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he uses, “Made-up words, hot-wired words, words found only in the footnotes of medical dictionaries, words usable only within the context of classical rhetoric, home-chemistry words, mathematician words, philosopher words... nouning verbs, verbing nouns, creating less a novel of language than a brand-new lexicographic reality. But nerdlinger... (to use another Wallace phrase)... can be an empty practice indeed. You need sentences to display-case the words (NYT).” Wallace neologized the…

Paul Laurence Dunbar is a poet that was an African-American poet who was born in 1872. His parents were both freed slaves from Kentucky, he wrote stories about their plantation life. At the young age of fourteen he had one of his first poems published in the Dayton Herald. Dunbar did not attend college and took a job as an elevator operator. He self published his first book of poetry, Oak and Ivy in 1893. He sold copies to people riding in his elevator to help pay for publishing costs. In 1895…

The adjective and noun “retarded” evokes diverse feelings in today’s society, many of them negative. However, this was not always the case. The word’s original meaning, from the early 17th century, was “held back or in check; hindered, impeded; delayed, deferred,” which was used to describe objects as opposed to people (Simpson, Weiner). It was not until almost the 20th century when “retarded” was used to describe an individual. Therefore, the meaning of retarded has changed meaning from a…

finding it difficult to come to terms with the situation he is in now; “exhausted, numb and wondering how our family, the Brennans, had ended up here.” The use of the listing of his negative feelings in conjunction to the negative connotation of the noun ‘here’, illustrates how in comparison to Daniel, Tom is still recollecting on the better times of his past and consequently he is still finding it difficult to accept his…

I am not perfect and my writing is no different. In my 1102 course I learned that I am not the best judge of my writing. When reading my essays in my head I know what I mean to say therefore, I skim over typos and grammatical errors. In addition to grammatical errors, I struggle with developing a thesis. First Draft: American entrepreneur, Jim Rohn, says that people are “average of the five people [they] spend the most time with.” Throughout Baldwin’s novel Giovanni’s Room, he conveys the…

has the ability to wash away the errors inflicted by people battle after battle. As if the battle never even happened, nature takes its toll and covers up for humans’ imperfections. Even the places of the battles are specifically stated as proper nouns. Stating them in this manner draws more attention to the tension between the grass and the…

Dress: noun; an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. Think of a dress, any type of dress. Maybe it’s a lavender sundress, billowing in the summer breeze while she. Perhaps it’s an elegant black ball gown, draped from head to toe complimenting her hourglass figure. It might be a little red cocktail dress, short and sweet but ready for a night out on the town,. Dresses are clothing items made to look elegant and dazzling, to make others feel envious.…

'To Autumn ' consists of three eleven-line stanzas, each containing the sights, smells and sounds of an Autumn scene. Each stanza has a different subject matter, following a chronological sequence. The poem is written in rather strict iambic pentameter, with only four lines in the poem breaking this structure. There are generally five iambs to each line. This methodical meter is effective as it gives the poem a lyrical, relaxed tone. Although the poem 's scene is bursting with life, it is…

During the 1980's, Noam Chomsky introduced a theory of Universal Grammar (UG), which stated that the knowledge of grammar was dependent on two components: principles, properties shared by all languages, and the parameters, the way in which these properties vary. Controversies abound with the UG model, but it does explain how all natural languages are similar in some respects and how humans are able to learn their first language as well as other languages. UG simplifies the ideas about learning a…

Living Between Two Worlds Dayton Kwok Introduction As an American born Chinese, I’ve always had to switch between using English and Chinese. This is especially exacerbated since I lived in San Francisco, a city dominated by immigrants hailing from Southern China and Hong Kong. One moment I’m using English to talk to my friends, and the next moment I’m using Cantonese to talk to my family. My native language was English, but I also learned to speak Cantonese around the same time I learned to…