Linguistics Essays

According to A. P. Martinich, an essential feature of a theory of metaphor is to place it within a general theory of language. This is for the reason that metaphor is derivative from some aspect of language use. To discuss his theory, he puts metaphor within H. P. Grice’s theory of conversation. Following Grice, he […]

Beyond its literal meaning, a particular word may have a multitude of differing underlying meanings, and this is what Stuart Hall refers to as ‘Semiotics’, except that he calls the actual word in question the ‘denotation’, and the series of meanings which that word can represent the ‘connotations’. In this essay, I will critically analyse […]

Conversational Implicature Introduction During the time doing this assignment, I accidentally brought back a memory when I was a student. My roommate was a very charming girl, who made many boys’ hearts beat. One day, a boy came to see her and said, “Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight? ” […]

Media semiotics refers to an articulate study of the dire approach in modern media studies. The study explains the concepts of signs as well as the ideological roles of media in the modern culture. This is achieved through analysis of various electronic and print media such as glossy magazines, advertisements, TV programs, daily newspapers, interactive […]

This chapter gives an overview of what this reaseach aims to achieve upon closure. It gives a summary of the background, questions, significance and expectations from the research. Background to the study Hip culture grew from Bronx, New York in the 1970s as African American youths protested percieved oppression and discrimination by whites at the […]

Text is a word that can be automatically equated to literary work or literature because the two terms seem to be interchangeable (Karnac, Harry 3). Thus, text is explained as a linguistic structure. There are two main types of texts that include primary and secondary texts. Primary texts are the ones that are written using […]

Introduction Personally, I view effective learning as a deliberate and active process. In every environment, people learn and develop best if given a purposeful opportunity to learn and share ideas in their surroundings. As an educator, this paper will explore hands-on ideas and information that can help learners both young and old to construct a […]

The planning process of terrorists can be seen as an attack cycle, making the attackers more susceptible to detection at different stages. Inadequate surveillance during this cycle exposes the attackers to a higher risk of being detected, according to Ball & Webster (2003). Therefore, surveillance plays a crucial role in the planning process. The paper […]

Poetry analysis encompasses investigating a poem’s form, content, structural semiotics and history in an informed way, with a sole goal of heightening one’s own and other’s understanding and appreciation of the work. To portray the complex relationship between the father and the son in the A story poem by Li-Young Lee, its first important to […]

Music is   the science or art of setting tones in order or having succeeding sounds or the combination of the two. Music is of great importance in my life. Living without songs and accords would not be a pleasing thing in my life. It will instead create displeasure and live non comfortable life. Listening […]

During the Nazi reign, various groups were labeled as “racially inferior,” such as Poles (with 6 million deaths – including 3 million Christians and the remaining Jewish), Seers (with an estimated death count ranging from 500,000 to 1.2 million), Bosnians (around 100,000 individuals), Soviet prisoners of war and occupied civilians like Russians and other East […]

“Oh, single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thou Susan a year. What a fine thing for our girls! ” The author is stating that since a man is single and rich, he is a perfect match for not only her girls but any. This is a […]

Montage is in the hospital, reflecting on his wife’s experience of being admitted to a machine that could clean out her brain and memory. He compares it to taking laundry to a dry cleaner, where the pockets are emptied, cleaned, and returned all in the morning. He is resentful that her mind couldn’t be cleaned […]

Kumalo, the protagonist of the novel, boards a passenger car exclusively for non-Europeans. This compartment is already occupied by individuals from his own race who are deemed less significant. The practice of segregating train cars for non-European passengers would have been acceptable in the time period depicted in the story. Nonetheless, contemporary readers may perceive […]

Entry 1. page 5“But subsequently the townsfolk. theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom problem to lock their doors. found fantasy re-creating them over and over again—those drab detonations that stimulated fires of misgiving in the blaze of which many old neighbours viewed each other queerly. and as aliens. ” I found this quotation […]

I am a Minnesotan. I have lived here all my life and may continue to do so. Stereotype me: The 10 o’clock news is my window dressing for the 10 o’clock weather (Mohr, 9). You betcha it is. Yah. I wouldn’t want you to think that I’m not happy here-it could be worse. Lutefisk. . […]

Doubles and opposites: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, (…)” In the first chapter of A Tale of Two cities, Dickens emphasizes the fact of how bad the people lived. “It was the worst of times,” due to mistreatment from the third estate. But it was also the “best […]

Thinking about the subjective nature of language, communication reflects cultural values and perspectives. It also creates or reproduces culture by naming and normalizing practices valued by the culture. We develop an appreciation for how people of different generations and cultures have viewed each of these different words and their meanings. Some women may find the […]

Hokkien is originated in the Southern region of Fujian province which is an important centre for trade and migration. From the deal, trade and migration of the people from China to overseas, the dialect has since spread beyond China and becoming one of the most common Chinese languages in the overseas. Apart from Taiwan, a […]

Standard English is an idealised variety that constitutes a set of norms associated with intellectualism, professionalism and prestige adopted by the educated speakers of English. As it is of a prescriptive nature, it constitutes what is deemed as the ‘correct’ use of grammar and vocabulary and often found in formal registers of language. Whilst it […]

Be able to identify my own use of language in a variety of situations with different people. My idiolect is English, Mirpuri and Urdu. I speak English the most when I am in public, because the community around me also speak English as it is their mother tongue. I have been taught this well-known language […]

Linguists and EFL teachers often use the term “Received Pronunciation” (RP) to refer to the prestigious pronunciation of British English. It is commonly recognized that RP no longer implies a specific region, such as London or southeastern England. Rather, it now represents a dialect or sociolect linked to social class. As a result, it is […]