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    Introduction My general theology is based on John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” This has always impacted the way that I have talked about God. I’ve spoken about God in a manner of love because He loves us enough to give His only begotten son for our salvation. He loved us enough to make it simple enough for us to gain salvation by believing being the requirement spoken of in

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    The word tongue is used fifteen times in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: to a modern audience, it is evidently “in reference to speech” (OED, “tongue” II), yet to an audience contemporary to Shakespeare, it carries another, alternative meaning which can radically alter one’s interpretation of the entirety of the text. Indeed, the tongue is “considered as the principal organ of speech; hence, [“tongue” can refer to] the faculty of speech; the power of articulation or vocal expression or description;

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    tolerance, self-confidence. One of the principal features of the modern society is development of info-communicative technologies, what allows us to characterize it as society of global communications, where communication means technological tool of interpretation and information sharing, while the specifics of info production materializes in linguistic form. Globalization leads to significant shifts towards direct communication, both between institutions and individuals. As a result of integration, in

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    1981 she decided to quit her job to write full-time. She wrote numerous pieces including the poem I chose called “The Joy of Cooking”. “The Joy of Cooking” is an intense read that allows an abundance of room for interpretation. It starts off describing how she has prepared her sister’s tongue and then keeps getting worse and worse from there. Furthermore, she tells of having her brother’s heart and intensely talks about the firmness, dryness, and how to make it taste better in the sauces. The whole

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    All humans use a language to communicate with other humans. Overtime the human bodies have been modified to accommodate language. The human body uses 6 organs to accomplish language. The 6 organs are the lungs, vocal cords, tongue, teeth, lips and nose. Although these 6 organs main functions are eating and breathing, they have been modified over time to help exercise humans control during speech production. Linguistics is the study of how language works. Language changes over time to fit the current

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    language has served as a powerful tool to construct people’s perspectives and understanding. People tend to interpret the same things differently depending on their language. Sometimes, these interpretations can lead to discrimination or dominating one’s language from another. In Gloria Anzalda’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, she explained how her language was getting silenced and her people getting discriminated; however, due to these obstacles, many opportunities arise that help language expand. Having

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    God. They do not believe in the Trinity. They believe God is the essential source to healing. They practice speaking in tongue. They

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    sympathize and be immersed in a community. He believes that education’s role is to help ease the mixing of identities. In Rodriguez’s book, Hunger of Memory, he elaborates upon definition of bilingualism and creates his own distinction from Espada’s interpretation. He believes that bilingualism is the coexistence of two identities, a public one which was English for him and a private one which was Spanish. He believes the iron fist enforcement of a language is key to reaching the state of bilingualism.

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    deeper than a sharp weapon.” This motto does not seem to follow the normal structure of English; that is because the motto is translated from the Chinese. However, it does not matter as long as people understand the meaning, right? Amy Tan in “Mother Tongue” narrates how her mother’s “broken” or “fractured” English affects her life. At first, Tan thinks that her language abilities and possibilities are limited because her mother, who is an American immigrant from China, does not speak English “properly”

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