"How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria Anzaldua
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A 3 page paper which summarizes the essay "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria Anzaldua. No additional sources cited.
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"Pudd'nhead Wilson," Roxana, and Dialect
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A 5 page paper which discusses Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhead Wilson" as it involves the character of Roxana and her use of dialect. The ideas of Bakhtin, as they relate to dialect, are also discussed as they relate to Twain's writing and Roxana. Bibliography lists 8 additional sources.
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"Scrambling" in Japanese Linguistics
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(10pp). "Scrambling" in linguistics is examining the word order in a sentence. Meaning or understanding ay be distorted by inappropriate word order. In an analytical overview of this unique area of language studies it would appear that not much research, has been completed in this field. That which has been done is discussed in this article. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBlingjk.doc

"The Movement of the Simplification of Spelling in the English Language"
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A 7 page overview of the move to change the way we spell in the English language. While in the U.S. and the U.K. alike changes in spelling have been attempted to be implemented via a formal route, for the most part change has only occurred informally. We have generated formal proceedings and approvals throughout the years, even seen Presidential orders and House of Commons Bills but old spellings have stayed staunchly in place. The informal verses the formal aspects of the movement to simplify spelling, however, has been somewhat more successful. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPspell.rtf

2 Studies on Phonological Disorders and Reading
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A 4 pages research paper that contrasts and compares 2 studies that address the relationship between phonological-speech disorders and reading. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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3 Speech Pathology Scenarios
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A 6 page research paper that addresses three questions pertaining to speech pathology. The writer discusses assessing a 4-year-old who is speech delayed; a senior citizen who exhibits the signs of stroke; and the articulation patterns, particularly vowel patterns, of deaf children who receive cochlear implants. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: kh3spee.rtf

A Conversation About American Idol: An Analysis in Communications
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This 3 page paper creates a hypothetical conversation regarding the television show American Idol. Some dialog is included. The conversation is evaluated with the help of the book Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA518Idl .rtf

A Cultural Comparison of Nonverbal Communications Between Koreans and Americans
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of a cultural comparison important when assessing variations in nonverbal communication. In particular, this paper considers the comparison between Koreans and Americans in the way in which nonverbal communication is manifested, and defines some of the normative cultural differences that exist and can impact the understanding of nonverbal communication. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHNonVAK.rtf

A Feminist Perspective of the English Language
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A 14 page overview of the changes which have been incurred by the English language since the 1960s. Written from a feminist perspective, this paper outlines changes in the meaning of words and phrases, the creation of new words and phrases, and changes in the use of those words and phrases to convey sometimes inaccurate and less than factual information. Also discusses our tendency to become immune to certain forms of communication and to be more receptive, rather than less, to incendiary talk, violence, and inflammatory rhetoric. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PPwomLg1.wps