Linguistics Essay Topics & Examples. Page 5

It was previously believed in the scientific discourse that learning English is best done in the process of immersion in the language environment.

The most significant factor contributing to the popularization of Mandarin Chinese is the shift of the capital from Nanjing to Beijing.

From a scholarly outlook, the perspective of the article shifts to the fact that the revitalization of indigenous languages is essential for ensuring the continuation and transmission of culture.

The specific issue with Korean speakers of English concerning the phonological process involves the overbearing nature of the first language on the second one.

Kids with phonological awareness can identify and create oral rhymes and organize words that possess the same initial sounds. A child that has gained full phonological awareness can learn the spelling and pronunciation of new [...]

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 [...]

Consumers misunderstood the purpose of the advertisement because of the way the word Poupon was pronounced. Moskowitz was able to recognize the value of providing customers with a range of goods.

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.

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 [...]

In other words, the importance of reliability in the assessment of knowledge is reduced to a lack of bias and distortion.

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 [...]

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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 [...]

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

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 author constantly relies on the emotional appeal to the readers throughout the development of the whole argument. In addition, using pathos is often characterized as a common fallacy, and in Estrada's argument, appeal to [...]

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.

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.

In the modern study of linguistics, the availability of the adaptation theory of linguistics and the relevance theory makes the analysis of pragmatic markers application possible.

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 [...]

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

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.

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.

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 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 [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

For instance, the borrowed from French word cafe is still unchanged in English."The Rennaissance is a time of freedom of ideas; for lalnguage that means freedom in creating and borrowing words".

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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.

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

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.

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.

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 [...]

Cook et al.suggested how the situational context influences how a person communicates: the people present; what was just previously said; the topic of conversation; the task that communication is being used to accomplish; and the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The chosen method was to address the target population's use of Ebonics as their primary language and enroll those students in English as a second language classes just as Spanish speaking students were.

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.

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.

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 [...]

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.

In the studies of second language phonology, it is found that the pronunciation of learners often deviates from that of native speakers of the target languages.

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, [...]

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.

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 goal is to enable or facilitate communication; ELF is supposed to be the common language that all the involved people can utilize.

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.

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

The author vividly presents the variety of incomprehensible examples of Chinglish phrases and objectively presents the opposing views of different sides of the discussion about the appropriateness of "mangled English".

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, [...]

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.

For the language observation assignment, one person was interviewed about her attitudes to language learning with the help of SM platforms, the effectiveness of such practice, and the role that SM should play in learning [...]

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 [...]