Essays on Linguistics

The debate regarding the necessity of language for consciousness has been ongoing for centuries, and across many disciplines, including psychology. This paper will explore the relationship between consciousness and language, focusing on the necessity of language for consciousness, and the importance of inner speech. Inner…

I want to study this topic because I find it quite interesting. I’ve seen people troubled to speak with somebody foreign or unable to talk their language in tv, movies, and reality however I never knew that it was known as a language barrier, even…

Introduction According to PingWu, Garza, and Guzman, worldwide students, mainly from Asia, consider pursuing their education at thousands of institutions among all 50 United States; these students play a crucial role in the variety and globalization of their classes and communities, as they incorporate distinctive points of view within…

Noam Chomsky who is a noted linguist has contributed immensely to the field of linguistics, cognitive science, philosophy, history and social criticism. He postulated the transformational generative grammar for which he obtained his PhD. His book titled, Syntactic Structures that was published in 1957 brought…

Noam Chomsky is an erudite scholar who has rendered enormous support in the field of linguistics, philosophy, history, and cognitive science with his groundbreaking innovations which include the theory of transformational generative grammar. Besides his contributions in academia, he is also a prominent author and…

Introduction Part of Speech is an important application of natural language processing. Natural Language Processing is a rapidly growing technology at present and with the help of imposing some queries and keywords it fetches information from collection of huge amount of data. Part of speech…

Anthropology refers to the science of human beings which analysis humanity in different concepts ranging from the biological and evolutionary aspect to the aspect of society and culture which differentiate human beings with other animals. As an academic discipline, anthropology exists as an intersection of…

The study and value of indigenous literature has been increasing in the past years and regional literature is now getting more attention and praise than ever before. The value which indigenous language brings to the variety of our literature is impeccable. With greats such as…

Introduction In daily conversations, understanding what is meant by a speaker is essential to establish a successful communication. To comprehend one’s utterances means that the hearer should understand the meaning of the words used in that particular communicative exchange. Language use is both action and…

Words spoken or written are performed for a purpose whether they are transactional, interactional, informative or expressive. The choice of vocabulary, sentence construction and grammar used makes up our individual self-idiolects. Language is involved in every aspect of the law including: statements, interrogations, writing contracts,…

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word empowerment as: “to give (a person) more control over his or her life or circumstances, by increasing civil rights, independence, self-esteem, etc. ” The word empowerment has historically meant marginalized groups gaining autonomy by fighting for equitable allocation…

Introduction The project explores the relationship between multilingualism and identity for Afghans immigrant youth who arrived in Sweden in 2015, largely as a result of forced migration. The highest number of these asylum seekers were registered as unaccompanied minors who traveled on their own to…

The term ‘Narrativity is generated by the recognition of reported events, ordered within a temporal framework, and experienced by an individuated existent who acts as a filtering consciousness which makes sense of them’. A serial verb construction is a succession of verbs and their complements…

The relationship between language and thought is controversial and has gone through a long path of scrutiny among philosophers and linguists. Thus, it renders defining a ‘conceptual event’ to be, by no means, an easy task. The way events are segmented in language is often…

6’500 languages spoken in 195 countries. Yet in every continent there is a large abundance of people that speak English at work, listen to English songs, watch English movies and are greatly dependent on the language. So why not make it official? Pretty much everyone…