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Chief Justice Mm Ismail Of Nagore: A Great Indian, The Pride Of Tamil Nadu And A Perfect Muslim, Vikas Kumar Nov 2006

Chief Justice Mm Ismail Of Nagore: A Great Indian, The Pride Of Tamil Nadu And A Perfect Muslim, Vikas Kumar

Vikas Kumar

No abstract provided.


The Development Of Bilingual Education In Berlin’S Primary Schools, Elizabeth Buckley Apr 2006

The Development Of Bilingual Education In Berlin’S Primary Schools, Elizabeth Buckley

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The debate on language education is flourishing in the current state of globalization and immigration. The rising amount of globalization has increased the amount of linguistic diversity present in one’s everyday life. There are between 6,000 and 7,000 languages in the world and half of them are in danger of disappearing. Therefore, it is becoming more common for the presence of many different linguistic groups within one country. For instance, in Indonesia, there are over 700 languages spoken. Although, the distribution of languages is not equal, it is nearly impossible to go through life without being exposed to another language …


That Was Totally Intense! A Study Of Emphatic Adverbial Modifiers In Male And Female Speech, Shellie Chiavetta Apr 2006

That Was Totally Intense! A Study Of Emphatic Adverbial Modifiers In Male And Female Speech, Shellie Chiavetta

Inquiry Journal 2006

No abstract provided.


Study Abroad Social Networks, Motivation And Attitudes: Implications For Second Language Acquisition., Christina Isabelli Jan 2006

Study Abroad Social Networks, Motivation And Attitudes: Implications For Second Language Acquisition., Christina Isabelli

Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Mobility, Indexicality, And The Enregisterment Of “Pittsburghese.”, Barbara Johnstone, Jennifer Andrus, Andrew E. Danielson Dec 2005

Mobility, Indexicality, And The Enregisterment Of “Pittsburghese.”, Barbara Johnstone, Jennifer Andrus, Andrew E. Danielson

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.


Prosodic Rhythm And African American English, Erik R. Thomas, Phillip M. Carter Dec 2005

Prosodic Rhythm And African American English, Erik R. Thomas, Phillip M. Carter

Phillip M. Carter

Prosodic rhythm was measured for a sample of 20 African American and 20 European American speakers from North Carolina using the metric devised by Low, Grabe, and Nolan (2000), which involves comparisons of the durations of vowels in adjacent syllables. In order to gain historical perspective, the same technique was applied to the ex-slave recordings described in Bailey, Maynor, and Cukor-Avila (1991) and to recordings of five Southern European Americans born before the Civil War. In addition, Jamaicans, Hispanics of Mexican origin who spoke English as their L2, and Hispanics speaking Spanish served as control groups. Results showed that the …


Reflexivity In Sociolinguistics, Barbara Johnstone Dec 2005

Reflexivity In Sociolinguistics, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.


My Biases: A Note On My Articles In Mainstream (2003-05), Vikas Kumar Dec 2005

My Biases: A Note On My Articles In Mainstream (2003-05), Vikas Kumar

Vikas Kumar

No abstract provided.