The essay Imaginary Homelands describes the plight of the writers in the Diaspora as they attempt to reconnect with their homelands.
According to the Cambridge dictionary, the meaning of inflection in grammar is "a change in or addition to the form of a word that shows a change in the way it is used in sentences".
He has full control of the direction of the speech and strong mastery of the subject. The last story narrated by Steve is on the sensitive topic of death.
Translation expresses that human beings have the ability to understand the facts and significance of the mind of the people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest, and the culture [...]
The English taught in my school is much different than the English used day to day in the English speaking world.
In English and Spanish, there are many pragmatic similarities, which consist in the origin of words. The main differences are some letters of the Spanish language that are missing in English.
On the other hand, the English language being spoken by the people living in the British Commonwealth countries is what is referred to us as British English. One point in which the British and American [...]
Proponents of Deutscher's theory argue that language is not the only factor that calls attention to certain features in a conversation.
This is because learning the second language involves learning new things or aspects about the language. The third and last phase is a product of first and second language learning.
This text aims to find the correct definition of the term 'bilingual', by identifying the characteristics that define a bilingual, the distinctions caused by the different times a language is learned, and whether learning a [...]
English dispersed to the rest of the world becoming a leading language of international communication due to the extensive influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
Each line in the text is a kind of reflection that has to be evaluated, and the author's death is the only condition under which the work may be considered as worthwhile.
A group of words or a phrase that has been used to refer to the same object or concept is called a semantic field or a semantic domain, and gives meaning to a word in [...]
The dimensions of variations in the sociolinguistic paradigm includes the adoption of theoretical aspects such as the concept of function, stylistic and social meaning, variation and linguistic change, bi-directional relations between the synchronic and the [...]
This paper will discuss the derogatory connotations of the word 'bitch' and the various changes the meaning of this word has undergone over time.
Female characters in Beowulf are very important, as they help to understand of the entire poem and also the culture of the people in ancient times.
Hence, the first oddity associated with English is the fact that there is no language remotely similar to English a person might partially understand because of their English fluency.
The paper delves into the characteristics of the theme as highlighted in the theory and the problems with the SFG Notion of Theme.
This individual will not consider any of the languages as foreign regardless of the proportion of the individuals that speak the language.
Among the most common practices in the Christian fraternity, which, for the purpose of this paper, can be classified as magical, one could mention the practice of speaking in tongues. Can the practice of speaking [...]
The legal processes indicated above ranges from proceedings in the courts to investigations conducted by the police and also to the management of prisoners.
This kind of language use indicates that a speaker can use the language as a tool of power in relation to the identity the language gives him/her. The language used by a specific group of [...]
However, to discuss the aspects of bilingualism and multilingualism, it is necessary to focus on the factor of the social motivation and psychological peculiarities of the ability to use two or more languages for interactions.
Therefore, the grammar of a language is a description of the rules of the language, rules of a kind that human beings are innately disposed to learn.
Thus, the possibility of sticking to the original aim of the text is the value and usefulness of the Skopos theory.
However, I tend to differ with that school of thought and cite the following reasons as to why the future of English remains assured globally: the large numbers of English speakers and learners, the simplicity [...]
Suwito in Sutana says that "in the phenomenon of code mixing the dependent characteristics are indicated by the relationship between the function and role of language.
The specific issue with Korean speakers of English concerning the phonological process involves the overbearing nature of the first language on the second one.
There are generally two types of Wolof, that is, Gambian Wolof spoken mainly by the Gambian people and the Senegal Wolof, which is the standard form of the language.
It is impossible to take all the things when leaving to the strange culture, but it is possible to have native language and use it whenever one wants.
C-command is the structural relationship between two elements in a syntactic tree such that one can be said to c-command the other one if that other element is located in the area of the tree [...]
The teachers should assist the learners with the good writing skills or patterns while understanding that they are changing writing and thinking patterns also rather than being irritated on the repetition of endless sentences by [...]
The expansion of the British colonists into North America through the 17th and 18th century, later followed by the complete takeover of the continent by the independent American colonists throughout the 19th and into the [...]
The aim of this project is to identify the roots of the dialect Gurbetcha and compare it to the other Cypriot dialects and varieties and Cypriot Turkish dialects in particular.
The conquest resulted in the development of two categories of the English language called the Old English and Middle English. Old English refers to the language used before the Norman Conquest, while the Middle English [...]
One of the primary factors that have made Arabic to remain the most superior language on earth is the amount of splendor and potency of most Arabic words.
Over a third of the people in Canada speak the Standard Canadian English while the rest of the population is either multilingual or Anglophone.
Its purpose is to update on the latest state of a news item. Therefore, a fitting definition of news is an item of communication through mainstream, official and personal means of communication that passes on [...]
It is the above-mentioned changes in the international system that caused the rise of the English language, and so some linguists separate one more stage of development of the English language, Late Modern English or [...]
As the paper reveals, irrespective of the dialect, the number of people who speak the English language across the world continues to rise.
They brought the German dialect and customs to the Jews in the Slavic territories. This led to the emergence of the Yiddish literature.
In contrast, the difference is in the emphasis on the 'collective' in the Inuktitut language as opposed to something more personal in English.
The core tenet of the theory is that the interpreting process involves the appropriation of meaning and its reformulation in the target language.
An analytic language is a language in which all relations between members of a phrase or a sentence are conveyed by grammatical means only, i.e.by means of the fixed word order, by the place of [...]
The Mongolian languages are spoken by about 6 million people who live mainly in three regions: the Republic of Mongolia, the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China, and the region of Lake Baykal in Siberia.
A distinctive aspect of the phonology of the Russian language is the broad spectrum of consonant clusters that are adopted by the language.
The author's main purpose in writing the article is to inform the reader about the possible negative effects of making English a global language.
Teacher's Evaluation of Student Performance Assessment is an inherent component of a learning process and teacher's task here is to be consistent in marketing students' achievement pursuant to the material as well as approaches to [...]
At this point, the teach calls it "the end" of the first round, helps the students to identify the remaining mistakes if any and call for the second group which will be assigned a new [...]
Defining the Role and the Intended Audience of the English Language Dictionaries Language is the basic instrument for rendering and expressing human emotions, thoughts, and ideas.
With the help of evaluation of past studies in the same area, the reader gets a wonderful opportunity to clear up what is already known about phrasal verbs, why it is necessary to classify phrasal [...]
While considering the issue of cross-cultural communication and tourism it is necessary to note that the central factor of this problem is difference in cultures and traditions.
This means that children are forced to acquire the language of majority to be treated in accordance with the same rules and traditions applicable to the monolingual majority.
However, Mandarin is not the only variation of Chinese since it additionally involves the Yue family of the language, with one of the group members being Cantonese.
It is fundamental to know the verbal and non-verbal linguistics of the Arabic dialect to categorize the aspect categories. Equally, the intentum and signum categorized the functionality of conjunctions in the Arabic contexts.
Mouth actions are the focus of this paper, and researchers distinguish two types of mouth actions: mouth gestures and mouthings. However, the meaning of similar mouth gestures rarely coincides in different languages.
The research was limited to the study of the written translations of cohesive devices in English and Arabic languages. The main question concerns the level of usage of cohesive devices in Arabic and in English.
In Andorra, the language is the sole official language among the people. The fall of the Roman Empire and the subsequent domination by Arabs and Visigoths did little to stifle the domination of the Catalan [...]
The phoneme /r/ is almost absent except in the case of linkage /r/ in the elite English pronunciation of the educated south east Londoner.
It needs to be said that the biggest difference that is worth noting is that symbols are used to describe a particular concept and not a sound like in other systems.
Accepted as the language of communication is such fields as business, commerce, medicine, and science, the English language as a lingua franca started to reveal some of its disadvantages.
In other words, the theory suggests that the message recipient is prone to seek the meaning of a specific message in any circumstances and will only cease to analyze the message once the implicit meaning [...]
In the study of linguistics, it has been established that there are thousands of languages that were incepted in the history of mankind.
Taking into account the fact of the geographical neighborhood of Canada and the USA, which is one of the biggest English speaking countries in the world, it should be clear that the USA has the [...]
The best solution to this problem is to allow out of class language practice; for instance, foreign students can speak with the native speakers inside and outside the school.
It can be argued that the supporting content used by the author is effective to the extent that it demonstrates how the author was exposed to reading materials early in life, and how this exposure [...]
This paper is a critical review of semantic primes within and across languages, particularly of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory developed by Anna Wierzbicka, a Polish and Australian linguist who is engaged in linguistic semantics, [...]
The aim of this analysis is to identify the similarities and differences between the two languages, and to gain a deeper understanding of how the phonological systems of Spanish and English shape the way words [...]
One of the instructors in the learning institution proficiently uses a different type of English due to the accent and the variant meaning of words.
This paper will examine the history of Scots as a language and its impact on politics, media, and society to prove the validity of linguistic distinction in Great Britain.
The main difference between the sounds /b/ and /p/ is that the second sound is created with a much stronger puff of air that comes between the lips.
The study of dialects is called Dialectology, it entails studying the geographical and social diversities of language, as well as the speech convention of the number of people who share the norms for the language [...]
The spread of English led to the development of such concepts as World English and English as Lingua Franca. As has been mentioned above, English as Lingua Franca is the concept that appeared due to [...]
In my opinion, a person with some understanding of a local language is likely to find some of the social and cultural things in a foreign country awkward or abnormal.
The French language is also used as an instrument to tarnish customs consequently promoting the growth of French language and customs. In French customs, the language is used as a representation of unity.
There are a variety of reasons as to why the study of syntax is vital, and involve general humanistic or behavioural motivations, as well as specific goals such as: an aid to illustrating the patterns [...]
The issue of misinterpretation in language use is tricky because it is likely to have several valid interpretations of one utterance.
Considering the following quote from Fries' paper: "The most efficient materials are those that are based upon a scientific description of the language to be learned, carefully compared with a parallel description of the native [...]
Role of adjectives in Russian Due to the differences in language structures, the role of different parts of speech in Russian and English also differs.
In cases where the interlocutor is of higher social status, the effect to the informant would be either that of aspiration to illustrate same social status to that of the interlocutor's or one that is [...]
The main focus of the study discussed in this paper is the analysis of the contact between English and Arabic languages in Egypt.
What is needed in this particular case is a hypothesis that focuses on a specific subject and concise method of application in order to create a statement that leaves little confusion as to the type [...]
In the sentence "The boy hit the ball," The ball is the patient because the action of hitting affects it directly.
Unlike in English morphology, the stress in the Thai language settles on the last syllable, regardless of the number of syllables in a word.
The paper will argue that, in order to respond to the needs of the multilingual US society better, US schools should introduce a foreign language to their curricula.
Most children showed a relatively good phonological awareness in Arabic, and the same could be traced to reading the pseudowords and the English words.
For instance, in Spanish and French, one is required to acknowledge the gender of the person they are referencing in their speech.
The paper below will outline the ways in which the knowledge of Mandarin can advance the position of an individual's understanding of business, culture, and language learning more so than a number of other languages.
'Word' is defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary as follows: "1a: something that is said b plural: the text of a vocal musical composition c: a brief remark or conversation 2a: a speech sound or series [...]
In the context of the present-day developments, the maintenance of the heritage languages within the territory of Canada presents a problem, which especially regards the children of immigrants.
English is evident in Switzerland as the French community has been adopting fractious use of the language to neutralize other languages such as Romansh and Albanian dialects.
Examples 6 and 6 indicate how well onset, as well as coda clusters, are transferred from English to Mandarin, "with the insertion of vowels to satisfy the syllable structure constraint". Another is omitting consonantal clusters [...]
The results of the survey's analysis with the help of SPSS software are offered in the form of tables and graphs.
Further, the phenomenon of language death can be well-discussed on the example of Latin as this language is one of the most prominent languages in the history of humanity, and it is also a progenitor [...]
Overall, in her paper "Regional Variation in the Perception of Sociophonetic Variants of Spanish /s/", author Lauren Schmidt argues that socio-economic, gender, and geographic factors affect the /s/-weakening patterns and the level of perception between [...]
The primary goal of the dissertation lies in exploring the importance of head tilt and eye gaze as one of the ways of non-manual expression in American Sign Language.
Most of the languages in the world fall under the endangered languages category with UNESCO approximating the percentage of endangered languages to be around 60%-80%.
In his article Viva Bilingualism, James Fallows analyzes such issue as bilingualism in the United States, in particular, the author argues that two or even more languages can successfully co-exist in America and it will [...]
English being the global language of business and speaking English being a prerequisite to procure admission in a prestigious institution is one of the most popular second language or learner languages across the world.
Speech is the individual phenomenon, and language is "a social product of speech ability, set of the necessary conditions acquired by the public collective for the realization of this ability at separate persons".
In this system, English is a secondary language geared to making students catch up with their academics until they can get comfortable enough to join mainstream English classes.'Bilingual education is a step backward in our [...]
These characteristics make the Yucatec Mayan language quite similar to other Mayan languages, with the principle of articulation being prominent in the Mayan language family due to the recurrent use of the vowel-vowel sequence. Therefore, [...]
For instance, census data in the past few decades never revealed the existence of such a large number of aboriginal languages in Canada.
Secondly, the learners have considerable difficulties in handling the English language because of the differences in grammatical and syntactical structures of the Arabic language and the English language.
In support of this, Lawrence argues "offensive language is the source and function of the words themselves". Lawrence is against the idea of using offensive language, which disgraces and depreciates women.
Various language and literacy policies implemented in Somalia before the 1990's fostered the development of language in the country, but after the collapse of the state, when the existing political structure was destroyed, the position [...]
It will give a review of its history, evolution in the US, common misconceptions about the language, and the importance of the teaching children with hearing impairments sign language from a young age. A significant [...]
The majority of the countries are on the African continent, parts of the United Arab Emirates, and parts of Europe. A total estimate of the diverse and widespread English speakers can reach a billion making [...]
It is possible to say that nowadays, Arabic is a rather widespread language which is spoken in a great number of countries all over the world.
This, of course, accentuates the phenomenological overtones of the notion of syntax, as such that cannot be discussed outside of what happened to be the particulars of the affiliated person's amental wiring'.
For instance, the Arabic language influence on the English language is quite outstanding, and this aspect mainly initiates the study of the Standard Arabic structure and formations in the English grammar approach.
The Yeshivish language incorporates solely the elements of English and Hebrew; the suffix of the word "Hedonic," in its turn, comes from the combination of the words "Hebrew" and "phonics," or "phonetics".
In the initial chapters of the book, he defines the American Deaf Community as people who share the use of ASL and other common interests.
French is still used in many urban areas in Rwanda; however, the government is keen on propagating English as the leading language of science, commerce and economic development in the country and in its interactions [...]
While there are two options to choose, this paper seeks to apply the Language Nest Program in order to undertake the revitalization of the program in the university.
One of the main differences of the Australian variant of English is its unique pronunciation. Having analyzed the main differences of Australian and British variants of English, it is possible to make some conclusions.
The purpose of this is to help the student construct a good poem based on the general principles of poem writing. The tone of the poem is very important as it conveys feelings of the [...]
It begins with a historical contextualizing discussion of the political and social climate of the Middle Ages through the Reformation and the events that eventually lead up to the translation of the Latin bible into [...]
According to the ideas expressed by the scientist, it was quite likely that the "low" variant of the Arabic language would finally oust the "high" one, thus making it closer to the spoken variation of [...]
Objectivity and neutrality should always be maintained to the highest degree possible even in the event of news translation from one language to the other.