Corpus linguistics

For a century it has been noted as "the all-American pastime", where families go to spend quality time and show their pride for their home state. Games bring people together in a supposed "happy" occasion. On the contrary, for many Red Sox fans this pride and togetherness has brought about violent retaliations over losses. Fans even crowd the streets to destroy property chanting "Reverse the Curse" in the celebration of a win! Dare a Yankee fan venture outside, they take the risk of…

The story could be considered as having began the day prior when Mr. Wright was killed or many years before that when Mrs. Wright married him and changed so much. “Trifles” has a climactic structure as is evidenced by restricted characters, locale, and scenes as well as a plot that starts very late in the story. Protagonist “Trifles” is different from many other plays in the fact that the main character of the play, is never actually seen. Mrs. Minnie Wright is the main character. The…

Social Penetration Theory was first coined by Social Psychologist's Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor. The theory posits that as relationships develop communication moves from non-intimate levels to deeper and more personal ones. "According to Altman and Taylor, they specify that relationships go through sequential stages as they develop" (Miller 167). In the earliest stage, orientation, individuals play it safe with small talk. "This involved the gathering of biographical data, the avoidance…

Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a language impairment in children that is characterized by atypical language development with no presence of cognitive or neurological deficits (Parisse & Millart, 2009). Expressive language production is vital to academic performance and social communication. Language skills observed in children with SLI is substantially below that of typically developing peers. Due to the wide range of deficits in both receptive and expressive language in children with SLI…

institutional contexts such as the legal institution (Eades 2006) and the medical institution (Crawford 1999). Language can also be discussed in the context of gender and sexuality. Cameron (2005) points out that when looking at socialization, gender linguistic behavior and gender identities are obtained in the early stages of a person’s life. Additionally, language is discussed and examined on how it is a source of power. Robbins (2001) discusses language ideologies with a special reference to…

Behaviourism Behaviourism is said to be one of the ways of learning a language. According to Skinner (1957, cited in Harmer, 2007), in this method, learners are required to replicate sentences and their correctness is applauded by the teacher and the high frequency of this process increases the students’ condition to develop language effectively in the future. It is supported that “Behaviourism analysis is alive and well, and is making significant contribution in applied language settings”…

Ovando & Combs (2012) indicate that the development of the first language is not formally taught because children acquire it subconsciously by using the language. Linguist Stephen Krashen formulated the theory called the ‘Monitor Model’. This theory has greatly influenced research theory in second language acquisition and it comprises five hypotheses that will be explained in the following paragraphs: the acquisition-learning hypothesis, the natural order hypothesis, the monitor hypothesis, the…

The power of multilingual writers can convince a reader to have a different view of academic discourse. The alternative discourse helps the writers to recognize the variety of roles in the academic contexts that are limited to monolingual writers. Multilingual writers are given a variety of benefits like job opportunities and self confidence. Nowadays, multilingual speakers have a higher chance of getting a job than monolingual speakers. The more languages we speak, the high the chances are to…

expansions, and reinventions of languages. With the evolution of language came the elitist prescriptivism movement, characterized by a rejection of new linguistic changes, often informed by classism, racism, misogyny, and a fear of change. Many linguistic developments have been created by young people, especially teenage girls, including the linguistic trend “vocal fry”, commonplace among many young women. This trend has angered many, as well as modern grammatical changes effected by teenagers,…

Faith, Theology, and Evangelization. These words are heard often in our Catholic faith. What do each of these words mean? How are they different? Also, how are they the same? I have been able to experience each of these words both academically and personally. Let 's start with faith. It has become apparent to me that there is more than one meaning of faith. The first is a noun, the type of Faith which is the "revelation of God." It 's also known as the "Deposit of Faith." This kind of faith is…