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Nahuatl And The Polysynthesis Parameter, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, Roberto Herrera, Amanda Holtzrichter Dec 2004

Nahuatl And The Polysynthesis Parameter, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, Roberto Herrera, Amanda Holtzrichter

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Disjunction In Free Choice And Polarity In Malagasy, Ileana Paul Dec 2004

Disjunction In Free Choice And Polarity In Malagasy, Ileana Paul

Ileana Paul

No abstract provided.


“It’S Like A Story”: Rhetorical Knowledge Development In Advanced Academic Literacy, Christine Tardy Dec 2004

“It’S Like A Story”: Rhetorical Knowledge Development In Advanced Academic Literacy, Christine Tardy

Christine M. Tardy

In the academic ranks of schooling, writing tasks move gradually from a focus on the transmission of knowledge to the transformation of knowledge. As a more complex writing task, knowledge-transforming requires writers to engage in the rhetorical act of persuading readers of their work's value, significance, and credibility. At the postgraduate level, writers may be wrestling with these issues for the first time, often discovering this more occluded rhetorical dimension only after they have become somewhat more comfortable with issues of generic form or subject-matter content. This paper explores the nature and role of rhetorical knowledge in advanced academic literacy …


Interaction Between The Dorsal And Ventral Pathways In Mental Rotation: An Fmri Study, Hideya Koshino, Patricia Carpenter, Timothy Keller, Marcel Just Dec 2004

Interaction Between The Dorsal And Ventral Pathways In Mental Rotation: An Fmri Study, Hideya Koshino, Patricia Carpenter, Timothy Keller, Marcel Just

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Imagining Material Versus Geometric Properties Of Objects: An Fmri Study, Sharlene Newman, Roberta Klatzky, Susan Lederman, Marcel Just Dec 2004

Imagining Material Versus Geometric Properties Of Objects: An Fmri Study, Sharlene Newman, Roberta Klatzky, Susan Lederman, Marcel Just

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


School And Family [Chapter 6], H. Adamson, Ellen Courtney Dec 2004

School And Family [Chapter 6], H. Adamson, Ellen Courtney

Ellen H Courtney

No abstract provided.


Acquisition Of Mood Distinctions In L2 Spanish., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, C. Borgonovo, P. Prévost Dec 2004

Acquisition Of Mood Distinctions In L2 Spanish., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, C. Borgonovo, P. Prévost

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Functional Connectivity In An Fmri Working Memory Task In High-Functioning Autism, Hideya Koshino, Patricia Carpenter, Nancy Minshew, Vladimir Cherkassky, Timothy Keller, Marcel Just Dec 2004

Functional Connectivity In An Fmri Working Memory Task In High-Functioning Autism, Hideya Koshino, Patricia Carpenter, Nancy Minshew, Vladimir Cherkassky, Timothy Keller, Marcel Just

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Exploring The Relationship Between Transfer And Input In The Acquisition Of The Spanish Passi, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, E. Valenzuela Dec 2004

Exploring The Relationship Between Transfer And Input In The Acquisition Of The Spanish Passi, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, E. Valenzuela

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Language And Gender (Summer 2005 Syllabus), Adam Hodges Dec 2004

Language And Gender (Summer 2005 Syllabus), Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

LING 2400 familiarizes students with the effects of gender on language use; discusses popular beliefs and scholarly theories about language and communication; and provides students with tools for exploring the role of language and gender.


Language In Us Society (Fall 2005 Syllabus), Adam Hodges Dec 2004

Language In Us Society (Fall 2005 Syllabus), Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

LING 1000 is a survey course that provides a non-technical exploration of the ways that language is used in America. It emphasizes language as a social institution and how values and goals of both public institutions and private groups shape, and are shaped by language and its use.


Language In Us Society (Spring 2005 Syllabus), Adam Hodges Dec 2004

Language In Us Society (Spring 2005 Syllabus), Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

LING 1000 is a survey course that provides a non-technical exploration of the ways that language is used in America. It emphasizes language as a social institution and how values and goals of both public institutions and private groups shape, and are shaped by language and its use.


Reflexivity In Sociolinguistics, Barbara Johnstone Dec 2004

Reflexivity In Sociolinguistics, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.


The Framing Effect And Risky Decisions: Examining Cognitive Functions With Fmri, Cleotilde Gonzalez, Jason Dana, Hideya Koshino, Marcel Adam Just Dec 2004

The Framing Effect And Risky Decisions: Examining Cognitive Functions With Fmri, Cleotilde Gonzalez, Jason Dana, Hideya Koshino, Marcel Adam Just

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Grice, Herbert Paul (1913-88), Robert J. Stainton Dec 2004

Grice, Herbert Paul (1913-88), Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.


Metaphysics, Substitution Salva Veritate And The Slingshot Argument, Robert J. Stainton Dec 2004

Metaphysics, Substitution Salva Veritate And The Slingshot Argument, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

An introduction to the "slingshot" argument in philosophy of language and metaphysics


The Context Principle, Robert J. Stainton Dec 2004

The Context Principle, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Ellipsis And Non-Sentential Speech, Ray Elugardo, Robert J. Stainton Dec 2004

Introduction To Ellipsis And Non-Sentential Speech, Ray Elugardo, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.


Objects, Properties, And Functions, Robert J. Stainton Dec 2004

Objects, Properties, And Functions, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

Objects are contrasted with properties, by means of examples, non-linguistic hallmarks, and linguistic correspondents. Hard cases of objects which are in some respects akin to properties are considered, but the idea that properties simply are another kind of object is rejected. Finally, properties are seen to be interchangeable with a certain kind of function.


Null Complements: Licensed By Syntax Or By Semantics-Pragmatics?, Corinne Iten, M.-O. Junker, Aryn Pyke, Robert J. Stainton, Catherine Wearking Dec 2004

Null Complements: Licensed By Syntax Or By Semantics-Pragmatics?, Corinne Iten, M.-O. Junker, Aryn Pyke, Robert J. Stainton, Catherine Wearking

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.


In Defense Of Non-Sentential Assertion, Robert J. Stainton Dec 2004

In Defense Of Non-Sentential Assertion, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

A defense of non-sentential assertion against Jason Stanley and Peter Ludlow


Reconceptualizing L2 Motivation Theory: Vygotskian Activity Theory Approach, Tae-Young Kim Dr. Dec 2004

Reconceptualizing L2 Motivation Theory: Vygotskian Activity Theory Approach, Tae-Young Kim Dr.

Dr. Tae-Young Kim (김태영, 金兌英)

No abstract provided.


Review Of Paul Chilton's (2004) Analysing Political Discourse, Adam Hodges Dec 2004

Review Of Paul Chilton's (2004) Analysing Political Discourse, Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

No abstract provided.


Vowel Shifting As A Marker Of Social Identity In The Portuguese Dialect Of Nordeste, Sao Miguel (Azores), David Silva Dec 2004

Vowel Shifting As A Marker Of Social Identity In The Portuguese Dialect Of Nordeste, Sao Miguel (Azores), David Silva

David Silva

English:
Several authors have described the variety of Portuguese spoken on the island of São Miguel (Azores,) but the speech of the Micaelans has never been analyzed from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective. In this work, we present a quantitative analysis of the dialect of the village of Northeast (São Miguel), in which a vowel system is revealed whose variation oscillates between the island pronunciations of the tonic vowels and the corresponding forms of the Portuguese standard language. For example, while all the informants in the corpus pronounced the vowel tonic u as the previous high vowel rounded [y] (as u …


Estudio Comparativo De Actitudes Hacia El Español En Los Estados Unidos: Educación, Política Y Entorno Social, Andrew Lynch, Carol A. Klee Dec 2004

Estudio Comparativo De Actitudes Hacia El Español En Los Estados Unidos: Educación, Política Y Entorno Social, Andrew Lynch, Carol A. Klee

Andrew Lynch

This study explores attitudes toward Spanish with respect to language education, language policy and language use in two different United States urban settings—one bilingual and another essentially monolingual. A 50-item sociolinguistic questionnaire was administered to 359 Hispanic and non-Hispanic university students at different levels of Spanish language study in Miami, Florida and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Analysis revealed broad acceptance of Spanish in US public life in both cities. However, more conservative attitudes toward ‘English only’ education and Official English policies were expressed by Miami students and by beginning-level students in general. Findings suggest that intense language contact in Miami foments a …