Linguistics Essay Topics & Examples. Page 5

The results of the survey's analysis with the help of SPSS software are offered in the form of tables and graphs.

Acquaintance with the peculiarities of legal translation is necessary for the competent transfer of elements of a legal text from language to language.

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.

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 [...]

It is necessary to define the exact percentage of known words in texts, which can be regarded as a kind of threshold for effective acquisition of new vocabulary.

Those against the English-only rule argue that the policy is like a punishment and it is discriminatory to non-English speaking workers and those who are not very fluent in English.

There are no differences in frequency of editing, rehearsing and revising when writing in English and when writing in Arabic. There are no differences in frequency of editing, rehearsing and revising when writing in [...]

To begin with, 60 students of mixed gender and academic disciplines were interviewed to assess their attribution for success and failure at the first stage of the research.

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

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.

For this reason, he spent the first paragraph explaining the central idea of the essay and the background of the issue dating back to the 1970s and 1980s and placed it later on, in the [...]

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.

The promotion of humorous education as a teaching methodology can take place differently, and one of the most successful and effective ways is an allusion to a culture that is close to the target audience.

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 [...]

The purpose of the article is to understand favorite learning methods that are used by ESL learners and the ways it is obtained in the ESL environment.

It is possible to specify the query to search for the collocations of data with a verb. According to the results of this search, the most frequent verb observed after data is are.

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.

The accessibility and ease of presentation of the information enable all citizens who know English and have access to the Web to acquire the necessary knowledge in a timely and complete manner.

Everybody was left breathless after the boisterous bang had hit the floor in the elevator on the 4th floor of the 'De Javu plaza'.

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 [...]

Overall, the paper aims to show some key cultural and social research in the area of translation namely to demonstrate how the translation of sporting events reflects a number of cultural and social biases inherent [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The three main approaches to teaching literacy described in the course book are commercial literacy programs; theme-based literacy programs; and literature based programs.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

According to the latest news, more and more people believe in the coming of the new Prophet. The witnesses claim, he was receiving a new message from the God at that moment.

Therefore, the immediate understanding of the title is that the research aims at generate the various uses of the discourse marker but.

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 [...]

In fact, Learning to Read is an account of Malcolm, his life as a prisoner showing how the dictionary contributed to his present position.

The prevailing diversity of people, as witnessed in the United Nations has, is, and continues to draw the attention of different people.

It was pointed out that by carefully examining a language it is possible to point out the significant aspects of a culture.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Particularly, I want to examine the presentation of the texts in terms of interpersonal meaning presented in the two texts, including such elements as Engagement, Attitude, and Graduation.

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.

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%.

There has been a debate on the usage of the terms sentence and clause in English syntax with most scholar arguing that there is an overlap in the usage of the terms.

The study of the word English is said to be a derivation from the 12th century Old English englisc from Engle.

Semiology or semiotics is the study of sign, specifically the theoretical relationship between language and signs or symbols used in the transmission of language and examines the role of signs as part of social life.

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.

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 [...]

The inclusion of morphology and syntax in this context is considered important because the final stages in the translation process require that meaning should not be lost and that the translation should not be far [...]

Institutions that moderate the use of grammar in a certain language are worthwhile because they provide the structure of a language as it should be used.

The communism threat was aggravated by several factors such as the activities of the Soviet Union, the decline of China, the invention and advancement of atomic bomb courtesy of the Soviet Union.

The human experience is further based on experiences and exchange of ideas; under which language plays the role of connecting and relating the members of the community through an information-sharing system that makes the use [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The purpose of this research is to explore the subject of the first language acquisition and to find the answers to the following research questions: What is the meaning of some children overextending their words [...]

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 [...]

One of the important characteristics of the verb that needs to be understood and studied well is the voice of the verb.

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 [...]

Lakoff is of the view that women live in a male-dominated society and for that matter, their discourse is also deficient due to a lack of confidence. In her view, the imbalance of power is [...]

The culture of the society his family belongs to greatly influences how he imbibes the culture and how he expresses his developing personality.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of biased language in different spheres of life such as in schools, professions, and business circles.

The study of the Australian variant of English helps to identify the trends in the development of the language on the continent.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The communication process involves the source of the message that encodes the information and then passes it via the communication channel.

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 [...]

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 [...]

The relations of the countries in the world were not the same in the different periods of time. The Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the conversation is about, are as follows, an end to secret interrogations [...]

Computational linguistics refers to the definition of both science and language and is a major component of science in the study of human language.

The research, which has been carried out, is aimed at analyzing the role of nonverbal communication in the acquisition of the foreign 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 [...]

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.

Listening skill is the primary and most essential language skill to be acquired and the mastery in this skill may indicate proficiency in the language of English."The term listening is used in language teaching to [...]

In addition to that, it is of the crucial importance to explore the underlying causes of this phenomenon. Now that we have enumerated the research methods, that can be employed, it is of the utmost [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

And the man to conceptualize the meaning of this language in the world of ours is no one else than Hans-Georg Gadamer.

The other side is about the rule or patterns of the ordering and of the relationships between the words and other elements that construct a phrase or a sentence.

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 [...]

It may more often be the case that their writing capabilities are in conflict with the requirements of the context of a second language.

These languages represent a medley drawn from the three identifiable ethnic groups, Chinese, Malay, and Indian, and other groups such as the Eurasians, Armenians, Jews, and Parsees. In addition to Tamil, Malayalam and Telegu are [...]

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 [...]

The two major sections of the interview were following: "personal experiences of learning to speak Tai-gi at home and Mandarin at school; 2) the languages parents use in the home with their children", as well [...]

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.

To quote Nagel: "The mystery of meaning is that it does not seem to be located anywhere - not in the word, not in the mind, not in a separate concept or idea hovering between [...]

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 [...]

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".

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.

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.

Phrases such as 'pain', 'pain in the neck, and 'bingo' are commonly used by American teenagers and prove the notion what Ellis conforms that teenagers' skill over a range of styles and slang jargons indicates [...]

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.

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 [...]

While learning a foreign language, two types of approaches are used: A deductive approach An inductive approach A deductive approach is used under the influence of any suggested rule by the teacher.

The phoneme /r/ is almost absent except in the case of linkage /r/ in the elite English pronunciation of the educated south east Londoner.

When code-switching is regarded as the custom in a language society like Hong Kong, it can reinforce contacts, particularly when both parties of the conversation understand English that is being used.

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.

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 [...]

The paper presents two research questions and the background information on the reading performance gap, along with the significance of the analysis.

Despite the growing number of Chinese and Arabic-speaking people, English will stay the most popular language in the world because of the available foundation in science, business, and politics, and also the dominance of the [...]

Teaching foreign language presupposes the gradual improvement of the knowledge of linguistic units and grammar rules that are needed to build sentences and communicate.

A plethora of people trying to improve their speaking face the problem of the lack of confidence, not to mention the expression in a foreign language.

The importance of bilingualism at the professional level is displayed through the changes in society as a whole and the advantages that are speaking two languages has.

The existence of these problems deteriorates the outcomes of the introduced policies and decreases the effectiveness of second language education in Canada.

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 [...]

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.

Another example of an authentic assessment is a simple story retelling when a student has to retell main ideas after reading or listening to the text.

The second topic that will also be highlighted is the use of everyday words and challenges arising from the real-life application of the English language for English language learners.

The paper is divided into four parts: social aspects of the invention, invention as a dialectical process, invention as an act, and classical criteria for a social view of the invention.

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 [...]

However, for a sizeable instance, while studying the language, I have noted the complication of the Chinese language. For instance, the language focuses on memorizing, therefore, the challenge of recalling most of the material learned [...]

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.

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.

The research of lexical errors is sparse, and the study of lexical errors in the writing of EFL/ESL students is particularly underdeveloped.

However, it has to be mentioned that sometimes I use a mixture of traditional Chinese and the dialect, as it increases the effectiveness of communication.