English-based creole languages

Why is English Language continuously changing? English language is a language spoken throughout the world and its changing for several reasons. It changes because the needs of its speakers change, it could be as a result of the introduction of new words, swearing words, slangs, pronunciation, and technology for clear and efficient communication. New words like “Twerk” and “selfie” have been introduced and even added to Oxford Online Dictionary, English is becoming shorter…

INTRODUCTION Bodo is one of the famous languages of North-East India. It is the major language of the Bodo group of the Indo-Mongoloid family which fall within the Assam-Burmese section and is spoken by Bodo people of North-Eastern India. The Bodo language is amongst the official languages of the Indian state of Assam and it is one of the 22 languages which has been recognized by eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution. 1.2:LINGUISTIC CLASSIFICATION The Bodo language belonging to the…

In the 19th century, young scholars brazenly changed the course of language study by severing their ties to the classical Greek and Latin, and embraced the more modern, versatile English language. In this process of modernization, English became the prominent "mother tongue" and other modern languages (Spanish, French, Italian) became "foreign" languages. Out of this seemingly random occurrence caused by only a handful of people, a unique monolinguistic identity was born for North Americans. As…

unique to each individual person and the language they consistently shape on their own. But where does this originality in a common language come from? What is it that forms people’s own dialects and manners when speaking? It is a possibility that it may be from family, but it is both statistically and logically a much higher possibility that it is from one’s peers and surroundings. For most of people, it is normal to have a grasp on the English language and to be able to hold very basic…

small. I grew up with Spanish being my first language because everybody around me,…

In fact, there are 171 living languages being spoken in the Philippines today. However, these languages do no merely reflect governmental and educational policies. The current constitution of Philippines states that both Filipino (Tagalog) and English are the official languages of the country. The concept of what language should be used as a medium of instruction is an occurring debate in the Philippines then and now. In this paper, you will see how the English language adapted in the…

Whole Language Approach Steven-Scott S. H. Y. Oshiro Wilmington University Whole Language Approach With the different approaches to teaching literacy, it’s easy to get confused about what is the right way, or most effective way, to teach children how to read. One commonality I have heard is “Which one do we use?” Educators want a single effective all-encompassing approach to use with all of their students in all of their classrooms. What they want does not exist although proponents of specific…

The Unseen Shame of Public vs. Private Conversations If you were to ask most people what the word “language” represented, you would likely be given a general and vague explanation such as, a system of letters and symbols with corresponding rules that when arranged to form words, and properly and uniformly pronounced allow individuals to communicate within their circles. The ability to communicate clearly is part of what holds a society together, it allows us to live and work together, and…

English has been spoken in America as a national language for so long. Every American knows how to speak and even right fluent English. The American English, though slightly differs with the British English. In the recent times, there has been an ongoing debate about whether the country should be multilingual or remain with the monolingual ways of speaking English as the national language. There have been various scholars writing about English as a language. Their viewpoints differ significantly…

our nation has created numerous forms of accents and regional terms to amass what we define as English in America. We all see the way we communicate to be justified even though we aren’t speaking our very own language in the proper form. Some people oppose this and find that if we all speak English within the proper context, we could communicate towards one another to a better extent. In “Why Good English Is Good for You,” John Simon uses anaphora, similes, personification, allusions, and…