How does David Crystal win over so much logic and emotion from his audience? Do the rhetorical tools that Crystal uses aid in his overall success of the argument? Crystal is the author of many books on language such as “The Gr8 Db8” which discusses text language and its impact on society. The author’s undermined approach is shown through historical context, statistics and pathos to effectively reveal the mass spread of English, and the potential impact it will have on the world. Crystal connects with the audience to make them realize that something as simple as the language we speak, could have more of an impact on the world than ever imaginable.
Lebanese people using words such as “cuz” for “cousin “ or Afghan origin people using the word “bachem” for brother in English. This allows for people to convey their ethnicity and culture to others, which would not have been possible if Standard English was used due to the strict rules that govern how it is used. Furthermore although Standard English is more widely comprehended due to having an agreed standard for grammar, vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation and conventions of use at times other non-standard forms of English can convey more specific meanings. As K Burridge states “clearly Standard English is perceived to be intrinsically superior to other varieties. Yet examples are easy to find where non-standard
In other words, the rules can only be guidelines because judges will clearly have different interpretations. ‘Judges are not robots’ and therefore the way in which they approach a problem of interpretation will obviously
When I was taking the IAT, I did not feel that it was effortless and habitual, I found myself frequently forgetting which side each category was on and having to glance at them to remember. I felt like I was frequently expressing my explicit attitudes toward these words, but implicit attitudes are so hard to measure that maybe it really was my implicit attitude. Why did it provide opposite results then? This test is supposed to be able to measure my implicit attitude based significantly on my response time to categorizing various words into correct groups. I can understand the concept that we will respond quicker when two categories that we implicitly associate are grouped together.
The way I improved my paper was taking my instructors constructive criticism and making the necessary corrections, to the best of my ability. I had obvious problems with the comma usage, dangling modifiers, and it was no question that I have to improve my vocabulary. Referring back to the text book and using the Thesaurus definitely helped me make the best revisions that I can make. The most challenging part of this assignment for me was to expand the use of my vocabulary. I know a lot of words; I just don’t use them in my everyday conversation, thus making it more difficult to incorporate in my essay.
“…bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.” The distinction between bullshit and a lie is at times very clear, but it also can be hard to identify. Bullshit is not a lie, and a lie is not bullshit, even though both are considered to be deceitful and insincere. Harry Frankfurt wrote his essay entitled “On Bullshit”, and through reading and analyzing his writing, his position on which is problematic (lying or bullshitting) becomes clear. Near the end of his essay, Frankfurt states, “Thus the production of bullshit is stimulated whenever a person’s obligations or opportunities to speak about some topic are more extensive than his knowledge of the facts that are relevant to that topic” (Frankfurt, On Bullshit, 99). Bullshit is a double-deceit towards a person, because you are hiding the fact that you do not know the information about a topic, and you are spouting out information which you are not 100% sure of, and claiming as if you know enough to hold a conversation.
Summary- From the very beginning Old English was very hard to understand and very complex. Old English was the language of the Anglo-Saxon people until 1066. They changed old English to Middle English because it was easier to understand and more grammatically correct. Modern English speakers could make out what Chaucer wrote without it being too much trouble. Once writings of Old English came to an end, Middle English had no standard language.
Nonstandard diction refers to expressions that are not considered legitimate words according to the rules of Standard English usage. Nonstandard diction includes "ain't," "theirselves," "hisself," "anyways," "alot" (the accepted version is "a lot"), and "alright" (the accepted version is "all right"). Most good dictionaries will identify such expressions with the word "Nonstandard." ( When you refer to information contained in Joe’s book (and everyone is required to do this) but have no reference, your essay is not theoretically sophisticated. You must have references even if you do not directly quote.
Plagiarism Katrina, I understand your argument about this being common sense but I still have to argue that this is an act of plagiarism. You may have not intended to plagiarize and this act is called unintentional plagiarism. I do not want you to worry because it is better if you know now and learn as you are not the only one who has come across this issue. Plagiarism exists in two forms: intentional and unintentional. Plagiarism is done intentionally when someone copies someone else’s exact words and uses it in their own work without any quotations or citations and claims it to be their original work.
Dissoi Logoi contains opposing arguments that can be argued either way. Its relevance to Rhetoric is that it allows us as readers to see that no argument can be made both bad and good, just and unjust, seemly and shameless. In our own minds we know right versus wrong, but not everyone has the same vision of what is right and what is wrong. What is wrong to one can be right to another and vice versa which appeals to the logos aspect of rhetoric. These notion of contradiction within this writing are rhetoric.