How Hip-Hop Has Affected Modern English

How Hip-Hop Has Affected Modern English Hip-Hop has been a staple of American popular culture for over three decades, and has touched the lives of millions. It recently overtook Rock as the most consumed music genre in America. With a massive audience like this, Hip-Hop has been greeted with both acclaim and controversy, and has … Read more

Importance/integration of music to support development of young English Language Learners

Abstract This study aims to determine the importance and integration of music to support the development of young English Language Learners (ELLs) in the early childhood. Songs are emotional and our relationship with music is usually profound, powerful and very rewarding. It unlocks our emotions, inspire our moods, and strengthen our mental and physical well-being. … Read more

Blank verse as a feature in poetry and prose

Blank verse is a literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter. As a feature in poetry and prose, it has a consistent meter with ten syllables in each line (otherwise known as pentameter). In this, unstressed syllables are followed by stressed ones, five of which are stressed but do not follow a … Read more

Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang and the movie Arrival

Adapted from the 1998 novel “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, the movie Arrival (2016) as the name suggests, is the story of an extraterrestrial invasion on earth. The movie follows a linguistics professor, a physicist and a team of US soldiers whose main goal is to find the reason for the aliens’ presence … Read more

What text genres could be translated successfully by Machine Translation

Globalisation is continuing to spread and the demand for translators is higher than ever. The growth of globalisation comes alongside the demands for the increase of translators’ productivity, which means that more texts are expected to be translated in a shorter period of time. Therefore, automated translation – machine translation (MT) is nowadays increasingly used … Read more

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes – screen adaptation

The end of 1980 was a significant moment for the fans of Sherlock Holmes. The copyright for Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories expired. All of his works,produced before 1923, were now in the public domain. This fact was almost immediately used by Granada Television, who in 1984 produced the television series The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes. … Read more

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that language shapes the cognitive processes and perceptions of individuals. This theory was first hypothesized by Benjamin Whorf, who believed language encompasses the cultural aspects of societies and enables effective and proper communication between its speakers. He believed that language and thought are inseparable, that language is influenced by thoughts and … Read more

Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart (letter suggesting inclusion in syllabus)

Dear RI English Head of Department, I am writing this letter to justify my view of why Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart should be included in the English literature curriculum for students in the school. Things Fall Apart is a Greek tragedy, where the main character’s moral flaws bring him to ruin in a … Read more

George Orwell, Politics and the English Language, 1946

Orwell’s thesis acknowledges how writers use degraded and inaccurate language to express a thought. The modern form of English writing contains unnecessary elements, ultimately degrading the quality of a written text.  Furthermore, Orwell specifically explains the pretentious diction and meaningless words used in writing. Though Orwell’s thesis is evident throughout the passage, he does not … Read more

Argument Mapping: “Arizona Tewa Kiva Speech as a Manifestation of Linguistic Ideology” by Paul V. Kroskrity.

Anth/Ling 114 – Language, Culture, and Communication in the U.S. #2c Argument Mapping: “Arizona Tewa Kiva Speech as a Manifestation of Linguistic Ideology” by Paul V. Kroskrity. The goal of this paper is to present an argument mapping of Paul V. Kroskrity’s article, “Arizona Tewa Kiva Speech as a Manifestation of Linguistic Ideology”. In order … Read more

Amado Carrillo Fuentes (research paper for English)

03 March 2016 Research Paper      The Mexican drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes was considered Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficker in the 90s which was beneficial to Mexico, but also gave a lot more problems and turned Mexico into a war zone. Born on December 17, 1956 Amado Carrillo Fuentes made a big impact on … Read more