Monday, 19 January 2015

Linguistic Imperialism

Where do we see evidence of linguistic imperialism in the Anglophone world? Linguistic imperialism is the transfer of a dominant language to other people. This transfer can occur any many different ways and poses a threat to many endangered languages and in turn cultures around the world. One example of linguistic imperialism in the Anglophone world is in the case of pop culture. Pop culture is nearly universal and is also predominantly communicated...

Sunday, 11 January 2015

Text 2 Analysis

This text titled "Food Crisis in Sahel" is an article published on the Oxfam website in December 2011 which discusses the impending food crises in Sahel. The author utilized a very popular technique among articles which is to begin the article with a brief summary of what the article will actually be about. While this piece is meant to be informative for its audience there is also no denying the underlying advertising nature of this article. The...