Essays on Cognates

Languages, just like various cultures, influence each other, as they are not sufficient on their own. The language intercourse contributes to the development of relationships among the parties involved. The French-American English dialect has gained popularity in various regions, such as CU Boulder. English has borrowed some words from the French language. Dialects have a significant influence on the automatic speech recognition; it is imperative to detect and classify various dialects to understand their originality and influence in the commonly used languages. The Standard English and American-French dialects have some similarities, as the languages borrow some words from each other. ...

Introduction

This paper examines and discusses research into the origin of human language, considering religion-based ideas, anthropological and genetic evidence, as well as archaeological (indirect) evidence, that researchers have used in attempting to determine when language was first used by humans as a means of communication. It also considers the way language(s) evolved, spread and diversified, and some impacts that language has had on our culture and society.

Language Origins

Chapter 1 of “The Handbook of Linguistics” written by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy of Canterbury University (2001, 2003), speculated how our early ancestors communicated; what sort of language they used, its degree of ...

Introduction

Language is not static. Many factors contribute to it instead being dynamic – continually changing, developing and evolving over space and time. Part of that evolutionary process concerns the morphology of the language – the way words are formed and the rules that govern their formation; an important element in pedagogy, facilitating the teaching / learning of the language in part by understanding those rules and utilizing them as elements of the instructional framework. This paper examines how the English language including its word structure and vocabulary has evolved / morphed over time, and discusses how the morphology of the English ...