Category: English Language

The goal of this essay is to showcase the lexical varieties of the English language used in different cultures, with an analysis of the differences between the Asian and Western use of the English language. The novel Fire on the Mountain was written by Anita Desai in 1977 which belongs to the late modern English…

English has changed a lot on the course of history due to its heavy-borrower nature and if one could go back and travel in time to see the changes that the language has undergone, he would be surprised and maybe not even find similarity between those Englishs. Change has happened due to different factors like…

Abstract In understanding each communication either cross-cultural or interpersonal are convey the utterance as well as comprehend the meaning. When both of them are not accomplished, misunderstanding gonna happends. In case of this, the role of Politeness and impoliteness pragmatics in EFLTW are needed to be applied. Those two things are needed to be applied…

Early Modern English l was about a hundred years old when Shakespeare was writing. There existed not dictionaries and Latin was still the language in which most documents were written. He contributed over 3000 words to the English language, because he was the first who wrote them . There are nearly 1700 of those words…

In today’s world, language plays a fundamental role in portraying the ideas of specific cultures over time. Some of the earliest forms have been around since the Common Era, Old English being one of the most developed languages. In the essay Mother Tongue by Amy Tan, readers are engaged in her unique writing style as…

In the essay Mother Tongue, the author, Amy Tan, offers a different, extra upbeat standpoint on the exclusive types of English that immigrants talk about adapting to American culture. Using easy language to increase her argument, she communicates casually to the target market rather than informs it in a way that helps the audience apprehend…

Abstract Language has been proven to be inseparable from socio-cultural interaction. Recent empirical studies on conversation in a discourse of a multi sociocultural group observe the need of politeness strategies to ensure smooth conversation among the interlocutors. Even though Nigeria has made English Language as a language of unity, the controversies, division and distrust among…

According to Brown and Levinsons theory, in order to avoid acts that can potentially threaten ones face or their interlocutors face, people employ either positive politeness strategies, which emphasize familiarity and similarity in order to minimize social distance or negative politeness strategies, which exhibit respect and non-imposition, so as to maximize the social distance between…

My name is Hadrien and I have been studying English for three years now at Rennes 2. In order to perfect my studies I am applying for this program. I heard about this program last year thanks to one of my professors and I immediately thought that the Fulbright FTLA program would be a perfect…

Language has profound effects on how a person perceives and process a piece of information. For learning purpose, it is indispensable to have the proper knowledge of the language in which one is pursuing a degree. Association of International Student Assimilation (AISA report, 2014) reported that most of the international students show poor academic results…