh yeah, don't forget to stay healthy, because the virus can attack anytime, anyone and anywhere. So you still have to take care of your health. This time I will explain about the country of Singapore, their "mother tongue" and also the influence on their social life. According to the constitutional prevailing in Singapore, this country has four official languages ​​including Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English. Malay, Tamil and Mandarin were chosen to represent the most dominant ethnic groups in Singapore. Mandarin for Singaporean Chinese, Malay for the Malay community, and Tamil for the largest Indian ethnic group in Singapore. But besides that in Singapore there are also other languages ​​that are still used by many people today which are local variants of the language or characteristics of the country. such as Singaporean Hokkien and Singlish.         Then where did the mot...