Comparative Analysis of Black English and Standard English
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A 12 page paper which examines the characteristics, phonological and syntactic features of Black English vernacular as compared to standard English. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TGblaceng.rtf

Comparative Analysis of the Rhetorical Persuasion Approaches by Cicero and Longinus
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In ten pages this paper compares and contrasts the approaches of rhetorical persuasion advocated by Cicero in De Oratore (On the Orator) and Longinus in On the Sublime. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGciclong.rtf

Compliment Responses of Native Turkish ELT Students and Non-Native Turkish ELT Students: A Research Proposal
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of a research proposal regarding the use of compliment responses by ELT students. This paper also incorporates a view of pragmatic transfer. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHsociolingu.rtf

Compliment Responses of Native Turkish ELT Students and Non-Native Turkish ELT Students: A Review of Literature
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of a review of liteature that includes information on compliment responses, sociolinguistics and pragmatic transfer. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHsociolingu22.rtf

CONJUNCTIONS AND GRAMMAR
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This paper examines the role of conjunctions in English grammar. The paper discusses differences between subordinate and coordinate conjunctions and explains use of conjunctions such as "because," "since," "for" and "as." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTgramma.rtf

Connectionism Versus Motor Theory: Language Processing
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10 pages in length. Virtually no element of understanding human function goes without challenge; language processing is no exception. Pitted against each other for the struggle to attain superiority, connectionism and motor theory have come to represent the two primary aspects associated with speech perception. Simply defined as learning by doing (connectivism) and learning by being (classical or motor theory), history is filled with intellectuals who eagerly posited the values of both sides, many who provided their own labels to the same concepts. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: TLClangproc.rtf

Corpus Linguistics/ BNC
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An 8 page research paper that investigates the British National Corpus (BNC) project, which is an orthographically transcribed corpus of ten million words that cover a wide range of speech variation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khcorlin.wps

Cross-Linguistic Research
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Linguistic research has resulted in the development of a number of theories, sometimes interconnected and sometime mutually exclusive. This 5 page paper provides an overview of a hypothetical courtroom observatoin. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHCrLing.rtf

Current Thinking and Practice on the Two Main Sub-Types of Dyslexia
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A six page paper which looks at current research into the diagnosis and treatment of phonological and visual-spatial dyslexia, including the social and educational implications of the condition. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: JLdyslexia.wps

Cyberspace & Its Negative Impact On Language
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A 3 page essay expressing the opinion that cyberspace will destroy languages as they are written today, as evidenced by grammatical errors, revisions in typography, and an obsession with visual images over textual images. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Cybrlang.wps

Defining Language
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This 4 page report discusses the definition of language and concludes that language cannot be defined as only being sounds that are combined into words that are then combined into sentences. Such a definition minimizes the overall importance and pervasiveness of language as part of human existence. Communication takes place through many other forms of language that are not necessarily verbally expressed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWdeflan.wps

Definition and Use of the Term Pulchritude
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This 3 page paper provides definitions as well as examples. The Latin root is duly noted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA711pul.rtf

Deixis & Deictic Expression
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A 5 page paper on the use of deictic expressions and their semantic role in both English and other languages. The paper includes a number of uses of deixis at work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Deixis.wps

Determining the Success of Eulogies
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This 6 page paper examines criteria for writing successful eulogies and then goes on to analyze various eulogies. Several eulogies to come from Ronald Reagan's service are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA608eu.rtf

Development of the English Language
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5 pages in length. The English language is spoken by nearly four hundred fifty six million people worldwide, yet the five hundred thousand words that make up the language are all borrowed or adapted from myriad other languages. Contributors include Native American, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Russian, Scandinavian and Spanish. English reflects a number of dialects throughout that have, over time, developed into mini languages of their own. As well, their modern day structures have greatly changed from their original form, having grown by many thousands of words, and their various forms of pronunciation and spelling having been greatly altered since their inception many centuries ago. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCEvLng.rtf