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Mental Prototypes, Language and More

course, prototypes and categories can get us in trouble. The assignment asks for an example of mistaken identity. I was in a store...

The Loss of Indigenous Languages and Cultures

Language is integrally related to culture. While in todays world it is not uncommon for an individual to...

Persuasive Argument Theories

are still being paid less than men for the same job and it is also true that men have been taught more negotiating skills than wom...

The Official Language of the US: Does One Exist?

language skill development are compelling reasons for creating a national language which underscores our collective national cultu...

Guanxi in Singapore

Singapore presents a unique business environment that is a blend of Asian and Western influences. Workplace diversity is one resu...

The Bilingual Education Debate

There is also evidence that bilingualism actually provides benefit to culturally diverse students. Sheng, McGregor and Marian cond...

Descriptive Language in Fiction

always been in Raleighs room, presumably, but he had never noticed it, hidden as it was behind a chest of drawers, until he was te...

SCHOLARLY ARTICLE REVIEW: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

instruction tended to help ELL students, and Brooks and Thurstons results werent much different. Basically, throwing ELL students ...

Absurdity and Existentialism in Adams' Hitch Hiker's Guide

arise out of unexpected and irrational contradictions faced by the main characters on virtually every page. The absurdity is not j...

An Inductive Analysis of Macbeth: The Use of Paradoxical Language

opens by referred to her distant husband not by his titular name, but by his holdings and titles of lordship: "Glamis thou art", s...

The Debate about Making English an Official Language

both English and French are official languages (Krauthammer, 2006). According to Mr. Krauthammer, the experience of having more th...

Language Production and Semantic Memory

long been the study of linguistics and psycholinguistics. A source of deep fascination is the way language works and its power and...

Database Platforms - The Key Elements

Language, or SQL, is a very popular computer language. Designed to manage databases, several programs rely on SQL to produce quick...

Sturm und Drang in "The Sorrows of Young Werther"

the dance, he meets a woman named Lotte with whom he has an instant rapport. During this part of the novel, Werther expresses his ...

Muslims Christians and Jews at Al Andalus

The Iberian Peninsula, that region of the world we now call Spain and Portugal, fell under Islamic rule in 711 AD. While Islamic ...

GLOBAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

At one time, marketing communications experts believed that the only thing that needed changing when moving marketing communicatio...

The Intersection of Language and Culture

it seems that with the increased number of brands and corporate identities that have arisen because of the internet, its happening...

Teaching Using the SEI Approach

ELLs receive a minimum of four hours of daily instruction in English language development, that is, not simply instruction in Engl...

Case Study : Child Observation

observed in the classroom. One was a small group activity where Linda worked with two classmates to build a tower with different s...

Should the U.S. Officially Speak English?

there have been a number of attempts to pass a Constitutional amendment making English the official language of the United States....

Towards a Definition of a National Minority

implement a mandatory requirement for companies to print labels in the minority languages of the individuals in the country it is ...

Sound, Meaning, Syntax, and Pragmatics in Communication

fourth level of language) involves a speakers lexicon, a lexicon including grammatical and psycholingistic factors, combined with ...

Limited English Proficiency and the Problems it Poses

most prosperous nations on earth. Some of these immigrants have arrived here legally but others have arrived illegally. A common...

The Process and Barriers in Communication

unconscious models, either directly or indirectly. He way that this has taken place has changed over the years, undergoing evolut...

English as a Second Language Preschoolers

learning to read English as well. Between reading books at home and book in the classroom, children picked up a significant amou...

THE LANGUAGE OF IMMIGRANTS

Discusses cultural and sociological aspects concerning different languages through stories written by Amy Tan, Gloria Anzaldua and...

Techniques for ELL Students

(Ghaith, 2003). Cooperative learning encourages meaningful, real-life conversations between students, regardless of age. Researc...

The English Language

Introduction The English language has a long and very rich history and the language. It is also a language which is used in most ...

Hispanics in the United States

that there are bilingual pamphlets created by government and in fact many products contain both English and Spanish, but in viewin...

IT Transnational Management

2008). More than a decade ago, Reimers (1997) reminded readers that building a transnational organization required total global ...