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Testing the Validity of California's Proposition 227

The writer suggests an experiment as a research project, in which the object is to test the validity of California Prop. 227, whic...

Language and Its Influences on Society

In five pages this paper examines how society is influenced by language in a consideration of various theories. Ten sources are c...

Classroom and Nonverbal Communication

In four pages this research paper discusses Nonverbal Behaviors by Virginia P. Richmond and James C. McCroskey and the article 'No...

'Politics and the English Language' by George Orwell

In five pages this paper discusses how Orwell decries the degradation of the English language in his essay. There are no other so...

Language in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

In six pages this paper discusses language as it depicts vulnerability and innocence in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Six ...

Ordinary Language by John Austin and Ludwig Wittgenstein

developed in everyday exchanges can illuminate and even transform many of the problems with which philosophers have grappled. It i...

Anthropology Definitions and Concepts

humans from animals (McConnell, 1977). Total Social Fact as Suggested by...

The Use of Figurative Language in Plath, Keats, and Layton

her own, and ultimately committed suicide in 1963, one year after completing "Lady Lazarus;" Keats was noted for his romantic natu...

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...

Language and Social Class in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

THis five page paperis an analysis of Mark Twain's use of language to reflect social class. There are 2 sources used in the bibli...

Health Care and Communication

to miscommunication. For example, in a busy hospital where there is a high degree of activity patients may be distracted and not e...

Rights and Language

In five pages this paper discusses the 'language of rights' within the context of 'Practical Philosophy and the Bill of Rights: P...

ESL Students and Fine Arts Instruction

not fair to the ESL student. How can fine art teachers embrace their ESL students in the same way as they do others who speak the ...

Poetic Analysis of 'If We Must Die' by Claude McKay

exploded out of me" (McKay on "If We Must Die"). Somewhat surprisingly, McKay elected to structure his impassioned contemporary p...

Native American Students' Acquisition of Language and Reading Level and the Effects of Culture and History

In five pages this paper discusses how various cultural and historical factors impact the acquisition of language and reading unde...

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Compared

of epic romance between two people from vastly different worlds. When prospective tenant Mr. Lockwood arrives at the Thrushcross ...

Analyzing the 1995 Film Seven by David Fincher

taking his time. He halts, turns to one wall where the current wallpaper is torn away to reveal flowery wallpaper underneath. So...

Life and Writing Style of John Steinbeck

In general (which is unjust), Steinbecks novels are classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labor,...

Act I Soliloquy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper considers the ghost of Hamlet's father and his soliloquy in Act I of Shakespeare's play in terms of its p...

Negative Impacts of Television's Violence and Bad Language on Children

p. 56). Another author in the article suggested that children who are physically disciplined and watch violent television may well...

Language and its Social Role

they may fear rejection and worry about their manner of speech. They may have a heavy accent or are speaking in a language other t...

Manufacturing and Activity Based Costing

In this paper consisting of nine pages the effects of activity based costing in terms of a distribution system are observed from t...

Politics and the English Language by George Orwell

In three pages this paper discuses communication and politics within the context of Politics and the English Language by George Or...

Metaphysics and the Applicability of Language

In five pages this paper discusses how metaphysics and language are used together in order to assess statement validity and evalua...

Overview of Electronic Communication

vows, a blended family, and, hopefully, a happy-ever-after. Even an 80-year-old, Lutheran, German grandmother with a passion for ...

Cochlear Implants in Children and the Development of Language

In eight pages this paper provides a journal review of research regarding how children who have cochlear implants develop language...

Language Indirectness Uses and Linguistics

In fifteen pages this paper discusses language indirectness and its uses in a variety of situations and applications. Twelve sour...

Different Types of Human Language Communication

In six pages the reasons of language differences and distinctive speech patterns throughout history are analyzed. There is the in...

Spoken English and its Sociocultural Components

In eight pages this paper examines how language development is influenced by culture and society in a consideration of its effects...

Deictic Expression and Deixis

In five pages deictic expressions are examined in terms of its role and uses in languages along with examples of deixis usage. Fi...