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December 23, 2019

Wallace Stevens Quick Facts

Wallace Stevens was a major American poet of the 20th Century and an important member of the modernist movement in poetry. Profile Birth Name: Wallace Stevens Pseudonym: Peter Parasol Date of Birth: October 2, 1879 Place of Birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America Zodiac Sign:...

September 23, 2019

Benjamin Lee Whorf Quick Facts

Benjamin Lee Whorf was a notable American linguist. Profile Birth Name: Benjamin Lee Whorf AKA: Benjamin Whorf Date of Birth: April 24, 1897 Place of Birth: Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States Zodiac Sign: Taurus Date of Death: July 26, 1941 Died at Age: 44 Place of Death: Hartford, Connecticut,...

August 29, 2019

Dell Hymes Quick Facts

Dell Hymes, an influential sociolinguist, anthropologist, and folklorist. Profile Birth Name: Dell Hathaway Hymes AKA: Dell Hymes; Dell H. Hymes Date of Birth: June 7, 1927 Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, USA Zodiac Sign: Gemini Date of Death: November 13, 2009 Died at Age: 82 Place of Death:...

July 11, 2019

Michael Halliday Quick Facts

Michael Halliday is a British linguist and teacher. Profile Birth Name: Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday AKA: M.A.K. Halliday Date of Birth: 13 April 1925 Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England Zodiac Sign: Aries Date of Death: 15 April 2018 Died at Age: 93 Place of Death: Sydney, Australia Place...

July 10, 2019

Richard Hudson Quick Facts

Richard Hudson is a British linguist and a retired professor. Profile Birth Name: Richard Anthony Hudson AKA: Richard Anthony "Dick" Hudson; Richard (Dick) Hudson; Dick Hudson; Richard Hudson Date of Birth: September, 18 1939 Place of Birth: Sussex, England, United Kingdom Zodiac Sign:...

July 4, 2019

Ronald Wardhaugh Quick Facts

Ronald Wardhaugh is a Canadian retired professor of linguistics. Profile Full Name: Ronald Wardhaugh Date of Birth: 1932 Place of Birth: Canada Nationality: Canadian Ethnicity: White Known for: his book An Introduction to Sociolinguistics Major Works English for a Changing World Level...

June 13, 2019

Peter Roach Quick Facts

Peter Roach (b.1943) is a British phonetician. Profile Birth Name: Peter John Roach AKA: Peter Roach Date of Birth: June 30, 1943 Birthplace: London, United Kingdom Zodiac Sign: Cancer Nationality: British Ethnicity: White Marital Status: Married Spouse: Helen (m. 1966) Children: Son: Sam Son:...

May 11, 2019

Contents of Research Proposal

A research proposal is put forwarded by a researcher to his supervisor/external examiner with a view to outline his proposed area of study. The basic goal of a research proposal is to justify about the feasibility of the research topic. The prospective researcher should keep in mind that his proposal...

April 28, 2019

Differences between Behaviourism and Innatism

Introduction The manner in which a child acquires language is a matter long debated by linguists and child psychologists alike. During the twentieth century there has been a great deal of psycholinguistic research into how this process takes place. These research findings have revolutionized the way...

March 27, 2019

Rod Ellis Quick Facts

Rod Ellis is a British professor and a well-known researcher of second language acquisition, language pedagogy and teacher education. Profile Birth Name: Roderick James Ellis Date of Birth: May 29, 1944 Birthplace: Cheltenham, England Zodiac Sign: Gemini Nationality: British Ethnicity: White Father:...

February 12, 2019

Jim Cummins Quick Facts

Jim Cummins is a renowned SLA educator and one of the world’s most important theorists on bilingual education and second language acquisition. Cummins is also a prolific writer who authored and co-authored a number of notable books that reflect his theoretical perspective. Profile Name: Jim Cummins Full...

February 9, 2019

Dramatic monologue

Dramatic monologue is a lyric poem wherein a single character speaks, often in a specific situation, either directly to the reader or to a listener. Such poem is dramatic since it features theatrical qualities. However, a dramatic monologue is different from a drama in many ways. Firstly, in a drama,...

January 30, 2019

Difference between National Language and Official Language

A national language is a source or sign of identity for a nation or a country. National language gets its status because it is spoken by majority of the population as the first language. Apart from a few exceptions, such as India and Australia, almost all countries have a national language. A national...

January 2, 2019

The Code Hero

The code hero is associated with Earnest Hemingway’s novels. Professor Paul Totah maintains that Hemingway defined the code hero as “a man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful.” Again, Phillip...