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  2. Language development - Wikipedia

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    R.L Trask also argues in his book Language: The Basics that deaf children acquire, develop and learn sign language in the same way hearing children do, so if a deaf child's parents are fluent sign speakers, and communicate with the baby through sign language, the baby will learn fluent sign language. And if a child's parents aren't fluent, the ...

  3. Complex dynamic systems theory - Wikipedia

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    The outcome critically depends on the initial conditions of the language learners. The systems of a language are completely interconnected. The development of the syntactic system affects the development of the lexical system and vice versa. Second language development is nonlinear that is language learners acquire new words in different tempo.

  4. Diplomatics - Wikipedia

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    Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), [1] [2] [3] is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, protocols and formulae that have been used by document creators, and uses these to increase ...

  5. Systemic functional linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) is an approach to linguistics, among functional linguistics, [1] that considers language as a social semiotic system.. It was devised by Michael Halliday, who took the notion of system from J. R. Firth, his teacher (Halliday, 1961).

  6. Diachrony and synchrony - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, in Saussure's view, language change (diachrony) does not form a system. By contrast, each synchronic stage is held together by a systemic equilibrium based on the interconnectedness of meaning and form. To understand why a language has the forms it has at a given stage, both the diachronic and the synchronic dimension must be considered.

  7. Historical linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Historical linguistics, also known as diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of how languages change over time. [1] It seeks to understand the nature and causes of linguistic change and to trace the evolution of languages.

  8. Systematic Risk vs. Unsystematic Risk: How to Invest for Risk

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    Systematic Risk vs. Unsystematic Risk: Key Differences. systematic risk vs unsystematic risk. You might hold the view that when it comes to investing and the markets that all risk is the same ...

  9. List of official languages of international organizations

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    Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) Portuguese: FIFA: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Russian and German: Holy See: Latin (official), Italian (administrative and diplomatic) and French (diplomatic) International Criminal Court (ICC) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish (English and French are working languages) [4]