Phonology

This process can also be described as the major components of language which include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. In addition, the readings mention how second language acquisition, in young children, is actually very similar to how they acquired their first language. And lastly, in Beaty, language strategies are…

Deaf Culture What is Deaf Culture? The Deaf Culture consists of a multiple deaf communities, language, and deaf identities in the DEAF-WORLD. There are about 70 million deaf people in the world today, and around 400 different sign languages around the world. (FINISH!!!) There is one Deaf Culture but many deaf communities around the world. "Deafness is a cultural identity." (Catherine O 'Brien, Crystal Kroner, & Peggy Placier (2015) Deaf Culture and Academic Culture: Cultivation…

LONG’S INTERACTION HYPOTHESIS Interaction Hypothesis of Long is an extension of the Input hypothesis. Long (1983, 1985) argued that in addition to simplification and contextual clues, input can becomes comprehensible also through modifying the interactional structure of conversation. Such modifications take place when communication is not successful; therefore, the participants in the communication start to negotiate to look for solutions to the problem. “As they negotiate, they work…

Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), also known as developmental apraxia of speech (DAS), is a childhood speech sound disorder caused by the impairment of the motor movements of the articulators related to speech production. This impairment impacts the coordination and accuracy of the muscles used to coordinate the speech production (Vinson, 2001). This disease differs from dysarthria, which impacts the execution of the utterance instead of the planning and programming of the speech movement. The…

For decades, languages have been changed all the time, because of conquest, migration, trade and so on. Through those ways, speakers of one language would be brought into contacting with speakers who speak different languages. In some cases, people only borrow a few words from their own language to express their though; in others, a new language may be formed by people to communicate with each other. Therefore, different languages can have different outcomes. In China, this contact situation is…

Dyslexia is a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence. This reading disorder was in 1881 but the term Dyslexia was created by Rudolf Berlin. When a person has dyslexia their brain processes longer to the necessary steps to make connections. Dyslexia affects 40 million American children and adults , also people of all ethnic backgrounds. A person 's native language can play…

Research shows that if we do not help poor readers in kindergarten and first grade with phonology, they will still be poor readers in firth grade (p. 145). We must teach our children these skills in first grade, so that from second grade moving forward they can fine-tune them and gain automaticity. Shaywitz notes that we can predict by first…

The main aim of this work is to analyze the meaning of dialect levelling in the broader context of the language change. Going through specific study cases this work will identify the factors that causes dialect accommodation phenomenon and the effect that this is having on identities of local communities. Analyze geographical factors and social-psychological implication will give us a clearer picture of the dialect continue change that has been occurring in Britain, and it’s consequences.…

Introduction In recent years, there was a growing demand for more and more communication; many facilities were made in this field in order to enable people from different cultures to easily interact with each other, thanks to technological advancements. This present chapter provides a clear overview of the concepts of communicative and pragmatic competence with all its components. Also, it accounts for cross-cultural communication and its different aspects. 1. 1. Communicative…

were able to translate foreign information, a responsibility given to professional linguists. As defined by Merriam-Webster’s College Dictionary, a linguist is “a specialist in linguistics [which is] the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics” (“Linguist”).…