Language – A Mantle of Communication

Language is perhaps the most important function of the human society – it allows us many hours of entertainment through literature, radio, music, and films. This project enabled students to appreciate the cultural diversities embedded in languages through the examination of loanwords found in different languages. Through the understanding of why and how languages borrow lexical items from one another, students were able to appreciate how intricate each language system works and how language contacts have enriched each culture. Examples came from a number of languages but focused on English as that connected students from many different countries.