The Schoolmaster's Tavern

  Refugees Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country. They often have had to flee with little more than the clothes on their back, leaving behind homes, possessions, jobs and loved ones. Refugees are defined and protected in international law. The 1951 Refugee Convention is a key legal document and defines a refugee as: “someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.” By the end of 2017, there were 25.4 million refugee men, women and children registered across the world. Refugees, U. (2020). What is a refugee?. Retrieved 27 September 2020, from UNHCR - What is a Refugee The subject of refugees and how they are treated is quite sensitive, and their situation has inspired numerous artists to speak up,...

For this entry, we worked with several chapters from George Yule's '' The Study of Language''  (2010) Cambridge University Press, New York. The chapters discussed in this entry are: Chapter 1, 2, 11, 17, 18, 19. The book has an attractive approach to different aspects of English language, from the origin and history of English, to the grammatical and functional aspects of the language.    ⭐    The slideshow presentations were designed as the result of group work.    ⭐ Chapter 1 & 2. Chapter 1: The origins of Language This chapter reviews the different theories and sources that tried to account for the origins of language. Some of these sources are: divine powers, socialization, and the development of physical features. Within the theories that consider physical features the source of language, we find the  Physical Adaptation Source and the Genetic Source . According to these theories, certain physical characteristics may have helped with ...