Essays on English Language Page 3

Since its introduction in 1980, the publication “Metaphors We Live By” by Mark Johnson and George Lackoff has successfully persuaded the readers to see all metaphors in a new light. The 1980 classic maintains that metaphorical expressions are not idiosyncratic but rather systematically reflect conceptual metaphors in our mental reasoning. As we think, we talk…

“An Introduction” by Kamala Das is a renowned poem from her first book, Summer in Calcutta (1965), that serves as a powerful critique of the patriarchal society still prevalent today. With a reflective and confessional tone, the poem enlightens us about the hardships and oppression faced by women. Although the poet disclaims any political inclination,…

The New York Times could have highlighted individuals who were either immigrants or from immigrant backgrounds and had knowledge of the difficulties associated with relocating to a new nation. The United States has traditionally been viewed as a land of opportunities, where hard work could transform aspirations into reality, even for those less fortunate who…

English words have been traditionally classified into eight lexical categories or parts of speech (and are still done so in most dictionaries): Noun-Any abstract or concrete entity; a person (police officer, Michael), place coastline, London), thing (necktie, television), idea (happiness), or quality (bravery) Pronoun-Any substitute for a noun or noun phrase (them) Adjective-Any qualifier of…

Two weeks with the Queen is a fabulous book written by Morris Gleitzman. The main character is Colin, a 12 year old boy that is different to many other 12 year olds because he thinks outside the box. Colin is very jealous of his brother Luke. Firstly because he got his MiG fighter plane for…

Introduction The given one-year undertaking is dedicated to the lingual job – ‘ The Subject: Wayss of Expressing It in the Sentence ’ . The chief endof the work is to place the chief characteristics of the topic in the sentence, establishing on the theoretical and scientific plant of Russian, English, American, Moldovan and Rumanian…

John Locke (August 29, 1632- October 28, 1704) was a significant British philosopher who played a crucial role in the advancement of social contract theory during the Enlightenment. His ideas greatly influenced epistemology, political philosophy, and liberal theory. Locke’s writings had a profound impact on notable figures such as Voltaire, Rousseau, various Scottish Enlightenment thinkers,…

In addition, spoken language is dependent on which egging in England a person is born and resides as this determines where their accent and dialect originates. Dialect can include new words or words that mean different things. For instance, Mark James uses dialect in the transcript entitled Baker when he states: ‘ Brain’ instead of…

The importance of English as a spoken language began as a result of the colonial era, when European powers took to the seas in order to find new lands and natural resources. The effects of that time can still be felt in the number of English speakers in India, select parts of Asia and Africa,…

According to me, the most important issue discussed in ‘How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent’ by Julia Alvarez is that of linguistic and cultural differences that the Spanish girls faced during their stay in United States. Language held great importance culturally and literally to each member of the Garcia family in different ways. The…