I also enjoyed learning about mental image. I knew it was a thing but I never really noticed how much I use mental image in every conversation. When trying to describe something I picture that thing in my head and […]
A topic that I found most surprising to learn about was mental image. I know when someone asks me “oh do you remember what happened here” or “do you remember when we did this..”, I always create a picture in my h […]
Growing up english was my first language but I struggled speaking it. I attended speech once I started elementary school. There were so many words and phrases that I was unable to pronounce for example instead of […]
Are these really words?I remember while growing up in elementary school I had this one teacher that wouldn’t allow the class to say words like gonna, wanna, a […]
Descriptivism focuses on the study of language used in the daily lives of individuals. It is able to provide structure and direction while creating a foundation for teaching language. Descriptivism is able to […]
Language is not the same thing as communicating, language is what makes us human. According to Donna Jo Napoli, in order for a communication system to be identified as a language it must contain these five […]
In this class I hope to learn about language and how it is associated with culture and society. I would also like to learn about the structure of a language and how it can be described.
