Topic: Linguistics

Found 3 articles
Understanding Human Language: An In-Depth Exploration of the Human Facility for Language
12/08/09 - 8781 words
What critical evolutionary events does the span of human progression include? Anthropologists agree that decisive transitions such as sedentism, domestication, the use of language, and the arrival of culture and complex societies... Go to Article »
Reconstructing Bridges: Heritage Language Education of Asian Americans
10/26/09 - 2052 words
Language use is a major factor in defining one’s cultural identity. People learn slang, lingo, jargon, idiomatic phrases, and other language tools, and with them participate in a cultural, social environment in which they... Go to Article »
Sermons in Sociolinguistic Skins: An analysis of Wharry’s study on discourse markers in African-American sermons
10/22/09 - 1722 words
In her article, “Amen and Hallelujah preaching: Discourse functions in African American sermons,” Cheryl Wharry examines the use of “sermonic expressions” by African American preachers to denote textual... Go to Article »