Essays on Language and Linguistics

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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

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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

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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

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Dominant Language as One of The Causes of Language Extinction

2 pages / 897 words

In current era, language death is known as a modern disease. This phenomenon has its own components, which undergo from birth to death. Moreover, nowadays is, no doubt, the age of variations, rapid progresses and extreme activities. One especially outstanding features of this change is...

Bilingualism Language

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Mother Tongue' by Amy Tan and Discrimination

3 pages / 1357 words

The letter “E” is the most common one in all English words. However, such a fact would not be an interesting one to people who feel demeaned as a result of their accents while communicating in English. In Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue, she argues that...

Amy Tan English Language

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The Effect of Teaching Infants Sign Language on The Language Acquisition Process

4 pages / 1833 words

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...

Communication Skills Sign Language

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Complications of Acquiring Sign Language

3 pages / 1401 words

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....

Sign Language

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A Critical Review on Watkins & Thompson’s Research on British Sign Language

3 pages / 1536 words

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...

Sign Language

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Noam Chomsky and His Theory of Language Acquisition Device

4 pages / 1599 words

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...

Language Linguistics Noam Chomsky