These differences augment the emotional reaction and the understanding that a modern audience may elicit from 'Macbeth Retold'. Ella Macbeth parallels Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth with the line "You're too full of the milk of human kindness." Juxtaposition is used immediately after as Ella continues to lecture Joe in a more modern-day dialect. In this scene, instead of reasoning with her husband, Ella humiliates him into murdering Duncan, giving today's viewers more of a reason to empathise with the chef. Irony is then introduced into the piece a few scenes later when Joe accidently breaks a bottle of milk and cuts his hand while cleaning it up.
Through this she is trying to persuade the reader to spread the N’Ko language and other languages like it and the new technology that supports it. In paragraph 4 Rosenberg uses a metaphor to suggest that “many tiny, endangered languages” are completely dependent on modern technology to keep them alive. What she is suggesting is that the only way to keep languages like N’Ko alive is through digital technology therefore it is vital for us to make sure this happens. In paragraph 1 Rosenberg uses a quote “For a long time, technology was the enemy” stated by Inee Slaughter, an Indigenous Language teacher. Later on in the paragraph he also states “But now we know ways technology can be helpful” Rosenberg refers to Slaughters expert
Certain elements, such as acronyms, initialisms, incomplete sentence structure, or the omission of vowels, included in abbreviated messaging technologies (sometimes referred to as “textese”), have contributed to the English language, reflected in the literature and writing skills of the people who use these media. As a response to the skepticism as to whether text messaging is more detrimental or beneficial to the English language, one reviewer comments “f u cn rd ths thn wats th prblm?” (Crystal
Claire Carmichael expresses her opinions on advertising by creating the character of Barrett, in the chattering world, he is exposed to ads for the first time, he experiences confusion and used by Aunt Kara, as in the novel, Barrett was convinced that he should go to the dentists for a general check-up, but really it was to implant a tracking device in his tooth, this is manipulating him more because he does not know about it. She created his character of Barrett to show the differences between a simple world and the
In her definition essay, Gloria Naylor defines how the written and spoken language can give different meanings to a word. She considers language a powerful tool used by writers and everyday people, to express their feelings and capture reality and life. According to Naylor, the “written word [is] inferior to the spoken,” which uses the “sight, sound, smell and touch” (232) of the moment. To exemplify how the same word can have different meanings, she describes the moment when she became aware of the word “nigger.” When a boy in the class would call her a “nigger,” she instantly knew that it was a bad word. The teacher confirmed her suspicions, when she “scold[ed] him for using a bad word” (232).
In Deborah Tannen’s essay, “Can’t We Talk,” she was able to persuade me men and women misunderstand each other due to the simple fact that opposite genders perceive language differently. Tannen states in her essay, “Learning the other’s way of talking is a leap across the communication gap between men and women, and a giant step towards genuine understanding.” Throughout the essay, she uses great structure and examples to inform her readers of this gap between the genders and how it interferes with communication and understanding. Deborah Tannen structures her essay in a way that makes it easy for the reader to follow, and in turn, helps make her point. When first looking at the page, it is very appealing to the eye. She has six different points proving the differences between men and women through examples.
John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men The fact that in the first line Curley's wife is described to have cut of the ray of light shows that she is of somewhat danger to both George and Lennie. Another point is Steinbeck uses the word glanced, ‘Both men glanced up’, this show that both George and Lennie will be distracted by Curley’s wife, but not for long as the verb ‘glanced’ means to look quickly or briefly. Furthermore the text later goes on to say how she was heavily made up in rouge lips, red finger nails, with red ostrich feathers on top of her red shoes. The fact that Steinbeck describes her to be heavily made up in mainly the colour red shows how she is presented to already be sexualised within the first three lines. In the extract Steinbeck
Word Count: 1399 Firoozeh Dumas argues how difficult it is for an immigrant with a foreign name to live in America in “The F Word.” The author describes her past troubles with having the Iranian name of Firoozeh. Children and adults alike pronounce it incorrectly and cause embarrassment and confusion. Dumas decided to start calling herself Julie in an effort to prevent inconvenience on the part of American tongues. Foreign names make immigrants feel alienated among a nation with names along the lines of Joe, Mary, Dave, Steve, and Sarah. Americans have become more willing to learn a foreign name.
Abstract John Humphrys’ article “I h8 txt msgs; How Texting is wrecking our language” is a cynical piece about how texting is bad for the English language. He believes that English will deteriorate into acronyms and a mnemonic system. He starts off with explaining his love for the dictionary. Each use of a dictionary leads to enlightenment, according to Humphrys. The newest edition of oxford English dictionary came out; to humphrys’ humor, the new edition “has removed the hyphen from no fewer than 16,000 words.” The fact the hyphen has been removes isn’t what gets to Humphrys, but what he believes to be the reasoning is what shocks him.
The language and gender therioests I intend to look at is Robin Lakoff and O'Barr and Atkins which we studied during AS. This will give me the starting point that I will need to investigate language and gender. Firstly I will need look at their therioes, to see whether their claims of male and female language features are supported or not. For example, Robin Lakoff claims that females use hedges and tag questions. But is this really the case?