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Spring 2009 Issue

Madison Magazine

Madison is an official publication of James Madison University and is produced quarterly for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty and staff members, and friends of the university. It is produced by the Division of University Advancement. Editorial and advertising offices: JMU, MSC 3610, Harrisonburg, VA 22807.

Taylor University Online Course Catalog 2009, Taylor University Fort Wayne

Institute of Correspondence Studies

The 2009 catalog of Taylor University Online at Taylor University Fort Wayne.

The Role Of Pragmatics In Second Language Teaching, Roberto Eduardo Echeverria Castillo

MA TESOL Collection

This research paper explores the application of pragmatics in second language teaching. It presents pragmatics as a discipline that may be taught and learned utilizing the experiential learning cycle. The paper explores challenging pragmatic experiences and how the cycle was used to overcome them. Additionally, it proposes a model to teach pragmatics, illustrated by a lesson based on an episode of a television show. Finally, the paper ends with my personal view of this project, and its applications on my learning of English and to my language teaching.

2009 Commencement Program, Seattle University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

How Should We Then Read? Reading Mormon Scripture After The Fall, Alan Goff

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Dan Vogel. Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet.

Drowning Incident Rescuer Characteristics: Encoding The First Component Of The 4w Model, Stathis Avramidis, Ronald Butterly, David Llewellyn

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Public History Newsletter Winter 2009, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A four page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.

Focus Emu, October 6, 2009, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Sites 2c @ Und, University Of North Dakota

UND Publications

A 2009 brochure for a walking tour of buildings and landmarks on the University of North Dakota campus.

Prism #35, January 2009, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents

Macalester Abroad: Research and Writing from Off-campus Study

No abstract provided.

Farcical Philology: Alexander Shewan's Homeric Games At An Ancient St. Andrews, Thomas E. Jenkins

Classical Studies Faculty Research

It is one of the many ironies of the term "philology" that what to the untrained ear may connote a dry and lifeless field of study was once the fightingest of fighting words; indeed, philology has been only recently retired as a field with an especial love for internecine warfare. "Love of literature," it seems, could spawn loathing of fellow literature-lovers, and as philology grew as a discipline and even academic profession, the stakes were high. Any examination of metaphilology, then, must include a glance at philology's discourses of error and detection, of correction and humiliation: philology- if dedicated to …

Reformation Redivivus: Synergism And The New Perspective, Kent L. Yinger

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

Debates over the New Perspective on Paul show a great deal of similarity to Reformation-era debates over synergism. In fact, synergism has become one of the more common charges made against the New Perspective by its critics. After documenting the charge in these modern debates, this article explores the details of synergistic controversy surrounding the Reformation. Among other things, various wings of the Reformation appear to have understood, and reacted to, synergism in quite-different ways. The article then highlights some aspects of New Perspective debates that are reminiscent of earlier theological debates over synergism and suggests ways in which greater …

Freshman Record : The University Of Rhode Island, The Interfraternity/Panhellenic Councils

Freshman Record

No abstract provided.

Coupling Of Humans, Habitats And Other Species: A Study Of The Fishers’ Traditional Ecological Knowledge (Tek) In La Parguera, Carlos G. Garcia-Quijano, Manuel Valdés-Pizzini

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Eu Arms Embargo Against China: Should Europe Play A Role In East Asian Security?, Frans Paul Van Der Putten

Global Asia Journal

Europe and East Asia are highly interdependent through their extensive mutual trade and investment relations, but also because the European Union (EU), China, and Japan are major actors on international forums such as the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). While Europe has a stable regional security system – the main component of which is the EU – this is not the case in East Asia. The lack of a dependable security mechanism to deal with potential East Asian flashpoints such as the ‘Taiwan issue’ has a destabilising effect on Europe’s economic and security interests. Clearly, Europe …

Lindenwood Academics 2009: We Succeed When Our Students Succeed, Lindenwood University

University Documents

Promotional booklet for Lindenwood University.

Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Bulletin [2009], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Undergraduate bulletin for Virginia Commonwealth University for the academic year 2009-2010. It includes information on academic regulations, degree requirements, course offerings, faculty, academic calendar, and tuition and expenses for undergraduate programs.

Of Spanish Cows, Wild Boars, Unpredictable Weather, And Other Oddities, Lydia Sanchez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this collection of connected stories, the inhabitants of the imaginary Mediterranean village of Marcenac struggle with daily situations that often take allures of a farce, simply because they occur in Marcenac. The stories explore the influence southern France's Roussillon region has on people, the way the proximity of the Spanish border and the Mediterranean shapes the inhabitants of Marcenac's daily lives, and the influence of the climate. Often, the Tramontane, the region's predominant wind, becomes a character. While some of the stories are told from a collective point of view, others reveal the inner thoughts of children and adults, …

On Becoming "Professor": A Semi-Serious Look In The Mirror, Ezra Rosser

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Evolving Architecture Of North American Integration, Laura Spitz

Faculty Scholarship

Given its potential significance for democracy, sovereignty, government, governance, and justice in each of Canada, the United States, and Mexico, North American integration qua integration has thus far received surprisingly little attention from legal scholars and social scientists. While an expanding body of research explores the dynamics of continental integration in other contexts (especially Europe) and/or examines the meaning of globalization, regionalism, and multilateral internationalism in a general sense, the specific constitution of an integrated North American space remains largely undertheorized. This Article aims to advance the literature in this area by examining legal discourse as an example of the …

"She Ain't No Diva!": Reflections On In/Hospitable Guests/Hosts, Reciprocity, And Desire, Bernadette Marie Calafell

Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Cautionary Tale: The Obama Coalition, Anti-Subordination Principles And Proposition 8, Jennifer Holladay, Catherine Smith

Scholarly Articles

In his journey to the White House, Barack Obama demonstrated that he could be, in the words of Dr. King, not merely "a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus," creating a coalition that called us to "look after not only ourselves but each other."

To be sure, Obama's coalition is an imperfect one. Proposition 8's passage reminds us that we still fall too readily into the categories of "us and them"--categories in which subjugated groups fight against each other, rather than alongside each other.

Still, Obama has set us on a new path in America's long journey toward …

Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 38, No. 1, Pre-Conference 2009, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Right From The Start, Applying Anthropology With Lower Division Students, Jan English-Lueck

Faculty Publications, Anthropology

No abstract provided.

The Death Of The American Trial, Robert P. Burns

Faculty Working Papers

This short essay is a summary of my assessment of the meaning of the "vanishing trial" phenomenon. It addresses the obvious question: "So what?" It first briefly reviews the evidence of the trial's decline. It then sets out the steps necessary to understand the political and social signficance of our vastly reducing the trial's importance among our modes of social ordering. The essay serves as the Introduction to a book, The Death of the American Trial, soon to be published by the University of Chicago Press.

The Language Of Consent In Police Encounters, Janice Nadler, J.D. Trout

Faculty Working Papers

In this chapter, we examine the nature of conversations in citizen-police encounters in which police seek to conduct a search based on the citizen's consent. We argue that when police officers ask a person if they can search, citizens often feel enormous pressure to say yes. But judges routinely ignore these pressures, choosing instead to spotlight the politeness and restraint of the officers' language and demeanor. Courts often analyze the language of police encounters as if the conversation has an obvious, context-free meaning. The pragmatic features of language influence behavior, but courts routinely ignore or deny this fact. Instead, current …

A Few Questions About The Social-Obligation Norm, Jedediah Purdy

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Does It Matter What Religion Is, Christopher L. Eisgruber, Lawrence G. Sager

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

History Newsletter 2008-09, Department Of History

Department of History Archives

No abstract provided.