English-based creole languages

this essay refers to “Qing” in Chinese and “Ao/ Sei (あお/ せい)” in Japanese, both of which share the same Chinese character/ kanji “青”. Differences and similarities Chinese and Japanese colour word "green", one of typical representatives of language fuzziness, have some similarities and a number of differences in the colour range, common usage and semantic extension. According to Modern Chinese Dictionary, there are 32 words including colour word "green", in which containing twenty-three…

Introduction: Politeness can be found in different cultural and languages all over the world, and because of that, people from different culture might have different point of view when speaking of politeness. Throughout history, there have been studies and research on politeness, and one of the most significant and influential research on linguistic politeness would be Brown and Levinson's politeness theory. Even though Brown and Levinson's politeness theory of "face" has become a foundation of…

Mother Tongue, Tan discusses her struggles growing up as an Asian-American born to Chinese immigrants. She examines certain aspects of the language she speaks and writes, against the language her mother speaks and writes. Amy has a keen grip on “proper” English, most likely due to her being raised in America. Alternatively, Tan’s mother speaks in fragments of English due to her being an immigrant who fled China’s Cultural Revolution (Amy, 1990). Tan realises her different “Englishes” when she…

2.3 LANGUAGE BARRIERS 2.5.1 Phonology Phonology is related to the sounds of language; thus, phonology is an important part of the communication. People from different countries possess different phonology system. The differences in phonology can affect the way communicate in different language. For instance, Japanese and Korean learners do not have l and r in their language, therefore, they will have difficulty in pronouncing it (Lightbown, P., & Spada, N. M., 2006). Same as in Thai language…

For many years people have varied ideas on how to educate Deaf people. Currently there are at least three ways: Deaf schools, oral schools, or be mainstreamed, however, all these ways have led to controversy within Deaf people. Deaf schools are taught in the manual method. They always communicate in ASL with one another, and classes are taught in ASL. Some benefits of being in a Deaf school are that they learn ASL, letting them be a huge part of the Deaf Community. All of the faculty and…

broken-English speakers are not. Despite all the hardships that Tan and her mother deal with she enjoys “the challenge of disproving assumptions made” about her. (4) Since Tan has experienced the limits and stigmas that were made of her mother because of her broken English, she was determined to overcome those barriers herself. She majored in English and became a writer, but as she became better she no longer thought of language “Like others,” that “have described it to people as ‘broken’ or…

The debates have mostly been about language. Three of the main discussions are: Texting is ruining our language, english is going to end up as abbreviations because of it, and it wastes time. A british writer, John Humphrys thinks texting leads to bad habits. On the other hand John McWhorter, an American linguist and David Crystal, a British linguist, disagree and think that language it just in evolution. The first argument is that texting is ruining the language. People are saying that our…

referred to Standard and Nonstandard English. One of the main reasons why Tan uses both of these Englishes is because majority of the people living in the United States they communicate by using different Englishes. Therefore Tan wants to be understood by the people who might speak or understand English differently. (Missing thesis) Standard English is the form of the English language that is often spoken by educated people. This form of the English language is generally accepted as the…

There are many societal stereotypes often associated with special education and bilingual education. For example, in special education some people tend to think that the students are crazy and hard to understand therefore they don't want to associate with them. They also think that students with disabilities are special and look different and because of this they should be treated differently than the rest. I believe that they shouldn't think like this of a child in special education because…

Cristina is a normal American 15-year-old teenager. When her group`s counselor, Michelle Ferrer, says she can speak two languages, it turns out that Cristina does not have correct geographical knowledge about the Philippines.” I will put this quote in the first paragraph of my paper because it effectively demonstrates the credibility of data he shows later on. Furthermore, this quote is an illustration, one of his rhetorical choices. Also, it is positioned in the first part of “Lost in America”,…