Linguistic prescription

The many variations of Doctor Faustus title pages reveals the ways in which printers can enhance or weaken the appearance of one's work. Title pages serve as a preliminary in order to catch the eye of the readers as well as a mode of representation for the audience to interact with a piece of literature. Moreover, it serves the purpose of advertising and acts as an identifier for the author. However, over time, title pages that were once minimalistic can now be overpowering and question the…

For this scholarship review I have picked two articles with which I’d like to create a dialogue between. The first is “Compilation, Commentary, and Conversation in Christine de Pizan” by Julia Simms Holderness. The second is “Christine de Pizan: The Poetess as Historian” by Nadia Margolis. Both discuss the writing of Christine de Pizan. Holderness argues, ultimately, that Christine was more conscious with her writing decisions than she may be given credit for, while Margolis’ article can be…

Besides captivating readers through the retelling of past events, Tennyson used his poetry to consider social issues of the Victorian era. However, unlike his rival Elizabeth Barrett Browning, he never outright proclaimed his stance. Alternatively, Tennyson’s poems rely on an active participation from the reader to provide them with meaning. Instead of telling the reader what to believe, Tennyson’s mission was to encourage discussion about Victorian social issues. Similarly, in his poem, The…

‘The Wasteland’ has been psycho-analytically studied to understand the poet’s psyche, the metaphor of images, symbols, etc. for new untouched and unexplored findings in the genre of practical criticism. The poem has been deciphered on the basis of three psychoanalytic models (a) Lacan’s ‘Language and Unconscious’ (b) C.G. Jung’s ‘Collective Unconscious’ and (c) Northrop Frye’s ‘Archetypal Criticism’. Lacan’s ‘Language and Unconscious’, attempts to read ‘The Wasteland’ in the likeness of…

Linguistic Evidentiality in Arawan, Luchuan, and 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…

1. In Proposition 227, three language ideologies, dominant language ideology, monoglot language ideology, and standard language ideology are present. Dominant language ideology corresponds to the idea that certain sets of presuppositions about a language might be specific to that certain language from others and are to be above the other languages, mainly used by the people of power (Hauck, Lecture; 11/9/2017). For example, in Proposition 227 it states that, “The English language...is spoken by…

During ENG 1020, we completed many assignments focusing on the three main goals of this course, teach students about different styles of rhetorical situation, learn about the different genres of reading, research, and writing, and to teach students to develop analyses and arguments using research-based content, effective organizations, and appropriate expression and mechanics. Throughout this course, I have learned how to search and specifically find appropriate sources using the CRAAP test,…

In our example, the visual message (the eye rolling and facial expression) does not agree with the audible message (the words being spoken). This is sarcasm and irony. Moreover, messages within the same medium can conflict to produce a “sarcastic” interpretation. For example, when someone is being sarcastic, their tone of voice (an audible message) conflicts with the words spoken (also an audible message); in this case the contradicting messages within one transmission medium result in a…

“Picture Puzzle Piece” by Shel Silverstein has an optimistic, thoughtful, and almost whimsical tone throughout this poem. His tone helps establish the theme of this poem, which is to state that something so insignificant, like an old wet puzzle piece has endless possibilities to become beautiful or amazing. In the last two lines of the poem Silverstein writes, “Nothing has more possibilities than one old wet picture puzzle piece.” Silverstein writes for an audience of young children so by making…

Because there are lots of different languages in the world, there comes with it times of opposition. What does that mean? Even the slightest difference in connotation of a word can make the world of a difference. Changing of a word’s connotation due to no direct translation, can completely destroy the origin of the word. Every language has their own ways of how they mean words, how they understand words, and how they are going to use these words in everyday life. In Ethan Watters’ article, “The…