Essays on Language and Linguistics

Communication is a significant part of human interaction. It refers to the process of sending and receiving of information, feelings, ideas and messages through written language, speech, gestures, sign language, and facial expressions among others. Every child, more especially those that are too young to...

Today, many people don’t see the point, or they are not motivated, in learning a new language. However, In the 19th century, people used different types of sign language as a form of communication. Jane Austin’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, portrays this as an importance...

Communication can manifest in many ways – verbal, physical, visual, etc. Since man has existed we have found ways to communicate with one another through these different ways of expressing ourselves. Humans typically communicate through speech; And in this age of technology, messages via internet....

Communication is a key foundation for life. Consequently, the effort of members of British society to create a world in which everyone could communicate regardless of his physical inabilities triggered the creation of British Sign Language (BSL). The language is specifically meant for the deaf...

In Noam Chomsky’s paper “On the Nature, Use, and Acquisition of Language”, he discusses the study of language. Chomsky is coming from a rationalist point of view on language acquisition. He believes that the initial state of the language faculty is an input-output system that...

Introduction In the field of Psycholinguistics, language acquisition is a sensitive topic which distinguished scientists have argued upon. In (1957) in book B.F. Skinner – one of the pioneers of behaviorism- proposed one of the earliest scientific explanation concerning the language acquisition topic; his theory...

Drawing from a semiotics approach this essay will explore the way that cinematics signs and codes convey meaning to the film Legally Blonde. Semiotics is the study of signs and sign-using behavior. It was defined by one of its founders, Ferdinand de Saussure, as the...

‘What is deconstruction? Nothing, of course’ within Jacques Derrida Letter to a Japanese friend. For Jacques Derrida, ‘deconstruction doesn’t consist in a set of theorems, axioms, tools, rules, techniques, methods’ and language itself is unable to disclose meaning; alternatively, an individual’s understanding of a text...

Languages have a positive impact on individuals thoughts and self-identity because it helps us to communicate with one another. Language is a key to all of us, which we use to reflect our thoughts, to express our feelings, and to teach our cultures to others....

Introduction The neuroscience contributions applied to the English class suggest that the English teacher should be able to explore and use multisensory teaching in a social and emotional environment. The teaching of English requires a mixture of news and being flexible and nice so the...

Introduction In this era of globalization, English has been considered to be the third liaison language after mother tongue and the area studied for students in Indonesia. As Fromklin says, “English has been called’ the lingua franca of the world”. With the changing times, the...

In this text, I will discuss what kinds of evidence there are that humans have abilities that are specific to acquiring and using language, as distinct from an ability to communicate or use various kinds of vocal or other body gestures. The human language is...

I’ve learned many things through the course of this class. I’ve learned how to write a good essay and how to get batter at some essays I’ve already written in the past. I’ve learned how to locate my resources to find each mistake in my...

Between 1939 and 1945, the world witnessed the deadliest war in Human History. Seventy to eighty-five million people died during this war that opposed the Allies (the United States of America, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and China) to the Axis (the Nazi Germany,...

If someone asked you what definition you would use for the word belonging, what would you say? Would you say the feeling of fitting in with people; would you say owning or possessing something; or would you say something else? The word “belonging” has several...

An advertisement is a bridge that connects the two worlds between producers and consumers. According to Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, an advertisement is a picture, short film, song etc. which tries to persuade people to buy a product or service. According to the Advertising Association...

In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, Tan claims the concept that we tend to speak totally different languages to speak with one another which our intelligence is judged by the approach we tend to speak. As a fictional author, Tan is astonished by...

In the story entitled “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, she explains about the knowledge and awareness of the social and cultural differences in “broken English” linked to Standard English. She loves writing and she wants to share about how language can influence her life until...

Poetry is one of the most important and powerful forms of writing because it takes the English language, a language we believe we know, and transforms it. Suddenly the words do not sound the same or mean the same. The pattern of the sentences sounds...