Essays and Research Papers on Speech & Hearing

A paper which considers the current trend towards the simplification of spelling, with reference to the evolution of the English language from the Middle Ages to the present day, and the reasons why simplification might reduce rather than clarify meaning.

This 12 page paper discusses the extent to which gestural phonology can be used to provide adequate framework for the description of child speech. The paper examines the way speech develops from the initial babble, looking at segment exchanges through to full adult varigation. The bibliography cites 17 sources.

A 3 page research paper that explores topics concerning second language acquisition and specifically learning English as a second language. The writer discusses how language is acquired in infancy, structure of language and acquisition of second language. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper which analyzes the types of arguments used by Martin Luther King Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page overview of the move to change the way we spell in the English language. While in the U.S. and the U.K. alike changes in spelling have been attempted to be implemented via a formal route, for the most part change has only occurred informally. We have generated formal proceedings and ...

A 5 page paper which first examines and discusses metaphors for friendship and then discusses the importance of language. Bibliography lists 1 source.

An 11 page research paper that examines the linguistics of Internet language and specifically analyzes the language of emails. Citing Cyrstal (2001), the writer examines whether or not there are linguistic features that transcend the variety of email audience and purposes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper examines three logical fallacies. Numerous examples are provided for each. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper identifying four of the eleven characteristics of language as the “most important” in preserving, understanding and using language. Most of the paper discusses the characteristics of language as a system of systems and being meaningful, conventional and creative. It closes with several examples of “Bushisms” uttered by President Bush ...

A 4 page paper which examines and analyzes a speech from Cesar Chavez titled “The Mexican-American and the Church.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which discusses slang and examines whether women use slang more than men. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the global community from the perspective of language, the English language. Bibliography lists sources.

Language in culture is based on a number of contrasts. For example, it is based on a set of rules according to a large culture, but that large culture contains within it subsets of language formed when certain aspects of language are applied to delineate a subcultures from the larger culture. Some of these aspects ...

A 4 page paper which examines and discusses the verb “listen.” No sources cited.

Allomorphy is the group of suffixes and prefixes and other affixes to a word that change the meaning or application of the root word or root stem. In other words, an allomorph accomplishes a transformation from one word to another. The new word will have a different semantic use and quite possibly a ...

A 3 page reaction paper to an essay by Susan Madera, "One Voice," on learning standard English. Madera records how the language of her upbringing and youth, her "neighborhood" language, differs from standard English and how this placed her outside of mainstream society. There has been a great deal written concerning racial prejudice and the ...

A 7 page essay/research paper that discusses, first of all, the centrality of language to cognitive processes, arguing that language forms, specifically "proto-metaphors," incline the language user toward perceiving reality in pre-determined ways. Then, broadening the discussion to include rhetoric, the relationships between language, thought and rhetoric are examined, specifically exploring how rhetoric relates to ...

A 3 page essay that examines symbolic representation in communication. Human perception understands reality and the world in terms of symbolic forms of representation. Real things in the world are filtered through cognitive processes that comprehend the world in terms of language, both spoken and oral, which means that everything human beings comprehend is understood ...

This 14 page paper discusses what is meant by pragmatics ad how it can be used in the study of language. The paper then loos at one aspect of pragmatics; Politeness Theory, also referred to as the politeness principle, and considers how this has helped our understanding of how it is we can be confident ...

This 10 page paper discusses the following question. What is meant by a 'social accent'? How far can recent changes in RP itself or changes in attitudes towards RP be accounted for by changes in society? The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the process of acculturation and the impact on the translating of political discourse from English to Arabic. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper which summarizes the essay "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria Anzaldua. No additional sources cited.

This 7 page paper examines this subject through the works of various theorists. How irony is used to convey ideas and how ironic comments are interpreted is discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

Linguistic research has resulted in the development of a number of theories, sometimes interconnected and sometime mutually exclusive. This 5 page paper provides an overview of a hypothetical courtroom observatoin. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 4 page paper which discusses the role that effective listening plays in communication. The bibliography has 5 sources.