...Feargal Murphy Language Acquisition & Disruption 29-10-2015 The acquisition of language is one of the most difficult tasks a human infant takes on Children´s acquisition of language has been considered one of the most important human behaviors. Nowadays, there is still the belief that infants learn their mother tongue through their parents, either by imitating their behavior or through the sounds they emit. However, all children in different parts of the world learn the language they hear in their environment. From the outset, children tend to learn as many things as they possibly can, which will be used throughout life, for example, walking, talking and socializing. The acquisition of language is an issue that has been discussed for many...
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...The Analysis of the Problems in Understanding Figurative Language in Poetry Chapter 1 The Problem and its Background Introduction Language is a vital part of our everyday life and communication that are spoken by the human today and its natural human necessity. The word “language” has two meanings, language as general concept and language as a linguistic system. It is also traditionally signs, ideas and meanings of our heart and minds. But then, language cannot be fully expressed without even using figurative language Whenever someone used figurative language, he describes something by comparing it to another. In order to be successful in literary studies at any level, and for that matter, to be considered a good writer himself, at least a basic understanding of figurative language is absolutely essential. This series will explore the basic types of figurative language that you are likely to encounter in high school and early university settings; without knowledge of these, getting good grades is not a likely outcome, and succeeding in upper level literature courses will simply not happen. Although many teachers and professors do underline the importance of various kinds of figurative language, not many take the time to define it and explain its importance as a whole. Figurative language can most efficiently and simply be seen as a way of writing and speaking that goes beyond or even against the denotation of given words, and begins to explore their connotations. Denotation...
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...People First Language (PFL) is used to emphasizes the individual and not the disability that is associated with them (The ARC). In other words, People First Language is utilized to acknowledge the individual as a person, not the disability that they may have. In a way, it is used to show respect to those who have a disability. If a person does use First People Language, it could also mean that the person understands that the disability does not define who they are. People may not even have to specifically identify the disability, but if one uses the appropriate words, a common understanding can be established. A person may have a disability and it could have a serious impact on their everyday life, but that does not mean their disability defines them. Some examples of People First Language are, instead of saying birth defect it would be more appropriate to say congenital disability; instead of saying someone is autistic, saying someone has autism or have a diagnosis of autism would be more appropriate as well (Snow). In schools, teachers and administrators are especially expected to use People First Language because...
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...so many programming languages, it seems nigh impossible to list all of them. But, of course, there's always the most important or the most popular, and a lot of times the most important/most popular are the same languages, just maybe in a different order. The 1970's seen a quick advancement in computers and their languages due the the creation of the microprocessors. This era's programming history is marked by C, Pascal, Smalltalk, Scheme and Prolog The C programming language is the basis for many others. It's one of the singly most important building blocks of many of the languages used today. C was created in 1971, though it's roots go back to 1954's Fortran. However, it's direct predeccessor was B in 1969. C was created as a compiler to more easily install OS's on computers. It made it possible to the few system-dependent requirements and then use a C compiler to install the new OS. Bell Lab's Ken Thompson was behind the original B, then him and Dennis Ritchie, also of Bell Labs, improved upon it for the NB language. The evolution of NB led naturally to C. Pascal is another language that is the basis of many others, and many of the languages used commonly now have it somewhere in their developmental line. Pascal was named for Frenchman Blaise Pascal, a pioneer mathematician, that had created the first arithmetic machine. That machine could, arguably, be considered the first computer. Niklaus Wirth had written the first version of the Pascal language in 1970 with the goals...
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...Exploring Programming Languages Popular programming languages of the 1970’s: * B – Was a forerunner to “C” * Created by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson at Bell Labs in 1969. * Designed for recursive, non-numeric, machine independent applications, such as system and language software. * C – A general purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming. * Was designed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in 1972. * Used to re-implement the Unix operating system. * Smalltalk – An object oriented, dynamic typed, reflective programming language. * Designed and created in 1972 at the Learning Research Group by Alan Kay, Dan Ingalls, and Adelle Goldberg. * Created as the language to underpin the “new world” of computing exemplified by “human-computer symbiosis.” * Prolog – The first logic programming language. * Designed in 1972 by a group around Alan Colmerauer. * Intended use was for natural language processing. * ML – A statically typed functional programming language. * Designed by Robin Milner in 1973. * Purpose was to develop proof tactics in the LCF theorem prover. Popular programming languages of the 1980’s: * C++ - General-purpose programming language. Imperative, object-oriented and generic programming features. * Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Ben Labs in 1980. * Designed with a bias toward system programming and...
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...become a teacher. During high school, I had a tragic incidence happen in my life. My dad had a stroke. After that day, I learned to not take anything for granted and happy with what I have in life. I learned to grow up fast due to having to help more around the house and helping my mother out. My dad was in the hospital for about 2 months. Every other day, the speech-language pathologists would come in the hospital room. By watching what the therapists did, and how she helped my dad recover from this, speech therapy also became one of my interests in pursuing a degree as a speech-language pathologist....
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...Domestic Research on Backwash of English Language Testing: Review and Prospective —— Analysis of Six Major Journals of Linguistics from 2003-2013 Contents Abstract ……………………………………………………………………….....1 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………….......2 2 The Scope of Information Retrieval ...…………………………………….....3 3 Current Situations of Washback Research………………………….……….3 3.1 Research Amount……………………………………………………….....4 3.2 Research Methods………………………………………………………....4 3.3 Research Content……………………………………………………….....5 3.3.1 CET 4& 6………………………………………………………………5 3.3.2 TEM 4&8………………………………………………………………6 3.3.3 NMET…………………………………………………………...…..…6 3.3.4 Language Testing and Washback Resear….………………………...…..…6 3.3.5 Others…………………………………………………………...….…..7 4 Problems of Current Research on Wachback………………..……………….7 4.1 Quantity ………………………………………………………………….....7 4.2 Content …………………………………………………………………......7 4.3 Objects ………………………………………………………..…...……......8 5 Suggestions and Prospective for Future Research on Washback…..…….......8 5.1 Research Objects…………………………………………………………….8 5.2 Research Methods……………………………………………………….......8 5.3 Research Content……………………………………………………………9 6 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………9 References……………………………………………..………………………....10 Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………..….11 Abstract: ...
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...Unit 1 Research Assignment 1: Exploring Programming Languages NT1420 In the late 1960’s Simula was invented by Nygaard and Dahl as a superset of Algol 60, this was the first language designed to support object-oriented programming. Then between 1969 and 1973 C was developed by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson at Bell Labs. Smalltalk was created in the mid 1970’s that provided a complete ground-up design of an object-oriented language, and about the same time Prolog was designed in 1972 by Colmerauer, Roussel, and Kowalski, this was the first logic programming language. In 1973 Robin Milner built two polymorphic type systems (ML and Lisp) which were used in pioneering statically typed functional programming languages. Now going to the 80’s, Ada was created in 1983 by a team ran by Jean Ichbiah which was designed for built-in language support for explicit concurrency, offering tasks, synchronous message passing, protected objects, and non-determinism. Erlang was developed by Joe Armstrong in 1986 that supports hot swapping, so that code can be changed without stopping a system. In 1985 Eiffel was created as an ISO-standardized, object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer. The program emphasizes declarative statements over procedural code and attempts to eliminate the need for bookkeeping instructions. TCL is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout in 1988 which is used for rapid prototyping, scripted applications, GUIs and testing. Perl was developed...
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...RESEARCH PLAN: The question addressed in my research paper is whether the syntactic structure of the first language (L1) influences the syntactic structure of the second language (L2) acquired. I claim that L2’s syntactic structure is constructed depends on L1’s syntactic structure. I will support my claim by looking at three dissertations where the writers believe that L1’s syntactic structure has effects on L2’s syntactic structure. The first dissertation is about four experiments done with three groups of people with three different first languages (Japanese, Mandarin, Korean), and concludes that the syntactic structure is shared between L1 and L2 even though the word orders are different for languages (Kim, 2010). The second dissertation is focusing on the syntactic persistency between English and Korean, and concludes that there are syntactic priming effects between these two languages (Park, 2007). The third one is an investigation into the patterns and errors in English writing where English is the second language (Kosterina, 2007). I will use these three sources to argue and conclude that L2’s syntactic structure is dependent on L1’s syntactic structure. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kim, Sunfa. (2010). Syntactic representations of English in second language learners: An investigation of the process of English sentence production by bilingual speakers using a within-language (L2) structural priming paradigm. (State University of New York at Buffalo). ProQuest Dissertations...
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...given time frame (Calhoun, 2002). Cultural anthropology is the study of human beings through their ancestors in terms of surroundings, social relationships, language, religious beliefs and the principles of their societies (O’Neil, 2011). Both of these fields are inter-related in the study of a society and social culture but they each use specific research methods that are appropriate for their own course of studies. Sociology identifies associations or correlations between variables in a small group of sample population and applies these findings to a larger population (Calhoun, 2002). Cultural anthropology looks at small groups of people in their studies. Researchers may compare their understandings of the subjects with other cultures we are familiar with, but they do not necessarily have to use these findings to explain other cultures (O’Neil, 2011). Sociologists use five main methods of research that include surveys, interviews, experiments, observations, and secondary analysis (Admin, 2013). Each research method has its positive and negative effects and the study itself determines which tool is best suited, though most research will use several methods. Philosophical justifications dictate which methodology should be used to fit the topics the researchers are trying to investigate. Survey research can be either written survey such as questionnaires or they can be interviewing surveys where the researcher administers the survey. Large number of people are...
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...let alone, where not able to justify the wholesome result. Through constant additions and evolution of the basic system, comes research. Not just to solve problems but also get results, feedback and improvisation for further growth and its implications and to a certain extent avoid potential issues. “Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose” - Zora Neale Hurston In layman’s terms, Action research is to find a stone in shoe and intervene to remove the shoe, and perhaps adapt to a new path to avoid further stones. Action research is usually undertaken in schools, academic institutions and learning centres. “Action research is a process of systematic inquiry that seeks to improve social issues affecting the lives of everyday people” (Hine, G. S. C., 2013; Bogdan & Bilken, 1992; Lewin, 1938; 1946; Stringer, 2008). The first step to conduct action research is Needs Analysis/ Preliminary research for the stone in my shoe. It is done to confirm that there is a need, whether of correction, change or improvement, comes in later step. I...
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...KNPE 237 • Although many definitions for physical literacy are similar there is no consensus between them. Only 17% of Canadians are aware of the term physical literacy. Physical literacy is referred to as the foundation of skill/tools related to cognitive, social, behavioural and fitness components. Children need these skills to develop and receive the inherent benefits of enjoyable and successful life long participation in sport and physical activity. Currently, many Canadian children are physically illiterate, and therefore, unable to lead healthy, active lifestyles. This has been evidenced by increasing rates of physical inactivity, and obesity. • Over the years there has been a demand for a universal test that measures physical literacy....
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...МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВІТИ І НАУКИ, МОЛОДІ ТА СПОРТУ УКРАЇНИ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ «ЛЬВІВСЬКА ПОЛІТЕХНІКА» Л.В.Бордюк ЖАНРИ НАУКОВОГО СТИЛЮ МЕТОДИЧНІ ВКАЗІВКИ до виконання практичних робіт для студентів спеціальностей 8(7).02030303 «Прикладна лінгвістика» Затверджено на засіданні кафедри прикладної лінгвістики Протокол № 7 від 20.02.2013 р. Львів – 2013 Жанри наукового стилю: Методичні вказівки до виконання практичних робіт для студентів спеціальностей 8(7).02030303 «Прикладна лінгвістика». /Укл.Л.В.Бордюк – Львів: Видавництво «Львівська політехніка», 2013. - 40 с. Укладач Бордюк Л.В., канд.філол.наук, доц. Відповідальний за випуск Левченко О.П., д-р філол.наук, проф. Рецензенти Маркелова С.П., канд.філол.наук, доц. Романишин Н.І., канд.філол.наук, доц. Процес здобуття університетської освіти містить навчальну та науково-дослідну складові...
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...the children for a case-based research project. Which of the following statements about parental permission is correct? Your answer : The parents of the children might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist to use their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their children. Correct Answer : The parents of the children might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist to use their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their children. Comment : When a care provider becomes a researcher, both the child clients and their parents may not feel free to choose not to participate in the provider's study. A researcher who is also a care provider needs to be very clear that a decision not to participate in a study, or to allow records to be used, will not affect the care provided in the future. The fact that the therapist has access to her clients' records as a clinician does not entitle her to use information in the records for research purposes without parental permission and child assent. A school authority's permission to conduct the research does not replace the need for permission or assent. Finally, the children's right to choose cannot be overridden in the pursuit of an indeterminate community interest. Points Earned : 1 Question 2 Question : A general requirement for informed consent is that no informed consent may include any exculpatory language. Exculpatory language is that which waives or appears...
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...ethnographic research? State the difference between an ethnographic research and a psychometric research and give example from applied linguistic studies. 1. Ethnographic research and Linguistic ethnographic. - Ethnography is the in-depth study of naturally occurring behavior within a culture or social group. It seeks to understand the relationship between culture and behavior; with culture referring to the beliefs, values and attitudes of a specific group of people. - Ethnographic research usually involves observing target users in their natural, real-world setting, rather than in the artificial environment of a lab or focus group. The aim is to describe, analyze, and interpret the culture of a group over time to understand the group’s shared beliefs, behaviors, and language. Wilson (1982) identifies the roots of ethnography in anthropology and sociology. Wilson related the tradition ecological hypothesis and the quantitative – phenomenological hypothesis. - As a term designating a particular configuration of interests within the broader field of socio- and applied linguistics, ‘linguistic ethnography’ (LE) is a theoretical and methodological development orientating towards particular, established traditions but defining itself in the new intellectual climate of late modernity and post-structuralism. According to Rampton (2004, p. 2) Linguistic ethnography generally holds that language and social life are mutually shaping, and that close analysis of situated language use can...
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