Language

The different types of language that people use in everyday life is related to their culture and even maybe their religion. The language that Lois Lowry used for the book “The Giver” is different. A weird kind of different, but different. The Language of Utopia. The one’s that are probably the most important to the book are “stirrings” because it tells you that, that person is growing up. “Newchild” because every community needs to have new life such as a baby. Last but not least the “Receiver…

Language has been around for many a millennia, but written language has been in use for only the past 3,000 years or so. Written English has been in use for even less than that, but there are many underlying aspects of the language which are overlooked and underappreciated that should be observed more meticulously. Whether it is the medium through which we receive text, Innuendo, underlying connotative meanings, proverbial meanings, or even meaningless words. In today’s day and age, phones and…

What I Knew: Before reading the article, I was familiar with figurative language and reading comprehension. I knew that figurative language included similes, metaphors, personifications, alliterations, hyperboles, and idioms. In grade school, I learned that a simile used words such as “like” or as” to compare one idea or object to another to suggest that they are alike, metaphors are figures of speech that compare two dissimilar things, personifications are figures of speech in which there is a…

the interesting features of adolescent language and the subsequent attitudes towards them, mainly from the realm of adulthood. Adolescent language appears to experience the most change compared to the language use of either younger children or older speakers, and this is likely due to the idea that around the time of puberty, individuals undergo a large and impactful social change, as their environments, attitudes and stimuli change. As a result, teen language comes to be linked to social change…

there any languages in which we don’t use words? I can there are languages like that, I consider math and music to be languages, while logic can be also be considered language but it doesn’t apply to all 3 rules of language. The reason why math and music are a language because it applies to the 3 rules of language. Language is rule governed, intended, and open-ended. What is language? Language is when words, information, or emotions are exchanged. That is why logic is considered to be language…

linguistics and common knowledge about languages, I cannot decide whether the facts in the podcast are right. I would assume that most of what they said was truth, but I will make adjustments to my knowledge about linguistics and languages in the future. As an evolving language, English speakers have borrowed words from all other languages because of need and prestige reasons in order to maintain the precision of English, yet many words exist in other languages that English does not have…

the use of extreme language have proven that extreme word choices can create many problems as well as solutions. Linguists don’t just believe in communication, they believe we use language to help construct or describe our view of reality. Extreme language features hyperbolas, exaggerations and dichotomous language; all of which can be used to shape and describe an experience in our lives or around us. (Meek W. 2011) In counselling, therapists identify the use of extreme language and utilise it…

Rhetorical Language in Product and Political Advertisements In our lives we see examples of how propaganda and doublespeak, or “tricky” language, are used daily. Propaganda is a way of persuasion, usually misleading, that is used for both good and bad reasons. Doublespeak is language that is usually used to misguide people through hidden meaning and a stretching of the truth. Both of these types of language are used widely by political leaders and in many product advertisements. Propaganda,…

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…

Introduction We are born into a world of language. It surrounds each of us in different ways and consumes our human lives. The ways in which we use language depend on the cultural and social contents we use it in. Green (2006) suggests that language can be seen in gestures, pictures, digital media, symbols, and relationships. It can be heard in spoken word and tones within our voices. Language plays a variety of roles in a child’s life and ultimately shapes how they learn to interact and…