Seven dirty words

pronounced the words as he saw it based on syntax. His visual cues were the pictures that with no words narrated what was happening in the story. When he saw a picture of chickens for example, he quickly said farm instead of the barn. Joshua carefully sounded out words that were not familiar to…

The American soldier has an affair with a woman while sharing a taxi cab in Chicago. The American soldier contracts gonorrhea. So it is clear that although love and war are major themes in the story, war is the most important theme in the story. Words like armistice, battalion, Arditi, and anaesthetic are war terminologies. War vocabularies are mentioned in every paragraph of the short story. Love refers to…

Simple Sentences The adroit pianist had to problem sight reading Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique, by Beethoven. This is a simple sentence and establishes through the sentence how the word “adroit” means skilled. The sentence state that a pianist had no trouble sight reading one of the most difficult piano sonatas in the world. First of all, all musicians know that sight reading is difficult, but to show how the pianist had no sight reading one of the most difficult sonatas in…

that being hurt can be used by words or even ideas that students don't agree with. This is something that is currently happening on college campuses today. To be convinced that something like this is happening to college students two authors went ahead and found some interesting research to show that this is actually happening. In “The Coddling of the American Mind” Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt the article explains how college students are being offended with words or ideas that affect…

basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words” (Philip K. Dick, 1980). We humans can be easily manipulated by words of someone. Words can be structured to target a certain audience, where the language used is varied depending on where it is being presented. We can see this in political speeches, where certain words are used with the specific purpose to give value to the audience.…

The problem of human inequality and the divisions within human society is a big part of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” and it is still part of our society today. An example of this problem is the trial of Tom Robinson, Walter Cunningham Jr. being treated differently because of who he is, and the discrimination against black people. Our society is still dealing with this situation…

Linguistic Evidentiality in Arawan, Luchuan, and Livonian An often overlooked yet fascinating aspect of the plethora of languages spoken throughout the planet, is the information they require their speakers to provide whenever describing something. For example, in the English language, there are many nouns to describe humans that do not differentiate between male and female, like friend. However, in Spanish, if one wants to refer to someone they consider a friend, it is necessary to use either…

from all the people who were supposedly different and grow on their graves. In other words, the speaker is saying that all people are equal in the face of death and nature. Moreover, the growth of grass on top of the grave signifies the idea that souls are…

When he stated “i chafed against the word at school” it means that he was annoyed by the world and all he wanted to think about was the girl. Later when he states “ I found myself in a big hall girdled at half its height by gallery” he uses girdled to explain that the hall was cut down. Another example of unexpected word choice in the story would be when he stated “ I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity…” he uses…

The play Hamlet and the film Pontypool both share the common theme that through the use of words one can become insane. This theme is supported by the use of diction found in both works, the most notable phraseology is repetition. Throughout the play Hamlet, repetition is often seen in two characters; the play’s main protagonist Hamlet, and a side character Polonius. During the play, Hamlet encounters his deceased father’s ghost who relays to Hamlet that he was murdered. After hearing this he…