English Language

The UK holds numerous different accents, even though to many of us English is our first and only language, we still fail to fully understand one another. The characteristics of each accent range dramatically, with each of them distinctive and totally different to another. This is almost unbelievable taking into consideration the size of the UK, and the number of different accents. Each city holds its own opportunities for; jobs, families, universities, housing etc. This is causing people to move across the country, mixing accents and causing confusion. Everyone has experienced the awkward interaction with those of a different accent to their own. There is almost bizarrely a language barrier, they may as well be speaking in a ‘foreign’ language because only very little is being understood. The rate at which technology is developing, has also allowed a mix in accents. Technology is becoming more and more important in our everyday lives as we pretty much rely on it nowadays for school...

The sign’s purpose is to inform those who are using the Hospital’s car park, of the legal obligations that are brought upon them when they enter. For the fact that the car park is based in a hospital, we would expect that the majority of people receiving this information are patients or are some form of relation to the patient. The state, in which they receive this information, will depend on the context (why they are visiting the hospital). They may be stressed or rushing, to visit their loved ones because they are in a serious state or they don’t know what state they are in. In this case the receiver is far less likely to read the car park instructions. For this reason, the manufacturer of the sign has purposely enhanced and enlarged the most important parts of the texts. This is done by using a large and bold text for the “terms and conditions” and “IMPORTANT NOTICE” which is in capital letters to emphasise the severity of the statement. The text is short and concise purpos...

Following the Sony hacking scandal late last year, a lot of sensitive information was widely leaked across the globe. Revealing the wage of many well respected actors and actresses. Hunger games star Jennifer Lawrence with a net worth of 60 million dollars, noted that she was paid substantially less than her male co-stars and various other male actors. This subsequently led to Lawrence posting a Facebook update expressing her opinion. The post lead to much debate over the gap in pay due and its link to gender, which was immediately all over the internet after its release by Lawrence. The photo received 173k 'likes', 8.2k comments and 25k shares meaning that anyone friends with the person who shared the post could see it as well, rapidly spreading the post and its contents everywhere. Proving that this was one of the biggest debates and uprising of interests in concerning gender equality in recent years. Lawrence is correct; it is proven in the majority of cases that men ar...

In the transcript, proper nouns are utilized an abundance amount of times. This is predominantly when the barrister refers to each different character by their name. For example 'according to Mr Neil(.) this is feeling(.) this grudge on Mr Peterson's(.)' The use of proper nouns in comparisons to pronouns give the impression that the Barrister is formal, giving him power over the rest of the court room as he speaks. His formality of his language, could suggest, without actually hearing him and analysing his pitch, tone and volume that the Barrister is quite intimidating. This is supported by the fact that Mr Neil, begins to increase the number of minor sentences  he produces, throughout his time being questioned which seems to be intense taking into consideration the short duration of the transcript. His constant referral of 'Mr Neil' by his name directs the tension and responsibility on to Mr Neil himself, making him seem weak. The contextual information of this tr...