In Cincinnati and Illinois, Bloomfield worked hard and intensively on his first book before he travelled to German. While he was in German between the year 1913 – 1914, his famous book An Introduction to the Study of Language was accepted for publication by Henry Holt of New York in 1913. Accordingly, Bloomfield's life in German was spent in two cities: Gottingen and Leipzig where he had a chance to correct some proofs in his book An Introduction. His famous great book was issued in 1914 in the United States, but it did not become that famousness outside the USA because of the outbreak conflict in 1914- 1918. Similarly, the Course of General Linguistics book published by Ferdinand de Saussure (1857 – 1913 ) initiated to influential only after the appearance of its second edition in 1922.
Bloomfield's book An Introduction to the Study of Language in 1914 is considered as a remarkable and excellent work for a young man in his twentieth. He specialized his book to the study of the Algonquin languages, particularly to menomini, as his influential work Menomini Morphophonemic shows this. In addition, he included two chapters on language change, illustrated with examples from many languages. The book ended with a chapter on the relation of Linguistics to other sciences, a topic that would increasingly concern him.
Bloomfield practiced in historical Indo-European, particularly Germanic and philology. Then, he turned to the study of Tagalog, a Malayo-Polynesian
You might have heard about Punnett squares. It is used for a cross or breeding experiment. Reginald C. Punnett was one of the geneticists who created it. In fact, he was the first geneticist ever. His invention made cross breeding experiments easier.
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Elbert Frank Cox (December 5, 1895 – November 28, 1969) was an American mathematician who became the first black person in the world to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. He spent most of his life as a professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he was known as an excellent teacher. During his life, he overcame various difficulties which arose because of racism. In his honor, the National Association of Mathematicians established the Cox-Talbot Address, which is annually delivered at the NAM's national meetings. The Elbert F. Cox Scholarship Fund, which is used to help black students pursue studies, is named in his honor as well. In 1917 after graduating, Cox joined the U.S Army in World War I.
Who was Philip A. Hart? Not only was he an 18 year senator, but also a district attorney, lieutenant governor, World War II veteran, and on top of all, a father. He was a supporter and voice for the everyday American, and fought for what was best for them. His engagement to these people and the ideals he supported led him to receive the title of “Conscience of the Senate”. Philip received this name because he focused on creating a better education for today’s children, improving the environment, providing civil rights for all citizens, and creating opportunities. In a like manner, I reflect and carry out these four core values, and ultimately, public service. Through my leadership roles and volunteerism, I too am trying to build a future for the common man and generations to come.
Firstly an American psychologist namely Harry Harlow who almost by accident started the most influential work in
In America, there was a painter named Kehinde Wiley, who was born in Los Angeles, California in 1977. As a little boy, his parents knew that he wanted to become an artist. His family supported him to achieve his dream, and he went to an art school in Russia at the age of 12. He went to both San Francisco Art Institute and Yale University to pursue art. Wiley has received numerous awards such as the “Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Recipient”, "Americans for the Arts, Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence", "USA Network, Character Approved Award", "Canteen Magazine, Artist of the Year Award; New York City Art Teachers Association/United Federation of Teachers, Artist of the Year Award" and the “Pratt Legend Award”. His arts and studies
Movement to North is invariably envisioned as positive, which virtually demolishes as soon as it is executed. Richard narrates the pain of growing in the south where survival is for the fittest. Like every other black child, this pushes him farther from home into the street. He develops the spirit of alienation. Wright struggles to react to their poverty which is caused by oppression. He is always firm to improve the condition of the
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The film Linguists is a very unique exploration into the indigenous cultures and the prevalence of their languages. Researchers Gregory and David examine endangered languages in several regions to further understand the different ways the human mind can make sense of the world around it. Linguists covers a diverse range of topics regarding the importance of language to culture, the number of languages that are
In Andrew Clements’ 1998 children’s book, Frindle, Nick Allen, a troublemaking fifth-grader, spent a great deal of effort changing the word pen to the word frindle, exasperating his teacher and gaining national notoriety for his invented word, which, in the story, stuck and was introduced into the English dictionary. In Clements’ book, he questions who it is that decides that words mean what words mean. His teacher, Mrs. Granger, responds, “You do, Nicholas. You and I and everyone in this class and this school and this town and this state and this country. We all agree” (Frindle 197). Unfortunately, deriving the etymology of words is not as simple as Mrs. Granger made it sound. Change in words – their meanings, spellings, and pronunciations - takes place over the divides of continents, ages, and languages. So, the analysis of words is more than a quest for definition; it is an exploration of history. The word “drum” is a fitting example of one suddenly appearing in the English language without strong, direct, reliable linkage to previous tongues.
Leonard Peacock is about to kill his former best friend and himself, but his teacher saves him. This part reminds me of a part from Naruto where one of the evil characters is about to blow up this village, but Naruto comes and tells the villain that violence is not always the answer and he ends up doing the right thing by stopping the fight and reviving those who were killed. Just like how Herr Silverman stopped Leonard from killing himself and Asher.
Among the most important concepts to emerge are those relating to dialects and language standards. Sociolinguists have documented the presence of dialects in every language. These dialects, all of which are legitimate, are associated with educational, economic, social and historical conditions. Hence, even if an individual scrupulously studies all the possible dictionaries of a random language, he would still be somewhat of a stranger to that language since he is unaware of all the dialectal changes.
Throughout twenty-centuries ago, writers thought that ordinary language and literary language were two different languages. But this is an analytical assumption. There is only one language, which
Talking about “dialects”, a term often mentioned along is “standard language”. When being brought into comparison with “dialect”, “standard language” usually serves as a legitimate variant with the highest level of excellence (Bex & Watts, 1999). Though positive in nature, standardization - the procedure of standardizing a language – often raises heated controversy because of its consequences on not only linguistics field but also the society. In the second part of the essay, I will focus on the disadvantages of language standardization.
It has been noted that while considering changing word meanings is vital to the diachronic study of language, the notion and practice of studying them has been historically belittled as an intellectual pursuit. Semantic change is often irregular and arbitrary as a concept, as its causes are wide-ranging and multi-faceted. However, critics such as Willem B. Hollmann now give weight and notoriety to studying semantics synchronically . By considering individual cases, one can explain some word changes and apply common rules. These often occur intra-linguistically or through common social or political changes, especially surrounding class conflict. However, although we can catalogue the semantic change of similar or groups of words, word