Language as a Conscious Choice.
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(3 pp). Two articles "English in Multicultural America" by Dennis Baron and "Racism in the English Language" by Robert B. Moore from The Meaning of Difference are compared. Personal opinions concerning their importance are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BBlangch.doc

Language Development in Children with Cochlear Implants
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An 8 page paper that provides a comprehensive overview of the different elements of language development in children with cochlear implants. This paper focuses primarily on the early developmental processes and demonstrates the progression of speech production. The research in this paper is primarily based on journal articles and as a result, gives a substantive overview of the subject. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Cochlear.wps

Language Disabilities and Educational Strategies
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This 16 page paper provides an overview of the problem of functional language disorder for one student. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHOralAs.rtf

LANGUAGE DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL MEDIA
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This paper discusses the global media's impact on language, and the importance of language diversity in today's global interactions. Also under discussion is the concept of one world, one language. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTlandiv.rtf

LANGUAGE OF THE MEDIA
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This paper examines language media uses, including "doublespeak" and bias. Also under discussion are manufacturing consent and the real role of the media in a democratic society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTmedlan.rtf

Language Skills and Oppression
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A 5 page paper which examines the cultural realities of the English language as it relates to the oppression and discrimination experienced by those who do not speak the language well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAenglng.rtf

Language Teaching Theories
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This 3 page paper discusses several theories about the way in which people learn new languages. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVLngTch.rtf

Language Theory / Frege vs. Kripke
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A 6 page discussion of language theory as presented by Frege and also by Kipke. Each of these theorists held disparate views concerning the structure of language in relation to its ability to connect to the outside world. Many interesting points concerning linguistics are examined. No Bibliography.
Filename: Langphi.wps

Language Variations Between Genders
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5 pages in length. Among the myriad differences between men and women is the manner in which they speak. The variations that exist within gender language are sometimes quite conspicuous, while at other times remain quite subtle; however, one thing is certain: the formation of these variations originates early in childhood, with parents the primary factor behind these learned contrarieties. Indeed, to listen to a group of women talk when compared to that of a group of men, there are obvious differences in the choice of words, the inflection and often the meaning. The writer discusses the variations of language in relation to gender. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLClang.wps

Language Variations Between the 10th and 20th Centuries: Views of Two Passages
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This 4 page paper considers the fact that linguistic and lexical changes occurred in the English language over ten centuries. A comparative view of two passages from the story of John the Baptist provides a means of measuring and assessing the changes that have occurred, in order to relate these to the progression of language over time.
Filename: MHOldEng.rtf

Language, Culture And The Global Media
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A 25 page paper. Linguists have predicted that more than half, as many as 90 percent of the 6,000 languages being used today will be extinct by 2050. Languages are becoming extinct at far greater ratios than are mammals and birds. The effect is that there are also cultures that die when the language dies because language is one of the defining characteristics of a culture. This essay provides a look at global immigration patterns with data; a discussion of endangered languages; a discussion of language as a unifying element in culture as well as a barrier to communication; and the possibility of a universal language and what that might be. Interwoven are comments about the media and their roles. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: PGlngmd.rtf

Language, Thought & Rhetoric
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A 7 page essay/research paper that discusses, first of all, the centrality of language to cognitive processes, arguing that language forms, specifically "proto-metaphors," incline the language user toward perceiving reality in pre-determined ways. Then, broadening the discussion to include rhetoric, the relationships between language, thought and rhetoric are examined, specifically exploring how rhetoric relates to both language and thought, and argues that historical concepts of rhetoric are too limiting because they focus, for the most part, only on the orator and do not give equal weight to how the auditor perceives the orator's message. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khltr.rtf

Language: Humans And Other Animals
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the origin of language, whether animals utilize language and the aspect of dialects. No bibliography.
Filename: TLCanlng.wps

Learning A Second Language In Infancy And/Or Childhood: Benefits Or Costs For Language Development?
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5 pages in length. In today's globalized society, there is no social downside for children to acquire another language beyond their mother tongue; to have the ability to speak two languages in the world's multicultural environment serves as a solidifying component for raising a more worldly and accomplished child. From a linguistic standpoint, there are both strengths and weaknesses associated with young child simultaneously learning two languages which bring forth a collection of reasons why there are a combination of benefits as well as costs for the bilingual child; two of the greatest concerns of early bilingualism include code switching and how the process of language acquisition is challenged when more than one is learned at once. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCSecLangChld.rtf

Learning a Second Language:
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This 5 page paper discusses both the difficulties and successes associated with learning a second launguage. This paper discusses perceptiual saliency, connectionism, information processing, and Noam Chomsky's theory of language among others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: GSSecLan.rtf

Learning and Testing in a Second Language
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15 pages. Testing techniques in a second language course are numerous and there are mixed results depending upon the type of testing that is done. One test is called the cloze test, which is discussed in this paper. There are ways that linguistic instructors can adapt this particular test so that it can be more easily understood and modified to meet the needs of particular students. Also discussed are some of the difficulties encountered in language testing and requirements and how measurements can be determined to be accurate. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: JGA2lang.rtf

Learning and Utilizing Language
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A 3 page reaction paper to “Language and Education,” which appears in Life-Span, Human Development by Carol K. Sigelman and Elizabeth A. Rider. This is a fascinating chapter in that it addresses the development of what is arguably the defining characteristic of what it means to be “human,” which is the ability to use language. This point is illustrated through the authors’ opening paragraph, which refers to Helen Keller, who was both deaf and blind from infancy, and how the ability to communicate through sign language connected her connected her to her family and society. The chapter then describes in detail how young children acquire language. No additional sources cited and the bibliography is incomplete.
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