Linguistic Society of America

The notion of identity is considered to be part and parcel of the postcolonial literary accounts, as it negotiates the status of the postcolonial individual. Thus, language that plays a crucial role in transmitting and expressing one’s thoughts and values has always been at the core of the postcolonial writings. Postcolonial feminist writers deal with the issue of language as a fundamental aspect of cultural identity in their literary accounts with its range of disciplines. Moreover, the…

their minds.” Mr. Luntz appears to echo this same sentiment, as evidenced by his affinity for “1984” author George Orwell. Who in the words of Lemann “presented the manipulation of language as one of the scariest features of a totalitarian society.” Which is to say that feelings, being a stronger influence in relation to perception than fact or logic, can be manipulated by those with a greater understanding of language and the emotions they…

Penelope Eckert is a linguistics and anthropology professor at Stanford University (736). Sally McConnell-Ginet is an emeritus linguistics professor at Cornell (736). They argue children learn gender by a certain age, and they assert that American culture is deeply rooted in the gender dichotomy in “Learning to Be Gendered”. We are born biologically male or female; that 's what our chromosomes say. Whether they are XX or XY we are born that way. However, biological sex and gender are different.…

Italian is also a member of the Romance group of the Indo-European language family. The Italian language is more similar to the Latin language than any other Romance language, which makes sense because Latin originated in Italy. Latin was just one of several Indo-European languages in Italy. As a group, these languages are sometimes referred to as the Italic languages. The other Italic languages include Faliscan, Osean, Umbrian, and Venetic. The Italian language derives mainly from Vulgar Latin,…

Spoken and written language differs depending on the context they are used. This is because the meaning differs depending on the environment. Thus, the English used in education systems is usually different from that used in family life. Culture has an impact on the language used in the different contexts. For example, students in the same class may have different pronunciation of words due to cultural interferences. The written language and the spoken language also vary within the same context.…

AIRFound.org is an African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation founded in 2000. The foundation focuses on trying to help African immigrants easily transition to the American society. The official representatives of the organization are Dr. Wanjiru Kamau (Founder), Ms. Waheeda Shakoor (Board Chair), Mrs. Busy Graham, Ms. Margaret Marville, Mr. Paul Pumphrey, Ms. Linda Carew, Ms. Regina Wesley, Ms. Asteria Hyera, Mr. Okwy Enekwe and Ms. Gathoni Kamau. Their mission is to create an oasis and a…

bilingualism should not be looked down upon but, be accepted. In America, society has taught us to think of language diversity as a negative instead of a positive condition. Nieto believes that language diversity should not be looked upon as a handicap but rather as a resource. She says, “Rather than continuing to view linguistic diversity as a problem to be corrected, teachers can learn to think of it as an asset for classrooms and society in general.” In other words there is nothing wrong with…

Christopher Hitchin’s “Old Enough to Die” revealed, shockingly, that America executes more juveniles than any country that we know of. To me, this appears to highlight Plato’s fear: opinion over knowledge. Owen Jones’ “The Establishment” concurs by painting a picture of various British institutions holding disproportionate…

What does society see when encountering a woman? It is a strong, independent, wise person capable of standing up for herself or a delicate, weak, dumb person who needs a man in order to survive? Sadly, it is the latter. Since the beginning of dawn society has perceived women as delicate, frail and dumb, whether it is now or back then little has changed about the stereotype. Thus, making stereotyping one of the main issues affecting young women today. The stereotype manipulated by society itself…

“Indigenous peoples' is a collective name for the original peoples of North America and their descendants. Often, ‘Aboriginal peoples' is also used. The Canadian Constitution recognizes three groups of Aboriginal peoples: Indians (more commonly referred to as First Nations), Inuit and Métis. These are three distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs.” (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada). Aboriginal people are comprised of about 4.3% of the…