Finnish language

USA, Finland is considered a Feminine society. People value equality, solidarity and quality in their working lives and focus more on well-being. Conflicts are resolved by compromise and negotiation. Incentives such as free time and flexibility are favored. Finland scores 59 on this dimension that is similar to that of USA and Germany, thus has a high preference for avoiding uncertainty. In these cultures there is an emotional need for rules, people have an inner urge to be busy and work hard and security is an important element in individual motivation. With a low score of 38, Finland focuses on short-term value orientation. Here is some basic information of HRM style in Finland, which provide PPV better understanding the situation in Finnish…

1. General introduction First of all, I would like to start talking about the importance of bilingualism in our society: in a global and changing world like ours, it is fundamental to master foreign languages; and learning a language involves learning how to communicate in that language. In this way, bilingualism can be defined as to be competent in the use of two languages; that means, to be proficient in two different languages. However, it should be present that this concept is complex.…

However, there are many people that believe the opposite: what one perceives is dependent on the spoken word. The followers of this idea believe that thought is dependent on language. Linguist Edward Sapir and his student Benjamin Lee Whorf are known for their part in the popularization of this very principle. Their collective theory, known as the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. First discussed by Sapir in 1929, the hypothesis became popular in the 1950s following posthumous publication of Whorf's…

and common knowledge about languages, I cannot decide whether the facts in the podcast are right. I would assume that most of what they said was truth, but I will make adjustments to my knowledge about linguistics and languages in the future. As an evolving language, English speakers have borrowed words from all other languages because of need and prestige reasons in order to maintain the precision of English, yet many words exist in other languages that English does not have equivalents. I…

located in North Europe that share much historical and cultural heritage. Scandinavia consists mainly of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Finland and Iceland are sometimes also considered part of Scandinavia. The Scandinavian countries are located on the Scandinavian Peninsula, which extends down from the Arctic Circle into the North Sea. It is the largest peninsula in all of Europe. It is approximately 1,150 miles long with a width varying from 230 to 500 miles wide. Scandinavia also…

a Swedish/British mother until she was twelve and then moved to America to live with her Canadian/American father. During this interview, I learned many things about Anna’s culture, there are aspects that point to the stigmas that come along with growing up two a multilingual household, the focus of this interview was linguistic stigmas, prestige differences, and linguistic identities. There seemed to be a lot of stigma surrounding language in both households Anna grew up in. At one point in…

but with their working memory. The children who participated in this study were severely or profoundly deaf and aged from eight to thirteen years old. In specific, they focused on the verbal working memory because this affects their language performances. Previous studies focused on their oral language and written capabilities with exercises such as sentence comprehension or spelling. But here they decided to examine their memory by inspecting the deaf children’s…

It is an undeniable fact that language and communication are essential components of the human experience. There are countless languages and dialects across the globe. Most people are generally familiar with natural languages; languages that are commonly implemented in native speech and everyday life. However, artificial languages, which are created for specific and often recreational purposes, are also integral to human culture. They are specifically relevant to artistic expression. Artificial…

Disappearing Native Languages The Native community also faces the problem of their languages nearing extinction. Researchers have predicted that all 150 remaining Native American languages will go extinct within 50 to 100 years (Krauss pp.12). However, it is not too late to counteract this prediction. The United States is the “motherland” for these languages, so if they disappear from the United States they are gone forever. When a language disappears, it takes an unsalvageable chunk of the…

Introduction Languages are becoming an increasingly important part of the world’s society today. Through the rise of technology and communication, the English language especially (among others) has progressively become more and more popular throughout the world. Yet some people have trouble learning even the world’s most widely spoken second language. (Bloomsbury International, 2013) To understand ‘Why English is often described as one of the hardest languages to learn and how do different…