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Women's Speech As Reflected In The Television Series, Friends, Gema Del Moral May 2015

Women's Speech As Reflected In The Television Series, Friends, Gema Del Moral

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This research focuses on analyzing how contemporary women’s speech is reflected in the popular television show Friends through the characters’ differences in gender and their variances in language forms. The aim of this thesis is to find out if there are certain lexical and syntactical characteristics that distinguish women’s language from men’s language. In this study, a corpus linguistic approach is used to collect the data and make a quantitative analysis based on the verbal communication of the characters involved in Season 4 of Friends. The analysis of the linguistic features of verbal communication of all the characters in Season …


Satori 2015, Winona State University Apr 2015

Satori 2015, Winona State University

Satori Literary Magazine

The Satori is a student literary publication that expresses the artistic spirit of the students of Winona State University. Student poetry, prose, and graphic art are published in the Satori every spring since 1970.


Teaching Tolkien: Language, Scholarship, And Creativity, Adam Kotlarczyk Apr 2015

Teaching Tolkien: Language, Scholarship, And Creativity, Adam Kotlarczyk

Faculty Publications & Research

Why Tolkien?

Let us start with the obvious—if cynical—question, almost certain to come from a skeptical administrator or colleague: why would any serious, self-respecting English teacher want to teach an author whose work is about dragons, fairies, and the fantastic? With all the increased attention to standardized testing and with the demand for rigor in read- ings in the average English curriculum, choosing a popular text might raise eyebrows among critics. The question that an English teacher may be asked (or indeed, may ask him- or herself) is: doesn't teaching Tolkien as "serious" literature just fan those flames?


The Way I Learned To Read And Write, Jing Dang Mar 2015

The Way I Learned To Read And Write, Jing Dang

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

In order to write this narrative essay, I began by brainstorming, and I thought about my early experiences of reading and writing. After I wrote the first draft, I took my paper to the Write Place and made some corrections based on what they told me. I also met with my professor and revised my paper again in order to create stronger transitions between paragraphs.


Thoughts On African American Literature From The Imsa English Department, Michael Dean, Michael W. Hancock, Leah Kind, Adam Kotlarczyk, Erin Micklo, Tracy A. Townsend Feb 2015

Thoughts On African American Literature From The Imsa English Department, Michael Dean, Michael W. Hancock, Leah Kind, Adam Kotlarczyk, Erin Micklo, Tracy A. Townsend

Faculty Roundtable

This document is the product of an online collaborative discussion inspired by Black History Month that took place between members of the IMSA English team during the first week of February in 2015. In this conversation, English faculty ruminate on the importance of African American literature as teachers, as individuals, and as lifelong learners.


Eng 1002-004, 015, 025: Composition And Literature, Tammy Veach Jan 2015

Eng 1002-004, 015, 025: Composition And Literature, Tammy Veach

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 4775-001: Literary Theory, Culture, And Criticism, Ruben Quesada Jan 2015

Eng 4775-001: Literary Theory, Culture, And Criticism, Ruben Quesada

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 3901-001: Language And Linguistics, Davia Markelis Jan 2015

Eng 3901-001: Language And Linguistics, Davia Markelis

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 4275/5960-001, 003: Internship In Professional Writing, Terri Fredrick Jan 2015

Eng 4275/5960-001, 003: Internship In Professional Writing, Terri Fredrick

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 4300/4390-001, 099: Science Fiction By Women, Majorie Worthington Jan 2015

Eng 4300/4390-001, 099: Science Fiction By Women, Majorie Worthington

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 4801-001: Integrating The English Language Arts, Donna Binns Jan 2015

Eng 4801-001: Integrating The English Language Arts, Donna Binns

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 4950-001: Literary History, Diversity, And The Cultural History Of Authorship, Angela Vietto Jan 2015

Eng 4950-001: Literary History, Diversity, And The Cultural History Of Authorship, Angela Vietto

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 5020-001: Graduate Workshop In Creative Writing, Charlotte Pence Jan 2015

Eng 5020-001: Graduate Workshop In Creative Writing, Charlotte Pence

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001-001: Composition & Language, Dan Tessitore Jan 2015

Eng 1001-001: Composition & Language, Dan Tessitore

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002-003: Composition And Literature, L. A. Berry Jan 2015

Eng 1002-003: Composition And Literature, L. A. Berry

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002-007: Real And Imagined: Literature And The World, Melissa Caldwell Jan 2015

Eng 1002-007: Real And Imagined: Literature And The World, Melissa Caldwell

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002-010: Composition And Literature, Jamila Smith Jan 2015

Eng 1002-010: Composition And Literature, Jamila Smith

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002-020: Composition And Literature, Leann Akins Jan 2015

Eng 1002-020: Composition And Literature, Leann Akins

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002-028: Composition And Literature, John Moore Jan 2015

Eng 1002-028: Composition And Literature, John Moore

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1105-001: English Forum, Angela Vietto Jan 2015

Eng 1105-001: English Forum, Angela Vietto

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 2003-001: Creative Writing - Poetry, Ruben Quesada Jan 2015

Eng 2003-001: Creative Writing - Poetry, Ruben Quesada

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 3010-600: Literary Masterworks, Majorie Worthington Jan 2015

Eng 3010-600: Literary Masterworks, Majorie Worthington

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 3001-006: Advanced Composition, Chris Wixson Jan 2015

Eng 3001-006: Advanced Composition, Chris Wixson

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 3402-001: Methods Of Teaching Literature In Seconday Schools, Melissa Ames Jan 2015

Eng 3402-001: Methods Of Teaching Literature In Seconday Schools, Melissa Ames

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1000-001: Fundamentals Of College Composition, Lania Knight Jan 2015

Eng 1000-001: Fundamentals Of College Composition, Lania Knight

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001-004: Composition & Language, Carol Dudley Jan 2015

Eng 1001-004: Composition & Language, Carol Dudley

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 4762-001: Poetry Writing, Charlotte Pence Jan 2015

Eng 4762-001: Poetry Writing, Charlotte Pence

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002-001: Composition And Literature, Rachel Heicher Jan 2015

Eng 1002-001: Composition And Literature, Rachel Heicher

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001-010: Composition & Language, Trevor Martinson Jan 2015

Eng 1001-010: Composition & Language, Trevor Martinson

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002-006: Composition And Literature, Leann Akins Jan 2015

Eng 1002-006: Composition And Literature, Leann Akins

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.