Linguistics

given up on. Genie and Victor were easily able to perform Semantics with word identification but they failed at what truly makes language, which is grammar. These two left down Chomsky’s theory as they were never able to learn grammar and higher linguistics, it seems that language is not innate, or at least in the case of…

Formal language or formality is one of aspect in style. In terms of formality, Dewaele & Heylighen (1999) stated that different situational and personality factors are examined which determine the degree of formality in linguistic expression. The differences in using languages, both formal and informal, is called a difference register (Thornborrow and Wareing, 1998). Cyrstal (1991) defines register as "a variety of language defined according to its use in social situations." So, register is…

Dear Parents of English Language Learner Students, I want to take a moment and welcome you to the U.S. I hope that this transition will bring you lots of opportunities, joy, and health. Immigration, with all the changes and necessary adaptations to the new environment, is a challenging journey, but it is doable. I am happy to be the teacher of your children and working hard to make sure they learn and enjoy their time in my classroom. I put an unprecedented amount of time in preparing special…

Efficiency is a concept that is intuitively associated with business and economics, rather than philosophy. For most of philosophy's history, efficiency was largely untouched, and was largely secondary to the ahistorical, metaphysical and epistemological questions. In modern times, this has changed and the concept of efficiency has played an increasingly important role within the various contemporary philosophical traditions. This is no more apparent than in postmodernism. Although difficult to…

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with the American Public,” the Clinton administration became active in promoting bilingualism and programs such as “two-way bilingual instruction” for students with limited English. It seemed as if a new era was among us and the acceptance of multi-linguistic students was going to change the education world, as we knew it. But the plan did not go as well as most educators would have liked because in 1998, California voters approved Proposition 227 which was to dismiss most of the bilingual…

information about the brain is known even though there are so many researches. When the brain is examined, it can be said that it has several parts which work for particular purposes. One of these purposes is about language. So, the brain is a topic of Linguistics because of its relationship with the language. Neurolinguistics is the study of how language occurs in the brain. In other words, it is the study of the relationship between language and the brain. What is there in the Human Brain?…

Methods Section Paper: Discourse Analysis Introduction Traditional forms of mass media, such as print newspapers and broadcast television, were among the first to adopt digital opportunities afforded by the advent of the internet. The first online newspaper appeared in 1980, the same year the first successful personal computer was developed. By the mid-1990s, most news media had a digital presence, with many offering 24-hour access to content. When smartphones grew in popularity, news media were…

What is knowledge? In a layman term, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, knowledge is defined as ‘the fact or condition of having acquired a practical understanding or command of, or competence or skill in a particular subject, language, etc through instruction, study or practice skill or expertise acquired in a certain subject through learning’ (Oxford English Dictionary, 2014 Oxford University Press). On the other hand, in the sociology of knowledge, it is defined as the study of the…

In this class (Linguistics for ESL Educators), I discovered that I am an EL student myself, I was exposed to English early on, and my experience and cultural and social surroundings played an important part in acquiring the English language, which would be referred as Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) by Jims Cummins. As I entered school I learned what is known as academic English, Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALPS). As a teacher, I have understood that language is a…