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Language, Epistemology, and Signification, 2005.
An analysis of the statement: "All the other ways of knowing are controlled by language."
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 55.95
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This paper demonstrates the veracity of the following statement: All the other ways of knowing are controlled by language. In order to illustrate that this is in fact the case, the author examines the works of Jacques Derrida, Ludwig Wittgetnstein, and others in order to show that all thought, speech, and discourse is entirely dependent upon language and as such no epistemological framework can exist outside the confines of a linguistic tradition.
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"lAll the other ways of knowing are controlled by language. What does this statement mean with regard to the relationships between perception, emotion, reason, and language? In other words, what does language have to do with the way that human beings understand and interpret the world around them? The above assertion would have us believe that all ways of knowing, or epistemologies, are controlled in some part by language. It means that is impossible to perceive the world without language. It is impossible to experience an emotional response without language."
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Computational Linguistics, 2005.
This paper analyzes the field of computational linguistics, focusing on the processes of speech recognition and speech synthesis.
885 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 39.95
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This paper explains that computational linguistics, an interdisciplinary field of study, is the intersection between linguistics and computer science, which actually began in the 1950s, predating artificial intelligence's beginnings in the 1960s. The author points out that speech synthesis and speech recognition are opposites of each other because speech synthesis is the process of turning text or data into speech; whereas, speech recognition is the process of taking spoken language and converting it into text. The paper stresses that the task of making a computer understand spoken language is definitely not an easy one nor will it mastered in the near future.
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"Speech analysis is done in four basic steps: text analysis, phonetic transcription, prosodic analysis, and waveform generation. Text analysis consists of identifying sentence boundaries, proper names, abbreviations, acronyms, the accepted spelling of words, and other syntactic and semantic features. Next, for phonetic transcription, pronunciation must be found for every word, including exceptions to general rules (have and four don't rhyme with rave and sour) and heteronyms (words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently, like the verb 'to record' and the noun record)."
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Dissecting Pi: An Analysis of Yann Martel's "Life of Pi", 2006.
An interdisciplinary method of analyzing Yann Marter's "Life of Pi".
2,750 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 103.95
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This paper reviews Yann Martel's "Life of Pi", the historical and political influences, as well as the anthropological references to Indian practices. This paper attempts to analyze the philosophical, linguistic, and religious concepts of this book.
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"Yann Martel's 'Life of Pi' revolves around a sixteen year old Indian boy emigrating to Canada with his family on board a ship full of zoo animals which sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean but the boy is able to escape the mishap and survive for 227 days on a lifeboat accompanied by an adolescent Royal Bengal tiger he fondly calls Richard Parker. However, before the reader embarks on this journey of a tale, he is greeted by an author's note. Ordinarily, readers skip through this section of a novel, wanting more to quickly get to the juicy part of the story, after all, that is the very reason why most people read: to be entertained, to read about a story. The presence of this author's note nevertheless proves to play a significant role in the shaping of Martel's telling of the story of Pi. When Martel writes: "If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams" (XII), he broaches on the "enduring irony at the heart of all good fiction, an irony identified in the 14th century great Dante as 'bella mensonge,' the beautiful lie" (Park). The writer is tasked with saving not only himself but everyone who reads him from believing in nothing as well as having worthless dreams. How does the writer do this? He creates a nothing, a dream, a story - which is the opposite of the crude reality we ought not to sacrifice our imagination on. The writer, in making this story, attains the beautiful lie and opens us to have "belief within our disbelief" and to replace our worthless dreams with "something of enduring value, something we recognize as possessing a kind of truth" (Park)."
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"Aria", 2006.
The paper discusses Richard Rodriguez's book "Aria" and looks at the education of a Spanish-speaking child in an English-speaking school system.
827 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 36.95
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This article looks at Richard Rodriguez's "Aria", which is, essentially, the story of his own childhood as a Spanish-speaking boy who learned the intricacies of the English language under the most complex of circumstances. The writer explains that in revealing the hardships, both emotional and physical, that Rodriguez personally experienced as a non-English speaking child, he attempts to dispute the claims made by supporters of bilingual education - claims which call for the approval of the use of "family languages" in school settings. The writer exposes Rodriguez's emotions and feelings towards the English speaking world.
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"Early in Rodriguez's childhood, he realized that the world outside his home was far different than the world within it. Outside the safety of the soothing rhythms of his parents' Spanish tongues, he felt as if he were a visitor in a foreign land, yet upon return to his home, the feeling of security returned. He describes the inferiority in the tones of his parents in the gringo world as they struggled through fragments of phrases, comparing it to their gentle confidence of their words as they spoke, within the walls of their home, in Spanish, and he explains that the contrast of the two served only to further his fright of the English language."
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Terrorism, 2004.
This paper serves as an examination of the ways that the media and Goverment use language to describe terrorism.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 29.95
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In this article the writer discusses various ways that the media and the Goverment use language to describe terrorism and the war against it. The writer studies language used by the Bush Administration to enlist Americans in his war on terrorism.
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"While no single definition of terrorism has gained universal acceptance, terrorism can be defined as the use of violence or the threat of violence against civilians as a political social religious or ideological weapon to change the status quo through fear or coercion. Terrorism can be state sponsored or can be committed by non-government sponsored individuals or groups. William Greider suggests in 'The Nation' that when President Bush called Americans to enlist in the war on terror, very few Americans understood the consequences of this call to ... "
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Voices In The Valley, 2005.
This paper discusses the 2004 re-election campaign of U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 39.95
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In this essay, the writer provides a short look at Congressman Lloyd Doggett. This writer discusses the Congressman's re-election campaign of the newly created 25th Congressional District in Texas. The writer also makes reference to the very impoverished area of the Rio Grande Valley that is included in the congressional area.
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"When the leaves turn and fall there is a chill in the air and Americans pull levers, mark boxes or even punch those notorious chads, it means it is election time. Each November, Americans to come together in the democratic process, to determine a new set of representatives who will govern the nation from local counties right up to the White House. It is one thing to talk about the political process each ... "
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Gender and Language Learning, 2004.
An account of gender differences and the effect on learning a second language.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper presents an account of gender differences and the effect on students and teachers learning a second language. It looks at recent instructional dynamics and focuses on the Mexican American community.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine gender differences and the effect on second-language learning and teaching. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which gender second-language acquisition and instructional dynamics have gained currency in recent years and then discuss ways in which the interplay of these three elements are operationalized in the classroom ..."
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Diminutives in Romance Languages, 2004.
A paper on the uses of diminutives in Romance languages, and the effects of missing diminutives on the English language.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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This paper explains that speakers of a language such as English in which the grammatical diminutive plays an insignificant part, the fact that other languages use the diminutive so frequently can seem rather quaint. The paper goes on to say that the diminutive is a highly useful grammatical structure, one that speakers of languages without a diminutive have to compensate for in various often less than elegant ways. This paper examines the grammatical diminutive in the Romance languages.
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"For speakers of a language such as English in which the grammatical diminutive plays an insignificant part, the fact that other languages use the diminutive so frequently can seem rather quaint. But the diminutive is, in fact, a highly useful grammatical structure, one that speakers of languages without a diminutive or with an anemic diminutive, as is the case in English, have to compensate for in various (often less than elegant) ways. This paper examines the grammatical diminutive in the Romance languages. We should begin by defining the grammatical..."
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Bilingualism, 2005.
A look at the positive effects on children who learn two languages simultaneously.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 29.95
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This paper looks at bilingualism and whether children should learn two languages simultaneously or sequentially. The paper also explores the cognitive and social advantages gained by children that are bilingual.
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"A lot of younger Chinese in Hong Kong are bilinguals whose formal learning all takes place in English. Their Cantonese is influenced by the superordinate language English. These Cantonese-English bilinguals often resort to a mixed code of Cantonese-English when interacting among themselves. The use of the elements of English is sometimes so unconscious that it seems to fit perfectly well in speech. However they still use the Cantonese strategy to learn English. There are many cognitive and social advantages to bilingualism. The cognitive skills of bilingual children are enhanced..."
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Language Acquisition, 2005.
A discussion on language acquisition.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 39.95
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This paper answers a number of specific questions on aspects of language acquisition. It includes a discussion on implicational universals, euphemisms, slang and word borrowing. The author also explores language attitudes and conversation closings.
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"The phrase "I drink frequently coffee" is grammatically incorrect but the phrase "He is late frequently" is grammatically correct because an adverb of frequency always follows the verb "to be". The verb "to be" is an action verb so other action verbs ..."
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English in Japan, 2003.
The English industry in Japan from a business point of view.
3,450 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 25 sources, MLA, AU$ 149.95
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This paper discusses the English studies and language instruction in Japan from a business point of view. It explores the relation of the English language to the Japanese economy. It expands on the use of "Japlish." The author also discusses the cultural barriers.
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Morphology, 2005.
An in depth discussion on morphological principles.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 79.95
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This paper answers a multitude of questions on and gives innumerable examples of different kinds of morphological principles. It discusses of articulation, morphology, terminology and identifying morphemes. The paper expands on simple and complex words, morphological processes, lexical categories and compounding. In conclusion it researches word formation processes, inflection and derivation.
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English, 2005.
An in depth discussion on English linguistics.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 79.95
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This paper answers a number of questions from a linguistics text. It offers examples of different linguistic functions such as careful and rapid speech, English plurals and minimal pairs in English. It also discusses sentence constituents, antonyms and synonyms, polysemy and homonymy. The author explores semantic relations, metaphorical relations and thematic roles in the English language.
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Phonetics and language, 2005.
A discussion on phonetic and language and its importance to teachers.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 39.95
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This paper discusses the meaning of phonetics and its importance to teachers. It researches the international phonetic alphabet and its uses. The author explores language and linguistics and creates new words for new products which are English and non-English in nature.
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"Language Matters", 2004.
A review of Donna Jo Napoli, "Language Matters".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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This paper reviews the book, "Language Matters" by Donna Jo Napoli. It discusses the author's argument that a specific language mechanism exists for language learning that is independent of other types of brain functions.
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"Using a wide variety of sources that deal with different types of populations, Donna Jo Napoli argues that a specific language mechanism exists for language learning which is independent of any other type of brain functions. In the book "Language Matters" ..."
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Speech Analysis, 2005.
A discussion on cluster criticism and speech analysis.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper provides rhetorical and cluster criticism of Colin Powell's keynote speech at the 1996 Republican convention. It discusses the central concept and themes of the speech. It explores how cluster criticism assists in understanding the speech and world view of the speaker. The author mentions key strategies in the process of cluster criticism.
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