Essays on Language and Linguistics

This paper will discuss the past and current language policies of South Africa and how the influence of English is aiding the demise of indigenous languages; shown through various articles and research from South African and other world linguistics. Currently, South Africa has eleven official languages. An official language can be defined as a language...

The following essay presented aims to discuss the hypothetical situation of an individual of younger age being casted to play an elderly woman. More specifically this paper aims to demonstrate the method in which said individual may use a variety of linguistic features in order to authentically portray an appropriate age identity for role they...

In broad terms, semiotics is the study of how signs, (language, images, objects) generate meaning or the processes by which we comprehend the meaning. Challenging concepts such as naturalism and realism, semiotics looks beyond the study of symbolism, exploring the result of complex inter-relationships between the individual, the image or object and other factors such...

The world we live in today is a world full of signs and symbols. Stop what you are doing right now and look up. If you are in your house, outside sitting on a park bench, or in the library, there are signs all around you. Signs that have underlying meanings in order to represent...

Whether you call it the language prejudices or linguistic elitism, the belief that the ability to speak any language particularly makes one person completely superior to the other person is a danger to the society along with the fact that it is an inconsiderate of reality for the lesser pillaged people within the society. However,...

Linguist Felicity Cox states, “Linguistic change runs parallel with social change”, this reflects the belief that language change is a result of societal change. There are many changes shown throughout history that have shaped the English language to what it is as we know it today, with the invention of the printing press and codification...

The Issue and Context (500 Words) Language is one of many symbols that is used to represent the existence of one social group, society, and on a larger scale, nation. It is uttered into oral or written form to express human emotion, feeling, affection, and many more. It expresses ideas, opinions, thoughts, and all other...

Abstract When comparing handwriting of different medium, the method is used to compare the individual and class characteristics. Handwriting is a visible speech which express by writing with the help of writing instrument on the writing surface. However, it is seen that even the most individual characteristics are found to be similar. The present work...

A. Bibliography Alrabai,F., & Movkosky,C. (2016). The Relationship between Learners’ Affective Variables and Second Language Achievement. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), Volume.7, Number.2, (p. 77-103). B. Introduction: Alrabai and Movkosky recognize the definitive connection between learners’ L1 and self-identity, as well as, how the interaction of a combination of factors and elements (including biological, cognitive...

The event which I consider to be the most significant one in making the radio a global mass medium it is today is the launch of Hindi Services on the Sri Lankan “Radio Ceylon” in the early 1950s, which led to the launch of Vividh Bharati by the All India Radio (AIR). After Independence, Mr...