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Optimality Theory Perspective on Beijing Mandarin Phonology

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Languages
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2660

“Learning to read in English and French” Review

In the 1960s, the concept of bilingualism was popularized with French and English being used extensively in the country. Performance in both English and French was assessed based on the grade level of the learners.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1154

Emergent Literacy: How to Make Your Child’s Life Easier?

While in the womb, the fetus remembers the rhythm of language, hears the first sounds, and tries to interpret them. The key to this approach is the recognition that the language is not discrete, which [...]
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1397

Phonological and Phonemic Awareness and Literacy Development

Simultaneously, phonemic awareness is a more advanced understanding of language, the next level of phonological awareness, when a person can identify and manage the smallest units of speech, the phoneme.
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 824

Clutter Language: Types and Usages

It is also a Pentagon language used in the justification of an act that would be rebuked. In the attempt to reduce the meaningfulness of a certain concern the clutter language is used in the [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 479

Societal Multilingualism and Linguistic Endangerment

This work will consider societal multilingualism and linguistic endangerment as the most important topics covered in Chapter 12 of Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics.
  • Subjects: Importance of Language
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 287

Translation Theories and Successful Advertisement

To contribute to the identified gap in academic research of the intersection of the communicational and linguistic features of advertising translation, the proposed research aims at analyzing the impact of translation theories and communication theories [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1923

Simply Being Bilingual Is Not Enough in Translation

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.
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2218

Ways of Students Communication

Ironically, the rapid development of international economics and politics appeared to be the principal cause for not only the expansion of English but also its deterioration in terms of the problematic style that evolved as [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1137

Language Teaching Through Information Technology

This paper shows that the use of IT and multimedia in language teaching is gaining recognition. With the help of computer and IT, these stakeholders can easily utilize these tools in language teaching.
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 936

Hey Guys’ Phrasing and The Problem With Its Use

However, unlike many other words that are being reexamined, there is no negative history or hidden meaning to 'guys.' While yes, the word in its literal meaning indicates a group of males, 'hey guys' is [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 315

Place of Language in Society

The languages of a university professor and a first-year student are likely to differ, which is one of the incentives to assert the specific identity of each of the two.
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1501

Diglossia in the Arabic Language Program

The combination of observations made in the context of the present-day learning setting and the overall development of Arabic language learning in the U.S.setting produces a positive effect on the analysis.
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

Analysis of Quintroine Dunlap’s Essay

In the essay titled "The War on Drugs vs.the Opioid Crisis," Quintrione Dunlap has placed his thesis statement in the last sentence of the second paragraph.
  • Subjects: Stylistics
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 328

English Language Policy in Singapore

The purpose of this paper is to provide arguments to prove that English should be considered as a mother tongue due to the fact that Singapore is a multi-racial country that needs to have a [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 500

Aphasias. Types. Examples

After that, the activity is transferred to the Broca's area, which formulates a verbal response and the result to the facial area of the motor cortex, which produces the speech.
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 595

Bilingualism and Communication: Motivation, Soft Skills and Leadership

This essay will focus on the effects of learning a foreign language on communication competency, specifically interpersonal, cultural, and leadership skills. Firstly, one of the essential effects of learning a new language is an increase [...]
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 403

Who Killed Daniels the Detective?

Everybody was left breathless after the boisterous bang had hit the floor in the elevator on the 4th floor of the 'De Javu plaza'.
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 919

Language Acquisition Mechanisms

The third perspective is the interactionist one, stating that both learning and nature have a great influence on the child in the process of language acquisition, and the main task of the science is to [...]
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 649

Baby Signs and Related Studies

When evaluating the significance of Arcedelo and Goodwyn's research, one must stress that the authors not only made a very interesting commentary on the specifics and significance of baby signs, but also provided the foil [...]
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

Communicating Negative Organizational News

It should be kept in mind, that such messages require special care to avoid damaging the quality of the relationship; the ability to correctly convey negative information to the recipient is the key to a [...]
  • Subjects: Stylistics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 532

Evidence in Support of Literature-Based Programs

The three main approaches to teaching literacy described in the course book are commercial literacy programs; theme-based literacy programs; and literature based programs.
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

The Kingdom of Thailand Geography

The Kingdom of Thailand is the country in the central part of the Indochinese peninsula. The ethnic Thai correspond to 75-95% of the population in Thailand, The other part consists of Chinese, Malaysians, and Khmers.
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 670

How to Write for the Web’ by Dan Petrovic

He decided to undertake a study, and the results were stunning: all most people read on the Internet is not that 20% of words written, but just the headline of the article and then they [...]
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 617

Foreign Language Instructors Helping Students

This is in the process of determining the rates of obtaining writing and speaking skills among foreign language students. In conclusion, the article establishes the relationship between acquisition of speaking and writing skills among foreign [...]
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 869

Official English Grammar in Social Media

Although social media is effective in communication; it is has led to the alteration of the grammatical structures of official languages in many nations.
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1125

The Sociolinguistic Problem of Generations

Suslak is of the view that communities have various ways of reckoning age, and in extension the youth. In order to comprehend processes like language shift and linguistic obsolescence, Suslak is of the view that [...]
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1112

Malcolm X and Sherman Alexie

In fact, Learning to Read is an account of Malcolm, his life as a prisoner showing how the dictionary contributed to his present position.
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1169

Language and the United Nations

The prevailing diversity of people, as witnessed in the United Nations has, is, and continues to draw the attention of different people.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1167

Speaking Model and Turn Constructional Unit

According to conversation analysis made, a human being has certain behaviors, which develop in a sequence of actions, allowing interactions and negotiation among the people.
  • Subjects: Stylistics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

Teaching Speaking and Pronunciation

The teacher taking the learners through the process of acquiring use of phonetics must have motivation as this will increase a learner's interest in learning more of the language.
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 753

Reading and Writing for Children’ by Albert James

After the target area of learning and the method for achieving a particular type of learning is implemented, the next step necessary for a teacher to take is to involve the students actively in the [...]
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

Bilingualism Resistance and Receptivity Explained

This paper will also seek to explain how social psychology has been a factor in influencing the reception and resistance to bilingualism. This paper has discussed how literacy is vital in determining the resistance or [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 569

Language Extinction in East Africa

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%.
  • Subjects: Languages
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1827

English Spelling- Time for Change?

The study of the word English is said to be a derivation from the 12th century Old English englisc from Engle.
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2229

Language System in Frames of RRG: Van Valin Definition

The RRG theory does not rest on the description of a particular language, researching the way of interaction between syntax, semantic and pragmatics across the language and across the languages.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

Lesson Plans for English Language Learners

Lesson plan Title - Teaching phenomic segmentation Aim - Learning to count the sounds in a word Activities: Rubber band stretch: The teacher models with a large rubber band how to stretch out a word [...]
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1360

Linguistics: Grammar and Language Teaching

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.
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3286

“Viva Bilingualism” by James Fallows

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Languages
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 979

Public Speaking at Church – Critique

It also can be sensed that the subject of the speech along with its content indirectly was used as guidelines in assessing certain behavior in the light of the recent difficult financial situation that the [...]
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

Reasons for Studiyng Chinese Right Now

In this respect it is vital to signify the role of Chinese in the education throughout the world. This is why Chinese language is extra significant for the humanity of nowadays because of the qualitative [...]
  • Subjects: Importance of Language
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 585

Intertextual Ideas Relying in Environmental Studies

Intertextual analysis may function as the mirror of society on the textual level, it gives the reflection of the interaction of societal elements on the basis of recurrence of ideas in texts and references to [...]
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1231

Variability in American English as a Second Language

The following analysis will examine the aspects of African American Vernacular Languages as it creates variability in the language, its prevalence in comparison to the entirety of the sample taken, an examination of patterns across [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2377

American College Student: Learning a Second Language

The last reason comes in terms of the fact that learning a second language requires a lot of time and efforts. They already have learned a language which is used in most parts of the [...]
  • Subjects: Importance of Language
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 603

Bilingualism and English Only Laws

According to, laws that require English to be the only official language that should be in U. However, supporters of laws that require English to be the only language that should be used in U.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1722

Ambiguity and Jargon in Everyday Speech

As for hooray and boo words, the thing is that the first ones outline a positive coloring of expressions used in speech, the second ones vice versa show a negative meaning of words in speech.
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 635

Young Children as Communicators

Adults play a huge role in the language development of children, as they need someone who uses simple language incorrect form and is flexible enough to adjust his language to suit the child's.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1171

Third English Mandarins: Third English Spanish

According to the article, an earlier study had indicated that bilinguals are better than monolinguals in holding back irrelevant information when learning a new language.
  • Subjects: Importance of Language
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 983

Why It Is Important to Learn Another Language?

The death of languages is blamed on many factors but the prime reason for our world today is the rise to prominence of a few languages which seem to serve all purposes.
  • Subjects: Importance of Language
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

Debunking a Language Learning Myth

The Behaviorist theory is also criticized in the way it handles or fails to handle the patterning of language which can be described in linguistic science.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2105

English: Analysis of Learner Language

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.
  • Subjects: Languages
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1850

Asian Languages: A Reserch

Since Greece is a group of islands surrounded by the watery sea, its language, Greek took time to spread into surrounding countries as well as the western languages since the sea presented itself as a [...]
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

‘A More Perfect Union’ Speech Analysis

The speech 'More Perfect Union' became the basic method of Obama's address racial problem in the USA; he covered the issues concerning the current nature of politics and social misprints left on the basis of [...]
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

Ebonics: Language in Black Community

The emergence of the English language in Black community is the result of a complex developmental history. He continues to say that Ebonics fulfils most of these propositions and can be regarded as a language [...]
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1459

Inflectional and Derivational Morphology

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Languages
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 982

Research Method in Teaching English as a Second Language

Literature on conversational interaction studies reveal that much of the empirical research has been carried out in laboratory settings, hence some researchers opine that patterns may differ if the research is done in L2 classroom [...]
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1737

Council for the Development of French in Louisiana

In this context, the activities of CODOFIL are educational, cultural to the French speaking Louisiana community and strengthening Louisiana ties with the international Francophone community.
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 445

Language as a Knowledge Area in Relation to Science

In order for one to well comprehend the philosophy of science, there are some fundamental components of the discipline that need to be scrutinized and these include data, theories and its shaping principles.
  • Subjects: Importance of Language
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1632

Personal Definition of Success

The keys to achieve success are many; however the most important one is to love what one is doing, that is simply to understand that success is not the gate to happiness, but happiness is [...]
  • Subjects: Importance of Language
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

The Metaphor and Its Use in Political Language

I will provide some examples of metaphoric use of language in politics and the consequences of this form of language in politics."Of all forms of culture, it seems that language is that one which develops [...]
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2417

Genre Theory to Chinese English Reading Classes

In the whole process of listening and reading, students try to understand the content taking base the very knowledge and concept about which they are aware of and also about the speaker, the situation and [...]
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2932

Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Avoid It

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3871

“You Are What You Say” by Robin Lakoff Analysis

There is no denying the importance of the fact that the analysis of women's language as it is expressed in her daily life lies between many disciplines but the main are linguistics and a social [...]
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1450

The Coining of Words

In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1325

The Problem of Representing Space Into Words

The purpose of Umberto Eco, one of the most noted literary figures of the contemporary era, in this article begins in expressing the problem of representing space into words.
  • Subjects: Stylistics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 627

Language Acquisition: Analysis of Process’ Parts

According to the paradigm based on cognitive psychology, second language acquisition is based in part on information processing and in part on studies and theory that have evolved over the years on the role of [...]
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 687

Langue and Parole Related to Culture Comparison

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".
  • Subjects: Languages
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1723

Bilingual Education: Pros and Cons

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Languages
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1690

Mass Communication Impact on Modern language

Within the frames of another tradition, the impact of mass communication and mass culture on language and mass consciousness is analyzed in a different critical way.
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 863

Phonetic Alphabet in Different Languages

It is very neccessory to the one who speaks any of the language, to have the knowledge of use of phonetic alphabet in the language, so others can understand his words.
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1041

Syntax and Lexical Meaning in the Word Formation

The current essay deals with a crucial issue of the interrelation of syntax and lexical meaning in the process of word formation and constructing utterances and longer structural elements of a discourse.
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 873

Malleable: Word Definition and Examples

Apart from the scientific definitions of the word malleable that describes the term as metals that are "capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers," the [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

Metaphorical Understanding Beyond Literal Meaning

Perhaps the best way to begin the discussion is to clearly define first the meaning of literal. The best way to understand this predicament is to cite a concrete example, and that in this case, [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 693

Prepositions in Pedagogical vs. Reference Grammar

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, [...]
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 888

Bilingualism: Views of Language

The degree of development of speech inevitably affects feeling of the child when skill to state the ideas and to understand speech of associates influences their place and a role in a society.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1192

The Meaning of English in a Life of Modern Individual

It is revealed that the world's English speakers which can be categorized to those who speak it natively, as a second language in their own country and as a foreign language entirely have already outnumbered [...]
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1252

Second Language Learning Theories

Teaching foreign language presupposes the gradual improvement of the knowledge of linguistic units and grammar rules that are needed to build sentences and communicate.
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

Linguistic Identity. “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan

The primary purpose of the essay was to define and analyze Tan's struggles with linguistic identity and how she used her background and relationship with the English language to become a writer.
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 663

Colloquialism and Society

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1679

American Phonetic Transcription Guidelines

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.
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 292

Second Language Education Issues in Canada

The existence of these problems deteriorates the outcomes of the introduced policies and decreases the effectiveness of second language education in Canada.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

The Nature of Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching

That is why much attention is devoted to the development of tools, models, and methods of language teaching that are used in modern educational establishments to achieve success and ensure a high level of language [...]
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

Personal Public Speaking Critique

The purpose of this critique is to evaluate the speech I gave during the class, note the strong and weak points as I see them after the fact, and suggest improvements.
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 591

Literacy Development in Five Stages

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.
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

Printed Materials’ Effects on Oral Traditions

The book The Cheese and the Worms depicts the amazing history of Domenico Scandella, a miller in Menocchio, an Italian province, who suggested a unique vision regarding the process involved in the creation of the [...]
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1117

Teaching English for Second Language Learner

The particular topic that I decided to study within the frame of the project is the usage of such expressions as 'to make an appointment andto make an appointment in the English language.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

Stylistic Rules: Omitting Needless Words

The rule is about the necessity to omit needless words. In fact, the rule instructs how to be to the point and to employ words effectively.
  • Subjects: Written Speech
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 301

Basic English Speaking Skills Development

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 905

Various Forms of Writing

I found the explanation of a concept of research paper to be the most difficult of all assignments in this semester; however, I strongly feel that despite the difficulty, I delivered a thorough research paper.
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 855

Syntax of English and Non-Standard Dialects

In Standard English comparative form of adjectives is formed with the help of the suffix er, if the word consists of less than two syllables, and it is formed with the help of the word [...]
  • Subjects: Language Use
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 734

Students’ Motivation in Learning Mandarin Chinese

It is quite remarkable that, according to the survey results, a lot of the students find the Chinese language and culture rather enticing, at the same time acknowledging that they do not like some parts [...]
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3205

Motivating and Encouraging ESL Learners

The third section presents the instrument, which is the Questionnaire designed by the researcher to measure the frequency of strategy use by university students.
  • Subjects: Language Acquisition
  • Pages: 16
  • Words: 3488

Learning German Vocabulary Using Word Cards

The following scheme was applied: I chose a card, read the word in accordance with its transcription, read its translation, and then put the card into the second pile, and so with all the cards.
  • Subjects: Teaching
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 554

Language Development in 3- to 6-Year-Old Children

The assessment of the potential and current problems is crucial for the successful elimination of further complications. In the following paper, the article concerning language development in children who are 3-6 years old will be [...]
  • Subjects: Language Development
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 569

The Word “Tense” in Kenya

The second young man asked him where he bought his phone and also he was interested in the quality of this phone.
  • Subjects: Spoken Language
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 864