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... Lord Chesterfield in 1754 denounced that “our language is at present in a state of anarchy […] Toleration, adoption and naturalization have run their length. Good order and authority are now necessary” (Chesterfield 1754: 124). The linguistic production in the 18th – treaties, grammar books and dict ...
... Lord Chesterfield in 1754 denounced that “our language is at present in a state of anarchy […] Toleration, adoption and naturalization have run their length. Good order and authority are now necessary” (Chesterfield 1754: 124). The linguistic production in the 18th – treaties, grammar books and dict ...
Language attitudes toward some gendered words in English: A
... a behavior that is learned and performed. In English, direct gender indexing allows one to identify a subject as either a man or a woman (brother, aunt, actress, prince, etc.) and often can carry positive or negative sentiment. For example, historically mister and mistress is a pair of neutral gende ...
... a behavior that is learned and performed. In English, direct gender indexing allows one to identify a subject as either a man or a woman (brother, aunt, actress, prince, etc.) and often can carry positive or negative sentiment. For example, historically mister and mistress is a pair of neutral gende ...
ONCE interconnected under the hn,ad remr piubrli,gy
... looking for evolutionary clues to the origins of speech. Some humans, however, seem reluctant to share language with other species: great and still unresolved controversies have arisen over the past two decades as experimenters began claiming success in teaching primates to communicate symbolically. ...
... looking for evolutionary clues to the origins of speech. Some humans, however, seem reluctant to share language with other species: great and still unresolved controversies have arisen over the past two decades as experimenters began claiming success in teaching primates to communicate symbolically. ...
Ideology in Grammar
... While there is a substantial body of linguistic critical literature on the problem of prescriptivism, for some reason it has almost never been explicitly claimed to be a reflection of the conservative ideology in language. Outside of linguistics as an academic discipline, this can be related to the ...
... While there is a substantial body of linguistic critical literature on the problem of prescriptivism, for some reason it has almost never been explicitly claimed to be a reflection of the conservative ideology in language. Outside of linguistics as an academic discipline, this can be related to the ...
The English Language in Asia and the Southern Hemisphere
... 3) Women tend to use a more standard type of language than their male counterparts (due to their uncertain position in western-style societies?). But on the other hand they also tend to be at the forefront of linguistic innovations. 4) Language change can in some cases be reversed, i.e. more conserv ...
... 3) Women tend to use a more standard type of language than their male counterparts (due to their uncertain position in western-style societies?). But on the other hand they also tend to be at the forefront of linguistic innovations. 4) Language change can in some cases be reversed, i.e. more conserv ...
Pronouns - A How To Guide
... It’s okay! Everyone slips up from time to time. The best thing to do if you use the wrong pronoun for someone is to say something right away, like “Sorry, I meant she.” If you realize your mistake after the fact, apologize in private and move on. A lot of the time it can be tempting to go on and on ...
... It’s okay! Everyone slips up from time to time. The best thing to do if you use the wrong pronoun for someone is to say something right away, like “Sorry, I meant she.” If you realize your mistake after the fact, apologize in private and move on. A lot of the time it can be tempting to go on and on ...
Swimming with the tide in a sea of language change
... Everyone is aware of the fact of language change, and I have never met anyone who is entirely happy about it. Even linguists, dispassionate observers of all things linguistic, as they are supposed to be, can be heard off-duty complaining about various usages they do not like. The difference, I would ...
... Everyone is aware of the fact of language change, and I have never met anyone who is entirely happy about it. Even linguists, dispassionate observers of all things linguistic, as they are supposed to be, can be heard off-duty complaining about various usages they do not like. The difference, I would ...
Swimming with the tide in a sea of language change
... our native dialect and personal style. Most people become set in their ways, linguistically speaking, and find further change whether in themselves, their children (or grandchildren), or in society at large - to some extent an intrusion. It is therefore not surprising that, whatever their political ...
... our native dialect and personal style. Most people become set in their ways, linguistically speaking, and find further change whether in themselves, their children (or grandchildren), or in society at large - to some extent an intrusion. It is therefore not surprising that, whatever their political ...
Handout 5: “Right” and “Wrong” in Language Seminar English
... gender. There are other pronouns with two functions that nobody criticises: (60) I bought her books. (61) Ich mag sie. [her? them?] (62) No one should forsake his friends. [this is recommended by some naysayers, but it is ambiguous between a male interpretation and a generic male/female interpretati ...
... gender. There are other pronouns with two functions that nobody criticises: (60) I bought her books. (61) Ich mag sie. [her? them?] (62) No one should forsake his friends. [this is recommended by some naysayers, but it is ambiguous between a male interpretation and a generic male/female interpretati ...
word order convergence in Welsh
... Dichotomous matrix languages: word order convergence in Welsh-English speech This paper presents the ongoing research and current findings of a PhD project, associated with (and deriving data from) an AHRC-funded project analysing the speech of Welsh-English bilinguals. The research is focused on id ...
... Dichotomous matrix languages: word order convergence in Welsh-English speech This paper presents the ongoing research and current findings of a PhD project, associated with (and deriving data from) an AHRC-funded project analysing the speech of Welsh-English bilinguals. The research is focused on id ...
Interesting Facts You Didn`t Know About the English Language
... facts about the English language that you may or may not know about. English came from Germanic roots: When tribes from what is now Germany came to the land that would be England, they brought with them the language that ...
... facts about the English language that you may or may not know about. English came from Germanic roots: When tribes from what is now Germany came to the land that would be England, they brought with them the language that ...
General introduction
... people, in more areas, and for a wider set of purposes, than any other language. That unnamed language which began life as a parochial dialect spoken by one faction of a group of invading tribes from northern Europe now has a status unmatched by any other language on earth. The question this raises ...
... people, in more areas, and for a wider set of purposes, than any other language. That unnamed language which began life as a parochial dialect spoken by one faction of a group of invading tribes from northern Europe now has a status unmatched by any other language on earth. The question this raises ...
SAMPLE North Carolina Home Language Survey Form
... SAMPLE North Carolina Home Language Survey Form August 2008 ...
... SAMPLE North Carolina Home Language Survey Form August 2008 ...
summer reading for 2015
... spoken interaction and written texts/discourses, e.g. from newspapers, magazines or advertisements. The questions that will be addressed may include the following: Do women and men speak differently? What is slang? How and why do adolescents speak differently from adults? What are the public stereot ...
... spoken interaction and written texts/discourses, e.g. from newspapers, magazines or advertisements. The questions that will be addressed may include the following: Do women and men speak differently? What is slang? How and why do adolescents speak differently from adults? What are the public stereot ...
LING 301/ENGL 389 The English Language
... Why you can always tell if someone isn’t from around here? Why English is hard to learn as a second language? How studying the English language can help us analyze literature? What you need to know about the language before you teach it? ...
... Why you can always tell if someone isn’t from around here? Why English is hard to learn as a second language? How studying the English language can help us analyze literature? What you need to know about the language before you teach it? ...