Summary Of Language By Angela Carter

Contrary to unification, language can divide people. Finally, In “The Power of Words in Wartime”, Robin Lakoff shows how specific language makes it easier to kill the enemy while at war. Language is a beautiful gift that can bring people together just because they speak the same language. In, “Mute in an English Only World”, Chang-Rae Lee writes about his mother who is a Korean-American immigrant and, how she was not capable of doing everyday tasks because of her lack of knowledge of English.

In the world today, there are more and more multicultural people who can speak different languages; and they need to choose different tongues to correspond to the immediate community they belong. Language makes people remember their own cultures and contribute to their own identity. In “Mother Tongue,” a short story written by Amy Tan; she strongly narrates the stories about her different experiences and life comprehensions based on varying types of English she speaks throughout life. Wandering on two different languages; Amy discovers the importance and power of language: “the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth” (Tan 38). As human beings, language is the tool that contains the mighty powers; it forcefully affects people’s lives, personality, and lifestyles. Moreover, language is the “bridge” of communication between people. However, for Amy, the views on mother’s language are changing from the sense of shame into pride; as she is feeling the effects that two different types of English are giving to her as well as their respective symbols in her mind.

In the same manner as James Baldwin, I defend language to be a political instrument and the most crucial key to identity, in most cases. Language expresses the identity of the human; thus, connecting local and widespread communities. First impressions depict one’s identity among a group, from the moment one opens their mouth, their language outputs an impression in as short as seven seconds.

The more we understand language variations, the more we will be able to connect with anyone in the world. This mean we all understand social justice in the world. Baldwin says “It goes without saying, that language is also a political instrument, means, and proof of power” (45). This quote is important to our understanding of language variations and social justice because language is power. Language is the most striking key to personality so without it you don't have anything. Meaning without language how would we express ourselves to one another.

Language is a powerful ensemble of instruments that all eject different tones. How instruments are played, effect the tone that is given. The way language is used affects the feelings that are released. The power of language has different uses: it can hurt or heal, it can destroy relationships or build new ones, it can make a girl feel like nothing or make her feel as though she is on top of the world. No matter what language is used for, it can make a huge impact, how language is used determines whether the impact is positive or negative. In her essay “The Meanings of a Word”, Gloria Naylor’s effective depiction of language is revealed through syntax, diction, and imagery.

Language is one of the greatest achievements of humanity because it allows us to communicate and interact with other members of the community that are familiar with particularly used language. This is why the way in which we use it is important because it creates context describing the relationship between communicating people. In the Nancy Tuten’s essay Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”, Tuten argues that Walker’s story is distinctive because “it stresses not only the importance of the language but also the destructive effects of its misuse” (Tuten 125). To support the claim that language can be both empowering and discouraging, Tuten focuses on the relationship between Mama, Dee and Maggie with an emphasis on the language that they are using when communicating.

Language is essentially a means of communication among members of a society. In the expression of culture, language is a fundamental aspect. It is the tool that conveys traditions and values related to group identity. Maxine Hong Kingston shared her difficulties in adjusting to the American society in the story “Tongue-Tied” she states, “It was when I found out I had to talk that school became a misery”. June 16th, 2015, I received a letter that indicated that I was accepted in an American college and my dreams of studying computer science in the United States came true.

Language is essential to every interaction and aspect in human’s everyday lives. Imagine a world without language, everyone will be mute and doesn’t have any connection with each other. Being able to communicate through language with each other forms bonds and that’s what make human different from any animal species. And language gives us a unique and diverse characters to each of us.

Language is powerful and can be used to control instead of uplift. An example of language being used to

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Spoken language permits us to empathize and connect; however, it also creates separation and plants the seeds of violence. Everyone has a “humps” language. Not only does it humanize us, but it can take away our

In the words of George Orwell, “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” Language has been spoken for over 350,000 years. It has expanded tremendously, but its power has never changed. The use of language shapes peoples' perceptions and the depth of interactions because it can demean, avoid, portray emphasis, persuade, and conceal from simple phrases such as “I feel like” and “just”.

Language is an essential part of forming and conveying social memory. As Mayr (17) notes, “language is used to organize, understand and express our perceptions of the world”. Mayr (17) continues also to say that language is “used to enable us to communicate with other people . . . and to express and understand feelings, attitudes and judgments”. As a result of these two functions, language is one of the main themes in dystopian fiction. Sisk (2) comments

Humans act toward people, things, and events on the basis of the meanings they assign to them. Once people define a situation as real, it has very real consequences. Without language there would be no thought, no sense of self, and no socializing presence of society within the individual. (Socio-cultural tradition)

Language is a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing. It is considered as an art because when used it able to help a person develop or create a certain picture in the mind. Language being an artifact of culture means that it is an interesting thing that is created by the people. It is an aspect of their way of life of the people. It also helps in development of the people as writers and intellects. As a culture it is a people’s way of life and therefore the impact it has to human beings cannot be under looked.