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Papers On Linguistics, Speech, & Hearing
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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.
Filename: MHModaLm.rtf
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.
Filename: SA045met.wps
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.
Filename: KTmeta4s.wps
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.
Filename: TEmonoch.wps
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.
Filename: SA227fer.rtf
Natural Language Processing/AutoSlog, an Application
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A 10 page research paper that discusses in detail a natural language processing application, a program called "AutoSlog," which automatically creates dictionaries once constructed manually, with a high degree of accuracy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khnlp.rtf
Neil Postman's 'Technopoly'/ Technology Damaging Communication
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A 5 page paper examining Postman's book. Author Neil Postman is certain that the age of technology will be the end of any ability of communicating with one another that we now currently retain. He laments the passing of the tool-using age without acknowledging that rather than abandoning the use of tools, we are further embracing them, though in modified form. Though he raises valid concerns, he never quite finishes a thought or arrives at a logical, well-considered conclusion. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Technopy.doc
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