Linguistics

neutral accent putting aside or modifying their regional accents so students can understand them better and becoming “role models” for the children. She bases her argument mainly in a research done by Dr Alexander Baratta on which he states that this “linguistic prejudice” is unhealthy for our culture (2016). Throughout the article, Hanley (2016) says that “there is, increasingly, one acceptable way to be in society, and that is to be middle class and from the south-east of England”. This is…

The issue of dialect and education and, in particular, what dialect is correct to use in the classroom has generated a debate in schools. “Linguistic research defines a dialect, or language variety, as a variety of a language that is associated with a particular regional or social group.” Contrary to popular belief, dialect is not a lesser or ungrammatical way of speaking. All dialects are logical even though they may vary in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary (Godley, Sweetland, Wheeler,…

subjects, eg pupils, parents, teachers (eg class and ethnic differences; language and literacy skills; teachers‟ stereotypes).  The research contexts and settings (eg classrooms; pupils‟ homes; staffrooms).  The sensitivity of researching the role of linguistic deprivation in educational underachievement (eg policy and resource implications for schools; the centrality of literacy in the curriculum; victim blaming and stigmatisation; parental consent; school reputation). Self-completion…

When I registered for the course, I was in the process of signing up for classes I had to take. I didn’t have a choice in most of them, so I didn’t do much research into what each lesson plan held. However, during our first day, I was pleasantly surprised by the goal of the class – learning about literary criticism and, more importantly, the theories that went along with it. I felt confident because I already had experience in these fields, and this class would just throw me into the deep end of…

Penelope Eckert’s paper Linguistic Variation as Social Practice seeks to investigate the social dynamics within the male/female and jock/burnout matrix, as well as the linguistic qualities each subset expresses and compare it to the linguistic variables in the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, which is comprised of the following phonological qualities include the raising of /æ/, the fronting of /ɑ/, the lowering of /ɔ/, the backing and lowering of /ɛ/, the backing of /ʌ/, and the lowering and backing…

Similar concerns were the topic of the 1955 yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (Smudde, 94). Kenneth Burke used his invitation to the volume to develop his own theory of education through his essay, “Linguistic Approach to Problems of Education” (Cahill). Based on this work, scholars have developed varied visions of Burkean pedagogy as well as methods for achieving educational goals. While Burke’s focus on admonition and textual criticism may not appeal…

culturally competent. I first reflected on my awareness and ability to recognize cultural differences but realized I have a long way to go in continuing to educate myself about cultural competent practices. My Analysis: The reading “Cultural & Linguistic Competence in Health Promotion Training: Cultural Competence Continuum” states, “Cultural competence is a developmental process that evolves over an extended period of time. Both individuals and organizations are at various levels of…

ideas contribute towards the modern linguistics. Ferdinand de Saussure was responsible for the systematic study of language and he was also responsible for the three directions in the study of language and involve the branches of linguistic diachronic and synchrony and he contributed on the idea of the sign which includes the signifier and the signified. Ferdinand who was the father of linguistics came up with this ideas which contributed towards the modern linguistics. He also spoke of the idea…

Evolution, Physical & Linguistic Anthropology Evolution is defined by Charles Darwin as a process in which “organisms develop or diversify from an early simple form to that of more recent or complex form.” (Than, K. 2015). Physical anthropology is the study of how those living organisms evolve over the course of history. These physical anthropologists investigates evolution by examining artifacts, fossils, and other remains that have been left behind, in order to understand the differences in…

Ferdinand De Saussure was considered a linguistic prodigy who specialized in the teachings of structuralism and semiotics. He believed that we do not speak language, but language speaks us. Specifically, Saussure (1916) argued against the “default setting” that is nomenclature, stating “for some people a language, reduced to its essentials, is a nomenclature: a list of terms corresponding to a list of things” (p. 97). I am arguing in Saussure’s defense against nomenclature by highlighting his…