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Ouachita Baptist University General Catalog 1998-1999, Ouachita Baptist University

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Speech Intelligibility Of 4-Year-Old Children, M. Jane Firestone

Dissertations and Theses

While speech-language pathologists routinely measure and report speech intelligibility when assessing young children with speech impairments, normative data have not been available for comparison purposes. When assessing children to determine if their communication abilities are at or below that of peers, one must first know what the normative standards are. Knowing the normal distribution for speech intelligibility at several ages would allow for more precise uses of the intelligibility information than is currently possible. Only a few available studies exist to allow tentative normative comparisons of speech intelligibility data (Vihman & Greenlee, 1987; Ware, 1996).

The goals of this pilot …

Impact Of Singing Intervention On Vocal Fatigue Effects : A Single Subject Study, Nancy Devine Ferguson

Dissertations and Theses

This single subject descriptive study investigated the efficacy of singing intervention on the effects of vocal fatigue on the speaking voice of a non-singing individual. Baseline measures were taken on a single subject prior to voice treatment. Data were collected before and after the subject performed a vocally fatiguing task of 1 hour of prolonged reading at 80% of his maximum vocal intensity level. Data collection consisted of the following acoustic and aerodynamic characteristics of the subject's speaking voice: fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, maximum intensity level, and maximum phonation duration, as well as obtainment of the subject's self-perceptions of vocal …

Role Of The Warrant In Presidential Debates : 1960, 1976, & 1996, Aaron Nicole Kaio

Dissertations and Theses

Every four years in America we make a decision about which candidate is best suited to be our next president. Over the past twenty years a standard component of the presidential campaign has been televised debates. These debates are supposed to help the public get a better understanding of the candidates' ideas about government, our future, and to demonstrate analytical skills and their ability to think on their feet.

This study set out to see how the candidates' arguments measured up to some basic argumentation standards. According to several scholars, none of the televised presidential debates qualify as 'true debates', …

An Activist's Guide To Lesbian History: A Companion To The Video Not Just Passing Through, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

This guide, designed to accompany the video Not Just Passing Through, contains guidelines for conducting oral history, forms for donating material to mainstream and community based archives, and lessons for engaging lesbian history with activism.

20th Century Rhetorical Influences On United States-Mexico Relations, A. Gene Wendorf

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The thesis documents the important influences that have shaped Mexican-American relations in the late 19th century and in the 20th century. These influences uncover areas that go over and beyond the conventional schools of diplomacy. They include a whole myriad of forces. The thread of our relations is found to be based largely on self determination made by each Presidential administration.

It is demonstrated that many Presidents have acted as their own statesmen in regard to Mexico. In searching for influences the researcher finds culture, language, technology, politics, economics, history, geography and religion as relevant. The nature of United States …

Importance Of Nonverbal Communication In The Employment Interview, Michelle E. Milano

Masters Theses

The employment interview includes elements that focus on nonverbal communication. Females and males view these nonverbal cues differently. A total of 22 male and 16 female employment interviewers completed quantitative and qualitative surveys concerning nonverbal cues. The data were analyzed using factor analysis, t-tests, and thematic analysis. Five factors, including self-presentation, coverbal cues, appearance, touch, and interviewee sex, emerged from the factor analysis. At 0.05, the t-tests show that females do perceive more nonverbal cues than do males. The qualitative results provide further insight into the quantitative results. These findings show the importance of nonverbal cues during an employment interview.

Revolutionizing The Teaching Of Magazine Design, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

Outlines an approach to teaching magazine design which incorporates radical pedagogical theories with contemporary issues in visual communication. Efforts of scholars of visual communication to develop a pedagogical strategies that incorporate a consideration of ethics and culture into teaching; Use of emancipatory theories of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire; Comments on the process by which magazines are edited.

Liz Phair, Sexual Agency Feminism And Rock Criticism, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

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Darwinism And Developmentalism: Prospects For Convergence, David Depew

David J Depew

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Advertising In Ukraine: Cultural Perspectives, Jean Grow-Von Dorn, Irina Akimova

Jean Grow

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―Happy Birthday, Screw You‖: The Collision Of Copyright Law, The Folk Song Tradition, And The World‘S Most Popular Birthday Song, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

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Dating For Grownups, Pamela Nettleton

Pamela Nettleton

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Transcribing The Unsaid: Collected Ethnofiction, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

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Messages Of Individualism In French, Spanish, And American Television Advertising, Joyce Wolburg

Joyce Wolburg

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“Narrative Analysis Of Sexual Etiquette In Teenage Magazines, Ana Garner, H. Sterk, S. Adams

Ana Garner

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Access Guide To Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pamela Nettleton

Pamela Nettleton

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Text And Context: A Problematic Distinction For Ethnograpers, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

Argues why text and context is a problematic distinction for ethnographers of communication. Diversity in the patterns and meanings of talk across speech communities; Differences of opinion between conversation analysis and the ethnography of speaking; Cultural code of communication; Discourse analytic approach to ethnography.

Intelligent Design And Irreducible Complexity, David Depew

David J Depew

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A Video Camera, A Television, An Audience, And Some Imagination: Four Ingredients For A Successful Interactive Classroom Exercise In Critical Pedagogy, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

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Themes That Thread Through Society: Racism And Athletic Manifestation In The African-American Community, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

The purpose of this article is to examine and critically analyze the impact of sport in the African-American community. This critique of the social and behavioral outcomes of sport in the African-American community will include philosophical, historical, and sociological inquiry most affecting the plight of the African-American male in academics and athletics. Data on the perceptions of contemporary African-American men participating in sport in higher education will also add more support to the conclusion that race and sport are socially constructed in society.

Euripides' Hippolytus, Thiasos Production, Triennial Classics Conference, Cambridge, Katerina Zacharia

Katerina Zacharia

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Euripides' Orestes, University College London Production, Katerina Zacharia

Katerina Zacharia

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