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Mechanisms of Sound Changes Within Linguistics

African American vernacular (Crowley, 1997). One can easily drawn parallels between the linguistic construction in many West Afric...

Overview of Men's Language and How it Differs

generally assumes an overall demeanor or front which it upholds. Usually, one person exemplifies the idealized goal. This goal is ...

Why English Should Not Be the U.S. Official Language

supremacy of white, native-born citizens" (Diamond, 1996, p. 154). Because so many people speak English and it is the primary lan...

Literary Comarison of John Cheever's Stories 'The Housebreaker of Shady Hill' and 'The Worm in the Apple'

modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...

Language Self Learning and CDs

et al 1996). Some teachers were given specific instructions that in addition to avoiding these possibly difficult and controversia...

Meaning and Rules in Teaching ESL

128). This individual clearly is quite capable, and sensitive to the nuances of language. Fu and Townsend (1998) quote ano...

Fortran Computer Programming Historical Overview

Visual program, his brother William went a step further by using the same computer (TX-2) to create a data flow language(Najork). ...

Multimedia Features in Programming Languages

this is with the use of a WebQuest that had been created by Bernie Dodge (2003). WebQuests have a structured, inquiry-based method...

Psychology Students and College Campus Linguistic Subcultures

my guide in understanding how he and his fellow students actually comprise a subculture in their use of such jargon. I, of course...

Culture and Language

and bank ATMs use Spanish. Many products on store shelves are bilingual in nature. This tendency to associate ones self with ones ...

Gender Differences in Body Language

more females than males. Most of the men seem to range in age from 20-25. It seems that upon observation that most Freshmen still ...

India and the English Language

to the English, it was felt perhaps, by many other less powerful classes, that also learning the language and adhering to the Brit...

Comparing 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' by William Blake

the very truth of human nature -- which is why they are often painful to accept. Indeed, his work represents all that is the huma...

The Dyslexic Student and Classroom Assistance

Dyslexia is THE most common and most prevalent of all known learning disabilities states the National Institute of Health(NIH). Gi...

TESOL and ESL Models for Second Language Education

and utterances that often seem random in nature and these occur from their earliest stages of development. Studies, though, of ea...

Literature Review on Paralinguistic Features of English Language Skills

will come to being able to communicate effectively" (Gassin, 1990, 437). Like Adams, Gassin (1990) also believed that the achieve...

Tenth and Twentieth Century Variations in Language

spelling of swor (to swoor) and the change from "hire" to "hir." In addition, though of the usable participle "to" clarifies the ...

Acquisition of Language and Memory Encoding

primary sample population in this study consists of subjects selected from the population of university students in a laboratory c...

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

In five pages this essay analyzes the language, themes, story, and characters found within Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping...

'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' and 'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this essay considers the 'everything' or 'nothing' connotation of oneness as represented within these short stories ...

Active Voice in 'Revelation' by Flannery O'Connor

In three pages Flannery O'Connor's story is examined with the consideration of a certain passage that utilizes language and active...

Social Implications of The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You by Dorothy Bryant

In five pages Bryant's utopian society as it manifests itself in her novel in terms of the sociological implications of physical a...

Analysis of the Dark Ages

In six pages the Dark Ages is analyzed in terms of life, language, culture, writing, and religion. Five sources are cited in the ...

Iris Murdoch's Under the Net

This text by Iris Murdoch and the language 'net' are discussed in a paper consisting of five pages. There are two other sources c...

Historical Language in the Works of Spenser and Milton

In ten pages this essay examines how language complements Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' as each text ...

Artistry in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In eight pages the literary artistry of James Joyce is examined in a consideration of this novel's dramatic form, language, and sy...

Original Language and its Importance in The Stranger by Albert Camus

In a paper consisting of three pages the language used and the importance of literal translation are discussed. There are no othe...

Reading Instruction

In two and a half pages this paper assesses the benefits of both phonics and whole language teaching with regards to reading instr...

Perception, Language, Cognition and Consciousness in Classic Indian Philosophy

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

Studies on Kinesics

words, students of kinesics "search for a grammar of body movements" as, in the words of Birdwhistell, "all meaningful [body] moti...