A child born in a Chinese or English speaking family takes about the same number of years to acquire their native tongue, regardless of their general intelligence.

Explain the term “euphemism” with examples. Describe the use of euphemisms in social communication. What will result in euphemistic clichés?

Describe the distinctive features of Black English in its syntactic system by using examples.

phone

ethnic dialect

language center

creole

hierarchical structure

contrastive analysis

interlanguage

co-hyponyms