Essays on Language and Linguistics

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Influence of Creole Language on Countries in Caribbean Pool

3 pages / 1323 words

Introduction Where there are people, there will be the use of language – languages which may be different. With the interaction of these people, their languages will also come into contact, and this can produce a variety of results. The outcome of such situations, however,...

Creole English Language Language

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A Brief Introduction into Noam Chomsky Language Theory

1 page / 385 words

Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Theory Noam Chomsky is an American linguist and philosopher, recognized as a founder of the field of cognitive science. He has proposed a nature theory suggesting that children are prewired for the development of language, and the environment in which they...

Childhood Development Language Noam Chomsky

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Effects of Sebastianismo and Quinto Império on Portuguese Culture & Literature

2 pages / 978 words

Starting from 1341, the first expedition to the Canary Islands, and with the expeditions to India, Brazil, and Japan, the Portuguese people opened their vision towards the undiscovered world. Besides reaching the goods that started to be traded (gold, silver, spices, silk, sugar, and slaves),...

Character Literature Review Portuguese

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The Interview with a Representative of Portuguese Culture

3 pages / 1151 words

I chose to interview my great aunt, Ruth Cordeiro. She is Portuguese and still lives in Portugal to this day. I completed this interview over the telephone. In this interview I concentrated on the following points, language and verbal communication, non-verbal communication and family communication....

American Culture Interview Portuguese

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Francesinha - a Tiny Part of France in Portuguese Cuisine

5 pages / 2406 words

Food often has a way of bringing people together, its enjoyment being shared amongst people globally, creating new experiences, which lead to new memories. These memories are what ties different foods to different places. People remember the flavours, atmosphere, and culture around them at the...

National Cuisine Portuguese Products

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Overview of Chomsky and Bloom's Linguistic Theories

2 pages / 881 words

Language is a common skill to all human beings. However, when there are 6,500 different languages it divides humanity culturally and mentally. Experts who focus on language have pondered the extend of this divide and proposed that if there are different languages it is bound...

Language Linguistics Noam Chomsky

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Jaffna - a City that Keep a Trace of Portuguese Culture

1 page / 341 words

The Portuguese established Jaffna as a city and their administrative center in 1621. Jaffna was primarily occupied by Catholics and merchants from Portugal, largely because it served as a key port to Sri Lanka. During the colonial period, the city was populated with Sinhalese, Tamils,...

Adventure City Portuguese

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The Effect of Storytelling in Portuguese Films on Their Community

4 pages / 2029 words

Film is one of the largest art forms across the globe. The idea of using films to draw attention to important social and political conversations is a common theme in all areas and cultures of film. In Portuguese cinema, specifically within the films ‘Saint George’...

Film Analysis Film Study Portuguese

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The Comparison of Grammars in Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structures Theory

1 page / 648 words

The Definition of Syntax According to Chomsky “syntax is the study of the principles and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular languages”. The syntactic theory is aiming to depict how people create sentences by combining words, concerned with the speaker’s knowledge of how...

Language Linguistics Noam Chomsky

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Teaching British Sign Language in School

2 pages / 725 words

I decided to write my essay on British Sign Language being taught in school. This is because both of my parents are profoundly deaf which means they can’t hear at all, another reason I decided to do this topic is because I have realised how...

Education System Sign Language

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Critical Analysis on Genie’s Story: Chomsky and Skinner's Theories

3 pages / 1282 words

Genie was strapped to a potty chair and neglected by her father. Her father kept her and her mother in a ‘protective custody’ where they were ‘virtual prisoners’ to his gross interpretation of a habitable and nurturing environment. Consequently, Genie grew up, neglected and socially...

Childhood Development Language Noam Chomsky

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Genre Analysis is a Branch of Discourse Analysis: Connections Between Language and Types of Texts

5 pages / 2173 words

Genre Analysis SLR Outline Introduction Importance of understanding genre-based writing for language teachers Literature Review Definition and purpose of genre analysis Key terms in genre analysis: ‘genre’, ‘stages’, ‘register’ Role of genre analysis in language teaching Genre Analysis Identification of the genre of the assigned...

Language Teaching

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The Dynamic Role of Language in Our Everyday Lives

5 pages / 2338 words

An essential piece of our everyday lives is one that often goes without much forethought of its impact in our lives; language. The prime method of communication between individuals is language. Whether you’re evoking your angriest emotions to express yourself, or channeling your inner happiness...

Interpersonal Communication Language

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The Advantages and Limitations of Bilingualism

4 pages / 1790 words

The purpose of this essay is to analyze the benefits of being bilingual for a person’s cognitive development. Unlike the understanding of bilingualism during the early 20 century, where nationalistic policymakers and researchers considered bilingualism interference and hindrance of the cognitive function that negatively affected...

Bilingualism Language

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A Report on The French Language

3 pages / 1157 words

The French language is a part of the Indo-European language family. Before the evolution of French, history has shown that French has descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire during the colonization of Gaul. The Celts had been living in Gaul for years...

French language Language Linguistics

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Phonology in The French Language

2 pages / 806 words

French phonology can also be termed as the sounding system in French. The French language has its own rules which determine the mode of pronunciation of most of its words. These rules are determined by the nature of their words and vowel to vowel, consonant...

French language Language

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Bilingualism, Second Language and Benefits of Being Bilingual

4 pages / 1690 words

Language is a complex and unique system that allows us to communicate with others. It also enables us to express how we are feeling, ideas we might have, and thought that we are thinking. We don’t only communicate through words, but also through body language...

Bilingualism Second Language

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Overview of Discourse Analysis Definition and Use

5 pages / 2117 words

Generally speaking, discourse analysis is the study of language in use; how it functions and how meaning is created in different social contexts. There are various approaches to it; some of them look at the ‘structure’ of language, others examine the ‘content’ of language being...

Language Linguistics

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Language Extinction: Solutions to Save The Bonggi Language

2 pages / 747 words

 In Malaysia, the dominant language in all media is always English. The dominant position, on the one hand, the cultural gap has been greatly reduced, on the other hand, many local languages have disappeared. As mentioned before, Bonggi language is rated as 6b (Threatened) which...

Endangered Languages Language Diversity