Linguistics

with Saussure 's claim? Ferdinand de Saussure passed away in 1913 prior to being able to publish his works, but through the collection of lectures and notes his students published his theory of linguistics in a book in 1915 entitled “A Course in General Linguistics”. Saussure suggested a theory of linguistics which has two basic principles, the first is the arbitrary nature of signs, while the second is the linear nature of the signifier. Ferdinand de Saussure suggests that…

The euphemism treadmill is a linguistic mechanism proposed to explain the continual replacement of formerly benign expressions that become pejorative, with new terms that eventually meet the same fate. Advocacy by the political correctness movement accounts for much of this cyclical euphemism generation and substitution. Researchers have sought analogies from other academic disciplines to elucidate the euphemism treadmill. This paper identifies and compares two abstractions from the science of…

want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity - I am language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself” (172). Anzaldúa believes that her ethnicity is the very thing that makes her who she is, her language. Therefore, by insulting her language, you are insulting her. Her identity is “twin skin” with how the she speaks. Linguistic identity is the ability for a person…

want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity - I am language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself” (172). Anzaldúa believes that her ethnicity is the very thing that makes her who she is, her language. Therefore, by insulting her language, you are insulting her. Her identity is “twin skin” with how she speaks. Linguistic identity is the ability for a person to speak freely…

that teachers, researchers, and linguistics think that code switching is a big blockage or lacks the learning of a language (Cole). From the discussion said by Crystal, it may be said that code switching is not an interference of any language. Code switching is used due to the deficiency of expression, code switching actually provides and help to make a continuous speech and not cause interference to any language (Crystal). Skiba also added that, “The socio-linguistic benefits have also been…

Language is a communicative system of words and symbols that are unique to humans, we develop cognition, language, and communication skills there have been many studies and theories conducted regarding the development of language in the human mind including nature vs. Nurture. Ideas support that language development is natural, while other ideas believe there are external factors. This Essay illustrates and focuses on firstly Phonological (The way sound is stored in the mind, Sound is said),…

Language and the Manual Modality : The Communicative Resilience of the Human Species by Susan Goldin-Meadow is an discussion of manual (motion based) communication amongst humans in both gestural and language-based terms, using an amalgamation of sources concerning both topics. The paper takes special care to draw distinctions between gestural modality which accompanies spoken and modal language, but has no segmental or hierarchical construction of its own, and therefore cannot be construed as a…

The Acquisition/Learning Hypothesis: In its most general version, the Acquisition / Learning Distinction Hypothesis is deemed to be the most salient all the hypotheses in Krashen's theory as well as the most recognized and valued conceptualization by most linguists and language practitioners. In practice, Krashen postulates that there are two independent systems in a second language competence: 'the acquired system' and 'the learned system'. On the one hand, the 'acquired system' or…

Mario Pei was a dedicated linguist and tried his hardest to make the community of language move on to a new chapter when he developed a new language and a book to teach everybody how to speak it. Noam Chomsky is regarded as one of the greatest linguist in history because of his contributions regarding transformational grammar. Pei and Chomsky contributed to the language community of the world in many important ways. Mario Pei’s contributions although the greatest where unsuccessful makes him a…

(1995: 9) recognises five dimensions of the problem of English in Nige¬ria: educational, political, cultural, socio-cultural and linguistic. NATIVIZATION OF ENGLISH IN NIGERIAN When a language leaves its origin, it has to undergo many sociolinguistic changes and manipulations (Ahwefeada & Ojaruega, 2009; Bamgbose, 1995). Nativization is a term now generally used in linguistics to denote the indigenisation of a language in a nonnative, second language situation (Kachru, 1992). According to…