Semantic Networks
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This 12 page paper presents a detailed explanation of semantic networks; history, examples and uses are also included. Semantic networks are "brain- like." They allow new knowledge to be deduced. Their operative vocabulary includes the phrase node which equals the idea or concept being examined, and link which will be indicating the relationship of the concepts to each other. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BBsemnet.doc.

Semiotic Review Of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a television program based on the life of a Shaolin Priest and his son who is a police officer in San Francisco. This 5 page paper gives a semiotic review of the program based on roles and the use of spoken and body language. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTsemany.wps

Semiotics
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This 10 page paper is written in three parts. The first part take some text based data from the Australian Statistics website and examines the data presented to the reader in regard to the semiotic sub disciplines of syntactics, semantics, pragmatics, statistics and social. The second part of the paper is an annotated bibliography and the third part is an examination of how the research was undertaken. The bibliography (within the paper) sites 9 sources.
Filename: TEsemiotics.rtf

Should America Be An English-Only Society?
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3 pages in length. The writer discusses why America should incorporate a better bilingual system into society. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCenglg.wps

Silence Is Golden .. Sometimes
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A 5 page comparison of deaf and hearing communities where difficulties between the two cultures are explored.. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Silence.wps

Simplification of spelling
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A paper which considers the current trend towards the simplification of spelling, with reference to the evolution of the English language from the Middle Ages to the present day, and the reasons why simplification might reduce rather than clarify meaning.
Filename: JLspell.rtf

Slips of the Tongue and Speech Production
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This 3 page paper discusses ways in which “slips of the tongue” help us understand the way we store words and produce speech. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVSlpSpc.rtf

Soap Operas And Language
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10 pages in length. Most people watch a television program without any knowledge of how their visual/auditory senses are being manipulated by myriad signs and symbols; in other words, viewers are led down a pathway that instructs how, when and to what extent they will react depending upon the stimulus. Soap operas present some of the most appropriate examples of this type of communicative process whereby language blends with other visual and auditory cues to create an interactive premise that establishes the extent of viewers' role and involvement. This inherent connection between semiotic language and social psychology in relation to media study helps to facilitate an understanding of corresponding developments that have come about over the past several decades in response to soap opera connotation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCSoapLanguage.rtf

Social & Cultural Factors In Spoken English
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An 8 page paper that provides an overview of the impact of social and cultural elements on the progression of language development and focuses specifically on the impacts for Aboriginal, Australian and Asian English. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Scengli.wps

Social Accents; Changes in Received Pronunciation
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This 10 page paper discusses the following question. What is meant by a 'social accent'? How far can recent changes in RP itself or changes in attitudes towards RP be accounted for by changes in society? The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TERPsocial.rtf

Sociolinguistic Transfer: A PowerPoint Presentation
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of a powerpoint presentation and the actual powerpoint slides for a project on sociolinguistic transfer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHSocioling.rtf

Sociolinguistics
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A 3 page definition of sociolinguistics. The author contends that the simple statement "English is spoken more widely than Chinese in Singapore" is not in itself a sociolinguistic observation. Sociolinguistics is concerned not with which language is spoken but how that language is spoken in context with certain social stimuli. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPlingu2.rtf

Sociolinguistics
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This 6 page paper defines the subject and provides examples. An exercise that may be used for a class is suggested. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA310soc.rtf

Sociolinguistics of Society
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Language in culture is based on a number of contrasts. For example, it is based on a set of rules according to a large culture, but that large culture contains within it subsets of language formed when certain aspects of language are applied to delineate a subcultures from the larger culture. Some of these aspects include accent, dialect, slang and other language modifiers, including expected cultural traits within the subculture itself. Focus on 3 subcultures: O'Nolan's poor Irish, U.S. teens (1960s-1990s) and Caribbean youth/culture. 4 works cited. jvLangSc.rtf
Filename: jvLangSc.rtf

Sociolinguistics Of The Mexican Mafia
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the special languages utilized by La Eme, the Mexican Mafia. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: TLCMexMf.rtf

Sociolinguistics: The Vietnamese Learners of English
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5 pages. This is an informative essay identifying request strategies in Vietnamese and American English. This Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching model paper reviews pragmatic transfer and the distinctions between requests in the VLE and American student. Also included are internal and external modifications in realizing requests. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: JGAvitlg.rtf

Speech and Language Therapy for Infants
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A 5 page paper which discusses how speech and language therapy is used for infants. This process involves the use of cards and pictures and other techniques of approach. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAinfnt.rtf