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Language Acquisition and the Theories of Noam Chomsky

In five pages the differences between Professor Chomsky's theories on language as compared to their predecessors are examined with...

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...

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Analyzed

Though not his most famous work, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer is a showcase for the author's command of language. This paper ...

Anger in the Works of Jamaica Kincaid

In nine pages this research essay discussed how Kincaid employs language to express her anger over the imprisonment of 'foreign' l...

Language Use of Martin Luther

In five pages this paper examines how Germanic languages were influenced by the language and metaphorical uses of Martin Luther in...

Twins and the 'Secret Language' That Exists Between Them

In eight pages this paper examines how twins develop and acquire language and the 'secret language' between them that occasionally...

Emerging Standard of XML

In fifteen pages this paper examines the Standard Generalized Markup Language SGML in terms of its origins and also considers the ...

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...

Overview of Natural Language Searching

In five pages this paper examines natural language searching in terms of definition, uses, and development with the significance o...

Language Arts Instruction of the Twenty First Century

the disagreement of those who argue that the more conventional direct flash instruction of phonics is most beneficial and those wh...

Shame and Respect Expressions

In six pages this paper considers the relationship that exists between shame and respect social norms and language as represented ...

Controversy on Language of Animals

In five pages this paper discusses language and how it has evolved in a consideration of animals and why they have no apparent nee...

Language that is Gender Biased

order to assign gender an equal number of times throughout the paper. While this seems to be an equal and viable way to split the...

Elaine Chaika on Speech Communities

In four pages this paper examines speech communities as critiqued by the writings of Elaine Chaika in terms of language's sociol...

Language and Prejudice

for they will immediately assume this doctor is an idiot, despite the fact that language, ones particular style of speaking, has n...

Language and Communication in South Africa

of people in the nation are illiterate (Kenny, 2003). When examining poorer populations, most people who live on one dollar per d...

Phonological Awareness and Reading: The Process of Language Acquisition

a part of the construction of spoken language. Specifically, phonological awareness if the conceptual view that spoken language c...

The Development of Language

The fact that our use of language varies in accordance with social stimuli is, in fact, well appreciated among linguists....

Benefits of Acquiring Another Language

Recent research has found that parts of the brain grow when adults learn another language, which would make this endeavor very hel...

Language and Thinking

A major debate for decades has focused on whether or not language shapes thoughts. Can language influence thoughts so much as to s...

Edward Said's 'Self' and 'Other' Concepts in an Examination of English as a Global Language

have English as a second language, and in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres English is already widely used, since it is t...

Gendered Interpretations and Development of Language Relating to Childhood Cognitive Development

century, psychologists, social theorists and educators have considered the notion of cognitive development and the progression of ...

Overview of the 3rd and 4th Generation of Computer Languages

and error prone to program computers, leading to the first "programming crisis", in which the amount of work that might be assigne...

Acquisition of Language and Memory Encoding

primary sample population in this study consists of subjects selected from the population of university students in a laboratory c...

Language Teaching Naturally

predominant line of thinking is that the antiquated approaches are just too stringent and are actually insufficient. There are ma...

Mental Prototypes, Language and More

course, prototypes and categories can get us in trouble. The assignment asks for an example of mistaken identity. I was in a store...

How Computers Weaken Language Skills

a poem as well as a human being, the real problem is not skill, but in ideology. That is, many people tend to rely on computers an...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

Cooperative /Collaborative Language Learning; PowerPoint Presentation

This 10 page paper is a presentation concerning the use of a collaborative/co-operative approach to language teaching. The present...

Effective Communication and Language Barrier

these people as humanitarian gestures. This signaled to these people that other nations, despite differences in culture and langua...