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…
may have a slight difference in meaning, but they all go back to one concrete word. For example, the word mentioned previously,” Nui” is a Hawaiian word and its meaning is “big great, grand, important.” According to, the Webster Dictionary significant means, “Large enough to be noticed or have an effect.” In my own definition, I consider it to be “of worth and have great impact.” There holds much power to this simple word; it can change something or someone with its use. We can see significance…
Formal language or formality is one of aspect in style. In terms of formality, Dewaele & Heylighen (1999) stated that different situational and personality factors are examined which determine the degree of formality in linguistic expression. The differences in using languages, both formal and informal, is called a difference register (Thornborrow and Wareing, 1998). Cyrstal (1991) defines register as "a variety of language defined according to its use in social situations." So, register is…
In an Oxford dictionary, there are around 171,000 words with each word meaning a unique meaning. There are words that mean good and bad that differ from books to everyday conversation. Censorship in Literature is not necessary because it changes the historical setting, defeats the freedom of speech idea to writers, and hinders the challenge of becoming a responsible reader. As time progresses, words tend to change its meaning since it is used in different ways. history. As Carrey Webb stated,…
challenges and only read two words incorrectly. Her current level of instructional/frustration was reading the second passage The First Snow. The passage was more challenging for Carmen to read, her reading was choppy,…
Just like selecting words for vocabulary instruction there are many different philosophies of ways in which is consider teaching high quality vocabulary instruction. The two I am going to highlight on Marzano and Graves. Dr. Robert Marzano suggest that there are 2,800 basic vocabulary terms students should know. He suggest placing those terms into semantic clusters. That means teacher places words that are related together, in order to build scaffolding. Then from those words the teacher can…
rate was 12 words correct per minute (WCPM). The average first grader reads 30 WCPM at mid-year…
Barbara Jane Reyes, no doubt, has a way with words as an accomplished poet. In her poem, “dear love,” she shows the reader how diction can reveal more than what appears on the surface. She chooses specific words to let the reader get as close as possible to the feelings behind them. This annotation will analyze Reyes’ use of diction in three clear examples, and how the chosen words may affect readers. Additionally, the possible use of alternate words and their probable effects will be explored.…
To begin this lesson I will give a brief overview of the focus wall with what we discussed yesterday. Today we will be focusing on the essential question. Then we will talk about the sight word go and our letter we are working with this week is C/c. I will ask a few brief questions from the class about the material. Guided Practice: 1. Oral language 1. I will read Franklins Neighborhood to the class on the rug. I will remind the students that this week we are learning about places we go…
discussed in class. 4. The introductory paragraph is interesting. I would suggest adding more descriptive words on how you felt at the time. 5. The essay does not have any stray sentences. The paper stays on topic throughout the story. I cannot technically say that it follows the thesis since I have trouble pinpointing the location of the thesis. 6. I believe you should add a little more descriptive words in the second paragraph. I want to know more about how you felt when your mom left and how…