Essays on French Language

Canadian French nationalism is a complex issue that has its roots in the settlement of the country by French explorers. It has been a highly emotional issue that has affected the politics of Canada over the years. The eye of the storm is the province of Quebec where 81% of its people spoke French as opposed to the 90% of Canadians who spoke English in the rest of Canada during the early stages of the secessionist movement (Fenwick, 1981). The current Separatist movement has lost power and is no longer the threat to Canadian political and social stability it ...

Introduction

Crystal starts by questioning what it means for a language to be international or global and its advantages and disadvantages of having such a language in his book English as a Global Language. He suggests that for a language to be universal, its people political power is a critical factor to be considered. He traces the rise of English to the universal language in his first three chapters. The first chapter surveys its extent of use of English worldwide involving an outline of its spread, second examines some ideas developed in the nineteenth century about English languagen. The third ...

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. ...

In contemporary interconnected and interdependent world, meaning comprehension of one country in the region might resolve the problems diplomacy or military actions could not resolve. Thus, it is no longer enough to know only geographical specifics of the country and formal data. Even knowledge of history of the country without a proper context would not be enough for policy and decision-makers to make the right choice between actions and noninterference. In this regard, culture becomes a crucial element for comprehension of the situation in its complexity and interdisciplinary framework.

Although, during the Cold War, culture was of little importance and the ...

Learning is a continuous process that doesn't end after we received our hard-earned diploma. People have the capacity to discover and explore new things, thus constitutes a continuous quest for learning new things. In the psychological point of view, learning has related principles and theories that explains the process in which a person can effectively absorb new information. One example is myself initiative to learn a new language specifically French. It is not easy to just listen to a French conversation and be able to pick-up the details of the conversation's entire context. It takes a lot of practice and practical application of ...

The Anglo-Saxon approach in the management of companies and organizations takes a different approach as compared to the model of French speaking people. Herremans and Isaac (2005) argue that while the French companies experience a highly context paced environment; the Anglo-Saxon counterparts adopt a highly formalized system that is full of factual management and decision making from a structured system of government. The case study of Lemma seeks to understand the cultural performance and the repercussions that were overseen as a result of adopting the Anglo-Saxon approach in its governance. This paper takes into consideration various factors and scenarios that are reminiscent in the ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the etymology and history of three different words, each of one belongs to a different historical period. The periods which are to be presented in this essay are three. The first period is the one of Old English language which ranges from the middle of the 5th century till the mid-12 century A.D. The second period which is to be presented here is the period of the Middle English period which begins approximately in 1150 and ends in 1500. The third and last period is the period of the Renaissance ...

Introduction

There are a number of vernacular languages which have gradually developed in Europe over the years. The French language which is mainly used in France and also in other parts of Europe is one of the vernacular languages in Europe. The French language, which is widely in use in Europe, was developed from Vulgar Latin. Vulgar Latin is the language that was mainly used in the Roman Empire as the vernacular language. The Romans conquered modern France, which used to be the ancient Gaul from the residents who were Gaulish speakers, a language categorized to be a Celtic language. Consequently, the Latin ...

American English began around 1607 when the first English settlement was established in Virginia. During this period, for scholars to distinguish the English language from the present day English, they referred to the language as the Early Modern English (Wolfram and Schilling-Estes 104). Differences between the Early Modern English and the modern English can be seen in the differences in the dialects within the British English language. In addition, these dialects resulted to different dialects in the States as various people from the different speech regions settled in different parts of America. The colonists who came to Virginia ...

IT and Public Policy

Introduction Information and Communication Technology covers a wide area; generally information as well as wireless. In general, ICT refers to the role of combined communications as well as the assimilation of telecommunications, which makes it easier for creation, access, storage transmission and manipulation of information. Lately, ICT forms part of the basic needs of humans because without it life will never go on smoothly. Arguably, the world is becoming lesser than we may realize. Currently, it is possible to communicate individuals of various fashions, customs, traditions as well as languages, thanks to advancement in technology. From my point of ...