Linguistics Essay Topics & Examples. Page 2

Although social media is effective in communication; it is has led to the alteration of the grammatical structures of official languages in many nations.

It is, therefore, true to say that the word 'will' is used to denote a future tense in English. In addition to this, the word 'will' still fails to be a tense marker from other [...]

When an essay is to be written the writer does have an idea about what is to be written but the problem arises with the organization of the ideas and with the decision-making process about [...]

Phonetic transcription is anchored in the visual depiction of speech sounds. Phonetic transcription is an essential tool for professionals since it allows an excellent understanding of the meaning of words.

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, [...]

They are responsible for expanding the knowledge of the students and have a strong influence on the future of the generation.

However, for instance, in the case of the accounting discourse community to which I belong, three different genres of the discourse texts may be defined: the genre of producers, the genre of the customers, and [...]

By establishing the language objective, the teacher is able to construct their lesson according to the language needs of the ELL students. Subsequently, a literature class can cover different styles of writing to broaden the [...]

Both Dondis and Kennedy agree that visual literacy enhances meaning and understanding of what one sees and the way one lives.

Chapter 3 and 4 of Gelderen's book looks at the analysis of how the English language evolved from the eras of prehistory to the modern English period.

Being the main tool used for sharing feelings and emotions, the language could not but respond to the alterations of peoples mentality that was impacted by the appearance of new phenomena and notions.

In their article, Palmer et al expounds on the effect of lack of figurative language in learning a new language. According to this article, "finding of the significance of the phrase related to individual's own [...]

In order to simplify and improve the comprehension and practical implementation of difficult scientific words for ELL and ESL students, an integrated approach is required, including associations of the words with certain patterns, actions, images, [...]

With the IT breakthrough, the rapid development of the Internet, and most of the people on it all the time, the process of acquiring English language skills is unstoppable.

A distinctive aspect of the phonology of the Russian language is the broad spectrum of consonant clusters that are adopted by the language.

As the paper reveals, irrespective of the dialect, the number of people who speak the English language across the world continues to rise.

Finally, it is critical making sure that the language shows the national identity of the country and complies with the ethnic values and history of the state.

The history of Garamond font dates many centuries back to the lifetime of Claude Garamond, a punch-cutter and publisher who lived and worked in France during the 1500s.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 significance of Piercey's discussion is the attempts to prove the idea that the English language is sexist in the nature, thus, the topic of the gender inequality is discussed with references to the linguistic [...]

It must be kept in mind that the two kinds of the Arabic language, the standard one, and the vernacular Arabic, are unlikely to merge further on.

Therefore, the African American variety of English language refers not only to grammar and vocabulary attributes that make the differences, but also to social and cultural dimension they form in society.

In Japan, honorific use is determined by the category of the addressee, that is, he/ she might be superior to the addresser, and this corresponds directly to the verb in use.

The present paper traces the change of the meaning of the word and touches upon the peculiarity of the use of the word which was not widespread in times of Chaucer and Shakespeare, but has [...]

The sign language is also taught in schools for the deaf all the way from early grade schools to secondary schools and in institutions of higher learning.

Various research reports indicate that students are aware of the effects of the slang and formulated short-hand form of communication on the academic skills and formal writing, but in most instances, they are often not [...]

Also known as the natural method, the direct method entails a full participation of the students in terms of listening and speaking of the language.

And, it represents the matter of crucial importance for educators to be able to adopt a proper perspective onto the very essence of bilingualism/multilingualism, as it will increase their ability to design teaching strategies in [...]

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.

Another group of resources involves articles and reports on age psychology; it is essential to consider the age-related peculiarities of the student when counting the optimal load on him or her. Specifically, to be successful [...]

Auxiliary verbs carry information about the tense of the main verb, the mood, the person, the number, and other characteristics. The fact is that this word indicates to the reader or listener the duration of [...]

Crystal notes that prescriptivism is a perspective that chooses one of the interpretations of a language as the standard and extends it to the entire society.

The influence of the universal language, the idea spread of which began in the 60s of the previous century, is difficult to overestimate.

In practical aims of teaching the second language the task of grammar learning is to form spelling skills in productive and receptive forms of speech activity.

In general, the most common difference between Singapore English from various existing English is that there is generally no difference between long and short vowels.

Thus, it is the role of teachers to encourage students not to be afraid of making mistakes and sharing their thoughts, especially in language learning.

In order to turn the proposal requiring the US students to take four years of foreign language in high school in a policy, there is need to assimilate trans-languaging in the curriculum to promote appreciation [...]

This specific type of dialectics is based on the idea that communication of persons depends not only on cultural aspects and differences but also on their individual attributes and visions. Thus, the cultural-individual dialectic is [...]

In linguistics, there is a morphological type of analysis within the frames of which the construction of words is evaluated, and the word is discussed in terms of free, bound, root, and affix morphemes.

Therefore, it means that articles in the English language are unique, especially the article 'the' because it is the only definite article in the English language. There are two forms of articles in the English [...]

In addition, most people are quick to judge the use of slang by other people, yet they fail to contemplate how the society perceives their own use of slang, which they claim to be acceptable [...]

3-19% of children at the age from two to seven have speech and language disorders. According to the study conducted in the United Kingdom by Broomfield and Dodd, the prevalence of speech disabilities is approximately [...]

The statement of the problem should also be included; this is a summary of the problem to be investigated, that is, diglossia in the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language.

It is a good way to attract tourists and to serve them to increase the profit of the organization. It is more important whether this language can meet the needs of the speakers referring to [...]

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, [...]

This is due to the high level of understanding that exists between the individual who is sending the information and the one who is receiving it.

As compared to this, the communication in natural language will ease the operation and communication with computer and in accessible way. Besides, the natural language processing can be used as production device in summarizing and [...]

Moreover, one is to keep in mind that multilingualism in the United States and "plurilingualism of individuals is one of the cornerstones of Europe".

Apart from this type of classification, we also have philosophy of history "which is the theory aspect of the discipline of academic history, and deals with questions such as the nature of historical evidence, the [...]

Background When a native speaker of a particular language is speaking to a person who has learnt that language as their second language, it is very common for the native speaker to try and adjust [...]

Bilingualism has advantages, such as enriched cognitive control, that outweigh its disadvantages, increasing the importance of the communicative approach for second language acquisition that considers the Sapir-Whorf theory.

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.

In 1948, she was named director of the aphasia division of the neurological service at the Veterans Administration Hospital. In 1950, she was named professor of neurology at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.

The author attempts to get the attention of the Town Hall committee to take immediate action against lawlessness in the neighborhood of Columbus.

In the sample, however, in the first paragraph, the author describes the background story of the situation and does not define the purpose of why he or she is writing to the committee.

As a college student with experience in making presentations and participating in various workshops, I consider the development of informative and professional speaking especially vital for my future career. In an academic setting, the most [...]

In his speech, Obama was seen to take advantage of the significance of that moment to address the Americans' main concerns.

The central issue was to introduce the very notion of speech communities and different opinions of the classmates to the issue.

For a correct understanding of many texts, both literary and, for example, legal, it is necessary to distinguish one meaning from another and to understand the context of their use.

The other approaches consider the aspects that are internal to the author who mediates for the self and those oriented to the audience.

According to Chriss, bilingual is the ability to speak two languages with the proficiency of a native speaker while translation is the ability to render spoken or written message into another language.

The core tenet of the theory is that the interpreting process involves the appropriation of meaning and its reformulation in the target language.

The difficulty in accepting the specified idea may be addressed in the process with the help of the unique personal appeal of a story ad its ability to place the reader at the forefront.

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.

On the other hand, it is presupposed by the principle of economy of the speakers' efforts and the nature of the sounds.

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 [...]

Origin form is also shown to determine the basic elements; this also traces back the linguistic transmission of one language to another and also in the same sense identifying in other languages its cognates.

Though the definitions of certain words and idioms may be different in different countries, the vocabulary words are mostly the same in all the varieties of the language. The comparison of standard and non-standard varieties [...]

Speech community could be defined to be a system wherein "The speech varieties employed within a speech community form a system because they are related to a shared set of social norms".

According to Andrews, "This new version of language that bears a correlation to the internet is more of a linguistic vandalism, in which spelling of the English language turns out to be extremely superfluous, and [...]

The focus is then shifted to the future of plagiarism in contemporary society and the effect of information technologies. The expropriation of the work of another person and presentation of it like your own is [...]

As compared to their native English-speaking classmates, bilinguals usually have to put in extra effort and time to cope with the fast pace of the American way of teaching. Some of the students find listening [...]

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.

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 [...]

The mode of use, the language of the user, the level of the user and the aims of use are the main factors that determine the fall of grammar into four basic types: pedagogical grammar, [...]

Interestingly, in the philosophy of language, colloquialism is sometimes regarded as ordinary, natural language in contrast to the specialized forms used in logic and other areas of philosophy. Curiously, in the majority of instances, jargon [...]

The author explains that there are many different approaches to discourse analysis and the use of a particular approach depends a lot on the purpose of the analysis.

The question that children tend to ask during the stage of awareness and exploration are the main signifiers of the literacy development process being launched.

Thus, the scholar explains the importance of the interconnection between intertextuality and the discourse community. Porter mentions that the best way to understand the community is to perform a critical reading of its discourse.

The whiteboard was also used in the delivery of the content of this interactive lesson for the young learners. A cognitive learning strategy was applied in the lesson to manage the expectations of learners and [...]

The purpose of this paper is to examine specific linguistic issues related to the illocutionary level of language in the translation of "A Lesson from Kama Sutra" with the focus on analyzing register, genre, and [...]

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.

Although the word home seems to have only one common definition, it is evident from its usage that it has a broad connotative definition that varies greatly with context making its use to have a [...]

Age of learning and length of residence in the country of the L2 origin may be considered as the most significant.

The problem of the reduction and extinction of the local dialects is one of the most sensitive and unresolved issues in China.

Based on what certain distinguished scholars postulate, Nicols concludes that the rapid development of philology was a direct consequence of the advent of the printing press, thereby indicating the significance of the manuscript culture.

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.

Furthermore, the author reflects on his intentions regarding the investigation of this topic and states that the interest to interpretation and understanding motivated him to use graffiti letterforms to create a queer language with the [...]

The author acknowledges the development of English as the universal language of business and, simultaneously, the globalization that requires boundary-spanning all over the world.

However, even in the cases of a professional subtitling, the efficacy and usefulness of the results are often questioned due to the problems of perception of several types of information through the same visual medium.

It is worth noting that the image of the woman in this case is dominant, thus leaving the reader to interpret the woman as the dominant signifier.

This paper will discuss the derogatory connotations of the word 'bitch' and the various changes the meaning of this word has undergone over time.

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.

The theory regards as areal' the various aspects of language that are addressed in the quest made by the theory. The nature of mind is closely related to that of the language.

Some of the courses that I took included curriculum development and assessment, language reading acquisition and research, teaching in a pluralistic society, and the English linguistic. In these classes, I gathered methods and tactics to [...]

Studies Devoted to Gloss Use The impact of glosses usage on the performance of the learners of English as a foreign language has been researched in numerous studies.

At the end of the lesson, the learners showed competency in speaking and pronouncing the English words taught in the most appropriate manner.

Here, the story is told and there is certain return to the beginning of the story. This section is the end of the story and reference to the point mentioned at the start.

The set of articles reviewed in the present work provide a deeper understanding of the connections that a language has with the reality on any level, the functions that it plays in reflecting the human [...]

Al-Saidat's article of the phonological analysis of the English phonotactics among the Arabic English learners is a study that aimed at examining the phonotactic issues connected with learning the English language by the Arabic English [...]

After making communication easy, it is advisable to use the language of the listener to say, "I do not speak much of that language".

Typical language development refers to the normal processes of language acquisition in which individuals learn given aspects of language such as phones and morphology.

In this essay the main points concerning the use of the word 'like' is highlighted with different views concerning the word examined The word like is used in a range of uses.

For example, the noun insect in English is insecto in Spanish and professor in English is profesor in Spanish. Pronunciation of words in English and Spanish is very different as in Spanish, each letter in [...]

However, the code-switching of language words between English and French have raised concerns of the French standard in Canada, particularly in Quebec. The effectiveness of French speaking programs in Canada is unknown.

Although it is impossible to pinpoint the exact geographical location that the Amiables lived, their language sheds some light as to the nature of the land that the tribe may have occupied.

He believes that the decline of the English language is caused by political and economic issues and not the influence of writers.

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.

A detailed study of both points of view can allow a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of discrimination in adopting English as the official language.

In a world like this, it is important to properly value the significance of becoming accustomed to different ways of expressing yourself verbally.

Do the grammar of Spoken Arabic and Standard Arabic co-exist in the same system in mind? Diglossia the status of Resumption in MSA Optionality language processing Qatari grammatical resumption dialect.

Gardner tries to explain and define intelligence in his theory of multiple intelligence. Gardner's definition of intelligence changed my outlook on my abilities and that of other people.

I was not ready to answer you at that moment, and now, I have pulled myself together and want to believe my experience could help you find a sound solution.

The text of the research article is obviously not so easy to read compared to the text from the New York Post.

Long ago, the focus of translation research shifted from the source text as the fundamental element in the translation process to the target text and its impact on recipients.

However, sign language helps maintain and develop the cognitive abilities of deaf people; in that way, they must be taught sign language.

Most children showed a relatively good phonological awareness in Arabic, and the same could be traced to reading the pseudowords and the English words.

Ma and Kim, who move to the US from Hong Kong with the help of Aunt Paula, feel the obligation to repay their debt to Aunt Paula by working in the fabric factory.