Evolutionary linguistics

Actions Joseph M Williams and Joseph Bizup authors of Style Lessons in Clarity and Grace, 2014. Lesson 3 Actions, the author, illustrates the importance of being able to identify the character in the subject and their actions in the verbs, without the overuse of nominalizations. We express judgments of writing by utilizing words such as clear, direct, concise, or focused praise writing, or words like unclear, indirect or complex that often abuse writing. Telling Stories about…

I would get into the physcology of my audience by explaining to them my background of writing, reading and learning. I would explain to my audience detail by detail to make sure that they comprehend what I’m trying to explain. I would thank them since my grandmother motivated me to learn more and since my 10th grade English teacher tried to make me give up on reading and writing by constantly bringing me down. I imagine my primary audience being my grandmother. Reason being is because my…

Grade Level • 9th - 12th Grade Subject area • English Objectives Students Will Be Able To: • Identify the proper usage of homophones • Apply knowledge of homophone usage to complete a in-class assignment • Utilize today’s min-lesson to aid in future assignments. Sunshine State Standards • LAFS.K12.L.1.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. • LAFS.K12.L.3.5: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in…

Language is a tool that helps identify an individual.“If Black English isn't a Language Then Tell Me What is?” by James Baldwin emphasizes on how language defines the person. This is towards people who believe that there's one way to communicate or doesn't want to admit that they speak differently. They don't want to be submerged in the reality that they cannot articulate or they have an accent. The english language doesn't change its meaning by the way it is pronounced. As told in the piece of…

conflicting ideas and worlds surrounding English and Spanish. As he had only spoken Spanish with his family it had become an immensely personal language to him, and since he had been raised speaking and hearing the language it was much safer than its linguistic counterpart. English, for Rodriguez, was surrounded in fear. When recalling his shyness and reluctance nature in class, Rodriguez reveals, “But I couldn’t believe that English could be my language to use.”(Rodriguez, 6). He uses the polar…

Gesture Development According to Jarzynski (2013), gestures are a significant tool used to predict a child’s language. Gestures are an important indication of the child’s language learning path in that, when a child displays a gesture they are employing intentional communication, which is a stepping stone to verbal communication (Jarzynski, 2013). According to Jarzynski, an example of this is when a “nine-month-old child is reaching towards something he wants, while looking back at his mom”.…

Like Henry David Thoreau and his new word here take out constituents constituents promote, learning should be through experience. No physicist earns a degree through merely reading a textbook. They earn a degree through applying what they reading into the real world circumstances. In other words, they experience what they read. This is the intent of all novels. No author wrote a book in hopes that the reader wouldn't feel a connection or engagement to the story. Every author's intent is to…

Firstly I would like to state that my involvement with this project was not typical of the usual contribution I bring to group dynamics. This was due to personal issues and my inability to get to university for all the time tabled sessions. In previous group projects I have taken on more leadership roles for projects and have been in charge of the concepts and general direction of the work produced. However on this project as the team working together was much larger than what I am use to…

Shared Inquiry is a method of learning that enables people of all ages to explore the ideas, meaning, and information found in everything they read. The shared inquiry method centers on interpretive question, questions about a text that have more than one plausible answer. Discussion leaders employ the shared inquiry method to get participants listening, and responding to questions and answers from others in their discussion groups.If the participant digress from the main point, it is the…

Upon critique of the essay "Shakespeare," it is evident major technical issues exist; the presence of grammar and spelling errors, run-on sentences, meager and inappropriate word choice, inadequate selection of transitional words, and informal tone. This is evidently displayed through excerpts from the essay including, "... a school open to boys only by the way! they learned Latin ..." and, "... we no longer spend our days doing boring stuff like that!" Apart from these overarching technical…