Language contact

professionals job to be vigilant in the use of proper language. On the contrary, the use of slang in the professional realm can be beneficial. Just because someone has high standing does not mean that they would seem unprofessional if they used slang.…

along as she engages him in conversation between the differences between boys and girls. Then he completes two conservation tasks, which test his cognitive development. During this interaction, Bunny makes clear comments, gestures, and uses his body language to show his boredom or interest in the task. In each video segment the children are completing two separate tasks, and although these may seem like completely unrelated scenarios, both provide a brief extract into the cognitive, linguistic,…

Rhetoric and Body language both have integral roles in the use of effective speech. To deliver the best possible presentation, both skills must be exploited. However, when the argument arises on which is more important for gaining the respect, and attention of a crowd, rhetoric come out on top. Obviously, without use of body language, it is unlikely many will hear the argument, much less seriously consider it. However, rhetoric is undoubtedly more important because it can be used to present a…

Flores, G. (2014). Families Facing Language Barriers in Healthcare: When Will Policy Catch Up with the Demographics and Evidence? The Journal of Pediatrics, 164(6), 1261-1264. Doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.02.033 In “Families Facing Language Barriers in Healthcare: When Will Policy Catch Up with the Demographics and Evidence?” (published in 2014), Glen Flores, MD, of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas explains how language barriers impact access to care, the availability of health…

“Work with the entire iceberg.” The iceberg expression describes children’s suppression of their thoughts and feelings. We are not going to be changing fluency until we address their feelings and thoughts first. When most people discuss stuttering they are only referring to the motor movements involved in speech. When in reality, this is only the “tip of the icecberg.” Other components such as fear, shame, guilt, anxiety, hopelessness, isolation, and denial need to be address during therapy.…

Full ledged language is achieved by communicating and gaining experience with other humans. A study was done comparing parents of different social classes talking to their children and found that the wealthier the families were, the more they communicated with their kids. The psychologists, Betty Hart and Todd Risley Hart concluded: “With few exceptions, the more parents talked to their children, the faster the children’s vocabularies were growing and the higher the children’s I.Q. test scores…

William Lutz, Lutz introduces the readers to a language called doublespeak. According to Lutz doublespeak is, “the language that makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant appear attractive or at least seem tolerable” (Lutz, 337). The language of doublespeak is intended to deceive the truth and to miscommunicate. Lutz describes to the readers four types of doublespeak, which include, euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook and inflated language. According to Lutz, there are…

written and spoken language. Through the context of this communication, there is a lot to be learned. Among other things, an author's nationality can affect the content of the writing. This can be seen in Edmund S. Morgan and G.M. Trevelyan’s accounts of The American Revolution. It is important to see how context affects the writing of history because it allows the reader to be actively aware that the account that is given is not the 100% truth. Knowing the way that context and language works…

Carla Mendoza Business 1050 10/9/15 Assignment 13 “Mike LeFevre” by Studs Terkel Vocabulary 1. Chewed- yelled at 2. Bonderized- A machine that will coat steel with a corrosive preventing substance 3. Effete- decadent 4. Foreman- a man in charge of other workers 5. Muses- to think of something in a deep serious or dreamy way 6. Poke- some money 7. Posterity- generations that come after someone 8. Pseudo- not real, pretending to be real 9. Shrinker- psychologist (shrink) 10. Smashed- to get drunk…

thought children learned language, and that person responded “Their parents teach them”, I would want to explain that although caregiver modeling is important, there are also other very important aspects. Children do need to be around and witness correct functional speech from his/her parents or caregivers, but there is some portion of language that is also inborn. This is shown by the universal grammar, such as each language having the parts of speech although the languages are spoken…