Mixed language

established based on the Cognitive-Emotional Theory of language development. The relationship between cognition and emotional development can be traced back to Erik Erikson, Anna Freud, and Selma Fraiberg. Current proponents for this theory include child psychiatrist Stanley Greenspan and his colleague Serena Wieder (Nelson, 2010). This theory acknowledges that nature and nurture cannot be individually accepted as the sole influence for language acquisition, but rather their combined…

the interesting features of adolescent language and the subsequent attitudes towards them, mainly from the realm of adulthood. Adolescent language appears to experience the most change compared to the language use of either younger children or older speakers, and this is likely due to the idea that around the time of puberty, individuals undergo a large and impactful social change, as their environments, attitudes and stimuli change. As a result, teen language comes to be linked to social change…

any literary artifact is translated from one language to another, the artifact itself is changed. The myriad of nuanced and connotative meanings that can be employed by a speaker of any language are often impossible to translate literally into another language. Any translator is forced into recognizing this dichotomy. They must separate what the author is saying apart from the ideas his words stand to represent. In rewriting a story in another language, the translator, in order to preserve the…

The use of proper language, a skill so difficult to learn, but when mastered, reaps a great deal of power. As hyperbolic as it sounds, incorporating proper language in our writing and speaking can be very influential in advocating ideas towards a community. “As a speaker, [you] have some influence on the extent to which others see you as having authority (Smith 13). To gain authority over an audience, one must write and speak with confidence, to be skilled enough to use proper grammar, complex…

headphones on they let you hear some different sounds and you are to raise your hands to let them know you can hear them. Which then they will let you know if you have good hearing or bad. There are 3 types of hearing such as conductive, sensorineural, and mixed of the both these are different areas of the ear that might be causing the hearing loss. Over all this machine is a good devise that can help anyone that feels that they might have problems hearing. This observation was very interesting…

the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, language and culture influence each other. Benjamin Whorf and Edward Sapir claims that language determines our perceptions of the world (Denham & Lobeck, 2010). Different languages shape up the world in different ways and that could mean that they think of the world in a different way. Language is also maintained to convey culture and without that, both language and culture will die off. Imagine a world where everyone perceives that one language is better than…

One of Franklin D. Roosevelts most promote quotes state “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. This statement is very true. In chapter two the author focus on conquering the fear of public speaking. “Fear of public speaking is part of an overall social anxiety called communication apprehension. (Burke 10). The chapter mentions ways a speaker can reduce stage fright and become more confidence in one’s public speaking skills. One thing the chapter suggest that in order to build…

Stylistics is an approach that is used to analyze the utilization of language in literary texts in order to occupy a better understanding of the text. Stylistic approach enforces the power and penetration of speech by examining the expressive and suggestive devices. The elements of stylistic approach such as the lexical features, the poetic point of view and the construction of characters are used to scrutinize the content of a literary work. The utilization of these elements is reflected in The…

We’re all different in one way or another. Often times, being different only means appearance or intelligence wise. But what if all letters and words had a color and texture? Mia Winchell, 13 years old, lives with synesthesia in a book titled A Mango-Shaped Space. Synesthesia is the crossing of two or more senses, and there are many different versions of it. She faces various struggles as she takes on the confusing life of a young girl living with synesthesia, all while juggling school work,…

Stylistic Analysis of Allama Iqbal’s Shikwa Back ground: According to Bassnett and Gundy (1993) “Literature is a high pint of language practice; debatable it makes the best skill a language user can express. Anyone who wants to obtain a thoughtful knowledge of language that goes away from the useful will read literary texts in that language.” Usually, literature is look upon to be the privilege of definite people who are capable with certain ability and understanding literature. Literature is…