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History and Linguistics of the Jamaican Creole Language

example of the many languages which are participating in the "Latinization" of the English language and are important in the lingu...

Parts of Linguistics

Linguistics is the study of language and how people make and understand the meanings of 'utterances.' There are numerous component...

Jamaican Culture & Health Beliefs

A 5 page research paper that discusses Jamaican culture and health beliefs....

Overview of Creoles

In three pages Creoles are examined in terms of how they are distinguished from Cajuns along with where they came from and when....

Language Teaching and the Effects of Linguistics' Knowledge

teaching of language. In addition, one of the most fascinating aspects of the development, understanding and use of language is th...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

London's Jamaican Culture

In forty pages this paper examines London's Jamaican community and the influence it has exerted over the whole region with such is...

Language History Study

century. "He claimed that he made his language as simple as he could so that ordinary people could understand it, yet it is barel...

Comparative Analysis of Creole and Pidgin Languages

In four pages this report discusses the languages creole and pidgin in a consideration of the similarities and differences that ex...

Pidgins and Creoles, Origins, Features

This research paper/essay discusses how pidgin and Creole languages develop, emphasizing the influence that African Americans have...

A Communication Ethnography

In six pages this research paper compares and contrasts the ethnographical linguistics study by Shirley Heath, 'Ways with Words' w...

Noam Chomsky's Linguistics and How It Evolved

In sixteen pages this paper examines Noam Chomsky's language development theories and how Chomskyan Linguistics and its variations...

Linguistics and Culture

cultures differ in both their material and their philosophical experiences. Languages evolve in accordance with those differences...

Analysis of Email Linguistics

written language, effectively bridging the gulf between these two forms of communication. Granted, there are many instances on the...

Mechanisms of Sound Changes Within Linguistics

African American vernacular (Crowley, 1997). One can easily drawn parallels between the linguistic construction in many West Afric...

Language and Professor Noam Chomsky

of the need to learn how to assemble said sentences because the language is fully learned long before children are cognizant of th...

Language Barriers to Students from Indonesia, Japan, China, Croatia and Turkey Entering the United States

is the mental lexicon, which is the mental representation of the forms as well as the meanings of the words and the morphemes in a...

Overview of Korean Language and Linguistics

(Mason, 2002). Approximately seventy million people speak Korean around the world; while the vast majority reside in the vicinity...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

Tan, Orwell and Baldwin: Language

truths with incredible power. For example, Hitler used language in an incredibly powerful way, playing on the truths of the people...

Language Indirectness Uses and Linguistics

In fifteen pages this paper discusses language indirectness and its uses in a variety of situations and applications. Twelve sour...

Spanish Language and the Arabic Influence

well. "Besides being spoken in Spain, it is the official language of all the South American republics except Brazil and Guyana, o...

A History of Foreign Language Curricula in American Schools

of the world speaks languages other than English. Hence, there is good reason to speak the language. Yet, American public schools ...

Specific Language Impairment Article Review

language abilities develop. The languages themselves may be different, but the underlying acquisition processes appear to be the s...

Levels of Language and Psychology

to make units, such as vowels and consonants, which are speech sounds in verbal language. The sounds are put together to make a wo...

The Role Of The First Language In The Acquisition Of A Second Language

There are a number of theories that have been developed when considering second language acquisition, especially in the context of...

The Role of First Language in Second Language Acquisition

expected and takes places as part of the usual culture, as seen in areas such as Mallorca, where the dialect may be seen as very s...

Zadie Smith's White Teeth, Role of Ancestry

This essay is on "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith. This novel relates the stories of a multiethnic cast of characters, focusing partic...

U.S. Immigration of Jamaicans

attribute to a good education. The youngsters of a first-generation family often bear the incredible burden of making something o...

Summer Vacation Exercise in Creative Playwrighting

In six pages this original play that is based upon a genuine news story discusses a sexually compromising situation involving a ma...