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Expression and politeness are important for communication

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  Expression and politeness are important for communication pict by: https://images.app.goo.gl/NXwoDZFaSuE45ZdE8 In daily activities humans use language to communicate. Dialogue is typical of many everyday interactions that function socially or informatively. In this case, this interaction serves to build a relationship between one human and another. Then, the interaction is oriented to an appropriate level of relationship and respect between those interacting. Language has various functions, usually the speech is adapted to the social context of the speech. The language we speak to children may be different from the language we speak to adults. In addition, differences in the purpose of speech can also affect the form of language and a variety of ways. According to Mustain (2011) that apart linguistic factors, there are non-linguistic factors that are considered to influence the communication process, namely politeness. Politeness is much more influenced by the sociocultural asp

REGIONAL DIALECT: INDONESIAN IN AMBONESE DIALECT

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  Regional Dialect: Indonesian In Ambonese Dialect pict by: https://images.app.goo.gl/zu8pq5wqF5tdKDYMA According to Budiarsa (2015), Dialect is a variety of a particular language which is spoken by a group of speakers that is signaled by systematic markers such as syntactical, phonological, grammatical markers. Dialect may be in the forms of regional dialect and social dialect. Regional dialects Regional dialects are language variants used in certain regions. For example, Indonesian is the Ambon dialect, Jakarta dialect  and Medan dialect. Social dialect Social dialect is a dialect used by certain social groups or which marks certain social strata. For example, a youth dialect. However, in this discussion, the author will discuss one example of a dialect in Indonesia, namely the Ambon dialect. Indonesian in Ambonese dialect is also called by some people with Ambon Malay. The mention is because the Indonesian in Ambonese dialect comes from the Malay language family, the same

MOTHER TONGUE AND ITS IMPACTS ON SOCIAL LIFE IN CANADA

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Mother Tongue And Its Impacts On Social Life In Canada pict by: https://images.app.goo.gl/wduz88oE1adS4BXY9 Canada is a country that has two official languages, namely English and French. However, the status of English and French as Canada's official languages ​​does not mean that they are widely spoken throughout the country or that every Canadian is bilingual. The fact is that most Canadians speak English. According to statistics Canada (2006) that about 60% of the Canadian population the mother tongue is English. Meanwhile, according to statistics Canada (2006) about 22% of Canadians use French as their mother tongue. The majority of the French-speaking population in Canada live in the province of Quebec. Apart from English and French, in Canada there are several other languages ​​that are largely affected by immigration, namely Chinese, Punjabi, Arabic and Aboriginal. In Canada as a whole most language shifts are towards English, in the province of Quebec both English and Frenc