Constructed language

p, 26). In this phrase, the verb ‘expected’ has been constructed in a present past particple, and describes the intention of the subject. The verb ‘come’ is independent and carries its own meaning. The verb ‘expected’ and ‘come’ are used in a descriptive manner. The whole sentence indicates that the Kalak wanted Szeth to attend the meeting that was prepared for all Heralds. The verb “You there!” used by Alethi, is simple and informal language that has been used in the dialogue throughout the…

Introduction Culture is a way that people communicate with each other. Culture is defined as objective and subjective components that constructed by the human to enlarge the chances of exist in this world. It was created to let the human able to communicate with each other in a same language as they had a common living place and time. The functions of the culture are to form a system and management of methods to survive. It also acted as a representation for the way of behaving and what outcome…

A central notion is 'stratification', such that language is analysed in terms of four strata: Context, Semantics, Lexico-Grammar and Phonology-Graphology. Context concerns the Field (what is going on), Tenor (the social roles and relationships between the participants), and the Mode (aspects of the channel of communication, e.g., monologic/dialogic, spoken/written, +/- visual-contact, etc.). Systemic semantics includes what is usually called 'pragmatics'. Semantics is divided into three…

Language is a very powerful tool that can be expressed in different forms, each with a unique perspective. This is present in the stories “Two Words” by Isabel Allende and “I Am Writing Blindly” by Roger Rosenblatt. It is also visible in the collage titled “Always Together” by Philippe Beha and “Translations” a poem by Lake Sagaris. Three themes can be taken from the four interpretations on language. The theme that language is visible in every person, that the same words can have dual meanings…

What is knowledge? In a layman term, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, knowledge is defined as ‘the fact or condition of having acquired a practical understanding or command of, or competence or skill in a particular subject, language, etc through instruction, study or practice skill or expertise acquired in a certain subject through learning’ (Oxford English Dictionary, 2014 Oxford University Press). On the other hand, in the sociology of knowledge, it is defined as the study of the…

be expected that the language used be Australian English, however, a person background, culture or working class may cause the individual to struggle with Australian English and may impact on their communication in different contexts. (Emmitt 2010) states that language changes depending on the working class of a family, the middle class use a more formal language where as working class use and informal language. This can make it…

Language is used by human being for interact with each other. Language is a tool for express an idea, opinion, and feeling to other people. In its development, language can’t be separated from other factors out the language, especially the speaker’s background. Many kinds of speaker’s background makes variation of language. Other factors out the language which influences the variation of language such as social class, sex, age, culture, ethnicity, etc. One aspect that is interesting to discuss…

Stylistic texture as part of the implicit characterization process is established as a characteristic of the literary text. First, the reader/audience is faced with the question of the way individual sentences of a speech relate to one another. Whether they are connected in a strictly logical way, whether they form a more associative series, they always emphasize the structure of a character’s level of awareness. All significant deviations from the normal frequencies in the areas of syntactic…

meaning. Some of these constructed meanings hold different levels of significance to different people. People will try to latch on to whatever meaning they can find because it is reassuring to have something, even as seemingly insignificant as a single word, with which they can find a personal connection. One word that has personal significance to me is “pretentiousness”. “Pretentiousness” is a noun, originating from the French “prétention”. Its first form in the English language appeared in the…

interplay between competing discourses of power .To transcend the boundaries of marginality infused in the supremacy given to certain languages over others, voicing minorities plight of exclusion can only be maintained through the re- appropriation of their own linguistic medium .In the same way that language creates and determines discourse, identity is re-constructed; it is manifested in the very act of writing and narrating the shared experience of a given…