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Question: \'Variable forms are difficult to acquire\'. Discuss.
Answer: Until the late 1960’s it was still the largely subscribed view that children’s language acquisition was, on the main part, innate and occurred independently from the social context and surroundings in which the child was brought up. However there have been movements in recent years to account for the effects that parents and other caregivers have on the linguistic development of a child (Romaine, 1986: 159). This paper intends to briefly look at the standard accepted view of acquisition of variation; the variationist view, which considers the social context; and to place these viewpoints into a current frame of reference by examining some contemporary studies.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 70% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 1579
References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: February 09, 2008 | Essay ID: 2978
Question: Why is rhythm an important, even if relatively under researched, aspect of English pronunciation?
Answer: Rhythm is a constant feature in the pronunciation of English, even if the amount of rhythm varies. This paper intends to address to notion of rhythm: how it is created; different types; and how it is experienced by both the speaker and the hearer. Different theories of rhythm will be assessed. Also, the idea of isochrony in English rhythm will be addressed; there is debate over whether English rhythm is really isochronous. Lastly reasons for the importance of rhythm will be put forward. Firstly it will be useful to define the notion of rhythm in linguistic terms.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 66% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 1650
References: Yes | Date written: November, 2006 | Date submitted: July 14, 2009 | Essay ID: 1913
Question: Assess the differences, merits, limitations, and of Hofstede’s dimensional model for the analysis of cultures, Hall’s High Culture-Low Culture theory and Collier’s Cultural Identity Theory.
Answer: This assignment assesses the relative merits and differences between three theories for understanding cultural differences. The assignment deals, in sections one and two, with the perspectives and shortcomings of Hofstede’s dimensional model. The communication based perspectives attributable to Hall’s High Culture-Low Culture theory and Collier’s Cultural Identity Theory are discussed in section three. Finally, section four considers the differences between the dimensional and communication based perspectives.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 66% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 2137
References: Yes | Date written: June, 2005 | Date submitted: October 15, 2009 | Essay ID: 2212
Question: Discuss the notions of polysemy and hyponymy and their importance for the study of word meaning.
Answer: As a part of linguistics semantics deals with meaning in language. It is often taken for granted that linguistic units studied in grammar contain lexical meaning, thus much more attention is usually given to the rules of combining those units. I think this approach is not quite accurate, for without lexical and grammatical meaning no grammatical rule will make any sense. Only having discovered the nature of meaning we can truly understand the principles of their combining and functioning in the language.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 65% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 2345
References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: July 13, 2009 | Essay ID: 1890
Question: At various points in the ‘Cours de linguistique’, Saussure draws a comparison between language and the game of Chess. What aspects of language (and which of the Saussurean dichotomies) does this analogy serve to highlight?
What kinds of games other than Chess can be used to illustrate aspects of language use?
Answer: Ferdinand de Saussure, born in 1857, was a pioneer of ‘present-day’ linguistics. During his lifetime, he left behind standard ways of thinking of language in the nineteenth century, and began to lay foundations for the scientific study of language. After his death in 1913, Saussure’s students put together and published the “Cours de Linguistique Générale”, compiled from notes from a series of lectures which he gave between 1907 and 1910. In these ‘Cours’, Saussure introduced several new and revolutionary dichotomies.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 65% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 1637
References: No | Date written: November, 2003 | Date submitted: July 13, 2009 | Essay ID: 1902
Question: Outline and evaluate Chomsky’s approach to language acquisition.
Answer: Noam Chomsky, born in 1928 in Philadelphia, is the most influential figure in the field of linguistics. He is also highly regarded for his work in politics and philosophy. His ideas on language acquisition were radical and controversial which is part of the reason that he is the most sited living author today. Before Chomsky, linguists such as Frederic Skinner had been working with the theory of Behaviourism.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 64% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 1st | Document type: Essay* | Words: 1869
References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: July 13, 2009 | Essay ID: 1884
Question: How do sociolinguists use the concepts of ‘social networks’ and ‘communities of practice’ to explain aspects of linguistic behaviour? Discuss the usefulness of these terms with reference to examples from the course and from your own experience.
Answer: Language networks are always social networks. Language is not an entity existing without a user. The social network approach and communities of practice concept open up avenues for exploring our living and shared language in the environments we experience. This essay will begin by establishing a definition of the social network approach. It then delves into how the approach is used by sociolinguists and examines how useful it is. It also considers any limitations.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 64% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 1613
References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: July 13, 2009 | Essay ID: 1901
Question: To what extent is pragmatics a part of semantics?
Answer: The aim of this paper is to determine to what extent pragmatics is a part of semantics. I will look at the meaning of both of these terms, examples of each, and past and current theories. In particular, I will focus on ‘implicature’ and its role in distinguishing these two linguistic terms.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 64% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 2267
References: Yes | Date written: April, 2004 | Date submitted: July 13, 2009 | Essay ID: 1907
Question: WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?
Answer: We use prepositions every day in both written and spoken language and we don´t think about it much. Prepositions are a neccessary part of our everyday communication. But what is
a preposition? The word preposition means the word before. On the most general level preposition is an uninflected word class, a function or grammatical word. In grammar, a preposition is a type of adposition, a grammatical article that establishes a relationship and connecting between an object (usually a noun phrase) and some other part of the sentence, often expressing a location in place or time......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 63% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 1778
References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: July 13, 2009 | Essay ID: 1893
Question: 1. Explain synonymy using a minimum of two sources.
2. Comment on which of the sources used you found least, or most, useful and why. In particular you might comment on any ambiguities or contradictions in the explanations.
Answer: The word ‘synonym’ is formed from the Greek words ‘same’ and ‘name’. In basic terms, when two or more phonologically different expressions have the same meaning as each other they are said to be synonymous (if they are phonetically identical then they are polysemous). An expression can be just one word/ lexeme or it can be a few, just as long as the meanings between the two expressions are the same then they are synonyms. As a basic definition this is fine but if you take it literally then there are problems with two expressions having the same meaning.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay
Details: Mark: 62% | Subject: English Language | Course: Linguistics
| Level: Degree | Year: 2nd/3rd | Document type: Essay* | Words: 1120
References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: July 13, 2009 | Essay ID: 1880
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