combinations include actions, emotions, and colors. One Hundred Live and Die uses the game of language to leave the meaning of the work open for interpretation from the viewers and allows room for conversation. One Hundred Live and Die is a large wall installation that is 118 x 132 1/4 x 21 inches, consisting of neon tubing mounted on four metal monoliths. The intense neon words make it…
Language is an intimate human characteristic in which many doors open due to the aspects of carrying the many tongues of the world. Language is recognized as the form of expression humans communicate with. It is the speech that increases the ability to find identity of one and create the personal connection. It is the bittersweet knowledge of being to exchange within one identity to another due to language. Language is an internal connection with the personality of the one. Language is intimate…
Who would have known that the language of Native Americans, created hundreds of years before the founding of our nation, would prove to be one of America's greatest secret weapons? The Japanese cracked every code that the Army and Navy came up with, but not the Navajo code. Navajo is a spoken language handed down orally from generation to generation. The Code Talkers created a system of native words to represent characters of the English alphabet so that they could spell out English words that…
A language teacher in elementary school helped to diversify my reading and introduced the power of critical thinking. She would have us read a chapter from a literature and discuss it in detail for weeks before forming any kind of judgment. Every now and then…
Once again the metaphor of a “wave” and “flood” are used to appeal to the audience how this has also become an overwhelming issue. US Official News reports, “school districts across America are bracing for an unmanageable wave of these children flooding into their schools in upcoming weeks”(Washington: Illegal Immigrant Kids May Overwhelm U.S. Schools 8). The author uses specific word choice…
phrases in speech or writing. The author has a formal tone in his writing. For example when the author said, “A rational, intelligent, objective person would say that this is simply a mixture of food particles…”(Dinner Dandruff) he sounded smart and official. This is because of his word choices like “rational” or “objective person”. If the author used words like “smart” or “unbiased” he would not sound as intelligent in his writing. This would give him a different style of writing. Syntax…
Surrounding: room size, lighting, decorations, furnishing. Body language (kinetics): facial expressions, gestures, postures. Sounds (paralanguage): voice note, volume, speech rate, whistling. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION In written communication, written signs or symbols are used to communicate. A written message may be…
speak, it is crucial for others or the audience to grasp what is important about the speaker through first impressions. This allows people to evaluate the speaker and help connect with them so that they can associate with the story being told. Body language, demeanor, and mannerisms allow people to read the speaker’s emotions so that they can get an accurate impression about him. This impression is affirmed by confidence portrayed while a person engages his audience. In literature, impressions…
insignificant as a single word, with which they can find a personal connection. One word that has personal significance to me is “pretentiousness”. “Pretentiousness” is a noun, originating from the French “prétention”. Its first form in the English language appeared in the mid 19th century as “pretension”. “Pretentiousness” holds significance to me because it is ingrained in the way I probably present myself and in almost everything that holds my interest . Pretentiousness, by literal…
Does the language unite or separate people? This issue is very complicated, I think. There are many countries and nations throughout the world. The world speaks different languages. Even in one country there may be many different languages, for example in Russia. There are accents, which are blurred depending on the region. Or even several official languages can exist in one country, for example, in Switzerland people speak three different languages - Italian, German and French. People often say…