Linguistics

These attitudes may present problems for students who are perceived as speaking in a stigmatized variety. It can be harmful for teachers to base their impressions of students on linguistic ability over other sources of information. It is quite easy to place an immediate judgement on students without considering a variety of their demonstrated capabilities. It is imperative that teachers realize that all pupils have strengths and weaknesses…

Structuralism can be described as a critical movement of literature that studies how elements of a text can be understood more efficiently by examining its relationship to the overall composition of a text. Ferdinand de Saussure, the “father of modern linguistics” (845) is a prominent critic in the Structuralism movement. The understanding of Saussure’s theory in Structuralism will be examined using mathematical examples and applied to interpret The Great Gatsby. Saussure’s theory of literature…

Phonetics is often defined with respect to phonology. Both disciplines are concerned with the sound medium of language. Phonology is concerned with the pattering of sounds in a language (and in language in general), and is thus comparable to areas of linguistics such as syntax and morphology which deal with structural elements of language at other levels. Phonetics is more centred on the way those structural elements are "realised" in the world, through movements of the speech organs which…

behind languages—knowing that two words can refer to the same referent, each language has its own set of words and sounds, and the two languages are meant to be separate from one another, to name a few—allows people to better understand the deep linguistic capability of…

significantly as a result of looking at the words used by the poet, particularly about their interconnection and the deviant grammatical and graphological elements. Analysis of lexical features is therefore, a better point to start with a detailed linguistic analysis. This in turn, contributes to the effects of overall meaning that the poem carries. 4.1.1 Lexical level At lexical level we see the lexical choose many single lexical items, mostly noun used here in the poem which create a sense of…

in which languages develop. The most important transmitter of culture is Language. It is clear that the language used by a culture primarily expresses that culture’s interests and concerns. After discovering a previously unknown civilization, Linguistic anthropologists have now delineated some characteristics about the Timbubba’s tribe language. Anthropology furthers our understanding of human kind. The evidence that the Anthropologists found suggests that language directly influences our…

do you bridle and saddle it? How do you make it lie down?” Reading this quote at the beginning of Anzaldua’s story conveys a great metaphorical image on what is trying to be directed to me as a reader. In the article, Anzaldua writes about “Linguistic Terrorism”. To me, this is a term that is lucid and idiosyncratic. She clarifies this term by connecting historical context to further blossom the meaning. For instance, in her story Anzaldua says, “Attacks on one's form of expression with the…

The first of these was that the emphasis of CBI on content instruction resulted in low attention to formal linguistic features such as grammar and syntax. Met (1997) stated that CBI focus was beyond grammar, but others, including Brinton and Holtens’ (2001) disagreed. They recommended that ESL teachers also needed to focus on language instruction. The second criticism…

simplified or broken substitute for spoken or written English but instead was a purposeful restructuring of English to accommodate the visual form of its communication, allowing context and subject to be communicated in a functional way. From the Linguistics Research Laboratory at Gallaudet University, William Stokoe declared American Sign Language as a legitimate language, revolutionizing perceptions of the Deaf Community and supporting the culture as a…

Sociocultural Identities. People are always wearing different identity hats in different situations. A sociocultural perspective views identity “as dynamic and constantly changing across time and space” (Norton, 2006). In addition, Holland, Lachicotte, Skinner, and Cain (1998) assert that people construct their identities within contexts of “figured worlds” or what they call “identity in practice” (p. 271). Skinner, Valsiner and Holland (2001) also indicate that “without this knowledge (of…