Complexity of natural languages
... When grammars for natural languages are involved, we say that G1 and G2 are weakly equivalent if their string languages are identical. Two grammars are strongly equivalent if they are weakly equivalent and, in addition, assign the same structure to each ...
... When grammars for natural languages are involved, we say that G1 and G2 are weakly equivalent if their string languages are identical. Two grammars are strongly equivalent if they are weakly equivalent and, in addition, assign the same structure to each ...
The Linguistic Balance Sheet
... nationalism is when the central focus is the issue of language in relation to identity, as in the case of separatism in Quebec. France's efforts to promote French in Africa is also a case of direct linguistic nationalism. Derivative linguistic nationalism is when pride in language is part of a wide ...
... nationalism is when the central focus is the issue of language in relation to identity, as in the case of separatism in Quebec. France's efforts to promote French in Africa is also a case of direct linguistic nationalism. Derivative linguistic nationalism is when pride in language is part of a wide ...
"Expert Rhetorics" in Advocacy for Endangered Languages: Who Is
... funds from their own household budgets to continue their work and to assist communities and speakers. Indeed, work on endangered languages is hardly the way to advance an academic career. At least in the United States, most universities give very little attention to community service work. Grants fo ...
... funds from their own household budgets to continue their work and to assist communities and speakers. Indeed, work on endangered languages is hardly the way to advance an academic career. At least in the United States, most universities give very little attention to community service work. Grants fo ...
Document
... and traffic control. In order to improve safety the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has put forward new requirements regarding the level of language proficiency of pilots and air traffic controllers of non-English speaking countries. The language of radiotelephony is based on standa ...
... and traffic control. In order to improve safety the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has put forward new requirements regarding the level of language proficiency of pilots and air traffic controllers of non-English speaking countries. The language of radiotelephony is based on standa ...
SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON EFFECTIVE ENGLISH
... The paper explores the socio-cultural factors affecting the English language use in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Socio-cultural factors have come to bear heavily on effective English use of most Nigerian undergraduates. Consequently, challenges abound in the teaching and learning of English in Ni ...
... The paper explores the socio-cultural factors affecting the English language use in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Socio-cultural factors have come to bear heavily on effective English use of most Nigerian undergraduates. Consequently, challenges abound in the teaching and learning of English in Ni ...
Review of: Line Brandt, The Communicative Mind
... metaphor, iconicity and readerly effects; rhetoric, grammatical description, and a historical range of thinking about language. The result is an assertion that all of these related dimensions can be resolved into a single over-arching discipline: that of cognitive semiotics. This is an ambitious pro ...
... metaphor, iconicity and readerly effects; rhetoric, grammatical description, and a historical range of thinking about language. The result is an assertion that all of these related dimensions can be resolved into a single over-arching discipline: that of cognitive semiotics. This is an ambitious pro ...
Language Contact and Morphosyntactic - Phil.
... The second subcorpus originates from two high-contact varieties of German, hereafter referred to as PC (Pidgin/Creole German): Kiche Duits, or “kitchen German”, also known as Namibian Black German, and Unserdeutsch (Rabaul Creole German). Black Namibian German developed in the former German colony i ...
... The second subcorpus originates from two high-contact varieties of German, hereafter referred to as PC (Pidgin/Creole German): Kiche Duits, or “kitchen German”, also known as Namibian Black German, and Unserdeutsch (Rabaul Creole German). Black Namibian German developed in the former German colony i ...
Spanish 1 - Knox County Schools
... I. Standard Number 1: Communicate in a language other than English 1.1 In the target language, engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 1.2 Understand and interpret both written and spoken forms of the target language on a variety ...
... I. Standard Number 1: Communicate in a language other than English 1.1 In the target language, engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 1.2 Understand and interpret both written and spoken forms of the target language on a variety ...
Language Shift in an `Importing Culture` - Anthropology
... language as such, but instead on more fundamental notions about how the social world works. These include what makes a person or community good (Kulick 2002), what it means to exercise power (Dobrin 2008), beliefs about lifespan such as how children learn (Paugh 2011) or appropriate comportment towa ...
... language as such, but instead on more fundamental notions about how the social world works. These include what makes a person or community good (Kulick 2002), what it means to exercise power (Dobrin 2008), beliefs about lifespan such as how children learn (Paugh 2011) or appropriate comportment towa ...
English Language Learning - Curry School of Education
... African-American Vernacular English (AAVE). AAVE is also called “Black English” and “Ebonics.” Syntax is an important feature as it relates to the verb to be. In AAVE, the verb to be is not always conjugated (e.g., “He be sick.”) AAVE differs from Midland English mostly in matters of pronuncia ...
... African-American Vernacular English (AAVE). AAVE is also called “Black English” and “Ebonics.” Syntax is an important feature as it relates to the verb to be. In AAVE, the verb to be is not always conjugated (e.g., “He be sick.”) AAVE differs from Midland English mostly in matters of pronuncia ...
Modes of Discourse: A Cross Cultural Study of Essays Written in
... Education in Costa Rica. What makes this leaming situation more problematic is that the students also show difficuIties when writing in Spanish. According to Rodino and Ross, 7 beginning university students in Costa Rica have been shown not to write well in Spanish. In their study, the results of an ...
... Education in Costa Rica. What makes this leaming situation more problematic is that the students also show difficuIties when writing in Spanish. According to Rodino and Ross, 7 beginning university students in Costa Rica have been shown not to write well in Spanish. In their study, the results of an ...
BORROWINGS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Alyona Zagorodneva
... dictionaries. The voluminous English dictionaries, as compared to French, German or Dutch dictionaries for example, can credit their size to the borrowings of foreign words the British adopted. If the English were originally concerned that their native language was not up to snuff with the French or ...
... dictionaries. The voluminous English dictionaries, as compared to French, German or Dutch dictionaries for example, can credit their size to the borrowings of foreign words the British adopted. If the English were originally concerned that their native language was not up to snuff with the French or ...
ELTAND THE NEW WORLD ORDER:NATION BUILDING OR
... English is studied, the incentive for doing so stems from the fact that it is currently the language of the world’s only economic and military superpower. For this reason alone, it would seem expedient to consider some of the motives that have stimulated America’s interaction with the world. A word ...
... English is studied, the incentive for doing so stems from the fact that it is currently the language of the world’s only economic and military superpower. For this reason alone, it would seem expedient to consider some of the motives that have stimulated America’s interaction with the world. A word ...
the relation between language and other areas of
... This definition makes emphasis in the task or work that needs to be done in order to find something new in relation to existing knowledge. Therefore, it is possible to argue that the basis for any research has to do with what already exist in the different areas of knowledge. Pure investigation can ...
... This definition makes emphasis in the task or work that needs to be done in order to find something new in relation to existing knowledge. Therefore, it is possible to argue that the basis for any research has to do with what already exist in the different areas of knowledge. Pure investigation can ...
Attitudes of English people towards lexical borrowing
... It was during the 19th century that purist tendencies were again quite strong. Landor was one of the leading spirits of purism. His objections were based mainly on etymology. So, he prefers ‘put to death’ instead of ‘execute’ in spite of the established usage. Macaulay also objected to several words ...
... It was during the 19th century that purist tendencies were again quite strong. Landor was one of the leading spirits of purism. His objections were based mainly on etymology. So, he prefers ‘put to death’ instead of ‘execute’ in spite of the established usage. Macaulay also objected to several words ...
Thinking about language: Chomsky – Geoff Poole
... regards social/public entities such as ‘English’ or ‘Spanish’ as not well-defined. E.g. if you attempted to write a ‘grammar of English’, where would you draw its geographical and chronological boundaries? Does the same set of rules underlie the language one hears in, say, Newcastle and Bombay? 4. P ...
... regards social/public entities such as ‘English’ or ‘Spanish’ as not well-defined. E.g. if you attempted to write a ‘grammar of English’, where would you draw its geographical and chronological boundaries? Does the same set of rules underlie the language one hears in, say, Newcastle and Bombay? 4. P ...
Thinking, Intelligence, and Language Chapter 8
... Thinking Outside the Box • “Students who are used to succeeding in high school by cramming for tests and relying on parental pressure to get homework done may find that in college these strategies are no longer viable ways to success.” • How could a student in this position “think outside the box” t ...
... Thinking Outside the Box • “Students who are used to succeeding in high school by cramming for tests and relying on parental pressure to get homework done may find that in college these strategies are no longer viable ways to success.” • How could a student in this position “think outside the box” t ...
Thinking Intelligence and Language PRESENTATION
... Thinking Outside the Box • “Students who are used to succeeding in high school by cramming for tests and relying on parental pressure to get homework done may find that in college these strategies are no longer viable ways to success.” • How could a student in this position “think outside the box” t ...
... Thinking Outside the Box • “Students who are used to succeeding in high school by cramming for tests and relying on parental pressure to get homework done may find that in college these strategies are no longer viable ways to success.” • How could a student in this position “think outside the box” t ...
Perception of tone contrasts in Cantonese as a heritage
... Holm, A. & Dodd, B. (1999). A longitudinal study of the phonological development of two Cantonese-English bilingual children. Applied Psycholinguistics, 20, 349-376 . Law, C.W. (2006). Tonal Characteristics of Early English-Cantonese Bilinguals. Unpublished MA Thesis, University of Hong Kong. Mok, P ...
... Holm, A. & Dodd, B. (1999). A longitudinal study of the phonological development of two Cantonese-English bilingual children. Applied Psycholinguistics, 20, 349-376 . Law, C.W. (2006). Tonal Characteristics of Early English-Cantonese Bilinguals. Unpublished MA Thesis, University of Hong Kong. Mok, P ...
Early Intervention - Georgia State University
... combining eight handshapes (cues) that represent different sounds of speech. Cues are used simultaneously with speaking. The use of cues significantly enhances lip reading ability because it helps to distinguish sounds that look the same on the lips. ...
... combining eight handshapes (cues) that represent different sounds of speech. Cues are used simultaneously with speaking. The use of cues significantly enhances lip reading ability because it helps to distinguish sounds that look the same on the lips. ...
Importance of English communication skills
... the language of international affairs and international correspondence. It has become a language of International commerce and trade, a language of status and symbol. English is window to world. “English has been widely accepted as the most widespread language in the world.”(Tatter all 38-44). By th ...
... the language of international affairs and international correspondence. It has become a language of International commerce and trade, a language of status and symbol. English is window to world. “English has been widely accepted as the most widespread language in the world.”(Tatter all 38-44). By th ...
June 2013. Volume 54. Issue 6. - Society for Linguistic Anthropology
... Aaron Ansell (A): I was very happy to see Code Switch come online, because I think it’s really important for citizens in a democracy to reflect on the way they use language. And we—some of my colleagues and I— would like to help your team in this endeavor. ...
... Aaron Ansell (A): I was very happy to see Code Switch come online, because I think it’s really important for citizens in a democracy to reflect on the way they use language. And we—some of my colleagues and I— would like to help your team in this endeavor. ...
Latin and Greek Elements in English
... – under Norman kings, English is greatly simplified – it is the language of peasants who care little for linguistic ...
... – under Norman kings, English is greatly simplified – it is the language of peasants who care little for linguistic ...