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Such a departure from majority language usage is a natural consequence of cultural differences.

说唱俚语这种偏离标准语言的变异自然也是一种文化差异的产物。

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As an important teaching means and testing program, dictation may well judge the testees' integrated competence in language usage.

听写作为一种重要的教学手段和测试项目，能够很好地评估受试者实际的语言综合运用能力。

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As an educator,however, Johnson says that there is no other widespread cultural innovation to explain the radical shift in language usage she's seen over the past few years.

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Young people don't model their language usage on what they hear at the shoe store.

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But rather than just inventing a few words to make them sound alien, he devised a complete language, with its own vocabulary, grammar, and usage.

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Language is a kind of informal plebiscite: when we adopt a new word or alter the usage of an old one, we're casting a voice vote for a particular point of view.

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