Turkish language

In her article, Boroditsky discusses how languages change how we think by appealing to common knowledge, using examples from different languages and cultures, and using rhetorical questions for her audience of students, scientists, and professionals. Boroditsky applies references to common knowledge by using nursery rhymes, popular culture, and a literary allusion. By using common knowledge in the text, the author helps readers understand that language changes the way we think by using examples…

city of Constantinople. Ottoman Empire started blossom into power way back around thirteenth century in Turkey region. Ottoman saw a chance of taking over Constantinople because at the time Constantinople is too weak with economy, it’s easier for Turkish took over. How and when did Constantinople loss its power to the Ottoman Empire? That is why it became what we called it a fall of Constantinople. Fall of Constantinople, was Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), which occurred around 1450 BC…

bilingualism, we have similar and different language performance. Amandine speaks French as her first language, and English as her academic language. I can describe her as a balanced bilingual who uses two languages in a multiplicity of domains (2011, p. 3-8). Her academically-related language competence was highly developed during her education in the parochial school because the school curricula was only in English. Although she learned the language when she was in the fourth grade, her…

learning the language for an education and professional purpose which is known as an instrumental motivation.I believe it is the case when an interest becomes a passion for living as there are a number of people who took took their hobbies to the next level where these hobbies became their jobs, too. I figured as I progressed from English to French to Italian that language education is what interests me the most when it comes to school subjects.As English was the most requested language to learn…

Persian flourished as a language of prestige and elitism throughout Europe and Asia for centuries, but its importance began to diminish around the eighteenth century. In 1722, the fall of the Safavid Empire occurred and under the rule of Sultan Husayn, the Persian state suffered long term economic deterioration. It wasn’t until Nadir Shah of the Afsharid dynasty took power that political unity was restored, and for the first last time Persia’s borders were extended. However soon after this…

fact that language and communication are essential components of the human experience. There are countless languages and dialects across the globe. Most people are generally familiar with natural languages; languages that are commonly implemented in native speech and everyday life. However, artificial languages, which are created for specific and often recreational purposes, are also integral to human culture. They are specifically relevant to artistic expression. Artificial languages are…

but her excitement is understandable; she and Jack worked hard to establish a new method of language learning for Northwestern students. The club, Campus Language Connection, is the McCarter’s second foray into creating a language organization. This new group joins native speakers of a language with those who hope to learn that language. CLC aims to help students not only become competent in a foreign language, but to build a unique community of students that appreciate cultures in a way that…

Similarly many academics have theorized about the role to which Islam played in the ethnic and nationalist formations of the Kurds. In his essay “The Impact of Islam on Kurdish Identity in the Middle East,” Hakan Ozoglu argues that Kurdish identity evolved through various, overlapping phases with Islam at the core of its formation process, a process he calls “dialectical, dialogical, and monological” (18). First, while the term “Kurd” was not ethnically associated with the modern term Kurd,…

have their own language and traditions, living on the mountainous borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Armenia. They are the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East but they are still considered “nationless”. The traditional Kurdish life was nomadic until World War 1 and the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. The 1920 Treaty of Sevres created the nation states Iraq, Syria, and Kuwait. It was also supposed to include the Kurdistan but that was never implemented. The Turkish and Iraqi…

The effect of the Kurdish fight for autonomy in both Iraq and elsewhere, has changed the Middle East’s landscape. This includes subnational or internal fracturing of Kurdish parties, national barriers, and newfound international relations as well as political alliances with historical rivals. Gareth Stansfield illustrates this point when he uses Kurdish history in Iraq as and cites economic and political relations with Turkey as signaling a potential Kurdish state, “By embracing this agenda,…