Essays on Language and Linguistics

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Jejueco: a Language Or Dialect

3 pages / 1377 words

Introduction The study of language boasts a distinctive historical trajectory, with modern linguistics taking its nascent steps in the 18th century. At its inception, the discipline primarily focused on the intricate task of reconstructing Indo-European languages. While the practice of linguistic reconstruction remains relevant in...

Dialect Korean

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The Cajun Dialect in English Language

3 pages / 1168 words

Cajun Vernacular English is a dialect with a rich history, found in southern Louisiana. It is heavily influenced by the French language, as its original speakers were French settlers. This group originally comes from Vendee, a region of western France. Settlers from this region traveled...

Dialect English Language

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The Role of Language in Life in Mother Tongue by Amy Tan

1 page / 607 words

Everyone who speaks the English language, does not speak it the same way. It is rare to find people that speak English the exact same way word for word, because there are so many ways to speak English. Amy Tan uses a name to describe...

English Language Mother Tongue

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My Dedication to Studying English

2 pages / 714 words

What appeals to me most about English is not only the chance to increase my literary knowledge but also how writers can express their opinions and emotions in words that can influence and inspire, just like the work of a good teacher can inspire and...

English Language Study

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Technology and Language Development: Perceptions and Experimental Findings

3 pages / 1465 words

This report reviews three research articles analyzing the effects of technology on language development as well as perspectives of students and teachers on technology and the language learning process. The following articles include research in these areas: (1) “Effects of Home and School Computer Use...

Development Second Language Technology in Education

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Roland Barthes and The Role of Myth in Modern Culture

1 page / 527 words

Roland Barthes is a French philosopher and semiotician from the 20th century. In his book Mythologies, Barthes tries to explain what a myth is and how it is created, followed by a few articles that contain examples of modern myths. By reading two of these...

Mythology Semiotics

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My Passion for English Literature

1 page / 587 words

I distinctly remember a day ten years ago, when I got into a fight with my sister and instead of being grounded, my mother decided to take away my books – I couldn’t have imagined a worse punishment. For most of my childhood, I was...

English Language Passion Personal Life

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Language Online by David Barton and Carmen Lee: Impact of The Internet on The Learning of Language

1 page / 471 words

The Internet has transformed our perspective of the world. It has created a vast amount of online tools and sources that are helping people to get all the information they need more quickly and easily. Due to this fact, the number of people learning languages...

Language Linguistics

180

Linguistics and Its Main Categories

1 page / 457 words

As we know, all human beings have different languages and abilities to communicate with each other. They communicate to share their ideas, views, hypotheses, desires, and many more things. Linguistics is the scientific study of these communication systems in all their aspects, including their structure,...

Linguistics

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Multilingualism and Identity in Transnational Workplaces in Sweden

4 pages / 1864 words

Introduction The project explores how social identity of immigrant youth is achieved at workplace interactions. I propose to study workplace activities that are accomplished through interaction. For this project, I would like to focus on two types of interactional activities at workplace: (a) task-based activities...

Language Diversity Multiculturalism Workplace

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Maternal Involvement and Children’s Language Skills

2 pages / 891 words

Introduction Nowadays, many researchers suggest that children who are introduced to literacy in the early age are more likely to develop better language skills, broader vocabulary, and a higher level of abstract thinking in the future. For example, the verbal interaction during reading could be...

Children Language Language Diversity Literacy

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Native Tausug Speakers’ Language Anxiety Coping Mechanisms in a Chabacano Speech Community

4 pages / 1964 words

Introduction Language Anxiety is always present in every individual who is not a native [speaker] of such a language and definitely, culture, which he or she is going to get into. Anxiety is a general concept, a phenomenon which influences people across the world, regardless...

Second Language

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The Impacts of Textism on Students and The English Language

5 pages / 2195 words

Technologies like mobile phones and internet has altered the lives of people and English language. Due to the invention of these technologies the way and style of communication is also changed. Now people are able to use rapid means of communication in the form of...

English Language Impact of Technology Language

185

Understanding Language: Acquisition and Loss

3 pages / 1466 words

For as long as I can remember people (well English people at least) have been saying that to me. Pursing their lips and, to my mind, spluttering like fools trying to get me to comprehend the difference. I don’t. It all sounds the same to...

Language Linguistics Second Language

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Helping Lower-intermediate Learners with Understanding and Using a Range of Future Forms

5 pages / 2073 words

Introduction My recent teaching experience has shown that there is an over use of ‘will’ by Moroccan and Chinese learners to discuss their future plans, and this is probably due to the interference of English as a foreign language with their mother tongue. An obvious...

English Language Teaching

187

English Course – The Most Suitable Choice for Me

2 pages / 858 words

English is my life, always has been and always will be because there is something about the English language that speaks to my soul. My love affair with English dates back over 15 years, with my first experiences of reading. I feel like I am...

Academic Achievements Academic Interests English Language Language

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My Passion of French Language and Linguistics

2 pages / 713 words

French has always been something I have been interested in since I was a child, because it is a big part of my life as a large number of my family are French. I have always loved France and the French language and find it...

Language Linguistics Second Language Study

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The Concept of Myth in The Roland Barthes' Book "Mythology"

1 page / 475 words

Roland Barthes, French philosopher from the 20TH century, a scholar of Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Semiotics. He emerged with the idea of the Myth in his book Mythology, and he brings to discuss two examples: The Blue Guide and the ‘French Toys’. First, to analyzed these...

Book Review Mythology Semiotics

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Static Hand Gesture Recognition Paper

1 page / 663 words

Sign language is basically creating hand gesture to describe the alphabets, number, some special words, names and even sentences to express thoughts of speaker. Gestures are powerful mean of communicating between two deaf humans. This paper basically describes how to recognize alphabetical sign from A...

Nonverbal Communication Sign Language