Language may be used to communicate, learn, and express identity. Adopting Chinese schools as a focal point, this dissertation explored how Chinese-Canadians establish their cultural identity through code-switching. This dissertation was guided by four research questions: (1) How is the prevalence of code-switching among Chinese teachers, parents and students at home and school? (2) How do the teachers, parents and students perceive and compare the communicative, learning and identity-reflective functions of language? (3) How do they form their cultural identity through language use and code-switching? (4) What do they understand as, the relationship between language use/code-switching and identity formation? Several types of data were gathered: Three Canadian specialists in Chinese language education were interviewed; 203 students were recruited from six Chinese language schools in Greater Vancouver to answer a structured questionnaire; eight triplets of parents, teachers and students participated in class observations, home visits, and group discussions; and data were gathered from students’ self tape-recording, written logs and instant messages. It was found that the students did the most between-turns code-switching, while the parents did less and the teachers did the least amount of code-switching. Most participants considered the communicative function of language the most important, the learning function less important and the identity-reflective function the least important. Some participants suggested that language may serve different functions simultaneously. I proposed that identity formation is dynamic and multi-faceted. The questionnaire results indicated that most students were proud of their Chinese cultural identity although the parents and teachers thought that the students were not mature enough to understand the real meaning of identity. Most participants thought that no direct relationship was between language use and identity formation because people can use a second language to reflect or form their cultural identity. However, from a broad perspective, a close relationship does exist because people can use any language to reflect their cultural identity.
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because it shows how the seismograph is recording.
a seismograph is an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.
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just by looking at the image it shows people observing the seismograph measuring the environment around us which is what a seismograph does
and by doing so its able to predict abnormalities and predict earthquakes
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I believe it is C but im not 100% sure
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Not sure but he produced 26 albums and 79 singles
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Lady Macbeth is an ambitious woman with great desire for power and authority. She is shown much more stronger and than Macbeth.
She deliberately questions Macbeth's masculinity by asserting her shortcomings being a female. She says:
“Come you spirits, that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty.” (Act 1, Scene 5)
Lady Macbeth cleverly persuades her husband to murder Duncan.
She plots the murder plan.
Lady Macbeth helped Macbeth by drugging one of King's attendants.
Lady Macbeth is one of the most iconic female characters of Shakespeare who defies femininity as a hindrance in pursuit of power rather emerges as a strong and independent woman.
