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Tannen on Discourse

Lakoff looks at Luntz Republican discourse and describes Luntz as the "premier conservative linguist who helps the Republicans fra...

Article Critique/Suspected LD

the pre-test due to differences in cultural background make significant improvement, but children with "true language impairment" ...

Cleft Palate

they are considering the impact of nutrition on the condition. They believe that factors causing this condition are both genetic ...

IDEA ’97

brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and development aphasia....The term does not include learning problems that are primarily the result ...

Thought without Language

to be "yes." Problems arise however when we try to make certain that we are expressing meanings unambiguously; Quine among others...

Reallocating School Resources - Case Study

free and reduced lunches. Test scores for language arts are low, in fact, 6th grade reading scores fell short of expectations by -...

Indian Cultural Conflict

have taken service jobs in motels or restaurants, today, Indians are managing Fortune 500 companies, such as United Airlines and U...

Bernstein's Argument: Effective In Explaining Racial-Ethnic Inequality In Academic Achievement

linguistics. Slang is a component of nearly every spoken language; however, the line between jargon and true common speech ...

Med-Surge Nursing

nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...

English-Language Learners

do with teacher preparation. Surveys during faculty meetings reveal that 70 percent of the teachers do not feel they are adequatel...

Balanced Approach and the Impacts on Teaching Literacy

that the most important result of these skills is that the "children can shift their attention away from the content of speech to ...

Language Arts and the Uses of Technology

This paper analyzes 4 articles in five pages that explore how technology classroom implementation has impacted upon the teaching o...

An Overviw of the Etruscans in Ancient Western Civilization

This eleven page report considers Etruscan history, politics, and society as a whole. Cultural reflections such as language and ...

Indirectness and Linguistics

In a paper consisting of fifteen pages this paper examines linguistic applications of indirectness of language. Twelve sources ar...

Unique Accounting Language

In seven pages this paper examines the jargon and language that is unique to the business accounting field. Seven sources are cit...

Language Used by Thomas Malory in Morte d'Arthur

In ten pages this paper examines how language is used by the author in this analysis of Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory. Eight so...

Acquisison of Language and B.F. Skinner's Operant Behavioral Theory

In a paper consisting of five pages B.F. Skinner's major arguments regarding verbal behavior are examined in terms of their implic...

Common Challenges and Difficulties in Learning English as a Second Language

This paper discusses common pitfalls faced by students attempting to learn English as a Second Language (ESL). This five page pap...

Edward T. Hall's The Silent Language

In five pages this text is reviewed in which nonverbal elements of language are discussed with the emphasis upon the role culture ...

Black Teen Males and the Cultural Aspects of Foul Language Use

In six pages black males between the ages of fourteen and eighteen are considered in a cultural study considering the importance a...

Alfred Tarski's Essay 'The Semantic Conception of Truth'

In five pages the sixth through eleventh sections of Alfred Tarski's essay are analyzed which features the unreliability of langua...

Fairytales and Use of Sexist Language

women were regarded as objects of beauty, which is exactly what Snow White is. Such demeaning writing would not be acceptable tod...

Overview of Spain

period, the dissolution of the Moroccan state culminated in an unpopular war (PG). The Spanish civil war began in 1936 and did n...

Handicapped Children and Educational Instruction

benefit from learning (McFarlan, 1998). All people are not born with the same abilities or the same cognitive ability. However, a ...

Language and Imagery in Depicting Opposition in Stories of Snow by P,K. Page and The Smooth Skull of Winter by Gretel Ehrlich

In five pages this comparative analysis considers how imagery and language are used to portray opposition in these works. There a...

'Sugar and Other Stories' by A.S. Byatt

goes on behind its sheltering walls. The central point to the story deals with making both moral and literary judgements and how t...

Sexuality and Language in Candide by Voltaire

"lesson in experimental physics" with the young man. She exhibits no hesitation in obtaining what she desires, which may also serv...

Language Barriers Transcended by Art

In five pages this paper examines how the barriers imposed by language can be successfully broken through by art. Eight sources a...

800 AD Middle East and Islam

In six pages this paper examines how Islam took root in the middle East during this time period and considers the importance of th...

Children With Downs Syndrome and Development of Language

In five pages this paper examines how children with Downs Syndrome acquire language skills and how this acquisition is different f...