Linguistic rights

Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text. (http://literarydevices.net/allusion/) For instance, you make a literary allusion the moment you say, “I do not approve of this quixotic idea,”…

There are numerous things that differentiate humans from our mammalian family, one of them being our ability to utilize language. Language is a gathering of apparently random symbols that can be combined to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings (Piotrowski, 2003). Be that as it may, not all language is verbalized, for those who are deaf modifications have been made to allow them to communicate at the same level as the rest of their species, thus the creation of American Sign Language (ASL) which…

1. Experiment to test the Sapir Whorf hypothesis (relates to chapter 13) My experiment: The experiment that I would preform would be coming up with about 5 of the same words and write them in English and write them in another language. I would gather a 4 people and hand them each a stack of 10 cards containing the words written in English and the other languages. I would then ask them say what they thought the meaning was for each one and how they interpret them. I would have English speakers…

advanced toward the next level. My most recent teacher, Mr. Whitey, helped me with my ongoing battle more than any of my past teachers. At times, it seemed like I was in a boxing match with my English classes. Teachers would throw punches at me left and right. They hit me with grammar corrections, and straightened out my fragments. I always tried to dodge the punches, but unfortunately I lost most battles. After being unsuccessful with many of my fights I was determined and begun to correct my…

To find the source, I first need a subject. In this particular instance, I will be speaking of my method of research for an annotated bibliography. Finding a subject is sometimes the hardest part of the research process. Once I have a subject at hand, I begin to think about the foundation of the topic and that usually leads me to a primary source of information. The process for creating an annotated bibliography is extensive and requires much forethought on my part. I have to reach into the…

In the paper, Gunther Kress (Kress, G. 2005) analyzes the affordances and the constraints of moving from a principally print-driven society to a picture driven society. Kress bases on social semiotic hypothesis to represent significance making: Words are (relatively) empty entities-in a semiotic account they are signifiers to be filled with meaning rather than signs full of meaning, and the task of the reader is to fill these relatively vacant entities with her or his meaning. This is the task…

What if all the adults in the world turned out like the ones in Wall-E? Lazy, fat people that don’t have a job, nor a life. Trash covers the Earth. Nobody cares a smidgen about it. There are things to change it. There many things to do to prepare for adult life. There are classes to go to, interning at places, and tests to do. It is not easy becoming an adult. It is not like becoming a child. It takes guts and glory to do it. There will be classes to go to. First is elementary school. This is…

Listening to poetry being read by the poet offers a new interpretation on how the poem is supposed to be perceived and responded to by the linguistic details the reader adds to the poem. Each reader offers their own way of reading each poem. Especially while reading the poem, “Sleepless,” Vona Groarke would slow down at the end of the stanzas with especial attention to an emphasis on the last words of the poem, accenting each one deliberately. By her placing a stress on these words, she made me…

Poetry begs to be spoken; it begs to be heard. The sharing of poetry strengthens connections and brings people together. It builds community. Writing captures all of my attention, like nothing else is able to. I write down whatever makes me feel alive and hope that those words will have the same effect on others. I want my poetry to be a kaleidoscope of memories and emotions that reflects the deepest parts of my own humanity. As if the words were my blood and the paper my second skin, my writing…

''Poetry'' by Marianne Moore was very interesting. For you to understand this poem you have to break it down paragraph by paragraph to truly understand the meaning that's in this. This Poem at first was confusing I had to read it a second time to understand what's going on. The way this poem was set, it was hard to find out the meaning. I think out of all the other poems I think this one was the hardest to crack down, but the best thing out of this poem was when I finally understood it, I was…