Somali language

Language is defined by Merriam Webster as “The words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community”. Language is one of the most powerful tools in human communication. Through words, people shape their identities, and via speaking, people can express attitudes, feelings, and experiences to one another. Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” (1990) as well as Deena Kamel’s Toronto Star article “A Language Without Limits” (2008) both express ideas involving…

Metaphors can be Meta-free-phor-alls! The word metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. It makes the meaning that the author wants to tell more interesting and more understandable. Born in 1874, lived through many historical events, Robert Frost was one of America’s most distinguished poets, much of his poetry talk centered on the importance of metaphor. As we read, the first task is to identify the…

learned to speak two languages when I was a child my mother did not speak English so she spoke to me in Greek. I talked to her about when I first started to say words and she said my first word, Sirus, which was the name of the next-door neighbors dog was said at the 12 months. According to my mom I was very good at speaking both Greek and English growing up because my father spoke English to me. I was also put into Greek school so I could further my skills in the language and I did this until…

Beattie, G., & Sale, L. (2012). Do metaphoric gestures influence how a message is perceived? The effects of metaphoric gesture-speech matches and mismatches on semantic communication and social judgment. Semiotica, 2012(192), 77-98. Retrieved from Communication and Mass Media Complete. Evidence in the study included in the article has demonstrated that people are not only sensitive to the information contained in concrete imagistic gesture, but furthermore, that they combine this gestural…

Even though there is many dialects because of the difference communities, spanish is the primary language. “Codeswitching” is when people mix of both the English and Spanish language when communicating to one another.” When it comes to nonverbal communication, direct contact is avoided because of authority, can be aggressive with male-male contact. When it comes to space, they are a lot more physical when greeting other people, is considered rude when giving simple emotions, and is less…

Language development for infants happens in the first 2 years of life. It starts of slow, for the first 20 weeks the infant will typically make cooing sounds, and whilst cooing they will also make various vowel and consonant sounds. At 6-12 months the infant begins to babble, focuses on the phonemes, rhythm, has an intonation of language spoken in the home, and begins saying single words. 12-20 months they use word-gesture combinations combined with variations in intonation, and uses two-word…

Figurative Language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It’s very common and used frequently in poems to allow people to express abstract thoughts and emotions but also helps develop a tone. Figurative language is a great thing because it helps the reader establish a better image in their minds about what they are reading but it also creates a mood. Therefore authors use figurative language in order to engage their reader…

What I Knew: Before reading the article, I was familiar with figurative language and reading comprehension. I knew that figurative language included similes, metaphors, personifications, alliterations, hyperboles, and idioms. In grade school, I learned that a simile used words such as “like” or as” to compare one idea or object to another to suggest that they are alike, metaphors are figures of speech that compare two dissimilar things, personifications are figures of speech in which there is a…

Anyone who has the inability to produce speech can qualify for Social Security benefits, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). So how does one go about getting approved for benefits? Approval for benefits In order for someone to be approved for Social Security benefits for loss of speech, or any disability, there must be medical evidence. When a person files a disability claim, he or she is responsible for providing medical evidence for the impairment being claimed as a…

An articulation disorder occurs when an individual has trouble with producing specific sounds. For example, a person may substitute sounds or leave out parts of a word. An individual could even change part of the word or add sounds to the word. After viewing therapy for articulation disorders, I concluded that the SLP will target the specific sounds that the patient is having problems producing. For example, in this specific video clip, the child is fronting her velars, so the SLP wants to…