CUNY Academic Commons | Sami Ahmad | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/samiahmad/activity/ Activity feed for Sami Ahmad. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 a4f3fb379046f6d08fecad60b728e811 Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=751 Tue, 14 May 2024 01:49:36 -0400 Blog Post #4After reading about language change and its inevitability, I decided to talk to my father about the changes he has observed in our […]

]]> 12156057974a16a48b3dd4e0a35ef004 Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=639 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:14:29 -0400 blog post 3Proposition: I own a blue car. Truth Value: True. Truth Conditions: For this proposition to be true, I must have legal […]

]]> 2aaf13aab3a96dbf87441fe3bb573e43 Sami Ahmad commented on the post, Discussion 5, on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2024/03/26/discussion-5/#comment-197 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 01:33:35 -0400 The concept of mental images is fascinating and something we often take for granted. It’s interesting how our minds automatically conjure up images associated with words. For example, when someone mentions […]

]]> 6d5ab2d4a2bd2b1bee303cbcd18230a7 Sami Ahmad commented on the post, Discussion 5, on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2024/03/26/discussion-5/#comment-196 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 01:32:09 -0400 The Week 9 reading talks about how we understand the meaning of sentences in a part of linguistics called Compositional Semantics. It explains that there are two main parts to understanding the meaning of words […]

]]> 6ba24e6fab3e11ff44b2d693d89e4f42 Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=501 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:06:25 -0400 Blog Post #2A word I want to talk about is “pasta”. When the Italian word “pasta” /ˈpɑːstə/ was borrowed into Japanese, its pronunciation cha […]

]]> e8cb936f71fc31dc1a7c791ce22c7a26 Sami Ahmad commented on the post, Discussion 4: The Sounds of Language, on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2024/02/20/discussion-4-the-sounds-of-language/#comment-164 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 05:38:29 -0500 When I was young and learning to speak, I had trouble saying some sounds and inflection’s, especially the ones where certain sound’s form in a similar manner. When I was a little kid I used to say “Car” like ” […]

]]> db796e109543ea6ce8c4a120e0acac07 Sami Ahmad commented on the post, Discussion 4: The Sounds of Language, on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2024/02/20/discussion-4-the-sounds-of-language/#comment-163 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 05:34:30 -0500 When I was young and learning to speak, I had trouble saying some sounds and inflection’s, especially the ones where you put your tongue at the back of your mouth, like the sounds in “coffee” and “Guy.” I would […]

]]> 5ae878bd043af00000e5482697349e19 Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=350 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:46:46 -0500 Blog Post #1In my 4th grade class in elementary school, I learned some rules about language that said things like “ain’t” were wrong. They said […]

]]> 91ffaf50b68b588c0641b6eb23141167 Sami Ahmad commented on the post, Discussion 3: Descriptivism and Prescriptivism, on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2024/02/13/discussion-3-descriptivism-and-prescriptivism/#comment-129 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 02:13:39 -0500 The descriptivist approach used by linguists is beneficial because it focuses on describing how people actually use language, rather than telling them how they should use it. This helps linguists understand […]

]]> d5218c24da96b44266684869c8c1ee9c Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=291 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 01:24:17 -0500 February 13Hi

]]> 7d02bb4a002d818e0f85afa483b8519d Sami Ahmad commented on the post, Discussion 2: What is language?, on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2024/02/06/discussion-2-what-is-language/#comment-108 Sat, 10 Feb 2024 02:41:41 -0500 The idea behind communication and language that resides within humanity is a concept that I’ve struggled to grasp for a long time. The switch from animal talk to human language likely happened when early people […]

]]> 34587e6d5d2b29b02af802bdc8966fd5 Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=123 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:59:33 -0500 Sami Ahmadhello

]]> 2e52dc41405fa3b6862a4dc2d482b448 Sami Ahmad commented on the post, Discussion 1, on the site Ling 201: Introduction to Language https://ling201spr2024.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2024/01/27/discussion-1/#comment-63 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:56:40 -0500 I hope to learn in the fundamental concepts of language as it has always fascinated me seeing all the different languages and the different dialect’s for these languages. I hope to learn about the history of the […]

]]> b87217158f40e1c956f7c52ef64c905a Sami Ahmad's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/973893/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:41:40 -0500 b7c34c347e021cc40539310a3b74c3a3 Sami Ahmad changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/973892/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:41:04 -0500 ff587732907749b5f6e0d1e63ff2ba99 Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site English 151 Research Compendium https://151compendium.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=156 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 03:24:16 -0400 "The Once and Future Drug War." by James Marson et al.Marson, J., Wernau, J., Luhnow, D. (2022, January 22). The once and future drug war. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 14, 2023, […]

]]> b6908236b573c31ea49c7ac22d8ade30 Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site English 151 Research Compendium https://151compendium.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=154 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 03:15:01 -0400 "The War on Drugs That Wasn’t: Wasted Whiteness, 'Dirty Doctors,' and Race in Media Coverage of Prescription Opioid Misuse" by Julie Netherland et al.Netherland, J., & Hansen, H. B. (2016). “The war on drugs that wasn’t: Wasted whiteness, “Dirty doctors,” and race in media cover […]

]]> e4d85d19a2d353afc31e7e9cf2abad1d Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site English 151 Research Compendium https://151compendium.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=143 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 02:01:25 -0400 "How the war on drugs impacts social determinants of health beyond the criminal legal system." by Aliza Cohen et al.Cohen, A., Vakharia, S. P., Netherland, J., & Frederique, K. (2022, December). How the war on drugs impacts social determinants of […]

]]> 2cb538ebb19fd3afe55841d9fbf0856c Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site English 151 Research Compendium https://151compendium.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=138 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 07:42:39 -0400 "Despite push to legalize, War on Drugs still matters" by Tama JTama, J. “Despite push to legalize, War on Drugs still matters.”. Brookings, 28, Jul. 2016, htt […]

]]> 34c1280e7ff691457ca539d39547b1dc Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site English 151 Research Compendium https://151compendium.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=136 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 05:24:37 -0400 "Is the war on drugs succeeding?" by London RLondon, R. “Is the war on drugs succeeding?”. Harvard Law School. 1, Jul. 2005, htt […]

]]> f0a764ce7b603338a991c95dfb030f0d Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site English 151 Research Compendium https://151compendium.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=134 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 05:21:47 -0400 Social Consequences of the War on Drugs: The Legacy of Failed Policy by Eric L Jensen, et al.Jensen, Eric L, et al. “Social Consequences of the War on Drugs: The Legacy of Failed Policy.” Social Consequences of the War on Dru […]

]]> 370dd9e192cb462d2e3126f203fa04e6 Sami Ahmad wrote a new post on the site English 151 Research Compendium https://151compendium.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=132 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 05:16:35 -0400 “It Ruined My Life”: The effects of the War on Drugs on people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural Puerto Rico by R. Abadie et al.Abadie, R, et al. “It Ruined My Life: The Effects of the War on Drugs on People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Rural Puerto Rico.” The […]

]]> 74923a2da137631c95933ff886f3c945 Sami Ahmad's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/910599/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:38:26 -0400 05bea84c8c634d9392203f7292ff463a Sami Ahmad became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/910591/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:26:25 -0400