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Neighbours, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Some words accommodate a pair of alphabetically-adjacent letters such as S and T. These can either be separate in a word or together in a word. In both cases, the letters can be in alphabetical (as Here) or reverse alphabetical, order.

Subtracting And Mixing, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

These words pairs fall into one of two categories. Either a letter is removed from the first word; the remaining letters are rearranged to make the second word Or a letter is removed from the second word; the remaining letters are rearranged to make the first word. The two words together make a phrase.

Another Three Doublets, Daniel W. Galef

Word Ways

A set of three word ladder puzzles known as doublets.

Naked J-Birds, . Anil

Word Ways

A listing of 173 birds whose names begin with the letter J.

Poems, John Bannon

Word Ways

A collection of poems

Instructions To Authors, Editor Word Ways

Word Ways

Instructions to authors.

Word Squares With Wordy Knight's Tours, Mike Keith

Word Ways

The word square displayed below has a remarkable property. On the surface it is an ordinary double word square, with a different word in each row and column. In addition, starting in the upper left corner and following the knight's tour indicated by the lines reveals another five 5-letter words.

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 49, Number 2, Editor Word Ways

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue, including a table of contents

Answers And Solutions, Editor Word Ways

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles and quizzes in this issue.

The Pragmatic Constraints Of ἈΛλά In The Synoptic Gospels, Shawn I. Craigmiles

ATS Dissertations

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Chronicle Of Higher Education Quotes Bikowski On Helping Foreign Graduate Students, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Maritime Indonesia And The Archipelagic Outlook; Some Reflections From A Multidisciplinary Perspective On Old Port Cities In Java, Multamia Rmt Lauder, Allan F. Lauder

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The present paper reflects on Indonesia's status as an archipelagic state and a maritime nation from a historical perspective. It explores the background of a multi-year research project into Indonesia's maritime past currently being undertaken at the Humanities Faculty of Universitas Indonesia. The multidisciplinary research uses toponymy, epigraphy, philology, and linguistic lines of analysis in examining old inscriptions and manuscripts and also includes site visits to a number of old port cities across the archipelago. We present here some of the core concepts behind the research such as the importance of the ancient port cities in a network of maritime …

The Effect Of First Language Dialect On Second Language Accent, Sarah Yaure

Senior Capstone Theses

The purpose of this study was to discover how dialectal differences in L1 Spanish impact the L2 English pronunciation of 6 speakers (5 dialects). Spanish and English share several sounds (phonemes) such as /m, n, f/. However, both languages also contain distinct phonemes (Whitley, 2002). Due to this imperfect overlap, phonemes that are distinct in English may have been grouped into one category by learners, reflecting the Spanish inventory, which makes it more difficult to differentiate sounds in received and therefore produced English speech (Flege 2004). Even among Spanish dialects, phonemes can vary (Whitley, 2002). As a result, speakers of …

Elip Writing Class Allows Students To Get Their Hands Dirty Working With Rural Action, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Lingua Franca: An Analysis Of Globalization And Language Evolution, Abigail Watson

Honors Projects

This project details the evolution of languages and how globalization and advances in communication have effected smaller language groups. A world community in which communication is standardized by a Lingua Franca is in most cases harmful for isolated language groups without many speakers. The extinction of language is harmful for human society and culture, and there are many different ways to help prevent language extinction.

This project includes an essay, an animation, six illustrations, and a coloring book that all relate to endangered languages.

Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics News (2012-2022)

• Writing & Linguistics annual senior reading
• “Narrative Night: Stories of Southern” on April 22

Summer 2016 | Tier Iii Online On Campus, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Animacy And Alienability: A Reconsideration Of English Possession, Jaimee Jones

Senior Honors Theses

Current scholarship on English possessive constructions, the s-genitive and the of-construction, largely ignores the possessive relationships inherent in certain English compound nouns. Scholars agree that, in general, an animate possessor predicts the s-genitive while an inanimate possessor predicts the of-construction. However, the current literature rarely discusses noun compounds, such as the table leg, which also express possessive relationships. However, pragmatically and syntactically, a compound cannot be considered as a true possessive construction. Thus, this paper will examine why some compounds still display possessive semantics epiphenomenally. The noun compounds that imply possession seem to exhibit relationships prototypical of inalienable …

Technical Writing Made Easier Through University Collaboration, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics News (2012-2022)

• Recent student & faculty news

Summer 2016 | Learn Arabic In One Summer, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics News (2012-2022)

• Writing and Linguistics students honored at Honors Day

Arts & Sciences Reception Follows Graduate Commencement, April 29, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Perception And Production Of Phonetic Stress In Spanish: An Investigation Of Native Speakers And Non-Native Learners, Benjamin Stoltenberg, Elizabeth Enkin

UCARE: Research Products

In recent years, foreign language studies have become an area of great interest, given that students must be prepared to take on a career in a globalized world. Consequently, there is a growing incentive to learn a second language, and especially Spanish given that it is the most-studied foreign language in the United States. Language courses designed for majors and minors generally center on the analysis and discussion of sounds, morphological processes and grammatical constructions. However, little is known about the nature of specific difficulties that may arise for native speakers of English when they interpret spoken speech in Spanish. …

Language And Cognition: Insight From Exceptional Cases, Anna Snyder

Senior Honors Theses

The understanding of the world in the human mind is accomplished through cognitive processing and articulated through linguistic processing. Undoubtedly, there is a significant connection between language and cognition because of how intricately they work together to create and express meaning. Researchers from a variety of fields have sought to discover the specifics of these domains to determine what kind of relationship exists between them and how the involvement between language and cognition should be best represented. Though they obviously interact, the different characteristics of each domain provide evidence that linguistic processes and cognitive processes may be distinct. Rather than …

Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics News (2012-2022)

• Call for readers: 2016 Writing and Linguistics Senior Reading

Linguistics As The Basis For Phonological Instruction, Christen Johnson

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this research study is to determine if teachers of emergent literate students have been trained in linguistics—the anatomy, air flow, and voice of phonology—as part of their literacy instruction and to what extent those strategies are employed while teaching. The basis for this inquiry lies in the understanding that phonology is a science conceived from linguistics which illustrates and explains how sounds are created and produced within the oral structure. This body of information lends itself to an extremely developmental and authentic scope and sequence for teaching phonetics to students. These teachers must be aware of and …

A Racism Without Race: A Moroccan Case Study Of Race Denial, Leila Chreiteh

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This article aims to articulate the ways in which race and race relations are conceptualized in Morocco. Using the concept of racialized discourse as the preconceptual theoretical field for race and racist expressions, the author analyzes the different converging factors which influence the performance of “Moroccan-ness” and how subjectivity can be influenced by a State-driven communal linguistic episteme. Through its insistent hyper-nationalist campaigns, the Moroccan State has deployed racist expressions as a means of face-keeping and sociopolitical management, which have become naturalized through its reproduction in individual subjectivity and interpellation. However, from the independent research conducted by the author, the …

Flip Cup: Problems Related To Alcohol Consumption In Modern China, Helen Lamm

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The habits and attitudes surrounding the consumption of alcohol, in any culture, are just another lens through which we can look to better understand social life. The hierarchical social systems in China, which dictate common behavior, are unique. Much work has been written on the topic of guanxiand face: the defining factors for China’s ubiquitous, self-affirming system of relationships. Drinking culture is perhaps more interesting to travel bloggers than academics, but I believe that China’s drinking culture is a direct practice in guanxi production. The darker side of China’s drinking culture is anexercise in preserving face.

The gap in …

Summer 2016 | Linguistics Menu Includes Online On Campus, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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