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"Why are the issues involved in language and representation considered so important?" Discuss, using examples of a range of terms and a range of social groups.
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Sarah Richards 12F "Why are the issues involved in language and representation considered so important?" Discuss, using examples of a range of terms and a range of social groups. Issues involved in language and representation are considered to be so important as they have the power to affect the way we structure our thoughts. Within different social groups, language and its usage have different connotations and consequences. For example, a pupil will not be able to swear at a teacher but could at a peer group member with little resulting action. In this way we can define language usage. Representation can be defined as the portrayal of the words we use, whilst the issues include such things as political correctness, pejoration and so forth. Over time, there has been a lot of semantic change, in which new words have been introduced and existing words have been adapted in meaning. Sometimes, in order...
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