Gynocriticism and 'Jane Eyre': The conflict of the female identity in language
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
When reading a novel like Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre', with both a female author and narrator, a series of implications arise by the structuring of a feminine language within the constructs of a patriarchal society, and thus, a masculine discourse; such an oppression innate to...
Cognitive psychology: Language
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Language is a complex cognitive function that has fascinated scientists and cognitive psychologists for years. Language is a cognitive function that all humans acquire, use, and alter over the course of a lifetime. Language acquisition begins almost immediately following...
Language of photography
Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
Like any other profession or a technical job, photography as an art and as a science has some very distinct technical words which facilitate an easier communication of ideas and perceptions. Without them it would be almost impossible to communicate and get understood in an effort to do justice to...
Revolt against blandness: Language, sexuality and idealism in The Catcher in the Rye
Thesis - 3 pages - Literature
J.D. Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, was published in the early 1950's, a time of refinement and standardized ways of living. Salinger experienced firsthand the terrors of World War II, as well as life in America during an uncertain time. Salinger's early influences at school and in...
"Language and the internet", David Crystal (2001)
Book review - 9 pages - Design and digital creation
Nowadays there is surely an increase of new forms of communication among people thanks to technological achievement, communicative power, and social potential of the Internet. While sociologists, political commentators, economists draw attention to the dangers of the Internet because of...
"Cracking the weasel code of politicians"- Newspeak as a form of political language manipulation - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 59 pages - Management
In this thesis the phenomenon under examination is newspeak -a highly manipulative form of political language. The proposed research, conducted from the perspective of political language, attempts to account for mechanisms that govern the use of newspeak in Anglo-Saxon countries,...
Greek language and literature
Essay - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
The Greek language has been spoken for nearly 4,000 years. It is the oldest oral language in Europe. The alphabet consists of 24 letters and is the official language in Greece. It's related to Latin, Hittie, Old Slavic, Celtic, and Germanic languages. To create the...
Machine learning interfacing with natural language processing
Thesis - 3 pages - Computer science
Human computer interaction (HCI) is an important aspect that should concern every computer system. Ubiquitous computing applications and many other complex applications calls for an interface that have more than simple selection of couple of options. Consequently we need computer interfaces which...
The changing English language
Thesis - 3 pages - Literature
Over the past 700 years or so, English sentences have shrunk from around 70 words per sentence in circa 1380 to around 20 words in a typical general-internet book today. An analysis of a work each from the respective periods indicates that such change in the linguistic features of the...
Dynamics and characteristics of language evolution
Thesis - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
The development of language was both supported by and supplementary to the evolution of “fully modern” human intelligence. Lingual evolution can be divided into its anatomical and social developments, so that there is a distinction between language as an anatomical...
The uses of language : not only communicate
Worksheets - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
Language, as we know, takes on different functions. A first mode of use may be called epistemic, with it the speaker uses a language according to his knowledge of it. A second way could be called teleological, by which the speaker expresses a language intended to pursue a...
"The French lost the language war", argues John Kay. Do you agree? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 1 pages - Philosophy
Language has become an important issue due to globalization. Previously if a person spoke only one language it did not matter much. However the situation is completely different in the modern world. Learning English has become mandatory for every individual to surive in the...
Racial and ethnic disparities focusing on language barriers
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Overcoming language barriers to health care is crucial for the well being of millions of immigrants in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau News, as of July 1, 2006, Hispanics remained the largest minority group with 44 million, accounting for about 14.8 percent of the...
Listening to a native language lowers reading comprehension more than a second language
Thesis - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
Dual tasking is among some of the most studied topics of today. It seems that contemporary society is busier than ever. With the advancement in technology and the fast pace nature of the world, divided attention is at an all time high. One of the most classic studies of dual tasking is the...
How humans communicate by spatial language
Thesis - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
In “'What' and ‘Where' in Spatial Language and Spatial Cognition,” Landau and Jackendoff discuss the human ability to express spatial experiences through language (i.e. what things are and where they are). They posit that the organization of spatial language...
English as a global language : Past, present and future - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
Globalization has ushered in an era of global culture and economy. With this increased internationalization, everyone needs a medium of communication. Intercultural transactions can only take place if a common language is used. The English language has become popular as a common...
Dynamics of language and society: A discourse of identity togetherness
Thesis - 7 pages - Linguistics & languages
Ethnicity or ethnic groups generally understood as tribal societies or communities who traditionally have something in common identity. A form of identity such as language, place of residence, kinship patterns, marriage patterns, religion, architecture, patterns of residence, and others....
The languages of modernity in "Paper Pills" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Thesis - 5 pages - Literature
Jean Francois Lyotard describes modernity as an era of irrevocable progress forward, a subtle movement onwards that is characterized by the centralization of authority and imposition of a teleological mentality, whereby every development is considered valuable from an evolutionary perspective....
Observing cultural use of language at a club
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
For my observation I went to an 18 year old and up night club in East St. Louis, IL during the hours from about 2am to 5am. The club is located in an area of the city known for its violence and corruption. The area of the club consists of predominantly poor and lower middle class people. And...
Foreign language influence on studies in UK - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Educational studies
My research is on “Foreign language influence on studies in UK”. The main objective of this research project is to show how international student in Staffordshire University adapt their own comprehension during their English studies. The purpose of this study is to know what the...
Language and reality
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It is common cynical knowledge that in this world of spin, our perceptions of reality cannot possibly be divorced from the language it is presented in. But the question remains as to whether language creates or distorts reality. At the crux of the issue is really our definition of...
How language in advertising has changed over the decades
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Like ball players with their bats, or librarians with their books, advertisers look to a versatile collection of contrivances for seducing an audience. Advertisers look to words and language as their way of capturing the attention, and hopefully the dollar of those who are exposed to it....
A high level language abstraction for reconfigurable computing
Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science
The gain of SVC depends upon the type of reactive power load for optimum performance. As the load and input wind power conditions are variable, the gain setting of SVC needs to be adjusted or tuned. In this paper, an ANN based approach has been used to tune the gain parameters of the SVC...
Language, women's magazines and socialization of women
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Throughout the years women's magazines have proved to be a profitable market. In general, these magazines are known as moral guides, shopping guides, and texts of stories and advice columns that can serve as an inspiration for different kinds of women. The numbers of sales of most of these...
English as a global language : past, present and future
Essay - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
Globalization has ushered in an era of global culture and economy. With this increased internationalization, everyone needs a medium of communication. Intercultural transactions can only take place if a common language is used. The English language has become popular as a common...
An overview of programming languages
Presentation - 15 pages - Computer science
A language used to instruct or command a computer to perform a specific task is called as programming language. The set of sub operations during the execution of an instruction is called instruction cycle. To design and develop a software, complete understanding is required...
A study on programming languages
Presentation - 16 pages - Computer science
A language used to instruct or command computer to perform a specific task is called Programming Language. The process of design is founded in the systematic principles & methods. Although at times designer is compelled to deploy intuitions, tactic knowledge etc. Programming...
Foreign language inadequacies in America
Thesis - 7 pages - Linguistics & languages
What do you call a person who speaks more than two languages? Multilingual. What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bilingual. And what do you call a person who only speaks one language? An American. So goes the oft-told joke, particularly loved by my European...
A discussion and analysis concerning sexist language
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, color, class, gender identity, mental state or physical impairment. One area that has remained resistant to change is...
Uninhibited writing: The importance of a positive writing environment in the language arts classroom
Thesis - 8 pages - Educational studies
Writing is unique from other subject areas such math, or science because it so greatly relies on the facilitation of ideas rather than the relaying of constant factual information to the students by the teacher. How writing is taught is heavily dependent on teacher values. Whether it is a...
