Spoken word

The cognitive connectionism theory can be used to describe Amanda’s language development. In this theory “language is learned, not innate. It relies on generic cognitive information-processing and pattern-recognition mechanisms” (Wolf-Nelson, 2010, p.61). In this theory children use cognitive abilities such as attention, perception, working memory and retrieval to receive information form their environment and construct language competence by using information processes and language. In this…

deviating from ordinary writing , he ignores the capitalize in his writing to create effectiveness on an audience . on the other hand , how the poet describes love is thicker , love is an emotional expression but the word thicker is described to a touched things , his choosing this word means that cummings has another meaning in his mind. he materialized love for certain purpose maybe to create a new meaning . briefly he broke the maxims of Grice to not give the exact meaning, the poet here is…

Society discriminates those who are deemed “different”, thus, society discriminates immigrants. In her essay “Mother Tongue”, Amy Tan shares her and her mother’s personal experiences with discrimination after moving to the United States from China. She believes that immigrants who cannot speak perfect English are unfairly judged. Non-immigrants need to understand the hardships that are faced by people who move to different countries. Speaking about discrimination, Tan utilizes parallelism,…

Language is a critical factor in a child’s development (Spilt, Kooman & Harrison, 2015). Language itself is a mixture of sound, words, images and gestures used in contexts full of objects, sounds, actions and interactions (Hayes, 2011). All language, whether it be written or verbal, arises from cultural and social contexts and is understood by people in terms of their own social and cultural backgrounds (Green 2006). The purpose of this essay is to show that language can have different roles in…

government continues to pay for obesity victims’ medications, then they won’t have any “incentive” to improve their eating habits (397). I believe that “incentive” is such an impactful word because it inspires good deeds as it means inspiring someone to do something good. Blako uses the word incentive instead of some common words like motivation or spur to make his statement more powerful. Balko also uses phrases like, “A society where everyone is responsible for everyone else’s well-being is a…

My ideal grade level for teaching would be first grade. In first grade, students are still learning the basics of reading and writing. I believe in first grade is a big transition from kindergarten because students begin to read fluently and comprehend what they are reading. I believe the big goals in first grade are to read simple stories and write about a topic that that means a lot to them. Teachers can do this by using different teaching strategies throughout the school year, with centers…

sample because it is in an environment she is used too with someone she knows. SEMANTICS Semantics is the study of word meaning. For her age she is one track with her word order. She successfully demonstrates that she is able to place words in Agent + Action, Action + Object,…

The course, “Common Usage Errors” shows that often these mistakes come into play because of commonly confused word pairs, commonly misused words or idiomatic use of prepositions. Commonly confused words can sound very similar or have a meaning that is close to another word – for example, affect or effect. Combining verbs, nouns, or adjectives with prepositions can also be confusing because their meanings can change depending on context and…

ideas that can be visualized. He uses certain words that are playful while also using words that have a clearly negative connotation to tell this story between a father and son. Other times, there is ambiguity in the phrases he chooses. Even the rhythm of the poem can have different meanings to different people. It all depends on which words stand out to the reader. One way the poem can be read, is positively. Words such as romped and waltzing. The word romped gives the imagery of happy dancing…

meaning of the words even if they can hear the words. These barriers are to be avoided in the business community and if you can identify them, then you can avoid them and present a good speech. The six barriers are discussed below. One of the barrier is when you use a word that has been overused and has loose its meaning even though it is a clever word. This type of barrier is called cliché and it is the use of common words which people assume their common meaning…