Category: Language

We, the people, use language every day to communicate, negotiate, express feelings, etc. We can call the language as a system of different symbols such as; writings which allows us to communicate our ideas when we do not have the opportunity to express in front of an audience. Thoughts and feelings with this I mean…

As it has been claimed by Agheyisi and Fishman (1970), language attitudes have been the most indispensable concept in sociolinguistics. Ryan (1982) has defined attitude as a learned disposition to think, feel and behave toward a person or a class of objects in a particular way. This interpretation emphasizes the positive and negative emotional responses…

Language is one of the most powerful things that we need to survive in this world; without language, we could never be free enough to speak and to express what we want to say in our daily lives without using it. One way we can apply this is by code-switching. Code-switching as a concept is…

Most of the time, we have always considered that the way we view the world is the same between cultures. Theres up, down, left, right, past, present, and so on. But what if that wasnt the case? What if the language we were raised speaking changes the way we think, and how we view reality?…

Introduction Human achieves language by being in a culture, it is passed down to generation and the next. This is what Yule (2010.p.14) described as cultural transmission. Humans do not inherit language they achieve them which means that language is not transferred through genes of the parents it is obtained by being with other speakers.…

While many English teachers demand the use of standard American English in their classrooms, many others support the multiculturalism and authenticity of those who express themselves differently. Ryan Bloom is undoubtedly one of those who think it is unfair for others to limit the way we communicate. This novelist and academic writer, however, in his…

According to me, surnames or last names are really important for an individual. By this I mean surnames provide a background history and knowledge about our family and ourselves too as it is very important to know where we came from and who our ancestors are. If I talk about my family, I am a…

The language of soccer is very different from the body language of soccer. Body language in soccer is very important in order to have a good game. Actions on the football field relate to the different national teams and countries cultural understanding of football and how these actions become spoken dialects within a language of…

Last but not least, poor language proficiency is the final reason why language shaming should not be normalised in Malaysia. In his article, Galmiche (2018) reveals that group dynamic, teachers and peers are significant in sustaining and boosting learners motivation and positive emotions. For this reason, emotions have been acknowledged as an important aspect of…

Language is a complex system of communication that connects people to one another in the means of both verbal and written displays. The language and discourse that society participates in is a product of social construction. From the time when we are born, we are labeled by pronouns he and she associated with the gender…