Corpus linguistics

Everyone always pays attention to what is happening in the book The Scarlet Letter but does not pay attention to certain things that mean more than what it says. Everything you read could mean more than just words in a book, which is why you should pay more attention and read between the lines. There are many symbols in The Scarlet Letter with different meanings that represents more. To the Puritans the letter “A” represents adultery but in the book it had different meanings. For example, in the…

Introduction In this document, I will describe my observation of an ESP class at BRAC University. The purpose of this report is to reflect on the teacher’s teaching strategies and class environment in relation with what I have learned in my teaching practicum class. The one and half hour lesson conducted on 29th may 2016. Pre Observation Conference I had a Pre observation conference with the teacher to know a brief overview about the class. I had discussed class size and level; there were 30…

of an ESL student. The student I examined was a twentieth grade male from Mexico. The Spanish aspects of his prior knowledge may have affected his English composition. The analysis features morphology and syntax areas of language. Noun phrases, corpus, verb phrases, verb tense, sentence composition, orthography, and other parts of speech were areas of concentration during this process. Assessment Procedure I began this process by reading his composition without any pretext. Next I printed…

Imagine growing up in a household where no one ever muttered a word. No one talked during breakfast, getting ready for school, after school, at dinner, or even before bed. There were no books around to read or a television set around blaring cartoons or educational shows. How would one’s vocabulary develop or increase if that were the case? Now imagine a household where talking amongst family members was always occurring. Parents were waking up asking their children “How did they sleep last…

As I take a look at code-switching, I have found out that mankind uses it daily like economics. It is amazing how we use it without thinking of it. When I first found out the definition of code-switching, I thought to myself and said I cannot deny that at all. Code-switching is the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation. Since finding out more about this topic, I have examined myself as I used it. There are plenty of ways that it can be…

The process of finding an article of interest begins by opening the Internet and going to a general website where one can conduct a common search. Some examples of general websites are Google, Yahoo, or Bing. Once this website is open, an individual can type in the name of the topic he or she in interested in finding out more information about. For example if an adult is interested in finding out information about optimizing the development of children, he or she can type in something like “ways…

A “Delight in Disorder” by Robert Herrick, is an entirely abnormal poem. The scanning process was a difficult one. Specific lines that stood out from the rest due to its change in meter. In analyzing the context of the poem, there were quite a few oxymorons throughout the poem that stand out and contribute to the understanding of the poem. The change in meters and the oxymorons influences the reading because it means to catch the reader’s eye and to read between the lines to understand the poem…

It's Too Easy To Make The Easy Choice The most simplistic quote that proves true of the argument is “easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life”(Jerzy Gregorek). Within the short stories Totem written by Thomas King and A Perfect Day For Bananafish written by J.D. Salinger a truth within humanity is shown. The story Totem takes place in a museum in Alberta and the totem poles are making sounds that are annoying to the people in the museum so they displace the totem poles. This is…

be important when translating. There are two specific theorists who firstly worked on their own but later on collaborated ideas in order to eliminate criticisms and achieve a better theory of translation. These two theorists moved away from the linguistic turn where it is essential to make sure the target text contains the exact meaning portrayed in the source text and instead, were interested in the relationship between a text and not only the audience but also the role of the target text in…

You will always find some type of genre, rhetorical situation, and a specific audience in books, ads, promotions etc. anything that it's written or said. Genre is where the authors writing, ideas, and their communication takes shape. Rhetorical situation is when the author uses specific language to persuade, motivate, or inform his audience. Audience is the intended or imagined readers or recipients of the writing or communication. One example of genre is the way the author expresses himself…