Linguistics Essay Topics & Examples. Page 7

Grammar is considered to be "only one piece of the larger puzzle" in learning a language. Therefore, writing in a second language necessitates the knowledge of grammar and metalanguage awareness.

The notion is conceived as the natural element of the language analysis in which sentences and expressions are interpreted as a special type of name that refers to a special type of objects called the [...]

The second signal of deception is the reference to past events using the present tense. The eighth reason to question whether the interviewee is telling the truth or not is the lack of detail.

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 [...]

That is the case with the Curriculum and Assessment guide, one of the many documents prepared for the Hong Kong English Language Curriculum.

This is the most common language in the world, in terms of the number of countries speaking it, and the second most spoken language, in terms of the number of people.

English is the language of internet and business communication, it is used for the majority of literary and cinematographic works. Another difficulty is that not all students realise the importance of learning a foreign language [...]

The main question of the research is "Do students in multilingual groups enjoy group work and role play activities more than students in monolingual groups?" In the modern globalised world people have numerous possibilities for [...]

Besides, the concept of sensorimotor knowledge could also be applied to the categories of cognition that are used when analyzing the world of ideas and abstract concepts.

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

Therefore, a detailed analysis of the factors that shape SA EFL students' enthusiasm for participating in GW and CL should be undertaken so that strategies for reinforcing the effects of the positive factors and reducing [...]

The problem is significant due to the lack of parents' knowledge about the importance of language development and the absence of efforts on the part of educators with regards to teaching bilingual children.

As for ESL pull-out programs, they are based on pulling minority students out of the mainstream classroom to provide them with class instruction in English as a second language.

This kind of study was due to the demands by the Spanish immigrants in the United States that their children learn the English language as well.

Considering the relation of Kant's ideas on Enlightenment concerning the aspects of modern English language, one can see the certain interrelation between the key ideas of the Enlightenment and the sections of English studies.

The administrators in charge of refugees also administer BEST to the immigrants thus attaining information on their language competence. In the workplace environment that uses English also administer BEST to potential recruits thus helping in [...]

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.

In the aftermath of the Holocaust and upon the foundation of the modern Jewish State, it is largely due to the Zionist project success that Hebrew was adopted by Israeli Jewry, as opposed to Yiddish.

Nonetheless, the critical similarity is the lack of competences in written communication due to the preference of oral interaction for the cultivation of trust.

I have chosen to conduct a research of "the appropriate re-medication for English language learner" because English as a language has turned out to be the most spoken language internationally and the number of English [...]

The aim of this study is to better understand the gap that is contributed by cultural diversity on Saudi females in their quest to learn English as a second language in order to establish a [...]

Although research shows that the number of children with autism who speak fluently has increased beyond earlier approximations, these challenges remain a central feature of the disorder as children with autism tend to initiate communication [...]

The word can also be used to refer to the progression of a thing from its simple to a complex form through accumulation of modifications over a certain period. It can be used to mean [...]

For the tables and the analysis, I chose the two years that were closer together, 2005 and 2009. First of all, after 2005 the internet actively started to win its popularity all around the world [...]

That is why this phenomenon can be taken as the main evidence of the problem of poverty peculiar for the majority of these states.

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

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.

Ethnographic methods will reveal the distinct linguistic codes and cultural values that affect a students' ability to express his or her views in the foreign language.

Additionally, the evidence provided proves that there are very many factors that affect the development of pronouns in a child that will also affect the use of the same pronouns later on in life.

Basing on the careful study of the provided facts about the Lopongo's language environment, one can suggest preserving the French language as the national and the official one.

There are different types of the corpus, for example, the corpus of policemen, the corpus of teachers, the corpus of lawyers and so forth.

For instance, the Arabic language influence on the English language is quite outstanding, and this aspect mainly initiates the study of the Standard Arabic structure and formations in the English grammar approach.

It is also clear that people can decode words even when the image of the face is distorted. Thus, 72% of words pronounced by faces in the upright position were decoded correctly.

The writer's opinion brings out the negative side of the word's interpretation or significance and portrays lack of enough objectives and more productive terms of the language.

To conquer the Indians, the Europeans learned their traditions culture and the knowledge, and incorporated the Roman and Greek knowledge as a way of civilization.

The evident growth of computer translation implies how it is favoured by people owing to its good in relation to others.

This means that such an elevation to standard status leaves the other variants to appear undesirable, yet they are not inadequate in any way whatsoever since they have a complete syntax, grammar, and phonology. In [...]

The same goes for the situation, when a child is excited about telling something to their parents, and the latter, instead of sharing the learner's enthusiasm, correct the mistakes that the child makes.

They also discuss the effect of language on the content of thoughts, the difference between spoken and sign language, and the lack of proficiency in a language as a barrier to school completion.

The analysis of this paper discusses Fahad's grasp of Arabic dialect due to the influence of the Arabic language speakers around him. The boy continues to learn the Arabic language from his mother, who is [...]

The electronic translation refers to the conversion of one language to another by the use of the electronic translation software. Considering the development of the internet and technology, the use of electronic translation in language [...]

According to the results of the research mentioned above, it is clear that the best way to teach an additional language is to involve the learner's different senses and skills into the process of the [...]

The academic articles, which are reviewed in this work, embrace a variety of relevant data that certifies the findings of the studies. Moreover, the foundation of the L2 reading learning, which lies in the focus [...]

In reference to the authors, the correlates of SLI tend to focus on the history of language impairment in the family.

The admission that the television program is also popular in Greece is a significant piece of information that may alter the interpretation of the results of the experiment.

When first trying to grasp the irony in a statement one must remember the very definition of irony itself in that it is an attempt to convey a train of thought that is the complete [...]

The validity of this assumption is supported by the empirical observations of what account for the specifics of how a child becomes familiar with a particular language, and by the fact that, as of today, [...]

According to the authors of the article, popular culture disposes some individuals to use certain patterns of speech that might be expressive of their sexual orientation.

Therefore, it is possible to explain some changes in dialects and their transformation into standard languages with the help of cognitive features of people.

However, the main concern of the work is observation of factors which can contribute to revitalization of languages. The research provides examples of language changes in various languages.

Consent will be obtained from the identified sample population in order to ensure that they understand the nature and purpose of this research.

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 [...]

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.

The text is dominated by the headlines, the woman in the photograph, the anchorage at the bottom of the picture, and the writing at the top left hand corner, below the headlines.

In addition, a work of literature on any social issue may influence how children respond to the demands of their learning environments. Taken together, the growing importance of literature in learning and children's linguistic development [...]

A phonological disorder is "a specific term used to describe error patterns of speech that reflect a linguistic speech disorder in which speech difficulties arise from differences in developmental rules and in the organization of [...]

The Yeshivish language incorporates solely the elements of English and Hebrew; the suffix of the word "Hedonic," in its turn, comes from the combination of the words "Hebrew" and "phonics," or "phonetics".

It is also paramount to note that some individuals may replicate the pronunciation that is heard in certain settings because it is viewed as an appropriate way to communicate when one is in a particular [...]

In the initial chapters of the book, he defines the American Deaf Community as people who share the use of ASL and other common interests.

This paper examines the statistics of the Armenian language native speakers, history of immigration, primary features of the Armenian language and its role in the modern community of its native speakers, including the perception of [...]

Ottenheimer resorts to the analysis of different stylistic means that are used by scammers in order to create the illusion of the African origin of these letters.

French is still used in many urban areas in Rwanda; however, the government is keen on propagating English as the leading language of science, commerce and economic development in the country and in its interactions [...]

While there are two options to choose, this paper seeks to apply the Language Nest Program in order to undertake the revitalization of the program in the university.

One of the main differences of the Australian variant of English is its unique pronunciation. Having analyzed the main differences of Australian and British variants of English, it is possible to make some conclusions.

Fairy tales on the other hand are more practical and they give the child the picture of life full of struggle and human predicament for example many fairy tales usually begin with the death of [...]

It begins with a historical contextualizing discussion of the political and social climate of the Middle Ages through the Reformation and the events that eventually lead up to the translation of the Latin bible into [...]

According to the ideas expressed by the scientist, it was quite likely that the "low" variant of the Arabic language would finally oust the "high" one, thus making it closer to the spoken variation of [...]

Bartholomae and Anzaldua consider the issue of creativity and come to the same conclusion that writers should be creative, but the authors have a bit different attitude towards academic conventions.

The aim of this project is to identify the roots of the dialect Gurbetcha and compare it to the other Cypriot dialects and varieties and Cypriot Turkish dialects in particular.

On the other hand, the lexicon is more of an ingredient of language that language itself. In cognitive psychology, language hence, lexicon forms the basis of understanding individuals' background abilities.

Each line in the text is a kind of reflection that has to be evaluated, and the author's death is the only condition under which the work may be considered as worthwhile.

One needs to appreciate the effort, practice, and choice of a comedian's sentence structure and form to draw meaning from the verbal content.

Some stories do so in a subtle manner, while some hammer they are moral in a rather obnoxious way; however, each is designed to bear some significance for the interpersonal communication process, for the personal [...]

However, this process is impossible without inspiration, some kind of an insight which helps to understand the idea which comes in the head of a poet and to put it into words. The name of [...]

As far as the specifics of the Southern American pronunciation is concerned, one must note that the latter stands in sharp contrast to the manner of speech adopted in the northern areas of the United [...]

The Canadian English language is currently interpreted as the variation of the English language, along with the Americana and Australian English languages.

The indications of certain words belonging to a specific gender can be noticed in the English language rather easily; the question, however, is whether these indications can be viewed as a step forward in promoting [...]

The title of the article A Longitudinal Study of two Boys' Experiences of Acquiring Italian as a Second Language: The influence of Age. The researcher uses letters A to refer to the elder brother and [...]

The information provided below was retrieved by recording the dialogues between the child and the members of his family, as well as the utterances that the child made in the course of playing or interacting [...]

In my opinion, a person with some understanding of a local language is likely to find some of the social and cultural things in a foreign country awkward or abnormal.

I can relate to that in an indirect way, one of my closest friends is part Arabic and Part White, but he spent most of his early years in the UAE.

Another outstanding characteristic of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta is extensively dealt with in the article as outlined by the many efforts by various researchers in the orient. It is evident that the establishment of [...]

The author's main purpose in writing the article is to inform the reader about the possible negative effects of making English a global language.

It would be interesting to analyze why the language of these children shifted from their mother tongue to English. Such interactions also made them realize that this English was the right language to be used [...]

Due to the confusion surrounding the accuracy of what objects fit the antique-description, the definition of the term antique should be changed to explicitly refer to objects that are more than a hundred years old.

It can be argued that the supporting content used by the author is effective to the extent that it demonstrates how the author was exposed to reading materials early in life, and how this exposure [...]

The first reason is that in the process of translation, it is important that the translator realize that the ultimate goal of the process is to have the meaning, the content of the text, and [...]

They brought the German dialect and customs to the Jews in the Slavic territories. This led to the emergence of the Yiddish literature.

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 [...]

Larry Hyman who is the author of the report on the universality of word accent is a linguistics professor at the University of California where he specializes in phonology.

The first participant would be given the names of all the fruits, and after mastering the names, the participants would read out the name of the fruits once its picture is shown.

A dialect and an accent can be differentiated by listening to the changes in vocabulary and the changes in the sound of a speaker.

The field of research methods in linguistics is a dynamic and fast evolving field of study Researchers continuously endeavor to unearth fundamental facts underlying this line of study, the modes and codes of its operation, [...]

The tone and choice of words used can differ given the context of the situation; however it remains the constant tool of expression.

In an insightful study on the use of first language in classroom, Cook revealed that most participants supported the application of the first language as a critical tool for mediation.

This essay will offer a critique of the research that was conducted and published by the two authors in which it can be argued that they made positive contribution to the teachers' use of TL [...]

The underlying assumption of the SUP model that the acquisition of the second language is possible at the expense of the first, and the proportion of the student's proficiency in the primary language decreases proportionally, [...]

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.

These include the daily duties discussed, the domain of the ELT which is mainly educational, the medium mostly used in the presentation of ELT programs that are to be 'spoken', the mode that is a [...]

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.

Due to the growing body of research on the issue of grammar proficiency and processes involved in grammar acquisition, the project is aimed at showing which approach to grammar improvement is the most viable, and [...]

This is perhaps the reason why at the end, critics of time like Jose Luis Borges were forced to accept that time is real and that time is needed by all especially when it comes [...]

Thus, the majority of the interviewed students claimed that the concept of global citizenship is applicable to a person who treats the humankind as a whole and believes that people should emphasize that they belong [...]

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.

Lack of inclusion of teachers and learners in the development of EFL teaching materials in the KSA has resulted in poor relations between teachers and the materials.

The issue of misinterpretation in language use is tricky because it is likely to have several valid interpretations of one utterance.

The main tasks of the investigation are as follows: To identify the reasons of why the Saudi Arabia community is an appropriate research choice; To define multilingualism as an important factor in the discussion of [...]

There are primary schools that have such programs to enable the non-citizens to get used to the English language and be able to adapt quickly to the new system.

The theory called the ethnography of speaking, offered by Dell Hymes, will be used to situate the problem of multilingualism and its effect on children's language behaviour as it helps to comprehend the components of [...]

The examination of the pros and cons of the CC and standardized testing will generate a clearer mental image of the effects of the CC particularly on teachers.

First, it is critical to have school-wide commitment to the needs of students who are not native speakers of English. Apart from that, it is critical to remember about the use of best methods in [...]

While examining the stages of the new language's development with the focus on the concrete social group, the researchers are able to resolve the dispute on the role of culture and nature in forming the [...]

Considering the following quote from Fries' paper: "The most efficient materials are those that are based upon a scientific description of the language to be learned, carefully compared with a parallel description of the native [...]

In order to properly study the effectiveness of the research and improvement methods, many more aspects of the individual characteristics and social life must be taken into consideration.

Taylor argues that an evaluation seeks to test the ability of the learner to understand how the language works and to test the level of proficiency in that particular language.

The aim of the plan is to utilize the legend of the Mayans to depict to the students the way science evolved through the ages.

The research results state that the process of literacy instruction is hindered to an impressive degree by the misunderstandings between teachers and students due to the language issues.

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 [...]