Language contact

they came from and where they live. Three articles talks about how our own comprehension and communication with other people around us can be affected by our language. In the article “Loaded Words” the author suggests reconsidering what labels we put on certain people. In “Lost in Translation” Lera Boroditsky demonstrates how the languages we use and speak may determine how we view at and perceive the world. In “Stop Saying ‘I Feel Like” Molly Worthen explains how certain phrase that we use may…

to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, the word or term bullshit means nonsense or foolish insolent talk. Bullshit has many reasons for use and many of them are meant to deceive people. Nonsense or bullshit has always been a part of language, it does not matter what type of language it is or what subject like politics, or sports, bullshit will always be used. Bullshit is also used as misrepresentation, people use it as misrepresentation as an impression of enhancing certain speech on a concept. It…

Human beings are always being compared to other animals. How are we similar? How are we different? One of the most compared features between humans and other animals is self-awareness. Self-awareness is the ability of an individual who knows that they have a distinct identity that separates them from others. As children and infants we do not possesses we have no awareness of self and cannot tell the differences between other humans and material objects. Only gradually do we as children start to…

Liminality is a central theme to most of Arthur Yap’s work, extending his material to a broad range of interpretations and possibilities that elude a definitive and denotative meaning. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, that which is liminal has three interpretations: “minimality”; something “characterized by being on a boundary or threshold” or a “transitional… state between culturally defined stages of a person’s life”. This liminality is evident in Yap’s distinct artistry, where he…

Language plays an important role in society. In large extent it is a mirror of it while at the same time it functions as means of constructing and maintaining that society. As a phenomenon of society, language reflects all the perspectives of human society. Sexism in language has been a controversial topic in sociolinguists since its inception. In this chapter, a historical overview will be made and definitions will be provided. Sexism in language exists when language devalues members of a…

The ways in which humans communicate Language plays an instrumental role in human communication as it had ensured our species’ survival and ability to thrive within civilizations. Notably, language exists as a universal contract that reaches an agreement of mutual comprehension during the event of two parties communicating. Without this mutual comprehension, the human brain would be less advanced than even an ant’s and this would result in quick extinction (Formigari, 2004). Although…

every language,” (109), which he does so by arguing the importance of regarding other languages. The relationships between languages have BLAH. Glissant explores the history of the relationship of the world’s languages. The idea that you either “Live in seclusion or open up to the other,” (103) was what legitimized language domination in history. Either communities and societies took up a “universal” language in order to participate in a global level, or they would retreat into the language and…

unable to use their choice of words because of censorship which should not happen. Anyone should have the rights to be able to express their idea regardless of the outcome. In the functions of a language, Coq states “Language is composed of words, written signs or spoken expressions but, whatever the form, language is expressed by artificial, human symbols that generate feelings and bring out images and ideas” (177). A censored world isn’t a censored word it is a combination of signs put…

and they both use language as a means of communicating culture and literary themes. Without a doubt, within Brother Man, language is essential to understanding the characters. Though none of the characters in this novel uses “Standard British English”, there is definitely a variation in the language used among themselves. For example, the first two characters that we meet, are Girlie and Papacita. Neither of these two is very educated and that fact is exacerbated by their language use. “Ain’t…

anthropology pieces that have been read and critiqued in class, the topic of language usually comes up in a way to praise or reject that claims that are being made. Anthropologist must constantly be aware of their word choices because they have the power to change the whole connotation of their findings when language is used a certain way, omitted, or modified in translation. One of the first pieces that this discussion of language came up in was in the piece Righteous Dopefiend by Philippe…