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Defining "Nature": A Labovian Approach To Interpreting Vagueness Of Meaning, William Kyle Bradshaw

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Film As A Tool In Second Language Acquisition, Melinda Childs

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Don’T Crimp My Game: A Phonological, Lexical, Syntactic, And Discourse Assessment Of Linguistic Diversity In The United States, Pedro Ferreira

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Game Show Sociolinguistics: A Diachronic Investigation Of Gender And Negotiation In “The Pyramid”, Franklin Bradfield

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Accent Bias Of Pixar’S Movie Cars 2, Amber Delcid, Gharbeela Sami

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Attitudes Towards Bilingualism In The Monolingual Workplace, Cassandra C. Danekes

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

A Look Into Music Genres Across The Years, Hannah Duenke, Melinda Childs

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Understanding Online Language: A Corpus-Based Comparison Of Web Registers, Kelly D. Carr, Jasmin Anderson, John Webb, Joyce Bullock-Vigdor, Matthew Wamboldt

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Raters’ Perceptions Of The Appropriateness Of Textual Borrowing In Integrated Writing Tasks, Gharbeela Sami

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Investigating Links Between English Reading And Writing Ability In Non-Native English Speakers., Zane Brown

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Respect The Rank, Not The Person, Kera Luna

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Cross-Modal Priming Of Words With Positive And Negative Environmental Sounds: An Erp Investigation, James P. Duffy, Hannah Ligon, Gwen A. Frishkoff, R. Toby Amoss

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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What Residualizing Predictors In Regression Analyses Does (And What It Does Not Do), Lee H. Wurm, Sebastiano A. Fisicaro

Psychology Faculty Research Publications

Psycholinguists are making increasing use of regression analyses and mixed-effects modeling. In an attempt to deal with concerns about collinearity, a number of researchers orthogonalize predictor variables by residualizing (i.e., by regressing one predictor onto another, and using the residuals as a stand-in for the original predictor). In the current study, the effects of residualizing predictor variables are demonstrated and discussed using ordinary least-squares regression and mixed-effects models. Some of these effects are almost certainly not what the researcher intended and are probably highly undesirable. Most importantly, what residualizing does not do is change the result for the residualized ...

Director-Matcher Task Project, Max Fowler, Rachel Abraham, Braxton Martin, David Bohan

IPFW Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium

The Director-Matcher Task Project aims to create a new flexible web toolkit for the collection of data for psychology, linguistic, and cognitive science based research. The toolkit was initially developed to record instances of code switching, a linguistic concept concerned with a speaker alternating between multiple languages during one conversation. The project is based on Toy Task experiments, a modification of the director-matcher task, developed at the University of Bangor’s bilingual research center. Traditionally, two subjects separated by a wall were tasked with matching object placement on a set of chessboards through vocal communication. The Director-Matcher Task Project uses ...

Alternative Translation Approach – Part I: "Labor Division", Ludvig Glavati

Ludvig Glavati

No abstract provided.

Students’ Experiences In Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning: A Discourse Analysis Of Group Interaction, Rintaro Imafuku, Ryuta Kataoka, Mitsuori Mayahara, Hisayoshi Suzuki, Takuya Saiki

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning

Interdisciplinary problem-based learning (PBL) aims to provide students with opportunities to develop the necessary skills to work with different health professionals in a collaborative manner. This discourse study examined the processes of collective knowledge construction in Japanese students in the tutorials. Analyses of video-recorded data elicited from three multidisciplinary cohorts and their learning portfolios provided insights into their participation and introspection during the discussions. The results indicate there were two patterns of knowledge construction: (a) co-constructions between students from different disciplines and (b) elaborations between students from the same discipline. Their learning processes were mediated by their cultural assumptions, professional ...

The Use Of Play In Speech And Occupational Therapy, Jodi Ehrenkranz, Caroline Laferla

Psychology and Child Development

Sensory Processing Disorder and speech impairment affect millions of children in the United States. Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) affects a child’s development leading to difficulties with “detecting, modulating, interpreting, and/or organizing sensory stimuli” (Miller, Nielsen & Schoen, 2012, p.804). Furthermore, these children may find it difficult to self-regulate their behavior. Speech impairment is typically described as speech sound disorders (SSD), which involves a child having difficulties with communicating or correctly producing their native language (Brumbaugh, Smit, Nippold & Marinellie, 2013). Brumbaugh et al. (2013) also found that these children were likely to develop a poor self-image which provides even more incentive to find effective therapies. Furthermore, children with SPD and SSD are likely to have other behavioral disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Carr, Agnihotri, & Keightley, 2010; Cheung & Siu, 2009).

Occupational therapy is often used to treat SPD and speech therapy for SSD. Occupational therapists may employ treatments such as sensory integration approach or Sensory Integrative Treatment Protocol, which has been found to have promising results increasing sensory integration in children (Case-Smith & Bryan, 1999; Paul et al. 2003). Speech therapists use play therapy as it has been proven effective in helping children improve their speech as well as helping children with autism (who tend to be seen in speech therapy) learn to interact with other children (Danger & Landreth, 2005). The interactive activities used in play therapy have been shown to improve multiple behavioral disorders, including SPD. This was the motivation behind creating an interactive game for children to play while in therapy sessions. Although there have been proven tasks and activities that help children improve upon their developmental delays from their behavioral disorder, there has been little research on a formal game that can be used in therapy.

After researching and brainstorming, the interactive game developed in this project became known as Hands Up, Speak Up! The inspiration for the game was Cranium, an entertaining, but interactive board game. Melissa Quinn, teacher in a specialty classroom, and Nancy Koppl, speech therapist, were used as consultants for the game and allowed the children in their classrooms at C.L. Smith elementary school be used in the pilot of the game. Ms. Koppl recommended the use of the 80% rule as a main goal of the game, as this rule encourages learning and builds a child’s confidence. The 80% rule states that children should complete the task correctly 80% of the time; if the child is under then the task should be made easier, if the child is over then task ...

English As A Lingua Franca In Higher Education In Malaysia, Azirah Hashim

Azirah Hashim

This paper examines the role of English in higher education in Malaysia within the context of Southeast Asia, ASEAN, and the global challenges the country faces. It surveys the uses, functions of and demand for English in Malaysia and the region. The practices and needs of higher education institutions are contextualized within the progression from secondary education upwards and the history of educational policies. This paper discusses English needs of higher education as set inside multilingual contexts where English functions as the default language. The nature of English in Malaysia and across Southeast Asia is highly diverse and variable and ...

A Bayesian Model Of Stress Assignment In Reading, Olessia Jouravlev

University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

The goal of the present thesis was to introduce a Bayesian model of stress assignment in reading. According to this model, readers compute probabilities of stress patterns by assessing prior beliefs about the likelihoods of stress patterns in a language and combining that information with non-lexical evidence for stress patterns provided by the word. The choice of a response is thought of as a random walk-type process which takes the system from a starting point to a response boundary. The calculated Bayesian probabilities determine the drift rate towards each boundary such that the probability of an error and the response ...

The Effect Of Gaelic Initial Consonant Mutation On Spoken Word Recognition, Ian D. Clayton, Dan Brenner, Andrew Carnie, Mike Hammond, Natasha Warner

Ian D. Clayton

No abstract provided.