Issue / Language Changes Context
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A 12 page research paper addressing the debate on whether context shapes language or language shapes context. The writer argues that only language can shape context because even context-supportive theorists argue that context is static and only language is changing. To support the argument, the writer focuses on language that has moved a nation, specifically that used by Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and William Clinton. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Italian Loanwords and English
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This 6 page report discusses the common use of Italian words as a part of the English language. Many words of Italian origin have been incorporated into the English language over the years. Some of these include gondola, cameo, arsenal, regatta, fresco, studio, vendetta, broccoli, motto, piano, opera, grotto, violin, volcano, basilica, stucco, terra-cotta, umbrella, and inferno. The list is immense and can be seen as part of the ways in which age-old Italian concepts and traditions have become a part of the melting-pot reality of modern America. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWitaeng.rtf

Kinesics
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In 5 pages, the author having observed people interact at the mall, estimates how much of their messages are being overtly stated and how much of it is given in kinesics. No sources are cited.
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Knowledge of Linguistics and Its Impact on Understanding the Teaching of Language
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This 12 page report discusses both linguistics and language and the ways in which they interact for a language teacher. Because language is one of the most unique factors of human interaction, even the very process of being human, its study deserves to be thought of as a key component of understanding human cognition, personal relationships, and how society develops. It also offers a great deal of opportunities to those who teach language and the tools of language. The practice of linguistics is intimately woven into the teaching of language. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWlinlan.rtf

Language / Innate Or Acquired ?
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An 8 page evaluation of human language skills. Addresses the question of whether language is innate or acquired. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Language Acquisition
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A 6 page paper. Until the late 1950s, it was traditionally believed that an infant acquired language from the parent or caregiver, specifically, it was believed that infants simply mimicked the sounds that they heard from parents and other caregivers. In 1957, A. Noam Chomsky offered a different perspective. Language acquisition was innate, according to Chomsky. This essay explains Chomsky's concepts of Universal Grammar and the Language Acquisition Device and how he came to make these conclusions. The difference between acquisition and learning is explained. Finally, the need to bring in Piaget's theories to explain all of language acquisition is explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGlngacq.rtf

Language Acquisition & Bilingualism
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A 10 page paper that provides an overview of the literature on language acquisition and blingualism and supports the belief that children can attain two languages as quickly as they can attain one. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Language Acquisition and Reading
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This 4 page report discusses how a child acquires language and then applies that understanding to the processes of learning to read. The processes associated with acquiring language involves a number of considerations that range from what a child hears, how his or her parents interacts with him/her, even historical context plays a role in the child’s language development. Reading is significantly more than a visual process. Instead, it is primarily a verbal, semantic, and language-based process than a visual process. It relies on the processes associated with understanding language, using language, and defining the meanings associated with language. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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