Essays Tagged: "English language"
Ebonics
INTRODUCTIONThis is an English exam paper prepared for the EVU2-EDB course at NiuernermikIlinniarfik, Nuuk.The main topic o ... oncentrate on afairly new issue, the language know as Ebonics.There have always been changes in the English language. This is how thelanguage came about and evolved from standard British English to Am ... ave become known as Political Correctness.Ebonics is the political correct version of Afro-American English. I intend to showthat - and comment on how - racialism and competition affects a society and ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics
Hamlet's Tragic Flaw
Hamlet as a Tragic HeroWilliam Shakespeare, the greatest playwright of the English language, wrote a total of 37 plays in his lifetime, all of which can be categorized under t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
How does Shakespeare Explore Elizabethan Ideas of Kingship in 'Hamlet?
of Kingship in 'Hamlet'?Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' is described by many as the most famous play in the English language and praised as his greatest tragedy. 'Hamlet' is different to other tragedies, beca ... for the throne, by instruction of the ghost it is his duty to reclaim it.In a time of unrest in the English monarchy, an Elizabethan audience would find the questions of Kingship a pressing issue: Thi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Review of online newspapers
ontinent of Asia and the city of Hong Kong is the South China Morning Post. It is one of only a few English language news papers in the republic. The post has an air of journalistic freedom the other ... aper.In my search of the news papers of South America I did not come across one that was printed in English or gave you the option of choosing one in English. I choose The Gazeta of Brazil to review b ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Characteristics of The Beowulf Poem
communicated, what their feelings were, and their culture. 'It gives us vital information about Old English social life and about Old English politics and about many things that scholars would like to ... ns aspects of Christianity what form it takes in the story. It is also sort of a history of how the English language has changed in the many years from then until now. The poem also contains many myth ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Natural Language Processing
be limited to rigid computer language commands, butinstead be able to process and understand the English language. This is the concept behind Natural LanguageProcessing. ... dea of conceptual dependency in a program called MARGIE (memory, analysis,response generation in English.) MARGIE was a program that analyzed English sentences, turned them intosemantic represe ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence
Acronyms, Idioms, and Slang, the Evolution of the English Language.
Although the English language is only 1500 years old, it has evolvedat an incredible rate: so much so, that, at f ... personin America today would find most Shakespearean literature confusing withoutthe aid of an Old-English dictionary or Cliff's Notes. Yet Shakespear livedjust 300 years ago! Some are seeing this is ... Notes. Yet Shakespear livedjust 300 years ago! Some are seeing this is a sign of the decline of theEnglish language, that people are becoming less and less literate. As R.Walker writes in his essay ' ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies
"Love" in "Narcissus and Goldmund" (a novel by Herman Hesse)
Defining the word love is almost impossible. No other word in the Englishlanguage has so many different connotations and uses. There can be no one true singledefiniti ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
My Experience with English Education
English has never been my favorite subject. In fact, it has always been my least favorite subject. ... been my least favorite subject. Going through school, I often wondered why I needed to do so many English related tasks, and in wondering, I learned to detest the subject without realizing its futur ... wondering, I learned to detest the subject without realizing its future benefits. Why do I dislike English so much? Is it such a dreadful thing to learn? Isn't learning how to correctly write and i ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies
The Function of Profanity in Modern English
Use of Profanity in the MediaChapter 9- ConclusionsBibliographyThe Function of Profanity in Modern EnglishChapter 1- Introduction and ClarificationSince the beginning of the English language, there h ... -lived fashions. Could it be that these words were, and are, essential for communication? Would the English language be as effective without these words? Are efforts to repress them futile? Does the p ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies
This essay shows every single thing you will need for one of Alexander Pope's poems, namely it is "A Dying Christian in his soul". i take honors english, hopes this helps :)
was one poem of great awe and inspiration. His poems cover many of the literary devices used in the English language, and can be very complex to explain at times. In order to fully analyze one of Pope ... Christian in his Soul" is a perfect example of how Pope uses the many literary devise known to the English language.The first element of this well written poem is point of view, setting and theme. Fr ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The Ever Changing English Language. How has the American English dialect changed over the years? What are the three main areas of change?
The Ever-changing English LanguageOver the years, the English language has changed in many ways. Through travel and co ... he language spread like wildfire. From country to country, the dialect changed and formed different English. Of all these, American English is one of the most understood. Dominatingthe United States, ... yperboles, understatements, elevation, degradation, generalization, and specification, the American English language has changed greatly. From colonial days to the new millenium, the dialect has grown ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies
essay about the connection between gender and language
The English language is continually changing in order to meet the needs of the people using it. The ever ... uage, which is particularly used by men. Patronizing terms referring to women are ubiquitous in the English language, for example 'love´ and 'dear´. Female pronouns such as 'she´ and ... present from childhood. The principal difference is that women are much more likely to use Standard English and alter their speech according to who they are addressing. Women tend to drop their accent ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Why are some countries called developing countries, and some developed countries? This essay gives facts about developing countries and gives differences between developing and developed countries.
ack of nutrients needed for the maintenance of life. First of all it is one of the few words in the English language with no synonyms.It is a word that stands alone. It should be fixed first. "Why?" Y ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
The religious symbolisms in The Sisters, by James Joyce.
lyzing them.Let's begin with the tradition of the candles - the word candle was introduced into the English language as an ecclesiastical term, probably as early as the eighth century - : "for I knew ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Effects of Lexical and Semantic Change on Modern English
Lexical and Semantic Change on Modern EnglishLanguage develops and adapts to different situations, and changes to solve various communicat ... pment, new words have been introduced. One person who introduced a large amount of new words to the English Language was William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Shakespeare introduced words such as 'bubble' ... which in turned is named after its inventor, 'leotard' and 'plimsoll line' are examples of this.The English language is also influenced by British life. This is because of foreign influences, such as ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies
Ebonics and it's connotaions and effects in society.
entrate on a fairly new issue, the language known as Ebonics. There have always been changes in the English language. This is how the language came about and evolved from standard British English to A ... hanges has taken place. Thesechanges have become known as Political Correctness.Ebonics (i.e. Black English) is the political correct version of Afro-American English. To fully understand Ebonics, som ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
Our Day Out Essay
ol career in the 'D-stream' was undistinguished and as a result, he left school with one O-level in English language at the age of fifteen. As there was a strong tradition of story telling in his fami ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Seamus Justin Heaney, an overview of his life and accomplishments.
he went on a scholarship to Queen's University, Belfast and graduated with a first class degree in English Language and Literature in 1961. Seamus Heaney began to write in 1962, publishing first in I ... he staff of St Joseph's College of Education. In 1966 Seamus Heaney took up a lecturing post in the English Department of Queen's University, and remained there until 1972, spending the academic year ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
A Comparison of John Donne's "The Flea" and Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess".
"The Flea" who haunts "My Last Duchess"History has blessed the English language with many great romanticists; they were men and sometimes woman who had an affinity ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry