Linguistics Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (157) essays
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Ambiguity
... meaning of a word phrase or sentence can have two possible interpretations and the reader cannot determine from the sentence which is correct. A distinctive feature, of ambiguity is that one sound makes another sound significant. However meaning can vary in a word but can change overtime, ambiguity ...
Stress in Phonetics
... Stress is one of the so-called prosodic features of speech. Up to now we have been looking at speech-sounds as isolated phenomena. In reality, of course, spoken sounds occur strung together, one after the other. More precisely, speech is a continuum; a continuous flux of ...
Analysing two speaking activities.
... sociologists, beginning with Harold Garfinkel who developed the approach known as ethnomethodology , and then applied specifically to conversation. CA differs from other branches of sociology because rather than analyzing social order, it seeks to discover the methods by which members of a ...
The influence of Noam Chomsky in child language acquisition
... a universal grammar inspires all languages and that all languages have the same basic underlying structure. Collis et al (1994:11) further clarify "Chomsky argued that universals of linguistic form are innate: the child had inborn knowledge of the general form of a transformational grammar ...
Speech on synesthesia
... one!The second form of synethesthia is Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia, people with this form of synthethsia can actually taste words. So if they see a word, hear a word or say a word they will actually get a taste in their mouth. * insert poster board here *James Warnerton a ...
The Norman Conquest and Middle English (1100-1500)
... Other times, two different words with roughly the same meaning survive into Modern English. Thus we have the Germanic doom and the French judgment, or wish and desire. It is useful to compare various versions of a familiar text to see the differences ...
German Language
... other extreme are local dialects, which differ from village to village. Between the two is Colloquial German, or Umgangsdeutsch, which is often close to the standard language. German is the most difficult of the Germanic languages to learn, largely because of the complexity of its grammar ...
"Drug Terminology"
... one step ahead of law enforcement, if they are to persist in their unlawful actions. Words and phrases used in relation to drugs are formed in the same way as any other language. If a person, or group of people need to describe something, they make up a word ...
Many Linguists argue that the way we use language is sexist. What evidence is there for this and do you agree?
... other languages, English is constantly changing. These changes are due to our male-centred, patriarchal society. Many originally gender neutral words have been assigned masculine meanings, these reflect the prejudices of our society. Examples of language change include the word 'Man.' This word ...
Four ways in which cohesion is achieved in written discourse
... words and expressions (i.e. the context) to see the he refers to 'John' and that refers to what Mikey has just done (i.e. swallowed a whole hotdog). In the first example, the meaning of he is determined by a previous sentence, whereas in example two the meaning of ...