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There is so much information that I have learned throughout this class on Language Development. The language acquisition part that I learned is that the LAD which is the physiological part of the child’s brain operates on the linguistic data of a child’s language to produce grammar of the child’s native tongue. The LAD is a word processor in the brain. The Children can learn any language because the knowledge that the children absorb and process. To refer to a child as a cryptographer because…

the commander in chief of the Austro-Prussian armies and said that it would restore the liberty to the king and his family, protect France and set Paris free among other things. It was intended to help the monarchy but had the opposite effect. The French were furious by the foreign intervention and cause many people who were once pro-monarchy to turn against it. A reason the war was to blame for the downfall of the monarchy was because the Brunswick manifesto caused the mayor of Paris to go to…

Throughout centuries, people from all around the world have experienced a change in the way they communicate. Communication has always been part of our lifestyle and it has changed as generations adapted new cultures, moved to other countries, etc. The article, What the World Will Speak in 2115, gives us a better explanation of how communication has varied from time to time. As well as how languages differ from one another and the different languages that have been revolving the world in the…

Every new year comes with excitement for what the next 365 days has in store, for me in January 2015 I found myself browsing open medical jobs in my area which led me to Thompson Health’s employment opportunities page. The more I read, the more I became intrigued. Deep down inside my subconscious I could hear myself saying “just do it!”, so I did I sent in my job application, and resume. Little did I know that the simple click of a submit button would lead me in such a life-changing adventure.…

1. This poem is describing how many people felt during this period of time. Parts of the world such as Europe and The United States were looking to expand their might through means of imperialism. The title of the poem, White Man’s Burden, was used specifically because white men, at this time, thought they were superior and these “lesser countries” could not fend for themselves because they were nonwhite. One quote in the poem really helps drives this feeling of superiority into the reader,…

Can we lose our cultural language in the learning the English language? Many people have the advantage of having the knowledge of two different languages. This can be a benefit or a drawback at some point. Some people may argue that we slowly lose our cultural identity once you fully adapt a second language. As in Richard Rodrigues Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood he adapted English as his second language, eventually making it his primary language. Rodriguez used his second language on an…

French Revolution and the Reign of Terror By 1700s France was recognized as Europe’s most advanced country with foreign trade, large population, and raising culture. Even through everything seemed great unrest was rising between the three estates. This unrest in France’s society came from the poor conditions of the third estate, which was 97 percent of the population. The unfair conditions of the three estates lead to new-enlightened ideas, the French Revolution, and the Reign of Terror.…

century. But the French officially formed French Indochina in October 1887 which included current day Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. With the French came imposition of French ideals, implantation of a French based government and exploitation of Vietnam’s natural’s resources. Eventually as time went by, many political and nationalist parties started to take form to oppose the French rule. These resistance…

political climate. Burke’s differing reactions to the American and French Revolutions highlights this fact nicely. Burke, a supporter of the American Revolution, believed that their revolution was an attempt to preserve their old way of life from an increasingly involved British government. In his view, the revolution was perfectly justified as it did not attempt to supplant the ideas of old. Burke was vehemently opposed to the French Revolution, however, as it was an attempt to supplant not…

Logos, or logic, involves looking for arguments that make sense in a piece. Amy Tan’s essay is very logical. It makes complete sense, and is simple to understand. Being that it is a narrative, she uses examples to back up her statements about English. She tells the stories of her mother dealing with the stockbroker and the hospital as means to make her point clearer. Ethos looks at the author’s credibility. Tan is a well-known writer, and does a lot of public speaking. We can trust her…