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.
Filename: khreasp.rtf

Learning Language
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A 4 page research paper that discusses why young children acquire language so easily and why older children and adults have difficulty learning a second language. Chomsky's theory is described. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khllac.rtf

Lexical Cohesion
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An 11 page paper that presents the concept of lexical cohesion as designed by Halliday and Hasan, and demonstrates that there are a number of reason this concept is problematic. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Lexicalc.wps

Linguistic Analysis/Emails :
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An 11 page research paper that examines the linguistics of Internet language and specifically analyzes the language of emails. Citing Cyrstal (2001), the writer examines whether or not there are linguistic features that transcend the variety of email audience and purposes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khemails.rtf

Linguistic Project
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5 pages. In this sample linguistic project the focus is on bi-lingualism. Those individuals who speak two languages and comfortably use both languages intermittently sometimes find themselves switching from one language to another so quickly that it is almost as though a third language has been created. This project describes the means of data collection, the analysis of that data and the interpretation of the results. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAlings.rtf

Linguistic/Prototype Theory & Semantic Features
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A 20 page research paper that examines, discusses and analyzes two analytical approaches to linguistic analysis. The writer argues that while these two approaches to linguistic analysis may appear to be competing approaches to world analysis, a closer look at each of these topics demonstrates that rather than competing they should be perceived as complementary ways of viewing the same subject. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khlinpro.rtf

Linguistics / Lecture Methodology
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This 5 page paper explains the lecture method of teaching. Both essential and nonessential components are discussed. The writer also includes techniques that hold the student's attention and that enhance the student's learning. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGlectur.wps

Linguistics And Change
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4 pages in length. The nature of sound change, according to John H. McWhorter in The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, is the basis upon which the entire human language has evolved, readily identifiable by such ever-changing linguistic components as dialect, syntax and the melding of two entirely different languages as with Spanglish. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCLingSnd.rtf

Linguistics And The Use Of Indirectness In Language
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Indirect language is often used as a means of determining politeness, for self-protection, in language representative of particular cultures and as a means of conveying humor. This 15 page paper considers the linguistic components of Indirectness in a number of different scenarios and considers the range of its application across a variety of languages. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Lingdire.wps

Linguistics and Vygotsky's Theories
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This 7 page paper examines the ideas of this theorist and its applicability to linguistics. Observations and suggestions are made. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA640Vyg.rtf

Linguistics/How Sound Change Takes Place
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A 9 page research paper that examines various linguistic theories that explain why sound changes take place in language and what social mechanisms serve to perpetuate such changes. Theories discussed include those of William Labov. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khsoch.rtf

Listening Skills
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This is a 4 page paper which discusses the role that effective listening plays in communication. The bibliography has 5 sources.
Filename: JHList.rtf

LITERARY REVIEW: PIDGIN, CREOLE AND LINGUA FRANCAS SITES
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This paper provides a "literature review" about web sites and article discussing the topics of creole, pidgin and lingua francas. The paper itself notes that, although there is not much information available about the aformentioned topics, linguists are starting to become interested in these versions of language. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MTlangua.rtf