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Overview of Sociolinguistics

As the author clearly indicates, the definition of contextualization cues includes the aspect of contextual presupposition, the as...

Costuming in The Patriot

necessary in order to reconstruct the aspects of needlework, fabric and even the most intricate details not otherwise available th...

Women and Men, Language, and Difference Implications

be easier to deal with if work was the only place where one ran into this problem, but too often, it occurs at home. Many husband...

Deborah Tannen's Gender in the Classroom

think or "tell" people what to do where women are more likely to suggest something. Tannen does recognize, however, that in our...

Female Slave Condition in 'Ar'n't I a Woman?' by Deborah Gray White

the beginning African American women were more than physical workers in relationship to slavery. They were the sexual receptacles...

Mammy and Jezebel Images in 'Ar'n't I a Woman?' by Deborah Gray White

as they would hike their skirts up to their waist and essentially show more skin than most white women did in a bedroom. While cal...

Tannen on Discourse

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

Tannen Article Critique: “Sex Lies and Conversation”

one subject, while men cover many different subjects in the course of one conversation. I have found just the opposite to be true....

Deborah Tannen, "Fighting for Our Lives"

necessary and desirable. In making this point, Tannen refers to her experience with the media in regards to her previous books as ...

“American Women in Flight Since 1940”: Insight into a Woman’s Place in Our Society

Much has been written about how womens societal roles have changed over the history of our country. One of the more interesting i...

Four Poems on Grief

focuses on four poems that all deal with grief. In "Stairway to Heaven" by Joaquin G. Rubio; "Dont Forget About Me!" by Jenny Gord...

Men and Women, Differences in Communication

This essay pertains to Deborah Tannen's observations about the differences between the communications behaviors of men and women. ...

Reflections: Exercise in Conscious Living

order to focus on that which is most important not only in sustaining an individuals own life, but can make a positive difference ...

Meditation Types

while remaining completely conscious" (Religion, 2001). When the meditator reaches the fourth stage, he has abandoned "any sense o...

How Buddhism Came to America

with the term Zen. This is because Zen had become quite popular in the United States early on. What happened was that there was a ...

Roy Adaptation Model, Hospice Care, and Application of Zen Philosophy

In this way, Buddhism became accessible to all, and was able to develop the concept of community which...

Daily Living Through Zen Buddhism

karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...

Plato's Concept of Good Related to Buddhism's Concept of Enlightenment

the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...

Everyday Living and Zen Buddhism

and Soul-Making : Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy, Victor Mansfield notes how depth ...

Analyzing John Cage's Changing Music

composed in 1951 New York. The cycle of piano music, for example, had been written as a dedication to David Tudor and within the...

Comparison of Judaism, Christianity, Zen Buddhism, and Islam

regard to the manner by which they worship only one god. Unlike so many other religions that divide their devotion among several ...

Zen Buddhism Term Satori and its Meaning

In one page this research paper defines the Zen Buddhist concept satori as heightened enlightenment comprehension. One source is ...

Disciplines Associated with Zen Buddhism

to the attainment of nirvana. Rinzai incorporates the use of koans, or insight riddles, to bring the practitioner to satori, the f...

Meditation Value, Zen Buddhism, and Martin Heidegger

In nine pages this paper considers Zen Buddhism and Heidegger's teaching in a discussion of how meditation and its value relates t...

Zen Buddhism Philosophies of D.T. Suzuki and Hu Shih

This paper consists of nine pages and compares and contrasts the Zen philosophies of D.T. Suzuki and Hu Shih. Seven sources are c...

History and Practice of Zen Meditation

beginning of all things--the Buddha. And for those in a hurry --there developed the satori-- or sudden enlightenment. It was often...

Cultural Impact of Zen Buddhism

This paper examines Zen Buddhism in an overview of its East and West cultural significance in four pages. Five sources are cited ...

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

most exciting part of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for it is that journey that has kept the book popular over twenty ...

Zen Koans and Pratityasamutpada Buddhism

at the heart of many early doctrinal controversies about such matters as the nature of Nirvana, the purpose of monastic life, and ...

Westernization of Zen Buddhism

This paper examines how the Eastern precepts of Zen Buddhism have been impacted by Westernization in six pages. Five sources are ...