Essays on Syntax

Bacon’s tale of the New Atlantis is a “blueprint” of the results of the Christian Reformation and Luther’s new view on how Christianity should be interpreted and understood. In addition, Bacon lived at the beginning of the Renaissance - a time of “new” change, change in thought, beliefs, and enlightenment. In particular, Bacon created an ideal world to reflect this “new world” blueprint, showing both the highs and lows of such a new world. This essay is a literary review of The New Atlantis (1627). To complete this review the following literary elements will be used: tone, ...

Psychology: Nature vs. Nurture Essay

Language constitutes an essential characteristic of human beings and is regarded as a primary form of communication between individuals. The role of nature and nurture in language acquisition among young children has been a continuous debate in developmental sciences, education, and social sciences like sociology and psychology. This issue is not only conflicting but also complementary. It has laid a foundation for better understanding of how biological and environmental factors interact to influence language development in children (Yusa et al. 2011). Available research shows that there is no clear pattern of the causes and effects associated with human cognition ...

As it regards common grammatical errors and errors of punctuation that appear in my writing, these include misuse of commas, improper use of designating prepositions and pronouns, and awkward syntax. As it concerns my misuse of commas, I often neglect to set off isolated or independent clauses within a sentence which are deserving of the reader’s pause before he or she proceeds within finishing the sentence. My misuse of commas has also produced a few run-on sentences in my writing, which could have been avoided if my commas were appropriately positioned within the text. Following the commas that ...

The preliminary title of the proposed research project is “A contrastive study of transitivity and intransitivity in formal and colloquial Arabic and English”. The final title of the research project is not carved in stone and will likely be subject to change, if some nuanced corrections are suggested.

Background

In the languages that are widely spoken in the world today, all verbs can be categorized as transitive, intransitive or ambitransitive. Historically, linguists have understood transitivity as a “transfer of energy from one entity to another” (Hoche, 2009, p. 148). It appears from this definition that transitive verbs presume the transfer ...

Research Paper

Judging the Quality of English Judging the Quality of English There are two main approaches that can be used to judge the standard of people’s English, both spoken and written. The prescriptive approach relies on the use of a set of rules and standards that prescribe how English should be used, whilst the descriptive approach relies more on an understanding of how English is used as a tool for communication in reality (McBee Oryulak, 2012). These two different approaches give an insight into how judgements can be made about the quality of the language. The purpose of this ...

IT Java Script

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Variables

Data Structures Control Structures Tools Variables: Variables can be considered the most basic building block or component for any programming language construct. Variable hold information, references and are both storage location and a symbolic name holding data that relevant to a proper execution of the code. For example in the attached Javascript code that prints relevant information for Operating System upgrade, there are ...

Intro to Linguistics Midterm Essay

What is phonetics? Explain what the phonetic alphabet is and provide some examples. What advantage does the phonetic alphabet have over regular spelling? Why do linguists use it? The word phonetics describes the part of linguistics that involves studying how human speech sounds. The phonetic alphabet is designed to be a language-neutral way of expressing these sounds so that it can be applied to all languages, regardless of alphabet. For example, the vowel in the English “sit” can be written as /ɪ/, signifying that it is a short vowel. The vowels in the English “books” can be written ...

What is the paper about?

The paper is an experiment that is designed to find out where exactly does the brain process the elements of music—specifically how it ‘expects’ a certain tone after hearing a previous harmony. It is assumed that music follows a certain syntax like language, where its ‘rightness’ is dictated by a certain set of rules. In order to do this, they used magnetoencephalography in mapping the part of the brain the is most active in hearing music. In the experiment, it was found out that the Broca’s area in the brain is not only responsible for determining the ...

Communicative competence is use of correct grammatical syntax in communication. It’s about when to make correct grammatical utterances. According to Hymes (1972), since its introduction, Communicative competence has been important in demonstrating and teachingforeign language. Also, it has attracted importance in recent years since it was introduced in the 1960s. Also, communicative competence involves the use of language syntax and alignment of language as well as the knowledge (Hymes, 1972). Hymes asserts that the knowledge of language rules is actually determined by the commitment of using the language syntax appropriately when faced with different circumstances. As noted, speakers ...

The process of becoming fluent in writing and speaking a second language is a complex process that relies on a number of influences; individual personality characteristics such as maturity, past experiences, exposure to the new language, learning environment, motivation, and natural inclinations to adapting to new skills are some factors that promote or hinder progress. Research involving experimentation, investigation, and empirical studies has been conducted to describe individual factors that influence the quality and speed of children’s learning a second language and will be examined. Some children are born into multilingual families with different cultural backgrounds and it ...

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Introduction of Mental Lexicon

Mental lexicon denotes a collection of words in the mind of any individual. According to linguists, it is a part of one’s grammar that encloses all the information linked to the words and morphemes including morphological, phonological, semantic, and syntactic (Dell et al., 1997). Psycholinguists have observed that words are stocked up with its phonological as well as orthographic shapes. Language impaired individuals have been a good source of information about lexicon through analyzing their speech errors including malapropisms, paraphasias, and lexical decision tasks (Sripada, 2008). ...

Introduction:

Writing itself is a commonly described as a form of communication, but at a deeper and more academic level, it is much more than and often involves a form of art. Writing is generally used to convey information, but in what way it is covered has a deep impact on the person who reads the piece of writing. A good piece of writing also has to have analytical elements that can give the reader a clearer picture of what the writer tries to convey. An academic piece of research always includes a good amount of writing, and thus, making ...

In my essay, I will be defending my position that there is a universal definition of ‘word’ that can be applied to all languages. For proving my point, I will provide example of two totally different languages systems: Chinese and English. These two languages are considered to be used by the most number of people in the world (Wan & Yim 507). First, I will discuss the case that the origin of these two languages system is similar. Both languages originate with similar rules: hieroglyphic words and eye movement. I will provide many interesting examples about eyes movement in from “ ...

Edgar Allan Poe is one of America’s most famous writers, arguably the prince of horror stories. His oeuvre covers a wide range of work, from poetry to prose, the Arab world to 19th century America, and detective fiction to horror stories. His 1845 poem, The Raven, made him a sensation and is regarded as one of the genre-defining works of American literature. His life and career were deeply troubled, but his legacy has enshrined him along with the greats. Poe’s stories are stylistically unique – displaying a huge diversity of elements taken from all over English and world ...

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In my essay, I will be defending my position that there is a universal definition of ‘word’ that can be applied to all languages. For proving my point, I will provide example of two totally different language systems; Chinese and English. These two languages are considered to be used by the most number of people in the world (Wan & Yim 507). First, I will discuss the case that the origin of these two languages system is similar. Both languages originate with similar rules: hieroglyphic words and eyes movement. I will provide many interesting examples ...