Essays on Language

Language attitudes refer to the prejudices, opinions, and ideas that people hold towards a language. In many cases, learners of a new language are often told to maintain a positive attitude towards the language they wish to learn, to make the process easier. Attitudes towards a dialect cannot be directly...

From Coelho's readings, one of the processes involved in language development is learning through imitation and habit formation. First language LI is acquired by absorbing information from one's language environment. The second language is also obtained the same through imitation and habit formation with the difference being that it may...

Question Seven: Giving symbols, indicating differences and stating the common properties of words. a. bath –bathe The /θ/ in bath is voiceless, dental and fricative. The /ð/ in bathe is voiced, dental and fricative b. reduce- reduction The /c/ in reduce is voiceless, post-alveolar and fricative. The...

The English language is a global form of communication that has undergone numerous transformations for a very long period of time. It is spoken by close to a quarter of the world’s population. The UK being the mother of the English language has not been left behind in this transformation...

Different research works have indicated that most of the children require a minimum of 12 years to effectively learn their first language. Additionally, children learn a second language in different ways. Understanding a second language depends on a child's culture, group as well as individual personality. For children to effectively understand...

Children go through fundamental developmental changes in an array of fields in their early years of life. Development of language is among the announced accomplishments in early development. Language enables an individual to exchange ideas with others and take part in learning. Research has been conducted to fathom the aspects...

Learning English as a Second Language Learning English as a second language cannot be compared to what is portrayed in English learning classrooms or even in schools. According to this text, students from different ethnic groups are integrated into one class and literature-related work is given despite their different levels of...

The English language has experienced a lot of changes since the fifth century up to date. There have been some phases which clearly indicate the transition period up to date. These are the Old English period, Middle English period and the Modern English period. The Old English period had most...

Language and Social Relations- Written Task Language and Literature SL IB. Critics in the last few years have come up strongly against electronic communication through texting on the grounds that it will not only cause the emergence of new vocabularies but will also make the existing ones to disappear. They...

Although several studies previously have been in tandem with the subject under review in this paper, this section of the article will elucidate on the previous reports and give a contextual understanding of the topic. Moreover, it will critically look into the gaps of knowledge not covered in the reviews....

We now talk about Englishes rather than English and multiliteracies rather than literacy'. As English is becoming a world and global language, this topic has gained a lot of attention from a lot of linguists across the world in the 21st Century. In order to understand this emerging trend, it...

The English language has experienced a lot of changes since the fifth century. There have been phases which marked the major transitions, and these are the Old English period, the Middle English period and the Modern English period.  There are significant differences between the Old English and the Middle English...