How Many Words

is beauty in everything. One of the most prominent aspects of “The Fish” is its rich and emotion-evoking imagery. There are specific choice words such as “full-blown roses” and “the frightening gills,/ fresh and crisp with…

Comparably, there was an example of Taylor trying to name the President of the United States post-stroke and it was an exhausting task for her to process the question; she had to focus on each sound, lip-read, search for word meanings, then apply it at a whole sentence level. She knew her “language with linear processing was out” and by the time she had the concept or picture of what a president was, her “brain could not get from “President” and “United States” to “Bill…

According to dictionary.com, the word place has multiple meanings that are conveniently all nouns: a particular portion of space whether of definite or indefinite extent, a space in general: time and place, and the specific portion of space normally occupied by anything. To me, the word space means much more than just the black and white, logistical definition. To Tim Cresswell, the author of an article called “Place: A Short Introduction,” the word space has more of an emotional meaning.…

speaker, this paper will make hypotheses pertaining to the underlying syntax affecting the language’s construction and the phonological parameters present. 2. Syntax, continued: In paper 2, it was hypothesized that in Jordanian Arabic the basic word order is identical to that of English and accordingly the differences observed between the order of English and Arabic sentences could be attributed to differences in the movement of constituents…

not agree with the precise definition of the two terms, nor do they specify that how many languages have been considered under the two categories. It is a language that represents speech-forms that do not have any native speakers and is generally used by the people, as a form of communication, who do not share a common language. The stage of development and worldlinessof any pidgin depends upon the intensity of how much interactive it was among its users. Muhlhausler (1986) makes three basic…

Livonian An often overlooked yet fascinating aspect of the plethora of languages spoken throughout the planet, is the information they require their speakers to provide whenever describing something. For example, in the English language, there are many nouns to describe humans that do not differentiate between male and female, like friend. However, in Spanish, if one wants to refer to someone they consider a friend, it is necessary to use either the masculine or feminine form. The information a…

Change. As simple as the word may seem, there are many distinct contexts in which the word may be used. This essay will focus on one of Oxford dictionary's many definitions stating that change is a verb meaning “To turn (a thing) into (also to) something else; to convert into”. The inevitability of change is a concept in which Ovid’s characters struggle frequently with. The complete change in form of concrete subjects within the metamorphoses are often the root of the stories’ chaotic tension.…

Each speech sound can be discriminated in such words as pet and set for the listener to understand the auditory message. And at a higher cognitive level, listeners can process homonyms that sound alike but have different meanings, such as, blue-blew. 6. A speech sound can have slight allophonic variation…

my notes, I wanted to show that I am organized person from small things to a big thing. It is not just showing my personality; it is a consideration for everyone. One of my strength code has about "developer." This can be explained as a simple word "improvement." It is hard to start new things for me, but when I started, I am putting all of my effort to improve more and more. When I was young, I hated music; listening, playing, watching, etc. When my family was playing music on Friday…

may have a slight difference in meaning, but they all go back to one concrete word. For example, the word mentioned previously,” Nui” is a Hawaiian word and its meaning is “big great, grand, important.” According to, the Webster Dictionary significant means, “Large enough to be noticed or have an effect.” In my own definition, I consider it to be “of worth and have great impact.” There holds much power to this simple word; it can change something or someone with its use. We can see significance…