Applied linguistics

This literature review will discuss the alternate points of view on dialect and character by Thornborrow, Edwards, Weber and Horner, and their perspectives. The idea is to study, examine and demonstrate the distinctions and similitudes as spoken about by these author's, and state whether I concur or differ their work. Similarly, I will express why Tabouret– Keller's work varies in a way to deal with dialect and character. Dialect and personality is for the most part recognized as who and what…

foreignization does not spoil the humorous sense, e.g. the below sentence: “Sandwich, a cousin of Monsieur Fish and Chips” Translated into: “Monsieur Sandwicz, kuzyn Monsieur Ryba z Frytkami” The given excerpt where foreignization strategy was applied includes both French (monsieur) and English (fish and chips) references; it also keeps the joke in place because of mixing them in one sentence. Reference words are easily recognized as cultural-specific items. Also, in the conversation below…

1.6.3. Pragmatics of Cross-Cultural Communication No one can deny the fact that the study of cross cultural communication contributed to the field of applied linguistics and offered a plethora of examples of different aspects of communication. Deborah Tannen (1984), in her article: The Pragmatics of Cross-Cultural Communication has identified eight levels of differences in ways of speaking that differ from one culture to another and which represent the essence of language (ibid, 189).…

being ignored when necessary. It is well-studied that the teacher should give feedbacks on errors that are systematic, inconsistent, no less than ones impeding communication. More importantly, the editing strategies assisting learners to greater linguistic accuracy in their writing and fostering their autonomy should be taken into account. It is needless to say that the teacher should devote a great deal of time and effort in editing, providing enough practice, closely connecting with students’…

Study background Translation is an art that requires both a skill and a knowledge. It is not just the mere conveying of words from a source language to a target language. It is more of a complicated process. Translation is the transferring of a language as well as a culture. According to Bassnett (2002), translation does not only involve the replacement of lexical and grammatical elements between two languages, but also requires conveying the cultural settings of the texts. Lefevere and…

modification is where the cultural bias can play a role. Culturally as seen in, “The Mega-Marketing Of Depression In Japan”, it is difficult to translate words, which are composed of symbols that give off the uniform ambiance in every culture. The linguistic correspondence between different cultures can be affected by the universal quality of language. The diversity that comes with different cultures enforces the idea that universally, no two cultures will be the same. Self-awareness of ones…

Swain and Lapkin discovered that the most effective method was the early immersion bilingual program. One of the concerns of the study was whether the early immersion students would retain the information from the subjects taught in French as well as those taught in English. Testing results suggested there was no difference in understanding between the subjects taught in the different languages; however, the students introduced to the language later did show a difference in understanding of the…

As mentioned by Lynch in his article Onset of speech-like vocalizations in Infants with Down Syndrome, children with Down Syndrome do not acquire canonical babbling and produce words at the same time as children with traditional linguistic development (1995). To compensate this lack of abilities to communicate orally, children with Down Syndrome tend to use gestures and non-verbal language to get an object they want or for other requests. As mentioned earlier, Jules’ parents taught their son…

To begin with the research conducted by Daniel Everett does support claims made by the linguistic researchers, Benjamin Whorf and Edward Sapir. Specifically this essay will focus on Daniel Everett’s research that was about the Brazilian tribe called the Piraha. The specific concepts that will be focused on within this essay are about the linguistic relativity hypothesis, which is referred to as the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis (Lucy, 1997, p. 294). A purpose of this essay intends to demonstrate that…

ARTICLE REVIEWED Applied Linguistics 2016: 37/2: 239–261 Oxford University Press 2014 doi:10.1093/applin/amu022 Advance Access published on 23 June 2014 “L2 vs. L1 Use of Synonymy: An Empirical Study of Synonym Use/Acquisition” Dilin Liu1, and Shouman Zhong2 The article,” L2 vs. L1 Use of Synonymy: An Empirical Study of Synonym Use/Acquisition” by Dilin Liu and Shouman Zhong seeks to examine the use of four sets of synonyms by Chinese second language learners and native speakers of English…