Language contact

Language is a method of communication, either spoken or written, which varies around the world. Language is not only used by humans, but animals too. It is undeniable that all creatures that roam the earth have their own language, or way of communicating. However, each language is entirely different. One is more predominately advanced, human’s language. Humans are able to share past, present and even the idea of future experiences with one another through communication. Bees use communication…

and experiences (Kendrick & McKay, 2009). While compared to a graphical monolog, the function of scribbling is closely connected with the egocentric language (Longobardi et al., 2015). Therefore, scribbling as an alternative way for children to represent and create their knowledge of literacy is a reorganization and representation of the child’s language system, aiming for and enabling effective communication and understanding (Longobardi et al.,…

oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. A balanced approach to teaching these necessary components for reading instruction will promote effective independent readers (Sperling, Sherwood & Hood, 2013, p.462). Effective reading occurs when educators teach children to read to the best of their ability (Bayetto, 2013, p.20). Oral language is the first element of literacy development and is vital to the reading process. To understand written language…

Indigenous Language and Mental Health Recent studies (Walls, Hautala, and Hurley, 2014) have reported the association between language dispossession and a steady increase in suicide rates amongst First Nations youth in Canada. Indeed, the ability to articulate inner psychological experiences, and its association with mental health has been the focus of many psychological researches around the world. For instance, Şimşek (2010) contributed to the conceptualization of language as a determinant…

HI I'm Raiden a sixteen year old high school Student whose life has been drastically change due to this Mental illness. Lets start when I was first starting to communicate I was 3 The mental illness would make me pay more attention to surrounding sounds and that what I used to communicate. I never learned to fully speak until I was 10 years old. people used to judge my parents because I couldn't talk and thought I was being neglected. which in reality I was just being myself. eventually I got…

The Alphabetic Principle involves the understanding that sounds of letters and that letters represent sounds are combined to form represent sounds are combined to form words. Between the spoken sounds and the written language, a connection is made. Based on a relationship between systematic sounds, written letters, and spoken words, letters and their combinations are the symbols used to represent the speech sounds. The Alphabetic Principle is composed of three parts. They are letter naming,…

The author uses figurative language to contribute to the tension in “A Costly Treasure” by describing the figurative language. She is describing it to let you know what she is seeing. The author uses figurative language to contribute to the tension in A Costly Treasure for example, the passage stated that a rock “looked like someone’s petrified brain.” This is figurative language because a rock can’t actually be a petrified brain. This is also figurative language because the author was…

than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning” (Angelou 98). While written word can communicate a message, spoken word can convey additional subtleties, such as tone, inflection, and body language. The fiery passion and energy conveyed through speech can move an audience and can evoke emotion. Unlike written word, spoken word can also more easily persuade others because it has a more immediate effect as opposed to writing. One’s voice…

An excerpt from Susan Sontag’s book Illness opens a reader up to a realization that metphors used in relation to illness are the “ill prejudiced by the lurid metphors with which it has been landscaped”. Sontag’s attitude towards metaphors comes from her strong understanding of how they are just a made up illusion to capture an audience. Metaphors are just a made up illusion to capture an audience because they elude the seriousness of a true illness and dishonor it does to an illness. Sontag has…

linguistics 1. Introduction “[....] the listener does not necessarily hear what was said, but rather hears their construction of what they think is said; they subconsciously combine the speech signal (the sounds) with prior knowledge of speech, language and context in their own heads (Fraser 2003, cited in Coulthard, et al 2017 p.130). Those words, indirectly, call for reconsideration of distinguishing a voice as a natural task. Coulthard, et al 2017 mentioned in the findings of a study done…