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Two Languages Universal Messages, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the Thai language and the language of the Laotians in Laos.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 16.95
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This presents a comparison of two languages, the Thai language spoken in Thailand and the language of the Laotians in Laos. The author of this paper takes the reader through a short explanation of the languages and then a comparison of them.
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Marx, Kafka and Foreign Languages, 2008.
This paper discusses the concept of a foreign language according to the beliefs of Franz Kafka and Karl Marx.
858 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 19.95
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In this paper, the writer discusses the concepts of a common language and a foreign language. The writer notes that in his 'Communist Manifesto', Karl Marx at one point states that a foreign language is only appropriated by translation. The writer explains that Marx believes that a foreign language only becomes a foreign language when it is identified as being foreign and thus set off from the "normal" or accepted language through the process of foreign language translation. At the same time, in his 'An Introductory Talk on the Yiddish Language', Franz Kafka once described the relationship between the German and Yiddish language as being related in that Yiddish is the only language that allows the Jew to describe their suffering at the hands of the German language. The writer maintains that taken together, what both authors claim is that the act of translating a foreign language is futile in that, within the translation, the concepts or emotions of the words and language becomes lost and thus the result of the translation is a foreign language.
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"According to Marx, language and political or economic power does not intertwine. Take for instance the case of Russia. For centuries the dominant language of Russia has been Russian. This has been the language of all classes of people. Even after the fall of the Czar and the reign of Communist Russia, Russian remained the national language. Likewise, after the fall of the communist regime and the establishment of the Russian Federation, Russian remains the language of the nation.
"However, when the Soviet Union began to colonize the surrounding states, such as the Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, and the nations of Central Asia, part of the plan was to enforce the Russian way of life onto these people and thus make them Russian."
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Diminutives in Romance Languages, 2004.
A paper on the uses of diminutives in Romance languages, and the effects of missing diminutives on the English language.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper explains that speakers of a language such as English in which the grammatical diminutive plays an insignificant part, the fact that other languages use the diminutive so frequently can seem rather quaint. The paper goes on to say that the diminutive is a highly useful grammatical structure, one that speakers of languages without a diminutive have to compensate for in various often less than elegant ways. This paper examines the grammatical diminutive in the Romance languages.
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"For speakers of a language such as English in which the grammatical diminutive plays an insignificant part, the fact that other languages use the diminutive so frequently can seem rather quaint. But the diminutive is, in fact, a highly useful grammatical structure, one that speakers of languages without a diminutive or with an anemic diminutive, as is the case in English, have to compensate for in various (often less than elegant) ways. This paper examines the grammatical diminutive in the Romance languages. We should begin by defining the grammatical..."
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Threatened Languages, 2008.
An examination of the causes and impact of the extinction of languages.
908 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 20.95
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This paper discusses the process of the extinction of language and how some languages become threatened. The paper discusses how more than half the languages now in use could disappear by the end of this century. It discusses why this is the case, which languages are most threatened and what can be done (if anything) to try to prevent this phenomenon.
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"Linguists note the reasons why languages die out, and one such reason has been globalization, which makes certain major languages the language of commerce. Also, national education programs tend to promote the majority language and to stamp out minor languages (Marlett, 2000, p. 611). Various scholarly projects are under way to try to preserve languages by recording the remaining speakers and by writing grammars for those languages. Some see the Internet as a force helping preserve languages as minority speakers are using the Internet to chronicle their language. Peter Austin, director of the Endangered Languages Academic Programme at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, note this trend."
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Teaching Foreign Languages, 2005.
Examines the teaching of foreign languages in different formats.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 22.95
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The foreign language requirement has long been a component of formal education. The paper shows that several different methods exist for teaching foreign languages, including submersion and various levels of immersion teaching. In addition, foreign language teaching can be either language-driven or content-driven. This paper compares and contrasts the different methods of teaching foreign languages through immersion and submersion.
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"The language programs of the United States are based on Canadian French-language programs developed in the 1960's (Fortune and Tedick par. 3). Immersion, when used in teaching foreign languages, is the process of teaching the student using the language being taught for all or most of the school day."
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Globalization and the Extinction of Small Languages, 2006.
A discussion of the effects of globalization on the world's small language groups and their cultures.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 16.95
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This paper examines globalization as the most important reason why small languages are dying out. Some believe that small languages fade into oblivion because local communities and educators do not stress the significance of keeping these indigenous languages alive. The author argues that youth is the vehicle through which languages can be kept alive and transferred to the next generation. The author argues, however, that most young adults are not really interested in preserving local languages or culture. Due to vast exposure, they have come under the spell of stronger languages and culture which is the primary reason we fail to notice the beauty and richness of local languages.
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"The writer goes to explain why any language, strong or weak, big or small, minor or major is important. "It is not merely a writer's conceit to think that the human world is made of words and to remember that no two words in all the world's languages are alike. Of all the arts and sciences made by man, none equals a language, for only a language in its living entirety can describe a unique and irreplaceable world." (p. 43) He describes an experience where he realized that indigenous languages are far more colorful and expressive than the well-known widely spoken ones. Shorris comes to see why the existence of small languages is important and realizes that the extinction of these languages would be a huge loss to articulation and expression. "
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Different Programing Languages, 2004.
A description of the various computer programing languages in use today.
2,841 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 53.95
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This paper explains the need for more than one computer programming language, since there are so many different requirements for computers. The paper explains that one single language would simply not be able to meet all the different needs of every computer user in the world. The paper then shows how each programmer would choose a language to write in, based upon their own needs. The paper concludes that, in fact, we need both a special-purpose language and a general-purpose language.
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"The possibility of coming up and sticking to one language is also very difficult as the requirements fulfilled by one program may not be fulfilled by another and using these varied programs together is also not the right solution. To take for example, if we need to perform a complicated replacement on the contents of a file, the software to choose would be Perl, Awk or Sed. But maybe ironically, the logic of our application would probably be in Forth, and in such a situation it becomes a very tedious task to try and link the Perl or other program to that of the Forth program. To fulfill this a lot of language amalgamation technologies have been performed but the end result usually is the fact that such solutions are usually incompetent and always end up in application architecture that are usually distorted and difficult to maintain."
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Natural Human Languages and Mathematics, 2005.
This paper discusses the similarities of human languages and mathematics.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 16.95
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This paper relates that one often hears people say, "I am good with languages but useless at math" and vice versa as if the two were entirely opposite ways of thinking. The author points out that closer examination of human language and mathematics reveals a surprising number of similarities. The paper states that the most obvious similarity between the two is that both natural human languages and mathematics have a formal syntax i.e. a set of rules that governs them.
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"Human languages and mathematics seem on the face of it to be very different things. One often hears people say "I am good with languages, but useless at math", and vice versa, as if the two were entirely opposite ways of thinking. However, closer examination reveals a surprising number of similarities. The most obvious similarity between the two is that both natural human languages and mathematics have a formal syntax, i.e. a set of rules that governs them. In the case of language, this is a set of rules that governs how the words may be put together. "
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Natural Human Languages and Mathematics, 2005.
This paper examines the similarities between natural human languages and mathematics.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 16.95
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This paper relates that both natural human language and the language of mathematics have a precise formal syntax. The author points out that they both offer meaning in the form of semantics and rely upon a body of commonly held assumptions. The paper concludes that both language and mathematics formalizes the informal in order to facilitate the communication and comprehension of meaning.
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"Upon considering the relationship between natural human language and mathematics, it becomes evident that a number of similarities exist, for both natural human language and the language of mathematics have a precise formal syntax, both offer meaning in the form of semantics, and both rely upon a body of commonly held assumptions. Each of them formalizes the informal in order to facilitate the communication and comprehension of meaning. Lewis Carroll offers examples of the relationship between natural human language and mathematics in his dialogue between the Tortoise and Achilles, for their conversation reveals how linguistic uses of logic are similar to mathematical equations."
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Foreign Languages in the Classroom, 2007.
An in-depth study on the benefits of high school students learning foreign languages.
6,500 words (approx. 26.0 pages), 23 sources, MLA, £ 94.95
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This paper focuses on the flaws in the present educational system of teaching foreign languages. The paper highlights the inadequacies and presents a plan to change the way we regard foreign language classrooms. The paper proposes concentrating on students who have the motivation to learn, teaching the teachers an effective methodology that addresses learning strategies to use in the classroom and many other strategies. The paper concludes that implementing a comprehensive plan could be difficult, but once accomplished, it could lead to more effective teaching, learning and retention from the high school foreign language classrooms. This would benefit the students, teachers and ultimately the community.
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"Many experts believe that anything less than a four year requirement is superficial while a large number of students that have to meet the standards are ambivalent to say the least. Studies have shown that a majority of the students who are required to study a foreign language while in high school retain very little of what they have learned and that within a five year time frame after leaving high school they have forgotten 95% of what they learned. If these studies are true then many individuals with even a little modicum of commonsense would scrap the efforts to teach the students a foreign language."
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Web Languages -- Past Present and Future, 2006.
A history of the Internet and web languages.
7,762 words (approx. 31.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 106.95
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This paper begins with a brief history of the Internet and continues with a discussion of the Internet's progress and future. The paper takes a look at the first Internet languages, describes how the Internet works and how to connect to the Internet and, finally, takes a look at the evolution of Internet technology and what this evolution holds for the future of the Internet.
Table of Contents
In the Beginning
History of the Internet
First Language Issues
The Four Events of Transition
How the WEB Works and How to Connect
WEB Navigation
Reading and Understanding URLs
The Evolving Future of the WEB and JAVA
More Evolution Toward the Future
Works in Progress for the Future
Where the Internet Through WC3 is Leading Itself
Conclusions
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"The Hobbes's Internet Timeline, an online historical database states the search for an Internet solution became an imperative in 1957, with the launching of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. In response, the United States formed the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the following year within the Department of Defense (DoD), to establish the United States' lead in science and technology applicable to the military. Communications research was an important part of this program throughout its life."
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Native Languages and Websites, 2007.
An analysis of the effect that culture and native languages have on marketing and product perception.
3,928 words (approx. 15.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 67.95
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This work discusses the international availability of the World Wide Web and the lack of research into the effect of one's culture on the perception of products. The paper serves as a qualitative and quantitative demonstration of the influence one's native language and culture have upon their perception of products offered by a website and if those differences can be used to predict consumer behavior.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Literature Review
Hypothesis
Variable Measures:
Perceived Product Quality
Language preference
Cultural Identification
Data Collection
Procedure
Statistical Analysis
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"A match between the visitor's native language and the language used on the web site is an independent variable. A match between the visitor's native culture (region/country) is an additional independent variable. These variables would be categorical variables with two distinct categories: a perfect match occurs when the
language/culture of the web site is the visitor's native language or "no match" when the language/culture used is not the visitor's native language."
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Content-Based Instruction of Foreign Languages, 2007.
An analysis of the benefits of content-centered instruction on English-as-a-second-language (ESL) study in Korea.
2,479 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 32 sources, APA, £ 47.95
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This paper analyzes how second language acquisition can be facilitated and made more efficient by content-centered instruction. It particularly focuses on English-as-a-second-language (ESL) study in Korea and how content-based instruction, blending language and culture can make teaching more effective. The paper also discusses the problems associated with not teaching foreign languages in this way.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Literature Review
Holistic Approach
Integration
CBI Benefits
Syllabus Design
Case Studies
Implications for KFL
Conclusion
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"Clearly, the second language classes, whose importance is being fuelled by globalization, need an instructional system that links language and content to accommodate the cognitive, social and linguistic demands of a responsive and relevant educational system. The content-based instruction concept in ESL study is especially critical in countries like Korea where the written alphabet is phonetically distant from English. By integrating real-life events and situations with language, ESL study becomes a living entity that stirs the interest of students. There is more enthusiasm in the learning process to make learning itself more efficient and productive. Language and content when combined in ESL study unarguably provide more incentive for learning. In sum, second language study will be less interesting, less enjoyable and fulfilling and the acquisition of language proficiency will be slower and more painful if it is limited to language instruction. In the process, education will also fail in its goal to broaden cross-cultural knowledge of students. ESL students will acquire such a well-balanced knowledge if teaching and learning are organized around content or information rather than around forms, functions and situations or skills."
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Garbage Collection in Computer Programming Languages, 2003.
Definitions, algorithms and optimizations used to achieve automatic memory management in computer programming languages without programmer involvement.
3,013 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 55.95
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The value of garbage collection (GC) to the discipline of software engineering is established. The definitions of the fundamental GC terms are given. Thereafter, the three major GC algorithms are discussed and graphically represented. Basic differences and similarities among the algorithms are considered. The two major GC optimization techniques and their historical origins are discussed. The paper includes diagrams.
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"Garbage collection (GC) is the automatic management of dynamic memory allocation. The alternative to this is programmer-controlled dynamic memory allocation. Automatic management is the superior of the two because programmer-controlled management can lead to memory leaks, bugs caused by accidental manipulation of program code and data through pointers, and an overall increase in program complexity. These in turn consume a considerable amount of programmer time and result in higher software maintenance costs. Automatic management prevents these issues and allows programmers to focus on the programming that relates directly to useful system functionality."
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