Linguistics Essays

Analysis of Media Text

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TMA02 The first analysed text is an article published in 2016 in Guardian: “Maria Sharapova provisionally banned from tennis after revealing failed drug tests”, written by Carpenter. (Ap...

Analysis of Obama's Speeches

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Style-Shifting in President Obama’s speeches Abstract President Obama is known to shift style during his speeches through his tenure. The style-shift of the President Obama speech can denot...

Analyze the Public Speaking Skills of Presenters

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Analyze the Public Speaking Skills of Presenters  This week assignment is based on analyzing two educational presentations that interested me.  I was able to view two ...

Basics of Hmong Phonology

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Hmong is a language that has finite resources. With most of the linguistic studies done in the late ’80s and early ‘90s, there are a limited amount of studies done about the Hmong language. ...

Comparative Analysis on Kikuyu

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Comparative Analysis on Kikuyu within the SPE and Post-SPE Framework Term Paper for Foundations of Phonology Course Introduction This paper aims at observing the data set of Kikuyu lan...

Comparison of South African and Jamaican English

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This essay will give brief linguistic descriptions of two varieties of English, one that formed in the South of Africa and the other located in Jamaica. The English of South Africa start...

Contribution of right hemisphere to language

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THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE TO LANGUAGE 10 The Important Contribution of the Right Hemisphere to Language Cheimonidou Panagiota ELTE Abstract Does the right hemisphere of the b...

Costs of Language Switching in Bilingual Sentence Processing

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This study aims to determine the cognitive costs of language switching in bilingual sentence processing....

Creation of Humour through Non-Observance of Grice Maxims in Quite Interesting TV Show

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The Creation of Humour through Non-Observance of Grice Maxims in Quite Interesting TV Show. Language and pragmatic have always been a really interesting field in which some scholars and...

Culture of multilingual students

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Annotated Bibliography Sowden, C. (2005). Point and counterpoint. Plagiarism and the culture of multilingual students in higher education abroad. ELT Journal, Volume 59/3 July 2005. doi : 10. 1093/elt...

Definitions of Styles and Learning Styles

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2.1.1.1 Definitions of Styles and Learning Styles Styles Before reviewing the literature of learning styles, it is necessary to know the definition of “styles”. The concept of “sty...

Development of Early Child Narratology

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Aims: I aim to evaluate how the structure and composition of early child narratology develops and evolves with age. To conduct this evaluation I will approach local primary schools for examples of sh...

Different kinds of motivation

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The importance of different kinds of motivation in SL learning The presence of different types of motivation can be really helpful for the language learner to achieve the best possible results in the ...

Discourse Analysis of Opening Speeches at Shangri La

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INTRODUCTION Rationale Under the growing trend towards globalization, English is known as the most preferable language used in every field of man’s life. No one can deny the usefulness of this...

Discourse of Language in Our Lives

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Discourse of Language in Our Lives Introduction When a human start living in this world, then he adopts set of rules and properties that become his identity and sometimes there are certain traits tha...

Does Age of Acquisition Have an Influence on Lexical Access and Selection in Late Bilinguals?

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Title:Does age of acquisition have an influence on lexical access and selection in late bilinguals? Introduction: This dissertation will be a critical review of data primarily ...

Does Babbling Have a Linguistic Purpose?

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Babbling has no linguistic purpose and is merely motor activity resulting from the opening and closing of the mouth and jaw. Examine this claim in light of cross-linguistic evidence, paying parti...

Effects of Bilingualism on the Acquisition of a Third Language

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An analysis of the effects of bilingualism on the acquisition of a third language. Literature review The study of third language acquisition combines two fields which have in p...

EFL learners’ confidence and fluency communication

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Research Method Major Assignment Autumn Term Design for my own research project Introduction The topic area of this research is EFL learners’ confidence and fluency ...

Explicit Versus Implicit Instruction in Second Language Acquisition

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Literature Review Samah Alzayadi Cornerstone University Explicit Versus Implicit Instruction in Second Language Acquisition Grammar instruction has ...

Four quartets

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“Four Quartets” in the Light of Eliot’s Critical Theory “Four Quartets” is one of the most serious and longest poems of T S Eliot. It is very much philosophical in its...

Garden-path Model Andlexicalist Constraints-based Model of Sentence Processing

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What are the main claims of the Garden-Path Model and the Lexicalist Constraints-Based Model of sentence processing? How are these claims supported by empirical evidence? Introduction ...

Gender Differences in Word Processing

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Gender Differences in Word Processing Abstract Word processing is essential for people to express and communicate their thoughts and feelings in order to establish social and i...

History and Application of Translation

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 L. Saunders 1. History of translation Language is the most important process in people s lives either if it’s written, spoken or non-verbal. People would not be able to socialize or interac...

Humanistic language teaching

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Argumentative Essay A beneficial method: Humanistic Language Teaching Nowadays, a great variety of teaching methods and techniques are known and used in the fields of universal education and language ...

Impact of Linguistic Imperialism

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The imposition of the colonizers’ language on the natives has been instrumental in the colonial process. In this essay, my aim is to explore how the English language was intrinsic to the expans...

Interlanguage & Developmental Sequence Analysis

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Part 1: Developmental Sequence Developmental Sequence of Focus: Question Formation Line Statement Developmental Stage ...

Irregular verbs

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How do native English children acquire irregular verbs? The process of how children acquire their first language is a widely investigated phenomenon. Some researchers and experts agree that every chi...

Issues of Conversation Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE WAYS IN WHICH CA AND CDA FOCUS ON DISCOURSE AT A LEVEL THAT IS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF RHETORICAL AGENTS “Conversation Analysis (Sacks, 1995; Sacks, Schegloff, a...

Language Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment: A Chilean Perspective

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Chapter One Introduction   The purpose of this chapter is to present the current study. This introduction has been divided into four sub-sections: overview, aims of the study, ...

Language teaching methods

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Language teaching methods The debate concerning language teaching methods has a long tradition. Although there is language teaching in all countries, many countries developed their own language pedag...

Learning a second language

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1 Can learning an L2 cause L1 attrition? Attrition is the non-pathological, not age-related loss of a language. Speakers learning a second language often experience a change in the way they process t...

Learning strategies and styles

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Chapter Two Literature Review 2.1 Learning Strategies Learning strategies are steps taken by students to enhance their own learning. Strategies are especially important for language learning bec...

Learning styles in language learning

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Chapter 2 Literature Review In this chapter, the author briefly reviewed the literature related to this study. notion of learning styles including definition of the key terms, categories of learning s...

Leon's Theory of Language Development

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The learning process of language in children is shaped by the social phenomena that the child is immersed in, where these social phenomena be non-verbal or verbal dyadic or polyadic interactions bet...

Linguistic Case Study of Adriana

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Introduction    The Spanish language is currently spoken by almost 500 million people. This includes native speakers and individuals that speak Spanish as a second-lan...

Linguistics and The Evolution of Human Language

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Humans are the only animals that have a formal vocal language. They instinctively realize that their language is unique among all the forms of biological communication, but what do they mean by that?...

Linguistics Essays - William Labov

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William Labov’s narrative analysis differs from some of the earlier approaches in that his method focuses on oral narrative instead of written text. William Labov’s narrative analysis differs from...

Literacy and Discourse In Our Society

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Literacy and Discourse In Our Society  Something often overlooked in the world around us is the effect literacy has on people’s lives. Literacy is often defined as someone’s...

Literature Review of Language Learning Strategies

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Chapter 1 Literature Review of Language Learning Strategies 1.1 Introduction Research into language learning strategies began in the 1960s, particularly , development in cognitive psychology...

Literature review on learning styles

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Chapter 2 Literature review on learning styles 2.1 Background of learning styles Learning styles have received considerable attention in recent years. There are more than 20 style dimensions that have...

Malay Speech Corpus

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CHAPTER 3 MALAY SPEECH CORPUS 3.1 Introduction The knowledge related to the structure of the rules and grammar for any language must be understood in depth prior to the development of any Automati...

Memory and Language Acquisition

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Memory and language acquisition Abstract The study of second language acquisition through the analysis of the language learners mental process and strategies seeing how researchers investigate on lang...

Monolingual and bilingual childre

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Developmental differences between monolingual and bilingual children The first language acquisition of infants is an astonishing and remarkable phenomenon on its own. It is unbelievable what knowledg...

Nature and Nurture in Language Acquisition

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There is a constant debate about the impact nature and nurture has on language. One of the topics is how children learn a language. I intend to answer the question: How do children learn and acquire language through nature, nurture, or a combination of both?...

Neuroprocessing, Linguistics, and Cognitive Approach to Deciphering Whistles

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Abstract Of the thousands of languages in the world, the whistling language is one of the most fascinating forms or langauge. The whistling langauge is an antient practice of communicati...

Organization Development

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Executive Summary Organizational development process is considered to be an integral part of an organization, its strategic formulation and managing day-to-day activities. Considering these aspect...

Plagiarism and student's cultural differences

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Plagiarism And Student’s Cultural Differences Are Not Directly Connected In Higher Education Plagiarism is a serious issue to consider in higher education. Cultural values definitely play an imp...

Prototype Theory

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PROTOTYPE THEORY and DEFINITIONS: THE ROLE OF BASIC FACTORS, LEARNT KNOWLEDGE and CULTURE – a small-scale empirical study – 1. Introduction The purpose of the present empirical research p...

Realisation of Vowel Sounds in Different Australian Languages

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Describe how an aspect of grammar (eg. phonology, transitivity, tense, possession, noun classes) is realised in three Australian languages, comparing their similarities and differences. ...

Regional Differences in English Accents

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INTRODUCTION Foreign learners of English go to the United Kingdom to practice their knowledge; but when they are there, they realize that it is not the same pronunciation they have learn...

Rhetorical Evaluation of President Trump’s Attack on the Four Congressional Women

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Abstract  President Trump recently came under fire due to some controversial tweets made July 14, 2019, in which he insinuated that four Democratic Congresswomen of color, three of ...

Role of Language Policy and Planning and Language Revitalisation

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With reference to one of the minority languages within the British Isles, discuss the role of language policy and planning and language revitalisation.     One of the flo...

Role of Speech-Language Pathologists in Treatment of Individuals with Craniofacial Syndromes/Anomalies

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Speech therapy that is successful for children with cleft lip and palate involves collaboration among the speech-language pathologist (SLP) (e.g., school, hospital, private clinic, etc.), the cle...

Sentence Processing in Chinese-Amercan Bilinguals

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The main topic of the study is how bilinguals process sentences in terms of structure and function....

Sociolinguistics as a Way of Adjustment in Conversation

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INTRODUCTION This study is aiming to examine how different strategies and processes are used in sociolinguistics as a way of adjustment of the writer’s manner of address in relation to his or he...

Spoken language versus written language

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Spoken vs. written language Not so long time ago, the written language played much bigger role in second language learners’ life than the spoken language. According to Brown (2000) “Today ...

Spoken language vs written language

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Thes is statement: It is more difficult to understand the spoken language than the written language for some reasons. Annotated Bibliography Ridgway, T. (2000). Listening strategies- I beg your pa...

Stephen Krashen and Second Language Acquisition

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Linguist Stephen Krashen was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1941. Krashen is well known for his second language acquisition theories. According to Dr. Kathy Escamilla and Elizabeth Grassi of the University of Colorado, Krashen was a close follower of the works of linguist Norm Chomsky....

Strategical approach of comprehension

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Disadvantages of the Strategical Approach of Comprehension For students of English, it is listening comprehension that usually seems to be the hardest to master among the different skills of language ...

Study of the New York Accent

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Amanda Bjork Why Do They “Tawk” Like Dat? A Brief Study of the New York City Accent New York can easily be called the biggest collection of villages in the world, a melting pot of nearly all th...

Study on Orthographic Markers at the Beginnings of Words

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Study on Orthographic Markers at the Beginnings of Words  Abstract The disyllabic verbs which have iambic stress and nouns which have trochaic stress in context of Australi...

Stuttering in Relation to Speech Production

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IntroductionStuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is delivered in broken repetitions, abnormal stoppages, or prolongations. According to the Stuttering Foundation unu...

Syntactical Structure Of The Language Of Law

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1. Introduction Legal language. Once an almost magical language of words of stipulation and oaths that should have impressed its subjects and submit them in awe to its absolute obedience. Now, it ...

The Change Kaleidoscope

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The Change Kaleidoscope was produced by Hope Hailey & Balogun (2002) to be a method for pulling together and arranging the extensive variety of logical highlights and usage choices that require thought amid change. ...

The Future of British Sign Language

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The future of British sign language: Towards one variety or a variety of languages. When discussing the future of British Sign Language we must first define sign language and British Sign Language (BS...

The House of the Spirits

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How is humour used to unravel the natures of the main characters and why is it used for the main theme of social injustice in Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits and Ferdinand Oyono’...

The Importance of Sociolinguistics

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Sociolinguistics is the study of the relation between language and society. The objective of Sociolinguistics is to study the consequences of the language used on societies, in many theoretical perspectives, it has been observed that language and society are mutually constitutive....

The Importance Of Translating Messages

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One of the main concerns of translation studies is the problem of accuracy: how much freedom the translator is allowed when interpreting a text from one language into another; whether he/she has to co...

The importance of vocabulary knowledge

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Introduction CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and motivation The aim of the present thesis is to investigate the relationship between EFL learners’ depth and breadth of vocabulary knowledge...

The Influence of Accent Familiarity on Rater Behavior in L2 Speech Assessment

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INTRODUCTION Rater training has long been considered the panacea for variance in speech assessment ratings. For decades, large-scale language testing organizations have used human raters...

The Origins of Human Language & Communication

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Language has been an ever changing tool used by animals, humans specifically, to communicate and express thoughts, desires, and notions throughout the world dating back to the earliest moments of...

The Process of Literary Translation

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2.1 Literary Translation Translation process is an artistic communication between the author, the translator and the reader and the words used by the translator constitutes the major part in the pro...

Thought and Language

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In the field of linguistic theory, the relation between thought and language is still an emerging topic of discussion. Different linguists and psychologists stand on different views and continued thei...

Treatment Methods of Auditory Comprehension in Individuals with Aphasia

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Understanding language is significant to social reciprocity within family, peer groups, professional settings, and everyday society. When an individual is diagnosed with aphasia, specifically Wer...

Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Example essay. Last modified: 27th Jun 2017

Related researches in China In China, researches on students’ learning styles have attracted a lot of researchers to this area. The most impressive researches are conducted by Wang Churning (198...

What is Linguistics?

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The mighty one creates an extraordinary perfect creature among the other creatures that is called human. Human being has a highly developed brain since Adam who is the first mankind came to the earth....

Why Is English Considered a Global Language?

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This project aims to show us why the English known as a global language and why other languages do not have this ability. Also introduce some other languages such as Chinese that can be replaced with English and their capability of being a global one....