Language Structure
Both scholars and communicators operate on the premise that language is structured in an orderly fashion. An alternative view is that language is
organized in a random fashion. Clea...
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Language
What is a "language"? Is it an internal component of a speaker's mind, or is it wholly dependent on our external behavior? Is it a matter of social practice, or are langu...
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Reality cannot always be relayed clearly through language. It is not always possible to convey exact thoughts or emotions using only the relatively limited vocabulary of our languages. Some might argu...
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Speech is much like the fashions in clothing. Most of us dress according to "the style of the day." The shoes we wear and the shirts we put on usually what is considered "fashionable." If you choos...
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James Baldwins assertion that language is dangerous and even fatal through the powerful use of language proves to be quite the opposite in todays world. If it were not for Martin Luther King's ex...
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As Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow." Language is the defining aspect of the personality. In James Baldwin's words, i...
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To discuss this question meaningfully, we first need to clearly establish the definition of "think" and "language" clearly. According to MSN Encarta Dictionary, to think is to use the mind to consider...
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