Essays on Language Learning Page 39

The term assumes slightly different meanings in different contexts but in literature discourse means speech or writing normally longer than sentences which deals with a certain subject formally in the form of writing or speech. In other words, discourse is the presentation of language in its entirety while performing an intellectual inquiry in a particular…

Throughout Geoffrey Chaucer‘s The Canterbury Tales, the relation between youth and old age is one of divergence; there is always a clear contrast between them, both externally and internally. However, their oppositions are not wholly consistenti whilst in some tales the young people humiliate the elderly, in others the old characters possess higher wisdom, which…

The French Revolution of 1789 had many long-range causes. Political, social, and economic conditions in France mad many French people discontented. Most disaffected were merchants, artisans, workers, and peasants. The ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers brought new views of government and society. The American Revolution also influenced the coming of The French Revolution. Therefore, The…

Phonetics is a scientific discipline that examines the sounds made by humans when speaking. It explains the mechanics and acoustic qualities of sounds and provides ways to classify them. Phonetics is comprised of three major branches. Articulatory phonetics: Studies the nature and limits of the human ability to produce speech sounds and describes the way…

In “The Myth of the Latin Woman”, Judith Ortiz Cofer intends to dispel several stereotypes about Hispanic women by expressing her own personal stories and observations. She starts off by relating an experience that happened on a bus in London, then she goes into explaining how her parents made her home in America a microcosm…

Although the theme is the same, the poems display it in different ways, and express it through different writing styles, language devices and poetic structures. “Look Up” is a spoken-word piece that talks about society’s current obsession with the Internet and social media, and how they prevent people from having “real” interactions with each other….

Propositions are proposals, statements or concepts that either shows affirmation or negation. A proposition also seeks the truth or falsity of the claim. Categorical proposition differs from hypothetical propositions. In the categorical propositions there are three elements that can be distinguished and these are the subject term, predicate term and the copula. The subject term…

Sincere gratitude is hereby extended to the following who never ceased in helping until this paper is structured: First of all, to our parents who gave us time, financial support and permission to this project, without them this paper would not be done. To our beloved professor, Ma’am Anarina Nautan for guiding us and giving…

A Move towards Better Communication Deborah Tannen graduated from The University of California, Berkely, M. A. in 1979 with her PHD in Linguistics. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Tannen has written many books where she applies her theory of Linguistics to everyday situations. Some of her books are: That’s Not What…

Classical Hollywood Cinema and Italian Neorealism were the two different phases that brought out changes in the way we perceive cinema, having an influence on each other and with each having their unique features. Classical Hollywood Cinema dates to the era around 1910s and the 1960s. It was also known as the Golden age where…