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The Role Of Language In The Dissolution Of The Soviet Union, David F. Marshall

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "The problem of unrest among the ethnic nationalities plagued the USSR since its inception in December 1922. [...] One crucial element in this problem had been Soviet Language-planning practices. [...]

"This study examines how language functioned with various dynamics of cultural pluralism in the enhanced ethnic mobilization and resultant dissolution of the USSR."

Constitutional Law - Attorney & (And) Client: First Amendment Rights For Lawyers: Where Should North Dakota Draw The Line, Shon Kaelberer Hastings

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

English Borrowing In Thai As Reflected In Thai Journalistic Texts, James Kapper

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "This study looks at patterns of occurrence of English loan words in various domains of journalistic discourse in Thai print media. By examining domains of Thai discourse where borrowing from English occurs, as well as patterns of nativization for borrowed items, we can gain insight into the economic, political, and social situations which hold between the two languages. This, in turn, will have implications not only for the study of the mechanisms at work in a language contact situation, but also for the study of English in its situation as a global prestige language.

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"These issues …

The Effects Of Grade, Text Genre And Importance Level On Prose Memory, Tara Miller

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Word Naming Performance In Skilled Readers, Less-Skilled Readers, And Learning Disabled Readers, Krestin Olson

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

An Assessment Of Measured Learning In Selected Classes Of An Interactive Television Network In Six Northwestern Minnesota High Schools., Virginia T. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

The intention of the researcher was to study the effect of interactive television (ITV) in selected high school classes, using both quantitative and qualitative research techniques. The ITV network chosen for study was the Northwest Educational Technology Cooperative (NETC) operated by seven school districts in northwestern Minnesota (Argyle, Hallock, Kennedy, Stephen, Valley North (Alvarado and Oslo), and Warren). This system uses two-way interactive video and audio technology networked by fiber optics. Classes selected included Spanish I, Spanish II, and probability and statistics. Data collection was done during the fall semester, 1990.Quantitative methods compared means of scores achieved on pre-tests and …

The Relationship Of Female Students In Electronics Course Work To Bsri, Recruitment, And Academic Support, Lillian MartíNez Mack

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Interpersonal Communication In The Elderly, Stephannie R. Motuz

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Basic Concepts And Number Conservation, Heather M. Clark

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A Screening Test For Preschool Children At Risk For Language Disorders, Sheri Lynn Cook

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

English For Specific Purposes : Breakdown In Aircraft Radio Communication, Emerson Dale Case

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Communicative Ability In Head Injured Children, Patricia M. Fast

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Multi-Voiced Narrator Of Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Linda M. Ferderer

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Test Development : A Case Study Of The Language Instrument For Preschool Screening, Helen M. Sommer

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Historical Approach To The Study Of The English Language : A Six Week Educational Unit In The Secondary English Curriculum, Peggy L. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Standing And Ripeness Revisited: The Supreme Court's Hypothetical Barriers, Marla E. Mansfield

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Music As Communication: A Rhetorical Perspective Based On Susanne Langer's Theory Of Aesthetic Symbolism, Deanna D. Sellnow

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to create a rhetorical perspective by which to understand and analyze music as aesthetic communication. Specifically, this study extends Susanne Langer's theory of aesthetic symbolism as it relates to music as a mode of communication. Once the rhetorical perspective for analyzing music as communication has been depicted, the perspective is operationalized to analyze music from two contemporary social movements in the United States. The music analyzed in this dissertation comes from the Neo-Nazi Skinhead movement and the New Age movement. By approaching music as aesthetic communication in this way, the reader is able to …

Mathematical Writing: A Descriptive Study To Explore The Relationship Between Analytical / Creative Writing And The Understanding Of Mathematical Problem Solving In A Seventh-Grade Classroom, Shiela Ann Puffe

Theses and Dissertations

This naturalistic inquiry explored the relationship between writing and mathematical problem solving. The use of analytical writing and creative writing was examined to see if it was a beneficial heuristic for teaching understanding of mathematical problem solving in a seventh-grade class. The teacher acted as the principal researcher.

The treatment consisted of two distinct segments. Students wrote narrative, analytical accounts of their problem-solving process. They used a teacher-constructed study guide based on Polya's problem-solving framework (Understand the Problem, Devise a Plan, Carry Out the Plan, and Look Back / Evaluate) with metacognitive questioning as a guide for this writing. Students …

The Tone System Of Foodo Nouns, Gray C. Plunkett

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents an autosegmental analysis of the tone system of the nouns of Foodo, a Guang language of Benin. The goal is to give an analysis of the tone system of nouns that will account for all the surface tonal phenomena by positing two underlying tones. Foodo nouns consist of a stem together with its class prefix and/or suffix; while tonal alternations in prefixes are easily explained by two tone rules, the suffixes exhibit rather complex alternations. Many of the theoretical assumptions of lexical phonology, (especially the view that most lexical rules are cyclic and Kiparsky's Elsewhere Condition) allow …

A Comparison Of The Development And Importance Of Play In Handicapped And Nonhandicapped Preschoolers, Lynn Ann Moen

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Early Intervention On Subsequent Classroom Placement, Amy Jo Sanner

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of an Early Childhood Special Education program in a small city in northeastern North Dakota. The study examined the classroom placements and supportive services required by two hundred seventy two (272) preschool aged handicapped children prior to, during, and subsequent to their participation in the early intervention program. Children included in the study had attended the preschool program some time between the 1984-1985 school year and the 1990-1991 school year.

The following research questions were posed: 1) What types of children, based on primary handicapping condition, require a less restrictive …

Families Perceptions Of Early Intervention, Cheri J. Benter-Collette

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to survey and interview the following four groups of people: (1) Families who currently have children birth to five years of age and are receiving Early Childhood Special Education services; (2) Families who currently have children aged seven to eleven who did not receive Early Childhood Special Education services: (3) Professionals currently working with students aged seven to eleven who did not receive Early Childhood Special Education services; and (4) Professionals currently working with young children who are receiving Early Childhood Special Education services.

A survey form and interview format were developed to address the following …

Children Are Our Natural Resource: Impressions Of Day Care In Cuba, Honey Schnapp

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.

A Study Of General Education Curricula In Selected Small Colleges, Lavonne Fay Larson

Theses and Dissertations

Given the distinctiveness of small colleges, the primary purpose of this study was to gain a more complete understanding of general education curricula of selected small colleges in terms of the colleges' stated goals, their process of developing and modifying, and the stucture and content of their present general education curricula. A second purpose was to propose a model for developing general education curricula.

Three research methods were employed: a review of related literature, an analysis of written institutional documents, and campus interviews. Two groups of small colleges, with enrollments of less than 2000, participated. Data from the first group …

Speech Behavior In Othello: The Conversations Of Roderigo And Iago, Mary Margaret Dahlberg

Theses and Dissertations

The character Roderigo in William Shakespeare's play Othello is often ignored by critics. Discussion of his role, both in scholarly study and stage portrayal is extremely limited. His lines are spoken almost entirely in dialogue with Iago; he appears to be a mere tool in Iago's evil designs on Cassio and Othello. Yet his conversations with Iago form a subplot which both clarifies Iago's character and aids our understanding of Othello's reponse to Iago's temptations.

The six conversations between Iago and Roderigo are the subject of this paper. Since the two men are not social equals, it seems particularly useful …

Are Cariban Languages Moving Away From Or Towards Ergative Systems?, Desmond C. Derbyshire

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "In this paper [...] I will be arguing for a direction of change in Cariban languages from systems that are purely ergative in both nominal case marking and verb agreement patterns (and which are probably of considerable antiquity) to mixed systems where in main clauses the core nominals are not marked at all and the verb agreement patterns are a mixture of nominative and absolutive, based on an agentivity-person hierarchy. Subordinate clauses take the form of nominalizations that retain characteristics of the older pure ergative system."

The Definite Article With Proper Names For Referring To People In The Greek Of Acts, Stephen H. Levinsohn

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "I now consider the presence versus absence of the article with proper names, for people in the book of Acts, using the following four categories of description:

-- the unmarked patterns involving the first mention of a participant and further references to the participant in the same incident (Sect. 1); -- the reintroduction of participants after an absence (Sec. 2); -- further references to a participant in the same incident which are anarthrous, instead of arhrous (Sect. 3); -- the use of the article with names in reported speeches (Sect. 4).

"By dividing my discussion into four …

Front Matter For Sil-Und Work Papers Vol. 35 (1991)

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

No abstract provided.

Semanically Ergative Languages In Typological Perspective, Alexandr E. Kibrik

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the summary: "This paper demonstrates the existence of languages whose core structure is determined by the principle of consistent differentiation of semantic roles by means of case coding; that is, to demonstrate the existence of role-oriented languages. If we refrain from interpreting role-oriented languages in terms of subject and direct object, then their organization becomes extremely natural, simple, and motivated. At the same time we gain the hope that by starting with languages of pure types we can reach a deeper and more adequate understanding of the structure of mixed languages."

On The Syllabification Of /Tl/ Clusters In Spanish, Steve Parker

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction, "As is commonly known, permissible word- and syllable-initial consonant clusters in Spanish consist of a stop (p t k b d g) or f followed by one of the two liquids r or l. Of the fourteen theoretically-possible combinations which these groupings yield, two are problematic: tl and dl

"The sequence dl does not occur word-initially and its word-internal attestation is limited to second person plural "familiar" commands such as tomadlo ('drink it'), which are rarely used outside of Spain. In words of this type the syllable break unquestionably occurs between the d and the l; since …