Marjorie H. Goodwin/"Talk as Social Organization"
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A 5 page research paper that examines the research on language use by black children. Anthropologist Marjorie Goodwin, armed herself with a tape recorder, and for eighteen months, she observed a group composed of 49 African American youth, all of whom lived on Maple Street in Southwest Philadelphia. The results of fieldwork are expertly compiled in her book, He Said, She Said: Talk as Social Organization Among Black Children. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
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A 7 page paper which analyzes the types of arguments used by Martin Luther King Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Martin Luther King’s Rhetorical Communications Tools
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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech I Have a Dream on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 celebrating the centennial of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation remains one of his most intelligent and poetic speeches in the American mind. It succeeded at accomplishing this by a dynamically synthesized use of communication techniques while seeking to avoid division, as well as making potentially offensive judgments against a country where black men and women were still segregated. His accomplishment is in inducing the listener to not only participate in his dream, but remember it forever, long after the militant days of civil unrest were over. His knowledge of pathos, logos and other rhetorical techniques served King well. Included are ethos, logos, pathos, contrast, connection, anaphora, analogy, induction, deduction and others. 3 works cited. jvMLKcom.rtf
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Memory Encoding and Language Acquisition
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of a study of memory encoding and language acquisition. The current research reflects two different frameworks for understanding language acquisition and memory. This study investigates an incidental learning paradigm for assessing the levels of processing framework with the inclusion of an imagery condition. Comparisons are made between this element of the study and the use of rhythmic and categorization tasks. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Meta-Messages
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This 5 page paper takes a look at these types of indirect messages and how they are used today. Alternatives are explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Metaphors
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The combination of oral and written language is the mode of teaching used most often and metaphors play a significant role in the process This 5 page paper argues that, while it is true that metaphors enable individuals to communicate ideas surrounding complex and, or, intimate experiences, it is not altogether true that the experiences are difficult to describe without the use of metaphoric language because of linguistic and grammatical constraints. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Monochronic And Polychronic Cultures
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This 3 page paper briefly outlines the differences between these two cultural perspectives. By defining what Monochronic And Polychronic attitudes are and how time is perceived by these different style cultures the paper explains the differences. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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Mysteries of Language Acquisition: A Look at Feral Children
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This 12 page paper provides many case studies of feral children and children who have been raised with minimal human intervention. Language acquisition is studied and other psychological aspects of being separated from human society are discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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