Universal suffrage

During the 1980's, Noam Chomsky introduced a theory of Universal Grammar (UG), which stated that the knowledge of grammar was dependent on two components: principles, properties shared by all languages, and the parameters, the way in which these properties vary. Controversies abound with the UG model, but it does explain how all natural languages are similar in some respects and how humans are able to learn their first language as well as other languages. UG simplifies the ideas about learning a…

As humans, several things make us irritated. While some things that make certain people annoyed do not have the same effect on others, the basic concepts are the same. One thing that I have noticed all people get enraged about is being around someone who they do not particularly admire. Perhaps the worst of all, is being in the same setting as a stereotypical know it all. Most of the time people do not know how to identify know it alls which leaves them no way to resolve the annoyance the know…

Choose two or three methods of language teaching and compare/discuss the advantages and/ or the drawback of each. Introduction: Language has a variety of definitions, but more or less they all revolve around the same core. The language that an individual has grown up speaking since childhood is called “mother tongue language”, this language is more or less acquired automatically by any child during growing up rather than being taught. A language learned by an individual in addition to his or…

Many parents face difficulties teaching their children a second language in the same time of learning their native language. Parents who are not proficient in the second language, which is used in their children schools, believe that they cannot contribute in helping their children learning it. However, parent-implement and literacy intervention can help children learn both languages and that have been verified by few studies. In her article, “Effectiveness of a Parent-Implemented Language and…

Before the 1940s, Hollywood and the Studio System, was one that carried the American Film Industry to new heights and brought on different visions from aspiring filmmakers and film companies. What was once just a convenient place to escape the grasp and control of The Trust, became the place to be during the 1920s. Hollywood was thriving with the system it created. The Big Five film companies created movies that made those years the Golden Age of Hollywood. But of course a system that gave the…

Mario Pei was a dedicated linguist and tried his hardest to make the community of language move on to a new chapter when he developed a new language and a book to teach everybody how to speak it. Noam Chomsky is regarded as one of the greatest linguist in history because of his contributions regarding transformational grammar. Pei and Chomsky contributed to the language community of the world in many important ways. Mario Pei’s contributions although the greatest where unsuccessful makes him a…

Hans Urs von Balthasar was a Swiss theologian born in Lucerne to a well-established family. Von Balthasar joined the Society of Jesus in 1929 upon the completion of his dissertation. At the leading of Henri de Lubac, von Balthasar studied Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Maximus the Confessor where he discovered a hope for the salvation of the world. During his time as a chaplain in Basle, von Balthasar met the protestant theologian Karl Barth, who would go on to become close friend and major…

The research done by Brice et.al, investigated phonological developmental processes in bilingual children, and bilingual adults. There have been many studies to support the importance of language development in the area of speech perception on both monolinguals and bilinguals and their differences in development. Although studies do exist they are not adequately representative of speech perception with bilinguals. This study will aid in the understanding of how bilinguals use two languages to…

The above statement, ‘child language errors are victories of nature over nurture’ suggests that errors in children’s language support the view that children acquire language through a more natural process rather than through the process of nurture. This essay will examine whether a child acquires language through a more natural or nurtured environment. Throughout the years there have been many theories to suggest how the human brain develops language. 1. The Imitation Theory 2. The…

General Questions In-game username: Eta_Carinae_ Age: 15 Gender: Male Location and Timezone: USA, Texas, (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) How many staff applications have you made, when was your last application made? This is my first application. How long have you been playing Minecraft? I've been playing for maybe 4 years now, maybe even longer. How long have you been playing on the server? This was the first server I played, so about as long as I've been playing Minecraft. How…