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

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

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

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